The herald., 1897-08-15

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mated that the dirt y worth $1,000 Pc
1oot FOR twelve miles. Isit reasonable 4
eQpposs that the men will quietly sub
NIT to the seizure of four-fifths of theil
holdfngs? Up to the time I left there
no percentage of gold found was taker
by the government, as has been reported
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS
"The Canadian government is collect
ing duty on all goods brought into the
country from the American side. We
had to pay from 20 to 80 per cent on our
equipment. 1t was collected at Dawson
City. where the headquarters of that de-
partment had been established. OF
course there would be little difficulty in
svading a portion OF this duty, and many
OF the persons now going there will es-
cape 1t altogether, but the mounted po-
lice. are securing all they can. The per-
Sonal rights OF the miners are being pro-
tected by the authorities as much as
possible, and the life there is different to
what the forty-niners found it here in
California. The Canadians undoubted-
1y hate to see Americans carrying off so
much gold and they are trying to keep
all Of it they can by whatever possible
regulations they can establish. The
miners know the law, however, and they
as a class are not easily fooled by any
mere display of supposed authority. If
an unjust charge is made they apply to
headquarters and it is set right or they
know the reason why. Mr.. Constantine,
commanding the mounted police, was in
charge when left, but understand an
other commissioner has since been sent
Mr q M Oh SaJ tr
recording of all claims and did all he
could to legalize our titles to our hold
ings.
FREE AND EASY
Everything is wide open in the towns
and posts. if may use that expression.
A man can get almost any kind of
game he wants. Faro is the favorite,
but there is also nearly all the other
forms of gaming. suppose by this time
man can get confidence game if he
wants it. Of course the arrival of so
many people from the outside will cause
a change III the camps. Men will have
to lock up their gold instead of keeping
it in bags in their cabins as we did
There will be wildcat schemes of ques-
tionable character exposed and the
tenderfeet who start them may imme-
diately afterward be no more. There
may be odd jobs for such an official as
the coroner from time to time, but on
the whole the order in that part of the
country will be fairly good. Most of
the miners are good citizens who will
support the police in the maintenance of
law and order, and so far as civil and
personal rights of man are concerned
he Will be as safe there as elsewhere.
RETURN TO CIVILIZATION
There was not much of interest in
our trip from Dawson City home. We
left that place June 10 on the steamer
p. B. Weare, the property of the North
American Transportation and Trading
company, and came down the Yukon
nearly 1000 miles to its mouth and thence
to st. a-aichaels. There we embarked on
the steamer Portland for Seattle, land
Ing there about July Is. From Seattle |
to San Francisco we came by rail- There |
deposited my gold with a safe deposit |
company because the mint was closed. |
shall return there and convert it into |
cash next week. The manner of carry /
ing 1t was very simple. 1 placed mine |
in sack or bag and rolled it in my
blankets and kept it in my stateroom. |
From Seattle I shipped it by express.