Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-19
COLD FROM The KLONDIGE
Roanoke and Portland Reported to Have
Brought Over 100000 Worth.
CAPE NOME DISTRICT WAS "sALTED"
Scheme of Transportation Companies
90 Cause n Rush-Said to BE
FriEhtfulIy Dull Mt
Dawson.

between 500 and 500 passengers and s., ,0O0, 900
or $4,000 900 worth OF gold dust. The lowest
estimate is 81, 100000 and the highest $780,
600. This latter estimate is that OF Purser
Newcomb. in whose custody large part OF
the treasure was. He included in his hg-
ures the amounts in possession OF individual
passengers.
The most OF the gold was shipped by the
Canadian Bank OF Commerce. the Bank OF
British North America and North America
Trading and Transportation company. The
largest individual amount was said 10 belong
to the Macdonald brothers, who are credited
with 100000 worth. The steamer Garonne
sailed from St. Michaels for Vancouver pre-
vious, to the Roanoke with nearly If not
equally as much gold on board. 1t is esti-
mated that the two steamers carry over
$4,000, 900.
Gold on the steamer Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1s.-The steamer
Portland arrived here today, fourteen days
from St. Michael, with $50 passengers and
s1,500,00O in gold on board. Most of the re-
turned people are without means and about
100000 of the gold is owned by few lucky
people, the balance being the property Of
the Alaska Commercial company.
The miners speak Indignantly of the treat
ment accorded prospectors who went to the
Cape Nome district at the solicitation of
the transportation companies. The reports
arriving today by the Portland fully confirm
the Associated Press advices received from
DR.. Stone, formerly of this city, who went
north during the first rush to the Cape
Nome district. The Portland passengers say
unqualfedly that the district has been
''salted" in the interests Of the transporta-
tion companies and that great suffering
prevails in the district, food, fuel and cloth
ing being scarce. Reports of similar ma
ture come from passengers, who went as far
north as Depart City. A few rich pockets
have been struck here and there, but no
very important finds have been re-
ported.
AS soon as some prospector makes a strike
his Joy gets the better of him and he tells
others. This causes rush and among the
great numbers who join these rushes pos
sibly a dozen or even less may take out a
few hundred and possibly few thousand
dollars. They generally make their way to
the settlements, followed by a large num-
Der OF the luckless ones, and the arrivals
Of so many miners at one time at a set
tlement accompanied by few who spend
their money lavishly, give rise to the rumor
Of the great richness OF particular district.
And the transportation companies are not
slow to take advantage OF the opportunity
to delude prospectors into going to the dis
tricts Many OF the miners who returned on
the Portland had to sell all their posses
| sions to get enough money to pay their
transportation to this city.
FrightfuIly Dull Mt Dawson.
R. F. Edgar, one of the passengers on
| the Portland, takes very gloomy view OF
| the stata Of affairs In Dawson
There is nothing doing there he said
| 1T is frightfully dull. The place is so over
| run with unemployed men that there are at
| least ten men for every job. No, there is
| no suffering. There seems to be food for
| all, but there are great many men who
| are without money and who will undoubt-
edly suffer. l have no doubt the govern
| ment will have to step in and take care
| of these men. There are hundreds anxious
| to leave Dawson and would leave IL they
| had the means, but they have not, and there
| is an end Of it."
Royalties for the Season.
sKAGWAY, Alaska. July IA (via Van
couver. B. C.)-J. E. Gerouard, a member
of the Yukon council of administration, ar
rived here today from Dawson. on his way
| to Ottawa, with an official report to be
laid before the cabinet officials.
| Concerning royalties he stated that when
he left Dawson the report OF the month OF
June had not been completed, but enough
returns had been made to state that the
royalties for this season would run over
100000 The total output for the season
he estimated at SEC, 900, 900, and the dis
crepancy of the royalty as against this total
output he explained on the ground that
royalties had been diminished because ii
was now only levied on over $1,000, instead
of over s., 200. and that the output of claims
| which would thus escape the royalty tax
| amounted to large sum.
| Commissioner Gerouard remarked that
the administration had expended $4,000 on
| Improvements in the city, $4,000 on hos
pitals and in addition had worked all the
prisoners on what may be termed city i'm
provements.
Charles Anderson stands at the head OF
royalty payers, having handed over to the
government $4,000. He has claims on Ell
dorado and also on Dominion.
Prof. Lippy OF No. 13 Eldorado Is a good
second. Hall and Picotte of No. II Eldoradc
paid trihe over 100000 in royalty and
Stanley & Wardner of Seattle, from No. 2;
and 26 Eldorado, paid the royalty on $685.
900 OF gold dust. Eldorado Is therefore this
season by far the heaviest producer.
| NfNCOb ID. ~ July hc
| Garonne arrived tonight from st. Michaels
Alaska, with $50 passengers and abou
$500, 900 in gold dust. Between s750,0OO ant
81, 900, 900 belong to the Canadian Bank o.
Commerce. The largest Individual amount i:
that OF T. S. Lippy Of Seattle, Wash, who
is credited with bringing about 100000 from
his claim on Eldorado creek.
No Pay Streak at Koyukuk.
SEATTLE. Wash. July ls.-H S. sher'
man and F. F. stoddard, who were members
OF party OF thirteen, organized at Syracuse
y. Y, returned from Alaska on the Roanoke
last night. They spent the winter in the
Koyukuk district. Mr.. Sherman. in speak
ing of the country, said that colors could be
found almost anywhere, but there was nc
pay streak that they could find, No nugget:
could be found of the size Of a pin head
There was a great amount OF prospecting
done in every direction by the thousand
men who spent the winter on that river
Sherman thinks that the gold dust must
be somewhere in that country though they
could not find it. Out Of a large number
Of men in and about Bergman and New
Arctic City only sixty remained behind tc
| nHOSnaef he summer