The herald., 1898-08-10
BRING BACK MILLIONS
ANOTHER LOT OF LUCKY MINERS
FROM THE NORTH
Twenty Thousand Men Out of, Work in
the Gold Fields-Heavy Sacks Of
Dust-Their Stories

VANCOUVER, b. c., Aug. 9.-The steam
er Faralon arrived here today from Skag-
uay, Alaska, with sixty-nine passengers
from Dawson and a large amount of gold
dust and drafts, estimated all the way
from 100000 to 81, 10000. Purser Coghlan
said he had about 100000 worth of dust in
his SAFE
But that was not nearly all the dust on
board" he said. for one man, J. C. Chab-
bill OF Seattle has two men carrying sacks
Of dust that weighed ITS or 200 pounds, that
would not go inside the safe, at least he
would not trust 1t there. think there was
million and a half on board, counting by
drafts and gold. W. E. Duffin is another
of the rich men. with $4,000 in gold and
many drafts"
Captain Roberts estimate was rather
higher than that of the purser. Said he:
Il think there was two or two and a quar-
ter millions on board. w. w. Gibbs of
Nanaimo, who went in three years ago, had
the largest amount. One night men were
playing poker coming down on the boat
and 1 saw Gibbs drafts, some for $50 600
and one or two for 500, 900 each. He should
have $250,000 in drafts at least besides a
few thousand in gold dust"
One of the passengers, John Lyons of
Santa Rosalia, Cal, a grzzled miner of the
sixties In California, says the Klondike
does not compare with California in the
early days.
Like every once else who stays
there for year or more, l
brought little gold. There is prob
ably $300.000 or $40O. 900 on the steamer There
are too many people in there. in fact, and
the country is overcrowded. Probably
10000 men are idle in the Klondike this
year. don't think there will be a fam
inc this year. for grub is nearly as cheap
as here"
A party consisting of David Brown, r.
D. Brown and T. D. Mcclellan of Whatcom.
were among the passengers. Reuben
Brown, who has been in Alaska three years.
owned bench claim on Bonanza creek,
opposite No. I. On his bench claim he
cleared $4,000 and after paying wages, roy
atty etc, had $4,000 or $4,000 remaining
which he brought out. David Brown. who
has been in there one year, had $4,000
lay on Eldorado with Mcclellan. They be-
lieved there was between $500, 900 and $500,
600 in gold on board the Farallon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. "a special to
the Chronicle from Vancouver says:
The steamer Farallon arrived in Vancou-
yer today. On Thursday night she left
Skaguay, and at that time Captain Roberts
says Skaguay was threatened with de-
struction by fire. Fifteen or twenty houses
were in flames as the steamer cast off her
ropes and the last report he received was
that the inadequate fire brigade was at
tempting to keep the flames from the dy
Mantle sheds where the railway company
had Its powder stored. This seemed to
him impossible, as the fire was rapidly
spreading. The people were panic-stricken
and the forests surrounding the town were
all ablaze. 1t was an awe-inspiring sight
and 1t looked from the water as If nothing
could save the town from destruction.
: The houses caught fire from the bush
Nres surrounding Skaguay and, as a high
Wind prevailed, 1t drove the flames to the
center of the town. Passengers on board
expressed the opinion that Skaguay had
been swept out of existence by the fire, but
the purser stated that he believed the fire
rould be gotten under control, sit started
aear the water front, and the demolition
E,f several houses between there and the
,own would prevent the flames from spread
ing.