Show KLONDIKE klondike must make a better elovine eb ovIne next fealon than during the laet if it ie to retain reputation se a land of the most careful estimates place the output of the placers at a leas than although they were discovered in august 1896 there are mining camps in the west that produce many mil liona more each year than klondike bee produced and yet apparently because they aie in reach of all people them only notice latt year cripple creek produced sl in bold or more than live aimee more yellow metal than bas been taken from the placers of abe far north more money has already been spent in extracting gold than has been received in return the ten thousand miners and adventurers who it ie said have left thia coast during abe summer and are now scattered from dyea and st michaele to dan son city have ebent on an average each or a total of and it safe to that abe aggregate output of abe claims next near will rot equal this eum A gold craze is an expensive luxury to indulge in but it seems as though abe american people are prone to have an excitement even if it does come high |