The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-23
THE PASSING THR0NG.

cenansd % the regulations promulgated %
Tire gold commissioner. ard 5y me 2a1Nsf-
sal sentiment % justice wasc1 mas pea
carefully nurEured ~ the miners and made
70 apply 70 all the dealings between men.
William =. Cisary, Of New York. j.
Young mining lawyer who IS here pTepar-
+ sny for 4 winter trip 10 the klondlke %
| examine into the titles OF group OF claims
/ which = London-New York syndicate has
an option On. He VIII examine nol only
+ the legal titles 70 the claims, but win IN
vestigats them from a pEaclcal point OF
view. with the Intention OF reporting 70 MS
clients as TO their location and poSsso.A2ties
as dividend payers.
Mr.. Cieary arrived yesterday from New
( York. accompanied By his wife. He IS tan.
strong, wei built and energetic, ara
physically able 10 surrnount and overcome
all the hardshlps that lie between Dyea
sn6 the Klondike. To a post-Intsilgencer
reporter last night Mr.. Clea-y said:
4 4 expect 70 leave Seattle In about three
weeks for Dawson City. / shah De accom-
panied by Henry Henderson. brother OF
1 Bob Henderson. enc OF the osst-sRowh
/ gold miners in the Yukon and the original
! dixcovers- of placer gold in the hlondlhe
/ region. We will have an outfit for year
/ bur / expect 10 return by February /. My
/ purpose is 70 examine the titles 20 Tour
/ claims which number OF prominent New
/ York and London capitalists are ngurans
on I believe that I am the first lawyer
/ 10 be sent 10 the Kiondlke on such mis-
sion as this.
1 IN my time there has been nothing like
! the excitement such as prevails n New
/ York now over thu Klondike gold discoy-
/ cries. Wall street Is taking deep interest
4 in the development OF the Klondike mines.
/ had more than one man worth millions
tell me that II they were younger they
would leave New York and seek the oppor-
| tunities for money making that exist IN
| the Yukon mining country. II Is my
/ opinion that thousands Of men VIII leave
| the East for Alaska next year. and large
| proportion viii be men OF means who VIII
seek investment in placer mines. The East
/ is mere aroused over the klondike than
i the West People read every vestlge OF
/ news that is printed about the country
! Parties are being organized everywhere.
! Nothing like the present excitement has
! ever been seen"
/ Mr.. Claary says that with the investment
/ OF large sums Of money in. the mines or
/ the klondike will come closer scrutiny or
/ land titles than has heretofore existed. He
referred in particular TO the section OF the
law passed by the Dominion parliament
August T. which makes the absence of 4
claim owner without leave Of the gold
/ commissioner, ground for the forfeiture or
/ d claim. 1t is also provided that II
claim is unworked for seventy-two hours
without reasonable excuse being presented
10 the gold commissioner, Il is Liable 10 be
forfeited The section OF the law referred
TO by Mr.. Cleary is az follows:
/ ''Nineteenth-A claim shall be deemed 10
be abandoned and open 10 the occupation
and entry by any person when the same
shall have remained unworked on working
days by the grantee thereof or by some
person on his behalf for the space Of
seventy-two hours unless sickness or other
/ reasonable cause may be shown 10 the
/ satisfaction of the gold commissioner, or
i unless the grantee is absent on leave given
4 by the gold commissioner, and the gold
commissioner. upon obtaining evidence
satisfactory TO himself that this provision
is not being complied with, may cancel the
entry given for a claim.
Not 10 per cent. OF the claim owners
who have left the Klendike have COM
piled with this section Of the law" said
Mr.. Cleary. The result will be that
/ titles to many valuable claims will be i'm
/ paired. 1 understand that to jump a
mans claim In that country Is much like
horse stealing In Texas-it Is worth a
mans life. But as the country settles
| up. much litigation will be had over min
! ing claims, and capital will be induced TO
take hold Of mining propositions only
| where the law has been complied with
and the titles are without flaw"
! Mr.. Cleary was chosen for his present
| mission because of his experience in ex-
| aiming titles to mining properties and
! his familiarity with the Dominion laws.
He VIII not give the names of his clients.
! but II Is understood that the company
in which Chauncey Depew and Joseph
| Ladue are interested is back of him.
I II q man were to call Mr.. Cleary a ten
! derfoot he would miss 1t, as certain people
| on the coast have reason to know. Dur
/ ing a recent visit TO San Francisco Mr..
| Cleary met Rebel George knowlton.
| and the experience cost that gentleman
| $3.50 The case never got into the San
/ Francisco newspapers. Mr.. Cleary be-
| came acquainted with Rebel George in
! the hotel where he was stopping. They
| happened 10 be walking over the city,
| when Knowlton invited him to take a
! stroll up to Telegraph hill, place
/ where crooks love to fleece the unwary
| sojourner in the Golden Gate city. After
| enjoying the view of the bay. George told
| his companion about game he had seen
| played in the city. II was called the
| mock auction" The inevitable pack OF
/ cards was produced and soon the regula-
| ton confederate appeared. Mr.. Cleary
| at once understood the character Of his
| companion. lie held on TO his valuables.
| refused TO be "pinched" In the trick. and
| afterwards gave information TO the po-
! lice which resulted in Knowlton's arrest.
/ He forfeited $50 cash bail and left the
city,
! Henry Henderson. who IS to pilot Mr..
/
Alaska gold miner. He has made the
| winter trip over the Chilkoot pass three
/ times. His brother Bob Henderson, is
! credited by Joseph LadGe with the first
! discovery Of gold in the Klondike. He
! located a claim on Gold Bottom creek be-
/ fore George Cormack visited the district.
+! lie walked sixty miles 10 inform Cormack
and Joseph I.adue and others Of his
/ md and Cormack, acting on his advice,
went up the Yukon aud foand gold on
bonanza creek in August 1866.
Mr.. CIeary will purchase his outfit. con-
| sisting OF about r ton of provisions and
| supplies. IN Seattle Tie viii have two
| Yukon sieds and a team OF about ten
| trained Alaska dogs. He expects to leave
/ Seattle about November 10.
/ The establishment OF an express lire 70
I Dawson City from Seattle Is tbs object
/ OF A company 81 men recently Incorporated
as the Colorado and Alaska Express
I Trading and Transportation Company. J.
I r Cornforth. OF Denver. an experienced
I ulainsnan. is here as the coupany's repre-
Z sentative. He viii leave October p on the
+ steamer City % Seattle for Alaska. in
tending % examine thoroughly the various
trails 70 Dawson city. He viii pay par
t{cular attention 20 thu Dalton tran start
+ in= from Pyramid harbor.
{ .sThe company is capitalized at 300 0oa -
i said Mr.. Cornfo~th last night r. the Butler
hotel. "and Is backed by Colorado capital
lists II e proposed 20 run daily tr5ps. car
+ ryirg express matter and. possibly. the
+ mails. The latter depends, 90 course. on
I .ra securing % the contract from the
United States ard Canadian governments
with this enterprise Is connected ". r.
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