CHANDLAR STAMPEDE
Just at nightfall yesterday a man arrived in a small
boat direct from the scene of the strike. To some he is
reported to have said the stampede is a fake. To John
W. Duncan, local manager of the N.C. Co., he said that
so far nothing has been found to warrant a big stam
pede; that the belt of pay is narrow and so far as de
veloped of low grade; but that Pete the Pig, of Circle,
had taken $30 from 2*2 pans of dirt.
This man has been much sought, but remains un
found up to 2 o’clock today. Tie disappeared soon after
arrival and even his name is unknown. His boat is on
the water front still.
The stampede to the C’handlar is not
abating.
Each boat that passes up has men
for Fort Yukon and the new strike.
There were seven or eight on the
Hamilton last Friday, two of whom
had been outfitted by G. A. Tiffany and
one each by C. K. Corbusier and J. B.
Hodman, of Tanana.
As many more were on the Lavelle
Young yesterday afternoon, including a
party of three outfitted with five tons
by J. T. Cowles and James Puncheon,
of Fairbanhs. This party had a boiler
along.
Garnet Brown boarded the Young
at Kampart. He was outfitted by John
\V. Duncan and other people connected
with the Northern Commercial com
pany.
l>r. C. D. Carter, the dentist, and
Boh Schaber, of the Florence hotel, are
all-set to go on the next boat from
Kampart.
As the days pass the interest in the
Chandlar increases. If a hatch of gt>od,
authentic news from the strike should
arrive it would make this part of the
valley look like it had tieen swept by. a
cyclone.
How the News Came.
Notwithstanding there had been ru
mors of something doing on the Chand
lar before that time, the first real news
of the stampede was brought by the
steamer Koyukuk, w hich reached Tan
ana from Koyukuk river jxiints t+ept. 13.
Adolph Johnson, who left ('oldfoot
Aug. 2 anil has been in Kampturt some
time, was the recipient of a letter which
came down an the Koyukuk, saying
that news id the strike reached t old foot
Aug. ISt, the next day after Johnson
left. A Jap ami a white man, in sluic
ing to try to make a bedrock drain, iiad
taken out fdtsi without reaching last
rock. The length of time they worked
was not stated. The strike is eighty
mile* from t 'lkUwit.
II. A. Tiffany, of Tanuna. who was on
tin- Hamilton tsuuid outside, told a
friend while in Kainpuri that be had
heard that thirteen unlit of pa\ had
been fountl. Mr. Tiffany himself is
thoroughly reliable, but his source of
information can not he vouched for. It
may be asserted with truth, however,
that he regarded the outlook for the
new district as favorable.
The steamer Koyukuk arrived at Fair
banks Sept. IT with the following letter
for Clerk of the Court Ed Stier from
Frank E. Howard, the Coldfoot commis
sioner, which was quoted by the Fair
banks Times, with the date omitted:
“Nearly the whole population is now
stampeding to the headwaters of the
Chandlar. Look out for some startling
news from that section. Strike is near
the head of Lake Chandlar on both the
middle and north forks; also on the
headwaters of the south fork of the
Koyukuk. We hourly expect stampe
ders in with definite reports. It may
be that the commissioner and the dep
uty marshal will soon have a little
business on hand. I will keep you
posted on events.”
Question of Provisions.
The next news from the strike is ex
pected to come out hy the mouth of the
(.Tiaudlnr, Some one may come down
before the freezeup in order to outfit for
the winter.
If a big rush ensues, the new camp
will have to be provisioned from points
along the Yukon. StamjKHlers from
Coldfoot, of course, will clean that small
settlement of every vestige of supplies,
whether the new held proves to In- ex
tensive or not.
Kven an intiux of [people no greater
than that to Coldfoot .luring the Koyu
kuk excitement would require all the
extra supplies along the Yukon from
Tanana to K.wgle—providing, «»f course,
that none were brought from further
away |s>ints. I'mlcr these circumstances
people going into the I handlur lnnl l*-t
ter take enough with them to see them
safely through the winter.
