The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-17
HER COLD
WEIGHED
OVER A TON
Nearly a Half-Million of
the Excelsior's Treasure
Accounted For.
RECEIPTS AT GOLD REPOSITORIES.
Over Hundred Thousand of It
Has Been Melted at the
Mint.
LU.KY ONES ENJOY THE CITY.
Yukoners See the Mechanics Fair in
a Body and Buy New Clothes
and Watches.

Gold still poured into the Mint and to
the office of the Selby Smelling Works
yesterday, though the bulk of the Ex-
celsior's glittering cargo reached these
two places of deposit within few hours
OF the steamers arrival day before yester-
day.
No official estimates of the bullion re-
ceipts from the Yukon were given out yes
terday at either depository, but no infor-
nation obtainable confiicted materially
with the estimate of The CALL yesterday
morning that the amount of gold brought
down on the Excelsior would close APP
proxlmate $500 900.
At the Mint it was stated that about
1000 ounces of Klondike gold had been re-
ceived since the arrival OF the Excelsior
and that small lots were still coming IN.
That amount, at the low estimate OF SIS 80
an ounc-, would be valued at SOS, 800.
The bulk of the ExceIsior's gold has
gone to the Selby Smelling Works, and,
as stated yesterday, most of it was depos-
tied there few hours after the steamers
arrival. During yesterday a number of
small deposits were made, but the Office
had ready no estimate of the total value
of the deposits
While there are many buyers of gold
bullion in San Francisco the two de-
positories mentioned receive practically all
the raw" gold coming to San Francisco
from he Kinnoike, and their total receipts
are a conservative estimate of the gold
shipped from the Yukon.
The deposits at the Selbv Smelling
Works are vaguely ated 10 be about
\ 4.
The Mint. would give little over $500, 600,
with the stray nuggets and sacks O. uust
brought down yet TO be reportef.
There were ffty-two "KIondikers"
among the passengers on the Excelsior
and more than hall of them are domiciled
at the Commercial Hotel, which has long
been a headquarters for Yukoners The
rest are scattered by twos, threes and half
dozens among the other hotels of the city
or among friend.
The typical Kondiker, with bags of
dust and nuggets slowed away or sold
some where, as he is seen at the CONNER
cial Hotel, is horny listed and brawny
fellow, who smokes a pipe regardless OF
his ability and readiness to buy ''chapo-
payne" when the gas Is burning in the
night time.
The lucky ones who have come back
with thousands in dust and nuggets have
all bought new clothes since arriving, and
most of them nave added new gold
watches to the adornments they have &C.
euired. MANY proudly wear brand-new
broad orimmed gray felt hats IN half
cowboy style. These score or so OF tn e
fifty-two who have lots of money are pro-
ceeding to enjoy life in San Francisco.
Last evening about thirty of them
abandoned keener joys for two or three
hours and attended the Mechanics Fair
in body, or rather in two bodies, as there
were two big bus loads by the courtesy of
Landlord Holland of the Commercial
Hotel.
The considerable number out of tie
fifIv-two who have come back without
gold and win hard-luck stories that they
suppress Quietly ara hard TO find, and no.
body knows or cares much about who or
where they are.