The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-31
~ OLD STORY.

NH On - 80 ~
- Hard to Get.
an, August 2o.-whiie the
4 Of gold brought from the
portland was Z disappoint-
the miners who returned to-
- country is fabulously rich.
mich have been worked prom
y IN fact many Of them give
prcying very rich. All esti-
amount Of gold which will
cs the Yukon next year must
~ very rough, az there 10 no
s.termlne how much work will
men could be secured to work
already located. there would un-
4 many millions Of dollars taken
a majority OF men there pre-
spect on thsir own account,
ding the fact that high wages
wherever claims have been To-
ave proven rich.
~ have been made that the
portlsnd on her next trip will
50, 900. 900 in gold. but most re-
from Dawson City say that no
mt Of money will come. as It
Ian taken out Of the ground.
who came down places the out
Mt $1,000, 900. Eldorado and
sreeks, where the richest strikes
made, have been staked for
a hut desirable claims are scarce
rospectors are beginning to scat
Most OF the rich strikes were
| nonanza and Eldorado and hun
miners left paying claims and
me new diggings, many Of them
Il rich, while others secured
md either returned to their old
went prospecting anew. 1t is
n the North American Trading
Sloortation company brought down
n their own money on the Port
! Il was generally understood that
" will not be brought down until
A trip OF the Portland, when she
|1corted by q United States revenue
h. Miller. ex-district attorney OF
writes TO a friend from Dawson
h6 date Of July 3 as follows:
q "a an enormous amount In this
fold by the thousands and mil
N 1t is Just as hard to acquire II
here. 1t Is in the hands Of a few.
q many are hunting and search
IA same old story. The Eldoradc
IAnza creeks are tho richest of all
Reality, and In fact, are SO far
M the only diggings OF great
snd | can say one might just as
I to get it ON Wall street In New
I'M. Men on these creeks value
galms at enormous figures. from
4 100000 and 100000. and ever
] The amount taken out last winter
fifty such valuations. but OF course
r. no purchasers. You can inform
j everybody intending to come here
they expect to find gold scattered
at random or to get something fol
they will be disappointed. While il
that the gold deposits in the To-
we're found almost accidentally. i
to note the fact tina
he first accident OF the kind n
wears searchings. New digging
ubtless be discovered from time +
ut when and where the sages cal
|.
in this country Is quite a creatur
he chances With
of a discovery he may stand
{ obtaining a claim, but should b
. distance away, he stands n
whatever. l have been out OH
de or two and staked claim. bt
ances are there Is nothing in i
ave an idel that they will go OF
d something II they should sic
Il that every creek, gulch and r.
a been prospected years ago
need miners their enthusiasm migl
All the gold in the country Is fro
to fifty feet under ground an
ground. too, so you see the FRI
aadering avocation of the prospect
an easy task. 1t takes two
weeks of the hardest labor to sill
. two holes on a creek. 1t Is n
tier countries where tho gold
Q surface.
oil creeks Eldorado and Bonap;
i most uninviting. low and marsh
a with willows and all kinds of>u
with, but there it was found lyil
rains of corn awaiting the eyes
Indeed, I may be pardonel for aga
Ing that people who come he
rot expect too much. Where O
some rich a thousand remain poe
tyice is, IL any comes, bring at les
~ provisions and enough money
usage back home. II Is no pla
man to attempt to play gentlem>
one works hard. the hardest of !
Don't let the reports OF the gre
n @ gold going out turn your hea
came from the creeks above nam
= owners of the claims realize tn,
cns too WELL"