New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-15
CLONDYKE'S GREAT WEALTH.
ALASKA MINERS BRING GOLD AND
FABULOUS REPORTS FROM
THE YUKON
'TENDrRFooT" PRosPEcroRs GET rHB BEST
MINEs-pIFFICULrY or HIRING MEN.


MINEs-DIFFICULrY or HIRING MEN
InY TELEGRAPH THE TnIBuxEl
San Francisco. July 14-Forty Alaska
miners came in here to-day by the steamer
Excelsior bringing over S5OO.OOO in gold dust
from the new Clondyke mines on the Yukon.
just over the line In British Columbia. The
steamer also brought S25O.OOO In gold dust to
the Alaska Commercial Company. The dust
brought by the forty miners was taken directly
to Selby's smelling works on Montgomery-st.
and 1t was the largest single consignment made
to them since the days Of 40
The party was made up Of miners who had
been In the Yukon country from three months
to a year and half. The "tenderfeet" had
been the luckiest. for many Of them cleaned up
$4,000 to $4,000 In two months T. S. Lippy
and his wife. Of this city. brought down xGOUO
which represents their work since April, 1896
Mrs. Lppy, who Is a small, wiry woman, tanneo
black by the sun, the first woman to cross
over the divide from Juneau to the new camp
She did much "hustling'' in the winter. and she
showed noble pair Of moose antlers as
trophy Of her skill with the rife Hongshead
and Stewart were partners who cleaned UP IN
twelve months about $4,000.
AS the United States Mint was closed for the
dov when the miners arrived they packed their
picturesque collection Of bags was produced.
Some were made Of deer hide, and held as much
as $500 The commonest kind were OF duck
or buckskin and held $1,000. Several OF the
miners ran out OF even canvas bags and were
forced to put their gold in tumblers and fruit
iars which they covered with writing paper
They looked like fruit or jelly put up by coun-
try housewives
as the weight was recorded. they were slit open
with sharp knife and the contents were poured
upon the broad counter, which mas oepresSioi,
in the middle. The heap of gold dust looked
like pile Of yellow sheled corn, ana ts Weisn'
was about three hundred and twenty pounds
No such heap Of gttering treasure mas peen
seen here since early days. when the placer
miners from Coloma. Calaveras ana the rlch
bars Of the American. Yuba and feather riNeis
brought their gold dust down to this city
Besides the stories told by these miners VINO
have no reason to exaggerate the Alaska com,
merca Company received reports from seEeIa
of their officers which confirm the reports or tne
fabulous richness of the Clondyke mining ais
trict Other placer districts have been as rich, but
none have ever been found so large In extent
The district is thirteen miles In eXtemt, VIII VII
nm average richness for each mine OF $3OcWu
Many miners bought claims for S2o,VoO or Soo-
600 on ninety days time paying down SoVo OF
81 600 and in a month got out enough 10 OWL owl
claims and have handsome surplus Inc
agent at Circle City says gold is so apunoant on
the Clondyke that few men can be hired 10 worN
for others, though SOC day are the wases
Most of the best claims have already Deen Sc
cured bv tenderfoot prospectoTs, as OLD miners
had no faith in the camp when IL was nrst iouiu
At Dawson, near the camp men come IN anu
leave sacks of gold dust on deposit, ana theSe
are thrown under the counter by the storeKeep-
er as though they were bags Of -four The whole
country is wild about discoveries, ana every one
who can get an outfit is pouring into CiondyKe'