The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-01
THE BIG CROWD GROWS
FIVE THOUSAND MEN ARE At
no -hrsKAGUA1.
Still Richer Diggings Discovered in
the Icebound Fields-Gold Dust
Coming From the Klondike.

SkAGJA1, Alaska, August Is
They still don't move here. Since the
steamships George +. Starr, Rapid
Transit. Noyo and Rosalie have ar
irving with over 1000 more enthusi-
astic gold hunters the population of
Skaguay has increased to nearly 1000
men and probably 80 women. Meet
ings have been held every evening.
md sometimes during the day. to de.
wise ways and means out of the pre-
dicament i'm which every one who
lands finds himself The rapid tran
sit" meetings. so to speak, were start
ed by the lawyers, bankers and other
professional men who have come here
with more gold in their pockets than
they will take out of the klondike.
for the very good reason that they
cannot get there.
There is enough money in, camp to
start bank with paid up capital of
100000 if there is IL cent. All have
handfuls of double eagles and wads of
bills, and they do not hesitate to
flash ii on occasion.
4 meeting was held this forenoon at
which it was decided to allow no one
on the trail beyond the foot of the.
first hill until the footing is sure for
mule and man. Volunteers were call
ed for to rroceed at once to place the
trail in good condition and about tif-
ty men responded.
Each party camped here will be call
ed upon to furnish certain quota of
men i'm rotation. The dynamite or
dered few days ago has arrived, and
will be used to blow the impeding
powders and granite cliffs into an
open way. Violent explosions were
heard laundering down the canyon
this afternoon.
Beginning with the few on the sum-
nit of the White Pass. and coming on
down along the winding trail to tide
water and the town there are not less
than 5000 people tottering under the
heavy loads or resting on the shady
sides of precipices or camped along
side of some rushing rivulet of ice
cold water. Those who have reached
the summit, or are close on either side
of it, doubt that they will be able to
pack their outfits to the far away
lakes which feed the Yukon.
Those back in Skaguay will not
move.
VICTORIA, b. c., August ia
strike that is credited with showing
fabulously rich has been made on an
unnamed creek sixty miles above the
Klondike. Forty-seven pounds of
gold were taken from the discovery
hole. and there has been rush of the
luckless ones from Klondike to the
new diggings.
News of the discovery reached Jul
! neau on August 18th. in Il letter writ
ten on June 22nd, by James O'Brien
to w. II. Hindle. O'Brien in his brief
letter declares that six of the streams
tributary to the Klondilie have prov
en- richer than the most sangune had
predicted, and that their output, with
the new discovery more than redeems
the golden promise of the klondike
OBren says that the news of the find
above Klondike had only reached the
city of Dawson, but that he saw one
steamer pull out for the new digging.
with 40 men on board.
O'Brien predicted in his letter that
food would be scarce, and the supplies
that are being rushed will be WELDON
ed at any cost.
O'Brien says the creek where the
discoveries have been made is near tn,
Stewart river, where partially con
firmed reports from Sllagway say 9th
ef rlcn strikes nave Deen nlaue.
VICTORIA, b. C., August Coon
firmation was received today of III,
indefinite report current for some tim
that the discovery of richer golt
field has caused rush even from tn
Klondike.
l SEATTLE, August 21.-More Klon
dixie gold came down today. The stea
. mer George f. Starr of Seattle calle
at Union for coal and reported having
a number of successful miners 81
board. One Seattle man who went i
last year brings back $4,000. A Vic
toria party of four bring $4,000, an
say that they are going right back {
Dawson City.
VICTORIA, b. c., August 23.-J. !
I Fleming writes from Skaguay: "W
/ passengers of the steamer Capilan
= promised to help the Indians wide
the White Pass trail if they woul
pack our baggage at Is cents pound
We widened the trail. when the Ind
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