The herald., 1898-03-18
FROM THE YUKON
BRINGS ADvICEs ABOUT ONE
MONTH OLD
FOOD SUPPLY IS PLENTIFUL
Health Of Miners Is Good and Even the
Wildcat Claims Prove Fairly
Profitable

SKAGUAY. Alaska, March 10 (via
Seattle, WASH, March 17.)-Ben Await
er arrived here last night from Circle
City and Dawson. bringing 100 pounds
of mail from the above places. At
waters former home was in Morrison,
Ills He went to the Yukon country In
1886, and has resided there ever since.
Atwater, accompanied by H. C. Petit
of Snohomish, WASH, left Circle City
January 10. and Dawson on February s,
with dog teams. The trip up the river
lakes was a hard one, the weather being
bitter cold.
| Atwater says that there is food enough
in the Klondike to last the present popu-
the food scare, the output of the mines
will be curtailed. He estimates it at
about $S,000,000.
Atwater says that many claims which
were considered to be only wildcat
schemes on various creeks are turning
out well.
Dominion is paying finely and will
prove big cleanup next spring. Sui
phur and Hunker are also good, and SO
is Indian.
Quartz lodges have been found on the
latter creek which look well. There is
quite settlement at the mouth Of the
Stewart River, but no reports have as
yet been received from the prospectors
who went UP the river early in the win
ter
On Walsh Creek, five below Big Sal
mon, dirt has been found which yields
Is cents to the pan. A stampede oc-
Cured from Circle City about January
10 to American Creek, about 800 men
leaving that section. Atwater met 900
or 400 men from Dawson making their
way to American Creek. American
Creek is so miles from Forty Mile, and
about 25 miles below the international
boundary on the American side. The
reports from the Minook country are
very encouraging. A courier from Mi
nook arrived at Circle City just before
Atwater left that place, with about so
pounds Of mail.
This Atwater brought out. The cour-
ier had with him quantity of gold
from Minook, and he states that the
prospectors had struck it rich in that
section.
Atwater says there are but few cases
Of scurvy at Dawson.
The hospital contains but As inmates,
and these have either met with accident,
or suffer from chronic diseases. The
general health Of the people is good.
AS a result of the agitation here
against the sure thing" men, led by
"Soapy" Smith, United States Commits
sioner Smith and Deputy United States
Marshal McInnis closed all the gam
bling headquarters on Wednesday night.
The sure thing men are leaving the
town in twos and threes.
The weather here for the past week
has been mild and springlike and warm
south wind and the sun are playing
havoc with the winter trail which fol-
lows the river for a distance of eight
miles. Hundreds of people are making
their way over the divide, however.
Snow has entirely disappeared from
the streets, which are muddy beyond
conception.
The strike of the 1ongshoremen for
70 cents an hour has been declared off
by vote Of the local union. The wages
now paid are SO cents an hour on steam
ship freight on the docks.
NIMPKISH RIVER STRIKES
VICTORIA, B. c.. March 17-Dr. Van
Wagner of Seattle has returned from
Nimpkish River, bringing news of large
finds, both placer and quartz, along the
| banks of that stream. He says large
crowd of prospectors is hurrying to the
new diggings, and already twenty-five
| o1 O hain0
| the dirt said to be returning as high
an average as from IS to $40 day.
The tug Lorne arrived here this after
noon and says that the wrecked steamer
Corona, which was ordered to come tc
| Victoria and report, and which he was
| towing here, gave him the slip this morn.
| ing and proceeded to Port Townsend
They were met by the United States
Fsteamship Perry last night and some
communication passed between the
Corona and the revenue cutter, the Perry
afterwards returning to the sound
After the Corona left the Lorne she was
picked up by the tug Pioneer. The
Corona was in neutral waters when she
left the Lorne. Serious complications
may result from the interference of tn:
Perry, which, it is said, received hei
orders from the United States treasury
department to tell Captain Goodall that
he need not call at Victoria.
COPPER RIVER CROWDS
SEATTLE, Wash, March 1.-THE
steam schooner Rival arrived today from
Copper river, Alaska. The Rival en-
countered terrible storm on the way
down and was forced to put into Yuku-
tat bay for three days. Out of the LOOT
prospectors that have been landed al
Valdez $40 have started ineo the interior
The remainder were camped on the ice
at Valdez. The Rival reports having
spoken the schooner Moonlight north
bound, with all we'll on board. The
schooner General Siglin has arrived out
safely. discharged, and is now return.
ing. Nothing was seen Of the brigantine
Blakely or her consort, which left here
some weeks ago for Copper river ports
SAILED FOR THE NORTH
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.-With her
decks crowded with gold seekers and a
small cargo of dogs of all kinds in hel
hold, the steamer Walla Walla sailed this
morning for Seattle. She carried over 4O(
passengers. About one-third of these are
going direct to the Alaskan gold fields
| The others are mostly persons desiring ia
| take advantage of the low rates offered by
| the northern railroads to eastern points.
REINDEER SOLD
SEATTIE March 17-Rev. Sheldon