Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-07-30
Seattle King Co., Wash. July l6 '97.
Capt. Jno. II. Grabill,
Woodstock. Va.

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Dear Captain:-lnclosed
please find money order on Woodstock.
which place to the credit OF my account
with the Herald. Send me a receipt
and statement of account.
The receipts Of the Office for stamps
box rents &c, are over $50, 900. The
money order business runs away up into
the hundred thousands. The sale OF
stamps is improving which is an indica-
ton of change of times for the better.
The location of the city will make 1t
one ofgreat commercial Importance ana
as soon as confidence is restored it VIII
forge ahead wonderfully. 1t has the
kiAd Of people to make it do so. Inc
city directory gives us about 61,OOO peo-
pie. A.,
But the great excitement here Is the
search after gold in the earth. Mines
of cold. silver, copper, lead and iron are
being discovered and are being opened
within 80 miles of this place, in the
western side of the Cascade mountains,
while the eastern side running into
British Columbia Is equally as rich
while these in this part of the country are
being discover d and developed, II re-
mains for Alaska to give to the wOriu
the most fabulous statement as 10 Vhe
gold and other deposits OF that ice Douhd
and snow covered territory. | send
YOU the Post Intelligeneer OF inns Guy
marked which please read. Inc I ukoh
river spoken of, is said to be larger than
the Mississippi, but it is ice bound eight
months of the year. These wonderful
discoveries are on small rivers ana
creeks flowing into the Yukon, that Is,
the cold is found in the deltas OF these
streams. along their banks. The earth
and crave is solidly frozen in the winter
The miner digs hole and builds hre
in il. as soon as they burn OUT they
die and throw out on the GROUND ulli
frozen ground is reached again, ilres are
repeated until the bed rock IS reached
When the short lived summer comes TINS
dirt is washed oyer and the gold found.
II is hard to get grub there, but the ne
while the hardest that can be imagined
vet. Is full of excitement. It's nara 10
oct there and very expensive ana no
man GOES with less than twelve months
provisions. Ii takes about 500 dollars 70
get there with the provisions necessary
from here. The excitement Is very
great and every laboring man that can
raise that amount is getting ready to so:
| also mark wonderful find OF lake OF
petroleum. ,.,r.
forgot to say, that these klondike
finds are in British Columbia, but near
the Alaska line; the same country and
formation exists in Alaska but the us
covery ofthese placer deposits were mace
in British Territory first.
Seattle will be the trading point ioI
this whole country. 1t IS loOO mlleS
nearer than San Francisco, but the
capital from that city got into Alaska
first and the large trading companies
were organized from there-a friend has
lust been in my office and he says the
excitement is very great and some OF our
prominent citizens are going.
forgot to say to you, that voted Tor
Palmer and Buckner and agree with you
in your views on the silver question. !
did notintend towrite as much Us nave
done wien started. | hope to make
Ianother visit TO the Valley before | die
Give my kindest regards to all my
friends and particularly to the Ola ooaru
of bank directors and officers.
Yours most truly, G. 5. MEM