The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-03
IIDg)LD AND WENT HUNGRY
- HAyBURy BROTHERS BRING
-r..TH FROM THE ELD0RaD0.
r~sp Over the shore Ice of the
v.kon Rfver-Two of the Party
sent without Food for Three
-Romapee and Fact Mixed.

rs.,. 10 much o. the KlondIke's glitter
- -omsaee and mere q sss s.s-deu fact.
= ths story Eoi0 BY Joseph and George
ss..as,ry two Dawson m&a. 20 Post
s1.1IIsgfr5eer reporter last night. They
"a first tao miners 10 Fsacn Seattle
So, skDokam g-lch, a small tributary
= E.sdorado creek, y alca Was passed over
.sysx last Summer as Of Little conss-
sassee until orc dag a proprietor kicked
sv.r a couple Of b0uideFs and found the
~,svsi beneath studded with nuggets.
c,nce then Skookum galch has been
.~sv above par IN the Isi0adike. and
ss.ry inch Of the bed Of the stream has
:. value and ia Feckoned as town lots
-. during the BONN. At so much per
sfont fool.
rhe Hanbury brothers were early In the
...mne.se and they located TWO claims
: ,hs strssrn NOS. Is and IA. Then they
-sfa forced 20 leave for want Of provi-
s.ans On their way up the river to the
rsskoot pass with Ernest Reno, they
srrountered many Bardships. They ran
D mort OF pr oyisious. One day Reslo and
cAorre Hanbury started TO cross the
ever on an ice gorge. X broke while
,nsy we're Midway ia the stream. With
The greatest difficulty they gained the
,srther shore and left Joseph on the other
Esno and George found themselves IN
had plight. Iney managed TO get
.hrss meals, two from party
ring down IN boat and an
sthsr from two campers on the
.aors Ia five days time. They struggled
9 hoping TO make Fort Seikirk. thirty
Are miles away. For three days they
rant with scarcely anything to cat. Just
- thsy were becoming exhausted from
ala ami exposure, having no blankets TO
dap In. they found two canoes loaded
i'm food stuck In the ice They were
too weak to make use or tneIr hie-saving
ana until they had built ire and rested.
Taey made feast on pancakes, cooked
h 4 rusty iron shovel, and the next day
psno reached Fort Seikrk, his feet badly
ffczen. and obtained help.
ioseph. the elder of the brothers, Is
sstsrap miner lie halls from Deer Lodge,
Mont. and mined in that STATE Tor twenty
ears. he values his claim ard that OF
ii. brother st s30.061 each. They pros
seeted to bet rock. obtaining as high as
h, 10 tbs pan Old miners In the kina-
aike saws Mr.. Hamburg. regard Skookum
rllch almost as part of Eldorado. ard al
mast az full OK golden possibilities as the
more famed stream.
Joseph Hamburg and his sister. Mrs.
vest with whom the brothers reside At
FIFTH and Pike, came TO Seattle about
ysar ago. He went 70 the klondike early
kst spring. reaching Dawson III June.
1.snrae Hamburg went over the SkaGuay
BASS last August and arrived az Dawson
Il the first week of October. just in time
to ioin Il, the stampede to Skookum guict.
1hsir experiences IN the camp were
mach the same as the ma lority OF the rs
turned Kiondkers. Both say that the
mines in the creeks are wonderfully rich.
They brought with them several fmalE
sacks filed with dust and nuggets which
thsy took out of their claims in simply
prospecting them. Neither cared TO give
The amount they brought but said thdt e
more than paid ell their expenses coming
eel, leaving a balance for use In OUTFIT
lag themselves for the trip back TO the
fola fields In the spring
George Hanbury told If his experiences
II travelling over Ice and snow for FIVE
DAYS without food ''As we were IN the
middle Of the stream. which. thirty~fiye
miles below Fort Selkirk Is nearly half
nile vide the ice gorge broke. Jumping
sram float 10 float Reno and myself made
lsBa ON the other side. leaving Joe with all
tse food We had on the other bank or the
rver. We met two Jews I'm a tent. but
hes were short of food and gave us mere
& enough beans TO make soup that night.
TIE next day we started ont with almost
t9shing In our stomachs IN hope of max
fg Fort Selkirk where we expected 70 be
able 70 reioin Joe. The next day we met
Ralph Rogers. his son aud daughter, of
l1s Angeles, in boat They gave us sup
per and breakfast. Again We started. hav-
hs no food We walked along the shore
fe and canpcd NJ night without supper.
III thermometer registering s. degrees be-
hw zero. We had 10 blankets. hnt slept
y he side OF campfire. All the follow
~ asy We continued the march. We were
Ifadaaliy getting weaker and were in a
20 TX Suddenly I spied hemmed an IN
" Ice what lo2ked like a canoe IT'S 4
Nat ] shouted 20 Reno . ran as fast
g passbe 10 the spot and found 20 our
reaf ley that II WAS. indeed. q canoe. and
Aaeta With food There were two Of
sen Evidently they had drlfted down
ar above and had caught IN the Ice We
stFe too weak 10 10 anything even 10 sc.
afs 10 eat. until we had built Are and
saset o''s 90 to speak Then We Search
$ 'er cooking dishes. There were none in
eoat We managed 10 get two rusty
sa ssesels ard gold pan. We stirred up
sshs batter ana 0pened a can ~ butter |
eeoaTef out the sh0vels AID we cookadthe
~ 'acks IN them, and What a feast No
.sst agh'. az midnight. We hcapayi the
SO paH full of beans aud bacon and h4.f
@aaei never eNp,ct 70 enjoy n meal
~ mat we canned bv the canoes and
as war; on "a Fert Selkirk There m