The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
With Argonauts Bound or
Clondyke
MORE OF THE MINERS RETURN
BRINGING THE GOLD TO PROVE
THEIR STORIES
Companies Rushine
in Supplies-There Will Be Food
for Men With Money

Associated Press Special Wire.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 2s.-The
steamship Queen sailed for Alaska this
morning carrying Alb passengers Of
whom 1853 were from Seattle. The other
$50 were eastern excursionists. princi-
pally Christian Endeavorers who had
been in attendance at the recent conven-
ton in San Francisco. The scene on
the wharf was one wherein comedy and
pathos were strangely blended. Min
gled with the tears of wives and mothers
were the merry laughs of young men who
were going with light hearts to seek their
fortunes. In addition to her passengers
the Queen carried about 400 tons Of
freight consisting principally of bag
gage and grub stakes"
For passage on the steamer Cleveland,
which sails from Seattle August for st.
MichaeIs, the North American Trading
and Transportation company will
charge a rate of 5000, this including Of
course passage up the river to Dawson
City The charge on the Portland was
$150 first class and $125 second class. The
same company has chartered the
schooner Hueneme to leave Seattle
about August 10 carrying 100 tons of pro-
visions but no passengers.
Manager Hamilton of the North Amer
lean Trading and Transportation COM
pany, estimates that 1000 people have
gone into the country this season, which.
with the 5000 already there, makes 5000
people While he believes there is no
danger of starvation he advises people
to wait until spring before going in. His
company expects to get 1000 tons ofypro-
visions to St. Michael's before the season
closes, 5000 tons of which will get up the
river.
James G. Blaine, jr., has telegraphed
here from New York asking for booking
to the Clondyke.
A PATROLMAN'S REPORT
WASHINGTON, July 2s-Captain c.
H. Hooper, commanding the Bering Sea
patrol fleet, in report to the treasury
department dated Unalaska, July 5,
says the Alaska Commercial company's
steamer Excelsior arrived at that port
Yukon district and about $500,000 in gold
bullion. Continuing he says:
"The Excelsior brings wonderful ac-
counts of rich discoveries in the Clon-
dyke or Reindeer river, where fortunes
are being made in a few weeks. Ac-
cording to these reports nothing has
| ever been discovered on the continent
approaching it in richness. The Clon-
dyke is tributary of the Yukon, few
miles above Forty-mile, and ie wholly
within Canadian territory. Gold was
discovered there last autumn, and DUR
ing the winter attracted miners from
all directions. 1t is said that over 1000
men are located, at Dawson, the princi-
pal town, while Circle City, Forty mile
and other places are nearly deserted.
Owing to the sudden influx Of people
provisions were high, but so far as l
can learn there was no actual suffering.
OF the forty passengers on board return
ing from these mines it is saidinone have
less than $4,000, and some have as high
as $50, 900. Others who have made their
pile are coming on the steamer Port
land"
MORE STEAMERS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23-The de-
mand for transportation has increased
so rapidly that the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company has decided to place an
other steamer on the northern route.
The steamer State of California will
leave here on the 9th, connecting with
the George w. Elder at Portland on the
30th. Advices from the north today have
been received to the effect that all ac-
comodations on the steamer Topeka,
which leaves Puget Sound on the 2Sth,
ard the Al-Ki which will sail in August,
have been sold and that no further
transportation can be had on either ves-
sci.
The North American Transportation
and Trading company has chartered the
steamer Cleveland, which runs between
this city and Sound ports. She Will sail
for st. Michael's direct tomorrow after
noon, but will cali at Seattle for supplies
and additional passengers, If any room
is left for their accommodation. The
office of the company has been crowded
all day by intending prospectors, among
whom are many women, the relativeror
wives of miners.
1t is considered extremely doubtful.
however, whether upon arrival at st.
Michaels the Cleveland's passengers
will be enabled to secure and means Of
transportation at this late season up the
Yukon.
The Alaska Commercial company has
chartered the schooner James A. GAR
field to carry supplies to st. MichaerS.
Another party of successful Clondyke
miners, the richness of whose finds RI
walls that of any yet reported, arrived
today. 1t consists of William Stanley.
his son. F. Phiscater and c. Worden, all
of whom left Seattle for the mines less
than year ago. From their claims on
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