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In The News
The Klondike Nugget
Dawson, Y.T.
Vol. 1, No. 16
Saturday, August 13, 1898.
Page 1.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mr. Louis K. Schonborn runs the only temperance hotel in Dawson.
Everything is _______ to comfort and quiet.
Mr. M. Schwege has discovered an unknown creek a short ways down the
river and sunk on it some 20 feet. What he thinks of it can be guessed
from the fact that on Friday afternoon he was caught gathering together
a boat load of friends with provisions and tools preparatory to a slip
down the river.
Miss Mulrooney's hotel, the Fairview, was the scene, last Friday
evening, of a very enjoyable social entertainment in which considerable
talent took part.
Mr. C. F. Boggs of Wilkesbarre, Pa., is preparing permanent quarters in
Dawson for himself and wife. A slip of the ax Wednesday caused him to
bury the point in his left arm, and now he is wondering how it all
happened. Mr. Boggs sewed up the wound himself and thinks he did a good
job.
Fort Selkirk is the capital of the district now. It is so easy for the
soldiers and officers of the government to slip up and down between
Dawson and the capital that it is a wonder, with their knowledge of the
geography of the country, the Ottawa officials didn't think to put the
recorder's office and post-office up there as well.
James Messenger is angry and disgusted and not without good cause. For
several weeks he dug and prospected on a vacant bench claim opposite 27
Bonanza but finding nothing but a few colors he abandoned the ground and
came to town for rest. Thursday morning he was chagrined beyond
description when friends came in to tell him that the ground had been
worked by someone else who had already rocked out $4,000 and was being
offered $25,000 for the claim. James has gone out to see for himself,
and if it proves true he has a standing invitation by his friends to
"come and kick me."
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SMOTHERED TO DEATH.
On Thursday the police were notified by telephone of the sudden death of
Albert Dugan in a shaft on No. 21 on a pup leading off from No. 16 above
on Bonanza. The unfortunate man descended the shaft too soon after the
fire and was dead before his body could be reached.
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Page 3.
MINING NOTES.
No. 59 below on A. N. Gold has been sold for $35,000. The new owners are
Messrs. Hebb and A. H. Morrison.
There was a small sized stampede to Bear creek on Tuesday night. The
creek empties into the Klondike some few miles up the stream from
Dawson, but that did not prevent the streets being filled next day with
men so foot sore and lame they were remarked from one end of the town to
the other.
Mr. F. J. Bissell has formed a partnership with two other gentlemen and
purchased a bunch of five claims on "Little Eldorado," a gulch leaving
the main stream of Eldorado about claim No. 21. The claims acquired by
Mr. Bissell are Nos. 1, 2,3,4, and 5. Work has been commenced on two
shafts both of which show 18 feet of muck before the gravel is reached.
Only the future can tell what the claims contain.
Messrs. Stack and Stetson have sold their claim, No. 4 below the lower
discover on Dominion for $22,000. The purchasers are Messrs. A. H.
Morrison and Heib, who take a one-half interest, and Messrs. Pawn,
Lathrop and Fairbanks, who take the other half. The new owners have gone
over the dome to decide on a course of sinking for the winter. The work
of excavation will be pushed as soon as the weather permits.
Joseph P. Staley will go outside on the Bella's next trip. About the
16th of March he was the fortunate discoverer of gold on the top of
French hill, about opposite No. 15 on Eldorado. With his partner
"Caribou Bill" he immediately went to work with a will and the gentlemen
have succeeded in working out about one-fourth of the claim already this
season.
The energetic Captain Anderson was in town for a few hours this week.
With Col. J. C. Jenks he some time ago took out three men and the
necessary outfits to give their properties on Brimstone creek a
preliminary test. Three holes were sunk to bed rock on the creek
averaging a depth of 18 feet, and four holes were put down on the
benches, reaching bed rock at 14 feet. The captain, the colonel and
their men are going to give Champion creek a whirl next. Champion enters
Dominion at No. 12 below lower discovery.
George Beale, of Rosslyn, Wash., has returned from an arduous trip with
his party of the Pelly river. Mr. Beale will return to his Rosslyn home
on the first boat.
