Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17
INSPECTOR sTRIcKLANp's STORY.

INSPECTOR sTRICKLAND'S STORY.
INSPECTOR Strickland OF the Cana.
| dian mounted Police, is euroute &c
| Ottawa on official business. His
statements were guarded nnt copsetv.
| alive. He said there was only Nv
mining districts in what is known rs
the ClUn1yke section aud they are
| called the bunker and BOnanzi dla-
| tTlcls.
He said: "When l lett Dawson City
| \ month ago, there were about sou
claims stnkeu cut anu there wets be.
tween 1000 and 5000 people In there.
We can smelly soy thers was about
1850, 900 In goll mined last winter.
The wages In tue mines are Sl5 n day
anu the saw mill paid labJfers $40 q
day. The claims now staked Out viii
afford employment for alb u 5000 men
believe. L q man is strong, healthy
| aud wants to work he can hud EN-.
pluyment at good wages. Several
meB went in on an Interest, or what
| Ia termed 'iay' during the W IN.
ter realized from SIS. 900 to $4,000 a
piece. Toe mines are from 30 TO 100
miles from the Alaskan boundary"
OTHER LUCKY ONES.
William Stanley left his son in
charge Uf his Interests In a cOu Jle OF
claims. de went to the Clondyke last
year and 10 now returning WITH nearly
$4,000 in gold. Henry Anderson, n
usLive OF Sweuen, anu well known On
the Sound. sold a halt Interest In h ie
claim On Ei Dorado creek aud IL COM
ing back 10 Seattle with S45 900 spot
cash, the proceeds OF tue saI..
STORIES NOT EXAGGERATED.
II. w. Barton of THIS city got letter
via the steamer Portland from Jose phi
Goldsmith, whom he characIsTiz II
"a man honorable US ever drew ,he
breath Of life." in when the writer
makes the blunt statement that two
men In the course OF seven hours work
tx recteI from claim number thir y
Clondyke, s5 pOunus OF gold. GJiu-
smith iurtner ttates that the reports
that have gone out from Ciondyke
are In no wise exaggerated, they fsil-
iug in fact, he says, to tell nall Of tue
fabulous riches OF the country.
[By Associated Press
OVER A Ton OF GOLD ABOARD.
SEATTLE. Wash, July IA spe.
cisl ~ tus p yst.Inte!ligepcer from Port
WASH, says Mt 8 O'Clock
this Saturday morning the steamship
from 81. M chaeIs Tor Seattle passed
up the sound with more than ton OF
gold on bosrd AID sixty.eight passen.
gers. In the Captains cabin are three
chests and R lar. o cafe file d with the
precious nuggets. The metal 10 wcrth
nearly 500. 100, and the most OF 1t wac
taken Out Of the ground in leis tnan
three months OF last winter, and in
size the nuggets range from the sIzs
OF pea to guinea egg.
or the siXty-eight miners aboard
hardly man has itss than $1,000 aud |
one or two have more than 500, 900 in |
yellow Nuggets. One tpecuiar feature
q Oticed IL that the big strikes were |
made by "tenderieet" while the old |
and experienced miners Of many years
and suff 4ring indesCribsbls
hal dshipe and pnvatiOns In Alaska
aHd the northwest territory have only |
a lew thousand dollars 10 show for |
heir labor. Fortune seemed to emile
On the inexperienced men who went
into the mining districts late last year,
As nearly all Of them were fortuna
rhe stories they tell ssem too lncreui-
Die and far beyond belief. instances
are noted where single iDdiv duals
nave taken out, In two amt nan
gold to the value Of over $780,
NO.
Clarence Berry OF Fresno, Cal,
vent to the Yukon In 1890 and pros.
,ected several years without success.
dc returned home last autumn, was
Married and took his bride to the
y I.N.. 4, lac. |
N the Portland with S135, 900, the
esult OF winters work anu fortunes
mile.
Frank Phiscator of Baetoaa. Mich,
= another lucky miner. He went to
he Clondyke last autumn and is now
stunning with 1896, 027, having
hrse months. and he still owns the
laims. He was one OF the original
iscoverers OF the Eldorsdo district.
Although most OF the passengers are
stunning home with plenty OF golJ,
hey all advise and urge r.opls WIN
ontempiate going to the Yukoo not
, think OF taking In less than one ton
grub and plenty OF clothing. While
10 u poor mans counlry, yet the
ardships and prtvatiois to be en-.
ouniersd by inexperienced persons
pused 10 iroutier lie 10 certain 10 re.
lit In much suffering.
EXCITEMENT In SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 1.-THE 70.
orIH OF great gold uiscoveries In /
iaska have caused intense ex cite.
'ent here. Policemen are reslRulug
I'm tne force; every street car mau
rat can raise stalks has < ven notice {
his company. In fact all classes OF
ciety are represented in the ieverisl q
lsh 10 get north. ,
Men neglect their business and con. /
'egate In Rroups on the streets in ex. I.
ted discussion. People are telegraph /
q friends and relatives In the east to d
me and ijin them Ia the new
dorado.
The steamer Portland, OF the North
mer'can Trading and Transportation o
mpsny 10 Que from 81, Michaels | q
IN 81 100000 Of gold dust on bard. 1
She mas not yet been reported at
'toosh, and her coming Is awaited 4
IN Intense anxiety. She will prob. \
~ arrive some time tomorrow Ruu 10 6
He'd TO sail July 20th on her return /.
yage. The steamship officers are
shed with business and cut fitting IL
'ies are taxed to the uttermost Ca tt
CITY to supply the wants OF thU9e IA