The record-union., 1898-01-30
RETURNED FROM KLOAD|KE.
GOLDEN NUGGETS IN THEIR
INSIDE POCKETS.
But Dave Campbell and e. w
Jenkins Say Many Will Miss
Getting a Large Stake.

klondke now than there is work for.
That is what genial Dan Campbell
said to Record Union reporter last
night, and everybody who knows him
and most people in Sacramento do
know he means what he says.
On the 10Th day Of March, 1896, Dan
Campbell left Sacramento for Forty
Mile Creek to seek fortune where there
is nine months winter and three months
bad weather, and last night he sat in
circle of friends at the Belvidere Hotel
on Sixth street between j and X, for
the first time since his departure.
Dan Campbell and his friend, f. w.
Jenkins, of Ontario, Canada, left the
klondike on the 18th day Of December
last. and twenty-seven days later
reached Dyea safe and sound, having
suffered no unusual hardships and TAX
ink their time in making the trip,
marching seven hours day and rest
ing two out of the total twenty -seven
days.
But Dan Campbell, who was formerly
employed in the packing house OF
Mchr & Yoerk in this city, modified
the statement that heads this article
to men with families which are depend
ent on them.
"Of course said Mr.. Campbell a
young man with only himself TO look
out for, might do worse than try the
Klondike country. 1t is country that
has gold all over it, the only difficulty
being to find it in paying quantities.
There are, Mr. Campbell said. plenty
Of unstaked claims in the gold region,
but it is not easy to find enc that pays
All of the men who go in expect 10
strike it rich. but, he said he doubted
whether one cut of ten would come OUT
with as much as they went in with.
I'm my opinion" continued Mr.. Camp
bell, men going in next spring ought
to take the Chilcoot Pass trail, and
wish YOU would say as much to Sacra-
mentans who are going. It's easy. and
figure it out like this: The first boats
making the journey by The Mouth
(via ST. MichaeD will naturally take
those persons now at SkaSuay ana
Dyea and they will not get in before
July The next consignment VIII not get
to the gold fields before August, ana
either July or August is too late to get
in.
IF they go by the pass he contin-
ued. they can start the last OF March'
and if they have any hustle about them
they ought to get through by the -oth
of May and have the whole season be-
fore them But if a man has STEADY
work here" concluded Campbell, ne
had better stay with it. Still, l could
show you checks that would surprise
you
But E. w. jenkins was a talker, and
knew what he was talking about. he
had been in Alaska and on the klon-
dixie three years. He is over six feet
tall and strong enough to face scores
of Arctic winters, but says frankly that
he has enough.
AS a starter to his interview, Mr.
Jenkins drew buckskin bag from ms
pocket and poured out a handful OF
specimens, the smallest weighing sew
eral pennyweights, the largest over an
ounce and half.
This" said E. w. Jenkins, SIS only
to show you that there is gold on the
Klondike and that L have been there
Seven of us left Dawson, and we all
got through easy-that is, easy for us,
though / suppose people here woula
growl about the cold if they had to
make the trip. We brought our own
dogs and carried our own provisions,
but we brought only enough to last US
through Some folks say to me, If
you can get out, we ought to get in
but they forget that they must take in
provisions to last year, while we only
brought out enough for the trip.
Yes, no man ought to go to the klon-
dixie unless he takes enough grub 10
last a full year Then he will be in
dependent and his soul viii be his own,
as well as what he makes. All the
creeks on the klondike are rich in gold,
but they have all been staked out. There
are enough claims for men now there,
but where those going in will get off
is hard to say.
Every stream in that country" con-
tinued Mr.. jenkins. and every hill that
shows wash gravel, will give gold, but
not always in paying quantities.
and another thing. The gold of that
has all been deposited by gla-
cial action, and the stuff about there
being mother lode or any other
kind of lode, is rot. There is no
solid formation in that country, and the
bedrock consists of slate. shale and clay
and is full of mica. There are no
ledges there. that ever I heard about,
and there are no rocks there of any
kind that cannot be easily broken
often crushed between the fingers"
Mr.. Jenkins said that the route to be
taken in going to the Klondike ought
l. Il I.xr 10
purse. He could go cheaper by land,
Mr. Campbell that to go by water would
set man down too late in the season
to do much work.
The men who were in the gold re-
gion last season, Mr.. jenkins said, did
well, and it is safe to say that % or 40
per cent of the number struck it rich.
He thought, however. that it Will be diff
ferent the coming season, and predict
ed that ten men would go broke where
one makes d raise.
Messrs Campbell and Jenkins were
modest about their earnings while in
the gold region. but mutual friend of
theirs informed the Record Union" re-
porter that either of them could draw
his check for a Klondike tcooD $780,
900. and not be financially crippled.
The two young men leave to-day for
the East, Mr.. jenkins to return to his
Canadian home. and Mr.. Campbell to
again visit the North of Ireland, where
his people are waiting his return.
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New Agricultural Director.
Governor Budd has appointed f. ID.
Cobb of San Joaquin County, to be a
Director of the State Board of Agri-