Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1897 — TWO TONS OF GOLD. [ARTICLE]

TWO TONS OF GOLD.

Vast Quantity of Yellow Metal Cominc from the Yukon. John B. Brady, Governor of Alaska, has sent Secretary Bliss a personal letter, in which he gives some interesting facts about the rush for the Klondike region. Gov. Brady has been identified with Alaskan interests most of his lifetime, and is known to be very conservative in his opinions. Writing from Juneau, he says: “Steamships are passing daily for Dyea and Skaguay loaded to the utmost with passengers and supplies. The news just out of Klondike by reliable men is calculated to raise the excitement to a higher pitch. The shipment of dust by the mouth of the Yukon will be all of two and onehalf tons. “Rich finds have been made well up on the sides of the mountains, and the old saying that ‘gold is where you find it and silver runs in veins’ seems to be emphasized in that district. A conservative estimate is that there are 5,000 men at Skaguay and along the trail on the White Pass. “But a few only have gone over this pass with their supplies, and only a small per cent, of the number can get across. Some parties are dividing, and will try to send one over with supplies, while the others go into camp until spring. “The men who are coming here are fine fellows, and I greatly admire them as I see them talk and walk. A counrty can well be proud of such men. They are remarkably orderly.”