The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-14

AS 20 the richness Of the Kiondigs
region / had intended 70 say nothing.
eat know the facts viii not be concealed
by others. and / may wei tel you that
in my forty-two years experience on the
Pacific coast 50 much gold has never
been found in the same extent OF country.
In fact. you may believe anything you
hear; Il can hardly De exaggerated"
These words appeared in personal let
ter received in this city from ". +. Cor
neil. formerly IN charge OF the state print
ing Office OF Oregon. and for several years
a resident of that state. He writes from
Fort Cudahy under date OF January Is.
1887
II have concluded that We may as We'll
have rush here the coming season az at
any future time" he continues. When
a few hundred, or thousand. men have
found that food which viii support life
in enc man for seven months in an arc
tic winter, Will not keep four or I'VE
from starvation. and those few hundred,
or thousand. have been put away under
the ice and snow. the world viii have
lesson which viii probably be of benefit
10 the wise thereafter. The demise OF a
few hundred. or thousand. fools viii be
no loss 10 humanity. The companies do
ing business here win make promises Of
plenty for the coming winter. but there
won't be more than enough for those now
in the country. We have had these prom
Uses every year and have never had
enough. Miners wages have always been
$40 per day and Will not be less for some
time TO come. but every man must ind
his own food and tools. Remember that
a man cannot eat gold dust, and If u
won't buy anything saJaole il won't do
anyone much good in this region.
''All the loose men now at Circle City
Will be up here in the spring. They would
be here now If there were food for them
al this place, but there IS not. IL is hard
trip from Circle City. 20s miles, and the
amount a man can haul on a sled viii not
keep him more than a week. A few who
were able 10 get dogs have come up and
gone on to the new diggings, but dogs are
difficult TO get. and IL takes money 10 OBJ
tain good team and harness and sled.
The dogs must be fed, and the only OBJ
tainable food for them is bacon al 20 cents
a pound and -four at S per sack. These are
Circle City prices neither bacon nor -four
being purchasable here AZ any price. Dogs
are worth from $50 TO SIS. according TO
size. strength. endurance and willingness
TO work. Four or five dogs are required
for a good team.
The new diggings are fifty-one miles up
stream from here. that is the mouth OF the
KlendIke river is that distance, and b.
nanZa creek empties into the klondike
about Two miles above the latters mouth.
Eldorado creek, Adams creek and others.
nsmeless as yet, are continents Of Bonan-
"a. There are other gu!ches in which
prospects have been obtained running into
Eldorado. Bear creek comes into Klondike
a few miles further up. On the same side
and a few miles further up Hunker creek
debouches. These continents are all on the
south side OF the Klondike, which is on
the east side of the Yukon. The located
region of the two districts Is included in
a square Of about - miles and over 700
claims have been recorded each 500 feet
In length. Gold Bottom is fork OF
Hunker.
We have had the warmest winter so
far ever known here. but there is time
enough yet for few weeks OF 50 or 20 de-
grees below zero. That wonderful Japan
current has sent its nloderating influence
10 US continuously, and although IL must
cross the Alaskan peninsula, the lofty
coast range and many miles OF mountain
Gus regions besides, II keeps the cold away
10 a remarkable degree. I will go up TO
Klondike as soon as the days are longer,
so a little work can be done. The sun
shines now but three hours in the twenty
four Il disappears altogether tor about
fourteen days. being hidden by the mount
aims south OF here.
I'VE get letters less regularly since an
attempt was made 10 have mail brought
here under government contract than we
did before. We do not yet know who IS
elected president and will probably not
find out until June, when the men begin
10 come In from the outside. II is likely
some one Of the crowd viii know. News-
papers sent by mail seldom reach here"