Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-26
KLON like HOLDING OUT.
Gold in EYalV1 Part Of The North
Country.
LiiI, Beiur Taken Out How-An In.
tcresiing Account pirect from
shs Fields.

YukonJuiy 2S, was spoken last night
OF Race Rocks at $3.50 by the Assoc,at-
ed Press tug VIyilan', which was 10
the straiRbts watching for the arrival
Of the Portland. The Coleman brings
tnut passengers who have been on the
klondike and who left Dawson CITY
July II. Tbe passengers ar Charles
IL. Ms'cslfe OF Detroit, Mich; b. Il.
Jones, Berkeley, CAL, an aeesyer for
the Alatka Commercial company Al
Dawson, q. b. anu u, Is. Patrick,
brotbers, from HumLoldi, Cal. They
left DaweoD ten days after tue Tborpe
tarty, who arrived at Seattle last week
on the steamer George Il. Starr frUm
Dyea.
They all tell stories OF the richness
Of the KioDdiks, b InauZa and EluOra-
do ks, but all say that very few
cleaDups have been mBds since the
early summer. Mr.. Metcslte has been
engaged in tho meTo sndise busines
at Dswson CITY, Circle City and other
points for three years past anu has
been cut every year. He goes In each
year over the Dyea trail, and last
rprirg took In Twenty tons Of freight.
1t TOOK him rom March Ssh to May
Let to get HE ffeight over the y 81 with
one msu, two horses and eight dogs.
From LAKE Liudsrmsn 'to Dawson
Guy he was fourteen Jays. When
the Coleman lett 81. Mlcnsels there
were about twelve men waiting to
come out on the stea mef Portland and
| another steamer with passengers was
expected down the river before the
time yet for the sailing oil the Portland.
Tho men waiting at So. MichseIe ali
had from five to iiteed THOUSAND i
iars, but no phenomenal strikes were
reported by them.
With regard to ascending the Yukon
Mr.. MetcRite said II tukos from 20 TO
20 days to 90 from ~, MichseIs to
Daw -Op CITY, and passengers leaving
| Seattle lner tnin August 20 will have
no chance VI reaching Dawson CITY
this fail.
The Lippy claim on 8onanza Creek,
from which gold smouuti g tU
| Sll2, 900 WAS taken, he saiu was one OF
tre best developed claims in the group.
Othere will doubtless prove Just as rich
when July developed.
The tifst claim icatei on Bonanza
Creek was named Discovery, aud Is
recOpn '2sj by miners Rs the center OF
the field, other ella ms being NUMBERED
each way from it,
SKY claims are now looateI above
anu ninety below Discovery, in all
fifteen miles being taken. On Il dorado
creek, which emptIes Into BJnaLzs,
XIV elaine are ioca,ei, the twenty
nearest the couiu notion o. creeks being
fabulOu,ly rich.
From one clam located on Skookum
Gulcb, tributary to Bbnauzi crses, N.
w. Porter !of Denver and Joseph
GDldsmith OF Suueau took s., 900 IN
nuggets, ignoring A,e golO. rhpy
afterwards sold the claim for S25 0JO
cash. They worked only a few weeks
On Bear creek, small tributary 10
KlOndiKe, which il also remarkably
rich In gold.
Il, L. Jonss, OF Berkeley, CAL,
SAN; 81 should say there are about
500 people In Dawson CITY, and on
the Green's about thre,. This summer
only about twenty claImI have been
worked anu thus Tar not large aum
OF money has Dssn taken out.
Most everyoJdy Is getting ready for
the winters work whlcn will be pusheJ
US vigorously this year as last.
Az far rs 1 can estimate the grta
wealth VI tue kio, dyGe is nolding
out. Sill the am unt of gold that
will come wn TINS fall Will not be as
large az estimated In some quar- ere, 1
snOu Id soy shat there will ue In ,he
Deig n borhood IL It's men down by the
Portland and Excelsior ana very
lair aver 60 to each man would MT
ex ceel SIT. 1000.
Many viii bring down practically
nothing. | wouli not care to say
what tho AlssKs Commercial DOM.
pany has In gold on hsni. AT one
time gold was 30 plentiful at Dawson
CITY people hid DOT know what to do
with it. Tho trading eompsny's saies
ere filed auu tue stuff WAS packed
away In sslonns and in Any place
mi. ers could fiuI.
But most OF the gold was taken out
when tne ciesn.ups were completed
last spring. Slice then there has not
been suon large amount OF gold
coming out. as the wet SEASON does not
permit OF exeavs'ing. This coming
winter there win be about 800 claims
in activs operation. They viii uesriy
all do we'll according u presen. inuics-
tons, and next winteI's output Will be
prnportionaEsiy ne large as last, a.
though theIe will not BIS as many
very rich strikes. The bsuch claims
are turning out well, mucn better
In fact than was expected. Che upper
end Of some OF the greeks that are
rich at the mouth range from 10 TO 20
cents TO the pau. AS to supplies. |
believe there will be fully $500 tons
taken up ON the river boats Nv ned by
tho Trading company. OIIy about
MALT OF this, however, Representa- pre-
visions, the other being supplies.
Last year Ice began to run In the
Yukon ss early as September rs aud II
the river begins 10 freeze as early this
year many OF tho boats now going up
and intended for tue Klonuike viii
not get through until next year.
believe the Indian river and It's trlbu.
tAfies will prove valuable uIggipgs
next winter. You may say that Circl.
CiIy Is practically deserted, the people
having all gone TO Dawson. The riv.r
steamers Alice. Bella and Hsniy have
made their second trip down the river
Tor the season, They will b. down
again Ia time to meet the p rliand
anu the Excelsior and most OF the
M nefs who will come out this fail
will be aboard them o u their fiual tril.
Retire. Prom tho Turf.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2O-C. A.