The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18

Montreal. went to the Yukon in 1886. He re
turned to-day with Sl5. oOO, which he made in
six weeks. He sold out his claim after taking
out $4,000 in nuggets. His health had
given way under tho long strain of hardship
in Alaska winters. I'm going homo to rest n
while" he said to THE Sun correspondent: II
came out to keep from dying in the camp. II I
get well / may go back"
Caselais's wealth was packed in small buck
skin sacks Ike the Others, and he carried 1t with
him from the steamer to the hotel.
Tom Cochrane, a grocery clerk. staked one Of
the Klondike miners with $500 worth OF supplies
eighteen months ago. His dividend received on
the Portland to-day was Sal 900.
Victor Lord. a western Washington logger.
spent four years in the Yukon. He made
10000 last winter in six weeks on the Klon-
dixie, working a claim on shares. He
viii return after spending the sum-
mer here. Alexander Menaie Of Arizona
was a miner before he went into the
Klondike this spring. He located two claims on
Indian Creek. and after three weeks work
brought out $1,000. IL have mined for thirty
years in California, Arizona, and Nevada" he
said tonight. THE Klondike country Is richer
than any placer district in the world. Town
two claims on Indian Creek and will return in
the spring in time to sled over the mountains
into Klondike from Dyea."
Menzie's face and hands are red and blistered
from exposure in the diggings when the Their
mometer was 40 below zero. He said he could
stand 1t, however. rs long as the pay streak
held out.
Harry Olsen received SEQ. 900 for his interest
In q claim on Eldorado. His wealth is in sacks.
like that of fhe others. He was q California
farmer, and left for his old home. from which
no departed three years ago.
A dozen OF the most prominent business and
professional men in the city are now outhtting
for the trip to the Klondike, and will go
into the diggings by the water route up
tho Yukon River. Among them 10 ex.Gov.
McGraw. Brig.-Gen. Carr, q leading attorney.
and J osiah Collins, a mining operator. Inside of
O wcek both the police and fire departments Of
the city will be short half of the regular quota
of men, as designations have been coming in at
headq quarters all day. The men will go to the
Klondike.
The streets Of Seattle are thronged tonight by
excited people and tho population is preparing
for an immense exodus into tho favored region.
When the next spring cleanup is made, Klon-
dixie will contain 5000 people instead Of 1000.
as now.
The miners left Dawson City juno 10 and
were seven days on the trip by steamer down
the Yukon to Michaols. After another weeks
rest they sailed on July 3 on the steamship
Portland. arriving here to-day.
Inspector Strickland says that complete order
Il maintained In tho camp by tho Canadian
mounted police. Little disorder prevails, but
this may have changed since the departure of
tho Portland party, as the Alaska Commercial
Company sent 10000 gallons of whiskey into
the camp on June l.
There is Q great scarcity of lumber and the
single sawmill 10 kept busy day and night sup
plying the camp with lumber. The camp is a
typical specimen of the frontier mining village,
without regular streets. 1t struggles up the
klondike for three miles. and then the houses
arc found at intervals of a quarter OF a mile.
The majority of the claim owners are Ameri-
cans who emigrated en- masse from Forty
Mile. the Alaska d~iggings. and from Cir
Gle City. When the news of the great
strikes reached these places in the spring
the population emigrated as one man. leaving
less than a hundred men to work the claims of
the Yukon. which are rich enough to pay men
Slo a day. Circle City's population in the win
ter was nearly 1000; twenty people are there
now.
Owing to the immense exodus. dogs are sold
at from $500 to $500 each for use in shedding
supplies over he mountains to camp.