The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24

| there was a great rush to the gold fields.
The first mining / did was at Downieviile.
/ remained there well on to two years and
made considerable money. Then l came
down TO San Francisco and went across
the bay to where Oakland is now and
| bought a farm of 220 acres 1t was be-
tween San beandro and a place then call
ed San Antonio. Most of 1t is now COW
cred over with big buildings, / stayed
thege and farmed nine years, raising grain
J principally.
| after that / put In in all nine years
| In Montana, and made about $4,000
Then, In 1874, / concluded that / would
| nave to strike out to a new country and
| went up TO Alaska. That was very carly
and the country had not been prospected
even along the coast. ! set to work and
/ found gold. 1t was the first gold that
had ever been struck in the territory.
| found 1t at place called Shuck, eighty
miles from Fort Wrangle, on a river OF
that name and near the bay which bears
that name. II was at a point about half
way between juneau and Fort Wrangie
But | only made SO or "a a day mining
there, and ! wasn't satisfied with it; SO
the boom In Cassiar coming on, / went
there. | stayed there five years; but l
wasn't lucky. / didn't do much / made
enough TO live on and get around on, lut
no stake
I'm 1880 went back to Alaska, this
time gong to Juneau. and there found
the rich placer and quartz mines which
have made the country so celebrated over
the globe. They were the mines Of the
Silver Bow basin, a few miles from Ju
neau. started to work on these mines
and founded town.
II was fairly fortunate al Juneau, for
/ made about $4,000 there. OF course
] didn't keep it all. for it's hard to live
in country like that and not let your
money go. Living is high and everything
You do takes cash.
when / sold out in the Silver Bow
basin | went away up the Yukon river.
This was two years ago. / went to Cir
Gle city, the far northern camp, which
lies inside the Arctic circle, and where
! you can see the sun all the time in sum
mer This, though a new camp, is a
great one. There is a wonderful amount
OF gold there. The only difficulty is the
clmate-it is so cold. If we had ci-
mate like California IL would be a good
deal richer country than this. But even
in summer time there, If you dig down
a foot underground, you will come to ice
IL may be pretty hot but somehow the
ice never mets. You've got It always
there. For this reason it Is hard work
comparatively to mine
But / made $1,000 in cash up there, and
besides that | own four good claims. Two
OF the claims are IN Deadwood Gulch and
the two Others are on Holiday Creek
| consider them very valuable property,
am going back there in the spring
There are about 800 people wintering at
Circle city, and next summer II Is be-
ieved there will be a rush there. The
camp ought to be a big and a booming
one
II have had all kinds OF experiences
sandwiched into my life. The only mis-
take that | ever made was that did
not get married. If I had got married
/ would have been worth whole lot OF
| ronnpv tO-day and Inv "A whole lof raaan
millions piled on millions. II had kept
that 220-acre ranch j had in Oakland /
would have been IN clover. / had every
thing my own way at that time
I'VE must get little Bobby foot bail
mask"
what for9'
Gle IS going downtown with nurse and
don't want him to ruin the shape OF
his nose on the shop windows Chicago