Emil Stauf
Emil Stauf arrived in Dawson in the summer of 1898 with no mining experience and low on funds. He established himself as a real estate broker for the Harper and Ladue Townsite Co.1)
The 165-ton sternwheeler Prospector was built in Whitehorse in 1901 by Emil Stauf and H.E. Ridley. It ran on the side streams operated by the Stewart River Co.2) Stockholders in the Prospector included W. Meed, Capt. Smyth, Capt. [J.S.] Ritchie, H.C. Davis, Emil Stauf, H.E. Ridley, W.D. Rainbow, and C.V. Anthony. Capt. Ritchie was the pilot.3) The Prospector was sold to the British Yukon Navigation Co. [in date?]4)
Emil Stauf left Dawson in the fall of 1904 with considerable earnings from real estate and also an inheritance from Erena Harper, Arthur Harper’s second wife. He continued his real estate partnership in Dawson with Dufferin Pattullo and formed the Stauf-Berghausen Liquor Co., with office in California, Chicago, and New York City.5)