The sun., 1894-10-29
oorSo TO r1ERRA DEF FUEeo.
Ths Routes, Cest OF Passage. Outats Ness-
ed. sps nIher Matters ef Interest.

| ed, sns 0tker Matters ef Interest.
The following letter Is one Of a number Of like
import received since the publication OF the ar
| ticles on the Cape Horn region that have re-
| Gently appeared in THE SUNDAY SUN:
| To rHE EnrroR oT THE suN-Sfr. I write this letter
seeking Information in regard to the gold mines VI
Terra del Fuego. read the article in THE SUN AMI
am convinced that the Cape Horn country Is the paca
| for an independent young man TO 60 to. am think
ing very seriously Of going there and will start In
couple OF months that is, ~ can get sone more In.
formation. Would like to ask what kind OF clothing
| a man is supposed to wear. Does q who works
the sand shares furnish his mining materials,
| or are they furnished by the company he works
| shares wlth' OF what consists a miners o"tft'
shall be very thankful II you will answer these few
| questions q. W. H., JR
srBAsrorof. Cal, oct 10.
The best way for an American living east II
the Rockies to get to Cape Horn is to take one Of
| the steamers that run regularly direct from
| New York TO Buenos Ayres. Norton & Son, 90
| Wall street, arc the owners Of the line. Those
| living West can go by the Pacific Mail to Pam
anna, whero a transfer may be taken to Vaipa-
| raiso. Thence three lines Of steamers run
through the Straits Of Magellan, stopping at
Punta Arenas or Sandy Point. the now cele-
brated Cape Horn metropolis.
At Buenos Ayres these same lines Of steamers
arc found running through the straits, together
with q line Of Argentine naval transports that
once In three weeks start for trips along the
Patagonia coast and entirely around the island
of TERRA del Fuego, stopping at Paramo. Il eonly
permanent placer camp, with call also at 81;
Johns IIarbor on Staten land. The fare first
class. from New York TO Buenos Ayres Is $500,
and fron puenos Ayres to Punta Arenas s55
From Buenos Ayres To Paramo the price Is
about the same. At Pinta Arenas a miner can
And transportation TO the mining region, but he
may have TO wait month or two for a boat load
OF supplies TO start
A suit OF light clothing with underwear 10
needed for the Journey across the torrid zone.
II Is a tourney OF about thirty DAYS from New
York to Buenos Ayres. Of which the greater part
Is sure 10 be in summer heat From San Fran
cisco the time required IA much longer Cloth
ing worn in the Cape Horn region is like that
worn in the northern part OF the United states
IN November Hot weather is unknown in
rierra del Fucgo and so, too ~ the extreme cold
weather. say of Maine and Dakota. Cnpt, Cook.
the explorer. had two OF Lis men frozen TO death
down on the south side OF TERRA del Fuego. Il
is true, but the victims must have had n very
small stock of vitality
There is but one company in TERRA del Fucgo
that EMPLOYS men regularly and that Is the one
Mt paramo nm San Sebastian PA, uoyav.r
capitalists at punta tren,s Al out eynedi.ion.
in small way at intervals To ,yorl tho gravel In
other parts OF TERRA del Fuepo. In ALI cases the
COMPANY furnishes the tools. M American
need carry tools of any kind from home II,
can buy everything he wants at lower prices in
punta Arenas. Even the Winchester rifle.
which everv nrosnec,or 4, Ti.r-a Joi r,n,,n
must have can be purchased for S. Less than ,h.
price I'm New York
The outfit of a Cane Horn prospector IL cx-
actly like that of n Rocky Mountain pr,spector.
except I'm the means Of TRANSFORMATION Instead
of the patient burro. he takes the w,bblv cat
boat or sloop. This he ballasts with bacon.
beans, meal, and water in kegs, with a cooking
outfit to suit and picks. shoyels and mans A
small assayer's outfit, Including n blow nine.
crucibles, acids, litharee SC. would come handy,
and these can all be carried. because there ia
plenty of room for no end of things in even a
25-foot catboat; room enough to make the burro
packer open his eyes with astonishment.
No prospector sails away alone. however. At
least two men should be found in every crew.
and both should understand handling n cat.
boat when the wind blows from all directions at
once: when the boat Is in the vortex of A whirl-
ing souaIl AZ 10 strip the coot from no,,,s hans