The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-09
THE LATEST FROM
THE GOLD FIELDS
COrrOborotlOn OF The Report As To
The Scarcity 0l Food.
GOLD AND LOTS OF TT
but Sufficient Supplies CaanOt Be Fur.
chased TO Feed the Ninefs NoN
On The Gfouad

Eurrka cal. September s-Tho news
by tho steamer National ctW from H.
Michael eorroborulcH all that has been
said of tho prospects Of short ratinns IN
tho gold diKElnEH OF the upper river this
winter Tho steamer. which connected
with the river steamer lieaiy a, mouth
Of tho riyor. brought three passengers
one Of these Ia J. A Raiaton. NJ San
FRANCHISE, llo sayn thorp In gold ana lots
of II IN the klondlke but Il lH generally
nill Ia tho ground II IN believed that
the claims. now located viii turn out so
tons OF gold this winter n tho scarcity Of
food did not prevent full operation. Ito
gives a rough guoaH that the KlondIko
u good Tor tg5n $4,000 bcroro potcring out
BiI thousand men In the mines about
Dawson Ciiy In tho estimate of Ralstou .
who came down on the National CITY
with T. T. Leonard. ~ Nanaimo ana
H. II Lamb. OF Portland Tho supply "
the nUccssarloa OF HE 10 feed these men.
he says In totally insufficient In fact
he estimates thar tho storSe will be oE-
hauAtrd before the winter Il half over.
when tho famine will hc on IN earnest,
especially an the number Of men In the
country will to greatly augmented by
late arrivals over the passes There 10
whisky. beer and all kinds ot nquor In
ptomriun he says but thrir places could /
hayv been hoticf nilrU on the steamers
with nour
II 10 not that thr mon Ia the country
have NJ, tho money TO buy supplies, but
the stocks Of tho stores are Inadequate
itlLnlon says that one OF the best claims
on Eldurado In tho proporty ~ James
nall. " Missouri /, viii turn out az
least noo CO.. Claim No II on Eldorado .
l. also very rich, |, In no uncommon
thing 10 take out two ounces 20 the pan .
from any part ot the clalm.
what wealth Is coming on by the
steamer Excelsior cannot bo estimated
Those oi the passengers OF the ilcaly /
who came 10 St Mchacs were VERY ret. .
ieent ne 10 their store of dust
with the exception Of RalHton and his .
companions all the passengers on n"
Mcaly took passage ON the ENcvlriur
Tha, vessel lrrt 81 ncharia the night
of August " with NJ passengers She
pu, into OuuainHka Tor coal and Captain
Anderson " the National Guy Is OF the
opinion that the Excelsior should arrivv .
In san Francisco toiay
when the National city LEFT 81 MI. .
chaelu the Cleveland wnr taking ballast .
and expected TO sail on Augus, 30 Many
or the paascngrrs who had tickets Tor .
,ho Cleveland took passage ON the TX. .
volnlor
On the way down the river from
Dawson City. which place the Hcnly
lrft August u. the steamer wrnrc Was
found hard and fast on "a bar She WAS .
passed on the 10Th being then nhout
leuo miles from tho mouth OF the river.
The hnut had been on the bar for ~ days
and the Hcaly laid alongside, took on hor .
passengers and some Of the freight and
then proceeded on the way. leaving the
unfortunate boat hard ana fast aground.
with small chances OF getting on before
the river closed
r. Leonard says that the woarc had on
board lio passengers and ahou, N,MoOo
In treasure. This was transferred To the
llcply and taken TO 81 MlchaclS a con
siderable amount of this VIII arrive in
san Francisco on the Excelsior.
When nHkr,p why he returned, Leonard
Hpld II found / had TO get out or starVc
there are about i.Ooo men In Dawson and
not more than II third Of them have
work II you have not "a stock of grub
you can't get work at amy pricc had
not enough To work my own claim until
spring. 40 | sold my stock al a good
ngurv, and viii walt until spring, Jim
Dunsmulr the t,laorndo ldng. has had
$4,000 worth of provisions ordered for
some months, but has not been able TO
IN, cash put up In advance"
Those coming out however did not
bring all OF their clcnnups with them
Leonard rccltcs numerous instances Of
men who had cleaned up from $4,000 to
SlOo,oOr but had taken away barely n
third Of that, The men say they made
nothing themselves except as wages at
$40 for month or so.
Mr. Lamb of Portland. Is authority
for the statement that over 60 men have
already died OF scurvy this summer.
In regard to discoveries on Stewart
river. Ralston says that there were many
rumors OF rich strikes but up TO the