The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
WARNING THE %KLONDIKERS
MANY LISTEN TO REASON N WILL
WAIT TILL NEXT SPRING.

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WAIT TILL NEXT SPRING.
hut Moro Arc Determined to Push North ana
Take Their ChRncea-Some Sensible Wien
Arc Turning Their Faces Toward Cook Inlet,
Copper River, and other Alaskan Regions.
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 31.-Sinco the return Of
the Portland has made public the alarming
scarcity of provisions on tho Yukon, the press
and people Of this city arc making every effort
to dissuado men from attempting to 20 to tho
Klondike this fall and to induce them to await
the better opportunities OF next spring. A large
number arc listening TO reason, hut larger num-
bcrs are turning a deaf car to good advice and
take the first boat bound for the north. Tho
City Of Seattle, sailing tonight. carries away
about 200, but earlier in the season IL would
have secured very readily twice that number.
There is a diversion, however, from the Klon.
dixie, and parties are Quitting for the Copper
River and other attractive portions of southeast
Alaska. A party composed of young men from
New York ana Philadelphia, led by w. II. Ham
ilton, Frank Porter, and Jack Moore, purchased
n schooner here to-day, and are QUILTING in q
sensible and substantial manner for prospecting
and exploration along the Copper River. This
is the third party Of this kind within the last
week. and the example will be followed by
others.
Good reports are being received from that SOC
$3.50 NHN Nouh'Niy "llol'lo" WIN
field for exploration and adventure. Young
Hamilton is n graduate from the schoolship at
New York. and will DO navigator OF the craft.
They take experienced prospectors from here.
These men came here for the purpose OF going
direct to the Klondike, but they saw tho iinpos-
sibillty of getting there this winter, took the
wiser course. and their good sense is COM
mended.
Through private letters received from men
who have bppn working ground nm NfrNfil,n
River, Alaska, 1t is learned that they have
struck pay equal to the Klondike, and have
cleaned up. since May last, over $780, 600 in
coarse gold. They obtained information of the
diggings through the Indians, and have taken
up four claims.
II. T. Harmon. a well.known citizen Of Sent
tie, who arrived at Dawson in June, writes to
friends under date of July 4:
Although this is Sunday, men are working.
for there is no distinction here. / suppose nop
one half Of the people here know the day OF tho
month. 1t is very quiet in town, nearly all be-
trying to. WHAT few are here sleep dpTring the
day. il not at work, and drink whiskey, smoke
their pipes. and during the night tell tales of adj
When / say during the night I mean that
portion Of titne that should be night; for we have
strikes since l came in. There have been several
stalnpedes TO new creeks. and ] think two OF
these creeks will prove good:
Circle City and Forty Mile are almost de-
have left $50, $50 and $40 a day tlaims to come
up here and prospect for new claims. liza man
was, down there, and knew the country he could
readily find good claims to jump with cabins and
siuice boxes and everything ready TO hand. 10
will not pay to go there, for ] have a better
oeiober,%" vi ~
Writing of his experience on Thirtytwo Milo
River he says: Before | started / supposed
that when | crossed the summit our difficulties
were about over. while in fact they had ius5
commenced. The labor OF crossing the summit
and the cold and storms are nothing compared
an hour for a distance of thirty or forty miles at
a stretch, with rocks and boulders sticking up
out OF the wafer and others but a few inches
to avoid a rock. you can see in the path you
have selected is hidden a still more danger
GUS one. and when within a boats length
Of II a ripple Of the water discloses ~.
Well. the feeling one has about thai time l will
ST9hmrine on v Sese e times xSh when going down
not swear. The man who can go down that
river and keep his hat snuEly on his head ought
Gov. McGraw. who is probably in Dawson by
land says: II met a very bright. Interesting
man yesterday, a Jesuit father named Baruuni.
Barnum has been in this country fol. more than
seven years, and has excellent knowledge Of its
Understand how This bright. active man can
content himself in this desolate part OF tho
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remain. He replied: We are like soldiers. sub
ject to orders. When sent to a place We remain
until ordered elsewhere
NJ Ling, the st. Michael agent Of the Alaska
Commercial Company, told me that Father Bar
nun was a member OF a wealthy Baltimore
family and at one time a highly successful BUSH
ness man in New York city; Suddenly he save
came a Jesuit. and here he Is"
The report OF the killing of a thief on the
SkaRway trail by vigilants for stealing a sack or
flour and bacon and his body left on the trail -
q warning to thieves has no found tion. The
country is orderly and every man is busy trying
to make the trip across the summit to the lakes.
Better progress is being made. but the difficult