The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
xxx
M iners Lured %M g
| Y u by False Legends. Xxx
The Phantom of "Too
Much Gold" Greek is
the Lorelei of the Klon-
dixie.

forbidden any information being con-
veyed to the whites
Now, while all this may seem like an
iridescent dream to those of us In
comfortable homes, to the miner, the
proSpeCtor, whose mind is filled with
hopes of sudden wealth, such a tale
possesses infinitely more probability.
Circumstances alter cases just as they
do people, and that L suppose is why
hard dheaded John Mcintyre set forth
alone and with comparatively Scanty
provisions in search of place superior
in point of wealth to the storehouse
Of the Forty Thieves or King Sole
mons mines. s.
Not word has come from Mcintyre
1t is impossible that he could have
managed to exist with his small outfit
up to the present time without assist
ance. AS near as can be judged from
the story told by one of the Indians
who was with him up to the time ne
entered upon his lonely pilgrimage, ne
started on what has proved his last
journey in q northeasterly direction.
That portion of British Columbia Is,
If possible, more bleak and sterile than
that in the vicinity of the coast, and
1t takes, therefore, no vivid imagina-
tion to depict the fate that must have
overcome the unfortunate illusionist.
Similar stories are also told of four
d1fferent parties of men who have
started through Chilkoot pass, accom-
panied by Indians, and have never
been heard of since. 1t is impossible
that the Indians should have murdered
them for in not a known case was q
member of any of these parties what is
known as tenderfoot and numerical
ly each party was strong All were
hardy proSpectorS to whom the Klon-
dixie simply offered a more profitable
avenue for them to traverse than the
calling they had followed for years.
OF course, there is always the possi-
bility that this legend of the Indians
may have grain of foundation, but
the chances are all to the contrary, for
an Indian who speaks the truth is as
rare as a white blackbird. Again
should the Indians really know of any
such place of fabulous wealth. they arr.
sufficiently shrewd to benefit thereby
themselves, and not to excite the Gu
pidity of white men by dilating upon
such a subject as this.
This is by no means the first time
that men have been led into the will
derness of a yellow will O. the wisrt
The early history of California. of Ne
vada. of every country, every state
and territory where gold has ever
been mined in quantities. will always
reveal the fact that the same sort OF
SCOEy Has DeeH lOltl. dllI CAtC III every
case the fate of the credulous pros
pector has been the same. 1t is the
search for the unattainable that causes
more death among miners than the
hard work incidental to actual min
irg.
That far north of Dawson still rich
er gold mines exist than have yet been
discovered few persons are so foolish
as to doubt In fact there is indisput-
ohio evidence thereof From all that
T can learn. however, "Too Much Cold
creek only exists in the imagination Of
the Indians. Sorry, indeed. will be the
fate of every white man who attempts
to WOO Dame Fortune on this basis In
a land where death. disease and star
walton bow before Mammon and then
seek rest and solace In the grave