The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-11

" INC ahn'S . "
Charles nSTS Myers and s''O' Henry TsrrS% Andersoaa.: $1,000
johnny Marks. 1900 Mnrcisr..%..... 5000
Alex orr......... 10000 Thomas Moran 80. 10000
Fred Price ........ 10000 Victor Lord go. 10000
Fred Latisceura... l0,OoOiJoseph Caslais. -. $4,000
T1m Ia N Hayes iitac.... 1900 John Fl E WILKINSON M: a ass.SSSS
pick McNulty -. 10000 Joe Beryeoin...... It.o0o
Johnson & Olson. 2O.0o0IC. worden........ 1900
smaller amounts adds tho Record. de
posted by fourteen men with the purser OF, the
1%Sr contain @ns af frO3 $500 S5S to 5000 Sno to say sssf no %iH
ing of specimen nuggets and expense sacks
brought by those who shipped their dust in
bulk. And this is the product. mostly, of about
4 iettcr written by a resident of Scattle, under
date of July IL, to n friend in Juneau Is printed
in. the Record; A portion OF this letter reads:
The town is absolutely crazy. everything in
the way of transportation is spoken for weeks
ahead; all business is nearly paralyzcd; tho only
topic to DO heard is the ,klondike; men are de;
sorting and r~esigninR all kinds of positions. and
tho town is nearly depleted of provisions. Men
and women Of high and low degree are going to
In describing the condition of things in Juneau
and the immediate vicinity the Record says:
The excitement is spreading and by the time
this is before our readers the great army OF gold
seekers will have fairly started northward. In
our own locality the news was not entirely I'M
expected and many were ready to start for the
interior the day following It's receipt, having
ports. Others hustled their business affairs into
shape and started "a soon as possible after hear
| IL IN News "lilt lntEC IcInuiIl StaTNely u
man in Juneau or its neighboring towns or min
ing camps who is not tied down by circum-
stances but will start within the next month or
in the early spring. q
No only has the fever reached the ambitious
p S9cRs his hsP Blankets ok. the to the isaFFFy yau SrI and the C Gno
star country. and who long ago supposed him
self comfortably settled in business for life on
tho stake gathered there. is himself as eager for
the hardships and wealth Of the Yukon. He who
cannot for any reason. make the start bemoans
his fate and regards himself n particularly luck
less mortal. There Is nothing to wonder at in
all this whom it is ~member that the great
bulk OF this vast amount of precious metal was
dug out OF its native paystrcak in less than six
months. and that a far greater sum remains
Claims themselves are barely touched"
neutrality-suspicious. the fact" continues the
T% HeiD q of ' the K sho n SdHiRRe'r may N be sn all 'i t"Rsa aps
with no chance to squeeze another claim into
that that district the iHft that att, there are many 70 ether her
make the average man forsako his business.
Turing attractions OF the glltsening nuggets"
The paper calls attention, to the fact that
cessfui are the "tenderfeot men who knew
Only Il very few of the pioneers of the klondiko
Valley have been heard from. An explanation
by a veteran who has made no less than eight
round trips to the Yukon.
the klondike were made at a time when the old
miners were at work burning and drifting on
their claims, far from the settlement. The
his shins before the barroom stoves in Circle
City and Forty Mile. Then the first news
courage to face the cold. they started ont and
were the first on the ground. Further than this.
the old miner, once he strikes pay dirt. isn't
leavingit, SO long as il pays; for the pleasures
of civilization. He digs and washes while he
have come out OF tho mines this summer.
According TO the RscoTd, there is a man living
| named POND. "A lpWplRr ny trade. nnpkph mn hia
tools, took a small stock OF repairing supplies
and a little jGweiry and lcft for the mines carly
From there. under date of June 10, he wrote as
follows to Mr.; Kite:
one. At the head OF Lake Bennett / was left
Healey and the Moore boys. With them / came
down the river. On my arrival here / met
James Atkinson. who helped me along a great
- " : y hi wanted, money or building b. in lots.
shop, which is a tent, l2x2o. with a frame Of
bench, and looks as well as most OF the houses
Well, James, this is the greatest mining
Wages at the mines arc Sl5a day and the men
who own claims can .wcll afford to pay 4. as
seems to be no limit in this district. They arc
striking new creeks every other day for q
t hHnq rage. m! Men n with packs Ssa% on ihsfr + sac al
can be seen running in whatever direction comes
a report of a new find. am getting all tho
hours at my bench every day. Prices are up. /
get S25 for making a hnlf-ounce ring, I wish
Following this letter Is the statement that no
fields may differ in detail, ali those who have
thus far come from the Klondike agree on
not large. even since the steamers have reached
the upper river. The supply at any time this
year cannot equal the demand. Too much pro
visions cannot be taken by ingoing miners. 1t Is
also agreed that the mineral wealth OF the val
ley fS Se"] iUiio SS skh sditoria II frS SSn' ,bs Record on
QUILTING for the gold fields contains valuable
"Too much stress cannot be laid upon the
matter OF OUTFIT selection for the Yukon. The
outfit required for the journey at this season OF
tho springtime travellers found necessary, and
those who attempt the trip with an
md themselves haInpered at every step. 4
outfit should be selected except upon the advice
edge OF the necessities. and such people are TO be
found only in Juneau and her neighboring
The Record states that Lockio McKinnon has
Just returned from the head of the Lynn canal.
Mr.. McKinnon, according to the Record, Is an
KlOndikc through the ChilkOot Pass is superior
to, all Others, lie says that he has inspected the
pronouncest hat route far lnfcriorforan m purpose
Of travel to the old and i9ng,traycllod road. via
Dyca ana me thilkOpt laSs. II may be true
that the summit of White Pass is lower than
that OF Chilkoot, but tho difficulties to be sur
mounted are 80 much greater and the distance
40 much further that all the advantage lies with
the Chilkoot, and no one with the least knowl-
edge Of the two routes will hesitate to take that
via Dyoa.
From Dyea. according to Mr.. McKinnon, to
Sheep camp the fixed charge for packing is So
lakes Sl2 is charged, a total OF $l7 from tide
water to boat navigation. The Indians charge
81 per hundred for transportation OF freight to
| the head OF canoe navigation, ana from thence
TO the summit tho charge is $3.50, so IL Is
cheaper TO ship from Dyea TO the summit direct