The Irish standard., 1897-07-24
NEW IL DOR ADO.
Wonderful Stories fro n the Alas
ken Go.d Fields.
GREAT EXCITEMENT II SEATTLE.
Hundred. Preparing To Emirrrtr to
the Nrw Fields Sh:p Arrives
B.inriug over n Ton of cola
Du.I-SIoric, al Passengers.

Seattle, Wash, July 70. I tie reports
OF prca, gold discoveries in ALASKA have
caused iutcrsc cNciicmrn, here. 20.
liccnicn are rcsigning from the force;
every street car man that can raise 4
stake has given notice 10 his company.
In fact, all classes OF society are repre-
scented in the fc,crish rush 10 get north.
Men neglect their business aud congre-
gate in groups on the streets IN excited
discussions People are teIcgraphing
friends and relatives In the east TO come
aud join them in the new Eldorado.
Cargo Of Fabulous Value.
The steamer Portland is here from
the Klondyl,c and has brought in treas,
urc weighing more than Il ton and val
ued a, no, less than $l.oOO,G0O. Shortly
after the arrival two miners, Clarence
Berry and Frank Phscador, carried Il
basketftl of dust to the Northern Pa
cfic express office. IT weighed Il little
more than 800 pounds, and was val
ued, roughly estimated, ut $4,000.
Pointing TO the three boxes and Il large
safe in the corner of his cabin, Capt.
KidS,on said: ",rhcse boxes and that
safe contain in round figures over $780,,
900 in gold, and that metal weighs near
lv ~ tons. Out of the GS passengers
there is hardly a man on board who
have over $l0O,0O0.'
Capt. Kidston said that the richness
of the Klondykc had not been exagger-
nted. He predicted that many mil
lions would be taken from the placers
during the present season-perhaps as
much as $ls,O00,000.
Some of the Lucky Ones.
Clarence Berry, of Fresno, CAL;
Frank Phiscador, of Montana, and
Frank A. Keller, of Los Angeles, each
had from $4,000 to 100000. Henry
Anderson and Jack Mordcn, of Chicago,
William Stanley, Of Seattle. and r. Nc.
Nultie and N. Z. Pickett each had at
least 100000. NJ. Mercer, j. j. Hitler.
man and j. Morgan each had from $l2,.
600 to $4,000. The average pile of dust
on board the Portland was probably
$4,000, and these people, the captain
snid, are only handful.
All the returning miners unite in
warning people who contemplate go,
ing there to bring at least a years sup.
plies and plenty of warm clothing, for
those unused to frontier life will suf.
fer much during he winter. Provisions
are extremely costly, flour selling at
$50 sack and other articles in pro.
portion, and each man should take ut
least ton Of provisions.
Richest strikes Ever known.
There can be no doubt that the strikes
in the Yukon valley are the richest
ever known. Instances are common
where pans of gold have yielded $lOO
and occasionally much more. 1t is gen.
orally conceded though that all of the
territory where the richest strikes
were made have been stakrti, and that
so fnr as those districts are concerned
it is useless for anyone to think OF
making locations. But there are other
streams, all of which are known tc
have collaborating bars, but it is cx.
tremcly doubtful whether their rich.
ness will equal the famed FL Dorado
and bonanza creeks of the klondyke.
Hundreds Prepare to Sail.
The excitement over the kIoudyl,e
mines is ON the increase. and hundreds
vi Ptople are preparing TO SAIL for
Alaska. The steamer Portland is on
her return trip, and will be crowded
TIC her utmost capacity. Conservative
men who have been in the country
claim there is room for hundreds more
in Alaska. They admit that all the
fields in the vicinity of Klondyke have
been tnkrn, but every river in Alaska
is, in their Judgment, filled with gold,
which can be secured if the men are
willing to risk the har'lships.