The herald., 1897-07-16

Then there are at least twenty more
men bringing from $4,000 to $40 900. AL
this gold, and more to come, is the
cleanup of last winters work. 1t must
all come out via St. Michaels, and the
bulk of supplies must go in that way
The two great transportation companies
pushing in supplies are the North Amer
lean Trading and Transportation COM
pany and the Alaska Commercial COM
pany.
Further particulars will follow in
about forty days, on the arrival of the
next steamer, as Mr.. Stanley will re-
main in Alaska and gather all the in
formation he can.
PRIVATE LETTERS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.-The fol-
| lowing is an extract from a letter re-
ceived by the Excelsior, just arrived
| here from Alaska. 1t was sent from the
Clondyke region by prominent and
wealthy young business man Of San
Francisco to his brother in this city:
"The excitement on the river is in
describable and the output of the new
| Clondyke district almost beyond belief.
Men who had nothing last fall are now
| worth fortune. One man has worked
forty square feet of his claim and is
| going out with $4,000 in dust One
| quarter of claims are now selling at from
$4,000 to $4,000. The estimate of the
district is given as thirteen miles, with
an average value of $4,000 to the claim.
| in which some are valued as high as
81, 900, 900. At Dawson sacks of dust are
thrown under the counters in the stores
for safe keeping.
Some of the stories are so fabulous
that am afraid to repeat them for fear
of being suspected of the infection.
Labor is SIS day with board,with one
hundred days work guaranteed, so you
can imagine how difficult it is to hold
employees If reports are true it is the
biggest placer discovery ever made in
the world, for though other diggings
have been found quite as rich in spots
no such extent Of discovery has been
known which prospected and work
ed so high right through"
~ L. Lippy, who up to a year ago was
Secretary of the Y. M. c. A. at Seattle
brought back S65, 900 in gold dust. He
had most of his pile in large gripsack
and it was about all he could carry dowr
the plank.
"Mr. L4ippy was accompanied by his
wife who went with him to Forty-mile
camp and endured the hardships of lifi
in that region of the world. When seer
at the Palace Hotel Mr.. Lippy said
The place is rich, wonderfully so,
might say 1t would be impossible fo,
me even to calculate it's richness. / an
10TH however, to talk of all this wealth
for the reason that it might induce peo'
pie who are not fitted financially or other
wise to go to that district. 1t is not by
any means an easy undertaking. 1t il
filled with difficulties and trials, sucl
as one can hardly dream of, but if per
son is inclined to take the risk do no
believe that he can lose by it.
1.-The new mining camp was discovered
in September last and there are now
about three thousand people on the
ground. The place is about forty mile:
from Forty-mile camp and has beer
first to arrive, and to that fact attribute
| in measure the success had, for I d.
not by any means say that there are no
other claims just as good as mine ant
still others which have not been located
How much did I take out? Oh, tha
is something which do not care to say
People have told all kinds of storie.
about my wealth, putting it from s1OO,
1 to I,,,t }, to
brought down with me, well, say s65, 900
though as I have not had the dus
weighed yet I cannot be certain as t.
that"
PASSENGERS STORIES
SAN FRANCISCO, July ia story
rivaling in intensity of interest that TOLD
of the fabulous wealth of Monte CristC
was related by the passengers of the lit
tie steamer Excelsior, which has Just ar
rived from st. Michaeps, Alaska. Mil
lions upon millions of virgin gold, ac-
cording to the story, await the fortunate
miner who has the hardihood and cour-
age to penetrate into the unknown
depths of the Yukon district.
There was tangible evidence on the lit
tie steamer Of the truth of the story told
by the travellers, for in, the cabin were
scores of sacks filled to the very mouth
with dust taken from the placers of
the far frozen north. The amount
brought in is variously estimated at
from $50, 900 to $150, 900.
There came in on the Excelsior some
forty people, among them some women
from what is known as the Clondyke
district, though only fifteen of these had
been actually engaged in mining There
were among them men who had been
for more than ten years facing the dan
gers and hardships of the frozen north
in the hope of making rich find, but
who signally failed. But now they come
back with fortunes slowed in their grip
sacks and untold millions to be picked UP
in the country of which so little is
known.
The new Ell Dorado lies just across
| the Alaskan boundary in British terri
tory 1t is of recent discovery, but al
ready there are at least 5000 people on
the ground and more f1ocking in that di-
rection as fast as transportation can be
secured. The discovery of the Clondyke
regions presents story that is uniquely
| interesting. Around Forty-mi creek
on the Yukon is tribe of Indians known
as the Stickers, and with them is man
who years ago was known as George
Cormack, but who is now called stick
! George" In September last at the head
| of a party of Indians he left his hut near