The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-25
,u|IERH|LL PARTY is BACK.
.-~urR r.. SEYMOUR AND G. H.
NosELY RETURN.
sn Early Return tn the
x-kon. Having been suceessfui
=. AeauirinR Valuable Properties
q. the Rich Naaook District

r~o r,sraberE a shs Haysrhij. Mass
s.y.v Of god hunters VITO sailed f9r Aias-
:. a. the steamer humboldt last August.
a.. -stgrrea 70 Seattle. They are Ar
ss,sr 4. Seymour. captain Of the ex1edi-
,or sormeFiy a resident % Utica \. T..
.,s C. n. Mosely. ~ B1ston- The party
~xs che q the best equipped and orga;4-
.zee thas left Seattle 9uying the Stampede
- tsa7. Like al the late summer arrivals
At e., Michae, last year. they failed 70
r,seh TIE golden Klondiks.
Mr.. Seymour s. AZ he Butler. and VIII
ss-aasn here - several DAYS attending 10
| ,euSe persona business matters lie coH-
/ tsmpla:es ar early return O. tie Yukoa.
having beer successful IN acquiring q uar-
se~ OF valuable properties 10 ire saEcok
essrlrt lis apeat las winter w.,A NJ
| ncse.y r. E. WasA53rn. formerly edj ,or
4 the Pos'-ln teill geuoer. ard " G. No.
a. OF C'.lcaso. Th.. original member II
ne Hsyerh!!l party are scattered Up and
down the Yukon. having found It 20 their
advantage 10 separate soor after they went
| INTO winter quarters nesr the steamer -
attic No !.
TAa Post-Inteillzsneer Reporter ycster-
aay Mr. Seymour gave an Interesting ac-
eoaa. Of the experiences OF himself and
his tourades IN Alaska. He said:
I'VE cast anchor in the Yukon 10 miles
se,oe Rsmnaf; city ar September % lSa7.
IRE mex day Mayor Wood requested me
| ard Mr Mosey 70 carry the mails which
| he aha on the steamer 10 Rampant city.
| We walked the distance wita seventy
| pogads o. pros .sions % our backs The
| Trip RaF ffaught with some danger and
| considerable hardship. The weather was
| htierly cold ard We were without either
| soyas Or tents Ne arrived az Rampart
wtan eight days The fav after our ar
| rival stsked claim .n the district and
purchased g inwu lot That night | start
ed down the Yukon in small boat With
az indian guide making the return nip
IN nineteen hours
''on nay return found that = T. Rogers
| aad q n Brown. born Of Norwich. Conn.
| ard members Of the party. had measured
sas their goods and had Withdrawn from
fie co-paTtnerShsp which rad been formed
shsn our party started from Boston IL
vas their intention TO go up the Tanana
river prospecting for gold. bat they sub
seqaeafly abandoned the scheme and
! spent the winter in camp wlth the res,
o. rs John Sommers. Of Haverhiu one
o. our men went to Rampar. city dur
iag She fan and mined on n claim on Lit
tie MAneok bat without much Success ss
am Informed. He took the Seattle No.
I % Dawson. and r. there now. / believe.
George Alien. Of Boston. another member
0, ire party returned on the Roanoke.
suffering with gruTvy.
| on The S"aitlf No J. ! accorded the
| Yukon ~ DAWSON, returning on the Hamii-
Tor You have already heard how 'he
Hamilton broke her bog chain and was
a.sahlef Coming down the river Frank
G Hertz. af IrookSfan. MINI, surveyor
| gsns-ai f9r The southern district of that
| sac. asA Of typ0!d fever Hertz once
Hysd n Taeema. but an his return 20 his
Asnss b. Minnesota several years 8Eo he
sas uade SlsrveEur general for the south
| err sly'zfow - ta~ state He WAS a very
| bright youuE 'etipW sra his death on ;he
| steamer vas one - ;he nournfui incidents
| ~ The tr.r. II" was a Mason aBd. ~ the
iaxiigailon - Capt I'm of the HAm!ltoa
ihe gasuus Oh he steamer arranged far his
funeral Masoas and Knights ~ Pythlas
iar Nerfz wa2 member - This oFganiza-
tsw too united ga performing the last
'y-six miles below Nulato. His father and
brother who i.Vp SO Berwick. IA. have
| been Pot h=d os hiss death
Although none ~ the urrnhers % he
| HavaFhu| parts fouHs golden fortunes
awaiting them sn thr north. alu prer4r-
81 20 say that the country rs al that has
beer represented I am 4 believer IN the
future NJ fhe Yukon mines II - my IN
'ension - Eet0rn there a. as early IA date
A. ross.bls
'~1f COURSE n th- great rush ~ r,op'..
u the ki0ntitke. many ~ them ll-Sulted