El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29

- AWSON. Yukon Territory, July
29-Sirce I have come TO Can
- ada 1 have acquired a contempt
@cr Aladdin. At every stop here ] am
meeting common. everyday men who
are enslavins genii million times
mightier than those of the Arabian
Nights They rub the lamps Of their
genius and palaces OF mechanical Won
DIR spring forth almost in a night
They give their orders and change the
course or a river. They raise their
hands and valleys are turned upside
down. They even send their minions
into the stony ice vaults that have been
locked since the age OF the glaciers to
bring forth the gold so long held by
Jack Frost.
II is such men who are conquerin-
nature in the valley Of the klondike.
who are ripping the skin from the ribs
OF old Mother Earth and picking out
the gold that lies next her bones I
have already written Of the Yukon
Gold company. the child of the Guggen-
feims, which is operating in the
creeks that have poured millions into
the lap Of the world. My subject today
is Joseph " Boyle. the dredge king.
whose domin5o2s are 80 square miles
Of the gold bearing earth through
which the kloudike itself cuts its
way His territories begin within al
most stones throw of where the river
flows into the Yukon and they run be
yCnd bunker creek for a distance Of
about seven miles. They cover alto
gether an area OF over $4,000 acres.
ara the most of this is mixed with
Nuggets. grains, dust and flour OF fine
Scld.
Government Leases on kIondike
The tract l. known as the BOYLE con-
% ssions. 1t consists Of leases from the
government OF Canada giving M
Boyle the right 70 work the lower val
le- OF the klondike up 10 the crest Of
tee mountains on both sides Of the
liver The greater part Of ii is I'm the
wide red between the hills through
which the fast flowing Klondike runs
~ distance il looks like farm land
AID when the concessions were granted
r-uch Of IL was covered with gardens
II had all been cleared of woods by
TIE gold hunters Of the early days. and
? great part OF the tens Of millions of
dollars worth OF gold dust and mug
EftS that were the first Weld Of this
Goyle got the property the rich pockets
had been practically exhausted. The
people declared that all of the gold had
seen Won and that the land would
q
moose pastures
Mr.. Boyle thought otherwise He
reasoned. IF so much gold has come
f-=m the valley and the creeks running
into IL. there cannot but he quantities
of gold dust and grains scattered
through the bed rock Of which the
valley is made" He went upon that
sunposition and got the concessions.
and as "A result he is potentially one OF
the very rich men Of the world. I do
not know Just how much gold he has
already taken out Of the ground. but /
understand that the crop of this year
VIII be more than $500. 600. and that
of this more than million will be
profit Moreover. this sum viii all
come from gold bearing earth. which
carries values OF only about IS cents
10 the ton. and which until Joe BOYLE
stripped off the surface had been lock-
Cd in the glacial ice that has been In
frozen state for thousands Of years
II was the lob OF Joe Boyde 10 learn
how to work these low values at
p oft
Poyie Plain, Hut Fighter.
But first let me introduce Lou 10 The
Joe Boyle Of today. Joe Bq4e" is the