Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-16
GOLD IS EVERYWHERE
joaquin Miller Writes From Dawson
City of Nondike Mines.
LITTLE DANGER OF STARVATION
Interesting Description of Daily
Life at New Ell Dorado.
D NIGER OF SICKNES S

NIGER OF SICKNESS
| Joaquin Miller sends the following to the
Philadelphia Inquirer of today:
DAWSON, North of the Klondike. Do
minion of Canada, August 16, via San
Francisco. September 1--we got here yes
| terday morning, twelve days by boat from
| the headwaters of the Yukon, fourteen
days from steamboat and tldewater, fif-
| teen days from Juneau, Alaska; twenty
days from Seattle and twenty-tnree DAYS
| frcm San Francisco. The trip can be made
for lsss than s1G0. and can be made alone.
have met man who POT Il canvas boat,
| packed it over the mountains alone, with
| his supplies, and came all the way alone
| VI course, two or three together make
things more comfortable. We did not lie
down last night, looking for newsstand
Sucn news.
Wonderful Gold Mines.
There has never been such a mining camp
In all history. l was in at the discovery of
| Idaho. l was even credited with the nam
| ing OF Idaho. l saw something of Montana
at the time of her childhood But never
have l seen land of such gold mines as
| there are here. Pat Calvin said last night
In the presence of Alexander Mcdonald,
| the John Mackay Of the Klondke: Next
| winter We will take out 200 tons of DUST
| Yes. l think we will do that ut least ~
quietly announced Mcdonald They say
Mcdonald is very conservative man in
| bis calculations He male his millions by
locating claims. having nothing at all TO
| begin with. but rich claim. not u dollar
| TO buy with. / hear he is probably the
richest man in the worll. How long will
| 1t take to work out the mines-the mines
| In sight-Mr. McDonald?"
More than ten years; then the second
working will be easier and will pay to
work."
"Mr: Calvin, now Ear up the Klondike is
! geld found?"
As far as men have gone there is gold,
but they have gone to bed rock in but five
places further up than thirty miles,
How many men can work to advantage
as far as mines have been found?'
Bound to BE Suffering.
AS many as can come and bring their
outfits. Be careful to advise everybody to
bring their outfits for a year. You see we
who live will not hire them unless they
have outfits and settle down in the cabins
we build for them, and stay and take care
of themselves. A man who IS not well fed
and does not take care Of himself cannot
earn SO a day, and mine owners don't
want Them
viii there be any suffering here this
winter"
There is always suffering anywhere al
ways is, but 1 have wintered all along here
for twenty years and lived. There is
difference between 'nount;lineers Of good
practical sense and 4 mob of exotic men
who know nothing of harlships.''
Mr.. Calvin is a noted newspaper man of
Helena. Mont, and is one of the bonanza
kings of the Klondike an American citi-
zen of Irish BIRTH and said to be entirely
truthful and farsighted. They say when
Pat says 200 tons it does NOT fall short of
the mark, and they say mis- calculations
will be fulfilled.
There IS lots of talk about starvation
and all that this coming winter, because
no provisions are coming and water is
lower this time than for years. There will
he no starvation. and but little real suffer
ing. There are 100 and 80 cattle (two
bands) coming, but little way back. Also
1000 sheep that these dark prophets know
not OF. Besides, the snow does not fall
deep and man can travel up this river and
its muddy banks better in winter than in
summer. The mails go and come more reg
ularly in winter than in summer. Men can
go out, either up or down the river to tide
waller, and to stores for supplies with ease
and safety in the winter if the worst comes
to the worst.
Typhoid Breaks Out.
But, sad to say, there is going to be
much sickness in this muddy mushroom
town. There have been thirteen doctors
and eight cases of typhoid fever There
are plenty of doctors; two hundred dollars
visit has been the bill. But, you see the
miners are run down by the excitement
exposure and poor food, and die easily
Two miners who held out for eighty thou
sand died the third day after securing their
gold. Three men have been found dead
from heart disease, they say, induced by
too violent excitement. Good order good
nature, good heart prevail. Not a pistol
to be seen. Any one with pistol would he
desp1sed. There has not as yet been one
personal encounter.
True. the pitaOuc half e..
Almost one hundred are here The contests
for her favors are always fearful and
sometimes comical. For example, a newly
made millionaire arranged for a breakfast
of ham and eggs by special invitation with
new arrival, and another new king,
rival, bought up all the eggs in Dawson at
double cost, and even then did not win her.
another young fellow, Portuguese prince
said to be by some a retired bootblack paws
woman one hundred dollars a day on
condition that she does not speak or dance
WIN certain miner: These are not fancy
pictures of the life here. l have this last
story from the man who has the sack and
ponds for the party each day, and he pays
1t to the woman. l set these things down
TO snow that gold is plenty. Gold is GER
ta1nly plentier here than ever in California
Five Dollars for an Onion.
found an onion in my pocket this morn
ing that l had packed over the ChiIkoot'
Fass on my back.
Il will give you dollar for that" said
miner In the crowd who had come down
to see our barge.
mo, sir, mother grew that onion in her
garden. and the Inquirer crowd eats that
onion If have to eat it myself
After while, the man came back SAY
I'll give you five dollars for that big onion.
l want it for my sick frend'' He referred
me to the doctor. OF course he got it. and
the crowd was glad when the money was
refused.
You see, there is plenty to eat here, and
there will be all the time, 1 believe but
such things as potatoes and green stuff
are not to be had, and when a sick man
wants them he wants them bad. A green
house would be big fortune, and there is
surely good chance for one here. 1t is
hotter here now than ever saw it in
Washington city, even New Orleans
We are cautioned not to start over the hill
to the mines until almost shutdown, because
n the - ;,