The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-04
TIL {! { MODERN ELOR'ADO
A KI0ndiks Man Tells The Vlrslnlan Some
of His Experiences.
He CANNOT CALCULATE HIS WEALTH

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Hc chad ,ndc IN Eighteen Years at
Toiiing- Carries Nuggets for l'oc!,.
ct pieces Tir.t Days OF The
Fever.
Probably the most interesting ana
unique individual i'll .Hurfolk Yesterday
was little man, modcstly attircd in
ordinary dark clothing. flannel shirt
and str.ng tie. Ali he had on his; back
would not cost more than $50 If bought
ut store IN the East. yet this uuprc-
tcntihuS person has enough wealth TO
buy UP the whole city of Norfolk were
ii nut w FOR auction lie Is no; a
hipatrd bomIholdcr or Il mouOpoIist and
MS fanc has not yet been enrolled
among the millOuarcS. He is pain
N.n%iic'G 0icr of lloudiltc, with u
do%s n fortunes behind him in the
Alaskan gold fields. and bad attack
OF dyspepsia, which he is trying 10
overcome by hunting trip in the game
regions n@lr by.
Nh. Oler. 0f IilCrdilte, Is not unknown
to many Norfolk reuplr. and he looked
'hom up yesterday. He came down in
the morning from Baltimore, where his
peopi" live. ana put up 1T the Atlantic
tiot@l. registering frpm khc CITY nf
Monuments. About the only visible
thing about him To Indicate that he was
from Il colder cline was "A huge srnl
iuF oNercoat which he did not need
Mr.. Oicr calls this weather warm after
the holow-2ero article lie has been
accustomed to during the pas; cig:h,
years.
lie is now 81 years old. over half or
ms ihc has hcer spCut away from
meme, tor he left Baltimore eighteen
years ago to seek his fortune in the
west. During the last nine years of
ma time his family thought him dead.
until he turned NJ several months ago,
!, very lively CORPSE, worth his weight
In gold. possibly more.
ROMANCE IN THE ROUGH.
The EiondiIIcr is an extremely mod
est gentleman. which accounts for the
iact mat although he has hcccl East
since me latter part OF the summer.
us name this morning for the first
llne appears In the public press. ana
II was only after repeated efforts that
fEinian reporter induced him tn
talk OF his experiences in the land Of
S"ld. But for Information already at
mana, ana MIR. Oilers remarkable nlmu-
iarity with tile Yukon repitn. as wei
us MS thorough Suhstautlation of the
uota!iS or his narrative one might Won
bc'ieNc parts of 1t incredible. Yc, every
WORD OF ii bars the stamp Of un
"ouhted vcraclty, and. indeed II Is no
more remarkable than hundreds of
otnef stories that have come ont of
th!s charmed region in the last few
months. As Mr. Oler tells II. II is n
romance in the rough. His adventures
ana experiences would mako half a
"""cn novels for a. Stevenson. The Nir
E,hlan can only touch on the hien
places
\ had of lG ,olor left his home ana
,"chted IN tEe# West, whore for eight
years liz was a COW purchaser. Fnr
two years he was a guide In the rn.It,ns
-. LOT hunting parties after big game.
nhen he and n young fellow named
boyse Hrifted TO the YulSCr rrpinn
going via the Chilcuot pass mud ,hn
hendwatcrs OF the Yukon. Thov rs-
.anl'Shed " logging camp two ana n
nai miles ! above the mouth of lilo
N!ohalke river. mt the Junction OF Bon
"n"A Ireek, and about three miles from
WHere Dawson City nov stands. Here
they spent eight years logging IN the
winter and Prospecting in tn summer.
ana making hut little out Of either
nan starving some times on II scantv
u'et on VOLTS meat, mOUscS Cnccastnu:,i-
w ana cariboo, with now ana then
some beans thrown in FOR Il change
.l
nN several others. ana Oler acld nd
chums. '''"N
These men were right in the heart Of
Inc sold region when George C',s,rorr,
made MS noted discovery on Auciis; ~
1875. II was reported 10 The rum!ntn-
uAht NJ the barracks nj Forty Mile. am /
nE teNt DAY party of fifteen. In
c!udiAg oler and MS partner sci nuf for
u
SH!N 10 better understanding is 81;
some idaa nf the K'ond!kc region. Mr.
1'ie' drew map of II for the raunIlr,.
FROM st MiChcals. on the Fehriuc sea
WNcre the Yukon "mp;!cs to Circle. civ
IS zoe miles. II is 900 nils further m
10 Dawson city. This IS one milo h.
low the mouth OF [laadil;r riyri..
Twcnty-six miles further IN il rnIto,i
creek where new claims are Bciu.;
!ocni - every DAY. orr further beyond
are tho Eaafwatcrs Of the Yukon ANA
the dreaded Ch:Icont Ii il lv this
route that the fortune hunter enters
me sold fields. ana the first ,hlrty
ih!i2s Is worse than all the rest put
together
two "na one-half miles IN the kim
a!ke bonanza Creek branches or. ],
IS twcnt%-siX miles long ana into Il;
h2ws the following streams In tina order
named: Adams Creek. ShDckun Ons
IRdiln name for "blG'O ana F,lao-nJn.
seven miles long. Proceeding ~ tia
Nlmt'ko, whose length is Ito miles. the
INt.tv passes IN succession lhr
III "tAS OF Bt1r Creek. Gold Bottom
Crack and Too Much Col! C-a+l.
iIGaI,r Creek runs into Gold E1itum
-.E Discovery claim j. just alloy
.N1lfnS Crael. ON .Nt@ust "&l tn.
hariN'"s located ana STAGED Claim No.
- NeIr" .,lScnFItE On u pHIrEu They