The herald., 1897-08-29

sci from ST. MlcnaelS mas coIHe awe dy
short handed. The Portland lost several
Of her crew, but was able to obtain new
men by paying high prices.
With the arrival of the tug Sea Lion
at 2:30 o'clock this morning came au-
thentic news of the treasure ship Port
LAND. She was boarded by press rep
sentatives off Cape Flattery at l y.
m. yesterday, and the run to this city was
made in a little more than thirteen
hours The Portland brings back thir-
teen miners, each of whom brings out
small part of his stake. The total
amount of dust on the vessel is perhaps
| $1S5, 900. The Portland was delayed first
| by the failure of the P. B. Weare to ar
rive at ST. Michaels and next by storm
on the North Pacific ocean. The miners
on board with the amount of tehir
stakes is as follows:
j. Rowan, $780, 900; Jim Bell, $45,000; Joe
Goldsmith, $4,000; N. w. Powers. $685.
600; w. w. Caldwell, $4,000; Win Oler,
$50 600; C. NJ. lilly, $4,000; f. w. Cobb,
$25, 600; w. Zahn, $4,000; A. Buckley,
$40, 900; G. S. Lansing, $4,000; b. Farm
ham, $1,000; M. R. Caller, $4,000.
OF the above list c. K. zilly and F. w.
Cobp are oIu reeNs.- This is Zil-
ly'S second year III the ukOn.
| Last year he was on the American side
of the line and barely paid expenses
r----s ear he went to the Klondike and
now owns claims Nos. and on Gold
nottom, the richest prospect in his dis
trlct lie said to the Associated Press
correspondent that the product of the
Klondike tHIS year would proba bly, reach
ST., ,000, 900.
Papa" Cobb, as he is familiarly
known, was at one time a well known
Harvard athlete. He would have un-
doubtedly been member of the football
team that played against Yale and
Princeton only that he injured his knee
a few days before the first big game and
| was put on the sick list
| He has been in the Yukon two years
and will now make trip east.
THAT AWFUL TRAIL
| SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2S.-Thomas
Magee, sr, who is en- route to the Klon-
| dixie gold fields with a party Of San
Franciscans, writes to tn Associated
| Press from Lake Bennett, B. c., under
| date Of August 18th, confirming previous
reports of the terrible condition of the
| White Pass trail from Skaguay, and
| relating the almost insurmountable diff
| ficulties to be encountered by the gold
hunters who prefer that route to the
more formidable Chilcoot pass route.
He and his party left Skaguay on
August 10th with nine burros, and dur
! ing the four and one-half days consumed
in making the trip of forty miles to Lake
Bennett met with innumerable adven-
lures. Twenty y-five times some of their
pack animals were begged up, necessi-
tating not only the unpacking of each
load, but also the lifting of the animals
bodily from the mire, as the burros re-
fused to make any attempts to extri-
cate themselves when their small hoofs
stuck fast in the marshy ground. An
other trouble was the narrowness of the
trail in places, which necessitated the
unpacking of the burros and transport
ing the supplies by hand over these
spots.
The Magee party took boat up from
San Francisco in sections, but was COM
PEELED to leave it on the beach at Ska
quay, as it was utterly impossible to
carry it over the trail. AT the head of
Lake Benntt, however they found a
firm of boat builders, who charged no
more for good boat than would be paid
in San Francisco, $40. They had orders
ahead for forty-five boats, which would
occupy them until September 20 at the
earliest. 9
Mr.. Magee thinks that the majority of
the crowd now at Skaguay and Dyea
will have to abandon the hope of getting |
into the Yukon country this year, and |
is certain that late corners have no
chance of doing so. He also deplores the |
fact that once started from Dyea or |
Skaguay, food and other supplies are |
not to be purchased for love or money. |
as no one has any more than he abso- |
lutely needs for himself He thinks that
$50 pounds is about the right amount for |
each man, but says that hundreds are
starting out with less than half that |
amount, and predicts disaster for them
ORIENTAL MINERS
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 2S-The story
of the wealth of the Klondike has reached |
the Orient for on the new steamer Co.
lumbia, of the Northern Pacific line
which arrived this morning, were four
miners from Yokohama, who will outfit
here for the gold fields. The Columbia,
which is commanded by Captain Hill. |
brought a large and valuable cargo, |
being full of silk and rice. About 500
tons were unloaded at Victoria, sugar
and rice, for the most part.
MAIL FOR MINERS
OTTAWA. Ont, August 2S.-The POST