The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-14
They Come Down on the Rosa
lie-All Have q Little Gold.
TWO OF THEM SEATTLE BOYS.


Riley nGngman and Fred Bussing, two
eez,tls ure1. reached this city frorn Da*-
son and tbs yukon country last night al
Il O'Clock They CAME down from Dyea on
taa steamer Resale. having left t1as cass
O.. saturday last. rsiagrnaa and Bsesing
are well knswu IL Seattle. Dinsmah was
fas several years in the employ OF TIE
ely Ia the engineering department bues-
Ing formerly worked far LoucA. Angus
tine A. co. They went TO Alaska In the
spring OF isss, comparatively poor man.
they returned last night, not wealthy. Dat
Independently wall of.
Dlngrnau and Baesing left Dawson De-
can4i,ar l. They had nine dogs ana tnree
siads and made comparatively quick tf'p'
being thirty days on the trai.. Including
Iay-oveTs. They brought Col. c. /. Treat
and party to the coast and their passsf'-
gers paid well for the privilege they en-
J9yed.
AIR Dingman ard Nj. Baeslng sat In a
room at the Northern hotel last night and
told Of tseir experiences in toe hiondske
Their story viii not hinder many people
gold. for theirs Was a lucky star and their
recollection OF the harasasps they endured
has been blat;ed out by the delightful
realization that II they are Reasonably
lucky they viii be la easy circumstances
lor the balance of their lives, IL not roll
ing ia the wealth that attaches TO d
Ladue or an Alex Mcdonald.
sir. bingham VAS Inclined TO be very
reticent when asked as 10 his experiences
ia the kiondike. he said: u did not do
as we'll as some Of the other Seattle men
la the klondike. Perhaps I aid better
tnaB some. At any rate. have 40 partica-
lar complaint 10 make | found that the
kiondlke h a good country for a poor
man, but at the same time ] am advising
10 one TO 20 there. Why did ] leave?
Wei. / was In the frelghting business
operating a train OF nine pack horses in
the mines The grain that / should have
had 10 feed them this winter was left
down the river | did not have sufficient
food to last me through till spring. al
though | was able TO get some later. For
these and other business reasons I deter
mined to come out, ard here am
II left Seattle In April. 1895. | went over
the Ghilkoot pass, encountering much the
same experiences as fall TO the lot OF the
average traveller In that region I drifted
down the Yukon and arrived at Circle
city in the early summer.
NJ experience In Circle City Is hardly
WORM mentioning. When the news
reached the camp of the great strike In
the Kiondike, Dir. Buesing and ! Travelled
over the Ice 20 Dawson. arriving there in
Alril 1885,.
THAT spring worked In the mines and
Operated n pack train. I have several
mining interests in the camp. was in
sne stampede 70 Sulphur creek and lo-
,a!ed q fractional claim between Nos 50
ard 80 above discovery. The claim above
me Is panning cut well In addition. I
have interests on Too-Mach-Gold and
other creeks In the camp
Mr., Bues'ng learned of the death Of
his father last June and received a letter
from his mother. who lives in Mlnneapo.
liz. asking him TO come out. lie Will go
Fast IN few days. but viii return III time
70 90 over the snow to Lake Lnderman
and make the trip down the river TO Daw-
son. His luck has been good in the Klein
like. He located a fractional claim on
f.ldnrado creek. where dirt above and
below him Is reckoned In dollars and cents
by the cubic inch. He has an interest in
the discovery claim on Last Chance guIch
and located claims on bunker and Do
u1nioa creeks. Any one OF his properties
Is liable "a make him Independently rich.
Both Bues!ng and Dingman are very
quiet. unassumlng men. who know how "a
N$tue t7eW good fortune ai'G VINO prefer
y say little Of Il. They had two sacks al
COLA holding between stelo and $40. 0oo
Neither cared 10 sag what amount Of
treasure he brought out.
Two other nawsenItes were on the Ro-
sale They were w. V. Mueller and ]. ]
Jameson They left Dawson late IN No
vemtef.
W +. Russell. Of this city. was n pas
senger on the Resale, He went IN last
summer ana Eot as far as the tiootaliu-
qua river