The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-17
TON OF GOLD DUST
From klOndike Wine is Landed
at White Horse.

skaguary june l3-via Seattle, Wash
June lG.-A large amount of gold dust
ami nuggets was lauded at White Horse
rapids last Friday. June 9. from the nrst
three steamrs to arrive from Dawson
city over one ton or IL was officially
checked OF by the officers at White Horse
when making the transfer from steamer
TO steamer Tho remainder was divided
in packages ranging from 10 to 25 pounds
carried by the more than 800 passengers
| of the three boats. They were in all sorts
odd packages ard with no attempt at
conceament Owing 10 the low stage Of
the water on the lakes and rivers il was
! impossible for the small steamers from
Bennett TO reach them before Sunday and
the first lot OF Co was loaded in Bennett
yesterday and reached Skaguay last
| evening Another lot OF over 100 reached
here al o'clock this morning and the re-
mGinder win get here spme time today.
Every hotel safe in SkAguay lGst night
was crammed fun OF gqd drst with a
watchman on guard all night, and as
these safes could not accommodate all
who had gold. the safes of the several
merchants had to be called into requis
ition ana the largest of these we're taxed
20 Their utmost
The gold is brought out largely by
merchants with only a few miners Who
have been In the Klondike an the way
from one 20 three years. Only about
half of Il Is from the winter clean up, and
ina, from benchng. as sluicing had only
about comenced when the steamer left
Dawson May %
No n Eldorado, 1t Is said viii prove TO
bo the richest clalm i'm the whole Klon-
dixie Mr. Peacock. Of Qubeck who owns
haif Interest, had 81 men AT work on it
am winter and the clean up VIII be Ia
the neghborhood Of from yl2o000O 10
Sl.5OJ000
r. W Ward Of Newcastle, WASH who
is on Bonanza said that when he left
they Were working rockers on benches
and sLcng had only fairly begun. Not
much work s being done below Discovery
but great activity prevails above 10 and
the claims are showing up rich Dominion |
creek a going % make a good record and |
80 is Huaker
Peter Odin gives good account OF gold |
hin 900 the junction OF Ddorado and Bon |
anza and says that the results Will sur
prise mSny.
Frank sayin, the prize fghtor ana his |
partners have 81 placer claims, most Of |
them good. There has been a lot Of PROS
pocuug for 5uartz but no great discov- /
cries have ,een heard from. SlaNen Is
going 90 New York anu london lie ana
ha partners have bonded the Dome
Quartz with a London company and got
,l1rn for developing tho work
Tho ice s suh trout esome. The Nora
on her way down to White Horse went
tnrough two miles OF nine inch Ice on
Marsh lake
Al cariboo Crossing. the Nora passed
three stranded steamers.
Tho concenaus of opinion gathered from
almos, every man reaching SkaEuay was
'o ihe eject THAI the output OF the klon-
ake Tor The past year would be between
ll5.ooo 900 ana S20,e0 600 Fifteen million,
which will nearly double last years out
put wn be- found 20 be good figures 70
gamble on.
The exact figures of the actual output
Nin never be known for the reason that
'vNery effori Is beien made 10 eyade the
-oSalty ana every trick and device Is
being resorted 10 smuggis the dust out
u the country