The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-13

Down from the frozen Eldcrado CT Tire
north came thtrty-<our hardy miners On
fns steamer AI-ki yesterday. TWO 81
taesn left the capital Of The KiondaEe De-
eern5er e. They were Richard Butler. OF
Ellsworth. .flnu., and James Maccauiay.
os Victoria. Others ia the party arrived
~ Dyaa about the same time ag Butter
md AacCauiay. Some % them left a re"
days carter. but the accounts from The
gold fields given by the various parties
are about Of the same import.
A number OF them a-s oid-tsne miners
Others, while not grown gray IN the
search for gold are not tendsrfeet In any
sense While all Of them desire 20 svoad
saying anything that will tend 10 Increase
tie interest already felt all over the world
IN the Klondike. and would refrain from
encouraging any one TO make the pilgrim
eye into the gold fields. they admit that
the richness OF the country is something
wonderful. They say that the estimates
given out By weli-informed Dawsonltes
that to- oo.tss, In gold will be taken out OF
and that after the pioneers In the region
have abandoned this dumps that dot the
landscape all over the camp they will be
worked over again BY hydraulic plants
aud as much gold taken from them as was
washed in the original primitive fashion
BY the early arrivals
Few men on the Ai-Ki who came out
from Dawson had less than $i.0o with
them. There was all told about 100000 on
the steamer. Neis Johnson. young
sweae. who was in the Yukon one year.
sold his interest in No. y above discovery
ago lie worked the claim last winter
and took out a large amount of gold. His
WAS a one-haf interest in the property
ii. bought Il draft for $1,000.
The other Dawsonites on the steamer
brought wealth ranging from 5000 10 $40
go each. mostly in the form Of drafts or
Chicago exchange.
Little az TO the food situation in Daw
son and the surrounding camps was said
hy the passengers on the Ai-ki Those
who cared to discuss this subject said that
while food is scarce and to be had only
by those willing and able to pay the high
prices demanded. no one will actually
staTye.
How MiIiionaires Are Made.
OF Mi the stories that have been told by
the successful fortune-hunters In the
kIondike. none are more fascinating than
that related by Richard Butler. who with
james MacCaalay Left Dawson December
II. and reached Dyea IN eighteen and one
half days OF actual travelling. Mr. Butler
wore the garb of frontiersman when he
walked down the gangplank OF the steamer
yesterday morning. lie was unkempt as
To beard and hair. and on his face was
the glow placed there by the biting blasts
that sweep along the valley of the Yukon
ian miei-winter. Yet Mr. Butler was In the
pink OF condition. although willing enough
10 discard his wild mans garh and as
sumo that worn 10y men In his station
and walk Of life in the states.
Mr.. Butter WAS not long in maxim. the
transformation and when he emerged
from his room al the Butler yesterday
lad IN the habiluients % civilization, he
was greeted with inquiries .rcm hi.
friends In the lobby as TO the where
aannts Of his fur cap and mackluAw
clothes
Mr.. Butter was inclined 10 he retto~nt
when approached by a Poxt-Infeliigencer
reporter yesterday. Dot finally consented
20 tell his story He GAIA: ESQ many
Unreliable les ilave been printed ancut
tie eoid mines that hesitate 20 adj my
testimony 70 that which has gone before.
sbecc IL nothing particularly new 10 re-
late. The mines in the ti,oadlke district
are being worked by frofn Sea0 20 e3A
men and every Gay proof IS a&aed Of the
wonderful richness ~ the placers you
sre safe In laying that the outnu: of gold
IN the camp when the ciean-ups are made
fext spring viii be very large am al
most willing 20 wager that II viii De
veT $eeo.9Vn. There are ial claims or.
bonanza and 81 on EidoraGo creeks ans
onr Of which II good for almost half 4
f7iiGoa, and some OF them for much
tafeer amounts than that There are no
Nianks on Bonanza. 50 far as prospeeted
MAKE 1nre of shat The claims on the
lower ead Of the stream have not been
worked % thoroughly as those farther
ur hut the work that has been done has
s's taas astrsteti beyond a possible doubt
TRAIT BE lower end Of the stream - gold
laden snd VIII pay handsomely II mined
10y As drsaijcs.
Fae kiend!be country /. undoubtedly
he rirhcs. m'n9w camp that has ever
teen discovered Every orc admits thar
Rev There are mea In Dawson ard .ha
Vir}a4ts who we're in at ghe rola fli4~ov-
p les IN Australia; men who have mined
Scr years In California, Arizona. Nev.9a
aat hoo}eDay. They ait ayow thar n