The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-10
Rich placers Found Near the
Mouth Of Big Salmon River.
DAWSON HOSPITAL CROWDED.
Elev~m Miners. Who Left the hion-
dixie February :. Arrive oa the
BumboIdf with sfso.osss-tsood
Lack Of Prospeeters Frosen In ON
Was to the Mines-sesrvy Gains
Many yiefims-Otd Miners safer.

lust cut from Dawson They had 3tfs.a
IN dust and dratts. OF this amount 80
on was In dust and was In charge Of the
purser on the down trip The klon-
dikers were:
W. II. ssysH~. saginaw. Mich.
Christ. solid, Collar, Wis
L. y. nrsdt. saginaw. uich.
,. T. P.re~, spokane.
y. y. Mason. Knoxville. Tenn.
u. !. McCormisk. Portland. Or.
Wtiifaas -. kiernas. Green Hay.
Wis.
II. T.. Peters. teweier, Dawson.
W. q. savage, saginaw, Mich.
A. Bartictf, California.
William Pardue. Alaska.
The Kiondikers came out In four parties,
TWO Of which left Dawson on February
sn6 made tne trip out in twen;y-four
dsye. They arrived at Skagway Just IN
time 10 catch the Humboldt. The prin-
opal nsgs they hiring Is Of the discovery
OF rich placer grounds ca Walsh creek.
q short distance down the Yukon from
the Biz Salmon river. The strike vas
made by prospective kIoudikers, Who
were caught IN the Ice At the mouth ot
the Big Salmon and compelled 10 winter
there.
we're In the Catholic hospital at Dawson
when the last party left.
number OF other men are sick In their
cabins around Dawsea and up on the
various creeks,
The trip ap the river was A hard one
and all Of the parties had difficulty IN
getting past Thirty mile creek.
Several OF the returning klondikers
were slightly frozen.
strike an Walsh Creek.
Tho last party 10 leave Dawson was
headed by William Pardae and consisted
of J. Solid. w H. Klernsn and j. l..
Pierce. They had but FIVE dogs for the
party OF four bat nevertheless made n
very quick trip PaFduc thu leader OF
the party. took in drove Of cattle late
last year. lie had considerable trouble
IN getting theTn 20 Dawson owing 20 the
la;eness Of the season. and lost number
of than All that he took through were
sold nj very hgh price and Pardue made
u good thing cat OF his venture.
In speaking OF the strike on NafS'l
creek William ~ Herman said TO q Post
int.ilgeneer reporter yesterday:
We reached tho headquarters OF the
Canadian police at the month OF the Iig
Salmon river or February e. Ne faApsls
every one much excited ever the naNiy'
discovered placer fields on o GREET fsSs
miles down the Yukon from the mat 70
Of tho Big Salmon II he'd been nanSa
walsh creek after Major Walsh ~ The
Canadian police \ number OF prospect
I've Kloudlkers who had started down the
Yukon very late IN the Season. war
caught In the Ice near the Zig Salm6S,
They were compelled 20 so INFO wintse
quarters and have beers putting IN taa
time that hung 50 heavily on their hands
prospecting the sire ans in tire nelsRsHF~1
hood Nothing ~ valte Nh f0iitfs 0- ~
the new creek WAS tried. Tn. FIRST d. q
pauned raa 3 cents u the pan and from
that up IL = cents. They have got mo-
where near the paystreak YET and The
prospects, are glowing. Seventy
cents a pan for almost surface dirt Is
wonderful Il the placer ground isfof any
extent ThirtN-two men haa i8eatgd
claims up 10 the flme we reached the
headquarters 81 the police. These ciaisns
are the regulation lae feet aud an SEEM
t. show up wsM The sreek runs back
freu the Yukon about twenty miles
Chris Solid. 81 Coifax. Ms. gave =
fc=t-lnteiiigencer reporter an Interest mR
statement Of the sctiryy epidemic ia the
f<loudlke country, Il IS considered 3 ce3-
servative ore by the other members IL
.ha party lie said
>ear,> at Dawson.
when We iegi Dawson there were be-
thu Catholic hospital there. How usaav
men are sick With abe terrible disease .u
their owa cabins az Dawson .st up ga toe
creeks ia hard 20 SAY TIE numher is
isrwP. however. ANA sotus ~ Ae wieu are
very SEX They cannot Wri pa moved
: from their cabins tn fua outiaytnx creek =
10 the hospital Al of fhe he'd VASES near
Dawson have heeu saken 60 the hospital
however. \ number are sick ihsse. bat
are nos Ny had enough 10 ~ to the hos
piia. 1'es hospital reopig taka ANY orc.
whether he has fnnusy eg uof ana are
doing aet3s "a arE ! an nat krsA per
sonaNy ~ aaF deaths - rer frooa sessvss.
There $ sh-alateiy uo n#ed ~ aay oFe
a. Nawsan aetfine tee s-arxy I ,eoatl
live there a lifetime ara never Ne tvssshtesl
wish a. After a fsW scare la the Interior
cvuntfN men gvt careless cas- - fee va
sietv and preparation ~ thtir fesd This
vaNsss the whole trouble Some ~ fhe
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