The San Francisco call., 1897-10-22
SAM WALL ON
UPPER YUKON
Charles g.. Yale Believes
the Correspondent Is
in Dawson Now.
Was Caught in a Blizzard and
Compelled to Return to
Gree City,
After Resting for Two Days Started
Forward Again Along With the
Klondike Mail Carrier.

Charles G. Yale, Statistician OF the
United States Branch Mint, San Fran
cisco, returned yeste day from a point on
the Yukon River $50 miles below Dawson.
He s'arted from This city with the pur-
pose in view of going to Dawson by water
but so many obstacles of navigation were
encountered on the Yukon that he was
obliged to return to avoid a freeze-up for
the winter. At Fort Yukon, just within
the Arctic circle, the thermometer on
September 15 registered four degrees be-
low zero.
According 10 Mr.. Yale's reckoning Sam
Wall, the cores pondent of THE CALL
who let here OH the steamer Excelsior, is
in Dawson. MIR. Wall, after leaving the
steamtOat, succeeded in making his way
in small boat to Circle City.
He started from that point TO Dawson,
! but was so badly used by a blizzard that
he wa obliged TO return 10 Circle City,
where he rested for two days and then
started again for Dawson, along with the
| mail-carrier. The chances are that he got
through all right. 1t is presumed that
the journey from Circle TO Dawson was
made bv land.
Mr.. Yale received s letter from Mr..
Rank. dated at Circle City, in which the
latter said he overhauled Sa IN Wall on the
trip up the Yukon from Fort Yukon, and
took him along with the Rank party to
Circle City. Sam was having hard time
polling up stream when Rank met him.
Mr.. ale Is convinced that the iribu-
taries OF the Yukon will yield immense
quantities of gold. In his judgment the
mines on American soil will urove as pro-
ductlve as those in the klondike region.
He believes that the stories of individ ual
wealth are exaggerated, but Is contiden I
that the wealth OF the country as q gold
| producing region is great. Ii is too early
| TO make aDy definite calculation as TO the
! output next season, but he credits the
| estimate OF Mr. Ogilvie, the Dominion
! Surveyor, that The quantity OF gold in
sight is $50, 900, Coo
y netV five per ceut OF the miners on
the Yukon and tributaries are American
| citizens. They are men who will not su D.
NIT TO an unjust tax, and the Canadian
Government could not send in and sus-
tain a sufh lent force of men 10 compel
submission to extortionate royalty.
While Ned Hamilton and Charlie. G.
Yale did not get to Dawson they got up
the YUKON far enough to obtain reautiful
views of the aurora boreaIis. The dis
play IN the heavens OF the Arctic was
grand, indeed, and compensated in
measure for the long and wearisome
voyage northwaTd.
James OelTlck, VINO arrived Yesterday
morning on the steamer from ST. Michael
also brings news of Sam Wall, THE CALL S
correspondent, who undertook the haz-
ardous ieat OF reaching Dawson City by
the river route. Al Rampant City Mr.
Wall built small fat bottomed boat, and
with an Indian guide started out bravelv
up the Yukon for Dawson City. That was
the last heard of him until yesterday
morning, when Mr.. Detrick arrived here
ard told what he had heard. | seems
that Mr.. Wall for over 200 miles waded the
greater part of the time ND to his waist in
the icy water and pulled the heavy boat
after him. Finally they were coupeiled 20
stop at some small wayside place, for
Wall was apidly becoming tagged out.
For the three remaining days he was in
sensible, aud when the letter was written
he was just able 10 get around and that
was all. Mr.. Derrick did not attempt TO
reach the Klondike this winter. His
partner, r. c. Nicklos, has charge of their
claims. and some time next June he will
build boat and 60 up the Yukon him self.
He is an expe:ienced miner having been
connected with mines here and in Colo
rado. He says that the mines on the Ell
Dorado and Bonanza creeks yield three
times as much in one-third a. large
space as any mine in California ever did.