The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-26

Direct from Klondike with several largo
certified checks and grip we'll filled with
| gold dust and nuggets as momentoes of
| their adventures in the Alaskan interior
are J. 8. Jensen and Roy Jensen. two
| former st. Paul men, who registered at
the Merchants yesterday. Both left St.
| Paul In 1897 for the frozen fields Of
| Alaska, and are in the city on a short
stay before returning to their dig
gings." The tensions are brothers. and
| for several years kept a grocery store ct
| Atwater and Rice streets and have many
| friends in ST. Paul.
| 1--WE left Dawson June TO-" said J. s..
Jensen to the G o b Q yesterday after
noon. land came through to Seattle in
thirteen days. which Is one of the short
est trips on record. The City of Seattle.
the boat we. came through on, was the
first boat to come from the upper Yukon
| and all on board had more or less money,
| as the fare was quito high and only those
who had met with success could afford
| to come through The fare Is now $3.50
from Dawson to Seattle, but it will likely
be reduced somewhat before the season
progresses very far.
1t is estimated that a half million dol
lars worth of dust was brought to Seattle
by the $50 miners on board, and including
the certified checks and orders on Seattle
firms the total brought out by the City
of Seattle will foot upwards of a million
dollars
This one is worth about forty dollars"
continued Mr.. Jensen as he flshed out
nugget about the size of an English wal
nut from his valise, and Is only half Of
nugget which we found not a great while
ago. The nugget was broken in two and
this piece is only half of it. You see it
has a little quartz in it, which makes 1t
a second grade ore, but nevertheless you
don't have to find a wagon load of these
to get rich There is little or no quartz
mining, although 1 have believed from
the first that there is plenty Of good
quartz that could be mined profitably If
the proper machinery was at hand to get
at the ore, and mill it after found. .s
THE fire at Dawson did q great deal of
damage and wiped out about half the
village, but while the ashes were still
smouldering the burned part Of the city
was being rebuilt and IN a week one
would hardly know that there had been
a fire.
"Of course every one that goes to
not advise any one to go, as there are
enough Of people there now, but I can say
with assurance that there is great wealth
in the earth that has not been taken
out, and many men have made fortunes
and are accommodating wealth right along.
However, the element of luck enters into
mining as 1t does In no other enterprise.
When you dig a hole in the ground you
don't know what you are going to get,
and your success is all matter of good
fortune. There are great many who have
been around Dawson since the first gold
was taken out in. any large quantities,
and have never found anything that
would pay them more than living, - -.
Dawson City Is booming and things
are pretty lively there just now. There
Is still great deal Of gold in Dawson
that is the property of mining companies
that has not been brought to the United
States Just how, much / can't say, but
it must be very large amount.
'Our claim is on the Gold Hill section
and we expect to return to Dawson some
time in August. After visit in st. Paul
we will go to Seattle and buy our outfit
We expect to be on the ground about
Sept. IL