The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28

Fort Cosmos. They were then heading
the Kubuck. In October the ground
would be frozen hard, and then prospect
ing down to bedrock could be done. If
gold in paying quantities was not found
It was the intention of 200 of the gold
hunters to make a three days journey
overland to the Koyukuk River, where
gold was known to abound. Now news
has been received from the miners on the
Koyukuk three or four times since last
October, but not a word about any men
having gone over from the kubuck.
Of those who did not go up to Fort Cos
mos nearly all took up claims on the
auckland River. Among these was John
D. Tallant, the banker and they found
traces of gold from the roots of the grass
down, but could not reach bedrock until
the ground froze in the winter. Letters
irving daily from all parts of California
and the East. and these will go north on
the Alaska next May.
at looks to me very much as though
the boys have struck gold and were too
busy to send out a messenger said Cap
tain Cogan yesterday. OR they may
be persuaded to make the journey. One
thing is certain, there will be no starva-
ton, as everybody was well supplied with
provisions and there is fish and game in
abundance I am certain that I will find
them all well when 1 get there in June.
At Golovin Bay they have found gold,
and when the Alaska gets there l suppose
we will get some news"
The British bark Knight Commander is
! in trouble again. She was spoken on
March % by the German steamer Africa
and supplied with provisions. This is the
second time she has run out of supplies.
She, left, Puget Sound early in. last De-
cinity of Cape Horn the provisions ran
out. The crew was down to starvation
rationsS when the captain managed to
make Port Stanley The supplies received
there were neither extensive nor varied
| but the men had to put up with them
until the Africa was met with on the 18th
inst.
The Knight Commander was formerly
a ship and has been more or less unfort-
unate since her launching. In July, 1873
", while on her way, from San Francisco
overheard. All the livestock aboard were
crowned and the cabin flooded. In March
lSI4, while on her way from San Fran
cisco to Liverpool she lost all her boats
ana a suit of sails was blown away. Two
years later while on her way to Calcutta
she was dismasted, and a couple of years
fever
@, On July h1I{, 81; 1891, the Knight Commando,
caught In hurricane and had to put
INTO Falkland Islands with her rudder
pintles gone and otherwise so damaged
that her cargo had to be discharged for
repairs. While the ship was being over
na9le "a many of the crew were taken sick
mat put IN for supplies. The captain
went to Montevideo and secured a second
crew, but some Of them died on the way
TO Port Stanley and upon reaching that
place 1t was, found that two of the ap-
P 3n9ns mad fallen from aloft and been
kllled. Enough men were got from Mon
de 1d to give the ship a full complement
ana start was made for San francisco.
but she was caught in another storm and
had to put back into Stanley with her
In July. 1892, the Knight Commander
left San Francisco for Cork and She was
caught in more heavy weather off The
Horn, In fact, the news reached Eng me-
land that she had foundered and the YES
sci was given up for lost She reached
her destination in safety, however. and
aafter that her rig was changed to a bark.
Since then her accidents have been minor.
ones, but she never seems to be able to
pass Port Stanley without putting in
there. To even up the i'll luck of the
Knight Commander her sister ship. the
Knight Companion, has been almost a
uniform success.
The ship Erskine NJ. Phelps will sail for
Honolulu to load sugar for New York in
a day or so. She came off the Union
Iron Works dry dock yesterday and went
to Harrison street wharf, where she will
take in ballast. The Phelps will take no