Show CONDITIONS AT DAWSON CITY Returning Klondlkers Speak of the Country In Glowing Terms A J Hoffman of this city who Is in I Wash and who has had I Spokane ah an Interview with returned Klondikers I 555e writes The Herald a follows t Spokane Wash Jan 14I met today VI K Smith of Winnipeg D G Fraser of I Franklinville N Y Bert Bowers of I Bin N Y Cleveland Gillette of Sputh Byron N Y and Marlin Mosler 1 of Caledonia N Y They left Dawson City Dec 2 coming aver the Den route From Dyea they came down on the coast steamer AlKi Mr Smith said We left Dawson with 550 pounds of freight packed on a sled and two dogs We took turns at helping to pull the sled and I was hard ork The rivers are very rough at some places the ice jams were ten feet high compelling us to make long detours de-tours to get around them But the lakes were frozen smooth making I easy traveling We came out in 22 days Incoming In-coming out we counted 182 boats frozen in the ice between Dawson and the lakes Some of them had been crushed the owners were wintering on the shcres some in cabins and some intents in-tents toComing out we heard of new diggings dig-gings on the Upper Hootalinqua The reports were that the bars were paying 40 PER DAY TO THE MAN The members of this party all agree that the mines around Dawson are very rich At Dawson I is estimated that 20 tons of gold dust will come out next summer and much more would come out If there were no shortage in oil and candles Bonanza has 228 claims staked out threefourths of which are being worked and nearly all doing well SS claims Nos 27 28 and 29 on Bonanza creek were sold to Healy and the Cud I ft shy company for 325000 on EWorado 75 claims are staked 40 of them being worked all turning out great quantities quanti-ties of gold dust < f On Sulphur creek In the Indian creek division claims have been staked clear to the summit Claims had been staked there before but were abandoned doned as not being of any value Aug 4 four men went to work on No 14 and A < J the firstday rociiedpuTh0 and in awe a-we s irne J1 TOOK OUT OVER 4000 < There Is I also rich ground on Meadow creek which comes in at No 21 on Sulphur creek Quartz canyon and Dp mini m creeks All tributaries of fn Clan creek are rich and on air these 4 J creeks every claim has been staked At present there are about 5000 people 1 peo-ple at Dawson City Over 2000 left for jthe < vaious food supplies down the S river The food shortage is not severe and Ii there exists no danger of starvation The chief shortage is on flour and candIes can-dIes A firstclass meal at Dawson City I costs 10 ham and eggs 5 the cheapest cheap-est meal to be had is 350 coffee and sand > vich 1 a sandwich also 50 cents There is plenty of meatbeef mutton I mut-ton cariboo and moose and when we I left Dawson fresh meat was selling at 50 Cents per pound A great many carl bop are being killed The day we left one man came In with 75 cariboo He nount red a large herd killed that i i many then had to quit as his ammunition ammu-nition gave out I There is work for all the men remaining re-maining at Dawson at 150 per hour I I Is a good country for any man willing will-ing to work hard and able to stand the hardships This party expect to return In the spring after a visit home |