The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-18
Came Down Oh the Steamer Queen
Having Left January 20.
BROUGHT A BOY WITH THEM.
ne In lint Five Years of Age and Was
Born I'm the Yukon aouHtrs-News
of m Ipknown-s suicide-O'Brien.
the Richest Member OF the Pnrfy,
Has eSO,OOO-some Rich Strikes
Reported - Mcnsles Has Ciaims.

Five Dawson men and a 5-year-oia boy
arrived In Seattle yesterday on the steam
er Queen. They Iesg on January ~ aad
made III. trip cut with dog teams 70 the
coast in twenty-five days. Iae party con-
sisted Of r. W. OBrien and SOM Collin
O'Brien; Rober; Lowry. james McNeisl.
Stewart Menzies and George MeCiure
O'Brien is credited with having brought:
out about ss0W1p in dust and nuggets 1he
Others brought much less Mr. OBrien
has been in Alaska ard ghe Northwest
territory for twelve years.
Very cold weather was encountered m
the way OFT and the party broke two
sleds. a siop Of three days was made 10
reduce the size OF the tent the cold wealth
ar making Il impossible for one stove TO
warm the tent enough 10 prevent It's clog
sing up with snow and lee. Barring IN s
atop. the ;Eip Out was made la niAeteen
days.
One man was met at F1ve-Flneers max
ms his way into the Yukon country win
the aid OF one dos.
Many cabins % YukonerS were observed
~ Labarse and from that polat al along
the LAKES 70 the summit.
The party brought from Dawson the
news OF the suicide Of n tinsnItn. whose
and ended his life by putting a bullet
into his head. \ messenger was sent to
notify the dead mans nephew OF Bear
creek of the suicide.
Meszies' Good Luck.
Among the arrivals from Dawson by
the Queen Was Mr. Stewart Men
Eies. manager ~ the Alaska Commercial
Company business al Forty Mile Al4.
Menzies left Dawson on January "a with
an exceptionally good dog team and Eve
companions, ard made the trip to tide
water In nineteen days he hes been in
tho Yukon valley for three years and now
after short stay at his old ho.oe in san
Francisco. will make a trip go Europe
He las an interest in claim No Is 0u Edo
RADIO. and has enc Of the big properties on
BONANZA. No thinks a man Is foolish TO
Sell his property out here. for h believes
that In a few mcnths II Will command a
greater price In Dawson shan would he
paid anywhere eve IN THE world he has a
force or men working No. Is IN Colorado
And feels morally certain that his claim
Will produce AZ beast sSs ooo fh!s season
Prof. Lippy. Or Sc tttlt. Owns No Ie. and
with twelve or nftccn men Of Work
wonderful showing IS being male. Th.4
Claim ~ pr9Yihs. ere Of the wonder ~ the
klondke He says that from ore az The
bench clli,ns on Eldogado 8. gla was taken
out by one man IN a single week recently.
Although M hsnzies Il largely irterest-
cd in Bonanza. he believes that after e.
dorado. Hurker creek VIII come second
and Bonanza third In the output ~ gold
this season. Hunkcs Is almost rttallnl-
Eldorado. particularly C., the lower end
while one claim in she fortics below -
paying $50 10 the naa Ia the gravel On
bedrock
The gold from IIunker creek - dark IT,
color and entirely free from quaTtz, white
the gold from lover bonanza contains
much qrarsz matter suiphac snd Her-
derson creeks coott"ue ta Inpvuve tu3
Quart creek adjoining rs Qfovioe aa. or
Tho best creeks IN lie f~d'rn Etxer .f.s-
trici and many minc~s t,s5eye IT. st. s,tr-
pass sulphur ovyt yfAr ~ d pg.sitesr
Henderson creek u ai-4 showing ,sne ifras-
poets.
Mr. Menzies reports about faur hrnfr-d
men prospecting On the Stewart rlv,r ana
TIA tributaries. and while no t.r .kes
have YET been made good pay hir ne a
found tn many localities
Mr.. Menxies. through hie long conn r.
ston with the Alaska Commercial Comma
ny. il unquestionshlv in an exrruttarat f,
good position 10 form an opinion So fha
probable output 4 g0lG fron the c1a ms
now being worked IN the klcndtke aud h..
predicts that az least twenty TONS - .N.
precious metal viii come out from tAat 70
Gion by steamers after the spring -N4-hrp.
Crawford \ Canover received 8tsices
yesterday from Nj y NJ Crawford u
Dawson city, IN which ~ SAYS. '~rfae
mining regions about ARE are s8iow srs- up
beyond nay most ssnsulne exleetafi...s
j. Is estimated hs TIRE Alaska Com ft,ss-..t
Company and the nrst mluiaE men IN 90,
camp that A. leasi si0 ea1ggv VIII r. taken