New Regulation For
Gold Dust in Transit
The Dawson merchants are desirous
of increasing their trade with the Am
erican Yukon, and have succeeded in
securing the enactment of a regulation
permitting Alaskan gold to be sold
♦here and that neither the buyer or the
seller need pay any royalty on account
of the transaction. The Dawson Daily
News comments upon the innovation as
follows:
“Hereafter, miners and others bring
ing gold from the lower river, that is
the American Yukon, for the outside,
will be required to enter it at the cus
toms house, in Dawson, and then, if it
is destined for the outside, to take it to
Comptroller Lithgow to have it proper
ly stamped as American gold. Other
wise the gold may become confused with
Canadian gold which is subject to a
royalty of two and a half per cent.
After the gold is entered here, the ow
ner, perhaps in any event, whether it
is to go outside or not, should take it to
the comptroller.
“If it is sold to the Dawson banks,
the banks, so long as it is isolated and
identified as American gold, also will
escape paying the duty on it, and there
fore can afford to pay the original ow
ner more for the commodity. Much
American gold already is bought here
by the banks. The merchants and
others desire to see the American gold
sold here for the fact it helps bring
trade to Dawson.”
Miquel Makes Dash For Liberty
But is Recaptured Near Town
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Joe Miquel broke jail last Wednesday
afternoon for the second time, and was
recaptured four . miles below town by
George Woods, who accompanied Dep
uty marshal Drake on the chase, and
returned to his quarters in the zoo.
Miquel escaped last winter and was
at large until recaptured by the soldiers
working on the government telegraph
line at Sheffelin creek. He is serving
a ten months’ sentence for larceny and
his tim^ has nearly expired.
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Pres Ireland Geo. Shirley are back
from the Ray river hot springs.
Steamboat Inspection |
Service For Alaska
Capt. A. M. Walton, inspector of
hulls, T. J. Heeny, inspector of boilers,
and G. E. Hart, secretary, passed thru
on the steamer Sarah on their way to
Tanana and Chena. These gentlemen
constitute the new Yukon district in
spection board of hulls and boilers. It
is newly appointed and succeeds the old
board which has been transferred from
the Yukon district to the newly created
division of southeastern Alaska and the
coast running westward to the Aleu
tian islands.
The board will spend the summer on
the Yukon and at St. Michael and Nome.
In the winter they will be stationed at
Honolulu headquarters.
An exchange states that Captain
Walton says that the inspection rules
will be enforced to the letter, and that
all wise steamer owners always desire
this for the protection of their boats
and their passengers. It is the cheap
est as well as the safest for all involv
Hagan Olson came in from Quail a
few days ago, where he has been mak
ing a test run of the gravel on 3b. He
set up a string of boxes in an old cut,
and shovelled in 21 hours and made a
cleanup. The gold taken weighed one |
ounce—$18. One piece weighed $1.12, !
another 25c, and the balance consisted i
of fine gold.
. YOUNG
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