The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30

was no escaping them
After they reached st. Michaels the
miners proceeded in the Edith NJ Lyle
to Arctic City, where they made their
headquarters. The Edith Lyle is a
stern wheel boat, 65 feet long and Il
feet beam. She is constructed to carry
| 20 tons, but she was made to carry 81
tons, and reached her destination, q
trip of 1900 miles, without an accident
Subsequently the boat was made q
source of revenue and made several
trips UP and down the river.
Arctic City is on the Kyoukuk river
at the head of navigation.
From Arctic City the argonauts poled
up the Allenkakat about $50 miles and
established Beaver City. In the country
around Beaver City they did most OF
their prospecting.
They did no end of extra labor, on ac-
count of false reports about the depth
to which the ground was frozen. In
some cases the ground would be frozen
40 feet to bed rock. In other cases it
would be frozen no more than or 5
feet.
In prospecting they would have beer
absolutely benefited in several in
stances If the ground had been frozen
to bed rock. In working in the gulches
they had got down but few feet when
water ran into the work and stopped it
There was no use trying to make pumps
work in the cold weather and the at
tempt was abandoned. There was aucol-
ony of $50 miners in Beaver. There were
no United States officials anywhere in
the neighborhood and the miners were
law to themselves. Several miners
meetings were held to consider matters
of common interest, but there was no
law breaking of consequence.
Once the party tried to establish a
mail route to Ram City. 1t was under
stood that the government was taking
the mails at that point They had a
team of IL dogs. The dogs We're har-
messed and Powers and Dollquest made
the trip. 1t was an awful experience for
the argonauts. Their food gave OUT
When they struck Rampant they had
not an ounce of food in their possession.
And the government was not taking the
mails. Nevertheless their experience
was not as harsh as that of some nen
who went from Beaver on a prospect
ing trip, and~were compelled to kill and
eat one of their dogs before they could
get back TO camp.
The weather was cold all of the time
Some of the time 1t was rs degrees be-
low zero. Yet the men of the Winthrop
expedition did not suffer greatly with
SlGDI
under tent with nothing but ordinar-
lily heavy wooden clothing on, including
plenty OF underwear, and light khaka
over all. This is long garment with a
hood, which covers the head and ears
Mr.. Cox said that many men, by care.
lessness or being insuff1ciently equipped
suffered greatly by freezing. 1t was nc
unusual thing to see a man with fin.
gers, foot or hand gone as a result Of
the cold. ..~
Mr. Cox is reasonably hopeful thar
the claims the company have staket
with so much toll will prove remuner
| alive. The 16 men who have come HON,
have been at no little personal pains
| and have suffered some deprivation L
keep the ten miners who remain. il
Alaska.
These men have river steamer, ;
| saw MILL an electric light plant drills
boring machines and everything neces
sary to carry on the work. There is n,
reason, that Mr.. Cox can see, why the,
| should not find gold in paying quaint
| ties.
| Mr.. Cox deplores the fabulous storie
that have been told about the Klondike
| There will be a few claims develope,
that will pay fabulous sums, he thinks
But the real work will be in the deVel
| opment of paying properties Man
claims are in existence, he thinks, tina
will be good property and good invest
ments.
The representative of The Spy ais
talked with Mr. Attridge and MI
O'Toole. They look to be in the pink o
physical condition. Mr.. Attridge sal
that scurvy was the scourge of tn
country, Nearly everybody who cam
| into the gold region was afflicted witt
/ fret ind he in h
legs. They would turn black. In BAT
cases the gums would swell and III
teeth get loose. The best remedy tn
| miners found was raw potatoes.
| Mr.. Attridge said that one miner o
| his acquaintance had sworn eterna
vengeance when he shall come back t,
Gods country against all animals o
the pork tribe, and to take off his ha
whenever he sees a load of potatoes
| Salt food Is regarded as a fruitful caus
of the scurvy.
There were a number of deaths, gen
orally from pneumonia and scurvy com
bined.
Mr.. Attridge had personal expe
rience that was awful Attridge ant
| Powers left their cabin one day in De
cember. They were starting on a pros
pecting trip. They had passed but ;
short distance beyond the cabin. whei
they saw the body of Strandberg. H
| was frozen rigid. He had been absen
from his cabin for 70 hours. In som
way he got separated from his part
ner. He had become bewildered. H
had passed within a few feet of At
tridge's cabin. Strandberg was Glou
/ cester man. He was advanced in years
/ He came out with the Gloucester Min
ing Company.
Conrad and Watson are at st. Mich
/ aels. They are looking up the Cap
! Nome boom on the chance that Their
may be something in 1t. Mr.. Cox think
the Cape Nome boom is being conduct
ed by the transportation companies.
The friends of the returned Klondik
ers are preparing to give them a ban
quet. Some of the party expect to re
turn next season.
Clan Forbes held its annual picni
at Lake Waushacum this afternoon, j
large crowd attended. Games were tn
feature of the afternoon. Events wer
won as follows: 1OO-yard dash, Bruc
| Hardy of Fitchburg, 1st; Peter Broder
lex of Lancaster, I'd.
44O-yard dash Bruce Hardy, list; vii
liam Taylor, 3D.
Ladies' race-Mrs. Sterling of Fitch
burg, list; Mary Thompson of Clinton
I'd.
Sack race-J. Jeffries of Clinton, LIST
John Someryille, I'd.
Throwing the hammer-James Nor
rison of Fitchburg, 6S it,; Alex Ste
vens Of Clinton, 60 #. in.
Old mems race-David Russell G
Fitchburg, 1st; James Duncanson c
Clinton, I'd.
Bicycle race-Percy Brown of Fitch
burg, LIST; William Hardy Of Fitchbure
I'd.
| The members Of the clan returned t
this town at 7.30 this evening, votin
the picnic the most successful know