The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-19
3 MILLIONS FROM ALASKA.
FOUR TREASURE SHIPS IN Port WITH
SS,OOO, 400 ~ KLONDIKE DUST

ed-Crowds at the Seattle Assay Ohice
with Gold Dust to Deposit-some Also
Landed at San Franchise and Vancouver.
SEATTLE. Wash. July 1S.-Kloudikers are in
evidence all over the city to-day. the steamers
Roanoke and Laurada. from st. Michael hav-
ing landed over 1000 Of them in the past
twenty four hours. The gold they brought Is
also conspicuous and plentiful At the Gov
eminent assay Office an increase in the force
was necessary to handle the gold dust that was
accommodating by dray load', large consigu-
ments being made by Dawson banks. by trans
poration companies and by individuals
The receipts to-day amounted to S3OOO,OOO.
a large excess over any day in the history OF
this institution. making a total since June OF
sj.OOOOOu. This statement was only up to
noon. at which time many miners were in line
with sacks and bags Of dust awaiting their
turn. The clerks were kept busy until > o'clock
this evening weighing gold and issuing certi6-
Gates At the sixty safety deposit vaults and
banks were similar scenes. Tho lowest esti-
mate Of the gold received in this city since yes
ter,iay morning is S4,OOO.OOO. and this ia re-
gardcd as very conservative
The great bulk OF this gold was sent by the
Canadian Bank of Commerce, the Bank OF
British North America and the Alaska Trans
portation Company. The largest individual
who were credited with ton. Their wealth.
like that Of the Canadian banks. was in boxes.
one by two feet square. iron bound and sealed.
There were twenty EIGHT of these boxes owned
by the Canadian banks The next largest in
divdual holder was p J. Moran. who had H.
600 ounces. q. l.. Malley had $780, 900 and j.
Copey 10000
Other large gold winners were s. q. Hodges.
l. q. Gailbreath. Richard Butler Ii. L. Smith.
I,l.,, II II.
Harold Sturgis G r. Noss f. C. Ruffncr
George Eaton. G. Nelson. j. j. Morgan. II +.
Thurber, c. d. Baldwin, N. Sartor +. L. Hunt
q. q. Hunt. J. T.. Miller o. Lang.
Most Of this gold was from koudike mines,
representing part of the spring cleanup. with
the exception Of $1,000 from the new dig
glngs at Cape Nome and about 100000 from
Forty Mile and other camps on the American
side
Among the ilS passengers who cam" down
on til" Roanoke we're many who had stories Of
wo" to rclat" and il was an easy matter to dis
tinguish the lucky from tn" unlurky. The
unlucky ones are glad to get out Of the country
with their lives and will never return.
In their hurry TO reach home the unfortu-
mates were not willing to venture into the Cape
Nome country. and look upon all new diggings
with suspicion. This country. however. had u
representative in til" person Of II. II. Campbell
Of Rochester. Pa. who is the first miner of
Anvil city and is int rested in No. & on Anvil
dust, III" product Of six days work on his
claim. In an interview he said:
cape Nome j. TIL" most leSolatc and God
iorsaken place that ever lay outdoors 1t is
barren. not n stick OF timber growing any;
left there 10" ' st. Michael S on June is set the
ground hnd i, not begun to thaw out; ana
All last winter and spring Starvation stared US
In the fnc" and the hardships we had to con,
tend with were too great to ennmernte. | would
sonailv it suits me. but | don't want to advise
any one else. II is for every man to make his
The RoaroEc brings the news Of the death OF
John Onhorl"nk. brother Of the Chicago
outrnctor and formerly Comptroller of Idaho.
| undrrdonk itt"d ont in Seattle :. year ago last
May. sailing on the schooner Helen with
! literally starved to DEATH lie was a native Of
| New York city and cor ~pcuoUs in politics in
! Idaho for number OF years.
| herr, today irrct IRON St Michael. bringing
| 10 men and nine women from Dawson and
f"s3% he E%F to iE Alaska S' Sn
| Contrary, h"yytmG teen icpt down by their
! divided between sINty men oi the l,a-sengcrs.
| Tn" majority had absolutely nothing 10 show
"T "Tr rsr .S nTS %a E'$ $o the
| property Of Van lderstem. who ha? been IN
| ~" hIondlke for somm years; {. l.. Mcdonald.
hay" an interest in d660G worth Of nuggets nuggets
a rart Of which belongs to the men who fur-
sacks ranged from 500 TO $4,000. and not one
was Roasting to-day Of having made rich
! strikes.
The men from Dawson left that city as soon
as N" rvsT oTGnha in r. spE and evesI
Sam d IL" iornI !"a tII eH city, s sn
Ing from st Michael on July 4. According to
the statements Of many Of the returning K on
/ Al knt n he. Ia ard nd ny
new discoveries have been made.
>.Atrus' worthy man sends news about Cape
with ~" gold pans and two rockers on Anvil
an" 9s" ho creeks 'sf"'q hrcn t Ok? from m
Claim H N92oo7 q, on Anvil creek in few
arfr "%oan., 'I S%yS n" te s%''1 s"fsn N ro
| Snow. Dry; De1tcr and Glacier Greeks Anvil
city is lhH LHraipuart"rrs of the district and has
| II Is almost impossible to run steamers TO Cape
Nome, as the crews desert and 80 to the dig
VAy",2rvEn, b. G.. July = Eye hundrc
from 81. Michael. The steamer was crowded
with passengers and about half OF them had
The gold that cam" down hy, the Garonne
Was, principally owned hy the Canadian
branch in the Kondike. with about 81 .60O.oOO
Sratt", Tqs DIX d. wSSaarhiyst SINGLE h4Iier on
Washington State had 100000 in cash.
Tho only incident OF note Of the trip was the
| stealing ~ l,3OO from one Of the passengers
| san Francisco man named Black. lie says
| that he left his belt lying on n bench. and when
he went back II was gone. A search Of tho
steamer was mad" here on her ARRIVAL but
failed t" rev"a anything OF the missing money;
Passengers from Dawson say that hloOdshcd
| was narrowly averted there during the last
week in June in connection with the closing Of
| three Of tho principal creeks. There was u
DISPUTE among some OF the largest claim
| owners on the question % royalty TIL" Cana
| dian Government official wanted NOR" duty
| than the claim owners would allow as the
| usual percentage" on thOir gross earnings
So Gov Ogllyie decided to clos" the whole
pia"" w, and work was stopped on Boz
nln2a. EldcraLo and Hunk"r crooks
| which among the very richest
! in tn" Klondk" 4 great row was raised and
| il was only IN" discipn" Of the Canadian
mounted ppc" that prevented hloOlsh"l Tn"
Who'll" matter, it was thought. wonld blow OVER
| within short time, and before this the creek \
| are probably again open
Most of the Passengers on the Garonne will
| leave Tomorrow morning for the American
aide. Tonight they are making the city worry
! lively,
| HORSE KILLS. DOG.