The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-23
COMPLICATIONS LIKELY.


TnSre NAY DC Trouble Over inc AlHskt
Mines-state Department Alert.
WASHINGTON. July 20. The gold ex-
element In Alaska has caused mem.
bers Of Congress and the interior de-
partment to awake to the necessity
for mining laws and full territorial
government for that region. Several
members OF Congress may visit the Sec
ton TO examine the situation for them
selves, with a view to legislation next
winter.
The possibility of serious interna-
tional complications between the
United States and Great Britain as the
result Of the recent gold discoveries in
Alaska has become apparent to the
state department. Senator Davis Of
the Senate foreign relations commit
tee has been requested to secure the
immediate ratification of a treaty for
determining the boundary line be-
tween Canada and Alaska in or
der to lessen the probab bio diff
Guilty. Chairman Davis has an
nounced his intention Of calling this
treaty up for action at the next execu-
tive session OF the Senate. There is
said to be no objection and prompt
ratification Is expected.
Many statesmen are inclined 70 dis
credit the roscate gold stories. None
OF them believe the discoveries will
have any marked effect on gold as a
money metal.
SAN FRANCISCO STIRRED W..
SAN Francisco, July 2n.-The Clon.'
dyke strikes have set old gold miners
here wild and large parties are being
made up to go to Alaska.
Miners who have returned from the
Bonanza Creek region declare that the
gravel Is from fourteen to twenty-five
feet deep and all has gold. The Cam
adian mounted police keep perfect or
der and no revolvers are allowed.
Thomas Cook expressed himself as
follows: Its q good country. but IL
there Is q rush there is going to be n
great deal OF suffering. Over 1000
men are o there a. present and
1000 more will be in before the snow
falls. I advise people to take provis-
Ions enough for eight months at least.
II they have that IL Is all right. The
country Is moi exaggerated at all. The
mines at Dawson are more extensive
and beyond anything l ever saw"
JUNEAU STIRRED UP.
PoNr TOWNSEND, Wash, July CO.
The excursion steamer Queen has ar
rived from Alaska with 40 passen-
gers, principally tourists. The officers
Of the Queen state hat the merchants
and tradesmen in both juneau and
Sitla are closing their stores and
shops and Fastening to tho new Edo
RADIO. Fifty men left for Dawson City
On July IL, and $50 would leave on the
18TH, two days after the Queen sailed.
The officers say that by the time the
Queen returns to Juneau on her re-
turn trip, nine days hence, there will
not be an able bodied man left in
town. Many men are leaving Juneau
for the gold fields without provision
or means to buy them.
DISCREDITED BY AN EXPERT.
New YORK, July 20.-There are we'll
informed men who look upon the
stories of rich discoveries rs exaggcr-
ated. One Of these is +. Hobart, as
sociatc editor of the Engineering and
Mining Journal. "Yes, l have read
these stories" he said, ''but, to be
frank, / do not credit them. Our in
formation, which is detailed and pos
tive, makes II impossible for ME to nc.
cept the roseate announcement that
the Yukon runs over a bed Of virgin
gold. As matter Of fact
some persons have struck fairly
rich placcrs in the Yukon district.
But the large majority Of gold seekers
In that barren country have been
stranded. There is only a placer yield
Oh record for this section. No quartz
has been discovered-not a fragment.
OF course the placers fed with gold
presumably washed out and worn out
during ages from the mountains indi-
cate the existence Of rich quartz de-
posits. Along the coast conditions are
different. Our latest advices from the
Yukon country are far from roseate.
Miners IA We been arriving in numbers
all through the spring, but only at IA
few points have the placers paid we'll.
Now comes this story that the
waters of the Clondyke country run
with mingled water and gold dust. !
cannot credit it. / have heard direct
from the Clondyke mines and know
that some OF them have been fairly
successful, but ! cannot say positively
who are behind these boom stories.
About two years ago hundreds Of VEN
~turers, some miners, drawn TO the
Yukon by false reports Of ITS fabu-
lous wealth, were quietly brought
home free Of charge by the transport
tatioa companies"