The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-04

siders through power OF attorney,
and | understand many claims are held
in this way to prevent outsiders secur-
ing them. On June IL this
year left Dawson again for
home. We passed various
steamers as we went down the river
which were bound for Dawson. Among
them saw the steamer William Nc
Kinley taken there by Canton parties.
The men running the steamer told me
they hal purchased it from the Canton
parties, 1t having been beached and
their goods were lost. We stopped at
Andrefsky, an old Russian city, in
which Is located the finest church In
Alaska,
"At Dawson city everything is ex-
pensive. A few prices that l remem-
ber are rs follows: Sugar 81 per pound,
coffee 30 cents to 81 per pound, salt 25
cents per pound, -four So per sack hard
wheat, softwheat Sc, condensed milk 81
per can, cows milk in summer 81 per
gallon, SIS for tomato, 81 for ba-
mana, 90 cents for an apple, carbon
steak 81 per pound, moose steak 81,
bear steak 81, shipped beef 81. so, meals
at 81 at restaurants, beer SOC a glass,
1t will be 25c shortly with license of
81, 900 year; bread 25c, washing shirt
zoe, socks 25c, cloth hat $12, suits $45,
rubber boots Sl2 to $l6.
l would not advise any one to go to
Alaska without at least $1,000. That
place Is all right for an energetic man
who is not afraid to work. Many men
have died there Of scurvy. 1t appears
to me that these consist of fellows who
let others do the work while they sit
around in the saloons. A good
workmen earns money in that
place and II he is not too close can
keep himself in good health and
clean from scurvy. There is plenty to
eat there, but the prices are high. The
pay OF the workmen there Is compare
lively high, miners being paid from 81
to 81 80 per hour. The Bonanza and
Ell Dorado creek claims are now in the
hands OF the Canadian government and
no one is allowed to relocate there,
they being the richest diggings in that
country. A miners license costs $40
and on the Canadian side a royalty OF
10 per cent is asked OF each man from
his production. The ground Is frozen
right along and fire built at night
loosens up the ground sufficiently to al
low the miner to dig about one and a
half feet deep, the size of his shaft, the
next day. Some shafts in order to
secure the pay-streak must be sunk
anywhere from a few feet to so
or 10 feet. The richest man in Daw-
sou today is Alexander Mcdonnell, who
came from Juneau about five years ago
and settled claims. He owns claims
everywhere and one claim pans out S36
to the pan. He is worth from seven to
ten million Of dollars, and started in a
poor man."
Mr.. Mades showed the reporter an
application signed by the wealthy citi-
zens Of Dawson for his appointment TO
the fire department. He also carries
letter from the U. S. consul at Daw-
son to Judge Day in this city, which he
intends to deliver to Mrs Day in day
or two. Mr.. Mades is in the best of
rugged health and seems to have suf-
fered very little from his long trip and
the apparent d privations encountered
in Alaska.
In his room at the Barnett House he
has a collection of photographs taken
at Dawson, for which he paid 81 each.
They are an interesting selection. He
also has numerous papers published at
Dawson with stacks of legal papers re-
lating to the many claims which he
still owns there in partnership. He
shows to his friends, ard he exhibited
to the reporter small pouch contain
ing lot OF gold nuggets which he Sc
cured on his claims. He will not
state the amount of his wealth, but the
indications are that he is we'll supplied
with money and riches.