The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
CARGO OF GOLD
 ON THE TREASURE
 SHIP HUMBOLDT
Fortunate KIoDdikers Arrive With Two Million Dollars iD Yel-
 low Dust.

sons, and 1t possesses all the attrac- tions of the frontier mining camps. "Frenchy" plays faro like ~fiend, paints the town red periodically, and is what is known in the States as a 'gooI thing" for the gamblers and sa- looms. He never stops blowing himself as long as there is an ounce of dust left in his sack, for the very good req son that he knows there is plenty more where that came from.
 "Frenchy' is something of a mys- tery He parries all attempts to learn his right name, saying that "Frenchy" IS good enough for him. He has excel lent manners, particularly when drunk, and shows unmistakable marks Of having seen, if not better days fin anclaIly better days socially Some of the miners call him The Count" One OI the last party down from Cooks h. let says that ''Frenchy" plays one cara at time, the six being his favor lte' with the queen next This habit gives the dealer a much better chance with the cards, which accounts for the 1act that the mineowner almost invari- ably loses.
 After being in town a few days frenchy suddenly disappears, but eVeryoody has learned that he has
 
 golo. Invariably he reappears in about a week with the buckskin receptacle ItH to the neck with coarse gold. He says ne IS going down to the States oy the last steamer next fall. He has spent about $15,000 in dust up to date this summer.
 E. c. Sherman, who lives on Adeline street, Oakland, is one of the latest ar rivals from Cooks Inlet, whither he went in the interest of hydraulic min Ing on large scale.
 One serious drawback of the Cooks Inlet country" he said, "is the dsre- gard of mining laws. Men who have been in the country several years have located great many claims. They do no development work on them as re- quired by law, and at the end of the year simply refile on them. This keeps out men who might put in money and work the ground. There is much ground in the district that can be worked with profit by hydraulics. The season has not been a successful one for the miners. This is not on account of there being no gold, but because of the unusually high water which has carried away dams and sluice boxes, so that no work could be done. There are a number of good claims, and as there are not less than 2000 men out prospecting, more good ground in all probability will be found. But there are already too many men there for that immediate district, and it remains to be seen whether the country in that vicinity is gold bearing. The high water has greatly interfered with prospect ing and altogether the season so far has not been satisfactory one.
 Sunrise City will be lively aa4gt <Ei,l-- ter. Several fairly good stores and quite a number of saloons are doing business.
 Frank Wheeler is perhaps the lead- ing merchant of Sunrise. He had a mortgage on a claim owned by a man named Powers, who had not done much work on 1t. Three days before the little steamer Perry left Sunrise to take passengers down. to Homer to catch the mail steamer, Wheeler fore closed on the mortgage. He put sev- eral men at work at once, and when we left they were taking out $70 a day to the man.
 Powers was badly broken up over his loss and Wheeler's good fortune. He lost his head on the Perry and began to shoot. I was standing just in front of him and one bullet whistled by my ear. They put him into the hold, and he was still there when the mail steamer left.
 HAL HOFFMAN