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In The News
The Klondike Nugget.
Dawson, N.W.T.
Vol. 1, No. 7
Tuesday, July 12, 1898.
Page 3.
NEWS FROM SULPHUR CREEK
Sponslor Dome Up By His Partner -- Rich Strike Along the Creek.
J. Sponslor, a prospector and claim owner, is quite indignant at the
action of a partner. They outfitted together at Seattle inst. August,
and arrived at Dawson last fall. A cabin was erected at the mouth of
Bonanza in which was placed all their Yukon valuables in the shape of
grub and hardware. The partners divided and Sponslor came back to the
cabin yesterday to find that his partner had left for down river and had
left him but two sacks of flour and twenty pounds of beans with which to
commence the winter. He reports the loss of his medicine chest and all
of his hardware and camp outfit.
Sponslor has been gone three months on Hunker and Sulphur creeks. He
reports good strikes on the line of 54 and 56 below discovery on
Sulphur. Five to eight dollars to the pan on bedrock is claimed with an
abundance of pay gravel.
On claim 23 below Jim Evans was driven out of the drift last week by
foul gas, and the shaft cannot be cleared nor work resumed until a
canvas air shaft has been constructed and placed in position. By this
simple dividing of the shaft by canvas or lumber the foul gasses can
usually be overcome and driven out.
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Page 3.
HOW WE GET THE NEWS.
On Sunday a brother of the Bartlett Bros. arrived in Dawson, direct from
Bennett. In his pockets he had outside papers as late as June 20th, and
would have had one of July 1st, but for a storm on the way in which it
was destroyed. Mr. Bartlett immediately became the center of an eager,
inquiring throng, without time for anything but answering questions. One
enterprising individual offered $50 for the papers, intending to hire a
hall and charge admission to hear them read. The owner, however, was
more public spirited and turned them over to be read in mass-meeting at
the Mining Exchange. The readers chosen for the occasion were Messrs.
Miller, Tozier and Courtney, who were listened to with bated breath by
about twelve hundred men -- mostly Americans. The good news was heartily
cheered and the bad news taken in silence.
After the conclusion of the reading Mr. Geo. Corsa was introduced by his
partner, E. Leroy Bellatier, as a gentlemen whose reminiscences of Cubs
would be quite instructive. Mr. Corsa was for years the right hand man
of the consul-general, General Baddeau, and his recollections of Spanish
customs, habits and places was very entertaining.
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BITTEN BY A DOG.
Ellery Pulliam, a boy of about twelve years was badly mauled on Monday
afternoon by a neighbor's bit St. Bernard dog. The big brute took him by
the right arm, between the elbow and shoulder, and shook him, as he
would have shaken a rat. A large crowd was afterward gathered by the boy
hunting the dog with a rifle. The dog was corralled between two
buildings but, owing to the proximity of a number of ladies, the boy,
with a wisdom beyond his years, refrained from shooting. The police were
appealed to, and probably on investigation of the dog's record -- which
is a bad one i biting people -- will order him shot, so as to make him a
good dog hereafter.
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Page 4.
POLICE COURT NEWS.
V. C. Schaefer was charged by E. A. Lyords with inflicting actual bodily
injury and fined $20 and costs.
The case of D. Donovan, charged with aggravated assault by Wright Carter
was continued as was also the case of non-payment of wages preferred by
C. Westerlink against P. D. Wells.
E.W. River preferred a change of theft against S. Shoemaker but the
charge was not substantiated and was dismissed.
C. S. Winstead was accrued of defrauding Her Majesty's customs. He was
fined $50 and the whiskey was all confiscated.
E.G. Tennant was found guilty of keeping a disorderly [house? horse?]
and was fined $15 and costs.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Charlie Warden and Sam Stanley are erecting a three story building on
First Avenue near The Green Tree. When completed it will be occupied as
a first class hotel and the popularity of the proprietors insures a
well-deserved patronage.
H. S. Hyde, who is largely interested in mining, has decided to devote
his entire time in looking after his interests in this respect and has
disposed of his business to H. Bourgne and J. E. Wirth, well-known
laundrymen of San Francisco.
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DEATH OF GEO. P. HUNT.
George P. Hunt, of Seattle, died at the hospital on the evening of the
10th inst. Mr. Hunt arrived in Dawson last fall in company with Dr.
Faulkner and party. During the winter he worked in the mines and also
located a claim on the disputed part of Dominion, title to which is
still in dispute. About six weeks ago he was attacked with dysentery, as
a result of which he died as above stated. Everything possible was done
by his friends to relieve him but without avail. The funeral occurred on
the 12th inst. from the hospital. The following named gentlemen acted as
pall-bearers: C. K. Zilly, Johnny Gerow, T. A. Davies, Ira Ranke, W. D.
Cower and Nels Emerson. The first three named were members of the
National Guard of Washington, in which Mr. Hunt held the office of
corporal.
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