Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1898-06-05 | Page 9 | Twenty Millions Coming

TWENTY MILLIONS COMING That Amount of Klondike Gold Due Within Two Months San Francisco June 4The Examiner says The next two months about 20 000000 will be shipped from Dawson City to San Francisco Most of the treasure is said to be the property ot the Alaska Commercial company their agents having bought the gold dust from the miners and given checks in payment The company will have three vessels on the route between here and St Michael this summer the Bertha Portland and St Paul The only United States vessel now In the north Is the revenue cutter Bear and she Is on a special mission The gunboat Wheeling may be sent to St Michael to escort the treasure fleet to San Francisco Thomas Kendrick who is on his way to Dawson over the Stickeen trail writes from Glenora that of 1000 men who started by that route 500 turned back on account of the harn ships encountered