The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-31
LATEST FROM kLOAD|KE
Marcus O'Farrell Receives Let
ter From p. w. Gallagher.
FABULOUSLY RICH MINES
over 100000. 900 VIII Be Taken Out
of Bonanza and Eldorado Alone.
Other Rich Placer Grounds
Have Been Discovered.

one of the latest letters from the
1ylondilxa country was received here a
Few davs ago by Marcus O'Farrell from
- w Gallagher weli-known Butte
.-ounr man. who started for Dawson
rarly last summer Mr.. Gallagher
Sxrites as follows from Dawson City,
Dec. S;
IT have neglected writing to you as
soon as | had promised. but l have
many excuses. the principal one being
that if / delayed it would afford me
an opportunity of giving you truer
account of this country than if l wrote
as soon as l had arrived. | had very
pleasant trip, suffering none OF the
hardships of those that came late in
the summer | came here in large
scow with a dozen others. We came
over the Canyon and White Horse, but
none of us enjoyed the ride much. be-
ing too anxious in regard to our well
fare On Lake lie Barge we encoun-
tered a storm and came near having
a chance To show our deNterlty as
swimmers. But for the ability OF one
man our scow would have drifted
against the rocks. Becoming sea sick,
j quit duty and fell asleep, but was
soon awakened by an unusual wave
dashing over us. While in that storm
we sighted two small boats, each con-
tanning a man and woman, drifting
towards the rocks. What became OF
them / could not see. Neither BOAT mas
ever reached Dawson
1--WE arrived in Dawson on July 6,
lust too late to celebrate the Fourth.
So much has been written in regard To
the resources of Alaska and the North
west territory that ! can only repeat
what you have already read-that this
g. -s.ha t.la mil
the world. Everyone here is of but one
opinion. 1t is safe to add that from
Bonanza and Eldorado alone S100. 900, 900
will be taken. Hunker creek has shown
itself as rich as Eldorado and Gold
Bottom. a creek we'll worthy of its
name, is also very rich. Whether as
rich creeks as those already found will
be discovered in the future is ques-
tion i will not attempt to answer. 1t
is hardly probable, although there are
many rivers that have not been pros
pected and will not be until there are
better means afforded prospectors.
Travelling is hard and expensive. Peo-
pie cannot carry enough food to last
them long. so most of the prospecting
so far is done near the Yukon. There
have been prospectors on Stewart river
for years, but little has been done
there. None of the numerous streams
at a distance from it's mouth have been
will pay $40 day with a rocker. but it
is so difficult to get food up the river
that IL does not pay to work it,
Food is rather scarce. Many have
been compelled to return to Juneau on
the ice, being without outfits. Many
have not enough provisions but there
will be no actual starvation. Being
short of certain provisions nv partner,
who is f. II. Clark of Butte. and took
a trip to Fort Cudahy to obtain them.
We succeeded we'll and started to re-
turn, but encountered a storm. 1t
dropped TO go below zero and the wind
was against us. Under these disad-
vantageous conditions, we were COM
PEELED to travel four weeks to reach a
cabin. Both of us We're severely frozen
and will not be in a hurry to venture
again in the face of Arctic weather.
Ii has been below zero for three weeks.
The winters are very cold. but not so
long as many suppose. There is six
months of warm weather Ii is warmer
in summer than ii is in Butte For
two months there is no darkness at all.
The mosquitoes are very numerous. A
person cannot travel without mosquito
nets and gloves. and even then they
swarm after person. Anyone would
prefer to combat the cold of winter
than the mosquitoes of summer
The price of nearly every article
used here is very high. a good robe
Is worth S2oO Caps sell for Sl5, gloves
and mittens $40. candles are worth So
box. Flour is S75 a sack coal oil $l7
a gallon. and everything else accord
ingly. Newspapers are 81 80 each and
the Anaconda Standard would sell at
the option of the owner Dogs are SELL
ing at from $15o TO $500. The native
dogs are by far the best dogs and COM
mand higher price. Under favorable
conditions person will travel 50 miles T.
IN day with good team. The Yukon
is very rough and travelling difficult.
About 600 people have left for Juneau,
but nearly all will return in the spring
with outfits. About 1000 We're com
PEELED TO leave Dawson for Fort Yukon
in order to obtain provisions The
population of the district is estimated
at 1000 people. There are many here
from Butte. The population is com
posed almost entirely of miners as peo-
pie or other occupations do not succeed
Well, as a rule. / will not advise any
one TO come here. especially those who
cannot provide themselves with a good
outnt OF clothes. provisions etc
Among the large crowd who will rush
In here next spring without providing
themselves for the trip. there will be
Very many who will wish they had never
seen the Klondike. Provisions very
likely will be as scarce next winter as
this"
Timothy O'Rrian ,liad