The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-22
THD RUSH EOR GOLD.
The Growing Demand For Trans
portatiOn to Alaska,
TALES OF FABULOUS RICHNESS.

A Thousand Dollars to the Pan Not
an Uncommon Thing In Thls Land OF
Woalth-Prepnring For n Big Rush
In tho spring.
san Francisco. July 22-The steam
ship Umatilla, which arrived yesterday
from Puget Sound ports, brought down
almost 5000. 600 worth of Alaskan gold,
of which $1SG 700 was in gold dust from
Seattle consigned to the Wells-Fargo
company. There were several other
shipments of gold in sacks. Some was
shipped directly from Juneau, and ad-
vices from that place are to the effect
that at least $780, 900 worth of dust was
waiting shipment at various Alaskan
stations.
Among the sensational advices re-
ceived was one from st. Michaels to
the effect that over S4,O00,00O in gold
dust, which had not been included with
the fortunes brought here by miners,
will be shipped through the Wells
Fargo company, other lucky miners
having reached the island since the de-
parture of the Excelsior and Portland,
who have secured greater fortunes, in
dividually, than those whose stories
have already been told.
Although the capacity of the steam
ers Portland, which sailed today for
st. Michaels, and the Excelsior, which
sails on the 2Sth, is limited to about
10 passengers, over 1000 applications
have been made for berths. Most Of
the disappointed ones are making ar
| rangements to travel hence to Tacoma
by rail and secure passage on the Mex
| leo and Topeka, which sail thence next
week, but many must inevitably wait
until next spring.
The Alaska Commercial company
Yesterday closed It's books of the Ex-
| celsior. Scores fioclsed to the com
! pany's office again yesterday. A
| great majority go from San Fran
| cisco, but a number belong to the in
terror of the state, which is largely sup
| plying recruits for the Yukon.
b. w. Shaw formerly well known
insurance man of Seattle, has written a
letter to a business man of that city
in which he states frankly that he does
not expect to be believed. This is a
great mining strike" says Shaw, prob
ably the greatest on the American con
tinent or in the world. Gold has not
been found in great paying quantities
| except on two creeks covered by about
200 claims Some Of the pay streaks are
nearly all gold One thousand dollars
to the pan is not an uncommon thing
and as high as 100 ounces have beer
taken out I'm a single pan. II is not
unusual to see men coming in with al
the gold dust they can carry. You
would not believe me when tell you
that ! went into one cabin and counted
five fve-gallon oil cans full Of golc
dust, but It Is a fact. 1t is the result
of the work Of two men during the
winter, and the dump is not much more
than half worked out. There has beer
about 81, 600 600 In dust taken out so fal
in the district At low estimate
believe there will be S50,000,DO0 taker
out during the next year"
A Port Townsend, Wash, dispatch
SAYS: owing to the present rush t.
the F[londyke gold fields, and the still
greater rush which Is expected mex
spring the Puget Sound Towboat com
pany has decided to put steamer OF
the Yukon river to carry passenger
and freight from st. Michaels to Circl
a CITY and the Klondyke valley. Steam
boat men here estimate that begin
ming about the first Of next April,
large steamer can lSaNS tllS 9'hiiN ~
Alaska daily with all the passenge
and freight accommodations crowded
There are promises Of an addltiona
steamer service between Seattle
Wash, and st. Mlchaels, also a line o
Yukon river steamers, Arrangement
are now being made in Seattle by
company that is being organized b.
local and eastern capitalists. Tn
scheme is to build a seagoing steam
ship and a light draft river steame
for the business between st. Michael
and Dawson City. The company
organizing on q 100000 paid up capi
! tai basis,