The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
A GOLDEN STREAM
Mcdonald Says It Will Pour Out Of
Alaska for Ages.
KLoND1KE ONLY THE BEGINNING
"King" Is Returning North From a
Tour of the United States
and Europe.

Special to The Journal.
Tacoma, Wash. April 5.-"Each year Of
succeeding generations for a century to
come will witness greater gold output
OF Alaska and the British Yukon than the
year previous" Alex Mcdonald, common
ly known as the king Of the Klondikers,
said this on the eve Of his departure for
the great gold camp. No man has been
so much written about in connection with
the World-famous fields as Mcdonald, and
outside of the Northland but few have
been so little seen in recent years since
George Carmack stumped his toes against
the golden nuggets lying loose on Bonanza
creek, Aug. Is, 1895. Alex Mcdonald has,
prior to his, present tour, been seen but
once In the states. That was in 1885,
Twenty-Five years a miner, Mcdonald
went to Alaska in 1894, worked in the
great Treadwell mine for a few months
and the following year went to the Yukon
From Circle City and the Forty Mile dis
trict he stampeded to Klondike with the
first news of Carmack's gold discovery.
He located and began to acquire property
by purchase, barter and trade. To-day he
owns more mines than any three other
men in the Klondike district, to say
nothing of his Dawson real property
holdings.
Mcdonald Is returning to the Klondike
from tour Of the United States and
Europe. He and Mrs. Mcdonald left Daw-
son Sept. 20, 1901, and since then have
seen much travel England, France, Italy,
Spain, Germany, Palestine and other old
world countries We're visited by the far
Northland millionaire. Mrs. Mcdonald
remained in London, the home of her
parents. She will join her husband at
Dawson toward the middle of the summer.
Mr.. Mcdonald continued:
The .Klondike is only the beginning of gold
getting on the Yukon. said, with Its dis
coyery, sensational as it was, that other dis
coveries equally as rich would be made, and
that the golden valley of the Yukon would
pour treasure into the laps of nations for ages
to come. First we had only creek diggings.
Since then we have demonstrated that the
benches and many of the hilsides are equally
as rich. AS for the Klondike proper it will
hold it's own for at least ten years, and will
be great gold producer for twenty years to
come The output last year was between
$40, 100000 and $25, .000 and the yield this
Year will be equally as great
While thus far the Klondike is the greatest
placer gold producer discovered in the north.
it is only a drop in the bucket. The Yukon
is nayigable for 1890 miles. The Klondike
district is about fifty by fifty miles in dimen-
sions. Now, would it not be unreasonable to
suppose that the Klondike was the only good
district on that great river. There is Nome.
| It is a great camp. And confidently expect
to see other camps as rich, If not richer,
than either Klondike or Nome discovered
Let me tell you what will tend to rapidly
| develop the north. The people, men, women
and children alike, go there to get gold AZ
rule, they are young, hard-working people,
whose only aim. or, at least, whose frst AIM
| is to secure fortune.
l Ao Pow %1,o
the country. I have large holdings there.
| sell and buy mines and other property all the
| while have a deal now on, but of that II
is not necessary, to speak