The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-10

Three Of my f%isos % sssezlEers down TIE
river fook passage a. = afEcaael On 80
Excelsior. Sese left three days IN advance
o< u. but forced 70 lie Ra az Dasch hsr6or.
J1sizsks. wita a broken propeller hsa.se.
TIE Excelsior i the baaauza boag MS
trap. She ear discount ne Cleveland on
both passengers and gold aass. canmot
say bow much there Is aboard ard would
nct Z eesla- TIE uasngng men Y ths
country are All discouraged vita ne rash
ard don'i want 10 give oat news whsch
ElA HaAe matters worse The fac1 IS.
though, news will not he exciting sy the
boats rais fail. Taers viii 5s any number
q passsBg but httle geld. You vIll
notice, too. that nobody IS travelling sec-
ona class
When / went IN this spring BONANZA
and Eldorado creeks were AL located and
wasted no time On that district After
taking parz In several rushes 7 concluded
10 tFy Munook. which was beginning %
attract attention TananA river. whleh
heads W near Forty Nile and ernptles
into the Yukon 80 miles south OF Circle
City. IS also showing gp well al ihe head
waters. A good Gsal of talk Is heard "
copper river. This heads on the other
siae O the ridge from which the Maacok
springs. and the two rivers are in a man
ner associated ay al Interesting incident
With the government expedition which.
Under Lieutenant NILS. explored % its
head the Copper river. crossing TO and
descending the Munook. was cook aud
general ro1stahout The ex-eook now has
the richest claim on the Manook river.
he returned 70 the country after the ex-
peSdlIlon had left Alaska and
struck a fortune i1 the ground
over which It had tramped Lieut.
eRAnt Nils Is the man who named
the much dreaded Afllea' canyon on the
Yukon. There Is opening up a prospect ot
q new route into the Yukon basin BY xay
of Copper river. Untn the nature OF tns
rivers headwaters IS more thoroughly un-
derstood. however, nothing can come q
eonjectariag. Lfeat. Nils party ia the
only one have ever known 70 get through.
ard he had 70 Use force IN compelling hIs
men 20 proceed.
stewart river Is being kepr pretty quiet.
Some Of the newcomers are breaking for
there and the general impression is that
gold dirt has been struck.
Freight rates at the mines are exerol-
u Mt. The pack from Dawson to Elaorado
Is 3 cents pound. and the traa IS 50
bad that man cannot take Ia bis own
stuff. but must hire help. Wages at
Dawson hold az sls a day for work in
the mines. while on the claims around
Circle Ct.y. Forty Mile and other places
so a day IS the average.
Don't forget TO caution people who
do not care . die. against going Into thu
Kloudike this winter.
Th~ shortage.
III twenty carpenters sent north -
Moran Bros company - ccmDlets the
construction % The river steam r cAarlss
r. Hamilton also returned on the Clevs-
lana Without exception lhey daeiare her
of geing 20 the Kt0udiks eext
zpflrS. TheIr retura from 81 Michael was
the result Of n IL conefetion tAaf Il vas
suicide 70 60 10 the ulines yiu sprinE The
warning Is EiveB BY al BE
CleveiaEd's passsagsrs, Keep o0t o. tn
the KIoadike thss winter, II sou value your
life"
That there viii be a storage Is easily
shown from figures quoted BY these men.
Provisions short.
The supply OF provisions IN Dawson city
wss 50 shore as the time the Healy left
shat several of The stores had closed taelr
doors. announcing tAat 40 more goods
would bs sold unsl rnore steamers arrived.
since tae early part % JalT 'hs Emit os
sale 10 any one laz.vlaaal has been 8 single
sack Of nour. A general exodus aown shs
river - anticipated by the miners on ina
Cleveland.
rh= Humboldt.
The Cleveland passed the Humboldt
th.sty-ave miles cut from 81 Michael.
on sandas. Aug sat q. Before the derar-
,are Of the Humboldt frogu SEATTLE ra-
mors q strife among fhe members u she
- rty we're frequent when thsC1svslsad
rut into DutcA har6or Tor coal On aer
down TRIP Capt Hau vas iaforEned tsat
TIE elsssnsl9us had reached such N aesrs
stars that open threats were maae of
lgnchtrr Mayor w-aod. 2 Bsfors sbs Hasa-
tsist left there. however,. = truce was
up ard ste proceeded on her vav-
are to -. Michael Bat these AZ Dusea
ha~no~ wAo knew o. tAe trouble 81 board
ths vessel sa1d ,hey woaia not - sur-
r~sssz a. anything that might happsz.
The weare-
TIE steamer Tsare went oa a Sand hsr
r. ~ rfve- $ rnH@s oeIow circle C3ty
,n Taly = on a saFHng river. TIE pas
ssnxsrx wers uot taken & unt1l AaEasf
s a. wascn sg1ae she was high ard cry.
r, e ssarsa gaas wsen n. sce gees out
r. tfa sarsax ere wsn ~ total lass.
The Excelsior.
Tr4 wx-asslsw test =. AE-Aaei tws
ssyz sefors ere Cseveaas8. olt ran or ths
rars ara brake f~o hss6es ~ ths prs-
,sts- Sc proeses1e5 - I-aciarka. Ehers
.ea ~.,l ea hearAsG aa8 zew propeller
shgpeA
SheaIs BE Tr~stea Hamanety-
Yssrs~vs1a@. a. NEs~w-y
s~-ers 1s 80 reaann 20 expect cugstets -
- s-ezsas as raFsg~ eeAEgisrs EGs snsv