Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-02
, s,vspapsr Man Tells Just How He
Finds Il.
FEW MAKE RICH STRIKES
n, ,he Great Mpj1ri,y Have Poor Luck
Ipdsed-Famlns and >eurvy
VIII Fr;yail.

80. the firtt wIisten ny in'nou
u.rspsr man to come cut oil the
W,ootlke gold regions. He says:
Tbs rich diggings have been com
...uvelv idle during the summer, a.
,s,ooh tue output from Eldorado and
.rzs cfeeks was enormous and
!S",s IL plenty Of gold in sight. There
., avery prospect of on immense out
-, nj gold from the district next
.orlug. The total output this season
!, a, near rs can Judge, about ST.
aooOOo, but very little ground has
,..o worke and the dumps will, like
.om, of tue teilines of old Cslifornin
rl,csrs, pan out thousands OF dollars
w,an w orked with improved machib-
cry. ,. ,,,s, ru.zI,py
md aeoeivipg / have ever seen. I'm.
ina a man working on good "coi0T''
md finding the ground only wcrth
saw dollars per day, and then turning
80 waste of mud and moss with no
snrlase indications anu unesrthing u
hana1z,, Tnas Is tho situation here
and ali over Alaska.
Tha man who comes here to min Q
t,s. sn NJ the expense OF health and
bsppiness, and 1t ie with him CUES
,Inn nj M making u fortune quickly or
taxing chances with death. About me
ara ~ res OF men who can weigh their
cold by the bucketiui ana who value
their claims at millions. Four hum
dtet valuable diggiDgs are stretched
along the creeks and every digging is
afabulous niue OF gold, yet there are
weary meu who have gone and re-
turned to Dawson, atter searching the
great country hereabout, anu never u
nugget do they show for their toll,
thrlf long tramp over broken ground
and into country whose natural dis
advantages are exceeded by no other
plsce on earth.
Ibis Alasks.Northwsst Territory
geld Geld IL an old prize.drawipg
proposition that can iiken to moth.
ing that admits OF n better comparison
tnsp a lottery. A number OF spots are
selected on tue creeks and Iivers and
for one year the miner labois. The
year closer, the wafer runs, aud tue
seasol's output barely pays expens es.
Not two miles away from the unforiu.
nate Que works man who has taken
from au uuinviting bit Of earth q sack.
Iul oil gjld. The lucky one uid not
stIike The pocket because OF mis- Abili.
Iysss miner; chance favored him, and
that was oil. In short, the miner
guss.es at II anu Locates any and
everywhere. In nineteen casss out OF
ivsuly he misses II, and ma, to walt
Another year Tor new trlai.
Dawson IL merely u collection OF log
hus, aaleOns, ami a mass OF tents,
about 600 in number. When long
mig Is c me anu the glass goes down
10 ~ degrees below zero there will be
iulrpse sutieriDg here aud l shudder
to hink VI the results.
Provisions are going to be very
seaIcs and there IL little reason to
GUubl that the entire town will have
to 60 on short rations during the
winter and that scurvy will bs RAM
pant. The gold that will go down the
ilyer for San francisco anu Seattle
hh uI VI gold that VIII Iemain in
CAM TOT IL Is used ne an equivalent Of
money and is legal tender al sl7 per
ounce.
d these 5000 or 1000 inha bitants,
obIy couple OF hundre1 have made
Dlgslflkes. Thee Is plenty OF work at
lfum clio 10 $40 per day and many men
have paid $3.50 per day OF less for
hving and saved the balan ce.
h'pofts OF other strikes are constR n t.
" received here anu many are authen-
ucso isf as Stewart and Polly rivers
ave conceTnsu, but nothing ss ricn as
we klondiRe has been reported.
Qlite number OF people are prepar-
lhg 10 lesve here tor juneau in Ca &c
Tue steamer does NOT get through with
ploVlsluns, anu the outlook Tor good
giup supply is not encouraging.
IL conc uei0n the Alaska anu North.
wesi Iorrltoryigold fielus will be- de.
sel0ped slowly. Ten thousand men
NAY cjme here. but they Will be lost
10 NE vast county when they spread
cot to prospect.
not more than 500 OF them will
sHlke mine. When they 10 strike
pay gravel their fortunes will be maUe.
~ Seais 10 come when al the sscrifice
y! humsn HE aud euergy the tressuTes
WIS sfeat land are located, the
ne'Ih OF the Northwest VIII be some.
ming beyond comprehension.
AT DyEA AND sKAGUAY.
n TORT TOWNSEND. Wash, Sept. L.
ine steamer Fs,ralIon arrived 20.
hlSh', six Jays rom Dyea anu Skis
quay Inc oflictrs OF the steamer tell
m'eIesting stories OF the condition OF
eualfs al both landings.
Ilty Eay Tint nj Inc aa m N manila n m
.!o"iy nut surely crossing the divide,
aud the road for ten miles D the can.
sun 10 hlrewn with tente, provisions,
ulscaTded baggage and dead bcrses.
.ess man Zoo people are on the beach
DyeS, ms All make efforts 10 get
'0.oss ihe divide os coon as landed.
~ sAsguay things present a'differ.
snr, a2peafance. There are between
YiVvO aud 5000 people at that place.
a n,s. 'AaL nay men have succeeded In
6.upS ec.oss White pIss, and hun
ueIs nave given up trying to cross
up,l s.ring.
o'eamer .fiicers say rain had fallen
utte continually ior several days,
nu ~ impossible to cross. All
r'nus oil business Ii furnishing. May
men arc selling outbls Tor little or
annR, while others are buying
,ely'hlng Vfferec for sale and using
~ ~s sane to stock general retail stores,
"'un lhey arc setting up on the
on' a saiOopkeeper Mt Dyea 10
iHS'ns Hour, emp,ying II IN heap
, 'eh' aud selling the empty sacks
70 cents each. The officers deny
49, a man Was allied at Bkaguay Tor
mailing, tut say that In case Of theft,
U.Alh wouid be the result.
MRS, LEASE is GOING.