The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-19
aEring Clean-Up in ths usodiks
Began April Is.
stArsR RUNS N the cRGxks.
= w. MutcA Reaches Here 1ren tAa
Miaes-Lsft There ADssl 20eTvss
Montana Men DrewneA IN Eittla
HeNnest-t.kias EgaA In nareea
Frcm Dawson-Gooa CIai1 on
Swedish Creek-striks sa Fxesnos

The spring cleanup % thu Klondlks dis
triet commenced on April IL. according to
the latest arrival from Dawson. 4 w.
Mntch who rssched here yesterday On
that day water began to run on Eldprado
aEd Bonanza creeks 1t was two feet
deep. and the eager miners turnsa the
stream into their siuics bexee and hagau
shovsiing the golden gravel from the
heavy dumps. No. above an BONANZA
Was. the first claim ON which siuicinU -
gan. The miners ara by this tina VEN
along with their elean-uR and thonnsds
ef poands Of glittsring yellow upld has
probably been cleaned up.
r.. W.. Mulch, OF Dawson. ". W. T., A.
rived in Seattle yesterday marnlng On The
steamer Queen. direct from DsvssA. H
Is probably the last man to coms clear
up the river this season. He lsSt IL
capital Of the klondike on April & with
q party OF mounted police. who we're
bringing out tho Canadian mAil Pat
Calvin and Harry Nash intended q have
four 1NYN 6ters hnts we're golng - pueA
through . III coehe oseb the Dalton trNil.
On Nay 10 Thomas BarneA AZ Axtel,
hah,, Ana AsoutA olsndus " &@0t41Ns
were drowned in Lake Bennett neor ~
eastern shore Mulch arrived a -
scene Of the accident shortly after q hAD-
pened. There were five IN the DAxuoD
party. and with heavily loaded sle(la thar
were working their way down th4 loho.
The men got on rotten Ice and the entiIo
party went In. Three OF the mea euc-
seeded In getting out. hut Harnoo An4
Hisham disappeared In the ICY depne ef
! thu lake. The dogs wsre alse dflRned.
being unable 70 free themseiY9 fTom thelr
heavy load. This n believed te ~ the
first actual drowning In Lake Bsnns}t this
year.
Mulch ia able to positively deny ~
story that "Swiftwater Htlls Gates va
drowned through sudden preah NJ 0e
the Ice In Lake Bennett. 19utek uAw
Gates on Lake Marsh at ofelOMk On
Sunday afternoon, March & Thu No
three days after the accident weE cap
posed to have occurred. There werA three
men and one waman with 0atea ~ NJ
time. They had met with no Accl6Nnk
KID Egan. q well known local a1iDo
fighter who has made several saneo1toaal
trifs UP and down the Yukon duxine tho
winter. will not be allowed IN O4Mnou
again. On April Is Judge Mc0uIfQ 49,
fenced him 10 pay fine Of 80 uha -
leave the country inside of twsntys1eur
hours According to Mulch he haA han
longing to Il. Kidston. brother Of CNp4.
! Ixidston. who commanded the rod seeep-
er Portland last summer. Mulch oAW
Egan start down the river FROM Deweon
with party Of mounted pol,eeMeqA Who
were to accompany him 20 the American
line, Egan made serious obJeetiaHo %
! Laying Dawson hut OF no avail
s.frxSno creek 10 the latest goid d1ocev-
cry admitted by the gold cemmi2sloa6r 81
Dawson" said Mr.. Mulch yesteT1sNste
Post-Ipteliigencer reporter. "Ihe fleek
Npqs into tho Yukon ABOUT tweut).nve
niles below Dawson The strskex 80
made April s by George Mc0intN end
William Mcdonald. They got Is co14o -
the pan In several places and ha4 not
reached bedrock.
Just before left Dawson q reliaho -
port came In from 6wetish creek the1 10
dirt on claim 100 above was runHi1B -
high AZ si.s6 to the pan. The Sunday -
fore left Dawson attended the d40hDo
funeral Of Andrius Nelson and : nan
named Stacy. OF this city. Nessou Wan =
HeAttie man. living on Westefn avenue.
Both men died from natural causes and
were buried under the direction - the
~. o. u. w.
Harry Stevenson and party had very
narrow escape from losing their lives eariy
In May while attempting 70 run the white
Horse rapids In a small boat. Their oCow
sxEurk q rock aud threw the four uneu Of
the party into the water. Tnsy managed
aQe Get Ashore, and later saved the eeeW
&&ttheiesoptfitx. Stevenson II we'll known
m beattIA. They intended 70 leave ~
rapids on May &
4 i.yFhs 1ay bafore I left Dayson uDme
miners were dow. from EidoFado and
bonanza creeks. who stated tnat Ssuiclne
began that day. Near th0 forlW a. the
creeks water 10 running two feet deg,
and several OF the miners had turned &c
into their siuiee boxes. This = the begtn-s
ming OF ths most wonderful cIean-up the
verdi vii ever know. There y likely %
be shortage OF water this summer IN
tho panes. Not that there VIII ~ amy
fss$ water this year than last. tut that
there will be much more work fee The
water to do. This will make the elennlne-
up process much slower Tho amOQq4 e
dirt that il 10 be washed out h yeSy b4uo
and the work Is well under way ~ III
time"