Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-08

dust. but he has a claim at hlohuihe III
which he has been offered $4,000. lie H.
tends 10 return to work 1t himself
con. Stamatin returned with a thTd
share Of $4,000 worth Of dust taken out III
forty-tive days work.
IL brought down just loo ounces VI
dust and sold II to the smelling Wo-hs'
said William Kulju. Il sold my claim loI
s.. go. when I went 10 Klondike last
summer [ had only a few dollars and 4
mack. Now / am going home TO fIhiahu'
hut am coming back next year
John Merks was the possessor Of Sl'gp
IN Gust. There is plenty OF god III
Alaska" he said, "More, ] believe. IMAM
the most sanguine imagine, but 1t can
nor be obtained without great effort anu
endurance. The first thing for a poor
man 10 do when he teaches the country
"a 10 BEGIN prospecting. As snow Us from
two TO five feet deep, prospecting Is HoI
oasv. Snow must first be shoVelled away
and then q fire built on the GROUND 10
mott the ice. As the ground thd"s inc
shor+ must he sunk until bedrock Is
roached. The average prospector mas 70
sink a great many shaIt5 before ~.
reaches anything worth his WINE II
cold is found IN sufficient qudhuuts ~
nav for working, he may pes!l u'I-''"s
from the shaft and continue 10 Go 50 10
1or,, az he finds enough gold 10 paw
Fred. Iendeseen returned Win $''OV
y,ortb of gold after two years spent III
A1,slfa Il have had considerable eA-
,cTlence in mining" he said today ANA
e., vyithout hesitation mat Alaska IS the
,icbost country l have ever seen. l nave
Ir+orest in a claim near Dawson ana an
going back in the spnhG' -,,o
err Stewart brought back Si5V'o re-
coived for his claim, and a good guam
liz, of dust no had taken cut belo4e
selling. or,,o,,
az mariners. rad $500 worth OF dust
AMONG the returned g0id-seekers are
professor Thomas G. Lippy ana ms
wire. of this city. Professor Lippy WIS
formerly secretary OF The young MeI.
Christian Association, or seattle, nc
has with him $4,000 worm OF eolu anu
still owns q claim ia which 10 says there
Is at least $4,000 more ia sieht
Ar, Ijupy was tho first white woman
who yyent into the new camp at klon-
dixie she is small browr-halIed'
bro,vn-eved woman tanned until her
face is as brown as her eyes and hair.
bnt seemingly IN perfect health ana
hearing 10 III effects CT the haFdshlps
rho country Is beautiful" said Mrs.
I.lpuy to-day. and GU warm IN sum
me~. IL is different. You know. ia "hi'eT.
still. even a. the coolest weather went
out every day, though not very iar' l
.Qes the first white woman 10 reach
t<londil,e creek. and was the only one in
orr camp. Mrs. Berry was the ony
white woman l had 10 speak TO while
was here. She was with her husband
IN the next camp, a mile away
.1Ioyy did we live" repeated Mrs.
IiUDy in answer to q question. wen, AT
FIRST we lived IN a tent Il was LXiS
feet eight logs high, with mud and
moss roof. and moss between the chinks'
and had door and window. Mr.. Lippy
mazda the furniture rough ped, table'
and some stools. We HAD a stoVe-there
are plenty OF stoves In that country
and mat was all we needed. The cabin
wac cosey and warm. l looked after The
housekeeping and Mr. Lppy after the
mining"
lana eating?" continued Mrs. Lippy'
"Weu we had no fresh meat TO fresh
milk. no fresh fruit, no eggs, II was ali
canned food, but still We kept In good
health"
Mrs. Lippy is a good rifle shot and
brought with her the antlers OF moose
which she Ind shot
]. 0. Hostwoo1, OF this city, one OF the
successful gold-scekers, told how the gold
was discovered at K.ondike.
The discovery" ne said, was made
by an old hunter named George Mccor-
mick. who is called Kiwash George lie
is married to a squaw and has several
half-breed children. Mccormick went
up I'm the spring Of 1906 10 the mouth OF
TIE KlonGlke 10 Ash, as salmon Weighing
ninety pounds are caught where TINS
stream meets the Yukon. The salmon
didn't run as usual. and Mccormick,
hearing from the Indians or rich PAGERS
nearby. where gold could be washed out
in a fry.ng-pan, started out 70 prospect
NEAR what is now Dawson cry DC
struck rich pay dirt IN side NIL AS
soon as news OF his discovery spread