The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-27
MIR GL4TE'S FORK IN Alaska.
His Efforts LAST Summer to Discover N
Practical Road to the Interior.

Practical Road to the Interior.
Mr.. T. ]. Glavc. who went to Alaska In st sum
mer to continue his explorations there. did
some excellent work with Il very small equip
meut and at slight expense. Glave was born
for Just that Kind ~" service. Stanley made
him well known {" all students Of exploration
by the we,l-deserv,si! compliments no paid
him in his Founding 81 thr Congo FREQ
State" Gl;tvs went to the Congo when little
moro than /; stripping. and he served SIX years
up and down that river. occu pyin.: i,csit ions of
great responsibility. and dscharging AZ dtft!cs
faithfully and in a most adequate 'inanne:
After his return from tho Congo ho came 10
New York. and last summons expedition WIS
his second year OF work in the wilds OF Alaska.
Glave desired to solve one problem. which
is closely connected with the welfare ana de-
velopment of the territory. Many hundred
miles up the Yukon River. on Forty Mile Crock
and some other little tributaries arc the
placer gold regions which havs attracted sew
eral hundred hardy miners. There is an op-
portunity IN the same region for tho develop
ment OF profitable quartz mining properties.
The chief difficulty is tho inacccssibility OF the
Gold-pr iucing region. If tho minor asccnds
tho Yukon on one OF the trading compauy's
steamboats, it is n long and very expensive
Journey and is made ut infrequent and uncer-
tain intervals. or course it would DO next to
impossible for him to ascend tho river in his
his own small boats. The usual method OF
reaching Forty Mile Creek is to cross tho
Chilcoot. or tho Chilcat. passes. over tho
coast range Mt the head of Lynn Channel some
distance south Of Mount St Elias. and strike
the head waters Of the Lewes River. and
thence 60 down to tho Yukon ,Rnd.Torty Mile
Creek In small boats. Tits u ttIrlblJ journey.
particularly nca. the coast, for eng ,ohfy means
f IF dsnsDS with the no 9 ESss 8,
th" only couple 81 handas iaeis s sFs at
work in region WhkSh tMere j. Yes9n e DO;
ss xp& FfDR S" r
W the DIFFICULTIES OF transport. Thpt isthe
AZ ta MaGh en- be S%griGH sngas 9H tho
Other denlers cannot do any hmsinefs there.
owing to the impossibiity OF gettihs tieirftrs
CLAY. went out last summon to SEQ ~ he
eord sGme Pr means n , e.
srsat sen Eansd il panR hnrsos soud be
used over the coast ranges. There was not a
horse in Alaska, and It was asssrted Gen-
ANNALS Glnve. however. purchasoIa at SCOT
9ssn "ug aokES1 Ills Tesang eH
head OF Lynn Channel, and with single com
c rads Pnd faW so staea oysr @ cs
thriyea finely. tD.yond rhico"t Fass. Glay ys
explored n new region to the cast and, north
east OF Mount st. l.lias. Among his discover
les in that unrNplored district were Gliuy little
lakes and "A good deal of grass.
Mr.. Llave has not published II detailed re-
Tort ~ his explorations. but some OF his con
illusions are known. He believes that II Will
not be u difficult matter to build u wagon rpad
thu ough tho Chlcoot Pass. which h" considers
preferable to Ghilcat Pass. Then small Steam
boats can be taken In sections over tho wagon
read to tho YUKON tributary beyond. wheto
they can 10 launched: Then they can make
their way for hundreds OF miles down TO the
gold-prOducinG REGION: When this route Is
perfected he believes 1t will be possible to
roach, the, gold regions within tliree weeks
from San Francisco
Mr.. Osilyle. .whl passed through TINT piss
and downt the Lowes lliverin 1881, reached the
same conclusion on the practicability OF build
ing u wagon road IT, connect the coast with the
nayigahle waters OF tho interior
MIR. Glavc did one very novel thing which 10
well worth recording. Before his summets
work was over. he had u good deal OF snow tray
cling. and. amusin. as 1t soems. he, shod his
horses with ordinary snow Shoes. 1t wins not
them. although they were rather clumsy Mt
when they had their snow shoes on it vas best
usual, and when they had acquired that nc
V Giaye rourhed 1t TT though Ills " SINNERS
sss sssP 'f gaSnd es Ssa Es sns
birds, and hsh were not numerous