The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
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 DAWSON CITY, :July*1T (Yia Seattle Aug. D.-Fhe most remarkable: ef. the stampedes out: of DawSon during the: year took place on the mig'ht:of the 9tff instant. It was. run to ::DoTninion Creek, forty miles aMayg> Men ard 1ko=, men, horses and dogs were. engaeel in it, and one man and three horses: were killed as the result; of the:;;rtsh. :;- More: than a score: Of women. fa rubber boots. and some of them: in long dresses, raced through the mud and. moss. and brush until overcome with ;weariness they got lost in the woods and uIifanliliar .tr rails s. and sank down exhausted and to .sleepl some of them on the very: noun ain top. that divides the Kfondi ike from the In dian River divisions. ?: :.:::. :' > :;.::: .:
 The tip first went out and the run: be- gan on the zth. It increase ed: from tll t; time until the#loth, the :greater number leaving Dawson on the night of the st h.: Between 10 o'clock that Saturday night and 6 o'clock Sunda y. .TnQEnng the; ferry across the KIoIidike2 on: :wl at is: known a g the Bonanza summer: tradl,: over WI ich. not half the number passed was quite unequal to the demand supeIr@ it.: :" There: are two trails :up the KloTdikei enc: that crosses the KIondike by: the bridge ;o at: Dawson and the other leading 1D% the hillside back of the town and $kIl Wrl' afiS the summer trail, which crdsses by the: ferry near the mouth of the. Bonanza- On these the crowd fairly .Giy yid9d,. al: though the summer tratl:is. the: :sh@Eter:s Very many of the crowd; scarcely @kpeW were were going for. Summoned by friends; with the tip they hastily packed: up some little provisions, :Perhaps. shoufdereq an aX and started :on the run or forty miles over the mountalns 'tnreIgn otne brush. Very many got lost: :: At some division of the trails s0yl4e over ger man, who did not. know tne:ew way: We1lld take the wrong one. and lead: :: noZeEf astray. - ,s =.=::-: .s 2 6. .;, 3 whatever not even a hard tack depend-: ing of course ons the gallantTy .o1e the men. The man who lost igts, life IS said to have dropped. from heart disease at about three miles below .pIsc6verys. His: name has not been reported here. All of these -circuInstanees together do' not constitute this as: the most remark. a able of stampedes. Many of those ot last. winter were more disastrous to. ttie' indl- viduals who took part in: them; f1lS; M stampede was. distinguished by the. oft55: cial orders that got 1t going. and these have given occasion to the most general and severe criticism to which the. Ike, corder's department has yet been san
 Dominion Creek claims have. been in a muddle for months, So tied up th$fl they could neither be sold nor worked, the titles to nearly all those between the two Discoveries being in question. The first error was made when the two DlseoE. cries were allowed to be: recorded: ' All other claims are recorded with their re- lationa to Discovery, and miners. Hied on claims below the Upper Discovery and above the Lower Discovery, until they overlapped with others by several claims: AS the measurements are at. first hurried and imperfect, each claimant taking over rather than under the. 800 feet so as to be certain of securing his full limit later corners get up claims to fractions between the regular claims, where the ground is known to be rich. Each man. s ground is only determined when the off1- cIal surveyor does his work. When the Surveyor went to- Dominion he 5discov- cred two and three claimants for each piece of ground for over two miles of the creek between Upper and Lower DiscoE- cry. Contests were entered and day fixed for hearing Almost every claim owner on the creek was summoned, and the matter is still to be adjusted.
 As one conclusion reached, however, Gold Commissioner Faweett posted a mo- tice about three weeks ago declaring that all hill claims on the creek located since November 15 would not be recognized by him; that no persons would be allowed to prospect hill claims on Dominion Creek who had not first secured permits. from the Commissioner; that these permits could be obtained on July II at 10 o'clock and that all parties wishing to locate will be required to secure a suitable pros pect before they would be permitted to record. o's .so
 This order struck the camp as partic- ularly unwelcome innovation The set ting aside of the recorded claims was bad enough to those 1t tfte but would have been generally welcomed if it had given all an equal chance to stake. he per rnits, it was seen, would give those who received them first a great advantage and no one seemed to have faith in an equal distribution. The notice was post ed generally throughout the district and miners were on their way in from dis tant points when they met the stampedes coming out.
 On the 9th of the month notice dated on the 8th was posted about town can ceiling the first order and declaring that hill and bench claims on Dominion Creek were then open for location and prospect ing Y all free miners. This was well enough if the miners at distant points up the creek and, indeed, even those in town, had not already been deceived to their ruin so far as stalking claim was concerned. The fact was, however, that a knowledge that such an order was to be issued was given out to few the day before 1t was posted. The news passed from one to another and the big stampede took place. Indeed, the fastest runners of this crowd found men already ahead of them. located on many of the best claims in the hill class They had re-
 On Saturday evening the sth mass meeting was held on Front street, in front of the North American Trading Company's store, which passed resolu- tions asking for sweeping changes fin the mining laws and regulations briefly stated 6S IOllOMS- Hat lllc IOSdlIy De dpOl- ished; that there be no alternate or other reservations of mining claims for the crown; that claims left vacant by non representation be open to new claimants; that no timber limit be issued to any in- dividual or company on any creek or adjacent to any creek where timber may be necessary for use in development of mines and that the placer creek claims be enlarged in length to 800 feet as hereto fore.
 A second mass meeting was held on the