The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-07

The Klondyi1e fever still RACES I'M
aoated over the entire world, one might
say, and every word of news from these
great gold diggings is eagerly sought
for by people who, a few weeks ago,
Knew little and cared less for mining
affairs
And now that the first hurrah is over
and the people have succeeded in get
ting their second wind, the impression
grows apace that there is more in the
reports from these gold diggings than
was at first supDosed.
Private correspondence on this sub
ject has followed the Associated Press
reports, and the truth OF the wonderful
stories OF wealth are being almost daily
confirmed, and che rece.y,t o. thousands
and millions ii placer gold at the banks
AID the United States mints leaves our
little doubt as 10 the accuracy CT tne
first statements made regarding this
m4rNelousIV rich gold section.
IL IS now almost too late for anyone
to leave this country for Klondylze
with any expectation CT getting there
until spring, and il IS believed that the
first advices 10 be received from those
WHO have already gone viii tell of I'M
told sufferings and hardships, of misery
inpGssi bility, with the molly multitude
now Struggling northward, that there
viii not be those who are but lily pre-
pared Cor The rigOrs CT the Journey
ard there viii be those who VIII not be
physically able to stand the strain. and
many Of these viii mark the tiresome
trail with their dead bodies.
But there is no doubt but that with
this tale of woe, will come the more
oh ut he.
ing the existence of gold in immense
quantities have not been eXaggera ted,
and that the fortunate ones who sue
ceeded in getting through have been
able tc stake out for themselves a claim
equally as rich as the pioneers found
when they first landed in camp
There are those who attempt to de-
cry the KlOndyke movement and these
make the statement that more money
VIII be taken out Of the country in
this mad rush for new found gold
fields" than will ever come back: but
this assertion already has its denial IN
the fact that even thus soon more gold
has been brought into the United states
by KIondyke pioneers than the people
OF this country viii expend in Quitting
for that country for many years 10
come. and the stream of golden wealth /
has hardly begun TO flow into this |
country from the Klondyke diggings as |
yet
The Klondyke excitement came upon |
this country at most opportune time. !
as it struck the people when McKin- |
ley's wave OF prosperity was at its |
height. and when capital, for want of |
safe and profitable investments. was
being boarded in the safe deposit boxes !
c. in the banks. 1t struck business /
men wker they had become almost |
hopeless on account Of the condition /
of affairs in this country. and the |
spontaneous manner in which the new
idea was seized and acted upon demon
strates the fact that there is life and |
vinegar in the American people yet,
ard that all they want and need is the
opportunity and knowledge TO launch
out into any enterprise thai gives
promise of satisfactory returns.
The Klondyl1e excitement at this
time is sure TO prove If inestimable
value 10 the mining industry OF this
western country. as ii has very foTcibly
called the attention OF men of means
TO the fact that there is no safer in
vestment than in mining; that mining
is legitimate, and tina. in mining i'm
cerishable wealth is added to the
worlds store of good things, and no
man is robbed or injured
The result of this will be that men
who have never thought of mining
and money to this industry, and
Il they cannot get in the Klondyke
swim they Will inquire more
fully into the possibilities of the
west. with the result that they viii find
that while the chances of immense
wealth may not be as great, there are
more opportunities for profitable and
safe investments right under their own
There is every reason to believe that
cow that the thirst for gold has been
excited in almost every city and hamlet
n the land. that investigation will
surely follow, which means large in
-estment in, gold mining propositions
throughout this intermountain region.
Klondycitis is ali right; the remedy
s gold. and that is what we are all
.fter; and as money makes money we
nay look for prosperous times in the
vest as well as in the east on account s
f the endemic. :