The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-10
From New York to Dawson and
Return Al Bartlett's Record.
TELLS HOW HE DID THE FEAT.
Lost Diamond Rings and Had to Pay
Ons Hundred Dollars for . Short
Ride ON . Boat, bat That Made No
Dfnerence, for He Had Gold to
Burn and Was In = Hurry-some
Very Lucky Connection. North

Twsnsy-eight days from New York city
TO Dawson and return 10 SEATTLE repre-
seats the actual travelling time Of Al Bart
lett, who arrived here Monday night on the
Treasure steamer Resale with 500. In
Dust II SHOWS what a man can do VINO
makes connections now that line OF Up
river steamers makes the Kloac!ke ~ easy
egress.
That there were incidents on this trip.
Interesting incidents. Ia not to be doaS'sa-
Mr. Bartlett thought 50 when he threw
&, 900 worth o. diamond rings into TIE
muddy Yukon by mistake Another time
when the river boat was stuck on a sand
bar he paid 500 for a roweoat 10 complete
the distance to Dawson.
Tonight ne leaves again for the kion-
dixie capital, having transacted the bush
ness that brought him out ia less than
fwenty-four hours. lie goes In this time
for the $780, 900 cleanup that viii be made
On the eleven claims In which he is ir-
tsreeted. He expects TO eat dinner In the
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York city, on
September 10 1t the latest.
Mr. Bartlett wac asked by Poes-Intel-
Igcncer reporter yesterday TO tell the story
OF his remarkably fast trip He said:
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lions all the way through. i came across
the continent as though on a special train.
Arriving Ia Seattle In the morning. l had
my Outfit ready By O'Clock. and a few
minutes later the swift steamer Rosalie
xas knocking holes In the waves OF the
Sound TO get me to 5kagway. To cross the
pass on q pack horse With my light out
1T was very short work, and | found the
steamer Ora Just ready TO start down on
hal 6rxt trtn wal -
Horse and Rink rapids without hitch.
only TO bring up on an insignificant sand
bar after all the dangerous wafer was
passed. paid 500 for "A small rowboat and
noated the rest of the w. to Dawson. a
distance Of about loo miles ! was just
away from New York fourteen days four
teen hours and ten minutes.
Two weeks ! remained in Dawson. clos
irg Up deals and visiting the nineteen min
ing claims in which I am Interested with
my two brothers. On July ~ | started
out on the steamer Ora. On the trip up
river we had TO cut wood TO keep moving.
Passengers turned out In a bcdy 10 help
the crew. / came back on board all COW
cred with pitch and dirt and started 10
wash my hands. Several diamond rings
which had on my fingers l slipped off into
the pan. When l got through | had for
gotten all about the rings and threw them
overheard with the water. II dazed me
for minute. for they worth s.. 900 at least
Some salmon has them By this time. I
made close connections at Skagway and
got out in just fourteen days.
Eleven Of the nineteen properties in
which / am interested were worked dur
ing the winter. They are on Bonanza FL
dorado. Hunker and Sulphur. estimate
the cleanup when completed will aggre-
gate 500 600.
My view on the royalty question f.
somewhat different from that he'd by mos,
people ] think that no attempt viii be
made 10 coliec; IL after this year There ia
trouble ahead IL II is tried / don't believe
the Dominion government desires TO make
money from the mines They VIII not tax
the Manitoba farmer 10 keep order az he
mines. There Ii enough revenue from
other sources TO pay all expenses but the
government did not know this. For that
reason j think the royalty viii come off,