Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-18
Husbands and Wives Together Laden
With Klondike Gold.
SEASONS OUTPUT is sl0,OOO,000
Low Yukon Water Makes Steam
ers Stick in River Mud.
ADVICE TO WORKINGMEN

SAN FRANCISCO. July is-The Klon-
dixie miners, who returned to civilization on
the steamer st. Paul yesterday place the
total output Of the district surrounding
Dawson City at about SO ZOO 900 a season.
This is considerably less than previous esti-
mates
Prospecting is being extended in many d.
rections from Dawson, and there are indi-
cations of rich developments along the In
dian river. There are about 26.Oo9 people
in Dawson City. and nearly 5000 on Eldo-
RADIO creek. The steamers Roanoke and
Weare, soon to come down from st.
Michaels, are expected to bring about ST.
600, 900 in gold.
Eldorado creek yielded more than half of
the winters gold. and nearly all the re-
mainder came from Bonanza creek The
output of the Minook district does not ex-
coed 100000.
All of the returning miners complain Of
the heavy burden of taxation imposed by
the Canadian government. While good
claims are at premium in the Dawson dis
trict, many wildcat locations are offered
at low prices, but, as a rule, purchasers
are not readily found unless the value of
the property can be shown by undisputable
evidence.
The Fortunate Ones.
The following is list of the most for
tunate Klondike miners who have reached
here, with the amounts they brought as
near as could be learned:
Frank Phiscator, 100000; Frank Dins-
more and w. II. McPhee, $4,000; j. O.
Binet, $4,000; Dave Richards, $4,000; ].
W. Christ, $4,000: John Lind, $4,000; Mr..
and Mrs. W. c. Barrett. $4,000; Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Il. johnson, $50. 900; Mr. and Mrs.
c. B. Roberts, $40, 1000; Fred Bruseth. s25,-
600; F. Bonty, $4,000: r. Osgood. SIO. 900;
n + piplyeft Law AIananall
900; Con. Van Alstyne, $4,000; James
Monroe, 1000; Henry c. Dahls $50 600;
Louis Emkins, 100000; Hugh Campbell,
$1,000; Mr.. and Mrs. f. E. Cleveland, $1O.-
900.
Fred Berry, who is among the arrivals,
says that the klondike is place for
wo<kingmen. All OF the rich ground has
been taken up, and wages are rapidly 60
ing down. He does not regard six or eight
dollars a day sufficient compensation for
the hardships to be endured in that Desc
late region.
1t was reported at st. Mchaels on July
Z, when the St. Paul sailed for this city.
that the Conemaugh, from Seattle, was
overtaken in the Boring Sea by hurri-
cane and her tow, a river steamer, laden
with stores was lost Steamer and cargo
were valued at $4,000. Two barges. lowed
by the Alaska Commercial Companys
steamer Portland, were lost in the same
storm. They cost about $4,000. similar
fate overlook a new river boat towed by
the National City. The loss in the last
case was $4,000.
Only four river steamers had come down
the Yukon at the date of the St. Pauls
departure The May West left Dawson
June 10 and arrived at st. Michaels July
with 225 passengers. The North Amer
lean Trading aud Transportation Com
pany's steamer Hamilton left Dawson June
"a and the B. B. Weare June %. They
arrived at st. Michaels July 5. the Hamil-
ton being in tow of the Weare. having
broken her chains coming down the river.
The Hamilton had 100 passengers and the
Weare about Is. -
Stuck I'm the Mud.
The Yukon river is unusually low this
season and boats that are already at st.
Michaels have slight chance OF reaching
Dawson. When the Bella came down she
passed three steamers stuck in the mud at
Fort Yukon. The water in the river is
not deeper than thu ee feet in many places.
A letter from st. Michaels, Alaska, says:
An immense deposit of coal has been dis
covered 400 miles up the Koyul1uk and q
competent English authority pronounces 1t
equal to the best anthracite of Pennsyl-
vania. The Koyukuk between this deposit
and the junction with the Yukon Is navi-
gable by steamers such ply the latter
stream, so that the bearing of the discov-
cry on the cost of mining in the Klcndike
may prove extraordinarily important.