The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-22
Brings Thirty Thousand Klondike
Letters From the North.
MORE STRANGE GOLD STORIES.
The Yellew Metal Fesaa CItngfag to
. Bsx spvsce Trees Roots-A Pine
Greek Clain Gives Up . e2OO Nag
ges-Discosragin9 state 81 A1airs
In the Asiin District-The Many
Woes Of Capt. Jack Crawford.


ed from the north yesterday morning about
o'clock Her passengers wers mainly
Raymond exsurzsonistx. No one from the
interior save klondiker who spent sew
ersi weeks en- route at Aiiln. came On the
Topeka though she had a big hatch OF de-
sayeS Yukon mail.
IL ts the hrxs consignment of regular mail
20 come from that section ia nearly two
months. The letters are postmarksd from
April 10 10 April II. There were fourteen
pouches containing about 1900, letters.
With the exception os two bags. it was re-
distributed here. and as a mater of fact. a
majority % the letters were addressed 10
Seattle residents and In consequence, the
local postal authorities were kept busy
throughout the day.
The Topeka brought Si3.ape in gold from
The north OF this 80 60 worth OF bullion.
San Francisco consigned. came from the
T.eadweli mine. The Washington National
and Dexter Horton & Co. banks received
consignmenss OF dust from Skagway. prob
ably Kiondike product. TO the amount Of
5000
Postmaster Meem had a letter from J.
C. MeCook. American consul at Dawson.
The writer simply asked that his second
class mail. such As papers and magaxines.
be forwarded rs frst-ciass matter. The re-
quest. Gen. Meem sale. cannot be granted
as no secend-claxs matter In carried TO the
=
Only sealed letters are taken. and these
must not be unreasonably bulky
Advfces From the Atlin Camp.
The Topeka had one passenger from At
lin. +. ]. cranfali. OF Coldwater, Mich. He
does not regard IL as a very promising
camp. and says claim jumping is practiced
TO . shameful extent, The records. he
says. are so badly mixed that the greatest
confusion prevails. He expressed the opln-
sAr hut he efaf~ On NIL
the Canadian residents Of the district TO
freeze oui' American claim owners Peter
Kruhnlins writing from Atl.n. declares
that the Americans should be conEratu-
lated over having been barred out OF the
country through the operation Of the ex-
clusion act He says there are hundreds OF
idle nlen In the camp with little or no pros
pect OF work. Stiil others cain more or
less gold Is being taken from the creeks.
Recently a nugget valued at $3D0. was
found on Campbelrs Pine creek claim It
weighed thirteen ounces and sixteen pen.
nyweights Giving an account OF the find
an Atlin paper says:
''Mr Campbell was out prospecting with
. lonely pick He left his pan behind and
he certainly did nor need II. for the prize
he turned over with his long handed wea-
pon. Men were standing on the opposite
side and saw the lucky miner at work.
Presently. they saw him jump skywara ane
while eiutching the golden tuher with the
grip OF a man going under the water. He
didn't eat any supper that night. but went
on prospecting.
Gold Clingiug to Tree Roots.
Gold has been discovered on the Yukon
In many places least suspected Of Its ex-
istence. but II remained for Martin ].
Coleman 10 tell Of a find where the gold
dust chung 10 tree roots. He claimed up
on his arrival at Dawson that the dis
coverer dug liberal quantities OF the
precious metal from beneath a big spruce
tree. The mar had journsyed from Jack
hungry. he sat down to rest under the
spreading branches Of the spruce. The
suns glare had melted the snow, and the
prospector gianeing about. discovered
earth. He seraped up double handful
and took IL 20 Forty-Miie. where Cole
man claims 20 have seen - cents washed
from a sample. The following day Cole
man and the discoverer went to the tree
and located claims.
The Poet-Scout Indignant.
Capt Jack Crawford the poet-scout. has
made public in Dawson a letter he re-
cefved from James Tanner written In
Washington last February giving warn
ing OF tho Insolvency OF the kioniike Yu-
kon a Copper River Company. OF which
Crawford was manager. and in which ex-
Senator Joseph Blackburn, OF Kentucky.
and Assistant Secretary OF War Meskie-
john were until recently directors. The
letter says.
My pesr Iacs have yours n December H.
ard meant write long letter todzS. but
Il il EVIDENT that eannnt; and yet I must say .
few wesds 20 ycg
Whatever yos, strfks up their 80 matter ha~
rs~At u is. take II IN yosr This Is my
ss.ire and Mmrrhy's and Mestirfnhns Neshieohs
urged She asy before yesterday 10 write you this
a.
The company has practically zone 10 pse7s
Murphy Is relative ~ Gen Hisrk II IL vracrian
vaa h nlacks son-in-;aw- Msrphy does h~si,a.e
'c 'hs, traornan u rascal aud thief Ess4k
burn. Nsiklesoha and Murphy seeing bow xrocsnar
running things res3xnsz frasn tAe sstFvctes.t.
ard placed their stack ia the hands az trustee
fer the hrasst = tbs subscribers The
to rrc,ers their s~pats,tons yreaasaan took
she esec n tsr COMPANY svsy from here To fsiea-
- >ev the Michigan ssrrsssgs have sue1 Srn1sns n
amd srriief - tire rSsrts ~ Chirssc f~ receiver
Yaar company IS busted in fact II no, formally
get WI arfte 81 length ss~pn
Capt. Crawford charges that the Kton-
dixie. Yukon and Stewart river claims ae-
qs;irei by tire company are valueless AMI
that he was relieved os the MANAGEMENT
because ne waulf rot sanction their sale
ta an uasuspecsing pubic
These returned on the Topeka:
" s,stes ard wife 6 Pan
" e Tsrr Miss fAts@
Mr. r y Glenn and fames shsup
eA1iassn NJ S0r&
:. SBsrr NJ snaos
n Ahrrsse& II ssAs~rfs