The sun., 1897-09-16
MORE YUKON GOLD DUST.
FIFTY MINERS WITH SACKS GET
DOWN FROM DAWSON.
$3.50. 900 in q Lump seut Out by the Alaskn
Commercial Compnny-The Situation at
Dawson Gay mighty serioub-provtsions
Acarce Already, and No Relief In slEht.

$3.50. 600 In q Lump Seat Out by the Alaska
Commercial Company-The Situation at
Dawson CITY Mighty serious-Provisions
scarce Already, and No RELIEF In sight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.-Tho steamer Excel
eior arrived this morning at 10 O'Clock. twenty
days from st. Michael, Alaska, with sixty.
three passengers, fourteen being children. OF
tho adults about fifty were miners from the
Klondike, some with large sacks and some with
small, and a fow with no sacks at all. Those
who had no gold we're not regarded as good
workmen" by their fellow travellers, for no
man should leave Dawson without few hun.
dred dollars at least in his kit. So say the wise
ones.
The amount of treasure on board the Excelsior
was variously estimated at from 5000 900 to
81 900, 900. a sun representative went among
the passengers and succeeded in learning that
the returning Iukoners had with thum from
So, 900 to $50 900 and that the amount OF gold
brought to the city will reach the half million
mark. The Alaska Commercial Company has
$3.50. 900 of its own.
Among the passengers who were particularly
fortunate In the diggings were G. A. Bettcs,
Eckhart, and Con Donovan, all of whom alloge
that their sacks weigh heavily and are worth
large fortunes. Old John McQuesten, Father
Of tho Yukon" was on board with his son Henry
and his daughter Ellen. Old Jack" predicts
dire disaster IL tho rush is not stopped. He
says that provisions are already very scarce in
Dawson and hundreds are leaving the town.
William Hays has S35, 900 and a great disgust
for those who imagine that nuggets are picked
up on Dawson's streets. He has spent number
of years in Alaska and had to undergo all man
ner of hardships before he won fortune.
| The situation at Dawson is serious. The re-
| port that provisions are very scarce was fully
confirmed by all on board, and il is evident that
sickness and death will follow II provisions
not rushed up the river in time to save the set.
| tlement. A limit has been placed on all
| purchases The stores will sell -four and
| bacon, but only under special instructions
| from tho manager. and then only in
| small quantities. Nearly all OF the newcomers
| failed to bring more than half years supplies
and many have been forced to return via the
Chilkoot Pass as rapidly as possible. There we're
many who. because Of financial inability. could
not leave at all. There are ind.hearted people
among the miners, however. and plan was ar
| ranged TO raise money TO send some Of tho sick
| and poo out OF town.
| When the. Excelsior left St. Michael the
the flats. They were a very disappointed lot,
| for none OF them will get through.
in the river time before en9 be WE Wsar rety H
! from Dawson. but 5 me weeks after that tho
waters rose a little. and the early rains swelled
still at what is called low stage. which means
TINT the Hamilton. Bella and other steamers
| Will be delayed on their trips up stream because
| OF the necessity OF going ahead slowly. picking
| way over bars through the new channel
| Passengers on the Excelsior broug word that
| there were from 5000 TO ZOO people in Daws son
| and near there, but the Alaska Commercial
| Company agents estimate that there only
| about 1000 people at the mines, about 1000 Of
| whom have arrived in town since last April
| from all parts of laska and about 500 from
| Juneau. Puget Sound. and other places
| Il. A. Belts saws the Daw sonitcs do not realize
| what a sensation the gold discoveries have
| made in places outside OF Alaska and the North
| west Territory. When the Excelsior, or more
| properly tho Weare crowd. started from Daw-
son the people had little idea OF the
| great rusn OF fortune seekers TO the
north from ali parts of the world. The
town is entirely unpreparcd to handle the new.
cnmers II they ct through. 1t is "A coiscnd TO
those who Will be forced " in .Gr on tho X lon
dixie that Chilkoot Pass. White Pass and Taku
| have proved 30 hard to overcome, and that
| many 81. Michael expeditions cannot get
|