The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-17
LATEST NEWS FROM The KL0NDIKE
= O'CLOCK EDITION.

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man on board who has less TRAN 2.@e
and one or two have aver saaa.aaA.
The captain then weai below ana swa9-
enesi one or two Of his passengers. ws.o
came 10 tire cabin ard siasyasa a few sao-
rnenss about the kiondiSs end its mines.
Clarence Berry.
Clarence Berry IS reSarsiei as tne lueki.
est man in tie kianelke With a miner
IL is All ucis. no,hlng else Ten months
ago Mr.. Berry was . pcor miner and to-day
ne Is in Seattle en- hss way 10 his home in
Fresno, Cal. with siAla.s, in gold nuggets.
He said rather moaestIy.
Yes. I've been rather fortunate Last
winter | took oast Sisa g-sa il. 50 box lengths.
A box length IS ses1s feet, aud in one
length I found sieaa. Another TINA she
second largest nugget ever found IN the
Yukon was taken ont of my claim. it
weighed IS ounces and WAS worth seai
II have known men to take out 81 600 =
day from = drift claim. OF course. the
gold was found in pockets. and those finds.
you can rest assured. We're very scarce.
II would not advise man 10 take in an
oaftlt that wosid cost itss than s5ee 10
must expees 10 he disappointed ana the
Chances are that ne may prospect for
wears without finding a paying claim. and
again he may be lucky enough To strike 1t
rich.
The country Is Wild. rough and fun OF
hariships for those unused To the rigors
OF Arctic winters If q man makes a tar-
tune he is liable to earn II by severe hard
ship ana sufferings. Bit, then. grit. par
severence and luck win probably reward
hard worker with a comfortable income
for life
Inspector Strickland.
Inspector Strickland. or the Canadian
mounted police is en- route 10 Ottawa ra
official business. nis statements were
guarded and conservative. He said thefe
were only two mining districts in what u
known as the kiondke section and they
are called the Iunker aud Bonanza dis
srscts lie added:
when I left Dawson City a month ago
there were about SEQ claims ssakea ont and
there were between e,aea aud sno people
in thcre. We can safely say that there
was ahous 81 "a. co. In grisl mined lasS wlil-
ter. The wages in the mines wsrf SIS 4
day and the saw min paid lahorsrs $40 a
Gav.
The claims now ssaked out viii afford
employment for about s.eeD men. I heileve.
If man is strong. heafths an6 wants 10
work he can find employment az good
wages. Several men warked on an issser-
ess or what Is termed 9 lay ana during
the winter realized from S.eo to $1,000
apiece. The mines are from IS to 100 miles
from the Alaska fsaunaSry.,'
4 Seattle saa.
William Sfanley, Of Seattle, is among
the passengers. He left his son IA charge
OF isss interests In a couple of claims. ia
went 70 the Kiondiks last or and rs now
returning with nearly sss,.eeD in gold.
Henry Anderson. native of Sweden and
well knosyn on the Ssuns sold one-haif
interest in his claim on Ell Dorado creek
ana is coming back TO Seattle with $4,000
spot cash. the proceeds Of the sale.
r. j. Kelly and son. ~ Tacoma, went in
last year and made si00o. The son is in
charge OF the olalm and the father is
among the Portland's passengers.
s.ckfai of sasgets.
Richard Blake. of Dnugeness. has been
successful and IS coming back TO tho pIacs
where he was born and raised with big
saekful Of nuggets.
Al
merchant OF Nanalmo. II. G.. sold his claim
for ssg es.l, ana wsth The soii he took from
the mine has come back 10 civilization
Another man 10 sne name Of yligenson.
OF the Same city. sold bis claim for sse.0oN
ard is hack TO stay,
Bob Strong. tort Townsend. has a good
claim. ard * n fair way to make a
fortune. but lis brother, lillian O.
strong. is moi 50 fortunate They are both
working on the Ii Dorado river.
4 pugiIi.f's Fortsae.
Jack Horne, of Taeona. formerly wei
known iignteelght pugilist Of Pugef
sound. went to the KioneGke last faii ana
worked on a '.Iay" fIe IS returning with
something over $3.50. which is probably
more than he could have realized in the
ring
with ss5.oo0.
Frank Eeilar. OF los Angeles IL on
board the Portland with g.5Ae. He went
In last year. mined during the winter and
isss month sold tte csaisl for that sum.
Briefly. suef IS fhs story Of nearly every
miner on board. They al have gold. ard
it il plled sbo8a sne ssaseroonns ike 50
rucn salnelsss hsna tavsax4. Tls.y a.
Yrsbaase :n..sr saecess 10 "laelsE strikes'.
ana aver that thousands If psaps@ VII.
rush 10 tAe Yukon galis-s ia shs next year
81 txg. aaa aNsr undergoing great haEt-
sh.ps ana pFiyasiaus Nlli ssosstfy retarn
s,roks IN hesitf sa8 tnmre9s. a1i Of tbs
ss.fmers lay srsas astess Ga the necsuAsty
of taking in pg-nsg Of sseFiles ard say
tNat ~ proper 0asns wf8 eost not lsss
taan tsse 70 each nlan ard sA.st Il % a<ty-is-
abs gs purchase provisions ard eEgh'ns
n geestle
The rors4aaass pawTagers.
Thare san b ~ aoubs that she late
strikes III sas yagsn vaslsg an the Fsea-
est ever knszvn. .1ussAness are eessnen
where pans - erastf assn ylelss aseF
SEQ. and oneassanasiy Fnaeh us.fe. & =
generally coacessa sko.sgfs. shss az =
tie territory wasre .h~ fsea sssaEas usss
mase Aas esen ssagss sss.s fsas 70 far -
chose dsstrtefz ase eofss sstsa e i Eiseseas