The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-02
V OF THE KLONDIKE.
IT Is SAID THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND
FURTHER UP THE YUKON.

Reports or Great R1iuing Strikes MADE en- the
stuart and PeiIy Rivera This Year|They
Are said to Nc Even Richer Than the
Bkiondike - Busy Times at TaiJa Inlet.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Tho most interest
ing feature Of the mail advices that come from
the Klondike will DO tho details OF the mining
strikes made on Stuart and Pelly rivors this
summer. Several times since the arrival OF the
Klondike miners with their nuggets from Bo-
nanza and Eldorado creeks stories have boon
nfoat Of still richer fields on Stuart Creek and
other creeks further east. None of the returned
Klondikers was able to give Information on the
subject. Many have mined with limited sue
cess on Stuart, Pelly, and other rivers before
striking rich dirt on the Klondike's tributaries.
The only hint OF what has been found comes
through Surveyor Ogilvie in the following news
from Ottawa. received at Victoria, Z. G.:
while tho Government officials are ex-
tremeiy reticent as to the latest advices from
Surveyor ogilvie and Inspector Constantine,
the fact has leaked out that those officials have
assured their departments that scores Of minors
arc DESERVING the Klondike for a richer district
further east, believed to be Stuart River. whore
IL is said still moro wonderful deposits have been
discovered this spring"
The last letter from Mr.. osilvio was dated Yu.
kon River, near White River, juno z, and con-
tanned this information:
"As opportunity presents itself to send you q
few lines. I take advantage of a friendly log on
the bank, with my camera box for q desk, to write
a short account Of my doings since I last wrote.
on Jan. 80. have made q survey Of all the
claims applied for at or noar Dawson. I surveyed
nearly 1000 claims on Bonanza and Eldorado
Greeks. and got nearly all, II not all, disputes
on these creeks-and they were many-settlod
quickly and without trouble. and, a. was most
important, educated miners pretty well in tho
requirements of the mining lawn. am now on
my way to Pelly to make q survey Of claims sp-
piled for there. when I viii 60 out via st. Mi
chael and San Francisco" THE above lotter
has already been printed in substance in THE
sUN.l
Pelly River is about parallel with Stuart River
and enters the Yukon about forty miles higher
up. Both rivers arc on the right or east bank of
the Yukon, and arc east Of Dawson City. Tho
Polly has also been prospected by some Klon-
dikers with little II any success, but this 10 no
proof that other prospectors have not been moro
fortunate.
SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. Tho steamer Aid,
from Juneau and Taiya, arrived carly this morn
ing. being detained a little over her usual time
by adverse wind. She has postponed sailing
TILL Tuesday morning. Moro passengers and
freight are offering than she can carry, and
many are turned away.
Her officers report busy scenes at Taiya. with
huge stocks Of freight and baggage piled up
along the beach and a tented city of prospective
millionaires scattered among tho trees and
brush. They arc organized into small parties of
from four to twenty. and those experienced In
camping and packing are making fair progress,
while the inexperienced arc not faring so well,
but all are hopeful and think they will DO able
to get through the first trying ordeal all right.
Tho officers also confirm the report OF tho