The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-22
BACK FROM DAWSON CITY.
The Experiences of Patrick F.
Boland in Alaska.
WAS ATTACKED BY SCURVY
He Has Located Nine Claims in the Sew
mtg Mile District - He Predicts
Much Suffering During Next
Winter.

EN-County Assessor Patrick +. Bo-
land, who left Butte a year ago last
month for the Klondike in
with Pat Wall, Mix Dwyer and Pat
Conlon, is back from the %northland
and is pretty glad to get home to
Butte. Like Mr.. Wall, IL other
people taxi his advice. they will not
go gold-seeking in the Yukon coun-
try. at least not for a year or so to
come. Mr.. Bolaud's experiences were
much the same as those Of Mr.. Wall,
an account of which was published a
few days ago in the Standard. as they
were together much of the time they
were away, except that Mr.. Boland met
with greater misfortunes and less good
fortune than seems TO have fallen 10
the lot of his friend Wall. Mr.. Bo-
land had the misfortune to contract
scurvy, q touch OF which still fingers
with him. while Mr.. Wall escaped the
experience, and while Mr.. Boland ap-
pears to have done ~measurably we'll. he
does not seem to have Jared as favor
ably as his friend in point OF the
amount OF wealth he brought back.
When seen at his home in East Park
street yesterday. Mr.. Boland was look
ing we'll. and aside from being a little
more bronzed. there was no p~erceptible
change In his rotund and hearty APP
pearance of a year & He showed
no outward evidences OF the unpleas-
ant affiiction that attacked him in the
north. although he said a trace OF II
hung by him and ne felt a little more
aged by his experiences. The incl
dents of Mr.. Boland's trip were recited
IN Mr.. Wallis narrative of the Journey
as far as Circle City. from which place
Mr.. Wall preceded Mr.. Boland TO Daw-
son. Mr.. Boland remained at Circle
City until April, when he started for
Dawson on the ice. lie lived in a
cabin during the winter with James NJ.
Partridge and James Thomas. two OF
the party of the steamer st. Michael.
Mr.. Wall also lived with them until he
left Circle City.
About all there was TO do was 10 cut
wood and keep warm and at times go
prospecting. II was while at Circle
City that Mr.. Boland contracted the
scurvy from eating too much salt
food. The experience was exceedingly
unpleasant and had as much to do as
anything else with his coming home.
Mr.. Boland succeeded I'm locating
nine claims, all OF which are in the Sew
enty Mile district, where there are nu-
merous good properties. He regards his
claims as very promising. When asked
how much gold he brought out. Mr.. Bo-
land said about $1,000, but hat he might
have brought a great deal more had he
not been hampered by his ailment. MIR.
Solar said that while he was at Daw-
son the daily influx was something ter
rife, and he predicts much suffering
the coming winter, az he says supplies
are not going In at anything like the
same rate as the people and as many do
not take any supplies and there cannot
possibly be work for all, there is bound
to be great suffering. He strongly
urges that no one should start for the
Klondike for at last n year.
Mr.. BOland saw quite a number OF
Montana people at Dawson. Among
them was Thomas kirkpatrick, who
was formerly in business at Centerville.
He is one of the big bugs at Dawson
and he has made a great deal OF money
and is a partner OF Joseph LaDue. the
founder Of Dawson. Colonel John Doyle,
whom Butte people will be glad to hear
from, is in the employ OF Mr.. Kirkpat-
rick, and has charge of numerous of
his interests. Colonel Sam Wood, an
other old-timer, is at Dawson and is
doing we'll financially, but is afflicted
with scurvy. Thomas Bulger, formerly
superintendent OF the Poulin, and one
OF the best known and oldest employees
OF the Anaconda. who left last fall, met
with a great misfortune after reaching
Dawson. He had a big scow load of
supplies and got 1t safely TO Dawson.
where he moored IL to the bank and
Joined q stampede 10 a new locality.
While he was gone a raft OF logs came
down and swamped the scow, and he
lost all his stores. Mr.. Bulger was not
discouraged, however. and is going to
stay by il. Con Driscoll, formerly car
penter at the Mountain Con. reached
Dawson with his wife and quite a party.
Mrs. Driscoll stood the trip excellently.
Henry Stanchfeld of Helena, who came
out last fall and went in again this
spring, arrived at Dawson safely with
a big scow load OF supplies, which he
disposed OF at a handsome profit. Mr..
Boland also saw al Marks and numerous
others from here who have been hereto
fore mentioned by people who have
come out. Mr.. Boland expects to remain
in Butte TIL next spring and then re-
turn TO look after his claims.