The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-03

very expensive. Flour sells at sf2 per
100; bacon. SOC per pound: sugar. soc
per pound: beans. 13c per pound: rice,
CSC per pound; eggs. IS per dozen. or
81 each In restaurants: drinks of all
kinds. soc: cigars, SOC each: fresh meat
went up until now IT is 81. IS per pound.
These prices are for Dawson or. the
post, where h miners of the Klondike
district must buys Then freight tn the
different gulches means one-half more.
The reader nay thereby figure the cost
of living. The rich claim owners can
well AFFORD il. but the poorer class. who
are in a greater majority. don't find IL
quite so easy. / nav Travelled a great
deal since 1 came into the valley: have
taken in all excitements, and one will
find gold everywhere.
There may " be another Ell
dorado found here. but so far every
new camp has surpassed the previous
in wealth. and no one a foreteli the
future. Miller creek, in the Forty
Mile district, was n rich gold strike.
Mastodon of the Birch creek. with Cir
Gle City as its supply post. was still
richer, and now Klondike is still, in the
lead of the world as a placer mining
gulch. American creek. where : spent
n winter. has good deposits of gold.
which goes $40 to the ounce at the San
- aftfSt III VI
nuggets ave been found the past sum-
mer. but h main pay streak has not
been located, the great drawback be-
ing the fact that there is too much water
in summer. Seventy Mile river Is known
to possess deposits of gold, as good
sized nuggets have been found there
also. l was up the same river, but
supplies running short. / and my part
ner were obliged to return { Forty
Mile. Eldorado's wealth may be I'M
when il is said this $500 to a
pan of dirt in a drift on bed rock has
been found, one $3.50 nugget having
been found this summer. At some
this summer they got as high
as $50. 900 in six hours work, and the
coming winter Eldorado viii produce
several millions. Men who were hard
ly able to get an outfit last fall went
out this summer with from 5000 to
900, and not one-tenth of their
ground has been WORKED out yet. a
good many claims on Eldorado We're
not worked at all. Some who Were
enough to stake claims on
creek last fall sold for Sl00,
but they did not know what they had.
The same claims were again sold for
000, and $100, 900 would not buy them
Quartz lodges have been soaked now.
but as to their value little can b. said.
= here are some great reports gone out,
but they are only "A guess. for quartZ
would have to be extremely rich n the
mountains to ray, especially If any
from the Yukon: trans porta-
Ton would be very expensive, as would
also labor n fuel.
The Treadwell mine, as rich as IL is
to be. would be "A loser here.
Several experts we're seen here the past
uHlmer but to what '-stent vbey fouhl
encouragement no one can tell. No
prospecting has been done in The noun
n distance away from the yu-
kon. All travelling at any great DIS
must be done in small boats, and
lp stream at that, going IN either di-
east or west II the Yukon.
and everything that is necessary
must be X in the boat: A gre 1T dcal
IF danger is at hand all the time. Pro-
visions a~e scarce nearly every fall.
The seasons are short, but the winters
Are not so bad as one might think. At
l distance back from the Yukon game,
as moos and caribou. is plenty
enough fer a man to i've on in the
line, but ii does not pay to try to
make a business of il hunting for mar
<et. There is an abundance II bear
Ill over the country: the Stuart river
-ountry Is a noted place for boar and
Moose. The month 81 SAr-Ambcr is
lbout the best time for hunting pur-
,cses. as at that time the hisa waters
ire done away with. and. above all, the
mosquitoes have retired. and that
makes travelling more pleasant.
klondike district Is located in the
Territory of Canada.
Miners meetings rule this portion of
he Yukon no longer. The Canadian
is building a post now, and
about % police here, and 1t rs said
% more are on the trail over the sum
nit. One custom house officer is To-
'ated here also. A gold commission
Il came in this summer, lld all min
business is transacted at his place
II business. To get a claim recorded.
he first fee is SIS and 10 Gays assess
nent work: the second year. 500 for
ecording and 80 days ass essment. Ii
$ said that the 800 sea will be moder-
tied. A person is allowed only one
jairl in each district. II any clain is
'eccrded and the owner does no; wolk
us assessment, the CLAW goes bach to
he government. Therefore there will
'e IA" jumping of claims. for such
laims will be old at auction nv the
old commissioner.
The town of Dawson is located on the
on the lower side Of Klondike
iver, on a level bench, with a high
at its back There are about
Oo to 400 tents up and most of the
uildings are saloons, 81 all told, with
everal dance houses. Both
ial companies have put up store build
lgs, nearly complete, with iron ware
ouses. The store buildings are Of log
moss. and the interiors are a credit
any mining camp. Two sawmills are
ere running day n night. Lumber
osts $3.50 per thousand. The mills pay
80 for thousand for logs. / hear those
hat go up the river TO get out logs
1T does not pay. About 30 horses
re here to pack supplies to the dig
ings. To keep a horse here is very
At restaurants meals are
erved at s1.50. Two bakeries are To-
ated here. one selling bread at so cents
er loaf. or three for 81. Victor Putty,
of Butte. runs the Pioneer
akery and sells apple pie at 81. 1t is
ne cheapest place in the camp. The
amp, III all the Yukon country, is
cry quiet for frontier life: eyerybody