The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-17

sacks were carried away by passengers.
Much of the golden luggage found rest
Ing place later In the safes and ofhces OF
the leading hotels. The hulk of II. as did
the owners, went to the Seattle. Butler.
Northern. Stevens and Rainier-G Grand
hotels and II will today no doubt be trans
ferrsd to the Seattle assay ONCE.
E. c. Allen. proprietor OF the Dawson
Nuexet estimated the Seattie's gold cargo
at $aso.0op. while Thomas Gillespie. one Of
the most successful miners returning. said
he believed her amount of dust and drafts
would not fall shor, of three-Quar;ers Of a
million.
Louis Schonborr ran a temperance hotel
In Dawson, a house where not drink OF
intoxican.s was allowed sold. yet he
brought ou, 100 pounds OF dust . portion Of
his profits.
But what came on the Seattle, according
TO the stories told by her Kiondike pas
sengers. is only a thimhie full in COM
parison with what remains already mined
from the great treasure land and awaiting
shipment 10 the states. One of the clean
up foremen tod Purser Pope that over
Ao00 pounds OF gold dust Il stored in T. 8.
Lsrpy's cabin in the Klondike- II repre-
senta the cleanup OF kppy's Eldorado
claim. He Ii now en- route to Dawson. hav-
ting paaxed Tia winter and spring On the
outside.
o.her Klond.ke claims are reported to
have yielded proporiionahly rch. notably
several Eidorado rich mines In the imme-
date vicinity OF LAppy's and few Gold
Hsii bench claims.
Man0ok's Golden story.
A golden story wss waited up TO Daw-
son from Manook. Several down river
boats. one from Rampant had arrived be-
fore some OF foday's Klondikers returned.
Walter Collins. formerly OF Seattle. was .
passenger On the Rampant boat. He told
Z c. Allen that Gov. McGraw and part
ners had already taken out more money.
igurs;ively speaking. than they know what
to do with. They have sIo0D worth OF
nuggets on exhibition in Rampant store.
The McGraw gold. as indeed all from the
Rampant district. VIII be shipped down the
river The bulk OF the Kloudike output,
Allen says, win come out by way Of ST.
Michael The bankers OF Dawson were
buying practically all the gold offered when
Allen left They have tons OF II stacked
up In their bank vaults, the stun being
entirely too bulky 10 store In safes.
None Empty-Handed.
C. p. pevine. one Of Seat.ie's pioneer
shoe merchants. came out on the Seattle.
His Kiondike mining partner Is Charles
Armstrong. also OF this city. and at one
time connected with the Seattle Transfer
Company Though their claims at first
did ne, show up very well. they are now
yielding handsomely. Mr.. Devine brought
4 good portion OF the output 81 their mine
with him.
As matter of fact. every Kfordike pas
senger appeared 10 have more or less gold
aust. 1T ia quite different from what II
was last year" Purser Pope observed.
every man has Lille sack or bag Of
dust. and scne have more than they can
comfortably carry
TIE reports from Eagle Csty. the new
American camp are not OF a very en-
eonrrsing nature. Several miners had
reached Dawson from Eagle. ard they
sserns. 10 ih.nk the outpu; of the camp
waald - Disappointing.
The SeattIs's Kiona.kers left Dawson ali
tsa way from May 3 20 June ,. the latter
making the trip IN thirteen days. They