The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-11-20
FROZEN CITY or ALASKA.
The MulP Glacier Mirage Not Merely
q Phantom.
What an Alaska ProsPectOF DIscOV.
cred In m UnknOygn valley Of
the Great NoRthVgosa.

substantial news concerning It, but be-
yond the statements Of Prof. Wiloughby
and the word Of one or two who had seen
the mirage, nothing tangible until yester-
day could be obtained, says . Victoria
letter in the juneau Times.
By the steamer Elder, which arrived
here on Saturday from the north, came a
miner who LEFT the vessel at that port and
did not 20 on to San Francisco as he at
first intended.
From this miner. who is q very intelli-
gent man, q most remarkable story was
obtained by our representative, and the
first description Of the Silent City is here
given.
George II. Kershon Is the name given
by the narrator Of the tale. He says he
is u native Of England but left that coun-
try when lad for the gold fields Of Aus
tralia, where several years were passed.
New Zealand, Cape Colony and Califor-
mia were also visited, and in his 10th
year he joined a party Of miners who
were bent on exploring the secrets Of ice
bound Alaska.
Kershon Is q hardyilOoking man, with
a well-knit frame, Indicative Of an ability
to Withstand physical hardship, while his
clear, blue eyes are q surety that what
ever he undertakes he will carry through.
"Yes," he said, 81 think am the first
white man who ever gaEed on the frozen
city Of the north. You would like me to
tell you about it? All right, you'll be
the first newspaper who has had the
news, anyway"
SIN the summer Of 1885," Kershon
said, ~ was one Of 4 party Of six who
left here TO 20 north prospecting. OF the
other Eve, know not where they are.
We took the steamer to juneau, where
we left her, buying small sloop to take
our kits up to Yukon. With any men
ton Of the troubles we had in ascending
that rapid stream need not tire you, but
will say that after several weeks Of awful
toll we reached fork.
II was for going up this fork and pros
pecting, but the other five were against ii |;
but as was determined To go l left the
party, engaged an Indian canoe with two
bucks and started up off this unknown
fork. We had q terrible time. The
stream narrowed in between high cliffs
and shot with dizzy swiftness down the
gulehes, making 1t necessary TO tow the
canoe by means Of q line from the banks,
two doing this while the third man rested.
Progress was necessarily slow, and for
many days we toiled before the range Of
cliffs and mountains were passed. Once
q lOO-ioot waterfall barred Us and Il took
three days TO get around 1t.
after this it was a bit easier. The
river broadened out and the country was
more level. The banks were well wooded
and game was plentiful. We kept on
like this, always gong north, when after
six weeks q range Of mountains was
sighted. l believed this to be the head
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