The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17
GOLD FROM The
RICH kLONDIKE
More THAI a Ton Being
Brought Out.
MANY MERCHANTS RETURNING
COME FROM DAWSON CITY TO
REPLENISH SUPPLIES.
Some Fabulously Paying Claims Be-
ing Worked in the Vicinity of
Dawson Will Yield Many
Millions This Year.
MANY MERCHANTS RETURNING
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SKAGUAY, June 10 (via Seattle,
Wash. June 16)-A large amount of
gold dust and nuggets was landed at
White Horse Rapids last Friday, June
9. from the first three steamers TO reach
that point from Dawson City. Over
one ton Of 1t was officially checked off
by the officers at White Horse when
making the transfer from steamer to
steamer The remainder was divided in
packa geS ranging from ten to seventy
five pounds, carried by the more than
thirty passengers of the three boats.
They We're in all sorts of odd pack
ages and with no attempt at conceal
ment. Owing to the low stage of the
water on the lakes and rivers il was i'm
possible for the small steamers from
Bennett to reach them before Sunday,
and the first lot of siXty-tiVe was landed
in Bennett yesterday by the Nora and
reached Skaguay last evening. An
other Lot of over 100 reached here at
o o'clock this morning and the remainder
will get here some time to-day.
The consensus of opinion gathered
from almost every man reaching Skag-
uay was to the effect that the output
of the klondike in the past year would
Fifteen millions, which will nearly
double last years output, will be found
TO be good figures TO gamble on.
Frank Slavin, the priZe-fighter, has
a sack weighing fifty-fOur and a half
pounds.
oscar Odin and his partner, Jack
Raymond, had 200 pounds between
them.
Louis Allanberry struggled under 106
hounds f 1nSt and SS0O0 in hills
Thomas McLaric of Shelton, Wash,
has $4,000 in dust, William Rogers
$4,000 and Joe Clerkin $1,000. Every no
tel safe in Skaguay last night was
crammed full of gold dust, with a
Waterman on guard all night. and as
these safes could not accommodate all
who had gold the safes of the several
merchants had to be called into requi-
sltlon, and the largest of these We're
taxed 10 their utmost.
This gold is brought out largely by
merchants with only few miners who
have been in the klOndike all the way
from year to three years. Only about
half of it is from the winters cleanup
and. that from benching, as sluicing
had only about commenced when the
steamer left Dawson about May %
Nelson A. Goucher, who has been
working No. 8 EI Dorado, says that
that famous creek will surpass all ex-
pectations. No. 8. owned by Mercer &
Demars, will clean up at least 5000, 600.
No Il FL Dorado. he believes, will
prove to be the richest claim on the
whole KlCndike. MIR. Peacock of Que
bee, who owns half-interest. had
thirty seven men at work on it all win
ter and the cleanup. Will be in the
neighborhood of from $1,000, 600 to ST.
500, coo.
ON Professor Lippy's claim, No IS
FL Dorado they quit drifting on March
3, as they had more pay dirt out than
they will be able to wash up this sea-
son. The dirt is very rich. The results
OF this claim cannot be estimated, but
Will be enormous.
Antone's claim, No. Ell Dorado, is
also exceedingly rich, but no figures
are given. +. w. Ward of Newcastle
Wash, who is on Bonanza, said when
he left they were working rockers on
benches and sluicing had only fairly
begun. Not much work is being done
below Discovery, but great activity
prevails above ii and the claims are
showing up rich. Dominion Creek is
going to make a good record and so is
Hunker, but it is too early yet to give
figures from any OF those creeks owing
to the distance and difficulties of the
trail to and from Dawson.
Many of the! men just come out are
merchants, who are here to replenish
their stocks and get back gain as soon
as possible.
Peter Odin gives a good account of
Cold Hill 1t the junction of FL Dorado
and Bonanza and says the results will
surprise many.
The exact figures of the actual out
put will never be known, for the reason
that every effort is being made to
eyade the royalty and every trick and
device is being resorted to. in order to
smuggle the dust out of the country
Frank SlaVin and his partners have
thrty-seven placer claims, most of
them good There has been a lot of
prospecting for quartz, but no great
discoveries have been heard from
Slavin is going to New York and Lon
don. He and his partners have bonded
the Dome quartz proposition with a
London company and got 100000 for
development work.
Among those who came in on the
| early train with small tin boxes or
sacks Of gold was Mr.. Preston, former
assayer here, who, besides his dust, has
a nugget weighing sS5. Among other
noted "heavyweights" are Stanley Nc
Grade, l. Moen. w. F. Forget, Colonel
Green. n. G.. Goucher, S. Clement, A r.
Cox. E.. c. Campbell and E. w. Morrill,
Clement who owns No. Is above on
Bonanza, carries drafts exchanged in
Dawson for his gold the aggregate of
| which covers six figures.
The steamer Columbian was wrecked
June 9 by striking a rock six miles be-
] low White Horse Rapids. She is a
total loss The Columbian had large
/ list Of passengers, who were trans
ferred to other steamers.
The ice is still troublesome. The Nora
on her way down to White Horse went
! through two miles of nine-inch ice on
! Marsh Lake. AT Carboo Crossing the
! Nora passed three stranded steamers,
! the Australia Clifford Sexton and
| the Cleaner. The latter got off short
| ly after and started for Atlin City,
/ but blew out her cylinder head in Taku
| Arm and had to tie UP to the bank
! The water at Cariboo Crossing is only
! eighteen inches deep.