The San Francisco call., 1898-07-26
ACCIDENTS ARE NUMEROUS
BOATS WRECKED AND THEIR
 OCCUPANTS LOST.
Juneau Experiences an Earthquake Shock-Camping Ground at 8 Premium in
 Dawson.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

JUNEAU, July 21 (by steamship Rosalie to Port Townsend, July 2o).- The steamer Dora came in last night with few Valdes passengers ana number from Cook Inlet. Not much progress in mining has been made on the inlet this season, owing to the hlgh water. The Polly Mining Company which Is thought to have the best ground. had it's wing dam carried away Other disasters have seriously retarded work. so the output of gold will noS be as large as 1t would have been other wise. No new strikes are yet reported, though many prospectors are stlll oul'
 The Dora picked up a big nameless scow adrift near the entrance to COOK Inlet. The scow had aboard aoout Aoo tons of coal and large cargo of lunl- Der. The pickup is worth apoul $'0OV to the finder. The scow was leLt at
 The steamer Del Norte has arrived at Kodiak with her tow in good collol-
 Juneau had two distinct shocks or earthuuake yesterday mornlng-one at about o'clock and the other at about I o'clock. It awakened many peopIe who were still in bed, rattled pictures. bric-a-brac and dishes, ana caused a slight uneasiness while IL continued. No damage was oone ID Juneau.
 Passengers from Kodiak on the Dora report that nothing more had been seen of the alleged vessel cruising In the vicinity of Unalga Pass, and sup posed to be a Spanish privateer with designs upon gold coming out Of the Yukon.
 The noted Bars Nest gold mine on Douglas Island was disposed Of o-day at Sheriffs sale for $25, 900, Cyrus Dolph and MT. Snow of Portland, Oregon buying 1t in for the bondholders. A party of thirty-six people came ur the river on the small steamers and out over the Dyea trail last Tuesday only eight days from Dawson. Men are still going down the river, but the number of boats is not one-hfth as many as was on the way from two tC four weeks ago. In all the crowd anC rush it Is almost impossible that ac' cidents should not occur. It is won derfuI that there have not been greater casualties. So far only about fifteer men are known to have been lost il the water, but about 150 wrecks have 1 occurred, the boats and outfits being | lost.
 The thousands of new corners al l Dawson have looked around them anC | prospecting trip. Camping ground iE l at a premium. The best of order if maintained by the Canadian police.
 The bringing of Dawson within five days of Juneau, actual travelling time is already having a most desirable effect upon the cuisine of Dawson. Il is now possible to have fresh meat anc such fruit as oranges with considerable regularity. Juneau bottled beer is now | Q 11JY1lrU at Dawson.
 A newspaper carrier came out over l the Dalton trail, arriving here to-day He reports 300 men at Fort Selkirl waiting for Jack Dalton, who is on the trail somewhere with several hundred ponies. Several droves of cattle have arrived at Dawson over this trail. The first fresh beef sold at $1 25 per pound Hundreds are pulling up the stakes o1 their tents and departing down the river on the lookout for creeks to pros pect.
 Quite number have gone on up the KIondike, deciding to risk a seasons time on that not well-prospected river Sickness is not on the increase, the health of the goldseekers being good 1T general. HAL HOFFMAN.