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Show Mr. Yingst in Alaska. Today's Tribune aays: W. D. Yingst, fioni Utah, who joined tho multitude which is pushing on to tho Klondike country in AuguBt last, has reached Dawson City, and writing to Iiib wife says, under dnto of November 14th : "Had a line trip. Reached here September Sep-tember 28th, after stopping lifty miles up tho river to get a raft of house los Built ua a cabin 12x14, with ono double window, half-size, the panes of glass costing $12.50 each. Could not buy them now for $50. Everything is high. Stores are out of provisiona, but plenty of dry goods. Several hundred have gone to Fort Yukon and Circle City on the ico to bring supplies from the last boat up tho river. A great many are selling their outfits and going homo on tho ice. Eatables bring from $1.50 to $2 a pound ; candles from 50 cents to $1 each ; beef and mutton from $1 to $1.50 a pound. A great many are abort of provisiona and won't be able to work on that acconnt; but no one will starve or suflurmuch. Tho coldest weather wo experienced was 10 degrees below zero. The sun ia getting very low in the south" 'This i8 a great camp. Gold ia plentiful, plenti-ful, sacks of it look like a cord of stove-wood. stove-wood. They sold three claims on Bonanza Bo-nanza creek recently for $325,000. There iasome very rich ground oh Bonanza creek and upon en'allor streams too numerous to mention . Mr. Yingat'a letter reached its destination destin-ation in this city yesterday and will be read with interest by a large circle of friendd. |