The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-02-25
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Mining De
coNDITloNs IN - kLonpIks.
A Corrosp nicnt Gives Encouraging Re
port 81 the New Fields.

port ~ the New Fields.
The New York Times recently print.
ed O letter from its correspondent nt
Dawson City that give rather dis
couragIu. account of conditions and
prospvi- there so fnr NJ they concern
says: d,
10 rour men ar mon " small means
VINO Imagine they see In this territory |
opportunity to make fortunes. and who. /
Notwithstanding all hat has been said |
80 iar about the difficulties to be- en-
couniord 700 every point along the |
journey aud the probable disappOni |
monis which await them ON their nr.
rival here. are still willing. perhaps /
ANXIOUS. ,o siuri on the Journey 10 the /
new Ellurndo. my advice eau hc /
summed up In one Don't
There are many disappointed. heart. |
sick mon working ON the dumps here. |
winding ON n windlnss exposed Ia the
rigors VI the climate. aud with the
Thermometer standing NJ from thirty
i've To sixty degrees below zero aud
Them u worse To comc-whO had been
advised not tu attempt the trip. -, II
"And set they are here. and while
they toll you their troubles ana figure
out how small. after nll, IN the rcmun'
cmt.ou no Si.50 per hour. and The NV
erarc wages here are Si.2i, while
many are working FOR their 'grub'-for
ak or seven hours % day, they urge the
writer TO advise others to stay away
"lhr mining district known M the
klondlkc region comprises only two
creeks that are known To- bc rlch-li
nanza ana its tributary, Colorado
Every claim on the creek bed. ~ well
ns nll the bench claims have been To-
Gated. not all the claims even ON these
two creeks arr known 10 be- Rich
enough 10 pay the expenses Of mining
ihpm at the present rate Of wages
which are. after all. only sufficient io'
pay living expenses. others are fabu.
lously rich. Some ~ those ON Eldorudo
will yield perhaps SiOO0O1 each, while
others adjoining them viii not pay for
the working. The same n true OF 10
nnnyu.
There arc many other crccka here.
about. every one ~ which. lying with
. Ia a radius ~ nifty miles. has been
siakcd from mouth 10 source, nnd In
I many eases To point beyond The sum
init ~ The slope from which they run.
| There u, therefore. absolutely no
| chance for prospecting or locating In
this district. u viii be- necessary for
any one coming 10 thh country 10 pros.
/ pcct la other districts. and with very
little chance NJ succpfs Tor there are
hundreds Of men here now who have
spent anywhere from three To fifteen
years In the Yukon district prospecting
Tor the gold which ls said To be there,
aud who are still looking with long
Ing eyes for the fortune FOR which they
| have hoped NJ long. When men who
were within ifty miles Of Dawson
/ when this strike was made are SIN
| without the means 10 buy food for the
/ winter. how can man 300 miles
from here hope to pick up rich clnin
IN the klondikc rcglunf There nrf
many such here. cannot. knowing M
much ns 1 do ~ the cOuntr,. use Ian
gunge strong enough or convincing
enough TO advise those who are think
ing ~ coming TO this dcsolute country
90 give up the notion. No matter how
dlscouraging may b. the outlook 81
home, I can assure the reader ihn
there are more avenues through whlcl
10 make living. ana perhaps q com
Portable fortune. at home Than ARE pre-
scented by the seemingly rich kl0ndlke
MANY OF those who arrived here thiI
Gcnson have been given lays ON goo,
properties In the richest districts 4
lay consists OF the privilege ~ work
Ing n portion Of q clnlm-usnnlly nfii
feet IN Length. ana extending frou
bank To bank OF the creek. This 4
more ground than four men can worl
out In season with the system n
mining Ia vogue here at present, nn'
the men who work the lays rrcclV
from nfty 10 aeycnty.nye per cent n
the output u The ground for Tie season
the mine owner inklng the balnnct
This would seem. Ia one not fumllln
with the system OF mining nnd llH man
difficulties. To be- an excellent chnnc
60 make money. And yet every On
lays are being thrown up by those VIII
were To have worked Them.
"Whnt lnducement n there, therefore
for men TO come 10 this country wit
the Intention of doing this same wor
IN localities that are totally unknown
Aud yet this h what they must eNpc,
II may seem incredible, hut Il N tfui
nevertheless, that over half IA
claims ON both these creeks sim n
main untouched, aud men who hn
been lurcd here by the reports ,
wealth ON them have declined offci
OF lays ON them after seeing for then
selves how hard Il was 10 procure III
gold that undoubtedly lies hidden b.
meath that robe Of frozen earth.
1T IL hoped hat some less oxpcnsiy
method VIII have been found soon Il,
the working ~ these mlneH-in fac
that problem las. think, already bee
solved. hut Il offers no lnducemeni
the lnboror. n machinery or hydra
lIc methods are employed less men wi
be- required than now, ana nlr'ndy Il
supply In that line n far Ia excess
, the demnnd Besides, ~ soon ms foi
becomes more plentiful. wnges win
reduced. and a man n better on wor
ing nj he smallest wages that are pa
for common labor at home-no matt
! where his home may be-than he
. when drawing so per day here.
II might go ON indefinitely enumern
ing the many disappointing fcatur
OF this region and the many reasoI
o why II offers 10 The poor man no re-
y inducements at all, but enough IA
1 been said already TO set people thin
q ing before stalking everything ON q
A chance OF making a fortune In the 20
fields OF this region. The same II tr
OF All the gold fields OF Alaska. ! hn
talked with many old miners hel
Il some OF whom have spent long, wea