Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-01-20
kLONDiKE GOLD
Another Million Of 1t Comes
Down From Dawson.

Victoria B. c. January 17.-Twenty
men 4nh one wotnan who arrived nom
Dawson on ne Corona to-day have
amOno them in Id dust ami drafts
81, 900. 900 or more. This is the Iatg--t
OF treasure that such a small
nunb"r # peopl- have brought out Of
any mining camp to this city. Prac-
tically all ue the CoronA's passengers
became wealthy during their resi-
dence in the north, and probably half !
we're original claim owners on Bon
ANA and Ell Dorado, who have recent
ly sold out their claims at six figure
prices
Miss Lou Keller the woman in the
party paid the Alaska Commercial
Company 81, 200 10 good yellow dust
for her passage from Dawson City TO
the coast on "a Dig sled. Campbell
and S-dgwick had just sold their
claims for S125,O 900 each to the Alaska
Commercial Company. The smallest
amoun that any Of the passengers
canned brought through was $4,000,
while Olsen, with fro m $3.50, 600 TO
$500, 900, was the wealthie-t nan in
the little company.
The news br"dght by these men is
important chiefly in that it is coufrm-
atory Of the discovery Of the great
mother lode. Welch. Coffin and Burt
are authority for the statement that
| ,Lo o,;~;.ol ot,;I,o .n, rooI> OF TN,
upper end OF claims 80, Ell Dorado.
while two stringers, n at No. n and
another yet lower down, were SUISSE
q~uently located. Throughout the dis
trict the discovery is accepted as as
of the permancy Of che dis
trict a. a rich gold mining field. As
TO the placer diggiDgs, they con-
tinue rich as dreams have painted
them. Powder creek. an aff1ueDt Of
Quartz creek. has been having a boom
since pans Of So rs anG 81 became a
common taing. OF course the stream
was located from source to mouth as
o o as the first important discovery
WAS made. All Coli creek shows pans
Of $40 to 500, while the miners on
Huuker creek, HENDERSON. DOmiuioo,
he big Salmon and the Stewart all
prospects.
Concerning the development Daniel
Campbell said:
The claims between 30 and As above
| f,-,oy-r- On ux,,lr1 No r,ah -,
anything TO be found on Ell Dorado.
Iouumeratle prospect holes have
been sunk recently, and they reveal a
pay streak running SIS to the pan six
feet thick and 200 feet wide. This is
but another evidence of the fact that
the wealth Of the kloDdike Is almost
beyond the widest imagination OF
man. Are we going back? Well
not after he has once been In the
country? There are seven ia the
Campbell party. They left Dawson
December 18th, having a comparative
ly pleasant journey out. There is not
the slightest danger. they say. Of star
walton 10 the district.
Replying to a request for an estim-
ate Of the winters gold dust output OF
Of the camp, Joe Campbell said:
We have lone a great deal Of figur-
ing on thar. and the general opinion
appears to be that The output, not
outstanding tbs scarcity of food and
light, will be from S12, 900, 900 to SIS
600, 600"
Ex-City Detective W. Fl. Welsh OF
Portland was in the party that left
Dawson December 18th.
Next summer said Mr.. Welsh.
forty or fifty times as much gold will
come down the river as came last sum
mer. / estimate the mou will be
$50. 0o0, 900. 1t is corded up like wood
, On this BOA there is about q million
The boys who sold their claims to the
Cudahys are represented in this
crowd, and have plenty Of money
About $4,000 is 10 gold and the rest
in drafts"