The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13

ard ~ ha brings in his own provisions ne
spends comparatively nothing Nhe1
Dinsmore left. in July. there were -"
people az Dawson City. and l50o n ihe
diggings-
Talks OF stewart River.
After the second arrival OF Seattles
Treasure ship Portland with ner xo4uen
cargo. August Is. many new stones Nefe
told 7. G pefi said: II think paying
ground win be struck in the Stewart
river country this year. The bars IN me
river have been found to be ricn- Men
have made as much as $500 or $50" ~
the summer by rocking. This was severn
years aro- Now the bars are about WORK
ed out The tributaries. however. nave
not received much attention vet
The Canadian mounted police who were
cent into the Yuken in 1925, have done
well w r. Gowler's term has now eS-
pred and he came out as half owner OF
No. 50 above On Bonanza creek, has inter-
ests on Fldorado and Hunker creeks. ana
brought with him a good share or aus.
Net much was done on his claims iass
winter. not more than enough 10 ma pay:
This winter the claim viii be worked. and
Mr.. Gowler expects 70 have & general
cleanup next spring. said he:
Some Of the force have struck u quite
rich. L jenkins took out SS,ooe last
winter from his claim. No; - above, on
Bonanza. and owns a half interest in an
ether claim below discovery. A ward
cleaned up slsaa0 on Nc. $ above, on 30
nanza and owns an interest in 30 above.
Fred Webster staked No. ! above ana
bought IN on No. "A below and is all right
for a good pile. \. Pinkerton and D. Slh-
clair have 10th got good claims below as
covery. which they Will prospect this VIM
ter. Pinksrton refused $40 coo for his hair
interest just before / came out j. Bra
theirs located No. 81 above. and took out
s. 600 for the little work he did upon 1t ana
calculated that he viii take out at least
$50 900 this winter. A. P. Mcclellan staked
a good claim on Bonanza, which he sold
last winter and afterwards worked on a
lay on Eldcrado and made good clean
rp J. Thornton staked a claim on ADAMS
creek and bought an interest in one on
Bonanza creek. He found s. TO the pan on
his Adams creek property. and VIII work
1t this winter r. Churchill staked o.
above on Bonanza, and has every prosper
of having something good
Joseph Barrett, who has made his home
in Seattle for eight years and who went 20
the Klondike last spring. has struck 1t
rich He owns third of one claim on I'll
dorado creek and the bedrock dirt is
yielding from 500 to $500 pan. lie ex-
poets to clear $35, 900 this winter If he can
get sufficient help TO work the claim as he
desires.
Brought Down Half a Million.
The Cleveland. another OF the treasure
ships which runs from Seattle only,
brought down over half million dollars
IN gold nuggets and kept up the interest.
Thousands of dollars were spent by news
papers in getting early news of her carry
ings, and thousands OF persons stood on
the docks at Seattle to greet the passen-
gers. They brought down great riches.
but also stories OF a threatened famine at
Dawson City. Food supplies were low
when the passengers left Dawson and the
coming winter presented dark aspect,
but fortunately later reports told of sup
plies reaching Dawson and dispelied in
part the gloom.
Clarence Berry's claim has made an
other cleanup OF liz pounds. or SO, 400
This was the news nugget discovered in
an interview with Mr.. Misamore, of Port
land, a returning Klondiker. or more
properly Munooker. who came down on
the Cleveland. Misamore Is himself
bringing out a sack that weighed up about
50 900.
A Half-Breed's Fortune.
One OF the luekiest men coming out on
the South Coast September II was Robert
wigg. half-breed Indian. Wigg is about
% years old. He is tail, straight as a FIR.
territory. The Wig boys worked only
thirty days on their claim, No % above
discovery on Eldorado creek. last winter.
Their cleanup was made May is. Out OF
the pile Of 6irt on the dump they took
$4,000. They employed five men to work
for them. including Russian Finn and
swede. When these got enough money.
and this was not less than S. 900 each, they
quit work and enjoyed life as high
rollers in the booming city OF Dawson.
On Wigs dump there was nearly $40 600,
while the two men who had lay, work
ing four weeks. cleaned up Sl5.0oa
II was reported that two OF the passen-
gers on the South Coast left lay on one
OF the richest OF the claims on Bonanza
creek to come out for food. Their work
this winter could have yielded them s25.-
co. but IL was impossible for them to get
food. They employed a man to look out
for their interests during the winter. IN
the hope that he would be able to get men
with food 10 work fer wages which stiu
rule at Dawson City at sl5 a day.