The daily sentinel., 1900-10-10

TO the pan. we can make WA8es oH
stuff that goes cents to the pan.
"Prospectors arc out and are finding
pay gravel in other sections not far from
Dawson. In some casss they are taking
up old district claims, and by more intel
ligenr work under the constantly improv-
ing methods, are doing we'll Until the
last year steam was not used for thawipg,
but now it is found to be tho only way
to make money, hence it's adoption will
soon be universal. 1t may seem strange
to You, but they can mine cheaper than
they could herr. There is no water to
contend with, no timbering required, as
everything is frozen solid. You can un-
dermine it to any extent and it don't
fall.
1--WE have been paying the Canadian
government 10 per cent royalty on all
gold taken out after the first $1,000, but
it will probably be reduced this winter
10 l per cent. There is the best police
system in Dawson ever saw. All crime
is swiftly punished by the local Cana
dian courts. You hardly ever see dis
turbance. Petty offenders are put to
work on the wood pile and forced to
earn their living and work out the fines.
While there srs plenty Of saloons, they
are kept orderly by the stringent police
regulations. There are abundant mer-
chandise stores of every kind, and you
can get almost everything there as read
ait rha. i,t nj tv
OF Denver.
by making direct connections you
can now reach Dawson in nine days from
this city. The fret point Of course is
Seattle; thence by steamer to Skaguay;
then by rail to White Horse over the
coast range to Yukon river where you
take b ,at and 20 four hundred miles
down to Dawson Citv. Along the Yu-
kon there are numerous pretty grass
covered valleys hut they are entirely un.
occupied. er-si- = y 5
"The fixed population of Dawson is
about 5000 but it is the commercial or
trading headquarters for at least $4,000.
1t must hav- been tropical region ages
a %, for in digging We find remains of ex-
tlnct ra es of animals, great numbers OF
bones and tusks and teeth of mastodons.
l have seen ivory tusks lO feet long, and
bunche, Of gi-au ic teeth taken from
the mines There is hardly deposit
of gravel worked for gold that does not
contain more or less Of these relics.
There 10 much wild game in the country
back from the settlements, moose, carl
bou and bear, and the streams are alive
with fish.
II think Cape Nome will yet prove to
be . valuable mining country, when the
better methods applied to the Dawson
mines come into general use there. 1t il
a villainous climate, however, and an
awful country to live in. 1t is all taken
up and held on speculation, but that will
pass away after while. The gravel
beds are not frozen there as they are
about Dawson.
II don't want to encourage any person
to 20 to Nome or Dawson. Women and
children should never be taken there.
Only young, strong healthy men with
little capital, and comfortably provided
will find any sort of success in that re-
gion.
dawson is favored with very good
class of buildings. largely frame, but
few brick stores aud residences are being
erected. 1t is a splendid location for a
town; with agreeable surroundings. 1t
has some schools and churches.
at seems to mo-" said Mr.. Sullivan,
"that some Of these days the quartz lodes
from which all the gold originally came,
will be discovered, but thus far none
have boon found. II the mosquitoes
we're not 90 terrible it would be a good
stock Country along the coast. But
cattle couldn't live there now, the insects
would drive them wild and crazy. The
mosquitoes swarm In the moss but we
have driven most OF them out by burn
ing the moss over great stretches of the
country.
1.-TWO years ago people who opened
claims but didn't keep up their assess
nents as required by law. Lost them, all
such ground reverting to the queen. Tho
government is about throw those forfeit
cd lands open to prospectors, which is