The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-20
Joaquin Miller Returns From His
Klondike Journey.
HIS IMPRESSIONS oFTaE LAND.
The Mines Are Certainly the Richest
ever Pound ON the Face of the
Earth. Hut Gold Tenfeld Harder
To Get Than EIsew here--Now and
Hut Mining II Not an Accident

Joaquin Miller. the patriarchai rect II
the SierraS returned OF the Roanoke, atS-
er A sojoa-a u the north u almost one
year. He viii go from this ely 10 his
Rome and aged mother in Oakland. Cal.
ard vii rest far from the Yukon river.
whose gloom ard grandeur has >, i'm
pressed his mind \ pioneer aa3 poet.
he has seen nnch in The great mining re-
s.on which escapes eyes taat brighten only
n the Steam - gold. His picturesque per-
SoA, indeed. clothed IN furs, seems more
representative Of thu old-tme Yukoaer
than 10 some OF those WAC have much
better right 20 me tile. The heavy hand
OF age is bowling his form. and a limp. re-
sui'ing from al accident OF recent years.
has been no,iceably aggravated ~ his ex-
pefieace in the mines
The klondlke mines are cers AMY she
richest ever found on the fac OF the
earth. he said. enthusiastically. when
seen in his Cur.o-iiued cabin aboard tha
treasure ship: but" ne added. the gold Is
ten-fold harder 70 get than in any camp
piieaiion of good sense and careful man
asemeEt, but OF persistent hard teu, one
gong ihere 10 Elne by the helping hands
az others - foolish, as more money would
BE- used than Il would take 10 live on com
foFtabiy al home
Asked for an estimate % ta's years
cleanup Joaquin Miller carefully filed a
ppe and continued slowly.
'Ih- output 50 far as washed = between
a. Of a.
lsft the creeks were almost dry. AMI bnt
Altc more washing VAS possible ~
course. so reckon in dollars ara cents is
very difficult. owing 20 the varying stand
ards Of sold values, Msnook eek sold,
Yer instance. * worth nearly 20 an ounce
while the hest gold from the EIan,ike Il
"otIh but threa-fourths a. much. J should
say that only iwo-thIr.is OF the dirt on
he dump from The past winters work has
been washed
Tn yellow dust * no; all coming out
this way. Much has gone BY steamers up
the Yukon and Will come out by .)yea and
Skas8ay The steamer Victoria "a made
three trips up the river 20 Petty. carrying
each time, l am told. slcco.ec1, THIS is
doubtful. The Goddard made a nip at the
same time. carrying si,@o0oso.
I'm round numbers, computing the out
put on basis Of the prices form .iy paid
for California gold should say tae out
put Of The klcndike this year amounts 10
between $Z00o9.0l0 aad $za0pQ.o20.
Circle CITY Mines.
Right here Jet me say" with emphasis
that there are now enough peopie 20 open
klondike and Manook i have never ad-
vissd any enc 10 come into this country,
nor would / take the responsibility Of urg-
ing any one 10 keep away. but from what
| have seen Of the rush BY the nails and
the all-water route. / am satisfied thar
there ara more than enough people TO na
the Klondke mines. / except Circle city.
Al that poin, thu deputy collector IF Gus
toms showed M Z requ!sition from one
miner for 10 men, and from another for
20 men. with wages AZ 81 an hour. Circle
City mines are practically limiiless At that
wage That the present price OF labor IN
the Kloadke. So a day. Will come down -
unquest!onei II am asked hy friends
or the outside as 20 the aJVsabiiity OK 60
ing In. I shall reply: Wait til YOU hear
from Stewart river or the Koyukuk'
There Is no boys work IN the Klon3ike
mining Is not All accident Now and then
lightning strikes the lazy. needless man.
but IL must ha observed that. rs a rule
The man who gets money n the Juin and
comes out with 1t is one ~ sensible,
careful nature There are TOO may ne err
d5-weels sent in. seem .ngly % ria families
Of their presence. It 4hould be rene nber-
Ell that only the best men. equipped with
solid minds and bodies. should * tnzide.
why do the men coming out .uok poorly
roBrtshedr CaEelea~ness. 1t = Is healthy
country il care is vxercls"5 t4e aealthiest
mining country, IN fact. shat ever have
4 IN. scuryy - tna My a mater OF AN
Cleanliness and pneumonia OF carelessness
ard unnecessary exrc-lre The men worg
100 hard and feed thefnse vss n,ggsrdgy
an myself IN the middle aftie~ and.