The Saint Paul globe., 1897-11-02
AROUND THE HOTELS.

AROUND THE HOTELS.
Several Alaska Miners at the Bier
chants-Personal.
A. Buckley, a returned miner from
Alaska, was the center of an interest
ed group at the Merchants yesterday
Mr.. Buckley spent five years IN the
frozen country, grading gold at Forty
Mile with fair success, and Drought
down several thousand dollars IN dust
besides which he sod his claim for $20,-
900. He will spend the winter IN the
East and proposes to go back in the
spring, to prospect in the Klondike
county.
Mr.. Buckley is just recovering from
an attack of scurVy, that dread dl-
sease caused by an absence Of fresh
vegetables. He was first affected by
it early in the summer, and 1t mani
tested itself by a swelling of the gums
and loosenins of the teeth His mouth
became sore, his lips swollen and glued
together and has stomach was out OF
sorts" Now it is confined TO his left
leg. which is puffed out as though with
the drOpsy. The dis, ase had some little
run in the mining districts last sum
mer, and two men who were brought
down to Seattlei suffering from it, died
in the hospital there.
Mr. Buckley says that most of the
claims near Dawson City and Forty
Mile are already taken up, but there
will be a big influx of miners there next
spring, and there is plenty of room yet
for prospectOrs.
Not every mlner IN Alaska comes
home rich" said Samuel OberWaSer, OF
Rampant City, Alaska of whom men
tinn made in Yesterdays Il | O D e.
There are men 5who have actually
been delving for gold there score of
years and they make barely enough to
buy their food and whisky.
"A man who takes out less than 50
day is not making expenses, bur most
claims, anywhere in Alaska, will pan
out at least twice that. You see the
digging can only be done during the
winter fire is built on the ground
and thaws the earth to the depth of
foot or eighteen inches. This is then
eXcavated and another fire kindled.
The dirt is thrown out to one side and
when the streams open in the summer,
it is washed out. If any attempt at
digging was made in the summer, the
water would run into the shaft and pre-
vent work.
Some old miners only work a couple
of months in the year, washing out the
sand deposited on the bars on. the u
kon and will clear up $L290 to 81, 500,
which will buy their provisions and
liquor for the rest of the year While
they are unable to work on the bars
and they are content to live in idleness.
You occasionally see some old miners
whose frames are bent with tOil-and
mining is the hardest work / know Of
who actually have hardly enough
money to get out Of the country"
Both Mr.. Oberwager and his part
ner," George Thomas are enthusiastic
over the gold mining future of Alaska
and think that the MinoOk country,
where they were located, will rival the
Klondike. They say the urgent neces-
sity in developing all that country is
for better transportation facilities,
which will in turn. afford greater abun-
dance of proViSiO1s. TIE MinOok cOun-
try is in Uncle Sans domain, and they
hope it will be filed up by American
miners.
The Merchants was miners headquarters
yesterday. Cripple Creek was represented by
w. B. Thompson, who has spent couple
of years there but he announces his inten-
ton of going to Alaska next ssr:ng.
Halvor Steenerson. of Croc q On, was in
the city yesterday In regard 60 the fight
against the Anderson railroad land tax bill,
he said:
Il presume the case will go to the United
decision being sustained on the point of the
vote by Frank A. Day, but there may be
some question to the effect of the law on
the gross earnings ak. If it is he'd that the
gross earnings tax is such contract as the
law to tax lands conflicts with, 1t is possible
that the legislature may deem it wise to re-
peal the gross earnings law. l am not sure
that it would not be better to tax lands and
other property and repeal the gross earnings
tax as applied to all roads. l think the state
would be the gamer.
Hon. ]. D. JONES' of Lcng Prairie, is at the
Windsor.
B. F. Farmer of Spring Valley, one of the
prison investigation commission, is at the
Ryan,
]. A. Sawyer, of Owatonna is a guest at
the Clarendon.
E. G. Sutton. of Seattle, is registered at
the Metropolitan.
s. c. Plummer and H. c. Staples, of Boston,
are at the Metropolitan
B. E. Markham. of Elmira. n. Y, is at
the Metropolitan
F. B. Daugherty and John Jenswold OF Du-
luth, are guests of the Windsor.
L. Ga lien, of Winona, is at the Windsor.
Theo. Hayden. C. F. How and ]. B. SUIT
phin, of Duluth, are at the Merchants
NJ. j. Cart. cf Mankato, registered at the
Merchants yesterday.
A Merchants guest yesterday was Carleton
W. Brown, of Winona.
MIR and Mrs. A. B. Wolvin, of Duluth, are
at the Ryan.
Ryan arrival yesterday was H. R. Wells,
of Preston
Charles F. Amidson, of Fargo, is a guest
of the Ryan.
Hon. John A. Keyes, of Duluth, rs stopping
at the Clarendon.
A. Sauer, of Rochester, is a Clarendon
guest.
Coal. none better; at wholes ale prices