The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-19
Spring Cleanup in the Hon1lko
Began April IS.
WATER RUNS IN THE cREEks.|
4. W. Mulch Reaches Here From tho.
Aanes-Left There Apeta &0-Tvroi
Montana Men Drewn-d In I.ittla.
neanett-"kid- E9an In Darre4
Fron Dawsen-Geoa Claim ..
Swedish Crcek--Strikc on Frcsnos

The spring cleanup Of the Kionaixc dio-
trsct commenced on April 10, according to
the latest arrival from Dawson. E. W..
Mulch. who reached here yesterday. On
That day water began TO run on Eldorado
and Bonanza creeks. 1t was two feet
deep. and the eager miners turned tha
stream into their siuiee hoxes and began
shoveliag the golden gravel from the
heavy dumps. No. 4 above on Ronanxn
was the first claim on which siuic.ne 49,
gan. The miners are by this time uo,1
along with their elean-Hp. aud thousands
OF pounds OF giittering yellow gold hass
probably been cleaned up.
+. W. Mulch. of Dawson. ". W. T., ar~A
rived IN Seattle yesterday morning an IL
steamer Queen. direct from Dawson. He
is probably the last man to come clear
up the river this season. He left tn
eapitai of the kiondike ON ApriI = With
a party of mounted police. who we're
bringing out the Canadian mall Pat
Calvin ard Harry Nash Intended 70 laaxo
four days later. bat were Koing to pneh
Through to thu coast over the paltoa teal.
On May 10 Thomas Barnes. Of A1ta1,
Kan. ana I.duis Risham. az 1Gontana.
were drowned Ina Lake Bennett near tn
eastern shore. Mulch arrived on tla
sssene OF the accident shortly aftsr 4 hAp-
peaed. Theirs were five In The HoEneo
party, and with heavily loaded steds fAnY
were working their way down the 1n1ol
The men got on rotten Ice and the eat1ro
party went In. Three or the men nc
ceeded In getting out. but HArae9 ana
Bisham disappeared In the ley depths q /
ff~R sa1 . u1S
being unable to Tree themselves from tAe1F
heavy load. This Is believed 10 b. the
frat actual drowning IN Lake Bennett IT,
year.
Mulch Is able TO positively dsny tao
etory that ''Swiftwatsr Billss Oates Wa4
drowned through a sudden nrsak NJ g
'tlfes ice In Lake Bennett. hutch 49,
Gates on Lake Marsh at o'clock o.
Sunday afternoon. March 8. This waA
three days after the accident was eu1,-
posed 10 have occurred. There were three
men and one woman with 0a1ep IT thu
time. They had met with no accident
kid" Egan. well known lecal pEtoe
fighter who has made several -sensa&1onA3
trips up and down the Yukon durin9 tho
winter. viii not he allowed m Dawson
again. On April IL Judge Mcclure 1en-
fenced him TO pay u fina OF ~ and a.
leave the country inside Of twentx~four
hours. According to Mulch he had keen
convicted of stealing q team az dogs b.
longing 10 T.. kidston. a brOtnce of Cart.
Kidston. who commanded the gold stenzn-
er Portland last summer. nGntuh uaW
Egan start down tho river from uaMpon
with a party OF mounted p0li0smen. who
sweTa to accompany him TO tho AmGg1Ga1
line Egan made serious objections O.
leaving Dawson, but of no avati.
!. sRresno creek In tho latest 0uid dinnov.s
admitted BY the gold comsaineaonsr &
Dawson" said MIR. Mulch yeeaRrd4y q =
reporter. s.B3sn a1oel
runs into the Yukon about tWautx~Gvo
mtlrp below Dawson. The htrike WaD
made Apr1i 5 by George Mc0lutv and
William Mcdonald. They GOT = osnla ~
the pan In several places and heA NJ
reached bedrock.
Just before I left Dawson q aoaiah1o -
port came In from Swedish cpeek 49, the
dirt on claim 100 above MAS Fnnnin9 ~
high as $l-75 to the pan. The Sunday ~
fore left Dawson ATTENDED, - doub1o
funeral of Andrius Nelson an1 q nan
Seattle man. living on Western aNenue.
Both men died from natural causs0 and
were buried under the dirsctlen - The
A. q. u. W.
..Harry Stevenson and party haA . very
narrow escape from losing their nvW ooriy
in May while attempting 20 run the white
Horse rapids In = small boat ThG1r oeOW
StFueM u f0Gk anu IHESW Ja8 xpUE 1UM
the party into the water. Taev UannGed
10 get ashore, and later sawed tie no0W
and their outfits. otevenson y veil huoW0
IN Seattle. Thsy tpsended u ienso III
rapids on Nay q
THE day before left Days0n apmo
miners were dowH from El1kD hnd
bonanza creeks. who stated tnnk G1m3nIng
began that day. Near the Hngls e tho
creeks water Ii running two feok Aoepy
ard several OF the minrm had turna1 4
into their siuce boxes. This - thu howln~
ming OF the most wonderful c1nmm-np tho
world viii ever know. There - n1eofv -
be q shortage Of water this nUnUne u
the mlnas. Not that there Wno1 - any
less water this year than last IN that
there Will be much more wes8 - the
water 10 do This with make eh4 33ean1ne~
mp process much slower. Ths o1homn1 q
dirt that n 10 b. wu~bsd cut - Negy largo
and Tie work f. well under wuv ~ ttln