The herald., 1897-07-25

force an expert, thoroughly familiar
with all the features of the gold mining
to proceed imm ediately to the Clondyke
for the purpose of making a careful and
exhaustive study of the conditions as
they exist there. 1t is the intention of
tn commissioner to embody the facts in
special report or bulletin of the de-
partment, which will appear at an early
date as possible. This is a subject Of
absorbing interest to all classes and
making this investigation. the commits
sioner feels that he is working in the ia
terests of the unemployed. Such re-
port as that contemplated, giving the
unbiased facts as to opportunities for
the investment of capital and employ
ment of labor, wages, cost of living, ETC.,
would be of value to the people of this
country.
EXPLORERS CLAIMS
ATTICA, Ind, July 24.-A B.
Schanz, secretary Of the Sterling Rem
edy company who is interested in w. J.
Arkell's claims in the Clondyke gold
fields in Alaska, was today offered $780,
600 for his interest in the claims by Har-
ry p. Clark of Pittsburg.
Mr. Clark is brother-in-law of the
Arkells and will accompany Bartlett
Arkell to the gold fields to claim the
Glave and Schanz locations of 1890 and
1891. 1t seems that Mr.. Clark wants to
acquire a share in the claims for him.
self so as to push them in his own in
terest. At the Attica offices of the
Sterling Remedy company it is stated
that Mr.. Schanz will not accept Mr..
Clark's offer, believing there is a great
deal more money in it if the Arkell
claims are substantiated.
SCHANZ'S ROUTE
CHICAGO. July PA. B. Schanz,
one of the officers of the Frank Leslie
expedition of 1890 and 1891 organized by
W. j. Arkell, is now secretary of the
Sterling Remedy company of Chicago
and New York. In an interview on the
subject of Mr. Arkell's claims in the
gold fields in the Clondyke district by
right of discovery Mr.. Schanz said:
81 was in charge of the geographical
work of the Frank Leslie expedition
which started in the early spring of
1890 for the purpose of exploring the
country Immediately north of Mt. st.
Elias, which previous to that time had
NOT D6tu ny Wiillt licA.
eve started north from San Fran
cisco on the government steamer Pat
terson of the coast and geodetic survey
and were landed at Pyramid harbor on
Lynn canal. 1t is at this point that the
roads leading to the present gold fields
diverge, and as far as known the great
majority of the prospectors have been
entering by way Of the river, Chilkoot
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waters of the Lewis (Yukon) river. This
route was well known at this time, but
our party at once turned westward and
scaled the Mount st. Elias Alps over a
new path between Chilkoot and Chilcat,
necessitating a ten days portage over
the mountains. We named this pass
Leslie Pass and were the first white men
ever to reach any of the waters north of
Mt. St. Elias in that way. 1 don't be-
lieve anybody has gone the same way
since.
After we reached the north side of
the noun tains we found lake some
forty miles in length which was named
Lake Arkel and is the headwaters of
the Tahktena. This river is of great i'm
portance.
''At Lake Arkeu the party divided by
agreement. All of retained our rights
TO anything that might be discovered.
Dalton went westward to Mount st.
Elias and prospected along the many
rivulets running into the Aleckh, which
at that time was supposed to run north
into the Yukon, but which Glave proved
to rum south into Dry bay.
Dalton was an expert prospector, and
this special branch of the expedition
made valuable discoveries of placer
mines over a part of the present Clon-
dyke territory, it being the intention, as
we understood it. of Mr.. Arkell to de- |
velop any indications found by the ex-
petition. In the meantime Wells Price
and myself went northward and investi-
gated all the tributaries of the Talk
tena, advancing down to Labarge on this
Yukon river, the Pelly river, White riv-
er, Stewart river, Sixty Mile creek and,
Forty Mile creek. The outposts of the |
gold prospectorS we found at Forty Mile |
creek in June, 1890, and there were at
that time about fifty white men in the
territory in which thousands are now
seeking their fortune. / think Mr.. Ar
kell, in all justice. may lay claim to
whatever rights our explorations would
entitle him In all the country between
the Yukon and Mount st. Elias Lake
Arkell and Mount Wrangel, including
the river districts of the Tahktena and
the Alsekah, as we'll Is the upper waters
of the White (Yukon) river, some of the
eastern branches of the Copper river and
the country drained by these various
streams.
''What these rights amount to I am not
in a position to say, but the different
members of the original exploration ex-
petition of course expect their share of
whatever there is in it. have so much
confidence in Mr.. Arkell that would
leave my interests entirely under his
protection.
"Glave and Dalton came out of the
disputed territory in. August, 1890, and
went in again in the spring of 1891, on
which occasion Glave was the first man
to introduce the use of horses north of
the Mount Elias alps. He and Dalton
trained the horses to wear snow shoes
and altogether performed miracles of
patience and endurance. The gold in
dieatons which have been found were
followed up, and it was their intention.
to follow up all claims, but unfortunate
~ Mr.. Glave, while travelling in Africa
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