The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-16
ICE BREAKS UP
ON THE YUKON
Steamer New York Al
most Destroyed.
NEWS COMES FROM DAWSON
MANY ACCIDENTS TO MINERS
ARE REPORTED.
Some New Finds in the RicA Klon-
dixie Cause Great Activity and
Revival of Excite
ment.
specia, Dispatch to The Call.

SEATTLE, Wash, June 15.-The first
news from the interior of Alaska TO be re-
celVed since travel over the trail closed
| about six weeks ago reached here to-day
1t covers the period between the big fire
at Dawson, April 26, and the opening of
navigation, May %. A revised estimate
or the losses incurred in the fire places
the total amount at half a million, about
haIf the amount of previous estimates
The Yukon broke away from its icy
letters in front of Dawson, May T. or
nine days later than last year. The
steamer New York was carried ashore by
the ice and nearly destroyed The wheel
OF the Willie Irving was crushed The
Ice damned at the foot of Third street,
ana blocks of ice were piled up mountain
hlgh. For time Dawson was threatened
with flood After a short time the ice
broke with a crash and every one knew
that the river was open for good. The
breaking of the ice marked the graduation
OF the Cheecharkos or tenderfeet into
the ranks of the sour doughs or old tim
ers. The event was celebrated with the
flrlng OF guns and a general rejoicing.
The Flora was the first steamer to ar
rive from the outside. She was followed
in few hours by the Bonanza King Re
ports had been received from All the
creeks and everything was satisfactory
There was no evidence of a shortage of
water, which caused so much trouble last
year.
On Bonanza and Ell Dorado hundreds of
men We're at work sluicing out gold The
pencheS are showing up well. Some enOr-
nous dumps of gravel were made during
the winter. These are now being washed
out and are panning much better than
was expected.
Dominion and other creeks on Indian
River are also being cleaned up with more
than satisfactory results. A great deal
Of summer work will be done this year
on ~ Dorado If the flow of water will
permit.
Work is going on night and day on
many of the big claims; The Berrys are
the first of the big owners to complete
the cleanup. There have been a mum
Der of sales during the past two months
and prices have held up wonderfully well.
large number of big and peculiar mug
gets have been found one valued at $142
was recently taken from 80 below Upper
The first week in May saw the com
mencement of the collection of the crown
royalty Of 10 per cent. Every effort is
being made to compel the miners to pay
up the full percentage.
The list of mining accidents is unus-
na dgo long g., F, Frank * Julberd was crushed
II. below Bonanza on Maget Gulch. His
partner, Cesarra Pusatti, was badly in
sufocated by gas in his shaft on claim
Il, Gold Run. A German named Heihl of
San francisco was suffocated in his shaft
near the Cliff House on Gold Run. An
drew Nelson had a narrow escape from
death in shaft on "a below on Upper
Dominion. He was taken out uncon-
sciOus.
A miner in q Gold Hill shaft became
almost suffocated from gas. He signaled
He just reached the top when he swooned
and fell back into the hole head first.
1t was forty feet to the bottom and death
would have been sure had not a spike
caught in his trousers and held him he
only falling a few feet.
There have been a number of narrow
escapes from drowning in the Yukon by
luckless parties attempting to cross on
Gilbert Anderson of La Crosse, Wis,
has reached the city after a most exCft-
ing trip from the Copper River country
through the dead of winter. He brings
news of the safety of a large party Of
the Tanana country and were believed to
have been lost. Anderson says that one
or two of the party We're frozen in the
mountains, but that the majority are
building boats on Forty mile River to
continue their journey. He does not give
the names of those who persisted.
controversy occurred on May Is. The ten
ants who would not obey Government
warnings to sign leases or vacate were
under Sheriff Harper.
e c. Allen, one of the proprietors of
The the klondike Nugget, Is being tried on
States Consul McCook.
Joe Juneau, one of the pioneers of the
Yukon, after whom the town of Juneau
was named, died at Dawson May IL of
pneumonia. He made and lost several
fortunes in Alaska
Arnold Bresmer of Seattle was killed
May II by a fellow workman in the DaW-
son brewery, William Doggett They
quarreled and Doggett hit Bresmer on
the head with a beer bottle, inf1icting
fatal injuries
A deposit of limestone has been found
near SiXty-mile, and Dawson people are
rejoicing. over the possibility of having
n a &c nf foot INF
trial before Gold Commissioner Ogilvia
Messrs. Wade, McGregor and Norwood
were acquitted Of the charge of accepting
brides and the Illegal use of official infor-
nation.