The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-21
GOLD IN ALASKA.
One OF The Richest; Finds in the World g
- History.

One OF The Richest Finds in ths World Is
History.
The Associated Press has received
letter from y a. Stanley, president
Of the Binghamton, N. Y, Event, G
Herald Company, telling of the won-
derful gold discoveries OF Alaska. Mr..
Stanley wrote from St. Michaels Is.
lard. where he stopped on his way to
the Yukon mining region. Writing
under date Of June 80, he says:
The steamer Excelsior Of San Fran
cisco, was the first vessel to push her
way through the ice to this station.
TIE Portland, from Seattle, arrives
four hours later. From these vessels
We learned FOR the first time of DC
Kinley's election, the result Of the
Corbett Filzsimmons prize fight and
other news of the fall and winter The
ice went out of the Yukon about June
Is, and the river steamer Portus E.
Wear, which wintered at Dawson, g.
225 miles up, reached St. Michaels
June 27. The Wear brought authen.
tic news Of some OF the most wonder
ful gold strikes in all the worlds his
tory, and brought also some forty-6ve
miners, every man bringing in from
81, coo to $4,000 of dust and nuggets,
with an aggregate of more than ST.
000,000. Just now much the Wear
brought in on its own account. as the
exchange of provisions and supplies
furnished the miners by the North
American Trading and Transportation
Company, could not be ascertained,
but it is very large.
The steamer Alice arrived at st.
Michael's on June 90, bringing 25 mi
ners and half million IN gold for
them and much on its own account.
The passengers on the Alice confirmed
the news reported by the passengers
of the Wear, which is as follows:
"The richest strike the world has
ever known was made IN the kEon-
dyke region last August and Septsm-
Der, but the news did not get even to
! Circle City until December Is, when
there was a great stampede over the
800 miles intervening between there
and the newer fields. On August u
George Cormack made the first great
strike on BonanzA Creek, and on Au-
gust 19 seven claims were fitted in
that region. Word got to Forty Mile
and Icicle City, but the news was
looked upon as grub stake rumor.
"On December Is, however. au'
thentic news was carried to Circle
City by J. NJ. Wilson of the Alaska
Commercial Company and Thomas
O'Brien, trader. They carried not
| only news, but prospects, and the
greatest stampede ever known in this
part of the world commenced. Those
who made the 800 miles first struck it
rich OF all the 200 claims staked out
| on the Bonanza and E. Dorado Greeks
not one has proven blank. Equally
rich finds were found June and 10
ol Dominion Greek. Not less than 800
claims have been staked cut On Indian
Creek, and the surface indications are
that these are ss rich as any OF the
others.
The lsrgest nugget yet found was
picked up by Bud Hudson on claim
No 6 on the Bonatz., ard was worth
S257 Next IN s:Z7 vas one found oy
J Clements on Indian Greek, worth
| 1881. The last four pans Clements
took out were worth 81 600 and one
went SITS.
Bigger pools have been struck in
other regions, but nowhere on earth
| has so rich general find been made
as IN this section, in all about Is lucky
miners have reached ST.. Michael's.
Scme brought but portion OF their
! cleanup, preferring to invest other
portions IN mines they know to be
rich. Among the most lucky are ]. J.
Clements Of Los Angeles, who has
cleaned up about $l75 000, who brought
out $50, 600 and invested the rest;
Prof. L G. Ljppy OF Seattle, who
| brought out about $4,000 and has
$3.50. 600 in sight. aud who claims his
mine is worth $500, 600 or more; vii.
liam Stanley OF Seattle. who cleaned
up SIP, coo; Clarence Berry, $l10, 600;
Henry Anderson, 5000; Frank
Kemmer, $4,000; T. ]. Kelly, $685.
COO; William Sloane OF Nanaino, B.
c., SIS, 900, and az least thirty more
who will rot talk, but stand guard
over their treasure IN their staterooms.
Then there are st least twenty more
men bringing from s., 5,000 to $50, 900.
All tnis gold and more to come is the
clean up OF last win:er'S work. It
must ali cone out via S.. Michaels,
and the bulk of supplies must go in
that way. The two great transporta-
ion conpanies pushing in supplies
are the North American Trading and
Transportation Company and the
Alaska Commercial Company.
Further particulars will follow in
about forty days, on tie srrival of
next steamer, as Mr. Stanley will re.
main in Alaska and gather ali the in
formation be can.
a Youthful Murderer.
20 Charlotte Wednesday afternoon
John T Austin, len yeats old, stabbed
George Kelly CatcO, twelve years old,
to the heart, killing him almost in
SANITY. Monday there na3 bsen
lawn p1rty, which the two boys at
tende4. 4 freezer OF ice cream dlsap'
poared, and Austin vas accused OF
oe