The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-22
WHAT THERE ON THE AMERICAN SIDE ASKAS GREAT YUKON BASIN


stream could be run with ease and little
or no danger.
No VEL authenticated ind % gold bear
ing quartz Of valce has been reported IN
American territory as yet Inc A. &
Company men at Sevensy-u1I-e have a
wei defined quartz vein. twenty feet thick,
aosu, which they have hopes asAsed on a
coio- Or two EorIy-mlle has several
mountain at Eagle City Is grsen VITA
copper stain ard It IS reported that
ledge OF great width runs through il car
rying s. TO SO per ton in gold and IS
that valus bic copper Lodges exist in the
mountains about the headwaters of the
TaEana. ogd prospec1orS are pExz'tng
themselves about the lead belt. Nest
OF then, think il lies in the ranges nearer
the coast. Many OF tae best experts in
the world on leads have been looking
over Alaska during the past season.
Provisions.
An abundance OF provisions IS reported
from all points along the Yukon Prices
are moderately low. Flour Is sold al the
stores a. from So 10 sack, bacon. ivc 10
soc a pound; rec. SIC a pound; fruit. sc
a pound. oatmeal, cornmeai. pea meal, etc.
sc. evaporatej potatoes SOC, butter, 81
15c. Prices are said 10 De considerably
lower than these at Circle and below. On
several articles.
Il
Circle on the last boat TO complete a voyage
up the river. They have gene into winter
quarters there, esta bilsh4sC {. hospital for
the benefit OF Iukoners ia:ilucky enough
10 get sick. and they ave ready for all
kinds Of emergencies. The presence OF the
United States court eSta blished al Circle
this year has been very advantageous TO
justice IN several instances. among which
Is the notorious case Of the captain OF the
steamer Sovereign, now in winter quarters
down the river. This captain proposed TO
carry things with high hand, but failed.
Among the charges brought against him
was the one that ne unlawfuliy retained
the money. given him by passengers for
passage 70 Dawson and other points above
Circle. He Was unable TO make the trip
owing TO low water and the approach OF
winter. but proposed that the passengers
should suffer the loss. They got judgment
against him IN the United States court at
Circle FOR the full amount OF passage money
claimed, and also q considerable sum ex
ira On the heels of this arrived a new
captain and crew. sent in by the people
owning the boat. Word of the Sovereign's
Soo men VIII winter AT Circle this season
The River and the Mail.
The Yukon froze over below Eagle No
vember 3. II opened last May s. thus CIV
ing al open season Of almost six msnths.
ms. however. is not counting the time
for running ice, during which period navi-
cation is closed. Ii may be stated that
the river has been navigable for all kinds
of craft not over five months this year
The ice has not piled high this fall and al
ding all the way between Circle and Daw-
son. Owing 10 this circumstance, there has
been considerable complaint over the diia-
torineS.s in the mail service
Travel has been almost constant between
Circle ard Dawson, yet fer two months
there has been no mail service either way,
though the government has let the con-
tract for service every two weeks and pays
u hsa
plant mo mail from ST. Michael" To-
day the mail arrived from Fort Yukon,
at last, but with the news that it had been
impossible to make connection with the
mail expected from 81, Michael. The mail
contract Is handled by the Arctic Express
Company.
steamers In u Dangerous Position.
The Empire Transportation Company's
Cd steamers Tacoma and Seattle are both
stranded high and dry ON bars in such
wrecked by the breaking open OF the river
in the spring. The Tacoma IS on "A bar
thirty-five miles above Circle; the Seattle
is stranded about twelve miles below Cir
Gle. So far as heard all the other boats
nave reached winter quarters in safety.
The Seattle should not be COMPOUNDED with
the Seattle No. l. Several steamers tina,
started late from Circle. UP stream. were
obliged TO put back on account OF low
water.
Accidents.
Several accidents 10 hunters have been
reported. James Cullen, OF Southern Cali.
lorna, accompanied by J. Sharp and J.
r Jensen, went moose hunting I'D Sheen
creek early in October. Sheep creek enters
The Yukon some five miles below Seventy
Mile river. The hunters had seen nothing
TO shoot and We're about 10 give UP further
effort. Cullen had risen early ana stepped
outside the tent. He was back in a mo-
moose outside" He seized his gun and
was in the act OF filling the magazine with
cartridges. when he suddenly fell forva ri
dead His body was brought TO Star, where
nouneei due TO heart disease. His BODY
was Inferred at Star.
Went Daft.
A man named Pennoyer said 10 he re-
lated 10 ex-tsov pennoye- OF Oregon had
a singular experience recently. He and his
partner Grace own claims on Foursh-of-
July. where they are wintering. Pennoyer
went hunting and spt@d n moose. watch he
s:alked with cunning and finally ''bagged 5"
IL Is asserted thar ne dressed the animal
ana having properly cached the meat. ex-
cept the heart and liver. made a rack of
the latter and started for home. He states
that from thence on unti his rescue his
memory IL blank, broken by but one brief
lucsd interval. when he was surprised TO
find himself in the forest vigorously shak.
ing a sapling. He Travelled for six davs
without eating. though stu carrying the
heart and liver He had wandered ssne
Here he was noticed by tbs occupants of
cabin. who thought his actions strange
and asked him what was the matter 'Na
and my partner are all right" cuotn he.
we car take care OF ourselves" 4 Say
or TWO later he was Observed trying .hs
depth OF the Yukon with a stick, preua "A :
tory 70 wade Across He was then LAID
hold OF and taken 20 q cabin. where with
1q1iciops administration o. a little food he
quickly fegained his normal condition.
All Down Hill Alf-cauadIan Roufr.
@. NJ Dwyer. of Winnipeg. vas ay,s Of
TIE score or so OF weary travellers who have
thus FAR arrived in Alaska via the r1s,.ss-
tauded Edmonton route. He saws or n
Il started from Edmonton Nav s wien =
good outfit. worked almost constantly
sundays included. and arrived on rms, Ytl-
Ken with nothfng bat a light pack SsFg-
teme@r -. II IS an inapracticAhle rg,,lfa
fer OF The 5000 Or SO that started shaf ysav
scarcely twenty have arrived AZ their 5es-
tInatou and bat few Of them with Any
oatnt Il ia trae that the route Is ali 1cvco
htll by ~ay ~ :hs AthahaSka. ArEenygs
and Porcnnne. exceo; about isg ryaiI~s ts,t
that no miles - tHS rub. Besides there a "a
twenty-five short p0rtSges u be made slsa
where on that roJlts j vas even more
absurd for persons 80 choose ma; ~r,f,,n