The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05
Judge Hall, of Los Angeles, Gives
Prospective Miners Advice.
DON'T BUY WILDCAT CLAIMS.
Town II Flooded With ShaRpers.
who Try TO Work on Worthless
. Propertfes-A Way They Have OF
~saitfng- C1nims-DawsOa Having
MANY Deaths These Days-Rieh
Men I'm HospitaI-Jniqu Funeral.

Judge r.. A. Hail. Of Los Angeles, was
one Of the passengers On the Sew Ens-
land, which arrived In Seattle from 81
Si.case, on Sunday. He brought down
number OF giisteTling nuggets. which ne
secured from his claims on DoDl1soh.
Chief gu,ch and Fresno He expects 10
return TO Dawson In the course OF snort
time. Judge Hall IL Klondiker OF more
than ordinary intelligence. and In an in
terview with a Post-IIteilsgencer reporter
yesterday he made a number OF state
rner,,s. which will he Of interest 10 every
man who contempIates gong 10 Alaska,
and 10 those who are also interested In
the gold producing country. Mr.. Han
said:
II left Dawson on May % In an open
boat, accompanied by f. Emerson, OF
San Rafael Cal, and II. &. Lacy, or
Seattle. and reached ST. Michael on June
Il. Our trip from ST. Michael 20 Seattle
was completely covered in the post-intel-
ligencer. but do wish to make corrections
OF several statements. I never left the
Berry camp on June 5. ] wish 10 state
also that 4 never said that s3o.oes Of this
seasons dust had been carried to the store
house at Dawson from this Berry camp.
because was not !n a position to know.
Possibly many times that amour; had been
carried TO Dawson. The lowest estimate
that ever heard made OF the seasons out
put was ten million dollars. The highest
estimate was forty millions.
''On June 6 tho Berry Bros. had made
three clean-ups. The amount was very
aA-
4. 6 and on Eldorsdo.
berry Bros.' Estlmsse One Million.
"A man named Antoine, who. / believe, IL
from Juneau, IL also Interested In these
three claims. and his interest Is equal to
that OF the Berry Bros. They estimate
that they will take from these three claims
ii .O00, 600. The amount however. may fall
short. According 10 the best Information
Obtatnabie there are between 1000 and
1900 claims staked In each OF the four
districts. namely. the kiondike. Dominion.
Indian river ard Yukon. OF which not 10
exceed 20 are on a paying basis. or from
which IL IS expected 10 per cent. royalty
will be collected by the government. from
these facts IL can DE readily seen that the
chances for a new conner to succeed are
not very encouraging. There are probably
from 1.0Do to loo people walking the
streets or DAWSON waiting and anxious TO
dispose or wildcat property to new arriv-
ais. can also say that property must
pay over cents 10 the pan, or the owner
cannot AFFORD 10 pay $50 per hour. the
wages paid 10 miners for working the
same. / learned this from parties who are In
possession or information which cannot be
disputed. and therefore know whereof
speak. Gold Commissioner Thomas Faw-
cett ~ engaged la recording hundreds of
claims. and the applicants literally camp
out an front OF the commissioners Office
all night In order 10 he on hand the first
In iha morning. Many or the men who
record such claims are promoters OF wild.
cat schemes, ana they are OF course com
PEELED TO resort 20 dishonest methods The
government requires that gold shall he
discovered in the property before a claim
can In recorded. ana In order 10 hooiwlnts
thu government one man WIN purposalv
drop several nuggets on the ground wh,ia
Ms partner, who will appear later. will
ma the gold and hasten 10 the c.otnul3ss-
sioncr's office 10 record the claim. II is
this Kind or property that Is offered 10
newcomers. and I would advise nil mon
who go 20 Dawson this season To give thes.,
SHARKS wide berth
Canadian Government. Claim
The fact that the miner on Canadian
soil has very little opportunity ~ become
rich ia becoming more evident M Dawson
every day. The British gove~nmen. or
the crown. FOR instance. lays ownarsnin >,
every alternate claim or every artar.a ;.
group ~ ten claims. 10 per cent rova,,v
slH for recording and $40 for n miners n.
"ense' Any Effort - avoid the PAYMENT
CT the ROYALTY viii result in the confSea-
uon ~ the dumps. 7 would therefore adj
wise any man who intends "a 20 10 Alas.
IA I" 20 on the American side rs "a,
fsAt Is allowed. and ne only expense neg
es'tafs ~ The payment OF s. FOR recording
q '1ia'n' Ny advice 20 anyone who con-
templates going 20 Alaska vou.S ha g., -,
u haSi" tSty, Circle civ. Seventy 1,s,
MutA'oh ar Tanaas. al on tht Ansris,, =
size, .nd under American laws The nreh-
ani'ueS are THAT any ~ the places / have