The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-31
PLACER AND QUARTZ GOLD.
About 100000 OF KLOyDIKE AND
TREADwELL PRODUCT on AL-KI.
Ffeeman-Hfa Rich Partners
Successful New Workmanship SAL
mos Dfgxfngs Fail 20 Pan Well


on Ire Alike. arFivsng early In tae mora
ing with about ninety passengers. two-
thirds q whom are from the kloncsSe-
some &C he rich msn OF ire great goa
camp we're in this crowd. PurSer Bush
Ia giving al estimate % the Al-kfs geld
treasure 70 Superintendent Trownridge. OF
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company
piaes1 the figures al s-esst He had be
sides iao tons OF TreaaweIl concentrates,
which never run less Than tl.o and some
times much mare. 80 the Al-ki had al the
leaS: calculation Il gold cargo Ct 5000
A former Seattle fireman whose fortune
could nat be designated in short 81 slx
figures came on the AK. w. g. jenkins
IS mis- name and a more modest and re;ir-
ing man |; would be difficult 10 find. Al
ways bashfui and backward the acquisition
CT kionGike wealth has apparently made
him more 90.
''Dia you bring much go!d?' was asked
''oh. not much. re replied Il have 1t
tie expense money"
jenkins ''iittls expense money" may BE-
reckoned at about SO os. L, sas taken 20
the Hotel Northern IN a strong box which
required two men 10 handle. The box 10
about twenty inches long. twelve wide and
ten deep. Its gold weight was estimated
al So pouu1e.
No 81 EIdorado.
The gold came from No. s. Eldorado. Of
which claim Jenkins owns oDe-haf The
title 10 the other half Is held by four Nor
wegsans. Swan Peterson. Seattle; Edward
Opal. Skastt River: NJ Knudsen. Tacoma,
and Brussett. Norway. They worked
the claim only about six weeks th.s year
The half If 81 E.ldoTado Is all the klon-
dixie mining property Jenkins owns, but
az a dividend payer one the ordinary man
would regard sufficient. HIS share OF
last years yield exceeded ss3Do. to say
nothing Of what was taken out this season
and the first years working.
Jenkins has been four years on the Yu-
kon and the four years prior 10 that time
he passed In this city as member u
fire company No 2 He is a North Caro-
Hnian by birth. was born and reared near
the ancient capital Raleigh.
Jenkins partners are rich In their own
right. Brusseit. besides his one-fourih In
terest In No. q. owns Nc. II and sub
etantial share OF No. Eldorado
Another rich Klondiker returned with
formerly Of Gallup. y NJ Morris made
would give the Yukon a trial Four
years ago he brought UP on Forty Mile,
did we'll at mining there until the klon-
dixie discovery, when he stampeded 10
Alex. Mcdonald on No. 2 Eldorado. and
during the season Of ISIS took out A1,e9
worth OF dust, which he had treated IN
the Seattle assay mint Since then he
has secured an interest In No. Il Ell
dorado and rich Gold hill claim. Nor
ris brought out very little gold, but hts
friend jenkins vouehsafed the informa-
tion that his ~ in drafts,
Harry Wright, partner of Price one
Of the bonanza kings, returned on the
Al-ki with big gold luggage.
summer Digginas.
Several of the Al-krs passengers left
Dawson as late as July Is, They came
up the river on the Victorian, Canadian
and Philip -. Lowe John II. Mackenzie
was Victorian passenger. but from
Lynn canal he came as far as Victoria
Utopia Mackenzie formerly resided at
Cripple Greek. Col. He is a miner IL
fweuty-threc years experience. and has
prospered in many Other camps as well
the klondike.
About seo people have left the Kion-
dixie since the ice break-up." he said.
Many went 10 Cape Nome and not a
few | presume. came on out Anyway.
lation. There will not he many idle
men there this winter. and times are GO
ing 70 be good for those who remain.
''rhe dirt that was taken out during
the winter had been pretty well washed
when I left. bat they were still taking
oUt lots 81 gravel from the summer dig
ging benches This work viii SO on all
summer The old river beds. particu-
larry the former courses ~ the Eldorado
and bonanza. are proving very rich
The creek claims are richer in places
but they are not SO uniform as the
benches"
The returning Klondikers say the Big
Salmon find * said 10 be turning out
poorly Mcdonald ou;nttetf "A lot ~ men
returned 70 Dawson with discouraging
reports - tn. district Mcdonald ard
Capt Hansen are reported 20 have sent
lot ~ men 20 the Cape Nome diggings