The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21
THOUGHT IT A TRAP.
NOT AN ACCIDENT,
Why the Treasure Steamer Wenrs
Was slow 10 Aid the Wrecked
Hamilton.

f;eorre n Pe14er u %sw York who re-
turned or tha gold steamer Roanoke Tues
day. brought - with him deeds. loca-
ton notices or options % isEs mining Gains
II the kIoadtke country and districts N
the American side. Most Of the claims
are nndeveiopad. but represent in tae.r
present condition cash valuation ~ S.B
o.. From SIX Claims Mr.. Be.den brought
back t5i1o Of Which amount $500 vas
In dust This VAS the amount secured
from a partial cleanup Of the six claims
which were worked for few months last
winter by men n his employ. shortage
or water for sluicing prevented the full
cleanup OF the dumps. which would hav,.
net1ed a sum inore than double that
brought out.
Mr. Belden left Seattle May Il last fnr
quick trip down the Yukon and reached
Dawson June 10. After looking after hi
claims al Dawson and purchasing sevtra{
new properties or a New York company.
ne went down the river visiting the camps
on the American side as far as Circle CITY
A that paint ne boarded The steamer Ham
ilton for s.. Michael
The Hamilton broke her hog cham
when a shor; distance below Ranpart
city" said Mr.. Reiden yesterday to a
Post-fntelllgenceT reporter, and the act
dent furnished a striking Illustration Z.
the fear the transportation companies aAi
Of losing their treasure. We were a, an
ner when me hog chain broke. throwing
the hall Of the steamer ont Of line The
whee caught as IL revolvod and there MAS
series OF bumps. as II the Hamilton y -
passing over a chain Of rocks Women
went into Mysteries. he Russian pr!c.t
who was on board ran 20 MS state raara
and started to pray. and the men rush,
out or deck. The cause or THE trouble was
soon made known. and Capt Hi dropped
the anchor. He then blew the signal fct
In D. f-h ba1
Mariner. OF the r. p. Weare
The Weare was about mile behind Is
but did not answer the signal Instead
Capt. Mariner tied her up to the b4ni.
and after waiting some time. sent a boat
down 20 sec what vas The matter. The
men in the boa, said that Ely Weare Of
the Transportation Company. who va n
the Weare had refused 10 let Capt. MIR
riner answer the signal Weare feared
that some of The hard characters on board
the Hamilton had seized the steamer ani
ware blowing the whistle 70 catch -,
Neare and her millions If treasure r ?
accident was explained. and about an IL. or
and half after Il had happened e..
Weare came alongside. We were in talr-
tS-fiNe feet of water when :he re dent o.-
CURED. and had il beer a hole in her b.
tom instead Of a hog cham. everyone ~
board Nigh. have drowned before ,,e
Neare reached us.
Al! TIE resi- or me long fT31 tn -. NJ
chael was made with the assistance ~ he
Neare. 10th boats ran aground ju-t ha-
low Hamilton, at the mouth ~ the r.ver.
ard the Barr pulled Us off Then ON -
on each side Of the Hamilton ard pushed
her TO - Michael. II must have present
cd a strange sight as we me Into the
bay"
Mr. Belden has great faith in the dis
'r.cts on the American side. and in speak
Ing Of them last night said.
The la.qu.ols and rcpressiVe laws GOV
ernjng mining on the Canadian side and
the rapac.ty % certain Canadian IF ic as
AT Dawson have not only served - retlrf
mining development In the Klondike. but
have brought the districts on the Ansr!-
chn side into prominence. seventy Mite
creek. bigger than tho klondike and With
tributaries branching forth a.mcSt every
half mile. the whole studded with iirh
hars, viii be the prospectorS' Mecca in taa
near future. Forty Nile aHd the ola de-
gings In the vicinity of Circle city VIII
prove very satisfactory when reon!e ct
the klondike idea ont OF their heads"