Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-24

ago with nuggets anu SOiu uuSS eANN
netted him $4,000, was in town for
few hours on his way home to Baroda.
He told the story Of the intense cold
the scarcity Of game and provisions
and the richness Of the Klondyke gold
bearing gravel beds. He said that
many a pan Of dirt he washed out net
ted him more than S1oO4
Phiscater says that after reaching
the KIondyke country he left his COM
panions, and with bafk-breaking
pack Of provisions pushed on alone.
He finally settled on the banks of the
Klondyke and dug a hole in q E ground
large enough to hold himself snd pro-
visions. Morning after morning ne
tramped in different directions sIrlv-
ing to unearth a find, but he fturned
emptv handed. His back was solid
mass of sores from carrying a heavy
mack and his feet were frozen and
blistered. For six weeks his eyes
never met those OF white man. He
was discouraged, almost frozen' and
weak from insufficient food and over
exertion. He had begun to doubt
whether there was any gold in Alaska
when one day, after a twenty mile
tramb. he came upon a little stream
which flowed down the side of the
mountain and emptied into a sort OF
basin. The water was from spring
and only partly frozen. He peered
down into its shallow depths and there
before his eyes, was gold. He plunged
into the icy water like an insane man.
and clutched frantically at the long
sought object Of his search.
Phiscater picked up all the metal in
sight and fingered in the cold water,
dreading to leave the spot lest some OF
the wealth should escape him. When
he started on his return tramp he was
overcome with the fear of being MUIR
dered BY unsuccessful hunters who
might cross his path. He fairly ran
the twenty miles, and once inside his
hovel buried the gold in the ground.
Day after day be worked. sometimes
in water when he saw gold, and the
rest of the time in digging into the
gravel bed, which was not far away
He built enormous fires, and in the
spring he had his fortune. Before
spring other fortune hunters Joined
him and they all secured valuable
claims and own them still. He thinks
his claim is worth a fortune.
New York. July 2S.-W. ]. Arkell, OF
the Arkell Weekly Company, has an
nounced that he expects to claim the
gold fields in the Klondyke district by
right Of discovery for the estate of E
]. Glave. Glave was the explorer who
headed the expedition to Alaska in
| 1s9O-9l, organized by w. ]. Arkell
The party consisted - { our
aibar, A--.o--ioa.,s- -
| had staked out claims iHWS8 t4s-1Cyke
district, and intended to go again to
Alaska and spend the remainder Of
his life there, for he believed it to be
the richest country in mineral deposits
on the globe. Mr.. Arkell says that as
he started this expedition he believes
he has claim by right of discovery to
the Klondyke territory, as maps were
filed with the government by the dis
coyerer Mr.. Arkell proposes to or
ganize an expedition at once. This
expedition will be headed by Mr.. Ar
kelrs brother, Bartlett Arkell, who
will be accompanied by his brother
in-law, Harry P. Hall, of Pittsburg,
and a number Of newspaper men.
Washington. July 23.-Dr. Sheldon
Jackson. OF the Bureau Of Education, is
now on the Yukon river. Alaska, on
his way TO Circle City. Circle City is
on the Yukon, 200 miles west of the
new Klondyke gold placers. When
DR.. Jackson arrives at Circle City he
will make arrangements for the driv-
ing Of forty trained reindeer to the
Klondyke country TO act as draft ami
mails in the transportation OF food and
articles Of necessity. The reindeer in
Alaska now belong 10 the government,
but under the arrangement made by
Mr.. Jackson, who has charge of the
herd there. natives were employed to
train the animals, and as compensa-
ton received certain number of the
animals II is those belonging TO the
natives that will be transferred, and
not the deer belonging to the govern
ment. The trained Eskimo dog is
worth from S1OO to 5000 at Circle City.
A reindeer, worth $50 at the coast, can
cover the same distance as a dog in
one-half the time, and can haul three
times the load. 1t is thought they
will be readily worth $500 a piece in
the Klondyke region.
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