The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-01

The steamship Farallon arrived from
Lynn canal ports yesterday afternoon with
$50 Kiondikers and about t150.0p0 in gold
dust and nuggetA The purser bad in his
possession &3O.oo0. which had been Entrusted
TO him by passengers. But there was
much more gold on board.
The steamship was literally packed 70
suffocation with passengers She had ev-
cry berth taken, and was 90 crowded that
there was little comfort on board There
were about 100 persons direct from Daw-
son. while the remainder came from Dyea.
Skagway, juneau and WrangeL Most OF
those from Dawson came on the river
steamer Willie Irwin. which Left Dawson
during the first part OF October. Some
of her passengers had come down on the
the Tarallon were the half Of them VINO
remained over In Skagway and Dyea for
few days.
These passengers are particularly reti.
not tell how much gold dust or nuggets
they have. 8. s Burches has $l2.o0o A.
Simong had about $4,000 and Mr.. and Mrs.
are known and are the largest. There
$500 to 36.eoo and N.o0o
ro as, ssS Ssa % S1s u assr
the mattress In their staterooms. Yester-
day morning they got on the steamship at
Victoria, which left the dock before they
returned. But they telegraphed the YES
sci at Port Townsend. and the gold was
found and cared for.
Several stories Of rich strikes in Alaska
ars out BY hs ~s Sask %
ton, who IL at Juneau. He declared that
$50 to the pan had been taken out On his
famous trail. Dalton told the story to
Dawson over his trail. and had nearly
reached Ha.nes mission when, hearing OF
the discovery. he returned. He declared
ing the summer had recently taken out
$50 to the pan. Dalton went down on
the FaraIlon from Skagway to Jr.s.V
There has also been strike on the
Lewis river. which II itself tributary to
the Yukon. Mr.. Fontain, an old man,
who came down from Wrangel and VINO
left the vessel at Victoria. told Of this. He
said tina. he was on his way to Minneapo-
lis to bring out a party at once to take
claims on the Hoo;alinaua.
There Is also news OF rich strike on
the Yukon. nine miles above White river.
but on the opposite side. 1t Is said that
three ounces to the pan were taken out.
This was learned from prospectors who
We're at the landing on the. Yukon when
the Willie Irwin passed: 4 great many
of the passengers would have left and
gone to the new strike. but they did not
have outfits.
trates fer the Tacoma smelter and 3 tons
of salmon. She will go to Tacoma today.
where she will be put on the drydock.
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J. A.. Monias and wife. A.. H. Miller. $. 8.
Burches and c. Stewart, from Juneau; T.
Cassidy. =. Bourgard. 6; e; Packard. F.
Moohn. p. H. Gallagher, the Misses Garner.
+. Wood. II. O. Lane and wife, from
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and wife, Thomas Smith. J. b. Banner
man, j. II. Morrison. A. NJ. Donaldson. ].
D. Chase. s. Chambers. A. c.: Easel A N.
Sutherland. ]. D. Stun. A. Martin and p.
Jorgenson, F. ". Woifert, r. G. Gridley.
]. J. Brady. L. Miller. o. Torgenson. E.
J; Buckhorn, J, Miller. Z. L. Luceryille.
Hislop, J. Solomon. T. harrington. j. e.
johnson. j. r. Parson. r. Wagner, J.
Farmer, ]. H. ONeil, ]. Augen,haler, c.
Noyes. NJ. ID. Lands. James Bartlett. G.
Davidson and E. l. Everett. from Skag-
way; ". E. Hughes A. AZ. McSorley, W.
Bancroft. ]. J. Garfield. l.. w. Walters
and L. T. Prather. from Skagway: G. @.
lewis MnrnSv anS Wes' Snyde sro J sroin:
s. NJ. Fontain. from Wrangel: N. Currin
and wife and j. and W. Currin, W. II.
Othmer e. Engel. j. J. Evans. c. Tice.
c. II. Hawley. F. G. Manley. Mrs. Price,
s smans nfTnfT Lev, W Il n o1msna E.
Hayne. a: Timons. w. c.. Shattuck. G.
Bortsch. I. j. Watson. j. A. Smith, A. j.
Storm. Col. j. Doyle. G. Garland. r. Ste
vens and wife. g. Il. Harris, A. c. Pills
Bray Bray. 5. Pierce, Mrs. webster and 1.
Hoppa, Il. G. Mather, +. A. Reed. Mr.. Van
Slyck, and J. L. Howell, from ketchikan.