The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-17
OvERDRAW GOLD STORIES
Reports Of Late Zig Strikes Denied
Latest From Klondyke

Latest From Klondyke
TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 1A.-Mra r.
A. Henderson. the first woman news.
paper correspondent I o make the trip
to Dawson City. Is visiting friends
here. Yesterday she said: II am asked
q score OF times, is the Klondike
country as rich as reported?' 1 was
prepared to say, 1t can scarcely be
exaggerated but since then I have
seen newspapers and l reply more
cautiously. In several papers I saw the
statement that someone had seen five
~hve-gallon coal oil can of gold in one
cabin, the work Of two men for the
winter. No one In hat country ever
heard OF such q cabin. The truth Is
| lifted less than $4,000 of dust in a
granite bowl with difficulty. Gold Is
heavy to bear in more senses than one.
Dawson City is swarming with disrep-
utable m Early this spring there
were over forty: there are dozens more
by this time, for they go by every
boat.
Alexander Mcdonald, who went in
not long ago strapped, is now more
than a millionaire. Bill Colwell bought
a claim for 500 and sold sixty feet Of
1t for $40. 900 This was II Eldorado.
On No 0 Eldorado there is a strealx
above bed rock three or four inches
thick. The owners are taking out
very little because they can do moth
ing with the %cumbrous gold just now.
On the claim of Frank Densmore
ninety pounds Of gold were taken out
in n day. That is equal to some.
think like S?5, 900. The stories of
lucky failures are extremely interest
ing. Fritz Kloke tried to sell his half
interest in a claim for 500. He could
not get It, He has just sold the same
half to John j. Henley for SO. 900.
There are dozens of just such forum.
ate strikes made ~blindfolded. This Is
tbs lucky side of Yukon mining"
A NEW GOLD FIELD.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept l4-On Sui
bhur creek, n branch of Dominion
creek. which is a tributary to the In
dian river in the Klondike, according
to reports brought down by the
steamer South Coast, gold was found
just below the surface running S34 to
the pan. Two men took out $500 in a
day by simply prospecting their
claims. A stampede followed the re-
ports Of the new finds. which reached
Dawson City August Is. In a week
500 men had crossed the mountains be-
tween Eldorado creek and Dominion
creek. They travelled day and night
and in two weeks the whole stream
was stakcd out.
John Il. Light Of Chicago. who owns
. claim on Sulphur creek, said:
"When l first heard Of the strike on
Sulphur creek l went over the noun
tains to investigate it. I spent one
day with two brothers, the McKinnon
boys OF Wellington, i. c. l saw them
take out $500 in one day from simply
sinking two prospect holes. The for
nation Is TIE same as at Ell Dorado
creek, and Sulphur creek bears the
same relation to Dominion as does Ell
dorado to bonanza. The streams
empty into the Indian river. They
are just across the divide from the
Klondike. OF course when the news
of the new discovery reached Dawson
there was n great stampede and hun
dreds left the Klondike for Sulphur
creek. II is all staked out now"
SKAGUAY TRAIL STILL CLOSED.
PoRr TOWNSEND, Wash, Sept. A.
The steamer City of Seattle. which ar
rived yesterday from Skaguay, brought
twelve men who started for the Klon-
dixie but failed to cross the pass. A.
c. Warner, an artist Of Seattle. says
the Skaguay pass is closed for the sea-
son, but that many are still founder
ing around In the mud In a vain at
tempt to get through. The first four
teen miles Of the trail from Skaguay
beach is strewn with the car
casses of 600 horses Eleven sa-
looms and three dance halls are doing
business there, but there has been
no trouble. At Dyea the people are
still moving slowly forward. although
greatly impeded by mud and rain.
With the exception Of two days rain
has fallen continuously for three
weeks. Collector Of Customs Ivy is
doing a rushing business in the con.
fiscation Of whisky. He has thirty in.
spectors on the beaches.
A LITTLE GOLD BROUGHT.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. IA. - The
steamer Humboldt arrived shis morn
ing from st. Michaels with fourteen
passengers and about $4,000 in gold.
The Humboldt also brought the
news that the sidewheel steamer
Eliza Anderson, from Seattle, which
vas reported lost, is safe at Dutch
Harbor.