The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-13

off poiur
deftiy leap through double panes OF glass
and carry of a side or two Of bacon. II
Is necessary TO erect caches fifteen or
twenty feet above ground TO store such
goods.
Winter Weather.
The weather in the winter averages
about IS degrees below zero and last win
ter for two or three days IL hung around
80 One or two instances are remembered
BY some Of the pioneers when the instru-
msnt registered 81 degrees. and that was
cold weather. they say. When II Is colder
than a. degrees there f. no wind The
river freezes and jams 50 full OF ice in
places that IL is impossible 10 drive dog
teams. and " frequently becomes neees-
safY to resort 10 Inland travelling.
Dawson City Is TO have a rival. An
other city Is being built at the in.ersec-
ton OF Eidorado and Bonanza creeks
some fifteen miles up the Klondike from
the Yukon river. The place has not bean
given name as yet. but a number OF
substantial log cabins are under construc-
tion. and timber Is quite plentiful = WIFI
never prove a formidable competits with
Dawson City. but viii be a central point
Tor the miners from the nelShbortng
guichss to congregate
There are two churches, Catholic and
Episcopal, and a sisters hospital In Daw-
son City. and the attendance is good In
the hospital are several patients some OF
whom are suffering with typhoid fever
and one has the malaria
The expense Of freighting supplies to
the mines In Eldorado and Bonanza creeks
distance Of fifteen or twenty miles, Is
very high, rate OF 80 cents a pound being
charged. The trail Is rnarshy and In some
places full of bouiders and quite steen
rendering tstf m
ncnit.
The amount Of gold taken out Of the
hiondtke district in the past eleven
months IL astounding. Whether other
gulches with riches equal TO those of Ell
dorado and bonanza creeks Will be dis
coFered Is the problem or the hour Opin-
ions differ materially, but the majority
seem 10 think that before the approaching
winter II over that pay streaks on other
claims viii be found that will parallel last
winters discoveries. Everybody IL at A fe-
veTish heat and ready for a grand rush 20
any new diggiugs. The slightest word or
gesture on the part OF some OF the men
supposed TO be on the inside" would pre-
cipitate a panic and almost depepulata the
town in day. II was only a few days
ago that somebody whispered around thar
good prospects had been found in SULPHUR
creek. and a big rush to the field took
place Women Joined in the scramble
restaurants
ana laundries. Every piece Of land from
one end OF the creek 10 the other was
sfaked out and prospect holes arr row
heing sunk. but owing 10 the marshy CON
dftion Of the soil definite results ranroe
pc had before the frcsts Of October come
around. All along the gulches OF Eldora-
do and Bonanza creeks are cabins in .,bi.h
are cans - gold exposed and unnrotestcss
More care Is exercised I'm guarding and
prptectti x dacnr and -four thar tba
bright yellow gold. fresh from as sta.a ~
virgfnity. IL is i~1posSibiz To estimate tho
amour Of goIf' th,' & being taken out
every dey. nany mA.l ara rs,.,H.{n,- han5<
some revenues from working clslns On
the lay. that ss & say the owners rent
out their properties &C workrnei. for nne-
half OF the gold product
on EIdor ado Greek.
E'dorado creek has about fe.tv axea,.
tioa9lly rich claims eroi Wing from .var
~ 10 sty men each. The other CLAIMS h-va
ret and "a mot De de .sioped ssffici -tlv he
fore tbs Riddle IL next winter 20 deter
nine Their rlehres<. To form an "a E :
the 'sa7acter Of toe dissiugs / will cite
! facfs about claims AIKEN at rsndcrn 4
fraction az a claim oSns5 n, 7. L. rweIl
and Mr.. Lee lard rcll'=.d g. 50a = he first
cleanup last spring. Claim No. w. To-
Gated b. 4. II. fNh3Pp.s. after wh ~, the
creek Was first named sna h. sod shs
RI Tim 70 Mitchell Bowker & 90 for s. aas
and in the flcst c.ean-4p after the sale
$50 $50 was realized M was located bv
. rranA phlscatcr and Fred p,!ee After
the pay dirt VAS thrown an the dumps the
former hauxht lis p2rtr RS interests for
s51saa md the jrs; cleanup netted $40 80
. The total product OF ihss clair Gar exceeds
sIGa 600 and not one-half or II has been
I worked. II w box lengths on fraction
Of claims ard $ uo0 wss taken out %
cal and his associates operate claims { ;
sa 6 aud Oh; Of the upper end OF au6
tie lower end - over sI;ai co was taken
cat OF the earth. in ground slujciHs iris
summer over E0fs0 additional was taken
from the boxes Fred Hutchinson and swo
others out 90 c}aigo : from 4 small dump
os four or five box letgiAs. cleaned ~
s. 600 On the ADJOINING claim James Nc
Nance worked an q lay aud mined aus up
psaf.tS - s. fysl y &. flelnas has taken
rn, from 81 go 10 $50 go at ciatnn q Tee
next clam, turned ouS 81 80 - John Fri
son and he Is n9w on AS way - Save D.
Feed Rrust n sa4 Thomas Blake have done
20 drifting or NJ =, bus in ground Slu'c-
ms IN TIE last $50 weeks have s}ssaed ur
90 ae Louis i.suglo and a MT Kills sunk
,,rasnext holn and gc3a cat s. sna. Prof
TEntv az Seattle owns claim No is. ard
during she S.x aT eight months thar re de-
,~saned he property between 81 - ara
ga aeD Was realized. y. sfffsEtftS 2GfR J. Ezst
have taken cut 81 ass or 30 af3 fran re
.staiulnx claim. NO - * owned by AK
NcrSonsls ard others and fr6's two sTs'ai3
6nrraTss So 40 ~ bright yellow Eald Ma
t.ks. On claim No. y last spring foGT
zen IN sixty DAYS. al working On lax
,,ek ,us four bax lengths and washed ca
So 40 ard this sprs.g IN ero0Bt slusc5us
eSeh man uctted himself aeout s@eA al
aT,ionss TIN Bel lass winter 6osie y
lain NJ, = so- $50 ans fcir Ts'o1tas laser
snpss 4. 20 plliv r.Cek fer ga 90 Mv- Aroes-
81. whe Was formerly AZ e.'ploys IN re
<or,s American Transportation n TrAdlFe
.~o-rrsnxsx store 4. Forty Mile creek cams
N g ana in ;wo eGcsetruss Of grave
f~,r, bedrock took cur s. sss fn nuggets
l., Nos. - and s. a. olsan- a csiene an
N knutSoa, al et Tacoma. MS Sano7e7
f-~e,,rA slssssos nearly 81, ee. ard <curts tf1y
5a-sex: nugget ever taken o9t of Ire Hnke1
r,xsr Aaxsr. 7, IS worth sssS%A
GA Bonansa Creek
p.,narrs creek Is the next best P&y -
rom