The herald., 1897-07-28

ney on record to the gold fields An ef-
fort will be made to complete the trip
from Chicago to the Clondyke within
thirty days. In addition to the crew,
guides and officials, 200 men will leave
San Francisco on special steamer. OF
these the larger portion will be from
Chicago, but it is believed, there will be
scattering number from all parts of
the country.
TALK AT THE MINING EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK, July 27.--The Times
says: Clondyke matters are about to be
| investigated by the mining exchange of
this city and steps taken to have the
most reliable information in the event
Of listing Alaskan gold stocks. The new
officers of the exchange, w. c. Dornin,
President; A A. Drake, President;
George B. Hedyan. Secretary; and John
G. Dale, Treasurer; are in agreement as
to the gold discoveries being certain to
increase business and lead to more in
quiries. 1t is also expected that there
will be a boom" in mining stocks
Little else is talked of at the exchange
than this new feature of mining excite
ment and the proposed starring of Alas
kan syndicates. F. L. Underwood, one
of the prominent members of the ex-
change, was mentioned in connection
with Clondyke interests and it was said
company was being formed at Corn
wall 1.-The Hudson.
| 1t would seem as if the dangers of the
new valley of gold are thoroughly ap-
preciated by members of the exchange
Comparisons now to the disadvantage
to the miners of Bolivia, Peru and Co.
lombia were heard and there were quite
few suggestions that Colorado inter
ests might be developed with a great
deal less expense and perhaps more sat
| sfactory results to the prospectors. No
| apprehensionS seemed to be felt that
Americans at Ciondyke would exper-
ience any rough treatment through the
action of the Canadian authorities and
1t was confidently stated that all that
Americans would be required to do was
to pay the license which the Canadian
government exacted from all mining
prospectors. whether British or alien
This amounts to SIS annually.
I'VE certainly intend to CO." said w
H. Edwards, of the law office of George.
M Curtis, Bennett building, to a re-
porter. Il go as the representative of
New York company My intention is
| TO buy claims and in the spring we will
work the claims by machinery. We will
sail from Victoria B. c., August 18th
and expect by that time our party will
number twenty. We will take along at
least eight months provisions"
1--WE will not stay at Clondyke," inter-
posed a friend of Mr. Edwards, who was
present. 1--WE intend to reach the Black
Hole of Calcutta, where they are mostly
all Bohemians and escaped nihilists.
They are hard citizens, but this is the
richest part of the country. 1t is about
100 miles northwest of C1ondyke and in
Alaskan territory"
Mr.. Edwards added: 1--WE will go by
the Juneau route and make the over
land trip. eW hope to reach Healy and
Wilson's store by August 10th. We
travel by the Canadian Pacific to Vic
toria."
According to Mr.. Edwards, the mem
bers of the party had already
experienced a desire to go to South
Africa, but they changed their minds
when they heard of the Clon dyke. Mu-
tual concessions between the United
States and the Canadian governments is
will, they think, place the gold-seekers RS
of both countries on an equal footing
After trying what they can do in the
Clondyke region, they will turn their
attention to American SOIL They will
work their claims by the Lay system of
hydraulic placer claiming, and the par
! ty intends to stay away at least two
years
Frederick M. Barmore and Charles
Harvey of Long Island City have started
for Seattle, whence they will go to Alas
ka. Both are well-to-do and have fam
| lilies. Both are used, to hardships and
have ample means with them.
FORWARD OF THE FOREHATCH.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-Tha
steamship State of California sailed for
Portland this morning, connecting with
the George w. Elder at that port for
Juneau and Dyea. Among her passen- :
gers are sixty men bound for the Clon-
dyke district by way of the Chilcoot
pass.
In order to meet the unusual demand d
for passage the steamship company
fitted up accommoda tions for fifty peo-
pie in the space between decks forward
of the foreha tch. In addition to those
who go on the State Of California, fully
as many adventurers from this city have
| SeCuIGu- passage OH The ElCVeT ana Will
travel by rail to Portland, owing to their
inability to obtain passage on the State
of California. The State will carry sew
enteen burros. that are being shipped to
Alaska by Thomas Magee's party, to be
used in packing supplies over Chilcoot
pass.
RUSH FOR STEAMER PASSAGE.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 27.-The
throngs about every shipping office that
has even the remotest of Alaskan rela-
tons have by no means diminished. It
would SEEM that the only circumsta nee
which prevents the wholesale depopula-
ton of San Francisco Isl the limit in, the
transportation facilities. Not only
strong men, whose broad backs, bronzed
faces and work-worn hands tell of pre-
vious experience with the labor that lit
orally sweats the brow, but clerks and
professional men and women in hun
dreds are seeking-some of them for in
| formation, but most of them for trans
portation to the land where nuggets are
to be had. they think, for the picking up.
Every day sees some new scheme for
overcoming the difficulties in the way
of reaching Clondyke, and the fleet of