The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-04
BIG PICK TRAIN Of GOLD.
ElD0aADO CREEK SENDS TWO
TONS 70 DAWSON At ONE TIME.
Twenty strsng aersss. wesshtea
Dewa WIN the Yellow Metal.
rrsll late Dswses-nieh klen-

Though she had about eighty klondlkers
among her l27 passengers the Humboldt.
which arrived yesterday from Lynn canal
ports. brought no great amount Of gold
from the north on this voyage-probabsy
not TO exceed Sl0e90 worth Of dust G. w.
Carmack, j. ~. Elliott. j. G. Elliott. J. H.
Cobb and Lang Cobb contributed probably
half Of the god cargo. There were
number Of other rich men in the crowd.
bu: they carried their wealth in drafts and
other forms OF exchange.
A number Of women. rich In their own
right. came out of the Yukon. Mrs. An
cerson. wife OF Charles Anderson. an Ell
dorado king, Is one OF them. She has some
rich claims Of her own. and her sister Mss
Maud Drummond. is reported 10 have ac-
cumulSfed small fortune In the camp
Mrs. Lixx.e NOVEL; Mrs. Mercer and Mrs.
Fowler all did well In the struggle for
gold. Mrs. Thomas urquhart has been In
business two years at Rampant. She con-
Quoted q restaurant and made money with
gratifying rapidly.
Gold eust was pouring into Dawson when
the Hamboldts passengers left. The morn
Ing Of June 70 pack train OF - horses.
each animal carrying DO pounds of gold
dust. arrived from Eldorado creek There
were two tons OF it-fully 81 10000 worth.
Eleven OF the horses were weighted down
with dust from r. S. Lppy's claim. No. Is
Eidorado. After paying ali labor and roy
atty expenses. IL took eleven big. strong
horses TO carry his gold over the hills to
Dawson. Such has been the luck OF the
man who was glad once of the opportunity
10 ho.d Gown q tl0 per week eleIkship in
the J. NJ. G. A. headquarters IN this city.
His men dug the gold from a single claim
and I.sppy Is now en- route up the Yukon
10 receive It,
Big Gold CarGoes Coming.
Joseph Putraw. Lppy's mine superiniend-
ent. IL coming down on the Dirigo, which
VII probably arrive today. He and Henry
Berry. one OF the Berry brothers, OF Edo
RADIO fame, have about 200 pounds OF dust.
The main portion OF the Berry cleanup
will go down the river.
A day or 30 behind the Dirigo is coming
the City q Topeka with an estimated golc
cargo OF 10000
Fred j. Long is one OF the most prosper
GUS or the Humboldts kIondike contin-
gent. For eighteen months he has been
supplying Dawson with acetyline gas-gas
generated from carbide of lime. Long has
gold saving device which he believes win
revolufionize mining on the Kiondike bench
and h.ii claims. 1t is a mechanical gold
saver anS viii. its inventor asserts. do the
work OF eleven rockers. He Is on his way
to Ottawa and Washington. where he will
patent the invention.
II. II. Hilbert. OF San Francisco. return
ed from Dawson with the remains Of a
brother II. Hilbert who died on Lake Ie-
barge several months ago.
Nearly al OF the Iiumbolct's Dawson
passengers left June 20 There were none
madam. transferring at White Horse to the
Australian.
From White Horse to Lake Bennett the
steamers 8. s. Bailey and Australian en-
under a 8s-pound pressure of steam, led
TO Cariboo Crossing. where the Bailey shot
ahead. sailing Into Bennett City ten min
utes In advance OF her rival