The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-10-07

ErtutLiaE is b0ouAite row, 3teisFa
The Washington rdlia3t't soA shftbc
mau is "goine" or net he is lrirresle,
10 sl The real facts ,auouHJiaR tt'E -
nukshle region facts ibsls sro sa uui4a
that we h,rc 10 the klobdlke t9sira auee
cbsp 81 10 The history Of gold dIstorsfy
"Desi Ioajs" Of lilfrhnrr, to nee the 81
pfoprste tefm, are bsiug pabiI,bcd ahag
lhe X koudike. Much ot his supeltaous
bat cut Of II sll ae msy be sute vast .
mount Of knowledge concerning aur lsc,
bound paIsr Territory VAL Zee spread 4
brosd Even nov We can see tbst The Ffr
yslllae uo,oas as to the climate and other
conditions Of Alaska batc been 30 the
msiE wrong From this 90, houeyer, the
Yukon couotry will 90 logger be tfrfs
/ iDcosnits.
| Oae Of lbe most Iulerettug stories thai
has come from the klondike is 10 the
shape Of diary kept by samuel CLARK,
Nuu lblt luI Abt i1h3u ~ thH hHtiah aHh
who writes intelisenily Of the country.
He says that the observer would never
suspec, the existence Of gold bearing
rocks 10 such a counlsy, where there ia
only black lava, white and gray sapd,
limestone and slate, and nothing at oil 10
indicate the immediate vicinity Of the
countless millions which lie uneatthed
beneath the Rulcbes.
Mr., Clsrk's diary goes on: Many
claims pay thousssds Of dollars TO the
day. and some clean up from two to five
thoussud twice a day and think nothing
Of it. Every can, pot. bucket and sack
on the claim is ufed; they canuot get ves
sells OF the proper kind quick enough.
Two men left on the last steamer the
other day with seventy five pounds Of
du,t each. Men come down from the
claims with pack Of gold on their backs
and throw it into corner and, there II
is. Nothing is locked up or hidden away
gold is seen everywhere and every body
has some.
People are pbid big for filling sacks
with moss to chink log cabins with. One
woman asked man to 6I sack with !
chips from tree Near by and gave him
81 % for bis five minutes trouble Gold
IS more plentiful than water. for that Is
scarce. The river is muddy and the
springs are coloted with moss, The
saw mill is rushing day and night, Men
stand and watch each log sIwed and grab
the lumber as soon as IT is ripped up,
man can sell aLylhi1g on earth and al
nearly bis own price.
Have been to the d ggings. All the
best ground is IN swamp, and the rook
slides, but gold is all 10 places where no
sane man would ever dream OF looking.
The miues were discovered by squaW
man who was salmon fishing in bedrock
which came to tho surface in the only
little spot 10 the creek There they dug
wenty feet in swamp and morass and
hicket, from, in this stpugost place on
,srth for gold. In Berry's claim be took
1ut Sl3l 500 10 space 7jI75 and 20 feet
ieep. by burning and drifting under the
1sy streak, Other claim owners about
lim did still better Claims were 500 {
eel up and down from rim to rim. 10
places they are a quarter OF mile wide
nd all pay, and in Others not so wide,
Down a narrow creek men are filling rub
,er boots tin cans, canvas bags in fact
nything that will hold dust. 1t is estI
mated that Sc 100000 has been taken ont
o far June l6l and not one half Of the
}onsLza and Eldorsdo claims even open
o bedrock. There is room for 500, 600 {
men yet on the klondise aud side streams
( they are all good. The couutry is not
aIf prospected nor any idea Of the ex |
ent OF its wealth known ss yet; been dis
overed only ten months