Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
Great Stampede to New Discovery on
Sulphur Greek.
NEWSPAPER WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE
An Old Miner Writes Back of DAN
gers of Skaguay Pass.
ADVISES ALL TO AVOID IT

new district brought Gown on the schooner
South Coast. it seems that the new dig
sinss will rival even the famous Bonanza
and Eidorado. Geld was found just below
the surface running S34 to the pan. The
men took out $500 in day by simply pros
pecting their claims. a stampede followed
the reports of the new finds, which reached
Dawson city August Is. In week 500
men had crossed the mountains between
Eldorado creek and Dominion creek They
Travelled day and night, and in two weeks
the whole stream was staked out. This in
formation, the first authentic story of Sui
phur creek, was given out yesterday by
John L. Light of Chicago. He left Dawson
on the steamer Bella, August Is. He owns
a Claim on Sulphur creek.
He says: When l first heard of the
strike on Sulphur creek. 1 went over the
mountains to investigate it. l spent one
day with two brothers, the Mckinnon boys,
of Wellington, b. e. / saw them take out
$500 in one day by simply sinking two
prospect holes The formation is the same
as at Eldorado, and Sulnhur creek bears
the same relation to Dominion as does
Eldorado to BoEanza. The streams empty
INTO the Indian river. OF course, VIXEN
the news of the new discovery reached
DAWSON there Was a great stampede and
hundreds left the Klondike for Sulphur
creek 1t is now all staked out"
Portland's Valuable Cargo.
The treasure ship Portland got away for
st. Michaers at noon Sunday with big
cargo, consisting principally of machinery
for four steamers which are to BE con-
structed by Moran Bros OF ST. Micnacrs
this winter. One steel steamer the John
Y Barr, was complete. On the Portland's
forward deck was a Maxim rap:d-frirG
gun, capable of moving down an army
or privateers. 1t will fire 100 cartridges
weighing one pound, per minute.
Secretary Hamilton of the North Amer
lean Trading and Transportation Company
was aboard. Inside the captains cabin
ara dozen new rifles, which will DC used
effectively, if need be, to protect the treas
ure which the Portland will bring down
from the Yukon mines.
Newspaper WOmnn's Experiences.
TACOMA, Wash, September 13.-Mrs. E.
A Henderson, the first newspaper CORE
spondent to make the trip to Dawson City,
arrived on the Cleveland from ST. Michaers.
and is visiting friends in this city She
spent some months in the mining district,
ard gives the Ledger some interesting ex-
per1ences in the far north.
Talk about my report of the finding of
the *oSS.25 nugget, the largest yet discover
ed in the Yukon country, which Nick Kut-
zon picked up on No. Is Eldorado and is
bringing to San Francisco on the Excel
sior, has increased the excitement When
the Excelsior with its reported cargo of
nearly 81 100000 in dust reaches San Fran
cisco the fever will probably reach its
height. Yet the excitement is all on the
outside. In the Klondike country even this
huge nugget which is as large as your
hands. with almost a perfect hatchet-head
shape, did not greatly excite the miners.
Has Become Cautious.
II am asked a score of times. is the
KloEdike country as rich as reported9 l
was prepared to say that 1t could scarcely
be exaggerated, but since then have seen
newspapers and 1 reply more cautiously
In several papers / saw the statement that
somebody had seen five five-gallon cans of
gold in one cabin, the work of two men for
winter. No one in that country ever heard
of such cabin.
The truth is I lifted less than s13, 600
of dust in granite bowl with difficulty
Alexander Mcdonald, who went in not
long ago strapped, Is now more than
millionaire.
bill Coatwell bought claim for 500 and
sold sixty feet of it for $4,000. This was
No. II Eldorado. On No. . Eldorado there
inches thick. The owners are taking out
very little because they can do nothing
with the cumbrous gold dust now.
ON the claim of Frank Densmore ninety
pounds of gold was taken out That is
equal to something like $4,000.
THE stories of the lucky failures are
extremely interesting. Fritz Kloke tried to
sell his half interest in claim for S1OU
He could not get it. He has just sold the
same half to John ]. Henley for $1,000
There are dozens of just such fortunate
strikes made blindfolded.
This is the lucky side Of Yukon min
ing"
Dangers of Skaguny Pass.
ST. LOUIS. September &c. w. Gates
OF the ranch firm of Vail & Gates, Los
Angeles. California and Arizona, who is in
the city, has Just received an interesting
letter from G. w. Anderson, whom he
grub-staked to go to the KloE1ike country.
The letter Is dated Skaguay pass, August
q, and says, in part: II have now been out
two weeks on this trail. cannot describe
the haIdships of those who are struggling
and enduring all the hardships that either
man or beast ever endured in our endeavor
to get over the mountain before the lakes
and the Yukon river freeze up.
1T is estimated that there are about
1000 people on this and the Dyea trails
and camped where the ships landed them
on the beach. Many are giving up in de-
spair. Many are going back. and will try
the Dyea route; others are going into win
ter quarters. We have had one continuous
storm for about three weeks-mostly rail-:
and hail. Very few have been through to
Lake Bennett. The mountains are very
steep and rocky: the fiat places are all
Doggy. We have now stopped to blast cut
rocks and corduroy boys Many horses
have been killed. 1t is impossible to hire
packing done over this trail Those VINO
are hiring are paying from so to 60 cents
per pound.
Trail Misreprescntcd by Sharks.
This trail has been greatly misrepre-
sented by the sharks and real estate boom
ers who are building and booming a town
at Skaguay. back. They reported a pass
able trail open for horses before I left
Seattle. which caused almost everybody
coming to ship their outfits this way. /
only know of two parties that have been
over this trail to the lakes yet and we who
are on The way are contributing to have
the trail made. My advice to all who an
ticipate going to the Klondike Is no. to
come this route.
They say there will be famine in Daw-
son unless the parties going in take plenty
of provisions. So have made up my mind
to take plenty with me, and l will be O. K.
for the next year. even If I am compelled
to go, into winter quarters before reaching
my destination"
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