Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-22
GOLD FIELDS IN ALASKA
George B. Kittinger, Formerly Of This
City, TO Go to Th6nl
]. EDWARD ADDlGKS INTERESTED
He Is at the Head of b Large
Syndicate
WHICH WILL MAKE AN INVESTIGATION

Charles II. Kittinger of fblu city
on Monday received a Telegram from
his brother, George B. Kittinger OF
Seattle, Wash, which gives most
encouraging renoit concerning tho gold
tielda in Alaska. In the Telegram Mr..
Kittiager stated that he will leave
Seattle in company with cy Gov.
McGraw and Gen. Carr, fboth OF
Seattle. They will go by STEAMER via
the Pacific Ocean and Yukon River to
the Klondyko fields in the irterssts of
syndicate of San Francisce and
Seattle capitalists. According 10 th1
dispatch, the reports sent out bynews.
paper correspondents have not ex-
aggernted the condition of aifaiis, the
latest information obtained ito day by
Mr.. Kittinger being to the effect that
there is more gold ready forlsh pment
than had been announced. lit ia also
intimated that the miners are endeavor-
ing to withhold as much information
as they can. portion of Mr. Kit.
tinger's telegram reads as follows:
"The reports sent out are not OK
aggerated. The excitement ia intense.
1t is the richest ground ever discovered,
There are two millions at st. ishael's
ready for shipment. it haying been
taken out during three months last
winter. "
Mr.. Kittinger and his friends, when
they reach St. Michael's, at the mouth
Of the Yukon River, will be trans-
ferred from the ocean steamer 10 a
river steamer, and will proceed 1925
miles up the river to Dawson City, the
centre of the gold fields.
The telegram also states that the
steamers that have just reached the
Puget Sound are the first from tho
Yukon district this season. this being
due TO the fact that the mouth of the
Yukon River is closed up by ice from
October to June in each year.
There was also information to the
effect that men are abandoning all sorts
OF positions tc go to the new gold
fields, aud that the crush is something
wonderful. Steamers are leaving every
day and tickets are being sold several
days in advance.
A syndicate to investigate the fields
in Alaska has been organized with j.
Edward Addicks at its head, the other
members being New York. Philadel
phia, Buffalo. Boston and Chicago
capitalists. They recently Spurchased
for $500, 900 20 miles Of placer diggings
on the banks OF the Quesnelle kiver,
in British Columbia. and have had
men investigating for the past six
months. The reports received have
been most encouraging, and it is the
purpose OF the syndicate to explore all
of the river sheds hetwsen Caribno and
Klondyke, which ia in ths very heart
of the rich land and is several hun
dred miles in length.
p. I. Packard, who is now stonping
in Wilmington, has had experience 10
Alaska, being interested in the opening
and development of gold fields there.
He says the best time to make the trip
TO the Klondyke gold fields is to arrive
ut Juneau, Alaska. about March, the
route thence to the fields being less
hazardous than earlier. According to
him the Indians first discovered the
rich strikes and told the whito mon.
Food is very expensive up there and
there is likely to be much suffering on
account OF the present rush. In summer
the temperature sometimes reaches 10
degrees hut in winter it falls 10 30 and
40 degrees below zero.
Seattle, Wash.. July 10. The amount
of treasure brought down from the
famed Klondyke by the steamer Port
land is now placed at sl,500,00o, and
there is good reason to believe the sum
was nearer 50, 600, 900
Each man was required to place his
gold chest in the ships safe, but many
of the miners secreted their ''dust'' in
blankets and luggage which was taken
either TO their staterooms or throEn
carelessly about the ship.
Clarence j. Berry, one of the
Klondyke kings, brought down at least
SS4, 000 in nuggets not cent Of which
the Portland had any record.
When pressed for an estimate as to
the total OF the Portiand's 8 gold cargo
Capt. Kidson said it was no doubt
nearer $1,000, 600 than the amount
accounted for on the ships records.