The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-24
KLoNDKE LETTEn


liy the time this letter reaches you |
will be on the top Of the Chilkott Pass,
and my next letter will be written in
that vicinity. This one lie 10 be given
up principally to plain statement Of
no" klondike parties are organized and
how they frequently "dlsorganize."
The fact is that people seem to have
. weakness for organizing and dis
Organizing. This is particularly true
oi klondikers. The chances are that II
2 man starts from your locality for
Elondikc he will begin orssH'n'ns oe' ]
fore he is halfway to Tacoma.
II has been the history Ia tho past
that Klondikers get acquainted on the
trains aud boats and band together to
do this and to do that Tor mutual benefit
and protection. And history, In re-
peu,ing itteli, will record many other
klondikc parties being organized on
trains and boats only to disorganize later
on. on the way to the coast the gold
hunters got to talking over their pros
pects, aud, all being agreeable, they
agree 90 work together for various
purposes. Asa rule, they agree, first
TO work together TO secure good outilis.
In carrying out this plan they send men
to the various out6tters to get prices and
examine goods. In this way they sue
c,cd In saving money, because they buy
where the outfits are cheapest and best.
Many parties who have outn,tcd In
Tacoma in this way during the past
summer have, with this satisfactory
money saving beginning, agreed to go
into the Klondike or Copper. or Stewart,
or Mcmillan or some other river or
district and share alike. They would
agree that II one member Of the party
happened TO strike Il rich" he would
divide with all. This plan seldom
works we'll a. some member Of the
average party Is bound >ssir aniueks, OF
IA y. or sick. or wha;-not and lheu
! trouble begins. Reorganization scis in
: BOD the best Of organized parties some.
times fsll to pieces.
Ag,in, IL has been shown during the
past week, TO my own personal
( knowledge and observation, many men
will not endure hardships. They will
create trouble aud Reorganization
Men have returned from the Klondik,
passes during the pnst week who would
not goforward under any circungiances
They quarreled with former bcsom
, companions aud had to be bought out
J. In cases where parties had paid pr,
2 rata Of the cost Of party outfit ia,
p. kicker" had 70 be- paid his share. Bal
thrt method Of securing harmony ia
love feast compared with making
, settlement where the dissRtided one
must have their share Of the ontG
turncd over TO them. 1t happens II
fniost cases where men se forward il
b.. parties that there Is but one stove ant
one common camp outdt. This is don,
TO save expenses and il IL a good plan
4 II IL, likewise, good plan Tor Klondi
kers 10 travel In parties Of from Two to q
dozen, bat while | admit that L isl
good scheme 10 travel In parties with
one common camp outfit and, while
advocate AZ, ! do not know Of a single
Instance where the share and share
alike idea In the ".1nds" and "siriksH
gives satiafaetionlin large parties In
parties Of two or three where one man
knows positively what another will do
uader hardships aud priySiions and
failure the co-partncrshi Up iiea, as a
rule, works well. But take, for in
stance, the man who peters out and
wants his share Of tho outfit There
must be a division but the camp outdt
eannot be divided AID then it is that
Troublesome man is ltg thorn in the
SIDE Asa rule he lie disposed OF by
the majority agreeing what is right and
lair From such a decision there is no
appeal at present on the Rlondike
trails.
Hut ! have been dealing only with
small parties. Now comes the big ones.
twenty-five, fifty and one hundred arc
A'oriie numbers. twenty-five coal
miners have organized party by the
elections Of president, secretary,
treasurer and executive committee.
FIRST however, they enrolled their