The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-08-28
FROM THE KLONDIKE,
Some Of the Comparatively Few
Who Have Struck 1t.
THOUSANDS WAITING 70 FOLLOW SUITE,
The Skaguay Trail is Blockaded and
Snow Has Begun to Fall, So Their
Chances Of Getting Through
Are Very Slim.
News FROM tho KlondlI,..


News From the IIIond,k..
VrcroRfA. b. G.. Aur % Mora ro,,s
has come from the Klondilte, Tho
steamer City of Topeka which has inst
arriN ed, left ,Iuneau ofter tho o,..iyaI
there of Joe Berch. James Mckay and
Archie Shelp. who made the tri from
Dawson to Dvea in n dove Thay ala
not come anv further than .hnaaT Int
intend to 90 bacl, to tha rinas Tbov
had a rough trim bavina 10 noddla and
tow their boat up the river.
Sbeln in conyorsatic,, With o,,o of
the passengers who came down IN tho
Topeka, spoke biobIv Of stewart and
Indian rivers aitbougb there have
been no sensational finds from SIN
900 to sl5. O9O baino talon ont of those
rivers,
Close upon - OOo Ol0 in dust has oona
down on river steamers, others intenI-
inc to take tha staonar Portland ot
st, Micbaels. Gold nasscd ot s17 an
ounce at Dawson Citv Sheln gives n
list of ,Jupeau mon who struck if
rich. They are Dick Law Slgo 600.
j. Smith, $4,000: Oscar Asbbv and W,
Leak refused sroo. Oo9 for their claims.
Joe Brant $50 OO9, CornaIins Edwards
S35 600; A. w HinnIc $40 ooo. Harry
Ash who left ON tho last boot fo,, San
Francisco s1oo Gao and an old man
who a few months nro was cuttinu.
wood around ,Tuneau s6l 0oo
within the last few weeks intending TO
po TO tbe mines cam, b,cl, an tha To
pela, and said that many will follow
them
rhe trail from Sl,appav is now en-.
tirelv blocked On tho trail markers
are charging 40 cents a pound. This
is. of course nrohibftorv as far as a
moor man is concerned Ali are ,nani.
nous in saving that men can not get
their outfits over before winter closes
in, and that snow is already beginning
to fall on the summit, the first
furry having come down last
week. Men are selling their outfits
for what they can get for them There
are now 6,000 men at Sllaguay and
Dyea and along the trails, and not one
out of ten of these men will get their
outfits to the lake. Two surveys
I ave been sent out to try and find n
better route for the Skaguay
trails, and if they succeed, men
promise to go to work on it. The
old trail is practically impassa-
bic. Pack horses are unable to pack
more than 100 pounds over it, In some
places men have to use both hands and
feet to get oyer the rocks, and carry
very little. Some work was done on
the old trail, but men were too eager
to get OIL to the mines TO 40 much work
Among those who have thrown up the
sponge and come back to civilization
are Samuel Brown, of Seattle, and Bert
Miles, an attorney of Los Angeles
More Returned Miners
po,r ,ro,r~srxn Wash Aug 26.-
n,,i., ',,,aana,. Trod Il sanders has ar.
,iuod go dave from ST. Nichaels. Alaska,
,,,;tl, ~. ,,asson,,ers from tbe Klondilxe
aaY,t,.r - ,rhov are. / $, Dinsmore. a.
,.,II I..,a,,,,, ,,,orcbant Of Enral,a. Cal.
"r,d,laI "o,, " Vast of pn1.tIand Ore: James
Ct'Tan,ao NV aI innaan. / love n we'll
i.,a,,, r,inorof pngat Sound and Henry
~, Ia ,rffa of Dawson CITY. Only
IL, - tl,a ,,,,,b ba,. have bean ENGAGED
~ oiainr hnt all arc much pleased
- ,,i;,1, t,ai. nrosnecf and intend to re-
W. ~ a., la.i,ir The total amount
eu'il III ''io H. Sd. i,
- 9 ga ooo lanes McNamee, of
Tuo"o I,glo ,rLo is On his way TO Bartlett
. S,'.,'., uno" va %aI nrnh,rIy made the luclx-
optlnE?, ,,- o'ri, ,r tI,om He took from
,esv sti.nV e,o- ",-Y nl6 hnt reinvested most
II Gta'i"S w. ''''
ol ~ ,,raoo soid. 81 vent into
,iol,-a ~. ala,t for,. vears ogo but only
n''0N'. 90 a. IyIonji1,o one wear aoo.
wv meHo " - . sno roonia in the
hIondiNe district 'In %n" anattor ,I' +rin