The Republican journal., 1897-07-29
Gold Galore.
Immense Yields In the Big Alaskan Fields,

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| Immense Yields In the Big Alaskan Fields.
CHICAGO, July 17.-Vice President P.
B. Weare, of the North American Trans
portation Trading Company, has received
dispatches from the Clondyke Placer Gold
fields in Alaska which confirm the stories
| of its fabulous wealth received from the
| north Pacific coast the past week. The
steamship Portland of the North Ameri-
can Co., arrived at Seattle, Washington,
from its semi annual expedition, within a
week and brought 1000, 600 in gold dust
from the Yukon fields. The despatch
sums up the yield of dust and nuggets in
that Eldorado country during the year as
| approximately s., 900. 600 The letter is
| from Capt. John j. Healy, who has pilot
ed crafts for the North American company
through the winding Alaskan river for
years. 1t is dated June :, from Circle
City, near the British boundary. and de
picts graphically the immense fortunes
which have been made within fortnight
by roaming penniless miners. Capt. Hea-
ly tells of new regions which have been
discovered. Indeed, the captain says that
not less than 81 worth of gold dust is
scooped up with every shovel Of dirt. and
that applles to every piece of ground into
which the shovel is driven. Salaries to
miners are not less than ST. day and a
man can get his provisions and sustenance
for -.
There is no doubt" said Mr.. Weare.
''that the veins OF gold are only partly un-
covered and all of my dispatches agree
that this is the continuation of the mother
vein in this country. Won Humboldt, up
on his visit to Dutch Harbor, near Bristol
Bay, predicted that the mother vein would
show itself in Alaska in a parallel line.
Everything indicates the truth of this
prophecy.
"Circle City and Fort Cudhay were the
principal gold fields before the Clondyke
fields We're discovered last fall and the
rush for these fields has continued since.
''Gold fields have also been discovered,
in great value, in the vicinity of Noatak
River, which is British territory, but the
travel has been and continues to be.
towards the Yukon telds.''
| SEATTLE, Wash, July 1.-THE reports
OF great gold discoveries in Alaska have
| caused intense excitement here. Police
men are resigning from the force Every
street car man that can raise a stake has
given notice to his company. In fact all
classes OF society are represented in the
feverish rush to get north. Men neglect
their business and congregate in groups in
excited discussions. People are telegraph
ing friends and relatives in the East to
come and join them in the new Eldorado.
VANCOUVER, July II. There is great
excitement in British Columbia owing to
the fact that Canadians are making moth
| mo of tba 20 Al.
country. Live Americans have been the
pioneers i'll the Canadian Yukon as well as
at kootenai.
Prominent men and the press are de-
handing that the Dominion Government
place customs officials at the Canadian
passes. At present Americans are paying
no duty, and are getting their goods in
Seattle ami ether American towns, to the
great loss of British Columbia
| The climax was reached when Nh Percy.
a wholesale merchant of Victoria, organ
lied company in an hour which guaran-
teed to raise $50 900. The company then
wired the Dominion Government:
'We will give the Dominion Govern
ment 500, 600 year for ten years and pay
ali expenses for the privilege of collecting
the legal customs at the Canadian passes. -
This would be an added hardship to the
stalwart American pathtinders The
Canadian Indians now charge one dollar
pound for fording lakes in Alaska and
years supply of grub per man must be
got into the country some way as an as
surance against starvation.
The government will no doubt be forced
to accede to the clamors of the British
Columbians and the trade will be diverted
to Canada.
OTTAWA, July 81. The Dominion gov
eminent is being urged to appoint officers
at the chief points in the Yukon country,
as there is done now, and all goods com
ing in from the United States escape duty.
| The merchants of Victoria regard this as
an injustice to them.
Information has been received here of
the highest Importance in regard to the
| route to the Yukon via the White Pass.
| The U nlted States traders are beginning
to realize that the White Pass is now open
to the world and is the shortest route to
the upper Yukon.
A firm at Juneau, Alaska, has contract.
ed for the carriage of forty tons of freight
and the passage of flock of 300 sheep
through the pass. This will require the
use OF at least 400 pack horses and it will
settle the question as to which is the best
| pass through the ranges. 1t is expected
that the passage from Juneau to klondyke
will be made in two weeks, as against
three or four weeks by the American
route.
Both the Chilkoot and White Passes are
practically on the boundary between the
United States and Canadian territories
They are in the same latitude and are only
twenty or thirty miles apart. After reach
ing the head of navigation, the Juneau
parties bound for the Yukon turn west
through the mountains by Cbilkoot Pass.
If they used the White Pass they would
turn east and circumvent the mountains
on the east side. The White Pass has not
been utilized by our mining parties, the
Chilkoot being the usual route and the
Chilkat Pass, farther north, being used to
a much less extent.
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