Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-07
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER
ANOTHER PIONEER OF THE KLON-
Dixie HAS MADE A FORTUNE.
Surveying Parties in the Seven
Devils COuntry-SIocan Ore
Shipments.

received an interesting letter from James
Parker, an old friend of his, who is now
at Dawson City, the metropolis of the
famed Klondike. Parker served under
the colonel during the war in the Seven
teenth Illinois cavalry, says The Spokes-
man Review. He is carpenter by trade,
and Colonel Davis vouches for his integ-
ritv. Parker passed through Spokane in
April of last year, bound for Alaska. The
letter follows:
Dawson City, n. w. T., June l, 1897.
My Dear Colonies: | have been think
inc maybe you would like to hear from
me and to know what | am doing and
ii | am getting rich. Well, colonel, /
am. | landed in Yukon one year ago
last May and | have been one of the
lucky ones. l did not have but 81 when
| landed here. | went to work at my
trade at So per day, and bought my
own chuck, all the same as army rations,
which cost me So per day. | finally got
the mining fever, and went to the klOn-
dixie country. Say, colonel, our army
marches were a luxury compared with
the trip over the mountains, wading
through the marsh, sleeping standing up
to your knees in water, but with feel
inc that if [ could keep up | could get
enough of the yellow stuff to pay me for
my trouble. ! saw many poor fellow
sick, footsore, hungry, with almost des-
pair written on their faces, which remind
ed me of our army life, but the thought
of the future, if successful, had tend
ency to brace them up. helped to bury
five or six poor fellows that became dis
couraged and downhearted over the
hardships encountered, that gave up and
nothing could save them. You remem-
Der our march from Pilot Knob to Hell
ena. Ark, when we were out OF ratlons
for Is days, had to sleep i'll the swampS'
snakes and swamp flies pecking at you
it is nothing compared with the lulu
birds YOU encounter here. Why, they
will stick their bills chuck through your
green leather mittens and will pull your
breeches off if they have IA good chance
We all have to wear thick covering on
the face and protect our bodies as we'll
as we can.
lawful cold. | have seen it 60 and 70
below. All you have to do is to keep
your feet and hands warm and the rest
of your body will take care of itself
Colonel, l did not have but one sin
ole dollar when landed. I have in gold
nuggets to the amount of $4,000; have
taken from one pan from $75 to $l2O.
have a claim that is good for as much
more Now, old comrade, if you want
to make a. fortune, come. | will see
YOU through the winter, put you on to
as good a claim as | have. / know OF
locations which, if you were here, you
could get big money out Of. | would
like to see some of the old Seventeenth
bows. How we would work hand in hand
and come out with more money than you
ever saw"
To Revise Mining Laws.
At its recent session in Denver the IN
ternatonal mining congress named COM
mittee of five to revise the United States
mining laws and report its results to
congress, and subsequently authorized the
president to increase the committee by
adding one representative from each min
inc state not originally represented on
the committee. Accordingly President l..
T.. Price has named the following: w. 5.
Keyes. California, f. j. Newlands, Ne
yada; w. S. Haskin5, Idaho; w \,
Clark. Montana, G. Il. Dennis, Washing
ton; w. b. Potter, Missouri. The original
members of the committee are: j. l..
Todd, South Dakota Charles j. Moore,
Colorado; r. A. F. Penrose, Arizona; i.
A. REYNOLDS, New Mexico; Lamar Cobb,
Georgia. The committee Will meet at Den
yer September 7.
On Springer Creek.
From a cablegram received from Lon
don England, it is learned that the lOo,-
600 shares of promoters stock in the Vlk-
inc and Phoenix, taken there recently by
English mining men, has all been sub
scribed. These claims are on Springer
creek, one and onehalf miles from SLOGAN
CITY, B. c.. and have remarkably good
surface indications. Numerous assays
have all given satisfactory returns, tested
by several different assayers. Recent re-
suits from three assays were: S2l3, gold
and silver; $37O25, gold and silver, and
s524.6O in gold and $3.50 in gold In
the course of a month, with plenty OF
cash in the treasury, the company will
mt on force of men and actively prose
cute development work in the property.
Seven Devils.
The Peacock company has a few men
If work under the charge of Mr. John
Pilmer, as foreman. They are starting IN
ot verv near water level with an open
cut. making dump OF the waste and pill
ing up their ore ready for the smelter.