Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-20
DAWSON CITY. N. W. T.
November Z. 1898.

: November Z. 1898. !
DEAR BROTHER:-
| have been out on Stuart river}
for two and a half months and ce-
ceived your two letters when l re-
turned to Dawson City. There were
about 1000 men on Stuart river.
but up to now no gold has bee n !
found. 1 returned to Dawson City
about five weeks ago. I worked 15
days, received $3.50, or ten dollars 4 |
dav, but the days are getting sol
short, that one can work only nine
hours day and before very long,
day time will be but eight hours.
The sun sh mes seven hours a da u
but is so low that he cannot shin 81
over the mountains. In the valley
and low lands there is no sunshine
The Yukon river froze over three
days ago Nov. ~. We have about
six inches OF snow. which is enough
for good sleighing: The temperature
so far, has been very agre cable, the
thermometer ranges from zero to
twenty degrees below. At thirty
degrees below it does not appear to-
be any colder than when you have
ten or fifteen degrees: Il believe that
.paHson itysis at present y the iyeliest
place on the whole continent One:
can buy everything one wants here,
as we'll as in Chicago and New York,
but goods are very expensive as the
following list will show: Flour. SIG
per hundred; beans, $12 per hundred;
sug ar. Is cents per pound; bacon SO
cents per pound. There are large
quantities of beef, pork, MUTTON,
chicken and turkeys here which range
in prices from Is cents to $3.50 per
pound. Apples, oranges and lemons
are 25 to so cents a piece, according
to size; potatoes SO cents a pound.
l have provisions enough to last this
winter. l have not decided yet what
| vii! do this winter, take claim or
work for other parties. Claims are
matter of luck. One man may pay
81 900 for one and find no gold,
another only $25 and find gold. If
I had come to Dawson City when
came into this country could hav e
made money cutting cord wood and
rafting it down the Yucon river in
summer. Wood is $40 to $50 per
cord. The past summer vas very
pleasant one and mosquitoes were
not very many. During summer r
mines are not worked, water, >troub-
ling the miners too much. There are
200 British mountain policeman n
here, also soldiers that are on guard
day and night. The boys say that
the British are afraid the Americans
might start a revolution. Well,
there are q great many here. III
don't succeed in finding gold this
coming winter I will go back to the
Amsric. n side next spring. It is
only SO miles to thu. .hne from here.
| am satisfied there is plenty of gold
in this country, but it is hard to get.
I will not give up hopes. Deaths
we're quite numerous during the past.
summer, owing presume, to the.
change of climate There. ARE still.
from fifteen TO twenty thousand min
ers here il Dawson and vicinit y.
Four weeks ago s large fire destroyed.
about 800 60 Thousand dollars
worth Of propert ! and goods. IS The
buildings we're mostl all built Up
again You can answer this. letter.
when you receive It, the mail will be-
carried all winter. will close. I
think IS the time yon d receive thia.
letterw We will not be very far. from
New ! ear, 81 will Fish youz and al.
q Happy New. Yenr:
our bro other, s
JoHal sEHR