The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-29

p-os~t and wh.a 4. took pEace. A report.
Re zai4. had 5een eexst oae 20 sle effect
Ehas nrf a f-zssa9san policeman wss 10 -
seen when the eeaeSration was heg1. ard
tss5 purpose Ok the reyorr was TO convey
- people ~ the United Stats that he art3
RS oGlcsaIs were rot In sympathy vita
the psakr9Gttc sps~1. os IRE Americans On
BRITISH. s9i THIS report sRs Srars9s as a
malicious fa5seaocd End be said 10 sae re-
porter that the Ssars ard Stripes saase1
oc tire fsagpois over the Yukon s1ea5gsa2r-
gerg alongside tne Union JACK Tn. Cana
dian police were TO. IN evidence he said.
because there WAC 10 be no interference
wheteve~ ard that tbs Americans we're 10
have fun possession ~ Dawson. He mate
"a. rEss statsf11erse regarding a ceiear-a-
ton aeld after the fall 81 Santiago de
f,siDa. and furthermore said that the orator
81 the day was secured from the British
barracks ard was one of she rnos. con-
spsct20Gz figures In the celebration. Mai
Walsh SKID ths- Canadians, like Aas=ri-
cans, ws-re compelled 20 pay royalties, and
the one ambition OF his administration wss
20 place everybody on an equal footing
The ex-eonirniSsloHer also said,
Sot Interested in Mines.
~ an not interested in any mining prop
srf5. I did not bring out a nugget which
did not pay for. am not identified with
aay company or corporation, and I have
si1~ satisfaction OF knowing thar dla my
Guty we'll
In speaking OF this and next seasons out
pat ara the country and people in general.
he said.
Three million dollars vas carried over
from last autumn and thu o9i.ptl, 81 gold
tals year viii exceed $40 $50 and per-
baps reach xil dss SEQ When | LEFT DaE
son On August 1 tie spring ard summers
output amounted to s. 5.1(s9 and W. esd
mated that there vas about s1ss.1pv san
on tie dump. :a-e6t Of which could not be
washed up for want Of water. but this
should be cleaned Up by the middle OF
September. II viii require this year about
$5.Js9.lso 10 do business IN this district. A
great deal OF prospecting has been done on
Dominion. bunker and Sulphur creeks dur
ing the winter and spring, and this will sn-
crease next years output greatly. Royalty
was not collected from any claims which
had not gotten into good working order,
and this would represent quite a large sum.
Many claims. TOO, Were exempted from
royalty Of account OF having been re-
n..eG previous 20 the date OF the law Te-
auiring the payment OF royalty. This date
was August Is 1881. The claims from
which royalty was collected could easily
la paid X is not the claimhoder who is
making ths greatest noise about the roy
moved or reduced bat he is not bowling
about *. II is the Spectator VINO thinks
il interfeTes With his profits IL selling
claims who grumbies most.
Gold mining in the British Yukon has
only commenced. Next year the output
should be s20pt. 90. and should continue
to- Increase every year until 1t reaches
sim which will class the district among
the greatest mining camps Of the world.
With telegraph communication and i'm
proved transportation facilities which VIII
soon come. the cost Of living. the price Of
labor and the cost of materials required for
mining purposes viii be 50 reduced that
thousands OF acres Of land which cannot
now bc worked proftably will be thrown
open I'm such a manner that the result Of
operations will be entirely satisfactory.
Some less expensive way Of thawing out
the ground viii be found. and II better
process OF mining adopted. There is a
great field for hydraulic operations, aud
this system will no doubt he introduced
before long and work done on Il larger
scale.
The Klondike district will be a mining
camp for the next twenty-five years with
rich returns and Will be a great consumer
and we must secure this trade-at least 40
per cent. OF II should he ours. and We can
get IL If our people SO desire. not only
the trade OF the British Yukon. but the