The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-16

SOME 0OLD TALK.
What You Pay For and What You
Get In the Klondlke.
In the Alaska Miner Of Aug. Fl. re-
Gently at this Office, through the
courtesy Of Rev. 81. Beer Of Juneau,
formerly Of this place, there are sew
eral interesting articles relative to the
gold on the Klondike, the dust that is
secured, the cost of living and the
way some Juneau and other men have
turned out to be millionaires. Aside
from this the town Of Skagwey, near
the Alaskan Canada border is also
described. We give some of the most
interesting items:
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We have in our possession through
the kindness of Mr.. Adsit, letter
dated Klondike, June %, '97, in
which his correspondent says that ev-
erything is booming at Dawson.
Flour SIP per cwt., bacon Csc per h.,
sugar 3Oc, butter $l.50 per roll, beans
15c, rice 25c, corn meal, 10 Id. sack,
81 so. All canned goods 75c can.
Wages are Sis a day at the mines.
Quite a few of the Juneau boys are
Bonanza Kings. It is next to impos-
sible to go out prospecting this time
of the year, as the woods are on fire
and the mosquitoes are thick as the
hair on a dogs back. Mr.. Adsit's
correspondent goes on to say: II
never saw SO much gold dust in all
my life, as there is floating around
this town. Harry Ash takes in 1000
q day over the bar, and God only
knows what he reaps at the gambling
tables. I can tell you it is hot town.
The last steamer that left here took
out on a rough calculation, three and
a half tons of gold dust, and the most
of the mines were only in operation
about six weeks, and they say that
the claims we're only prospected.
They are nearly all shut down now,
as they cannot work them except in
the winter so that the output next
spring will be enormous. don't think
there will be grub enough to supply
the demand. There are only three or
four men left in Circle City and Forty
Mile is deserted. Men should build
wide boats, and not narrow ones, to
prevent accident"
Since writing the above we have
had another arrival from the Klon-
dixie. Archie Shelp says he saw the
gold dust piled up and measuring a
quarter of cord. It took two hours
to get his sack from the heap. Eldor-
ado is being mined to the top of the
mountain on bench claims by rockers.
No bench claim was located until the
fourth of July. William Kerr has a
claim worth $4,000, and there are
many Juneau men strictly in it. The
first spring arrivals will get rich claims.
The Portland will have four tons
of gold dust on board this trip.
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The following letter was received by
Joe Jourden of the "California.
DAWSON, July %, '9.
FRIEND JoE:-According to promise
I will drop you few lines regarding
the country.
It is all right, in fact the best coun
try in the world, to-day, to make 6
raise in. I have seen more gold anc
more money change hands than evel
before in the same period of time
Claims on creeks flowing into thu
Klondike are so rich as to be almos
beyond belief, $500 to $1,000 to thu
pan being of daily occurrence. l vii
mention few Juneauites who hav'
struck it here. Harry Ash left on tn
last boat for Frisco. He leaves her
with 100000 sure, and leaves an in
terest in two claims worth fully tina
much more in charge of his brother
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