The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-27

Doc. w. O. Norren of this city, VINO
left last September for Klondike' writes
to his wife from Dawson City under
date of Dec. 3. as follows:
I'VE got here Oct 80. after stopping
a week 20 miles above here, where we
made some locations on Henderson
creek. just below the mouth Of Stewart
river. There is considerable excitement
over that creek now
I'VE built a cabin as soon as we
landed but are moving now two miles
up the Klondike We will move again
in TWO or three days to a point 80 miles
up Hunker creek. a tributary OF the
Klondike.
y was up there last week, and we
took lease-or lay, as they can II
on part Of claim there. We VIII work
that this winter. and in the meantlme
one of the three of us will prospect on
some ground Of our own, which we
have located on sulphur and Baker
creeks, near here.
This undoubtedly, is the richest gold
country that has ever been found, ana
YOU may rest assured that am coming
out of here with some money Every
thing is very expensive here, but we
will have but little to buy this winter
In getting here we were on the trail,
lakes and river a month and hal1'
and endured many hardships along the
route but the weather was not then
SO colo as now At the present time
the mercury is degrees below zero,
and it has been down il the COS for
some time.
We have to do all our moving and
hauling with hand sleighs. and it is
trying ordeal to move 200O pounds in
of
point, while it is so fearfully cold that
when we go out we have TO cover
everything but or eyes.
Z see lots of people with their noses
and cheeks frozen. / had my nose
slightly nipped day before yesterday,
although I had it covered.
1T is only daylight about five and
one-half hours now, and even then we
cannot see the sun unless we are on
some OF the high mountains surround
ing US But there is more money here
than any other place I ever saw, and
that is what l am after now.
Flour, bacon and other staple gro
ceries cannot be bought here. If 1 had
ten tons of flour here l could get S20,
900 for it in gold dust within "a hours.
In Salt Lake it would bring about $3.50
to $500.
There is only one restaurant in
Dawson City now. They serve the very
commonest meals and charge $3.50
each. We bought a common tin water
bucket for $3.50: cheap tin cups at %
cents each. and two common spoons
for so cents each. while we paid $50
for a sheet iron stove 80 inches long.
I saw a cob pipe sell for $3.50.
1T is estimated that about five mil
lions in gold was taken from the KlOn-
dixie and its tributaries last winter
and more than ten times this amount
will be taken out this season.
No 11-y.iH- har h
out supplies sufficient to run them
through the winter have been forced to
go back or go on down the river to
Circle City and Fort Yukon, where
they can get supplies. 1t matters not
how much money they may have, they
cannot buy what they want here.
"Of all those who left Salt Lake to
come here, have not seen soul since
I arrived. I saw A. La Fave at Skag-
uay, but have not heard from him
since. Captain Donovan came with us
as far as Skaguay and then took the
Dyea trail, but he has not showed up
here and I have heard nothing from
him.
mo mail has come in since we ar
rived, but we hope it will soon make
its appearance and bring US some let
tiers from home.
DIR. Schuman win take this letter
out and will visit Salt Lake before re-
turning here early in the spring"
WHAT TOM LLOYD SAYS.
A letter from Tom Lloyd. ex-state
coal mine inspector, reached this city
yesterday It was dated at Dawson
City, Dec. 6, and brought as far as
Seattle by DR.. Schuman. who is expect
ed to arrive in Salt Lake this week on
his return to st. Louis. The DOCTOR Sam
Hart of Telluride Colo: Mr.. LLOYD and
w o. NorreIl of this city. left Port
Tnr on for 41,. L., =,
discoveries, arriving at Dawson on Oct
80. A report came here on Dec / that
Mr.. Lloyd had been killed Little Gre
dence was given the report, and for ap-
parent reasons the Tumor was not
communicated to Mrs. Lloyd. However.
she read the letter that came yester-
day, and her joy was great The last
definite word received from the party
was sent from Whitehorse Rapids on
Oct 9.
The epistle received yesterday from
Mr.. Lloyd states that the party is now
safely and comfortably quartered in
cabins at Dawson. and having annie
provisions or hand there is nothing to
worry them. The last few days on the
river the movement of large blocks of I
ice made travel hazardous. Several I
boats were wrecked, but no serious /
trouble happened to the party Others. /
however, suffered losses. On Dec. 1 the I
DelOW
zero. They have heard nothing from /
Utah since they left.
Referring to the possibilities of the
Alaskan gold region, the letter states:
This country has not been misrep- !
resented. OF course, all known rich |
claims have already been located. but !
in my opinion other Eldorados will vet |
be discovered. She is a bowling Won |
der beyond doubt. We have located !
several claims, but as yet don't know /
how valuable they are. We viii locate (
some more claims There are lots of
wildcat schemes afioat."
Mr. Lloyd also says that it was all
bosh in his friends advising him not
10 start on his trip until spring. The
letter closes by saying that he wrote a
very long descriptive letter to his syn
dicate in this city, and posted it by
Canadian mail on Dec. 4, but that letter
has not yet reached Salt Lake
JESSE KNIGHTS BoNANzAs.