The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-27

Yukon with his bride and Sc y re co1Sd
not have q change In luck. Il was In Juns
that be returned 20 Dawson CITY. and as
he and his bride stepped from tbs boet
McSau1ee crested then:
Lamb you're worth fortune. Up IN
the aafsn there IL $500 when represents
ynrr interest IN TIRE arsount q money that
We have taken cut II tho Gains slice yes
went scfsra to irduiTe IL tbs irxSry OF a
wife
Frors that csy things have been corning
Ianab,s way. ard shes he returns 70 Cali
fornsa with hss brs<e Re viii pat Ep az the
te.t hotes lr San Francisco and vii have
money to pay for ~ tho lunaries Of LIE.
Harry ash wins Bix stakes.
Harry Ash, king CT the gamblers. was
one o. The passengers who returned All
sorts OF STORES are aao1t as 70 the amount
of dust he brought dosn. That ne -
woyth AZ least s-s 90 there r nc doubt As
near a. can De learned and the iaforrna-
s.pa comes from q passenger Eha 70 lnta-
mate with him, he has 5000 10 gold dust
Ash ss IN old Pacific coast gambler. TIE
sporting fraternity Of Washington, caiifor-
MA and Oregon II acquainted with him
In boom days when town lots worth sse
sold for sl6.oc3. ha conducted games Ii the
boona cities OF his state. City legislation
drove nssn rorth several years aso. Circle
CITY saw hsrn frat. Last winter. attn Cur
IL Aunroe. another gambler. wno took up
dozen variety actresses. he made money
b. running dance han aad beer garden
at tnat place. News came from Dawson
cry o, great strikes MGnro> sold or and
.osned the rush. Ash followed. Al Daw-
son city re opened 3 general gambling
house. stood IN x.:h the mounted police Il
stories are true. secured al the gambling
rights and gold poured into his Golfers as
1t never poured into those Of another gam
bier. Ash made fortune. got tired OF life
IN az uncIviilxsd part OF the world. sold
our in Jane last 10 Holden and Stevens for
p1ooo, and to-day he walks the streets OK
Seattle az Mr. Harry Ash. gentleman.
A@h's big interests are on Bonanza and Ei-
dorado creeks.
Ash brought his wife down with him.
and they win spend the winter In Dakota.
Ash had the only safe IN camp. and ne
was banker and business man for many CT
the miners. When be got ready 10 come
down the river and out 20 civilization
ugsin. the boys entrusted him with many
errands and with various amounts o.
dust and nuggets. How much these sacks
amount 10 AR. Ash declines 70 say, but
pcst-anielligeneer reporter saw one buck
skin bag with contents weighing twenty
i've Of tniEty pounds. II is Mr. Ash's most
positive advice TO hts friends. and 20 all
5 who think of going into the Klondtke
country this fail. Don Z" Next spring
viii be the best time 70 80 in. for the trails
are impassaols and hundreds Of game men
are unable TO get in.
The Portland Has Hut Little Geld.
"A great deal OF development work Is in
progress" said Ash. and the miners are
daily striking new dlsgings on various
creeks Victoria guieh. Dominion creek
and Hunker crack are all good. probably
Just as rich as Bonanza and Eidorado. but
not 40 well developed a n yet. think my
self that bunker creek will heat them all
How much viii the Portland bring
outf Well not nuch-not over a million
at the very most. and will tell you why.
You see We need the stun there 10 trade
with. Everything IL cash In the camps:
there In no such thing az trust When
man quits he gets paid of instantly and
when he buys anything he pays dnst for
II. 20 we need the goid-anyway. ALI that
Is taken out this year. The men who own
II are buying new properties. and every
one r. getting hold Of mines 10 work this
winter. As the men are not comlng out
Of course the gold II not. You know the
real season Is just commencing now, and
you can't look for men 10 leave At this
time Of year. l don't blame A man for
coming down in the spring or coming
down 70 spend the summer but he wants
tn be on the ground in the winter if ne
has mine. That Ii the season 10 work II
Next sTsrtng I should not wonder at all IN
S.o8,eoo was brought cut
What was the standard Of honesty In
the esfnpr Why. Il wss away up NV
place AZ Circle city was tent-no doors
nor windows and no protection of any
Kind ! have often seen az many as
thirty-nve n1en sleeping on the aoor there
and each one had anywhere from 500 10
S.ea with him I'm his blankets Yet no
one was ever robbed. Gold was stacked
everywhere. and never a theft was heard
of -
Dfnsmore stumbirs tpon % Fortune
J. $. ninsmore OF Eureka. Cal. gives
the most comprehensive story Of afYairs a,
klendike Of any Of the passengers. and
one Of the finest II not the finest. that has
come from the north since the world
was told OF the great riches Of the Yu-
kon. nlnsmere moaestiy saws that he
brought on a little over aea0. Harry Ash
credits him with slken and saws thar
nlnsmose would net tell his mother the
exact amount he did bring. In addition
10 the sum Dinsmere has with him. his
Interests an Hunker creek undoubtedly
feet up from coo TO sitae0. Here ts
what nlnsmore said yesterday afternoon
In a detailed interview
II was engaged tn the mercantile n,ss
inesA I'm Eureka. Cal and IN Aprn Of
this year went North 10 Try and buila up
trade IA my line. I went over Chlk rot
pass. taking four men and four tons 8f
provisions IL took three weeks 10 get
ater the pass ard three MOTE tn reach tt.a
kiondike. AZ that time packing rates
were Is cests a roura reached the
kiendlke az clean~up time sold my stnT
AZ the ratio ~ 81 for s. getting 81 IS
a pound fer bacon. s. = aczen for as-rs
s. a ZACH for iieur 81 "a round for potatoes
- cents each fcs lemons. IaaNaon CIV
was then bui a baby. Rut saloons. co p
.ss and dsnce halls " ere fast being Greet
ed. In two weeks / entered info a deal
with Joe Morse. 81 Montana bv which 1
secured a half Interest Ia c3alsa next So
claim thst was running Is cents a. the
pan on bunker creek SiHce thea va
have been ahle - 10 some tttle work en
our claim, and are we'll 81 tisf}ed WITH tae
returns.
'sT'he richest man IA Dawson City "a.
DAY. - far as ! know = Skim Mitchell
Of Eureka. Cal. ife hsx been there
eleven years Down iu Eureka be was a
fuusberfnan bat never faade any rnarrv