New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
SKIN FULL OF GOLD.
BOYLE'S FATE SHOULD BE HORRIBLE
EXAMPLE FOR WOULD-BE
KLONDIKERS
JUST AS LIKELY AS NOT 1T WON'T BE- THOUGH
HOW HE ABSORBED GOLD By STAND
ING IN A YUKON STREAM.
From Tho Chicago Tribune.

From Tho Chicago Tribune.
Superintendent woodson Of State Lunatic Asylum
institution for reatment a patient whose is
without precedent in medical annals 1t may also
have dcterring effect upon some of those who are
mady seeking to JOIN the exodus to the Alaska soIu
fields at the sacrifice Of every other interest.
abe" Boyle the patient, went TO Alaska in the
summer Of 1896 and succeeded in reaching Circle
City in september Of that year. When the news OF
the big strike at Dawson city reached the camp ne
giHgs. lie spent the winter months in underground
mining, the output of which 60 be washed when
ice broke on the Yukon in the spring.
He was moderately successful but his claim was
on. OF the few from which the nuggets and coarse
soid had to considerable extent. been carried
lower down the creek while the washing from
% MS is e tno ne srye hSa Sd Wh
form taken on by the yellow metal There is no
known method of saving Hour gold" which Will
escape over the quicksilver plates Of stamp mill
In spite of all efforts to capture II.
DEPOSITED WITH ICE.
Boyle during the summer Of 1897. when the first
great bonanza strikes were reported from the klon-
the waist in the waters Of the Yukon. The ice that
comes down from above is rich with gold ABSORBED
get aground on bar and as they melt. deposit
Their Treasure Il is in this way that placers are are
the sand from the bar and obtains his reward.
Boyle washed the gravel from his Own claim on
Eeing in the water ICONS constantly his BODY seems
have accomplished what no invention of man has
Yet done. for through the pores Of the skin there
was absorbed an incredible quantity of Hour gold"
He seized with what he thought was rheuma-
tism. but kept with his work until his limbs
became unmanagcable 1t as if Justification. II
not putrefaction. had set in His condition sradu,
eventually became victim Of dcmentia
handling the case. he was sent to the states in
charge OF friend. who kept him for several
ton did not improve, even under course Of treat
ment at the Saratoga wyo) hot springs and he
There Dr William II. Harris old army sur,
geon. made careful examination Of Boyle. and
He resolved upon an experiment to test the correct
ness of his theory Boyle was given temporary
miited to A treatment in which the medicine adj
minstered consisted largely Of mercury. which as
every alien and poisonous natter
HAD A TURKISH BATH.
When he had been there about week. being
dosed constantly with mercury. Boyle was gwen
ing room long 1t was considered safe for
him to remain there His chair in the sweating
that the pcrspiration that poured down from his
noty w9ud all be r.nrn M TsS h fS
and put to bed. When he awoke from dream
cred from the hitherto unaccountablc stiffness Of
his limbs his flesh being soft and piab" as an in
fant's This was a great step toward ne demon.
Boyes mind still affected.
tents Of the zinc basin in the sweating-room. An
assay of It's contents showed that the mercury ad
minist,red in the form of pills had passed OF
it the -four gold WIN which Boyle's Iody had
A Grant Of the Keystone Mine showed that the
yaiue Of The flour gold drawn from Boyles body
by means Of the mercury Appropriated $40
II was evident that the treatment had been pre-
en- .nently successful. 20 far a. Boyc's mnlady
~ eiy physical Its effects upon the mind were
- ching with which his physicians did not
choose % experiment. and he was sent 10
asylum No >. in this city. He is now apparently
IL IN" best Of health. physically. ana Sup-ru-
tendcnt WOodson believes that hc will be- able in \
short time to restore his reason and make him a
sound man