The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-04
Eighteen Yukoners Reach Seattle
With Their Treasures.
DAWSON CITY FULL OF GOLD.
Output Estimated nj Twenty Mitii"n
Companies Refuse to Take ssoiu
From Miners and IL II No~ t'onrd-
cd nv the Mounted Poifce-fcw
Steamers Aground ut Circle city.

The advance guard 81 the KIondNe min
ers has arrived from 81 Michael Eighteen
hardy sous Of the golden Yukon reached
Seattle yesterday Oh the steamer Ne"
England. Capt; Joyce They left Dawson
between Nay - and June ). and hoated
down the broad Yukon in ftat-bottomed
boata They bring the first story Of the
season from the nugget-lisged camp on the
shores Of the kion1ike.
i'nheralded anu unexpected. the steamer
New England brings the first reliable re-
ports that have been received from the
kLondike metropolis for several months
Her passengers brought considerable dust,
ey;liaate6 al from 5000 TO $1,000 No
exact statement OF the amount Of gold
aboard was ohtainab!e from the fact that
the miners were extremely reticent as to
their winnings IN the Klondike..
When X. A. Hail. who worked on the
Berry Bros claims. Eldorado creek. left
the digglngs June 6. the miners were In
the midst Of their annual spring cleanup.
Gold dust as being brought INFO the camp
from the mines, but when Hall left Daw-
son not more than $4,000 Of this seasons
dust had boen carried 10 the storehouses at
Dawson.
Estimates of the seasons production
made on the strength OF the dumps run
from $500. 90 to 1900 60, according to the
statements OF passengers On the New En-
gland. Under the most favorable circum-
stances--that Is. with plenty OF water in
the gulciles 70. the sluiee boxes the clean
up VIII probably reach tho latter figure.
Scurvy has marked hundreds Of men In
the Kiondike for i;s victims. Typhoid fever
and pneumonia have already begun a har-
vest OF death In the camp Whe-. the adj
vance guard of the minets left Dawsoa the
sun was shining brightly. sending the meT-
curry up 10 the s1g. The river was cieas OF
Ice and the snow was melting rapidly In
the foothills. The unhealthy season had be-
gun. and the one hospital ia the camp
crowded with victims of the diseases pecu-
liar 10 new and thinly settled country.
The deaths average about three per day.
Flood at Dawson.
A flood during the first three days Of June
caused the waters Of the Yukon Ia invade
the city Of Dawson. and for two days the
citizens OF the kiondike metropolis waded
around In their high-,opped rubber boots
or padded about In boats Much of the
fllth ana refuse about the city was washed
away by The receding waters, bot II is yet
feared that, because there have been no
sanitary arrangements whatever in Daw-
son, disease and death Will hold high car
niral during the hot summer months
Late in May the Cathnlc church IN DAu-
son burned u the ground, The camp H.
reported as being very quiet The arrival
If IA detachment Of thirty mounted police
late in May Increased the sorc,s Of po.ict.
materially Disorderly chara -ters are be-
ing kei, la restraint ana there s very 1T
tle iaw'essnsss.
News of the Hspano- American war
reached Dawson by Incoming travellers late
In May. Great interest III the war Is man
Tested throughout the camp and every
new ARRIVAL Is eagerly questioned for news.
The Yukon river h. reported az several
fett higher than usual AZ this season Of The
year. River steamers viii have no ,lifii-
Guilty In crossing the Yukon aats aboy. the
Fort Yukon. accoi ding 10 the reports
brought down on tina New England
Assay niAce Ready.
The eighteen kloadikerS who returned
from 81. Michael Yesterday on ,hn NV
England were aware before they had been
la the ci;y very long. thar the Unit~si
stats goFeTnf1"nt had booked after their
interests bF boating an a@sAy uf'i*e tea lhis
city. Thew ~ aue@ realized THAR H. would
ns'' i'% hs t*sarv % sensi lhe.y us. 10 san
kr.tn9tsco or Denver, Aessser Frederick
\ Ntns. ns soon as Zee heard that tn gold
fs'#t vas svpectct ar1nug"4 WITH $50 ~
the i~adirF hanks 10 maxi, literal advaite,-s
"f Tvs &"'t ana IN its being sarevasi give
OVER ire fnu 8nouet They vii charge
notA-"f far 1het. trauf}e Mo- 81 re qua
StN Ia o4spassl 90 the: way irss,f.. ~
"ef& tee as~av e6tee oi1t s.s rrats far
tesstsss anA lhe zovtrarfa.-s vi ak. ths
go8 OF De- BANKS bands