The herald., 1897-10-07
Will Soon Cease to Be
Navigable
THE FINDS ON MIN0OK CREEK
CLAIMED TO RIVAL THOSE AT
KLONDIKE
The Crowd at St. Michaels Desperate
and Dangerous One-Copper
River Mines
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
impression is that the boats that leave
here from this time on Will not be able
to get over 1000 miles up the Yukol river
before they will be frozen in. All inde-
pendent steamers will be compelled to
carry coal, as the natives have cut up
all the driftwood along the river banks
for over 10G miles, and have sold it to
the steamers owped by the two big COM
parties.
The new finds on Minook creek and
Hunter creek continue to cause excite
ment, and there are now about 600 miners
on the ground.
In ST. Micheals sugar is 25 certs per
pourri, shot shells are 25 cents each ba-
con is 35 cents per pound, blanket trous-
ers are IS a pair, chocolate drops are 8
for 25 cents, scent calico is 35 cents per
yard, cotton bandaras 81 each, flour IS
a hundredweight, candles 35 cents pei
pound, small boxes of sardines so cents
each
Six men have probably lost their lives
near here, as the result of foolhardy
attempt to sail up the 1850 miles of river
which in some places runs down at the
rate of eight miles an hour. The men,
two of whom are named Abercrombie
ard Tate. were last seen drifting out of
the mouth of the Yukon to sea in dis
tress.
Three men in a sailboat started up the
river last week from here and have not
been seen by anybody since. Their
mans are Matthews, Roberts and
Schultze.
ALL SORTS OF MEN
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Oct. g.
A private letter received today from st.
Michaels. via the cutter Perry from
Dutch Harbor explains the sensational
story published some time ago about an
Alaskan treasure ship requiring protec-
ton by revenue cutters against the pos
siblity of piratical attack. 1t is not to
guard against pirates that the vessels
are needed.
Ever since the movement toward Klon-
dyke began steamers from the seas have
been dumping all sorts and kinds of men
at ST Michaels. The gathering has beer
getting worse from month to month. and.
as result, the Rush and the Corwin are
now at St. Michaels, ready to land men
at a moments notice and put stop to
any trouble which might, considering
the fierceress of the miners. quickly
spread into a riot. The cutters will re-
main at st. Michaels until all possibility
of trouble has passed
CAUGHT THE FEVER
DULUTH, MINI, Oct. 6.-Major NJ. r.
Baldwin,. X-Congressman from Mime
sofa, will leave here next week for Alas
ka. His intention is TO visit different
points along the coast during the win
ter where it is likely a city will be built,
and next spring make trip up the Yu-
kon and into the Klordyke district. He
will prospect or the Coral Isiands for
quartz leads, and if he finds it practic-
able, will go to Copper river, where some
discoveries have been made recently
that are said to rival those of the Klon-
dyke Mr. Baldwin SAID that he is con-
vinced that another San Francisco
would be speedily built on the Alaskan
coast.
FOR COPPER RIVER
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 6.-The steam
schooner Alice Blanchard was chartered
today to take party of prospectors from
San Diego to the Copper river gold fields.
The vessel is expected to leave San
Diego in about two weeks.
Fifty gold hunters will sail from this
part next Saturday for the Copper river
on the schooner W. S. Phelps, which is
now taking on board years supply OF
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