The San Francisco call., 1897-07-21
OF the great strike was shouted across the
waters. those aboard waving nuggets and
hscs Of gold. Continuing, Stanley writes:

| nj the great strike was shouted across the
waters, those aboard waving nuggets and
| hs ca of gold. Continuing, Stanley writes I:
From all can learn, on I'll Dorado and Bo-
nanza creeks and both branches of the Klon-
s.,a ,be richest strike In all American his
-, has been made There has been a COM
nIeyo stampede from Circle City, only few
wbfto men remaining, ana DAWSON, the
largest town In the region, is booming. can
not learn exactly how much the Weare brought
down. but | should judge that the value OF
Soio "a In excess OF 81 900, 600. The men
won't talk. but with gripsacks ana bags,
s,ronc. boxes. belts tin tomato cans and other
odd receptacles filed with the gntterlng
metal. they cit on guard in their 42o state
rooms. u.o ooo
J. j. Clements OF Los Angeles mad 9oO.ooo
In gold dust and nuggets ana ao ieii @l|o'-
600 invested in other claims tnah ms o"u
He was going 10 Los Angeles 10 invest IN I ieai
estate He showed me one nugget worth SIoI
and others of smaller size ranging nom 90
TO $3.50.
He begged OF me an orange and In e1cnange
offered me S6, which 1 refused. Raw turuipS
and even potatoes were eagerly sought anu 40
a crate of onions came from the newly arrFeu
steamer Portland there was almost riot 90
strong wes the desire for them. Several LUCKY
miners went about the Portland ana gave Tue
steward $50 for q dinner of seven plates. lDe
men ate like famished wolves ana as tug
various courses were brought on laughed ike
pleased chi dren. Most OF the sixty passengers
aboard the Weare, which started from winter
quarters after the ice started in the Yukon,
had been living on beans. bacon ana nardlacA
for from six months to year. Inc niue
agency store at ST. DIchaels was besieged ior
bottled cider, canned pineapples, apricois'
cherries or anything tart. and at 81 bottle
cider went like gumdrops.
After my dinner on board the Portland
followed the seven diners to the Weare and
there met the captain of mounted PONCE
who refused 10 allow me the use OF his name.
He was of the Gold Commission OF the British
Government, and knew to an ounce what each
man al board the Weare had brought out. L
asked him if what they had brought aggre-
gated $750,000. He laughed and said:
"You're not very warm"
''Was it over 81 900 900, captainr
YOU'RE getting warmer but i shan't talk OF
those boys and their findings. Do you want
history OF the tird? If SO, ! can give you that.
You're the first newspaper man who reached
the Yukon since the strike was made, The
richest gold strike the world has ever known
was made in the Klondyke region last August
and Septembe but the news did not get even
to Circle City until Dece m ber 15, when there
was q sta tampede. Circle City is deser ted. But
three white men and several Indians and
women came out to greet US as we came down
OF all the 200 claims staked out on the Bo-
nanza and FL Dorado, not one has proved
blank.
"As came out had authent tic informa ii on
of equally rich finds made from June to 10
on Dominion Greek. This creek heads at Hun
ker Creek and runs into Indian Creek and
both run into Klondyke. Three hundred
claims have already been staked out on this
creek, and surface indications show that they
are as rich as the others.
''You will find more gold in circulation in
Dawson than you ever in all your life.
Saloons take in from $4,000 to $4,000 each
night. Men who have been N all parts OF the
world where gold is mined say they never saw
sucn q quantity taken in so short time.
"You may safely say that So 500 900 has been
taken from the ground on the British side
within the past year, and about S1,00OOoO
from the American side. The diggipgs around
Circle City and in the older placers are rich
enough to satisfy any ordinary demand, but
they have nearly all been temporarily left for