The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25


boom. Money is plentiful aad the stores and
business houses are fotrishing. There are, sew
STt tho seT psMson a; sd Sas @Su seems Ga the 70 BE- n tss %os;
lit Is stated on good authority that one claim
g)sstas5s, paying one sSs.oo5. and The other
winter dump alone Peter wiborg has pur.
chased more ground. he purchased his partners
iRSte nS@o in q 8 c Wan P SS. ri stsS s iSIDs, 4 he % w%nt BY
AMI Is coming out. He sold his interests for
$4,000, Nearly all the, gold is found in the
creeE bod on the bed rock. but there are o fow
Cord wood is worth SOS a cord. Lumber a.
feet; slabs, so cents each; sawdust, 10 cents per
sack, The sawmill business seems to pay.
Birch stickney died at the foot Of Lake Lc-
getting no asslstsnsse: made the VIZ alone ths
tho frat body buried in Dawson"
Perhaps the most interesting reading In tho
the KiosndiiEe to friends in Juneau. Here Is one
from CASEY" Moran: . M ,eo-
FRIEND GEORGE: I DonSt pay yl any attention t.; niSn to
o %asa ans GSo ny N.Y. Sai fH% IS an pa iEiSsF to- SsF hesr
produced its equal before. Well, come. That's
Burt ShaieE, writing from Klondike under
NV have been here but q short time and we
All have money. Provisions are much higher
clean out OF sight. One OF the A. G. CO.. boats
was lost in the spring, and there will be q short
ing that a man could eat or wear that he cannot
get n good price for. First-class rubber boots
S SrS w OF ao 1So Ras sP bs san raised sG from s2S 2 81 p to So r ahS
being froighted from Forty Mile, Big money
the the % , rsipe this IL 0F' faii. W i s,asi' h S"ts' Seen
fl5 per day all winter, though q reduction TO
= Here is a creek that is eighteen miles
long. and, as far as. is known, without a miss.
to work the claims. Several other creeks show
equal promise. but very little work has been
done on tho latter. have seen gold dust until
coming In. come prepared to stay two, years at
least; bring plenty OF clothing and good rubber
Here is a letter from another enthusiast:
"KLoNDIKE, May ~, 1897.
went on a stampede the next day, and have just
got back; ,r came through the camp am md saw a
claim on Eldorado; the claim is supposed 10 be
worth a million. There are thirty:four claims
Bonanza is good. but not SO rich. There are 100
claims on Bonanza which are good. and there
s6e S besf c STessf | which arsr give s0 %sp gsy' ,r BIZ si i is .
at $25. Hook Tor n new strike this summer, as
gold country 1 ever saw. 1 wish you were
here; we will make q stake IL we stay with it; 1
will have something before winter. II you como
in this fall don't start after the 18th Of August;
one can make more here in one year than he can
in ten out ,Has there :. There y, e viii Be s,% work Sls. the yea.
think 1t; can 10 to work at any time and for as
long as l wish at SIS. 1t will pay TO bring any:
is good and prices such that there is money in
anything that can be brought in. Money will
hardly buy claims here now. but men can often
get in on n law i know men who took laws
since Feb. ! and made enough to 20 out with
as 6 s,sh as ss 5000 9oo sPi ,SSi ea ASD vii HE Ssxa 70 he
demonetized, for he says in a letter dated May
1s from C rcle City:
w. Territory. I would have stayed here in
Alaska. but when | heard OF McKinley's cleo
gold. tell YOU one thing. il they Ind a few
more Eldorado and Bonanza creeks, they will
have to demonetize gold: some OF the kings
fore that is done, However. am going to take
chances on mine"
Circle City is deserted, every one having gone
to Klondike, where the richest strike OF the kind
eyer eve s t6rsI IN M, any country was made last fall:
hundred dollars 10 the pan is very common. Ono
can hardly believe it. but il is true. nevertheless.
or ten miles, and every claim so far has shown
up big. One claim was sold for 800. 900 three
Every amp in he Yukon Valley is deserted
LOT hiondlNe. Wages there are $l3, while
$12 is the prevailing rate here. No one
wants to work for wages, but all are prospect
ing. This is undoubtedly the best poor mans
country in the world to-day. A very hard coun.
try to live in on account of the mosquitoes and
poor grub. but healthy and a show TO make a
ten-strike: We heard that Mccullough. former
ly OF the Juneau Hotel. had been drowned while
shooting the White Horse Rapids; don't know
whether there is any truth In 1t. us he was be-
hind US. A number Of parties werc swamped
and lost their outfits, but escaped with their
lives. The trip is anything but one OF pleasure,
as you Will find If you ever make it.
FREE BREWSTER FAY"