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DAWSON'S TEAMSTERS ORGANIZE
The local teamsters have formed an organization for the double purpose
of placing the streets of Dawson in good condition and for the
protection of mutual interests. The official name of the organization is
"The Klondike Teamsters' Association." The officers are Robert Pickett,
Pres., and R. W. Calderhead, Secretary.
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LIKE A SOLDIER THEY LAID HIM TO REST.
The body of Harry Dundas was interred on Saturday afternoon with
military honors. The procession was headed by a squad of mounted police
in full uniform under Sergeant Major Tucker, all full armed but with
guns reversed. The Rev. Grant and Rev. Dickey led the burial services.
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FINED FOR FISHING ON SUNDAY.
J. Dugard and P. Fleming thought they would go and examine their fishing
nets last Sunday, and now they wish they had let them alone. Fishing as
well as labor of any kind is unlawful in Dawson on Sunday, so Messrs.
Dugard and Fleming were asked to contribute $2 and $3 costs for the good
of the nation.
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Page 4.
PERSONALS.
Mr. N. A. Johnson, of Butte, Mont., who arrived this spring, is located
on Eldorado, at the foot of French hill.
Mr. Eugene Vesie, of Pennsylvania, is about ready to depart for home,
but intends returning again in the spring.
P. A. E. Boltzkes, M. D. bought 1 above discovery, Sulphur creek, from
Mr. Charles Hood. Harry Boltzkes will superintend the working out of the
claim.
Mr. J. Knight Smith, an energetic member of the Miner's Committee, has
been taken down with typhoid fever and Thursday was carried to the hotel
on a stretcher.
James Wall, a Pennsylvanian, and a high Mason, is lying very ill at his
camp near the approach to the bridge. Mr. Walls made a former trip here
and believed himself to be proof against the common ills of the
Klondiker.
Dr. P. J. B. LeBlane will leave for the outside on the next trip of the
Willie Irving.
Among the arrivals on the Cudahy was Mr. A. Livingstone from Myrehison
Gulf, Western Australia. Mr. Livingstone started up the river on the
steamer Rock Island No. 1. On board he had a newspaper plant which he
was bringing to Dawson for the purpose of establishing the "Klondike
Miner." The Rock Island No. 1 is now fast on a sand bar about 12 miles
above Fort Yukon. Although 200 of her 300 tons of freight had been
placed on the shore she seemed no nearer getting afloat than when she
first struck. Mr. Livingstone's partners remained with the plant and
will bring it to Dawson if the Rock Island No. 1 gets off.
Captain George F. Ellis is going out. He was one of the first arrivals
at Dawson and has been connected with some of the best properties in the
country and will make a clean up of about $250,000. At one time or
another he has been interested in 12 and 13 Eldorado; 52 Bonanza, 37
Sulphur, and 5 and 41 Hunker; beside interests on Dominion and benches
on Eldorado. He still retains his interests in 5 above and 34 below on
Bonanza. Mr. Ellis has also operated considerably in real estate and
still owns several Dawson lots. It is probably he may return in the
spring; but until then his headquarters will be in Santa Barbara, Cal.,
his old home.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Fairview Hotel:
J. W. Kibby, 40-mile
H. A. Frederick, Seattle
Thos. Ran, U.S.
M. B. Brackett, Skaguay
J. F. Hopkins, Tacoma
H. Maitland, Kersey
Dr. W. O. W. Bumer, Spokane
H. H. Mosswood, Gd Pks
Yukon Hotel:
Dr. Stores, Indian river
Wm. Pinkham, Eldorado
A. McRae, Gulch
R. McCormic, Amer Crk
Mrs. Josie Fitzgerald, N. Y.
Miss O. L. Lines, N. Y.
E. G. Witcher, Dominion Creek
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CLASSIFIEDS.
Will M. A. Newell having mail for C. M. Coe please leave same at Nugget
office.
P. E. DeVille, of the Central market, keeps his meat in a fly-proof
cage. Patronize a good clean market and avoid dysentery.
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