Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-22
ming and ITS PERILS.
mas WORN OUT BY THE TRIP
,,ore Man Meets Death While on
.he Way to the KIondil<e-Prop-
ia. and Prospects in the North
LOST Country-NOtes From All
Around.

q Drake has lost his life on the tran
,a4,yoen Skaguay and Dawson City.
The sad intelligence was conveyed 10
h;s relatives and many friends by Messrs
uol 7 Cole and w. i. Luhn, who have
;,st returned from Dawson. They re-
So;yed the information from the COM
.,ander of the northwest mounted police
stationed at a point near the mouth OF
the Hootalinqua river.
Mr.. Cole said to Spokesman Review
,pporter: Charley Thompson and ID. w.
simmons, ex-sheriff of Yakima, were part
np,s. They left Seattle for Skaguay on
,hs steamer Willamette, and arrived about
Anoust l3. They were engaged in pack
inc over the trail when we arrived on
the 18th. They had not finished when we
nassed them. and proceeded on to Dawson
city.
at has been reported that trouble arose
between Simmons and Charley on the
vay. but can not say as to that. The
bardships of that trail are enough to try
.av mans soul, and it is not surprising
when the best of friends disagree At any
rate. Simmons came into Dawson City
Noyember 5 and [ Immediately asked him
about Charley He said they had dissolved
partnership. and he did not know where
charley was. He manifested disposition
to say as little as possible about the sub
ject.
"Whep Mr.. Luhn and / left Dawson
CITY December we began making in
suiries along the route for Charley. When
we got to Stewart river we met party
composed of c. B. Pond of Ellensburg and
others that he had been with. They SAID
that he was in Dawson City, but as we
had lust left there, we knew that was
not true. We made diligent inquiries
from time to time, and met a party that
informed us they had passed him some dis
lance back bound for Dawson. But as
thev were not definite in their statements
we concluded that they were mistaken
Upon arriving at the mouth of the Hoot-
alinoua river where there is mounted
notice station. we received the information
that he had died at his camp six miles up
the river, and the commandant who fur
nished us the facts put his statement into
writing"
SIS it pretty rough trip going in by
way of Skaguay?"
"Well, all | can say is that any one who
has not made the trip can form no con-
ception of the trials it presents. ! saw
horses fall over precipices and roll for
several hundred feet down the side of
mountain. Perhaps the horse and pack
would both be ruined beyond redemption
cd ho mr.
ed. have also seen horses fall dead from
sverwork, and strong men have broken
down and cried like children in their i'm
potency to overcome the difficulties that
beset them. The annOyanccs will sour
the sweetest temper, and party must
be composed of cool headed and fOrbearing
Members, or strife and dissension will soon
be rife among them. We found the trip
coming out over the ice much easier than
the one going in, and it was no picnic
making our way over those ice foes in
the lakes and rivers, either"
Florence Mining Notes.
The Poorman at Florence, Idaho, is
said to be producing richer ore than ever
before and mill is much needed 1t will
probably be erected in the spring.
The tunnel on the Senator is nearing
the ledge at the rate of five feet per day
The shaft on the Candaleria is down 40
feet with three feet of solid ore in the bot
tom steadily improving with depth,
The t. S. mine has considerable ore on
the dump with the shaft down over Az
feet ON widening ore body.
Tho a. ba WnUnrIV
been abandoned owing to a cavern. This
is serious matter as the richest ore yet
found in the mine came from that stope.
Owing to water, work in the crosscut
near the shraft on the Spokane has been
discontinued. A crosscut drifted is be-
ing made from the lower tunnel to tap
the vein at a depth of so feet.
Operation In RossIand Camp.
The double compartment shaft on the
Deer Park is down 200 feet and is sinking
al the rate of two feet per day. A crosscut
at 200 feet depth is being run to determine
the width of the ore body. The Deer Park
machinery consists of hoist and pump
A shaft is being sunk on the Modern
near the Der Park. Four men are work
lag and are down 45 feet.
rive feet per day are being made on the
nam tunnel on Sunset No. 2, which is IN
40 feet. The shaft has been sunk to
LOU feet, p feet below the tunnel level
Awenty-seven men are employed.
rumor is current that the British
american Corporation is negotiating for
the Center Star. Interested parties vigor-
susiy deny the report.
Montana Mine Company Fight.