The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29

wood Gulch. but they cannot tell how
much is in them till they get down fur
tner. The Sulphur Creek, think, are the
best diggings of all. There are only two
or three feet of muck and ten feet of rich,
paying gravel"
Dalton was with Lieutenant Schwatka
in some of his Alaska exploration
William Lsake said: Two dozen or
more dog teams will come out in a short
time The hold-up of the Bella and
Weare2 Well, there wasn't any fooling
about it. Tass went aboard and took the
grub. l have good claim ana am salts
lied with 1t. L did not bring out much
gold. shall return before long"
Warren Weppler said: "a great deal of
work will not be done thi, winter on ac-
count OF the shortage of grub. Men can't t
work to advantage in that climate on
short rations. For this reason next sea-
sons shipment OF gold will not be as large
as 1t would be under favorable conditions.
The gold is in there, and don't you forget
it-more than | ever dreamed of seeing. 1
az not see how great deal of sickness can
be prevented at Dawson next summer
when hot weather comes"
Pugilist Joe Boyle, when asked how
PugIllst Slaviu is making it, said: 1--WE
gave some exhibitions at the pera-houso,
and when l left Frank was inviting all
corners to meet him on the stage He was
knocking them all out-and there are
some mighty husky men in there, too.
We have a good claim at the mouth of a
gulch opening into Sulphur Creek, an in
terest in two more and lay on a good
claim. L am going bacE in February. I
am going to San Francisco to see some
friends. No, l am not looking for any
fights now"
When Dalton was asked about the big
party which came up on the snip Colo
rado and disem barked at Chilcat withi,ev-
eral hundred cattle and horses. he said he
did n ot see how it was possible for them
to get ovsI the trail this winter
H. said the cattle are logging oxen, old
and worn out, and that the horses were in
poor condition. He declined profitable
offer to go in with them. The party is
still at Chilean, getting ready, and is by
far the largest single party that has come
this way since the name klondike was
first heard
Ice is already formed along the banks
OF the YUKON. The three parties had the
greatest difficulty in polling up the river.
Ice would form on their poles and also
under their arms, from wrist to shoulder,
from water which ran up their arms from
lifting the poles out of the water.
The Courtney party, with 600 sheep is
also showed in on the Dalton trail, near
White River, with the strong probability
OF losing the sheep.
The Miller party got through with 1000
sheep. Half sheer D sold for $50
Mail-carrier Brewer brought out consid-
erabie mail from Circle City, Dawson and
other points.
The Canadian authorities at Dawson
have not attempted to collect the percent
age OF output of the claims, or other fees
objected to by the miners The law has
oeen enforced only to the extent of col
lecting SIS, the regular fee for miners
license. No information is yet cbtainable
here as to whether they will enforce the
other levies required by law-such as, for
instance, 10 and 20 per cent on the output
OF small and large claims res spectively.
Nearly all the Klondikers who arrived
to-day were clad from head to heel in furs.
Am bilious amateur and professional pho
tographers shot at them from all points of
vantage, and three times they posed in
the middle of the street on dock Just TO
be accom- mo ating, with snowshoes and
dogs.
Many men going to the Klondike were
passed on the river, the m aiority having
little more than enough provisions to last
them till they got TO Dawson. Dalton and
Boyle said that the sentiment in Dawson
is becoming more antagonistic to people
coming in light" and they predicted
that the empty-handed new corners would
be sent back to the coast.
Henry Cecil of London, Eng, now
here from Skaguay, says he represents on
English company which he claims will
string on poles and lay by cable on the
ground part OF the way a telegraph line
from Skaguay to Dawson. He says the
terms of the contract require the line to
be com pleted by March 81 next This
would bring Dawson to within from four
to five days of the rest of the civilized
world. Archie Burns, Skaguay boomer
has shrewdly located under the land
laws, the sum NIT of Cnilcoot Pass on the
Dyea trail. and he VOWS that il he can get
enough barbed wire he will fence 1t in.
There promises to be trouble which may
not be settled outside OF the courts.
Charles Hughes of Portland, Or, died
at Skaguay last Monday.
The Alaska-Treadwell Company's
steam schooner Lucy was wrecked and
lost in Wrangel Narrows during the re-
cent hard storm. Steamer Farallon saved
her crew. Two prospectors in a small
boat were drowned lust Sunday morning
during a hard blow off Takou Inlet.
Their names are unknown.
Hal HOFFMAN.