Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17

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| Iuspeotor Strickland OF the Cana.
dian mounted police, ia enroute to
| Ottawa on official business. His
| statements were guarded anu copserv-
| alive. He said there wps only wv
mining districts In what Ia known as
the Clondyke section and they are
| called tho bunker and Bonanzi uis-
| trlcis.
He eaid: "When l LETT Dawson City
| q month ago, there were about 800
claims s,nkea cut ana there were be-
tween 1000 and 5000 people In there.
We can sutsly cay there was about
| 81. 500, 600 In GOLD mined last winter.
: The wages Ia the mines are SIS day
anu tue saw mill paid labJfors $40
day. The claims now stsked Out Will
afford employing for alb u 5000 men
| l believe. Ii man 10 strong, healthy
| aud wants to work he can hud em-
pioyment at good wages. Several
| men went in on an Interest, or what
| 10 termed 'iay'nnd during the " In.
| ter renIiZsd rom $1,000 to 81 5000
| piece. The mines are from 35 to 100
miles from the Alaskan boundary"
OTHER LUCKY ONES.
William Stanley left his son In
charge Of bia Interests In u c0u Jle OF
claims. lie went to the Clondyke last
year and IL now returning WITH nearly
500. 1000 in gold. Henry Anderson, u
naive OF Sweuen, nnJ well known ON
the Sound. SOLD a halt Interest In h ie
claim on Ell Dorado creek aud IL com.
ing back 10 Seattle with S45, 900 spot
cash, the proceeus OF tue salt.
STORIES NOT EXAGGERATED.
II. w. Barton of THIS city got letter
via the steamer Portland from Joseph
Goldsmith, whom he characterize a
ga man honorable US ever drew The
breath of liie,' in which the writer
makes the blunt statement that two
men In the course OF seven hours work
tx.rsctei from claim number thir y
Clondyke, SIS pOunus Of gold. GJiu-
smith iurtner states tnat the reports
that have gone ont from Clonuyke
are In no wise exaggerated, they ftil-
ing in fact, he says, to tell half Of the
fabulous riches OF the country.
[By Associated Press
OVER A ION OF GOLD ABOARD.
SEATTLE. Wash. July IA spe.
cial " tue Z .st.Inteiiigencsr from Port
Townsend, Wash., says at 3 O'Clock
this saturday. morning the steamship
from 81. Nj oh aeIs for Seattle passed
up the sound with more than ton of
gold on board aid sixty.elght passeu.
gers. In the captains oabln are three
chests and lar. Q safe fill. d with the
precious nuggets. The metal 10 worth |
nearly 500 100, and the most OF 1t was
taken out Ut the gr0utd in Iess tnan
three months Of last winter, and 10
size the nuggets range from the size |
OF a pea to guinea egg.
or the sixty.sight miners aboard |
hardly q mau has ltss than $1,000 ard |
one or two have more than 500. 900 In
yellow nuggets. One tpecuinr feature
noticed 10 that the big strikes were
made by "tepderieet" whilo the old /
and experienced miners OF many years
experience and suff sring ind.sGribsbls
hat dshipr and piivations In Alaska
aad the northwest territory have only
a lew thousand dollars 10 show for
their labor. Fortune seemed to tm,le
on the mex porIepceu men who went
into the mining districts late last year,
as nearly all Of them were foIiu nate.
The stories they tell seem too increui-
bic and far beyond belief. instances
are noted where single ipdiv .duals
have taken out, In two anu halI
gold to the value of over $780,.
QUO.
Clarence Berry OF Fresno, CAL,
went to the Yukon In 1890 and pros.
pected several years without success.
He returned home lsst autumn, was
and took his bride to the
Cloudyke last Novem Dor. He IL now
On the Portland with S135,000 the
result OF U winters work anu fortunes
smile.
Frank Phiscator of Baetoaa, Mioh.,
10 another lucky miner. He went to
he Clondyks last autumn and is now
with $685. having
worked two claims with nine men,
hree months, and he still owns the
,laims. He was one OF the original
iiscoverers OF tho EIdorsdo district.
Although m0st OF the passengers are
home with plenty OF golu,
hey all advise and urge r"opls who
contemplate going to the Yukon not
o think OF taking In less than one ton
u grub and plenty OF clothing. While
10 poor mans coun,ry, yet the
iardships and prlvatioLs to be en-.
'ountered by inexperienced persons
Unused 10 frontier lie IL certain to re.
ult In much suffering.
EXCITEMENT IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 1.-THE 70.
'or's OF great gold uiscoveries In {
Alaska have caused intense ex cite.
hent hers. Policemen are resigniug
rom the force; every stree, Car msu
nat cao raise stalks has & wen notice {
0 his company. In fact all classes OF
ooiety are represented In the ieverisn
nsh TO get north.
Men neglect tneir business and con. /
regate In eroups on the streets In ex. I
lied disoui son. People are telegraph.
lg friends and relatives In the east to I
pms and bin them IN the now
,luorhdo.
The steamer Portland, OF the North
American Trading and Transportation O
Dmpeny 10 Que from St, Michaels G
tn 81 100000 Of gold dust on board.
she mas not yet been reported at
atooab, and her coming is awaited I
TN Intense anxiety. She will prob. !
Oily arrive some time tomorrow aud 10 {
iiled TO sail July Goth on her return \
oynge. Tho steamship officers are
ished with business and QUILTING II
ores arc taxed to the uttermost Ca. /,
,city to supply the wants OF those I,
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