The record-union., 1897-08-11

very few men were mining on what has
since proven to be the richest placer
the world has ever known.
We pitched camp on the west side
or the river. A party of young men
from one of the Eastern States was
working on the west side. We did not
strike it very rich, but one day we
learned that the east side party had got
down to pay gravel and had taken out
over $4,000 in coarse gold. Our party
then located on the Klondike, four
miles from Dawson, and in less than
thirty days we had cleaned up $4,000
each.
"As soon as the news of our strike
was circulated the Spectators at Cir
Gle City and Forty Mile rushed into
Dawson. Cormack and Berry were
among them. Cormack made a fortune
in short time and spread the news
all over Alaska. That is how the Dig
gings became known, and also how the
first dicovery of the great wealth of
the district was attributed TO the Cor
mack Berry expeditions
A WOMAN'S SYNDICATE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The Woman's
Klondike Syndicate Expedition has
been organized in this city. Miss Helen
Varick Roswell is President and among
the patronesses are Mrs. Jennie June
Croly, Mrs. Laura Weare Walter of
Chicago, Mrs. Sarah Ebryie of Cleve-
land, Mrs, William Craighead of Lead
ington, Ohio, and Mrs Sarah Thompson
of Delaware, Ohio.
I'VE expect to leave New York on
March 1, 1898" said Mrs. Mcdonald.
one of the officers, ''and. a Pull
man sleeping car, or two cars, if forty
people join US, will be chartered from
New York to Seattle, and will be oc
cupied exclusively by the members of
the expedition. Three meals a day will
be furnished on the cars, and all fees
and tips will be betrayed by the party.
The distance is 1910 miles, and we will
make it in seven days
From Seattle to Sitka, another thou
sand miles, we go by steamer, and it
will take us four days. From Sitka to
Klondike is an overland route of 700
miles. We will make a short stay at
Sitka in order to complete the outfit of
the expedition which will be ordered
by telegraph on leaving New York.
1--WE may decide not to go over the
ChillIoot Pass, but to take the S3hwat
ka route instead; we will decide that
question at Sitka. We will travel by
caravans when we leave Sitka, where
the vans will have to be taken to pieces
and carried horseback over the pass, as
will the tools and provisions. On the
other side of the pass the vans VII be
refitted and the journey continued as
when leaving Sitka- When we reach the
lakes RATS will be built from timber on
the banks and the RATS will float peo-
pie, horses and vans across. The twen-
ty persons there will be given five vans,
each with four horses and thrg Of the
vans will be fitted with portable sleep
ers to accommodate sek en persons each.
The two other vans will be used for
provisions, with sleeping hunks in
front For those wishing to sleep alone
tents and army cots will be provided. ="
THE BERRYS AT SANTA CRUZ.
SANTA CRUZ, Aug 10.-C. ]. Berry
and wife, who made the big strike at
KIondike, We're so besieged by callers
at their cottage at Capitola that they
We're forced to take rooms at the hotel,
where they keep to their apartments.
Berry's father exhibited several mug
S6tS LO-N6y3 CIAC DC1lAS OOAllE1A0bOAS Nv
cred with gold and silver. He says that
the prospectors who are now going to
the Klondike have a better show to
find gold than those who go in the
spring. for the reason that the ground
then will be frozen and hard to thaw
out, while at present it Is covered with
snow and easy to reach.
Mrs. Jack Smith of San Francisco,
| L.,
band in April last and in June went to
Circle City, while her husband went
prospecting sixty miles from that place,
writes to a friend here that the trip
was terrible. aPrties will start out and
from being the best Of friends will be-
come enemies, hardly speaking to each
! other at the end of the trip, for the
reason that danger and disappointment
make them cross and grabbed. She
1 hunorously adds that Husbands who
are pleasant when they start out be-
come cross before the end is reached" "
| Mrs Smith says that the tales of
wealth are not exaggerated, for every
| body at Circle City has nuggets, and
/ she has been presented with many. So
/ eager We're men for provisions when
/ she reached the gold region that piece
! of sausage was eagerly purchased for
! 81. She tells of a prospector who car
! ried the body of his dead comrade on
| his back for seven days before he Sc
/ cured the services of another man to
! help him inter the remains.
| A KLONDIKE SWINDLE.
| OMAHA, Aug 10.-By the arrest of
/ e. ]. Davis, the local police think they
| have discovered a big swindle under
! the guise of 1.-The Washington and
! Alaska Gold Mining Company" Davis
| had a stack of contracts in his posses
| sion. from which it is believed he was
/ engaged in a questionable scheme
/ whereby he offered to engage laborers
/ to go to Alaska and work in the mines
at a salary of $50 per month To re-
/ ceive free transportation all that was
necessary for the applicants to do was
/ to pay Davis s. to insure good faith.
I 1t has developed that Davis has sew
eral names.
NEW QUESTION RAISED.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-The State
Department has not yet received the
application from the British Govern
ment for permission to run a telegraph
line through the United States terri
( lOIS COuutclfIS TIE SoAO hCAdS VI AAAC
KIondike with the outer world 1t is
said that the application will raise a
new question. only comparable to that
which was involved in the establishment
OF the mixed mail route in Alaska, which
gave rise to so much talk.
WHISKY IN ABUNDANCE.
! SEATTLE, Aug. 10.-A special to the
Post Intelligencer'' from Dyea, Alaska,
August 4th. says:
Although the United States statutes