El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-12

| eyes filled with tears. Yes said he.
| I am going steerage. for ! have not
enough money TO pay for first class
l was sorry for him, and ] put him
| in one of the first cabins and
/ took him home without charge"
Wins With Mife's Help.
Another claim on Elodrado made =
fortune Tor a young secretary OF the
Y NJ c A. This man had started
mining on Forty-mile creek. and when
gold was discovered near Dawson ne
on with the crowd The first claim he
selected was comparatively small and
il had no timber upon it.
He wanted logs to build a cabin for
claim for another further down the
creek where the valley was wider. and
timber was plentiful The Y. NJ c. A.
man then built his cabin. sent for his
had thawed the earth to some distance
below the surface his wife helped him
He labored down in the mine. and she
wound the windlass that drew Up the
they were in despair. and talked of
selling out and going back home
After a while they came to bedrock
and the gold was so rich that the
claim paid them about $4,000 600. That
man took his money to Seattle and in
vested II in real estate. ne is now
said to be one Of the rich men of
the west The claim ne first took up
as No 16 Eldorado. which gave him the
fortune.
Gold Appeared Plentiful.
The gold Of that day was discov-
cred in quantities. Pockets worth
hundreds OF dollars were not uncou
mon In August. 1899, in claim on
Bonanza creek. George T COffev took
up two shovelfuls from which he
tween $500 and $1,000. This included
three nuggets, each of which was
worth sl00.
4 miner by the name OF Macdonald
took up $4,000 from a 40 foot ratch
Of ground two feet in thickness. and IL
is said that some of the miners on
Bonanza creek were dissatisfied when
the gravel went less than a dollar a
pan In ordinary regions ; cents a
pan is considered good and. as 1 have
said the earth they are now mining
in the valleys of the Klondike and
Indian rivers does not run more than
yard.
Only Rich Ground Worked.
IN the carry days no one thought Of /
getting out all the gold from the !
spots only. Today every bit Of the |
valley is being worked over bv the /
dredges, and that in such way thar /
an OF the precious metal is saved. In |
fact, you can fire your gun at a bird !
anywhere in the dredging ground a1d
be sure that the shot will be recovered /
when that ground is mined You can /
throw a red cent into the heart of a /
Ten acre Held that is TO be upturned |
by these machines. knowing thar the I
cent VIII come out with the gold. The |
canadian five cent pieces are thin
SILVER coins half as big as nickel |
Ahese have been thrown into the fields
and later on caught by the dredees 4
common amusement is to take a dime l
saving II in halves and then bef
"hether the dredge will reclaim one /
the negative holds one of the halves
Ihe other is hurled in the earth or 1
thrown down among the gravel and |
covered Just as soon as that spot |
with the gold
All Sorts of Characters There.
Al SORTS OF characters came to the 1
hIondike in the early days. With such !
Water Bill and Frank Slavin. the mic
Ilghter, came business and Notes
slonal men from all parts of the T-nite+ |
otates- mere were also correspondent
Joaquin Miller came to mine qoiS -
write poetry and newspaper ar+icIee |
keX Beach was here. and so was TscE
LONDON Jack London was at one time
{, pa ai .iler OF swift Water Bill. and it
Is sald mat the two owned claim
lhat eventually produced over one |
million dollars in gold.
~ JACK London Makes Failure.
JACK London began the work On the
property He made a fire and thawed
the muck on the top Of the gravel. and
started 10 work his way down AS
nlght came on he left his tools il the
soft mud Before morning the Their !
dropped to so degrees below
zero, and when he again started 10 |
work ne found he would have to thaw
out his tools and that this would burn
up the handles He left in disgust I
and, as the story goes. Swift Water
BIZ got the money Jack London's
wealth came from the literary material
he carried away as the result Of his ex
periences. and the same may be said |
Of Rex Beach. who has written so many !
good stories Of Alaskan life
Arrive Beggars, Leave As MIIIiOnnIres.
Indeed many books might be made