The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-17
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IS very enthusiastic and is well pleased
with his trip. Mr.. Haywood Is considers
! bly, richer than when ne went there He
| said:
st left San Francisco on July q, 1897
and took the Skaguay trail. which IS
known as the White Pass II Is about
| ffty-tnree miles long. over mountains.
rivers and lakes. had a white OK and
loo pounds OF baggage and provisions.
After leaving the Skaguay trail Travelled
| for 80 miles with two other gentlemen.
the weight Of the baggage OF the party
being $500 pounds. TIE White Horse Rap
| ids is a beautiful sight. Two very fast
pieces Of water come together and form
the rapids. 1t goes through the canyon
for three quarters of a mile 1t is said
TO be the swiftest water known In a boat
our party went through this canyon in
just one minute. A great number of lives
are lost tn making the attempt. In the
center Of the canyon so swift does the
water flow that It Is SIX feet higher half
way down the canyon than at the mouth.
We arrived at Dawson City. The Yukon
river at that time was damned with ice
and tran1c was nearly impossible. The
grinding OF the ice could be heard for half
d
mine No. s. out of which got $4,000 and
still retain a half interest"
1t took Mr.. Haywood just twenty-seven
days 70 return to the United States. He
said, when asked II the reports were not
exaggerated, that a year ago last summer
the reports as they appeared n the news
papers, were, ne thought, correct. But
since then they may nave been exagger-
ated. People who nave gone to the Klon-
dixie and failed have returned 20 say there
was no gold there. This IS untrue. For
example. say there was certain creek
where wonderful finds had been made
The claims are all staked of and they
produce a great amount of gold. People
flock there and cannot get a claim on this
creek. They go to other creeks and think
they ought to produce as well as the first
find. They are disappointed. sell their
outfits and return TO say there is no gold.
as reported.
The Canadian government has levied a
tax or royalty Of ten per cent on the
gross output. 1t Is left with the owner to
make out the report, as there are no in
spectors. AS a consequence the owners
lie. think that there will be between
500. 900, 900 and S24 100000 worth of gold
taken out this year, but In the govern
ment reports it will appear that It is only
100000. It is safe to multiply il by
three. know one man on one claim who
told me he had taken out $500 OO0 and only
reported to the government, that he mined
s250. COO
Mr.. Haywood had three nuggets in q
chamois bag yesterday. They were val
I'D
$500 in nuggets when he left the Klondike
but that he mad sold some. given a few
to his relatives and had several of the
smaller ones made into scarf pins.
He gave very interesting account of |
how they prospect. He said all Of the gold |
is taken from old river beds. These river |
beds are covered with about twenty feet |
Of muck. TIM several feet OF gravel until |
the river bed is reached. The ground is |
all frozen and has TO be thawed out A |
hole about three by six feet is dug /
through the muck. Then fires are built |
again - tn. gravel until gold n und in |
paying quantities or abandoned The |
muck being frozen, 1t makes a covering or
dugout. The gravel IS taken to the sur
face in buckets, taken up by a windlass, |
and dumped out II freezes Immediately |
and is left until summer. when the SHOWS |
from the mountains melt and sluices are
built and the gold separated from the |
gravel. It is estimated on good authority /
that the ground is frozen to depth of $50 |
feet. The deepest hole TO be sunk is 100 |
feet. The lowest temperature while he |
was there was y below, and it was said to
be the mildest winter experienced in
years The ten1Dnrat1,re ranpad from %
10 60 below during his stay.