Arizona republican., 1898-02-05
NONDYKE NUGGETS.
Interesting Budget of News Brouonl
 by Recent Arrivals.

Juneau IS the ODJtCh'e Poin'
 Yukouers. Another large crowd or enthusiastic Klondykers poured mo the city from the steamers Wolcout and Mayfower from Dyea and Skag- nav. Recently the rule has been that considerable numbers of Kiondy kers come together from the interior at the head of Lynn Canal between the ar rival of ships. A large amounl or gold and certified checks was brought ont by this party. All unite in say ing that all the gold that has come ont of the diggings since their discov- cry is only a grain in a sanddune to' the amount thai will be taken out of the ground after the cleanup next spring.
 About twenty-five men ard ore wo- man are in the last party. Among them are Frank Slavin, the pugll1st; pr. Schumann, who went in last fall by way of Skaguay win big pack train of trained mules from Colorado, and who made explorations in South Africa for the government of Bel gium: Frank Swanson of Rock Springs, Wyo., and also an old Mont- tana miner, one of the luckiest men on the Klondyke; W. M. Rank, pres ident of the street railway company Of Alameda, Cal, and number of we'll known Juneauites. The weather was unprecedentally mild on the frail and rapid progress was made. The best time was twenty-four and haf days from Dawson. The old-timars say there has not been such another win ter in the interior of Alaska in many years.
 This party is not far behind the pre- vious one in the total amount of gold and checks proportionate to the num- Der of claim locaters in it. Including the amount to be received for e aims already negotiated or bonded, the to- tai is not far from $SO0,000.
 Slavin is credited with having made his fortune in the Klondyke. He says he has refused s30,OO0 for 104 fee. on Hunker creek, the ground being a fractional claim between No. 42 ami No. 43. His companions say he is worth s50,0O0. He has decided to leave the prize ring for ever. The pugilist has got faith in the alleged mother lode of the Klondyke. He claims to be the discoverer He says this ledge is we'll defined, from ten to thirty feet wide, of decomposed quartz that can be traced on the surface by an experienced eye. A ledge crosses Sulphur Creek at No. 20, above Dis covery. Slavin says he has one claim on Hunker Creek and five half-ini er- ests on Gold Bottom. An order has been left with a Juneau manufac, CT for twenty-five large sledges, which will be used as soon as S1avtn re urns from the States, to transport small stamp mill to Dawson to grind up rock from the mother lode.
 The heavyweight scrapper from Australia ran up against "civiliza- tion" the first night of his arrival in Juneau and lost a goodly portion of his Klondyke wealth.
 "1 awoke in the morning. said s a. win, "and saw twenty here, a twenty there and a twenty wonder, sea tered over the floor. Says I to myself. says I, Has 1t been raining coin with the roof on?' I jumped out of bed and ran to me trousers. Not a cent: not even a bloody toothpick was lief .''
 Frank Slawson has 5000 in mug gets and paper calling for s20O, O,o00. The gold was collected by him from all the creeks of the Klondyke region. There is an easy discerF ible difference in the color of the gold of each creek Swanson bought claim on Fl Dorado Creek for s1 ,0OO, and the next week he sold it for $1O00O. Another claim he sold for S20,0OO. Swanson has mined pretty much all over the earth. He is going ta Denmark to visit his aged parents.
 The young woman ii the party < Miss Myrtle Drummond. sksTt dancer, formerly of San Francisco ant Juneau. She was escorted over ths trail by "Niggar Jim" and his party Miss Drummond is said to have $15, 900 concealed in her clothing. A sis ter of Miss Myrtle, who does turn a a contortionist, has remained n Daw son and is said 10 have the mes money of the two. She has acquired an interest in two good claims. Mis- Myrtle is going to San Francisco ant Los Angeles 10 visit relatives and olt friends She created a mild sensa tion in the street here in a beautiful fur costume with a short skirt an. colored hose.
 A good story hss come ever tn trail illustrating the possibili ies 0 certain kinds of art in the Klondyke Hanging on the wall of James Morri sons Dawson saloon were thre studies in oil in what Du Maurier il particular and artists in general des ignate as ''the altogether The; were very cheap productions, but
 miner who came into Morrison's plac gazed in admiration on the picture and exclaimed:
 "I'll give you a half interest in m claim for those pictures
 Take 'em,' said Morrison.
 The purchaser bought drinks for th house, cEasped the houris in his arm and lugged them home to his cabil The claim is on Hunker Creek. At tn time of the trade it had hardly bee fo.d ha hoe Ci