The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

Ahk tIV AAbHdANNNt IN AZ ~ -
Dawson in tho last week Of september, and /
had been expected there would BIO two or thrct
steamers up tho Yukon by that time, each boa
having heavy supplies on board. The Cana
dian police were frigh.oned and warned tn,
son City to Fort Yukon and Circle City. Al
The going away OF sone 1000 men from Daw
son at the approach of winter was q great holI
toward checking the scare of starvation. verJ
naturally, one who has any sense and the lcasi
fear of starvation In so .hideously lonesome Q
P,sUS as , the S slpG = is td not , EGPiPs TO ,b THROW ST
games of chance.
"it will be wonderful IL some mort u fever
docs not rage in Dawson next summer. II thert
was ever a community properly situated for the
development of pestilence. II is Dawson City
on the northeast side Of the mouth OF the Kion.
dixie, on the Yukon River. AT that point the
Yukon is nearly half q mile vide L. The noun ,m
people now live almost as closely, together as In
q large city. Fancy what IT will be BY. next
July, when 100000 people shall have set foot
on that narrow bench along the river. There Ia
no sewerage OF drainage, no water supply from
paid to simple hygiene in thai land OF quick
fortune making. Around the base of tho noun.
tain to the west is an area OF several hundred
acres OF marsh land and ono can see the malaria
laden vapor rising like steam from an engine
in a midsummer morning. Even IN the warm
spongy soil In Dawson City and find ice a half
IOOI UnlCk. LA3U summer INC l,EUU people ut
Dawson City were more or less i'll with malaria
and There were a few deaths from fever. The
mosquitoos rise during the months OF June,
July and August in swarms from the moss that
abounds everywhere in the Klondiko region,
and they are so ferocious that mules and dogs
bankments many times to escape them.
Dawson City has been growing right along
to As to Soo below zero has had no effect on the
building operations there; All winter long
a raS9 GltS StrfSssn lgesesnSea With ths , GSals yo Sn9 in in aSSp:
ping and ,hammering on new houses and stores.
I think that the building improvements Of the
comprised about lis log cabins, three log
ch1rches.Catholic, Episcopal, and Methodist.
the bottom !" to make them more asrceabico to the
occupants. The business part OF the town con-
sists OF log and crude pine board buildings ar
ranged In a straight line and close beside one
another. In these structures are fifteen saloons.
two barber shops, several butcher shops and
and one hardware store.
THE largest buildings In that region arc two
Commercial Company and the North American
transportation Company: Each is two stories
s slsH; S Sna & Go sos,s sa pai,s 1000 0o ,h sSSnT1e nc feet Ss or To
to say that one OF these storehouses, with n
good concrete foundation, cost exactly $93.5 500
tSih Se IN the Mis ahe s STATES Si for about sG s4.oo g.
and on the Pacific coast for s., 800. Log cabins
logs aro 'I hewn on three sides and the chinRs
are plugged with mud and moss. The roofs are
constructed Of three layers of pine boards,
upon which moss and earth are packed to the
depth OF a foot. Earth is banked up about the
walls of the cabin. That keeps out the cold.
yard thick. In. summer the mosquitoes rise
out of these roofs in swarms like the Egyptian
rent n prices in D n%s m city, rfty.' f pine logs L, sns So e so
and SO each; window glass. so cents a pound:
ten.penny nails, 80 cents n pound; meat. 20
cents u pound; carpenters who can do fairly
good work get $lS and $40 a day this winter;
common laborers get three.quarters Of an ounce
wheat bread has cost go cents all winter
In Dawson, and for a short time the price was
January ss%ss' for fRrset ounces a easF of Fl ro oidsy WORTH og1bS s sas.
and | can, buy similar boots her. for 80. No
cigars or drinks, are less than 80 cents each.
is for the one who calls his friends to the bar to
across the bar to the barkeeper. and permit the
latter to weigh out enough gold on the scales.
thas res aGe TO foI pay the In S SiHfif for 5 tSe drinkJ place in
One of the greatest money makers in Daw-
f1n II yeun Fo man H. Dan 81 f Fly a9 who aD halls lis from Re n
natural born business man. He has nothing
TO do with the mines. and never even saw one.
on the coast Of Alaska. last June as a cigar
agent, when the news came there Of the Klon;
s ssns wso orad to a1Sf his iFa in he ch aea. h tsa 3G he @ Snd
going to Dawson City. He got there early and
sol all the lo.eent cigars he had for $3.50
lots. and took written sixty.day, options on n
dozen lots. paid $500 down. and in less than
cash. He knew that an army OF gold seekers
would soon be there. so he took options on
he mot Fought iGas 81 springs srSss' Of " drinkiss RraesT' ne nef baw..
son City and hired Indians to peddlc water at
% cents a pail. Then he went into the bread
business. He has now over 200 pounds of gold
cation on the Yukon opens. He will sell tens of
oents each this coming summer. Flynn is east
~ worth 100000 now, and he may double 1t in
popular in Dawfon. lie viii soon open II a ! bank
there, backed by n San Francisco millionaire"
Have there been any notably rich discoveries
on the newly found creeks in the last few
Yes, some were made last November on CO.
the Eldorado Creek. about thirty-ivc miles
southeast from Dawson City. All Dawson
o esnbe w.f BY e tGa repor ana o. w Tieh a TsdssS ON o hast sx, eS:
sion OF French Creek. There was wild excite
mcnt last December over the newa that came
on sulphur Creek. A company Of three green.
horn Swedes. who Joined the rush to Klondike
bled on a fortune on French Creek. where several
experienced miners had ,prospected with in
that these Swodos have three claims. They
struck bedrock eleven feet below the surface OF
been very common with them. They are re-
ported to have washed out by the slow and pa
lient pannins process 5000 worth, of gold in
bookkcepcr for Phil Armour in Chicago. drop.
ped his work and went Klondikewar last All
gust. He got a friendly tip from n man in
Dawson City the very night he reached there.
Ion coal oil can filled with dust In his cabin
when l heard from him last, about Jan. |, and he
has a small mountain of gravel heapcd up on
his claim ready for sluicinE when the spring
thaw comes. He WAS very III at one time from
his hard work and poor food, and came very
near giving his life for his golden fortune. The
very richest find that has become generally
known In Dawson City this winter Is one on
Binder Creek: 1t was by Hank Binder, who
has been chasing the elusive goddess OF fortune
for twenty or moro years In Oregon and Idaho.
He has been a perfect type of the poor, ragged,
hopeful. grospector ever since ! first saw him,
about 1873. He went up to Dawson IN the
same craft with me, and i seemed pitiful that
he should have SO much hone on such slender
foundation. He had about $500 invested in his
outfit. The old man prospccted up and down
several creeks and camped one night on an un.
named creek, He dug 9 prospect hole four feet
the bottom of the hole no got 81 and ~ to the
pan. The old fellow went almost crazy at the
thuoght that at last. after II lifetime OF search
ing, he had found gold and was rich for life.
He told me recently that he was sure he would
clean up, about $40, 900 by next July, and /
have no doubt 1t will run over that figure. lie
has as rich a claim AS there ia in thar lncnlity