, 1889-06-27
GOLD BY DANGER GUARDED.
THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH nrsrr
MINING IN ALASKA,
To Paddle Your Own Canoe I'm IN. s,,,
Deep aud rrracherous Waters There
10 No Simple Undertaking.

foom In the mold was stored with sup
pl'es or every character for Alaskan morris
Inc last port touched befor. reach
ing Alaskan waters was Victoria. b. c..
ana then only tor the purpose OF
taking aboard freight and passenysrs
Am the cabin passengers are eleven
ladies'. two of whom are tourists. and
four Hre residents of Alaska. Amonv
the passengers are Miss Grace Ashl.v
tate of Baltimore, Md, who gops TO SIM,
undrr three Years contract TO teach thp
natives at the Indian mission, and Misc
Jennie Dunlap Of Nell. Kan who ~ unnsr
a like contract at Juneau
A brother of Ex-Governor Swineford
VINO h's Jh't been succeeded by Hon
Lyman hnapp' u aboard with men aud
machinery for Sltka, where the govern
uent IL interested In quartz mine and
tins season will see u ten stamp mill IN
full operation Among the cabin psssen.
Rers. probably forty have never b4fors
been IN ahskd and 20 there for the pnr.
pose OF prospecting tor cold. The stef-
age pas eng r. are nearly all
ON PROSPECTING EXPEDITIONS.
most OF ~h0m are bound for the Yukon
river country. Whether thpv all reach
there. will probably depend upon their
stamina, and that most important reouI-
site To all uinrrs, good luck "
There are on board four men who have
been into the YUKON river country,
Whether three of them will return this
season depends upon their being able TO
secure steady employment at Juneau, in
which event they will not 20 The fourth
man will probably return to the dlupines
To look for the bonanza he failed to bring
out last fail
Through the courtesy Of a Mr.. Goddard
OF Boston. who Is inter-sted in quartz
mine on Douglas island. upon which ia
erected quartz mill costing 5000. 600 and
Who hss large mining interests ia other
parts OF the territory. have been permit
ted TO interview one of the four miners
who have prospected for
GOLD IN THE YUKON corNTRY.
He has seen service in several of our
Western states and territories, and has
spent the greater part of thirty years at
mining. He Ia "a man whose face ia an
index OF character that seems to stamp his
utterances with truth; A. It IL my pur-
pose 10 explore the YukonAthis summer,
and an that country seems to be the Edo.
rado OF aska. whittier all the pilgrims
IN search OF gold are directing their foot
steps, have deemed it best to give you
the benefit of such facts as | have been
able to gather from this gentleman which
may be, think, regarded as Trustworthy
at least until eau send you the result of
my
PERsoNAL OBSERVATIONS.
How bne have you resided in
Alaskap'
II have been here three seasons. 90
20 California in the fall and return to
Alaska Ia the spring"
"DO you regard the mineral resources of
Alaska as possessing much eatent?'
a'Ihprp n no A rtpIv don nf iha ,,aet
wealth of gold in Alaska, both in placer
and quartz mines"
"how about the Yukon countryP Do
you beliege gold exists there in great
quantitics?"
II know from personal experience and
trom information gathered from respon.
sible PARTIES who have spent two seasons
in the Yukon country, that there is no |
end to promising gold bearing placer !
quartz OF any consequence has ever been
found. Travelled over 200 miles of the
Yukon last summer aud prospected in
many places. and never made pan with
out finding color"
"Did you bring out any gold with
your"
II broug out $34l as the result of
twenty. days actual work. Here is |
my certificate from the United States
mint. That is
ABOUT $l3 so PER DAY.
II left Juneau on June 2 and Travelled
about 900 miles before | reached the
diggings. My expenses including
fare from San Francisco to Juneau,
provisions for six months, and In.
dian hire for packing my outfit over
the mountain range, including my eY.
penses back from the YUKON to Juneau
and San FrancisCo about covered what |
brought out. Therefore got nothing for
my sum ner's work"
"Why did you not put In more thnn
twenty-five days work at the diggingsP"
II did not reach the placer mines until
the 18th day, of July"
"Did 1t take you from June Q to July Is
to go from Juneau to the digRingsp"
Yes, but We were detained at Chilcoot,
aud IadiAn settlement 100 miles frum Ju-
nsau, aboct ten days on account Of
rRounLE WITH THE INDIANA
among themselves. They would not pack
our goods over the range until they had
ssttled their difficulties"
"How long did 1t take You to make the
return tripp"
"A little over six weeks of constant
travel" ........
"At the time you left juneau was not
spring fairly opened, and did not the
pleasant weather of fall hold out until you
feturnsdp" a.
THE weather for the most part was dc.
lightful, except on the return trip, and
then only IN the early morning were we
troubled by the water which had frozen on
our bOsts aud ores during the night"
rs not the journey from Juneau TO the
gold digginxs a pleasant one, aside from
the tediousness OF the trip?"
"Wer6 the length of the trip the only
objection, would not remain 1t Juneau