Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-07
KL0NDIKE GOLD FIELDS
ARE NOT WITHIN THE BOUNDARY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
East of the 1I1st Meridian and in
the Northwest Territory of
Great Britain.

/ Washington, Aug, 6-Incited by
+ newspaper publications recently tend
/ ing to throw doubts upon the owner
ship of the Klondike gold fields, some
of the government officials who would
naturally be expected to deal with the
question if it comes to Il practical issue,
have been quietly looking into the mat
ter with Il view to preparing themselves
| for any controversy that might arise
/ Their views are in substance that there
can be no valid objection advanced to
! the title of Great Britain to this terri
tory. \ careful examination of all the
reliable charts and maps made far
| enough back in date to be free from
/ suspicion of influence by the recent heavy
/ gold finds has convinced these officers
/ that SO far as the Klondike fields, as
defined by the latest reports, are concern
! ed there can be no question but that
/ they lie east of the l4lst meridian, which
defines the boundary line, and are within
/ British territory by about 81 miles at
| least. As for the meridian itself. it is said
that it has been SO closely located by the
surveys of the Canadians and our own
coast surveys that there is not at any
point difference of more than 700 feet
in the claimed boundary, which, of course,
would not substantially affect any con
troversy that might grow out of the
line.
To Seek Another "Last Chance"
Helena, Mont, Aug. 6.-Aheady 20
Argonauts have set out from this place
for the land of gold in the north. 9th
ers will 90 this fall, and in the spring,
unless discouraging reports come back,
great many more will go. They in
clude people in all lines, but most of
them have had experience in placer
mining and gambling. Several of them
were in the gulch around which Helena
is built, known as Last Chance, and
which yielded $20000,000 in placer gold
in few years. \ spot POO feet square
where the Great Northern depot now
stands yielding $4,000 in few weeks,
Recollection of this fact and others OF
like nature has stirred the gold fever
in the veins of large number of Helena
people
Passengers for Gold Region.
Seattle, Aug. 6.--l'he steamship Clevc.
land sailed for st. MichaeIs yesterday
bearing 200 passengers and 1000 tons
of freight for the new gold region. Among
the passengers were Captain =. NJ. Ray
and Lieutenant Richardson, l.. $. A., who
are to command the troops ordered from
Fort Russell for duty in the Yukon dis
trict The officers will be followed by 60
soldiers in the spring.
The North American Transportation
and Trading Company has let con
tract for the building of four more riy-
er steamers, making eight contracts let
by the company in two weeks. All the
boats are of large capacity
Deck hands for YukOn-bound yes
sells are in great demand and wages have
been increased from $35 to $40 month.
Sir WiIfred Can't Believe 1t.
London, Aug. 6--Ihe Paris CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail has had an
interview with Sir Wilfred Laurier, the
Canadian premier on the subject OF
opening up the Klondike region, and he
represents Sir Winfred as declaring that
/ the reports of the thrush of miners must
be greatly exaggerated. Sir Wilfred
would not say whether there would be
any trouble over the matter between the
dominion government and the United
! States, but at any rate there could be no
/ difficulty on the score of frontier, as this
was precisely marked and the gold fields
! lay within Canadian territory. There was
no doubt, however, he said, that they
ran into Alaska and gold had been found
in a great part of those regions.
/ For the next Is years the locality
would be, in his opinion, the great gold
mining center of the world.
steamer WaIIa WaIIa Sails.
San Francisco, Aug. 6-The big
steamer WalIa Walla sailed for the
north with 300 passengers, of whom at
least third were bound for the Klondikc
gold fields Her departure was greeted
most enthusiastically by much larger
crowd than has attended the sailing OF
any previous expedition for Alaska.