The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-15
MARVELLOUS TALES
Of KL0ADIkE GOLD.
One Man ShoveIad Out $4,000
in Twelve Hours.

Topeka arrived here last night from Ju-
neau, Alaska. Among her passengers
was John f. Maloney, of Juneau, who
came out from Dawson City with the
Calvin party. He says: "Huaker creek
and Gold Bottom creek will equal, it not
rival, the now famous Bonanza and Edo
RADIO creeks. Many of the claims on these
creeks will run SO, 600 to the box. On
No. ~ Eldorado, Alex. McDonald's claim,
one man in shift and half, which is
about 12 hours, shoveled in $50, 900. On
Skcokum Gulch, which enters Bonanza
No. above Discovery, OH locations Nos
l and 2, saw $50, 600 weighed out of two
box lengths"
MT Maloney saw sixteen-Quart brass
kettle filled with gold dust in the cabin of
K. T. Dinsmore, Harry Spence, Bill Nc
Fee and others. No. 81 Bonanza, owned by
Oscar Asleni and ssBilly Lake, will pro.
duce 81 100000 He says 50, 900, 600 will
come out this fall.
There are stacks and stacks of gold, !"
he continued, leach with the owners
name on it. Alex. Mcdonald will pro-
duce the largest amount. / hesitate to
give figures, but the simple truth is his
various Investments will yield from So.
0)0,0 to 81, 600, 900 this winter These
figures are staggering, but true"
The statement is made that Henry
Bratnober, agent for the Rothschilds,
who has been several weeks at tile dig
gings, offered over Il million for ten
claims adjoining on Eide RADIO, but the
offer was declined
MAY SAVE a FAMINE. -
Tacoma, October, 14.-George b. bod
well, OF the two Pacific static Steam
ship lines, and Hugh S. Wallace, vice.
president of the Washington and Alaska
Steamship Company. have organized the
Chilkoot Road aud Transport Company.
and yesterday n contract was let for the
tramway which is to be il operation nv
January l.
Construction has been Leuun ON the
rallrohd Which starts at Dyea and runs to
Greater Lake and will be broad guage.
The trarnway hasa capacity OF 100 tons
OF freight daily and as the line will be
completed by January, there will be no
danger of n famine ut Dawson this wia-
ter. The saving In time to klondike will
b- about thirty days.
FIFTY MILLIONS oF:DOLLARs.
Seattle, Oct. l4.-Pat Calvin, recop
nized AS one OF the bonanza kings OF the
klondike, where he has been engaged in
mining for the past three years, In an in.
terview says: "There IRE 46l claims
which have been operated sufficiently to
prove their richness. There are $50 claims
already staked out, but not developed. l
have no doubt that they will prove equal
to the other 46l. Taking these claims
and figuring out their cubic contents and
making conservative estimate, do not
see why the output from these claims
alone will fall short--of fifty millions OF
dollars"
Mr.. Calvin declared that nothing which
had been published, so far as he knew,
even approximate the truth of what is
really known of these great gold fields.
AN EXPERTS OPINION.
San Francisco, Oct. 14.-Henry brat
nober, the mining expert, has returned
from the klondike. His mission was to
ascertain If any opportunity presented it.
self for investment He says:
II found some very good placer mines,
but not as sensational in the richness rs
has been reported. In many cases the
claims are comparatively poor, although
almost any of them will pay wages. On
the whole, the Klondike may be classed
as very good higgings and l should say
there is II good chance for other discover.
les this fall.
81 do not think there is much danger
OF starvation at Dawson"