The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-28
QUARTER OF A CORD OF GOLD
PILED UP ON THE DOCK OF DAW-
son AWAITING SHIPMENT.
SkaGuay Trail still Biockaded and
Many People Suffering-Much
DestitutiOn Probable.

SEATTLE, Wash Aug. 27.-E. F. Cassell.
president of the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce, is in the city He says the Cana
dian government has scored over Uncle
Sam by the establishment of a SUPPORT of
entry at Dyea. The order making Dyea
a SUPPORT" said Mr.. Cassell, means loss
to American merchants already of half
million dollars, and before the summers
rush to Alaska is over the loss will foot up
to fully a million. The American pros
pectors discovered the gold and the great
finds would have remained undiscovered by
the Canadians. yet they have put vicious
tax the miners, and our government
established a SUPPORT of entry to favor
their merchants and miners. Thousands of
Canadians to-day land at Dyea, and, with
their provisions and outfits which come
from a foreign country go through the
United States without one word of inter
ference from Americans. / know of one
case where an American with $475 worth of
cigars was called upon by Canadian OFF,
Gals to pay 5000 of tax This SUPPORT order
should be rescinded and the Canadians
compelled to pay duty. If the SUPPORT is
to be continued let Canada agree with
America that our subjects shall enjoy the
same rights and privileges in the gold fields
that are enjoyed by the subjects of Can
ada"
Mr.. Cassell gives news regarding the rel
alive merits of the Chicat and Skaguay
passes. He says: IAN enormous number of
those at Dyea have gone over Chilcat but
those who have attempted TO reach the
fields by the White pass have not had much
luck. / think it is safe to say that only
8 per cent. have been successful. 1t would
have been a physical inpossbility to do
much on the pass before winter. They tried
TO close the pass in order to fix it, but
failed. On the Chilcat pass they are press
ing steadily forward. 1 believe that those
who go to Dyea at cnce will get over before
winter sets in Indians have used this pass
for hundred years.
A company is being formed to be known
as the Dyea- Klondike Transportation Com
pany, TO transport passengers and supplies
from Salt Water to Lake Lnderman, Those
VINO so in the spring Will be sure of going
through without delay. The Chilcat pass
VIII be used exclusively. From eighty-fiVe
TO one hundred men will be transported
daily, together with their supplies, and the
company promises that the charges will be
less than one-third the present rates. 1t is
to be ready for work Feb. l.
Before / left juneau" said Mr.. CasseI,
Il had talk with Archie Shelp who told
me positively that on the dock at Dawson
City was kled up gold dust, and that the
pile meas>~ed a quarter of a cord 1t took
him two hours to get his sack from the heap
on the dock. / a letter from William
Kerr which said that the last steamer which
left there had taken away three and half
tons of gold.'
wharf to obviate the necessity of land
ing goods on the tide flats and pushing
horses overheard to swim ashore is to be
built at Skaguay by a Juneau company
The wharf will be one thousand feet long
and is to be rushed to completion at once.
The Anchor Point gold mine, at Cooks
inlet Alaska was the scene of a miners
riot in July according TO news which has
work there, employed by a Boston corpora
tion which owns the mines, and in July the
funds for the payment of the men ran
short. The men quit work, and the COM
pany withheld their food and supplies to
force them into submission. On the third
day of this treatment the men demanded
the usual rations. and when the food was
not given they shot at the foreman and his
assistant. seriously but not fatally wound
ing both of them.