Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-19


has been two billion. The highest
rate OF production Ia any one year wac
sos 900 600 IL 1858, following the di-
coyery Of gold In California. For the
year 1884 the United States, Africa
and Australia were about on par in
their gold production, each represent
ing about $40, 10000 Ii Alaska does
ae well any time within the next ten
years 1t Will be extraordinary. That
would be about one per cont OF the
present gold coinage and Still smaller
proportion OF our present gold stock.
The difficulty In expecting any
cha nge in the ratio between gold and
silver from new fields like Alaska lie
that the production OF gold aud silver
by weight is 90 uisproportiOnste that
1t would take mountains OF gold to
make up the difference. The gold
production OF 1894 for the whole world
was less than 100000 ounces. The
United States alone the same year
produced 100000 ounces OF silver
and the WORLDS product OF the white
metal was over four times that amount
or twenty times as much silver as gold,
weight Tor weight. Ii Alaska should
prove as much of gold field as South
Africa the United States and Austria
Is
improbahle--it would help us to keep
up the gold exports and maintain the
reserve but 1t would not distufbe ma.
terially the relations between gold and
silver.
THE WONDERFUL WEALTH OF THE
COUNTRY.
BAN DIEGO, CAL, July l9.-An In
teresting letter telling OF the recent
trip Of the steamer Exec slOr to Alaska
has been written by Captain j. +.
Higgins OF the steamer to a friend III
this CITY. Hetay
"rhe word KioDdyke means deer
river, and 10 called Reindeer river
on the charts. II empties into the
Yukon fifty miles above the Big river.
The geographical position OF the juno
Ito lie rs degrees 10 minutes north lAti
lude, 13S degrees so minutes west
longitude. Bon MA creek dumps into
Kl0ndyke TWO mil, above the Yukon.
FL Dorado Is 4 tributary OF the
BsnsBzl.i
"rhere are numerous other creeks
and tributaries, tbs main river being
800 miles long. Tho gold so far has
been taken from Bonanza and e.
Dorado, both well named, for the rich-
ness OF these Dlaceis 10 truly marvellous.
Ell Dorado, tEitly miles long, 10 staked
the whole length, and 30 lar as worked
has paid.
GAS each claim lie 500 feet along the
creek bed there 10 hall million to the
claim. So uniform has the output been
that one miner who has an Interest In
three claims told me that II offered his
| choice he would toss up to deco de. One
d. ,.If, .,ar III
with him has worked 100 feet OF his
ground and refused $2O0,000 for the
remainder and confidently expects TO
| clean up $500, 600 ami more. he has
in bottle S2l2 from one pan Of dirt.
His pay dirt while being washed aver.
| aged $3.50 an hour to each man sho vel.
| ing In. Two Others oil our miners
I who worked their own claims cleaned
up So 600 from the days washing.
There lie about fifteen feet OF dirt
above bed rock, the pay streak avcrng-
| ing from four to elk ieet which 10
! tunneied nut while the ground is
frozen. or course the ground taken
out Is thawed by building fires and
| when the thaw comes and water
PUSHES in they set their sluiccs and
| wash the dirt. Two OF our fellows
| thought a small bird In the hand
| worth large one IN the bush and sold
theit claims for S45, 900 getting 81 500
| down, the remainder In be paid Ia
| monthly instalImen,s OF $40, 600 each.
The purohRsers had no more than
| 5000 paid. They were twenty days
| thawing and getting out dirt. Then
| there was no water 10 slnice with, but
| Une fellow made q rocker and in ten
days took out the $4,000 for the first
installment. 81, tunueling and rock
Ing. they took out $4,000 before there
was water 10 siuice with.
"Oi course these things read like
| stories OF Aladdin, but fiction 10 not In
1t at all with facts at Klondyke. OF
course 1t can be worked out In a few
| years but there is stiil an immense
! territory untouched and the RboriDg
man wn0 can get there with one years
| provisions will have better chance to
make a etake than in any other place
IN the world.
| THE TREASURE BROUGHT BY THE
PORTLAND.
| SsATTLE, WASH, July 10. - The
amount OF treasure brough. down from
the famed Klondyko by the steamship
| Portland Ia now placed at 81 900, 900,
and there 10 eooi reason to tolieve
that the sum was nearer to $4,000, 600.
In this connection something In the
nature OF q confidence game appears
to have been worked on the North
Atusrica Trading and Transportation
company, or its officials In charge OF
the Portland by the miners.
Each man was required to place his
gold dust in the ship's safe, but this
WIS not done by any means. Many
OF the MIXERS secreted their dust in
blankets and luggage, which were
taken either to their statsrOoms or
thrown oaIslessly about the ship.
BUsINEss MEN LEAVE FOR THE GOLD
FIELDS.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, July TO-
The e1ourslon steamer Queen has ar-
| rived from Alaska with 10 passen.
gere, principally tourists, The officers
Of The Queen state thst the merchants
aad trsdesmen in both juneau anu
Sitks are closing their stores and shops
and Fastening to the new Ell Dorado.
Fifty business men left ,for Dawson
City on July l2ih, ami $50 wouiI
leave on the l6!h. Two uaya after the
Queen saiieI. Tho officers say that
ny tina time the Queen returns TO
Juneau on ner regular trip, nine days
hence, there will not be an able.
bodied man lett IN town. Many men
A.