The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-18
100000 IN NUGGETS
THE RELATED ST. PAUL REACHES
PORT FROM THE KLoNDIKE.
Vessel Load of Miners Return to San
Francisco with Fortunes-Year's
CIcan-Up Is $I5,0OO,OOO.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.-After being
carefully watched for hour by hour. during
the past ten days, the steamer st. Paul ar
rived tonight from ST. Michaels, bringing
men and treasure from the Klondike.
There were 176 passengers on her list and
the amount of their earnings, in gold dust,
nuggets and bank drafts, is estimated by
the ships officers at $3,OO0,0OO. This is the
largest amount brought out by a single
ship for some time. One man has $50 900,
principally in gold dust and nuggets. Pete
Wybird admits the ownership of $4,000; E.
J. Nash has $4,000 and Fred Berry, of Fres-
no, Cal, who had previously brought out
fortune, says he has another one with him
now, but declines to disclose the amount.
j. Dumas, who has been prospecting on
Eldorado creek, has $4,000 to show for his
labors in the frozen north, and w. E. Burns,
who suffered the misfortune of having his
feet frozen and losing both by amputation,
feels comparatively happy by the possession
of 100000 in cash, the proceeds of the sale
of his five mining claims. ]. Davis spent
one month in the Klondike, and during that
period realized $4,000 for his venture and
sold his claim for $4,000 more. Dominican
creek is pronounced the richest of the Klon-
dixie streams in the precious metal Edo
by these prospectors only second in i'm
portance to Dominican. OF individual
claims, great things are expected from
Seven and Nine, not because those numbers
are supposed to be lucky, but on account
of their inherent richness.
Among the passengers on the steamer st.
Paul is Brig Gen. G. M. Randall who, as
colonel of the Eighth United States In
fantry, has been in command of the troops
at ST. Mchaels. During his absence he was
promoted to be brigadier general, the news
of his advancement having been taken to
him by the ship Roanoke, which arrived at
st. Michaels on June n. General Randall
lost no time in getting to San Francisco,
and Immediately on his arrival tonight
wired the on War Sa nt n t for faoS IN
Cuba or Porto Rico.
Later estimates of the amount of gold
brought down by the steamer st. Paul from
the Klondike make the total much larger
than at first reported. Joseph Lebick, OF
New York city who has lived five years IN
dust declares that the Alaska Commercial
Company shipped not less than $oOO0,COo
from st. Michaels Other returning miners
substantiate this statement. The officers of
the company could not be seen tonight,
but the consensus of opinion among the
Klondikers is that the trading corporation
has secured the greater part of the precious
metal mined this season
Many Of the fortunate miners went to
various hotels tonight and deposited their
wealth with the proprietors At one place
over a quarter of million dollars worth
of dust and nuggets was seen piled on the
floor back Of the counter, Enclosed in old
sacks boxes and dilapidated grips. L. j.
Lebick. who has valuable claims on Bonan-
"a, Dominican and Eldorado. creeks, says
that most of the men, like himself, nave
come south for the sake of their health
Scurvy. and mountain fever prevail IN the, the
QUALITY. Although prices have been greatly
reduced flour is still held at s. a sack and
picked butter at 81 a pound.
1t has been learned on reliable authority
that the Alaska Commercial Company re-
ceived on the st. Paul tonight seventeen
boxes of gold, each weighing $50 pounds
Conservative valuation of SIS an ounce, this
aggregates $3,423, Geo. Adding to this the
amount brought down by the miners now
placed at over SO, coo 600. the I<londlke treas
ure carried by the ST Paul is not less than
&c 600 coo or 81 600. 600.