, 1889-06-27

| -. N"'' "'o oui eoous y tcktu up u
mountain aud over the range, a dtstau,
OF aOont twenty.eipht miles. Her. bevit
our descent to the Yukon bv water. w
are now lett to our own resources and 4
pd"dle our own canoe. for the ludiat
nave made back tracks. to enjoy the pro
here
CONSTRUCT A RAFT
on winch to cross the lake, distance G
nVe mites. when We had To make a DOR,
age OF halt II mlle. Here we mace anothe
raIt In order TO pass through u half mil
OF river to another lake, but the water raj
verV Switt'y, the rocks standing right II
tne middle OF the channel. which was =,
erooRed that soon after being launched |
was dashed upon the rocks and wrecked
ihe rdft lodged upou some rocks abou
sSty feet from snOre, and as II was neces
Sary Tor US TO have some of the logs with
whlch 10 make another raft, we had [,
snoot out the plus which held the log,
together. la tins way we loOsenpd Il
loss aud managed tu catch enough VI
them To build another raft, upon which
we sailed twenty mile across another lake
Here We laudtd and ~hip.saWed out lum.
DER Tor boats, Ia which we sailed across d
chain OF three lakes OF eighteen, twenty.
v,
Connected by riSets of i've, twenty and
SIXTY miles IN leUgth. The lower lake
empties into the Yukon river, which Is
ABOUT one'hdlta Is mite wide at this point,
and tor most OF the $50 mlles that | trav.
eled IL, me water Il very deep and runs
very swift. Numerous
ISLANDS RISE OUT OF THE WATER,
heavily tlmbered. but OF small size and
mostly spruce. lhe tributaries are many
some OF theIn rivers from cnp.quatter to
tniee'qudrters Ut u mile in width.
We nad u ilttle difficulty IN passing
down tue Yukon. until we reached what
Is called tue Canon. between the twenty.
two mile lake aud the thniy live m,lr,
referred to above, the water passes
through a river sixty miles lorg, aud u
the CdUon the rocks rise on either side to
perpendiCular height of sixty feet.
through whlch the wattr flows with tre
menduous speed,
BotLING AND sEErurNa
For distance of about onc.half mile. We
went through the Cannon in two minutes,
but our boat became nearly swamped. We
then ran two and one.half miles down
rocky piece Ut river to the head of what is
named "White Horse" SO called on ac-
colnt of the water passing through per.
pendicular rocks on both sides, though
not 80 high as at the canyon, but the
water Is lashed into foam upon the Jagged
rocks which are concealed from view by
the white lather which Covers the surface
OF the river from bank TO bank. At this
place one OF our boats became unmanaxe-
able, and ut the luwer end OF the whirlpool
SUDDENLY PLUNGED FORWARD.
And instantly disappeared. A short dis
tun hale A. 4.
one man who he held to the rope, was
other men who were in the boat were
never seen after 1t capsizpd
A short distance below White Horse we
come TO what Is called the Five Fing-
ers.' Five huge rocks, whose fanes are
exposed TO the rushing torrents. are worn
smooth and round aud rise to height of
forty feet, standing in line across the
pathway OF the mad torrents. We passed
through the fingers safely. From this
point to Forty Mile creek, the location of
our placer divglngs, We had smooth sail
ing. and commenced our prospecting rs
near as | can estimate, after hav-
ing travled about nine hue.
dred miles from juneau. We were
SIX WEEKS GETTING BACK
to Juneau, and the journey was one of
labor. pulling our boats along by
means 1T ropes, wadlng and pushing with
poles, and you can imagine what head.
way we could make In water that | have
described as above"
How many men were there in your
party on the return tripp"
1--WE kept picking them up and when
we reached the range there were twenty.
six men in all"
Did all Of them have some dustP"
HOW 1T PANNED OUT.
Every man had more or less. As ne ar
as could ascertain the least had by any
one man was about $50, and the largest
amount by single individual was about
$4,000. Six of the party had about $1,000
each. two had $4,000 and $4,000 the bal
ance would probably average about $500
each. Bear, in mind, however, tnat those
who had the most spent the previous win
ter in the mines, and thus got the advan.
tage OF about month longer work than
those who went out when did. And be-
sides, they prepared in the winter for
work as soon NJ the weather would per-
nit"
"How many men do you think there
were in the entire Yukon river country
including all its tributaries. last season?
Not TO exceed four hundred. That 1
think big estimate"
''Do you think there will be a. many 60
In this ee.son?" ,,.....,.r-...
IL do not. As near as can ascertain.
few of those who have been there before
will 20 back. The risks incurred far ex-
ceed the amount taken out. When some
easier means Of getting into the Yukon is
found, the country will swarm with
miners, and have no doubt that rich
mines will be discovered"
MINRR w. BRUCE. in Omaha Bee.
A MISSING MAN.
j. B. Morse, Of spsngle. Mysteriousiy
Disappears. .-. ....