Letter from Fort Yukon.
t>. A. Kslterer reeeived a letter from
trank K tostwrat tori Yukon, plated
sk pt. IH, which rinsed as follows:
"There is a stum pole on to t'handlar.
The strike is genuine this time, and
tiiere will lie something lining around
here in the near future.”
UULflJUUUl.
° S. E. HEETER.
HARRY BURRUSS.
HEETER & BURRUSS,
FREIGHTERSand PACKERS
Freighting and Packing to and from all Creeks.
Good Equipments and Service Unexcelled
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Local and General Notes
Adolph Johnson, Jack Welch and
Xels Johnson are to prospect on More
lock.
Mrs. Rader and Mrs. Young were
passengers for the outside on the Ham
ilton last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. (i. A. Tiffany, of Tanana,
were on the Hamilton last Friday, lsmnd
outside for the winter.
The Ida May leaves Dawson today for
Fairbanks and will be the last X. C.
boat to pass down this season.
John l'alin will mush the winter mail
between Fairbanks and Cirele. He will
gy to Fairbanks on the Ida May.
J. \V. Young and (i. A. Ketterer ex
pect to leave for outside on the Cudahy,
which will probably be up Friday.
A. L. Duncan of Seattle, a brother of
John W. Duncan of the X. C. Co., came
in on the Seattle Xo. J last week and
has accepted a position as guard at the
federal jail.
The steamer Hannah, which left here
Tuesday of last week, got stuck on a bar
at Moose island and remained fast two
days. She finally got off without as
sistance.
Messrs. Strickland and Nichols are
building a cabin on Slate creek, where
they will work during the winter. A
good many are predicting that Slate will
develop into a good creek.
J. F. Xellany has lately taken some of
the handsomest photographic views ever
seen of local scenery. Several tine pict
ures of the worn on ths I5ig Mi nook
wagon road are among the number.
(). Clemens has the tunnel in 135
feet on his Miller creek bench. A little
gold has been found all the way. The
liednx'k is getting lower, and Mr. Clem
ens hojies to run into an old channel.
Deputy Marshals Charley Webb ami
Wiseman were on the Lavelle Young
yesterday with prisoners hound from
Fairbanks to McNeil’s Island. Thorn
ton, accused of horse stealing, and Hen
drickson, the blue-parka hold-up man,
1ft years each for murderous assault on
their jailors when they e«ca|>ed; Miller,
for the big gold theft. 1* years, and
Kim/., |>assing 1 signs checks, 1 year,
were the prisoners.
M. W. Sinclair thinks very favorably
of the ground opr net I on Kussian creek
by Harry Chapman the )iast summer.
The drift extended l.» feet in pay from
:i to 5 teet thick, and getting thicker as
it extends toward the creek. Messrs.
Sinclair ami Chapman will work there
the coming winter ami if results come
up to cx|ss taltoii» a dam with an auto
matic gate will lie put in and operated
m il year. The Itnssian t-reek gold is
identical with that at slate creek.
MEETINGS.
VXTiT
'There will l>e a apecial meeting of the
Yukon Order of Pioneers at Y. O. O. P.
hall, Rampart, Saturday, Sept. 29, for
the purpose of electing officers for the
current year. A full attendance is de
sired. M. W. SINCLAIR,
Secretary pro teni.
A. B.
A sjiecial meeting of Camp Rampart,
No. 15, Arctic Brotherhood, will lie held
at A. B. hall Friday, Sept. 28. Election
of officer-* and other im|M>rtant business.
C. A. I»AVIIWON,
Arctic Chief,
.111.11 S RAIIMSTORF,
Arctic Recorder.
Public Notice.
All |»-rsons in Kani|tiirt precinct who
are delinquent in tbr matter road
las are notiti>sI to make settlement on
or lie fore tk-t. 1. nest, anti avoid trouble
Mini expense.
W. It. BALMH ,
I! -ad Uurs-rr
Rampart. srpt. I», lf*»t