Arizona republican., 1898-02-02
DIRECT FROM KLONDYKE.
The Families of L. P. Nash and Al
 Kyle Hear From Them.

The Families of L. P. Nash and Al
 Kyle Hear From Them.
 The families of L. P. Nash and Al Kyle yesterday received two letters from them. One Of the letters was written on September 25 and the othr a week later. They had reached Dawson City, visited the gold fields, were surprised at their richness and were getting ready to accumulate wealth.
 They wrote as follows:
 Dawson City, Alaska, Sept. 25, 1897.
 1eWell, we are here, or about one half mile from Dawson. We are camped on the south side of the Klon- dyke, river, and the town is just across. We arrived here about 10 o'clock this morning. Al has gone over. I will go over in the morning. There is no postotfice here; mail is carried twice monlh by private car riers, who charge s1 per letter. We left Lake LindeTman the morning of the. eSth of September, and arrived hereS5he morning of the 18th of Sep tember The distance is about 560 miles and about 3,700 miles from Phoe- nix. Al has stood the trip veiy well, and is about fifteen pounds heavier than when we left Phoenix, while am some lighter; perhaps ten pounds I've had in all a very lucky trip. I am Ronly ten days behind my calcula- tions iwhln I left Phoenix and can account for all that (and it would have been utterly impossible 10 have over come them), no person has made the h,au nd n shot the Grand canyon of the Yukon with the boat and 1,200 pounds. We got another man to take il through the White Horse rapids, and the whole of us four came through Five Fingers and .Ripk rapids. White Horse rap. ds Is a terror, and no person who is not Hi gond boatman and accustomed to quick water has ang business to try and. come through in boat. We have not killed any fresh meat or caught fish yet. I am going to try 10 catch a fish tonight.
 There is no snow hare to. speak of, although it SHOWS every day. Ice is beginning to form on still water, and the river is expected to freeze over between the 1st and 18th of Oc- tober. This part of the country re- sembles the northern part fo Arizona. and I should think it a better country than near the coast range From Dyea to Lake Linderman we crossed nine lakes from two to forty miles long. Some were very rough and the water would roll into our boat and through all O. K. The Klondyke river is larger than Salt river, and the Yukon when We came down ran one mile wide and very deep. We have seen one steamboat as large as a good sized canoe We met it 175 miles above here, and it has returned here since we arrived tLis morning.
 There are .some Indians living along the river anu we passed one church at Fort Selkirk at the mouth of the Pelly. The country here is all z covered with moss, and there are some berries Tomorrow I shall go to ,. Dawson and see what I can do, and if the mail has not gone will write more"
 "Oct. 3.-I have been out to the mines, up both Bonanza and Eldorado gulches, and indeed, it is marvellous the amount of gold there is in FL dorado. I have never seen anything to equal it in all my life. I was gone three days and two nights. Al stayed uClC duu IOOhtu JUL TUT luS CdIIlU As we are not oveIburdened with pro- visions fer this country we have 4 quit eating beef, not because there is none Gere, for there is plenty of beef and mutton at s1.50 per pound; but bacon is good enough for us
 Well, you will want to know what we are going to do this winter We have taken lease on mine No. 42, FL dorado. It has never been worked be- fore and 1 think II will pay. One man banned out S170 from one pan of dirt las- week. All the mining is done here in the winter. They cannot mine in the summe-, as the ground never thaws out. It is covered with moss. and if one attempts to sink the water runs him out. Dawson has about 5000 inhabitants, and few houses. mostly of logs and boards There are two saw mills here. The Bonanza has the nearest mines, slev2n miles away. The Eldorado runs into the Bonanza and the Bonanza into the Klondyke. ard the Klondyke into the Yukon at Dawson. Al Kyle crossed the KIondyke on the ice today. l. is about twice as large as Salt river and the Yukon is almost IS large here as the Missouri river, and this 'H 1,oVV II OIll IIo luOuLI. 11Ol C have been two steamboats here since came. They were up and went back trying to get up again, ss the Yukon has not frozen, but is running full of mush ice.
 There are plenty of provisions 400 miles from here. I saw George Me-win of Prescott and a MT Evans from Phoenix. MT. Coy .si here with very sore feet
 "It is now degrees below zero Don't write many letters but long ones. as there is no telling when we