The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-18
ROANOKE
ARRIVES
Bringing Tons of
Yellow Gold.
ALSO 6ls MINERS FROM YUKON
Ness From Cape Nome SIN Goa
tinuss Contradictory some
Of the Reports.

The ~ a r a r eompanys
steamer Roanoke arrived in port
about 70 ~ o'clock last nlEtt With
eiS passengers. and probably
three mlllion dollars Ia Eo.d fhe
f0ssnpke VAS expected early In the
day. and although u was late In the
evening when abe did arrive. hun
dred- 81 people gatherei az sch~a-
haehcr's wharf % greet net.
PURSE Nrweamh says that he had
s.. ea.ea IA hts 81 arxe Tine treasure
Mas 90 - blk b1Nea, ard Il was ster-
81 ia hia staterosm oftloe and IN the
captains naom The naN son banks
atone sent dawn ~ soa aao on thr
Rosneks. rhe boxes Il kold IN the
pursers rnom weighted ali the was
fnAm 40 ~ 80 pounds. Most 81 the
Eula wss left on board fhe steamer
All night. ana this morning Il ~as
taken G. the assay efflce.
There Sers quite number 81 very
wealthy kiandikefs on the Roaaoke
tue three MeDcnsiass aloas hsins
credited usth eaaVfnR a. 90 ounces II
Eoid This pile - treasure viii a.
cay nearly half million dollars =
J. Moran il said 60 have brought
cut -. ooo ouf,res, . Maiiay 30 aune-
80, And a Me Captey $4,000 : q.
Hofsvs > = Gaibrafth. Rteharsi
Butler. l. II ~aalth. and . Headsr
sah are some II the kaown ueh men
~ fhn Roanoke Others are. g r.
Hilton. Burt Donovan. Harold stur.
kis q r. Voss y a. RaaneT. q W
fsaHner James Batter. q. = 1luer.
{. Nealson. Df y. X FoN .eF. FrzRk
II Hubb<tl. q } EiurSief. Geo. Eat
On. James McManus = ., ueppsa-
sgail. , }. Morgan. II Brediis II "
Thurber. ]. A.. Iahsley Anrhis
tIauIe. rhaiip Peppin. r. olson. L.
Crasandg. <. .. Baldwin. A. Lacat.
ellie 1. y. or-xoL ~ Ssrsorf. =. l.
uanl, q. q. Hunt ., Lana. and J.
=, Miller
Mast - the gold broaxht Gown
came from the kioudlke. II Vas re-
pa.wi that sic GO worth u Cape
Nome Eeid sKs bruught out ~ " ~.
Campb.H X 10 portion 0f IN.
cleanup from claim No. Anvil
errek.
The passengers On TIE Roanoke a.
rule dad not look with very favor
abis eyes on the district. Richard
Butler. one % the wealthy klsnaik-
sfs On the steamer. spent four days
ut Cape Nome.
4 seat there" - said. and re-
fnalned four days. walking over a
good portion Of the district. don. 1
think much % II myself II struck
me as being Faoor mans diRElnEx.
The yield per day 10 the man. 10 my
Judgment. IL not going 70 he large
and from wbas I eouid learn the
coantry "a about All stskeA
or course. I'm only giving my
opinion. ard I may have formed sr-
roneouH conclusions. bat would not
adyis@ any one 20 80 10 Cape Nome. :"
Thos. Graham. Nha came down
from 81 Michael on fhe Laurada
said in regard to TIE Cape Nome dis
tFict. 4 went 10 g. Michasfs with a
view 90 zoiug g. Cape Nome. After
got there. - many conflicting
stories were tod. I pulled cut, I
ONLY heard good stories from those
who Wers interested IN my going I
did not So she SO co.. pan Of gold at
-. Michaei. but was told that II was
fake. The miners a. -. Michael
think u came from ~ Dorado pso-
pie az st Michael srs turning back
without going there. a. Is wealth
they believe is over-estlmated.
Probably the largest Individual
owner 81 dust on the Roanoke va
Royal ~ Mcdonald. Of Nova SEQ
tia lie had four iron haan1 boxes
weighing 10 pounds each. and said
20 contain about sIZ5 ae0. The guild
was taken from his claim. n E.iaor-
ado. Frank Warner. of Montreal
had about $1,000 IN gold and "a. H.
NORMAN. " san Franelsco. brought
out - .Gs9. The majority - those
who came out with dust. however.
had II Ia small sums 81 from 1900
up. There were the usual number
OF hara-up men on the steamer.
Many Of them came out with the In
tentfun Of going 70 Cape Nome but
got discouraged wien they reached
~ Michael The reports from the
Cape are still conflicting. as viii
he seen from the interviews In an
other column. the reported richness
- the new district b. not generally
believed.
one death occurred during the voy-
age. When the vessel was two days
out. Benjamin ". Mstlock. q man "
advanced years. who had been in the
K0yukuk country died. ~ result
OF general debility His death nct
HHf l.
was buried a. midnight the same
day. tn Boring sea. TIE decreased
was from Vancouver. Washington.
he leaves two Children boy % ~.
and a girl ~ eight years Of age.
living at H. Louis. No. With their
grandparents.
serRt George Bates. Of the North
west mounted police. had charge 81
one million dollars In gold which
was brought down on the steamer
Roanoke The treasure belong a. the
Canadian Bank ~ Commerce. and u
good deal of % ls Canadian govern
ment money sergt Bates says that
probably q. 500 000 ln gold came down
on the Roanoke. The Klondlke out
put he places ~ ten million dollars.
IN an interview with Star re-
porter last evening. the sergeant
said Probably 100 people have left
Dawson recently. many ~ whom in
tended 10 try their luck IN the Cape
Nome diRglnRs. Everybody was dis
appointed At the reports 0f the new
camp received at 81. Michael. and
very few people went there From
what I could learn, ! would advise