The record-union., 1897-11-14
But the Cropping Of Gold Ledges snow
Freely Of the yellow Metal
Work Commenced on the Con-
struction of MacadaMiAeu
Wagon Road From Skaguay 20
Lake Bennett The Weather
Very Mild and the Road S'1ii
Open.

City of Seattle arrived mere thiS
noon from Juneau and Skaguay, Alas
ka. Among the passengers was Maui
son Stewart, who was with the 1Ioi
marty. He left his associates eight Gays
ago. They had just reached Lake
Bennett with thirty-siX head OF cd'lle'
The lake and river We're freezing rap
idly, and by the time the cattle were
butchered and sleds built 1t was
+bo,,.ht the river would be sufficiently
frozen to permit the party starting loi
Dawson City with the frozen peel.
Waerichter and Steuber of Spokane mao
also reached Lake Bennett with thelf
droves of cattle.
Jonn Macarthur OF Seattle, who Weht
to Cooks Inlet last spring IN the Inter
est of the Alaska gold syndicate, was
also a passenger. He made eXtehsiNe
explora tions in the country tributary
To Cooks Inlet. He discovered tWelNe
rivers which had never previously peeh
located. He described it as a rough'
mountainous country, which ne lhlhhs
is very rich in quartz ledgeS, the crop
pings of which show 81 40 per ton
Macarthur says that a party OF tWeh-
tv men are now camped at kniK ARM
at the mouth of the Matanuskl River
waiting the arrival of the Copper River
Indians who come down to trade at
Cooks Inlet. The intention OF the men
is TO follow the Indians back, ano' IL
possible. locate the field from whlch
they procure gold brought out by theh
on their trading expeditions
HIGHWAY TO LAKE BENNETT.
SKAGUAY tAlaska). Nov. 9.-tPer
oF Seattle Nov Ii. J.
Work has been commenced on the con-
stfuct;on of a wagon road between
this place and Lake Bennett. Three
iron bridges have been ordered Irom
the Portland Bridge Company of Port
land. Or, the first of which VIII arrive
here about November l4th.
The company undertaking the build
, ing of this highway is the Skaguay ana
. Yukon Transportation and improve
ment Company. organized under the
State laws of Washington, with the
head office in Seattle. A uumper Oh
local business men are Interested IN
the enterprise. and among the nom
resident stockholders are ex-Congr ess-
man Acklen of Tennessee and eX-May-
or George A. Bracket OF Mlnneapols'
Mimi Mr. Bracket is the genera
manager of the company. Reasonapie
tolls will be charged over the brldges,
and the maximum charge will not ex-
ceed 1 cents a pound.
IT is proposed to have the bridges
completed not later than March lst
next. The wagon road proper will be
macadamized. The company is capl-
taIized at $500 600. Work is also being
actively pushed on the Skaguay and
Bennett Tramway, about three miles
being completed.
The Colorado and Alaska Transporta-
ton Company has been organized for
the purpose of carrying on an express
business between Skaguay and Dawson
CITY. Posts will be established every
ten or fifteen miles. J. F. Cornforth.
formerly of Denver, is general manager
of the company.
For the last week OF so the weather
has peen very mild. The lakes are
still open.
on October 22d Pennsylvania party
headed by J. F. Graeber and c. F.
Trott Of Shamokin, Pa, who had gone
into winter quarters, pulled up stakes
and started for Dawson, with the in
tention of going as far as they could
before the stormy weather set in.
There is now about ten inches of
snow on the White Pass. and about two
feet on the Chilcoot. People are still
packing over both routes.
The telephone line from Dyea to the
lakes has been completed as far as
Sheep Camp.
A RICH STRIKE.
VICTORIA B. c.. Nov. 13.-Ffve
miners who arrived here to-day via
Stickeen report that just before they
left Dawson on October 9th, a rich
strike had been made on a side hill
near Dawson. The gold was found un-
der the moss. A number of good
nuggets were brought in. They say
the Hootalinqua River is navigable for
boats drawing three feet at the lowest
water Steamers can run from Tesln
Lake to Dawson by merely dischargins
their cargo at Five Fingers, and maxi
ing short portage.
FORT YUKON REPORTED BURNED
VICTORIA (B. CO, Nov. l3.-J. t.
Simon. who left Dawson City on Oc-
tober 9th. arrived to-day. He reports
that just before leaving Dawson In
dia1s brought in a rumor TO the effect
that Fort Yukon had been burned, but
the report could not be verified
Simon says there is no fear of starva-
tion in the Klondike. as the companies
are now supplying men with provisions
for winter. Most of those who went
over the passes in the fall are still
camped along the river.
The Warrimoo. which arrived from
Australia, brought fifty prospectors for
the klondike.