Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-19
FEH PLAGERS PAY WELL
hi I,,g, HsjorIy Of Gold Seekers
Have Been Stranded
.,,y HARDY MEN CAN PROSPER
w,nou, Plenty of Money Uh'
able TO Live Through abe LONE
tic winter.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-Ths worm
Byt; A.. Am nj
/ oo,gspheim & 5ons, who has iaies
,nsI,iug interests, when seen a. DIE
\ ,org branch cottage, confirmed the
4 ,,ra,,sa discovery in the Yukon conn-
h ,,v and said that the new fields wouiu
L HID far in excess Of even the pteseh'
isss,te indications. 49,,
uFOr some time my firm has HAD
,.psr, mining engineers at work in
Al.,bsn he said, land their report
,,ys Yukon gold flelds will prove the
,lobes, in the world. My opinion ie
hat IA soon as the country hss been
epsned up and shipping facilities iur-
pshed, the output OF gold Will be SIM
liz enormous AS the production OF
rOld increases, silver will be enhanced
IA value. This regard as certain"
MI. Guggenheim declinsd to give In
Detail the roasoDs Tor his faith In
higher values for silver.
There are well informed men who
tok upon the reported discoveries az
Exaggerated. One Of these Is Il. Ho'
tsr, associste editor OF The Engi.
tesring and Mining Journal.
Eyes, have read these stories," he
H bald, "but to be frank / do not credit
them, Our Information which is de-
tslsd and positive makes 1t impossi-
Biz for me to sece pit the repeated AM
ptubcement that the Yukon runs
tyei a bed OF virgin golt. As a matter
N iaci come persons have struck fairly
fCh plscers In tha Yukon district.
But the large majority of gold seekers
H b that barren country have been
lIrsnded. There Ia only placer yield
ior this section. No quartz has been
plsct vered--not q fragment. or course
\! is led tut and worn out during ages
Pom the mountains and indicates the
txaIerce OF ricD quartz deposile.
Along the coast conditions are d fer
t1. There we have quartz mines IN
Douglas Island, Bernois Bay and
eumlum, all rlcB, and one-tHe Alae.
p Notwithstanding IS the largest
u the world,
Uur latest advipeB from the Yukon
unity are far from rossate.
Miners have been arriving In nam.
tets all Though the spring, but only
Naiew points have the plscsrs paid
ven Now comea the stories that the
tsien Of the Klondyke run rainsied
pm goIf dust. cannot credit 1t. l
na'eol Information from the Klon.
sYSe mlneaRnd know TINT come OF them
pA'e oeen fairly SUCCESSFUL but
vahlol tsy positively who are behind
,nese boom stones." Ab,ua two
~" tgo hundreds OF yenturesome
heh sFsWn to the Yukon by false
nPoiis OF lie fabulous wealth, were
Su'eny brought home lEes OF charge
y me transportation clmpapjes
4 A. ~ Wv Auhob Heihb prove
We peculiarly Itch, IL would piasu
SSwpalaNVeiy little to the world,
10y Ipe hardest anu most sxosri
s'a uilhefs could hope to prosper ID
KY stsoiale land. For ,ught month,
NV " eaC>l year no work can bs done
,phs Winter Is OF aEcti c. like seyer.
~ an'o lonr monthB The miners mus
Ssua yeaIAl work. Those who rush
,,a lug oHon country will court hard
NV VI which they do not cream. L
I:.s s,au now they will baisly reach
r"na oei'ie winter sets IN. Without
y sho plenty OF 1t tnsir position
s.ulu be terrible. P0''''''
winter there means no voSk ,o.,, ,
hate.p "'e,ueS'toyhng Gil
'fhoI ON THE PRICE OF SILVER
u"mHAssHiiNalfoN, July l9.-ou,s
ysn o. statesmen wers asked
lh,, "Ouiu DO the effect of M
dlrs.A 9old discoveries on III.
LsI,n question. Most of them,vsrs
tn,,Ib,a to the belief Thai m.
Gpp,.ee proouctlon Of the nav gair
u,,s" had been greatIv ave"
Sii %u 'os the benefit Of The trans,a s
non cumpsnios ana locsi ''A a''!,., /,
etss ,S Senator Allison Wa
ID, n,oe scout I've situation said. 81
sroim ,Uuuet Of selu In Alaska is r,an ,
hhtbrin would OF course tend X
/ ma, ,ne the value of gols sno
sa" IN, Va the output would bs T,. "a ah ~.
Il, pI,Sneeatnted to have much "s $50 10 .,
nus,ulppt Of gold Il vs,v Ven ,a vneca ioi
b. AS'lher authority ,a,d ,.,,,
u'suon that there conId ~. W'thou
srls.s' th agOn the monetary si1us Tis,'
aupsns.naSsSa discoveries Of gold w.. ~
IN p,luons as to take poIn ' On, ~s,e &c
n, ,l,ss tv.Ous metals. He exuia,nse a
IN Ppssslrg In toupa p,u.
tlcsysTIvvu s !, OF the world rom t TN.
4 atout q o o. America until T na., NE !,
3 9sSs., ~ d goia V nss The aeruN
% .t 'USvVOO. There are 81 10 u 6Sn
H'ut ;eOoo w snn BE- be seen that tbs unes !.
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