Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-04
CLEANUP IN KLONDIKE.
Glowing Account Of the Gathering oil
Gold There.


Seattle, Wash. April 1.-Ex- Mayor
W. d. Wood arrived here today from
the lower Yukon river, having made
trip Of over 1900 miles over Ice and
snow with a dog team with the Their
mometer ranging from 10 to 6S degrees
| below zero.
November nth Mr.. Wood and II. w.
Carr started up the Yukon from the
mouth of the Tanana river. They
stopped ut Fort Yukon and Circle City
several days and arrived at Dawson
February 18th.
on February 9th they started from
Dawson to this city. Two days out
from Dawson they met the Canadian
mounted police with n large amount OF
mall which has been eagerly expected
at Dawson all winter. Everything was
quiet at Dawson. MIR. Wood says that
| from Investigation made by him he
| estimates the spring cleanup In the
Klondike district will run between ten
and fifteen million dollars.
The greatest sensation of the winter
Of Dawson has been the discovery of
coarse gold on the hillsides between
Bonanza and FL Dorado and between
the Big and Little Skookum gulches.
The largest nugget so far found, 1886.
was found on this high ground. Min
eTs seem at loss to account for this
deposit on ground that is from twenty
10 800 feet above the bedrock of ada
cent creeks. II Is not yet known
whether such deposits are general or
merely local.
| The latest stampede from Dawson
was the one that occurred February
18th to Swede creek, six miles above
Dawson. In the rush four men whose
names could not be learned persisted
] from the cold.
While EN- route from Tanana river to
Dawson Mr. Wood paid particular at
tention TO the mineral district on the
American side of the line and his OBJ
servatlons have made him enthusiastic
over Its prospects. There has been a
great deal OF prospecting along all the
creeks from the Tanana to Forty-mile
creek this winter and the results OBJ
taned are very encouraging, There
seems to be general movement of
prospectors to this section. The lower
Rampant and the KoyulSuk are es-
peeialy promising. There is q revival
In interest around Circle city
Before MIR. Wood left Dawson, Jack
Carr. the well known mail carrier. had
arrived there, bringing mail from st.
Miehaels and lower Yukon points.
This Is the first word TO be received
this winter from st. Michaels. It
should reach the coast in a few days.
Particular interest attaches to the ar
rival of Mr.. Wood owing to the fact
that he was the organizer of the ex-
petition which left here last August
for Dawson City, but owing to the
lateness OF the season only reached a
| point about 1000 miles above St.
Michaels, where 1t went into winter
| quarters, II was reported several
times that Mayor Wood was in danger
of personal violence from his disap-
pointed followers. He says there was
not the least foundation for such re-
| ports.
Taiia, Alaska March 27.-via Seat
tie, Wash, April l.-Col. T. NJ. Ander-
son, In command Of the Federal troops
IN southeastern Alaska, has set aside
tract Of land claimed by the Ta!la
klondike Transportation company, as
a military reserve, and has put men TO
work TO build cabins for permanent
post The site is tn. most favorable
one on Linn canal for fortlfications.
The bark Seminole has arrived Mt
Haines Mission with the government
herd OF reindeer.
Since March LIST 7.2SS people have ar
| states.