The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-28
LOADED HlTH GOLD dust.
Two Lucky Young Men Pack .
Fortune Out Of Dawson.
ARRIVE ON THE DISCOVERY.
walsh Creek Prospectors Find Dirt
Aversxfng Twenty-Five Coats 10
the Pan-Can Ne Worked the Year
Heuna - Conscience Men Make
C~~ttaI of the sceDery-heavy
stern On queen Charlotte soend.

Cnottal of the SceDery-deavy
st~y~ .. queen Charlotte soand-
The steamer Discovery, Capt. Grant, ar
rived yesterday with the largest cargo OF
soId dust that has come out from Dawson
for several months and more than VIII
be brought down by any Lynn canal
steamer this spring. In Capt. Grants
cabin on the down trip were stored eighty
pounds OF the precious yellow stun. for
which two young men had shaved for sew
ersi years Tn the famous god camp. OF
course. the amount brought by the Dis
covery yesterday will shrink into insfg-
uisicance when the Roanoke. Brixham. or
some other steamer OF the gold fleet, comes
into port from St Mienael with tons OF
gold.
The fortunate miners who returned on
the Discovery were A. ]. Nesllle and r. X.
camarei. and both were quite young.
They were at the Hotel Brunswick yastes-
telegram which started them East on the
I o'clock overland. Both men have vain-
able properties Oh some of the best creeks
Of the Klondike district. They were thirty
one days making their way up the river.
AZ the record Tor the trip II nineteen days,
they did rot make very fast time. They
had bad weather and found the river open
at the mouths OF several OF the branches.
They bring no news later than that
brought out by DR.. Crew and party, which
arrived several days ago
The Rates OF exchange charged by the
commercial companies In Dawson were %
high that the men packed their gold over
the Gao miles between Dawson and Skag-
way. Neville turned over u sack to the
officers OF the boat for safe-keepsng which.
Capt. Grant says. weighed fully fifty
pounds. Caramel had thirty pounds
which was for time entrusted to Can't.
Grant. The two men requested that moth
Ing be said about their having come. from
the interior. as they did no. care for news
paper noiorie'y. They registered at the
Br7inswick from Lake Lebarse
Among the DiAoverS's passengers were
j. ID. Mclver and !. J. clishnan. ,lir.c,
from Walsh creek. They Went down with
the rush that started from Skagway. Dyea
ana Lake Bennett about sixty DAYS ago.
Mr.. Mciver said yesterday TO a post-Intel
lIeencer reporter:
Il have Just returned from Walsh creek
In the Big Salmon country. having siam
peded there from Dyea about two months
ago. l Went 10 Walsh creek and like
many others found at first very little 10
warrant the reports sent out With NV
partner | went ferty-iive miles up th.
river. and AZ the forks OF the stream To-
- .af.t
pecsins - few holes for see IL may
turn out to be a great thing bu. I have
Interests in Dawson which demand my
attention. We sunk shafts on oar claims
10 a considerable depth. and the dirt aver
aged about = cents 10 the pan. Walsh
creek digglngs cGn be worked all the
year round SO dirt at - cents pays very
well, have 4g1e pounds OF supplies at
Lake I+eoarse. and viii spend a few weeks
AT Portland before going In
According TO the officers Of the Discoy-
erV. the Skagway bunko men are using
the scenery TO work teIiderfeet out of their
money. \ clever worker. II is said. d..
an Fastener out q Si.ooe a few days be-
fore the Discovery left. He met the man
on the trail. ard, pointing toward a large
peak ard small ore at a considerable
distance from the trail. offered to bet the
stranger iaat he could not tell which peak
WAY the HIGHER The confidence man
a&tNfG 70 tffNG X 10 the Nf%t man tn3t
came along. and the Fastener het $40 that
the Ieaek which seemed the larger was SO
the peak. The frs tone 10 come along
agreed with the stranger and the bunko
man began to count out the money
rausinE Ia counting the hlils. he said:
Show me- tina, you have the money 10
pay the oct should you have lost"
The stranger UubGttoEed his shirt and
took out money beit in which he had
si."a. The confidence man grabbed the
Sels and made good bis ESCAPE
The Discovery had good weather down
VITA the exception or eighteen hours spent
at sachor during a STERN IN Queen Char
iotte sound. The passenge on Tire 40
trip sent tar Observation-Disclosures = letter
commencing TIE courtesy 81 Capt. Grant
and the other officers IA welt as tae
staancAnes> % the steamer The II scov-
sry ieft skagway iast Thursday and ar
rived here a o'1iook YESTERDAY Sha
hroBght tAe following passengers: J. -.
Lcwhea3, +. Il Johnson. 4. Burg s Nei-
son. William Beti. osto ouanstTon. NJ.
Madison. e. a. Ralman, VI. Pierce, II 81
Ssaae. Afr. CheFsnar. T. = RaaYltRlr.
Thomas Haynes y. Olsen Frank AnSeg.
thFts bari, Mr.. Green 4 fiAi Nesi NJ.
ATthur r. q. Smith. : y. I&odley ! l.
Fletcher. ". e Ninsell y McArthav
paa Andrew. Mr. DAVIS Nj Howard Mrs
Nswjsn. Mr.. Mcdonald Mr. Oxford ".
" Jsnes. Mr MARSH. T. Brown. y. ~Eau-
ssvv Mr.. Manning. a. Halsg@9p. J. ~.
Sagtsud ard wife. =. T. S-anaTtf " II
taalwel1 Mr. hnssSar A J. Nexslie r. ~.
NFrHey J NJ. Kelly. l. J. I'hshman. ). ID
A~Iver Mrs w Chapman. a Aver. - Il.
W>ai ard Judge Daley