The record-union., 1899-06-17
Two Hundred Arrive on the Stsa1n9
City Of Seattle.
Brought Down Gold Dust Estimated at -Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
The Clean-Up in the Northwest
Showing Up Well, the Seasons
Output Being Estimated at Be-
tween Fifteen and Twenty
Million Dollars, About Double
Last Years Output.

SEATTLE, June 1.-two hundred
Klondikers arrived here tonight on the
steamer City of Seattle. Collectively
they had considerable dust, but their
estimates of the total amount vary
greatly. Purser Pope said: About
$400,OO0 in actual dust is conserya-
tive estimate, 1 think. I had about
$250.O00 placed in my care"
The Seattle also brings the following
news, dated Skaguay, June 18th:
A large amount of gold dust and
nuggets was landed at White Horse
Rapids last Friday, June 9th, from the
first three steamers to reach that point
from Dawson City. Over one ton OF
it was officially checked off by the
officers at White Horse when making
the transfer from steamer to steamer.
The remainder was divided in packages
ranging from ten to seventy five
pounds, carried by the more than thirty
passengers of the three boats. They
were in all sorts Of odd packages, and
with no attempt at concealment. Owing
to the low stage of the water on the
lakes and rivers, it was impossible for
the small steamers from Bennett to
first lot of sixty-five was landed in
Bennett yesterday by the Nora, and
reached Skaguay last evening.
Another lot of over 100 reached here
at o'clock this morning, and the re-
mainder will get here sometime to-
day.
The consensus of opinions gathered
from almost every man reaching
Skaguay was to the effect that the
output of the Klondike in the past
Year would be between $15 900 coo and
$20,O0O,000. The lower figure is prob
ably nearer correct. This will about
double last years output.
Nelson A. Goucher, who has been
working No. 9 Ell Dorado, says that
that famous creek will suEpass all ex-
pectations. No. 8, owned by Mercer
and Demars, will clean up at least
100000 No. II Ell Dorado, he be-
heves, will prove. to be the richest
cock of Quebec, who owns a half inter-
est, had thirty-seven men at work on
it all winter. and the cleanup will be
in the neighborhood of from $1,200OOO
to S1,5G0G00
MOI mucn Work IS DelnS done DelOW
Discovery, but great activity prevails
above it, and the claims are showing
up rich. Dominion Creek is going to
make good record. and so is Hunker
but it is too early yet to give figures
from any of those creeks, owing to the
distance and difficulties of the trail to
and from Dawson.
The exact figures of the actual out
put will never be known, for the rea-
SON that every effort is being made to
evade the royalty, and every trick and
device is being resorted to in order to
smuggle the dust out of the country.
The steamer Columbian was wrecked
on June 9th by striking a rock six
miles below White Horse Rapids. She
is total loss The Columbian had a
large list of passengers. who were
transferred to other steamers.
The ice is still troublesome The Nora
on her way down to White Horse went
through two miles of pine-inch ice on
Marsh Lake. At Cariboo Crossing the
Nora passed three stranded steamers
yesterday morning. the Australian.
Clifford Sexton and the eleanor The
latter got off shortly after and started
for Atlin City, but blew out her cylinder
head in Taku Arm, and had to tie up
to the bank
The water at Cariboo Crossing is
only eighteen inches deep.