Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-11
Captain Hansen Says the Diggings
are Very Rich,
WORKING WITH CRUDE TOOLS
Wen Taking out from $40 10 800 a
Nay Deep wash Gravel with
He'd itock az STA Pcet.

The Dnwson Cleaner. which arrived
here from the Klondllsc yesterday gives
an interesting interview with Capt.
Hansen. the Alaskan Commercial com
pany's superintendent, as follows.
Captain J. 4. Hansen, superintendent
OF tho Yukon district FOR tho Alaska
Commercial company. who arrived
recently from visit q inspection Of the
several stations OF the Yukon as far a.
81 Michael was a passenger again on
the down river trip OF the Leah In COM
pnny with Louis sloss. vice president OF
this immense concern. We know Of no
person 20 ably equipped and wen quail
lhcd 20 speak Of the Yukon. and Amcrl-
ehn Alhskth territory aH Captain Han
son. VINO always has vast fund of In
formation and of the most valuable
KIND N you can only catch him al uu
lllc moment, tho hardest thing la tho
world 10 do. DURING tho season now
closing hu has been ut 81 Michael
nupcrintrndlng Tho transfer Oh the
American soldlery from the ocean boats
90 the river steamers and Theme 10
their several posts There were about
go IN an, and thousands OF tons of
freight 60 be handled for them. Captain
Hanson u loud in his praise u the work
OF Colonel Ray, in command Of the mile
iary cnntinFent This officer 81 using
No forces 10 block out the way FOR the
pioneer, Instead " having tho pioneer
ana prospcciur blaze the way Tor The
soldier The government rpseryo al
EAGLE city, known uH Fort Eghoft. IL In
prosperous condition. and looking well
for the future The Forty Mile dig
Elngs are most palpnby encouraging.
and especially on Jack Wade creek.
which WIN be- world astonlahor whom
developed. circle city IL taking on new
llfc, ana claims abandoned are being
fc-openrd, with new ones coming ln all
the time. Minpok doing fairly well.
Ihe output % Minook was
, ,hIs ooo season ,,.a., $1,000. Of which
above discovery on Little Minook.
showing that gold wac thcrc. hut thai
the balance of the creek had not bcrn
fully or evenly worked The above
claims are thufc ~ ON-Guy. McQray
~ Washington. There were 200 people
IN the town aud 200 az tho mines. A
small military force ~ there now. Fort
Gihbon u the new station az the mouth
Of the Tanann whore 100 soldiers arc
located. II In probable that via this
route from Cooke Inlet an ALI
American Route" 10 the Yukon will be
made, as Il 10 Colonel ltay'H intention
10 build aH quickly aa possible a Fov-
eminent wagon road az the Tannna.
Al Andrcsskn, a point selected by Cap
tain Hansen early in Yukon life are
the company'e winter quarters FOR their
10 steamers workshops repair shops.
etc. Cape Nome. the captain states, IL
Hurr 90 experience big boom next
s,ason. II " "a district widC In extent.
very rich, with deep wash gravel va
ryinE as IN other placer dlggings, the
surface covered only with q moss, no
muck, and bedrock at Ave or dix fcet
from the surface, There IL no timber.
not even Tor fuel, The beach sands
are very rich and men are rocking out
SO 20 500 a day with the crudcHt kind
of rockers. and using salt water Mr.
Sloss and Captain Hansen VIII Join Mr.
Wilson, Of the company az g. Michael,
proceed by sea To san Francisco. make
their purchases Tor 1900 and 1901 FOR
the company's stations along the Yu-
kon, and the captain win probably re-
turn 60 Dawson over the Ice.