The record-union., 1897-09-11
THE STEAMER
CLEVELAND IN PORT.
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much mining going on as if this crowd
| had stayed out, for the crowd will eat
| the food which miners should have.
The miners cannot work without ample
food and consequently there Will be a
great shrinkage in able-bodied men by
reason of the scarcity of food. Food
could not be bought when l left Daw-
son City.
"Of course those who have supplies
will have to divide them with tose who
have not. There will be no getting out
of the country, and they will not see
men starVe while there is food in camp
Those who have amply provided them
selves with food will be required to
give up a part, which will so cripple
them that they viii be unable to prose-
cute work with YigOr and carry out
their plans.
There are a. good many horses in the
country now, but the prospects are they
will be starved this winter. Last Win
ter they fed the horses -four and barley.
This winter the men will need the flour
| thmselves.
Mr.. Engle declares that the return
ing YukOners on the Cleveland brought
down less than 100000 all told. Not
that that figure represented the hold
ings of men, however, for most of them
said they were coming out rather than
TO starve.
Tom J. A1ers, Frank Segrin and Her
| man Schroeder all of Miller Greek,
were the best fixed men in the crowd.
! according to Mr.. Engle. The men who
had been in the country for some time
were Sam Matthews, Jack Geiger,
George Forman, Bill Louden, Fritz
Kloak. Abram Barbour, S. r. Church
i'll and Mr.. Randolph All of these still
had good claims or interests on the
Klondike, besides what they were
bringing out Mr. Engle believed that
at least $J00,000 was coming down on
the Excelsior. His own interest he sold
out entirely for a sum which he de-
clined to state.
Not more than j 800 tons of supplies
will be gotten up the Yukon this sea-
son, according to Mr.. Engle's best
judgment. OF this amount merely a
fraction is food Engle's family con-
sists of his wife and four children.
The two younger children, aged IS
and 4 months were born in the gold
country Another of the Cleveland
passengers was Hans Anderson of Ia
coma. He had been in the country
only since last spring and is not very
enthusiastic, but will return with suffi-
cient food to last him three years. An
dersOn has been prospecting during
his entire stay in the country, and
thinks he has a good claim. He says
there will be intense suffering this
winter, and advises every one to keep
| away until spring. Anderson brings
with him about $1,000 in gold dust and
nuggets, which he accumulated dur
ing his stay.
S. r. Churchill of the provincial po-
| lice stationed at Dawson City came
down on the Cleveland. He is inter
ested in some valuable mining prop
erty on Bonanza Creek and is return
! ing for the purpose of purchasing sup
| plies for the development of his claims.
He has been in the country three years
and will return in the spring after
making the necessary purchases.
Mr.. Churchill says there will be a
great amount of suffering this winter
on account of the scarcity of food. 1t
is impossible to buy food at either Cir
| Gle City or Dawson at any price II
am entirely satisfied with the country
and will take number of my friends
with me when I return in the spring.
There are only three hotels in Daw-
son City, and meals consisting of
| bread coffee and baked beans cost
| 81 30, and this is considered cheap.
Lumber costs $50 per thousand feet,
| and is hard to get at that
The Cleveland has on board three
/ Y,,ay, from bo vrb limo schooner
rora Borealis which was lost during a
| dense fog last month. The men were
| for three days and nights in an open
| boat without food or water When
! finally the fog lifted they put into
Dutch Harbor, where they boarded
| the Cleveland and worked their pass
| age to this port.
| NJ. Misamore of Portland who was
a passenger by the Cleveland. brings
/ about $4,000 He was the sole rep
resentative of the newly
/ diggings on Minook Creek. Since early
| spring he has been in the Klondke
| country following the varying fortunes
/ of a prOspector, and now he is return
| ing to his home successful If was
/ lack of food which forced him to leave
a promising claim. and when he goes
/ in the spring It VIII be with a large
! outfit. The Minook," he said is
/ named after an old Indian who made
| the strike The discoverer is working
his claim with the aid OF a son, and
J bids fair to be rich. The Minook runs
| in the Yukon 400 miles below Circle
! City. II was discovered August 18th,
! two years ago. and there have been
| 100 locations filed About sixty men
/ are working on the MinoOk and it's
! tributary Hunter Creek. The clean up
/ for two months work on one of the best
/ claims this spring was 122 ounces.
! There is a lot of gold. It seems to be
/ everywhere. But the cry of the peo-