Yukon Valley News
No. 6
VOL. III.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1906
A
COLUMBIAN
DESTROYED
News was brought by the
Ida May today of the destruc
tion of the big White Pass
steamer Columbian, which
occurred Sept. 25.
The Columbian was bound
from Whitehorse to Dawson.
Among other things she car
ried a large quantity of pow
der. Twenty miles above
Tantalus, at 0 o’clock in the
evening, there was an explo
sion which shattered the
boat and filled it with flames.
It drifted ashore and burnt
to the water’s edge. One
person was killed instantly
and all the others injured,
several perhaps fatally. The
captain went to Tantalus for
assistance, arriving the next
evening. The officers of the
Columbian were: Captain
John Williams. Pilot H. C.
Baughman, Mate Joe Welsh,
Chief Engineer Frank Mavis,
Purser L C. Cooper, Steward
C. 1>. Phillips. There was
hut one passenger.
1,500 TONS FREICHT
REMAINS AT TANANA
It in re|«>rted that fifteen hundred
ton* <>( gixidx art- at Tatiana awaiting
xhi|>ment h> Fairl>ankx, A thiril of tin
amount ix for the N. C. Co. and the 1ml*
ance for the N. A. T. A T. The N. ( .
having the larger numlw-r of titfht-draft
Ix.atx haa la-en aide to move k<»«Ix up
the Tanana more rapidly than the other
ronfUf.
Water ix »o low in the Tanana now
that it i* doubtful if the atuff Ifetit U|>.
Beattie, Ort. 3—Adtrirra rwcived here
today xlate teat tlie »learner Oregon,
w ha h Went on a r<»k off llitu-hmhr-x-k
I«i4r u|> in a •torn* l*«t week. a
THE CHANDLAR STRIKE
Such news as is obtainable
from the Chandlar is favora
ble, but it is impossible to
obtain many particulars of
the strike.
Mike Larson came up from
Tanana on the Cudahy last
Monday. He said Bob Bu
chanan and two other men
arrived in Tanana Thursday,
six days and a half (fom the
new diggings. Buchanan is
an old Koyukuk mail carrier.
He said that on one creek
five men shoveled in 100
ounces in 1H hours. They
had but three sluiceboxes.
They said some of the richest
ground is on the benches.
The only people there are
from the Koyukuk.
James Scofield, a prospec
tor who is well known here
and who is now here on his
way to the Chandlar from
Fairbanks, saw letters from
reliable acquaintances saying
that the country is all right
and that pay had been found
on five different creeks.
William Midgely is also
here on his way to the new
field, basing his faith on let
ters from people df known
integrity.
Mike Laboski and A1 Allen
went up on the Schwatka,
well outfitted.
Bob Schaber and Dr. Car
ter sent an outfit to Fort Yu
kon on the Cudahy. They
expect to go after the river
closes.
Men who know the coun
try well say the diggings can
be reached inside of 150
miles from the mouth of the
Chandlar, winter travel. In
summer it will be easy to
take in supplies in poling
boats.
Men on the Ida May today
said the strike is not causing
much stir up the Yukon.
SHOT BY MASKED ROBBERS
H. F. Fleming, coining
down the Kantishnn in a
small hoat, was shot in the
shoulder and hip hy two
masked robbers last Wednes
day. Fleming had 100ounces
in dust and in money,
and when ordered to heave
to he pulled toward the
other side of the river. After
he was shot the current ln»re
him out of the robber*
reach. He i- very seriously
wounded.
Two men named Tousey
and Swift were arrested for
the crime. They answered
to tin* description given by
Fleming and one of them
wore shoes both made for the
same foot, which correspond
ed with tracks found where
the outrage was committed.
Deputy Marshal Vautier.ol
Tanuna, made the arrests,
and it is thought by |*>oph
from the Tanana aide of th*
divide he got the right men
Is. J. MARSH
WAS HERE
Samuel J. Marsh, the man
who was recently appointed
commissioner of the new dis
trict that will probably be
j called the Chandlar district,
I was on the Ida May today
I bound for Fairbanks.
Mr. Marsh is fresh from
the shores of the Arctic
ocean, with two companions
having mushed across the
five hundred and odd miles
of wilderness between the
YuKon and Herschel Island,
forward and back,Jthe sum
mer just past. At Herschel
island he expected to find
stores which were to have
been left by the Robert Dol
lar, but could get no news of
the boat, and had to com
mence his return journey.
He reported the loss of the
whaler Alexander, and the
Dollar reported the same at
Nome Sept. 7, so it is proba
ble the hardy adventurer
missed connection with his
supplies by a very narrow
margin.
Mr. Marsh came down the
Salmon. He first heard of
the Chandlar strike when he
reached Fort Yukon. He
will probably begin his offi
cial residence at tin* diggings
soon.
WENT OUTSIDE
WITH SNUG SUM
Paul la-iati'r, an old KainparUr who
it.uo I*-, l.-d in llif Tanana thrw tmn
ago, I'u-.m-.I up mi Om- S-hwalka Monday
mailt bound outaidf
Thirty thoiiaund dollar* baa l.«lyv.l in
tlw mil.* uf hia ovrralla .luring Ida alay
in th* Tanana.