The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-07-05
THE ALASKAN GOLD FIELDS.

made itself felt IN the return of other
argonautS laden with the precious stuff
which draws the whole world hither.
The steamer Seattle arrived on the
night of the 9th with more than one ton
of virgin gold, which had been brought
up the Yukon river by the first boats of
the season and out via Skagway and the
White Pass railroad. This initial re-
to about 100000 in value, and the
Seattle assay office was soon at work
in reducing the precious stuff to proper
bars and golden bricks" However,
the local assay Office has not been idle,
by any means. as there are other sources
from which bright gold comes for the
refining process. Since Jan. LIST of the
present year there has been received at
the Seattle assay office gold to the value
of s5l5. ia from the mines of the
state of Washington and British Column
biz. So, without the aid of the "Klon-
dixie output Seattle has been receiv-
ing matter of $4,000 to 81, 600 per week
in gold dust since the year opened, and
now that the Golden North" is again
giving up its stores of yellow wealth,
these lesserf9ures will give place to such
as have heretofore startled the world,
but. strange to say. have become an al
most ''everyday occurrence in Seattle,
where dray-loads of virgin gold are
carried through the streets; the only
wonder created being because of a heavy
team struggling up the hills with APP
parently not much of a load as far as
general appearances 60. But it is the
same with horses as it is with some peo-
pie, perhaps: when they happen to be
stitched" up to a sudden acquisition of
gold, it not only adds weight to their
financial standing. but seems to have
placed load upon their shoulders which
is exceedingly burdensome-as one
might he led to believe by their changed
demeanor, Now wealth is sometimes
a heap of trouble to the novice, and
anon it proves Il great blessing and
rightfully placed.
Not very long ago there went through
Seattle to the far north a strange and
molly throng, composed of two parts
reindeer and one part Laplanders-men,
women and children. 1t was to be a
part of a ''reliet expedition The re-
lief was not brought about by them,
but they became fixtures in the North
under government care. These people
We're among the first to benefit by the
Cape Nome discoveries: their duties
bringing them i'll that vicinity The
name of Lindeberg is now known as one
of the original discoveries He is also
known as the Nome King" Lindeberg
was only I.apander-on of the rein
deer herders employed by the govern
ment-tWO Years since StrOlling through
tile streets of Seattle, viewing the sights
and drinking beer in the saloons with
his wife and children-a queer people,
indeed. Recently Lindeberg and his
partner-another rich Laplander-Were
insured i'll Seattle for 100000 each.
Both now speak English tluently, where
as neither understood a word of our
language when they went north. Truly
money talks" in various languages,
And this incident shows that nature is
not partial in giving up her treasure.
The amount of gold brought from the
klondike to the local assay office up to
the first of the present year was SIS
950,3S9, and, now comes well authenti-
Gated estimate from the gold-tields
about Dawson to the effect that the
winters cleanup will approximate the
sum of SIS, 453,S70. A Dawson paper
has made the estimate from personal
inspection, and says:
This great treasure was taken from
$50 claims by $3.50 men. The number
of pans of auriferous gravel is given at
l55,0s0,l $50, with an average value of 10
cents a pan They were taken from
about Forty creek, bench and hillside
claims.
Eldorado as in the past leads with a
yield of 81, 74G, 200 and 19,645, $50 pans of
dirt, averaging II cents per pan.
Bonanza is a close second with an
output of S3.216, 400. In number of pans
it exceeds Eldorado, having credit for
81 , 33a32 200 pans, with an average value of
10 cents per pan.
Dominion is not far behind Bonanza.
1t is put down for S2,136.9lO in gold
Sulphur comes next with an output of
81, 456, 720 Hunker shows up with ST.
211, 100, not including benches Gold
Run has 81 OBJ, $50 to its account, and
Gold Hill 81 ,O02, 900"
The News says that the klondike
creeks are not only producing more this
year than ever before, but that they
will continue to increase for many years
to come. Hunter creek is rich. Fifty
claims are being worked ON the creek
proper, with total of 443 men employ
ed. The mining equipment includes
twenty eight steam plants, using seven
teen steam hoists. Many good sized
fortunes have already been taken from
Hunker, which promises to increase