The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-18
Gossip %
Heard In
10000 Hotel Corridors.

Al mining men now in Seattle Is
Il fHG s,g1 s Garsy Mr. suees Carey @
property in the Dominion creek district a,c
about thirty-fye miles distant from
Dawson, Quite recently. also ne mas IN
He believes that the Klondike Is ue-
stined to even otitrivai Cape Nome
Speaking of acquaintance VINO naee
the current year Mr.. Carey saio s@>
terday:
IF the inside history Of Dawson ana
the surrounding territory was given IuL,
ly and accurately to the world II would
read like an Arabian Nights tale. me
Eldorado creek claims in particular,
been heard Of before. T; 8. Lippy' e, OF
this city. has easily taken from ms
dump sf5o, 900. His claim is known as
No is Joseph .r aall n wh9 Ger' has
cleaned up over $4,000 for his winter
work. Hall tells me that he experiences
to the Klondike district. He is an old
man now, at least sixty years or age.
and am glad 10 see him wen nxed io'
the balance lane of his days y1s,rs on r,dorado
creek all have prospered with the ex-
eeption OF No. "a. | should not say, now
ever that q has proven fai Hfn,ii t rSe
present season Il was condemned as OF
little value. The only find made upon ~
until the beginning q last ,: Aprii was vas
"The owners OF this claim began pros.
pecting towards the right limit or TIT
rock in July and they have now struck
il rich No, 80 Is owned conjointiy by
John Nelson and Harry Smith They are
Germans and for ten years prior 10 tnls
find had tramped up and down the Ooast
in a futile effort to better their conditioa.
They will have s250. 600 for deposit In the
bank upon arrival from Alaska
The Berry brothers, four IN numper,
have been very successful They came
there with hardly a dollar to divide De,
tween them, and now declare they WI,
million of dollars. They are all generous
boys and not one of the 1000 minore at
Eldorado envies them their splendid Tor
tune"
rftory. Mr. Carey continued: Dominion
is about thirty-hve miles from Dawson
year. Nos, 30 and :, and have turned
out exceptionally well. Joseph Barrett
owns No. 81, | am not aware wnat lot,
tune has attended him. but l am toiu
that he has expended on his property
something over $4,000 In improvements.
Andy Nelson. who Is well and favorahly,
known all over Alaska, is the owner OF
my departure had Welded about $4,000.
No. 36 Is owned by Butter brothers.
Three of then compose the partnership.
beginning OF May and are. now undoubt-
eddy sl50o0O to the good. These same
boys also have a claim on Bear creek
eight miles fram @ w snohs nas
as No. "a on Bonanza creek, above dis
covery. which will yield at low esti-
mate $500. 900 They have been unusually
fortunate In their several mining ven
lures"
Mr.. Carey is personally interested in
the Dominion district and has realized
reeton. He believes that the mines on
Eldorado will average from twenty TO
twenty-five employees to the claim. He
states that there are now about 1000 MIN
ers on Dominion creek.
w. w. Wtherspoon Spokane's chief
OF police, was q guest of the Hotel Dil-
home on the eastbound Great Northern
train last night. having STONED here on
his way from Tacoma In which city he
attended the Knights Teuiplar conven-
you have in Seattle an efficient and
eil-eduipped police force" 10 said. II
do not believe shall exaggerate. how
equally good. At present we have forty
officers This number includes our de-
tecttves and three specials. We have a
patrol system similar to your own.
Spokane is booming. The number of
residences In course of construction
would be difficult to estimate. A. few of
So. 900 The great majority, however. are
being built by mechanics. clerks and the
smaller class of merchants. THESE, In the
larger number OF instances. viii cost from
81. 500 to 81, 900 each One will readily con-
cede that II means substantial growth,
I'm a letter Just received from the Spo-
our population can safely be estimated
at 1890 The census figures as we'll. |
am almost positive, will reach that num-
bcr"
Among the guests Of the Hotel Stevens
is Axel Carlson, q well known mining ex-
pert who Is again en- route TO Alaska after
an absence OF three or four weeks Mr.
Carlson believes that the kOyukuk cOun-
try. lying about 400 miles down the Yu-
kon river from Dawson. will next season
develop into the greatest gold mining
district ever known. The country he
SAYS IS as yet wild and uncivilizcd but
the few reports which have been received
from there indicate that its richness can
not be estimated.
EVERETT WINS At BASEBALL.