Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-05-04
BOUND FOR ALASKA.
Interesting Letter from Capt. JACK Crav-
ford, the "Poet Scout"
DETAILS OF HIS EXPEDITION

About y o'clock Monday evening last vi
set sail from Seattle on the good ship Brix
ham, with her search light playing upOI
the wharf where were gathered our pres
ident, +. B. Vrooman. and many friend
TO bid farewell TO US, the lrst represta
tiyes Of the Klondike, Yukon and CopDeI
River company, bound for the frozer
north In quest OF gold. Our party, In
GLIDING six dauntless spirits and myself
Joined | a three hearty cheers for oul
president. As the ship steamed from hei
dock his heartfelt "6oOd bye, boys; Goo
be with yOui" seemed a parting messag,
from loved ones at home.
The party Is provided and equipped
with everything essential for comfort
and effective work. Besides the tools and
implements ordinarily taken by a pros
pecting OF placer mining party, the com.
pany. through its president and general
manager. has furnished us with fouI
Newberry gold washers, each OF which,
operated by two men, will readily, and
very much more thoroughly do the work
Of twenty-five men using tho ordinary
implements and by the customary pro
cess. These washers, too. can be used
during the winter In the thawed out.
gold bearing gravel aud dirt Is removed
from the ground, thus avoiding the delay
and loss incident TO leaving the gravel
on the dump 10 re.freeze and thaw out
again In summer. These machines will
be put ut work the coming summer Oh
bars known 10 be very rich. OF which /
have been fully informed by my old. time
friend Hank Summers. We are also
equipped with thawing apparatus, n a
hot air blast furnace; the other produces
a hot flame from gas generated from
coal oil. This enables US 10 make much
more rapid progress than by the old pro.
cess OF building fires and waiting for II
to thaw. As soon AZ the conditions will
permit one OF the dredgers which the
company nov owns will be shipped and
put in operation, making the work In all
lines effective and paying.
| have not met VITA, nor learned OF
any other company operating on the
same or a similar plan TO ours. or that
has anything like the property or yalua-
BILE holdings. The KlOndike, Yukon and
Copper River company hires no man out.
side Of its own stockholders. Those with
me. and those that are or will be In
the employ OF the company, whether
handling a pick, shovel, gold pan or pen,
or employed In any other capacity, have,
or will have purchased and become the
owner Of from $500 to $500 worth Of its
stock. Their services will be- paid for In
stock Of the company. The property that
the company now has, except only the
Canadian grants, including its steamers,
dredgers and mining claims. has been
purchased by the president, and paid for
with the stock at the same price at which
II was selling for cash at the time OF the
purchase. The company has no expen-
ses In carrying OF its business and op-
erations. save for tools, provisions
freight and actual expense OF its officers
and employees. In all this property, and
In reducing tho expenses OF the company
10 the minimum, all In its employ lis
members) ARE mutually interested. All
are labOring for the best interests OF the
company, ali members Of n great fam
lily, at all times under the eyes OF the
prOprietors, as II we're. The shlrk has no
place with US; a man can't, II he were 80
inclined, be dishonest without robbing
himself and being detected and exposed
by his companions. The rigid personal
scrutiny and supervision OF our presi.
dent, In sending out men on these expe.
dltions, make Sinking or dishonesty well
nigh Improbable.
One hundred sterling, strong, healthy
members OF the company, all labOrine
for m common purpose, will be In the
held at work within the next three
months. Many OF these are practical, ex.
perienced miners. In working a claim,
or In prospecting. a practical miner will
be placed In charge, and the new, OF
green, men will be under his direction.
The exploring or prospecting parties,
headed by an experienced miner, will To-
cate coal. iron, copper and cinnAbar,
where found in paying quantities, az
we'll ~ gold and silver claims. Nothing
will be overlooked; though OF apparently
low-grade, II giving promise OF existing
In paying quantities. The expense of 10.
eating and recording, where on the
ground, Is but a tri1e compared with the
possibility Of losing a valCaule find by
failing 10 record. II is easier TO let go OF
a poor claim than to get a good one after
located.
We receive good reports from the bench
digglngs OF EldOradO and Bonanza. No
strikes had been made on either OF these
branches until after our company had
purchased. Since then, valuable finds
have been made on both creeks. close "a
the properties OF the company. Will Out
doubt the large claims That we hold there
are rich. The purchase OF the Canadian
river properties, upon part OF which OUT
dredges will operate, Is another proof OF
the business sagacity OF our company's
management. Not a mile OF these prop.
critics Is worth less than a hundred times
the price paid, and much Of II exceeds
the price paid by a thousand fold. The
future gold placer mining will be con.
Quoted largely In the northern rivers. Ii
the near future, these and similar prop,
critics will be worth hundreds Of millions
OF dollars.
The steamer will leave US at Skaguay
thence, with our freight, by way o.
White Pass, we will go to Lake Bennett
We had intended going by way Of Chill
kOOt Pass until informed Of its danger
GUS condition. The ships met us thil
morning, on board OF each Of which