The evening times., 1897-07-20
Millionaire and Pauper, Young
and Old, Alike Affected.
PAY DIRT IN EVERY HOLE
Returning Miners Tell Stories OF
Discovery That Turn the Heads
of Listeners-All Purpose to 10
Back Before the Spring Flowers
BLOSSOM Gold on American Side.

American Trading and Transportation
steamer Portland will leave Seattle Thurs
day morning at dawn for the far north
st Michaei's, at the mouth of the River
Yukon, is her destination. All her accom-
modations, both first-ciass and steeraSe,
have been la ken, and she will turn away
hundreds.
Fortwo days past men in nallcircumstances
md conditions OF life have hung around
the wharves here waiting chance to get
passa ge on one OF the steamers sailing
north.
So great is the desire to get into the
gold fields with the rush that all Sorts
OF tricks have been resorted to, such as
drugging a man and stealing his ucke's
ON the steamer Alki, whose berths were
all sold forty-eight hours before she
sailed.
The Portlands trip north VIII be the
last this season-that is, it VIII De the
last in which her owners Will guarantee
To put the passengers into the hlohuyke
The river freezes in September. FROM
st. Michael's passengers and tneH DAG
gage are transferred TO the river steamers
of the company. Barges are placed IN
tow of the steamers, which are al OF
light draught, owing 10 the rapids or the
Yukon. They are loaded with tons OF
provisions.
The passengers on the Portland are not
allowed 20 teke any provisions. as the COM
In, "a, m L.
ncrs. Passenger are allowed only $50
pounds OF baggage.
The miners who returned on the Portland
have been averse TO talking, and many or
the purported interviews from this place
are the work OF fenterprising ingconespondents.
The heaviest winners on the KlOndySe have
pcrsistently refused TO be interviewed,
but they all intend to GO back in the spring.
They are selfish enough TO want TO corral
the whole diggings.
That the richness OF the discoveries
has not been exaggerated, the following
interview with William Stanley, OF this
city, who brought back S115,0 in mug
gets, and whose claim is worth at least n
million, win prove:
Il went to the Yukon year ago last
March, having never been there before
said Mr.. Stanley. ION the steamer AIki.
en- route to Juneau and Dyea, | met Charles
and George worden, brothers, and we en-
tered into a partnership. The wordens
were formerly from Sackett's Harbor,
y. Y, where their mother now lives.
I'VE had been wandering through the
Yukon district for several months, with
dttle or no success, when in the latter
part OF septem Der We heard OF the
klondyke discoveries. At this time we
Were tramping along the Stewart River,
bound for Forty Nile. We were at Sixty
Mile when the news of the strike first
reached us.
we hastened to the KIondyke, stop
ping first at the mouth Of the stream.
The day following oUr arrival the little
steamer Ellis, with $50 wildly excited
miners, who had also heard the news,
arrived. There was a crush and mad
run for the new discoveries along Bonanza
and Edorado Greeks.
1--WE brought up first on Eldorado Greek.
boating Nos. %. &c, 50 and ga. That was
about October 1.
I'VE prospected 25 and &c until we
satisfied ourselves that we had good
making permanent Improvements for the
winter, sach as building cabins. This
done we set to work sin king prospect holes
in different parts of the gulch. We had NO
no blankets.
Good pay dirt was taken from every
hole, and at the end of three months
work We cleaned up 81 2 900: In getting
this much gold we di not drift over 200
feet altogether up and down the stream,
nor did we crosscut the pay streak.
I'VE calculate that these two claims
and also SO and 54, will run upward OF
81 900 to the linear foot, and l figure
that we have fully So, 900 900 in sight in
the four claims
There is little or no difference in the
50 and "a claims on Eldorado Greek In
fact there are no spotted claims on the
reek. tits case of all gold yards wide
and yards deep. Anywhere you run hole
down you will find the pay streak.
"0ur pens will average S33 throughout
all OF tbs EIdorado claims Many go as
high as 81 so, and some still better.
took out $3.50 in five pans and did not
pic ckthe pans either. ItOok thepan a gainst