Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-26
FOUND A $4,000 NUGGET.
Report Of New Discoveries in the Alaska
Gold Fields.
Rush for the American side, where there
In More Richness than ON
the Klondike.

Vancouver. +. C.. March 2i.-The
steamer Pakshap which arrived from
skaguay. Alaska. today had among
her passengers -four men direct from
/ Dawson city They were Mcssrs Den
ham of San Francisco Lung OF Ia
| coma, La Sale of Leadville and Gordon
of Los Angeles.
They report a stampede FOR the
American side below American creek,
This section. they claim, will beat the
klondike. Pay dirt IL more evenly
divided and shallower. a $4,000 nugget
has been found on III Dorado creek.
they say.
1t Is estimated by them that $40 900
600 in gold will be brought out this
season.
In speaking OF the finding of the $4,000
nugget Mr.. Goodwin said: THAT
sounds like a tall st DRY, | know. but II
Is II fact. The nugget has considerable
quartz mixed with it and is as big
as II small pail" The owners name
MIR, Goodwin said, is being Kept dark
as he hopes to get it out intact without
paying royalty ON 1t. Several rich
strikes have also been kept secret for
similar reason.
The Canadian government has taken
some OF Clarence Bcrry's claims and
sold them. It was claimed that he was
holding more than the law allowed
him The party left Dawson city Feb
ruary 18TH.
In recuunting the events Of the Jour
ney. Mr. Goodwin stated that they
started out with four dogs, one sleigh
and seven hundred pounds of proyi-
sions from Dawson, but had to get
another sleigh and divide the load he
fore much progress had been made
owing tn the roughness of the route
For the first six hundred miles the
cold was intense and travelling eN-
tremely difficult. At the confluence Of
the Stewart and Yukon rivers they
met the Northwest mounted police de-
taChmcnt with 100 pounds NJ mall. Five
days out Of Dawson tho party met the
Canadian government party composed
of Judge Mcclure, Registrar Wade and
Inspector McGregor.
Mr.. Goodwin went into the Yukon
last July. He states that at q very
conservative estimate mt least twenty
tons of gold will be brought out in
June, when navigation opens. The
country around Dawson was black
with smoke from fires burning to thdw
the frozen ground.
Claims are frequently changing
hands quite recently the lIcaly COM
pnny had paid Niger Jim" $225,0D0
for three claims on Bonanza creek;
claims on Bear and Dominion creeks.
on Indian and Klondlke rivers respec-
lively had sold ms high as 100000. ON
IIunler creek $50, 500 had been paid for
half interest by a man named Elliott
and $4,000 for whole claim, Skin
Mitchell. owner of No. T. Gl Dorado.
was buying several claims on bunker
when they left, at a high figure
| Speaking Of Bear creek, Goodwin
said that Dutch Kit took out $4,000
| last winter. This was from the mouth
OF the creek. The upper reaches have
| been as yet hut little tested. In Daw-
sin $50 per cord was the price uf wood.
Before the party left many reports
were coming in of richness of Clarence
| Berry's claims on the hillside of III
| Dorado The soil gives rs much as $40
| to the pan, and u nugget worth $3.50 Is
} reported to have been taken out. Wo-.