The herald., 1897-08-16
CANADIAN
ROYALTIES
Will Make the Klondyke
Miners Weep
REGULATIONS FORMULATED
STEPS ARE TAKEN TO SECURE
ENFORCEMENT
The Men Who Strike It Rich Must Put
Up One-Fifth Of the Gold
They Dig
Associated Press Special Wire.

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Associated Press Special Wire.
OTTAWA, Ont, Aug 15.-The regula-
tions formulated by the Dominion gov
ernment covering the collection of
royalty on gold mined in the Yukon are
published in the official Gazette just is
sued They are as follows:
"That upon all gold mined in the
claims referred to in the regulation for
the government Of placer mining along
the Yukon river and its tributaries
royalty of 10 per cent shall be levied and
collected by officers to be appointed for
the purpose, provided that the amount
mined and taken from a single claim
does not exceed $500 per week, and in
case the amount mined and taken from
any single claim does exceed $500 per
week there shall be levied and collected
royalty of 10 per cent upon the amount
as taken up to $780, and upon the excess
or amount taken from any single claim
over $500 per week there shall be levied
and collected a royalty of 20 per cent,
such royalty to form part of the consol-
| idated revenue, and to be accounted for
by the officers who collect the same in
due course.
1.-The time and manner in which roy
atty shall be collected and the persons
who shall collect the same shall be pro-
vided for by the regulations to be made
by the gold commissioner, and the gold
commissioner be and is hereby given au-
tfority to make such regulations and
rules accordingly.
THAT default in payment of such roy
atty, If continued for ten days after no.
tice has been posted upon the claim in
respect of which it is demanded or in the
vicinity of such claim, by the gold COM
missioner or his agent, shall be followed
| by the cancellatio of the claim. That
any attempt to Eefraud the crown by
Withholding any revenue thus provided
for may be punishable by cancellation
of the claim in respect of which such
fraud or false statements have been
committed or made, and that in respect
of facts as to such fraud or false state
ment or non-payment of royalty, the de-
cision of the gold commissioner shall be
final"
MINERS SUPPLIES
SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 15-The Alas
ka Commercial company's schooner, j.
NJ Weatherwax, sailed today for Unga
with cargo of supplies and six miners,
who are to work in the company's gold
mines on that island. The Klondyke eX
citement struck Unga with full force,
and many of the miners who had been.
working there have gone to the new
fields
MORE MINERS
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 15.-The
steamship George w. Elder sailed at {
o'clock tonight for Dyea and Skaguay.
She carried IT'S passengers, $50 tons of
freight, 143 horses, seven burros, two cows
and seven goats.
A noticeable feature about today's
sailing of the Elder was the completeness
of the outfits of the prospectors which
have had the benefit of the experience
of those who have gone before.
AND YET MORE
VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 15.-Some un-
easiness is felt for the steamer Bristol.
which left here today with some 500 men,
as many horses and a large amount of
freight, for Dyea. She is rather top
heavy and rolled considerably as she was
leaving the dock. Two men jumped srom
her deck to the wharf, being afraid to go
on her. More ballast has been taken in,
but she is still considered topheavy. She,
however, has taken on coal a Departure
bay, which will remedy this defect. The
steamer Islander, with 500 more paseen-
gers, including thirty-one mounted po-
lice, a large number of horses and big
load of freight, got away tonight.
ONE MAN SCARED OUT
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15-Heury
Gable, an old and experienced miner,
who was one of the first to join the rush
to Klondyke, has returned and tells a
story calculated to deter others from go.
ing north in search of gold. There is
hardly trail in California, Arizona,
Nevada or Montana, with which Gable
is not familiar When the news of the
gold strikes reached this country he de-
termined to seek his fortune in the Yu-
kon; left his mines in Arizona and came
| to San Francisco. Here he bought his
outfit and supplies and left on the Una
tilla three weeks ago for the Klondyke
via Juneau and Chilcoot pass. Now he
is back having sold his outfit, which cost
$235. He learned from experienced min
ing men at Juneau and farther up that
it would be suicidal to go on before
spring. He says when he reached Bar
nuns bay, which was little way from
Dyea, he gave up. II left the vessel, in
tending to go to work in the Comet
mines and wait until next spring when
I intended to go into the Klordyk l
found the mines were deserted, as the
men will not work there at this time OF
| the year, owing to the water which fills
the mines.
''The Alaska mining men are positivs
that nearly all who are trying to get to
Dawson City will be frozen up en- route
until spring, ard that their fate is un-
certain. 1 will not answer for the lives
of the terderfeet who are now going''
TAXES ON OUTFITS
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. ia dis
patch from Congressman James H.
Lewis to E. O. Graves, president of the
chamber of commerce of this city to-
day. says that through the joint efforts
of Seattle citizens and the Washington