Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-07
SOME HAD GOLD
IN PLENTY.
others Were Burdeued with Physi-
cal Weaknesses and Disease
MINERS COME FROM ALASKA
Two Extreme Results OF the scare"
for Gold In the Par North
The Aiiin Trouble

seattle. wash. July e.-Tho two eN-
,,.ms results Of the search for gold IN
Alaska were presented In strong con-
,rs.t today when the steamer city OF
r,peka arrived from the north. MIN
80. from Dawson walked down the
.,rg.pinuk trembling under the weight
~ fbe gold dust they carried. Miners
s-om copper river followed staggering
frsm phyaical weakness ana disease
contracted In the inhospitnbie north'
The Kioudikcrs wore new suits
Those from Copper river were sun
q, the blanket clothes they wore when
ttey LETT civilization, aud nearly every
opr had a roll of blankets under MS
arm
one poor Copper river miner from
New York landed without q cent
tsioudlkpr hearing 81 hts plght pun
CHASED Tor him a ticket across the con.
tlnont with "a HlcepinE-car coupon anu
itted him out with new clothes
The Topeka also brought ugtalH
OF the drowning 81 four mcu az rive
Ringer rapids. They were; L. Green
Seattle. ". Mohlin. WILDLY Island,
Wash. n. Tinglcy, Victoria, ~. ~
William HOFFMAN. WILDLY islnhd'
They were going TO Dawson on a
rrow. When they reached the rapids
they became confused and lost cohtfol
u the Bcuw. The strong current car
rcd IL against the rocks, und II was
broken into pieces. The -four men were
unable 10 swim.
bored fourteen. They shy the govern
mpnt relief party sent by capt Aber-
cromblc into the Interior ala a great
deui Of good. ana doubtless saved many
lives Ahorcromhie IL now some dlH-
lance up the Copper River valley
working ON the mail road TO the Yukon.
purHer q. e.. Jones says mat the
KIondikcra ON the Topeka placed ~
his care about 100000 IN gold dust j.
n. Kenyon. V. W. Haywood and Judge
oatrudor, who were perhaps the richc
est men on board. had about aV0O
pounds of dust between them.
Dr. Leroy 9. Townsend, who has been
In charge ~ the hospital Ia the Copper
river district. arrived today. He went
into the Copper river country In fcp-
runry. 1895 lie confirms previous rc-
ports uf fatalities IN that section, He
gives the following official list OF those
who died In he hospital NJ Copper
Center since February. 1895.
Andrew Hotter, Dorchester. WIS,
died Of Hcuryy. a. u. Gaines, lioslyn,
Wash, Sam W. Baker. San francisco
Thr FORMER uddfrHA OF the iolluWlhk
is unknown. II. G. shaw. Nick Uhan,
=. Milllgnn. Jack Hayden. Dan Cush-
man. Dan Manard, Dan Mccullough,
Wesley schncldegcr. A. Louis, j. T..
Huckctt. -- Brown.
Fifteen men ARE known TO have per-
iahod Ia Valdez glacier
Fully 1000 American miners In Atlln
who purchased provisional mining H.
cenaca from the British Columbia OH.
cialr, which permitted them to prospect
OF develop collaborating properties, and
which licenses By subsequent icgisln'
tion was cancelled and the holders de.
prlved Of all existing property owner.
ship or developing privileges, are band
INK together and collecting necessary
proofs To warrant the state department
prosecuting claims Tor damages. Tn,
aggregate demand Will exceed sJ.OOO 600
The miners think their claims for dam.
ages have far more merit than ala that
Of the British Columbia sealrrs. Tx.
Congressman Col. James Hamilton
LOWS of Seattle VIII be retained by IN,
miners, II IN stated.
Advlcca from Dawson say that tho
steamer Robert Kerr left thern Jun,
goth with over s3,OOO.OoO u gold dust foi
81. MlchaelA.