The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-07
AFTER YUKON MINES
England Taking Steps 70 Seize
the Gold Fields
she WANTS ~ ALASKA poHT.



aisve 20 the importance oe the Alaska
Boundary question and b preparing care
fully to sssert her claims when the joint
carnmEsSern meets TO locate 1t y shown
by the ssasemenfs Of q. A. Carpenter.
editor Of The Aisska News Of Juneau. in
an interview with = Post-InteIEgencerr re-
reporter. Mr.. Carpenter. who - well and
fzvorzbiy known On che Sound a. = news
pager mar. told OF the ssruasior about as
There Is considerable exciteunen3 In
Alaska over the boundary question and
the people scarcely discuss anything else.
The Can.xiian government claims that
Rorty Milo Creek - In British Colmnbta
xhither two gold commissioners with
power 20 make q report In relation 10 the
gold discoveries and also - 20 the smug-
gtng OF liquors into that ree7pA the
general opinion OF miners coming out of
the Yukon river region b tfna Forty Mile
Crack u In British Columbia It - . fact
that II II very near the line. had talk
with Engineer Pratt. who con6iascted the
boundary survey for the United States
government. and he Il Of the opinion that
the camp u located IN Alaska on Asneri-
can SOL
IF the cIairn set up by the British b
correct there Is prospect that juneau
win come within the limits OF the terri
tory claimed by the British under their
Interpretation Of the description OF the
boundary. This description says that In
the absence Of a mouuSain range the
boundary line shall be within ten marine
leagues OF the coast lne. The American
idea - that the line shall follow the me-
ankiegings Of the bays and inlets
Rsaehisx After xakon Gold.
s-rhe idea h. from what can learn
from wauiam Ogiivie. who has charge OF
the Canadian surveying party. and who
was one OF the pioneer surveyors for the
Canadian government In making report
on the Yukon and Its resources some ten
years ago. that the Dominion government
Is now anxious to find out the mineral
wealth Of the Yukon valley In order to
construct good wagon road. or . narrow
gauge railway. from salt water on the
coast 20 the he0dwaters Of the Yukon
river.
IN the first part Of September last
ogavie. with a surveying party Of nine
Canadians, selected wsth q view to their
aTbiigty 20 stand hardships, cold weather.
and skill in the use OF snowshoes. started
out from Juneau for the head OF Taku
inlet They were sent oalt by the Donsn-
ion government to make q preliminary
survey and typographical report on the
Tsku route for the construction OK a road
to the neadwaters OF the Yukon river.
In a talk with him iearned that q road
could be constructed from the head OF
salt water navigation on Taku inlet TO
the headwaters OF the Yukon river at
Lake Tesslin. and that the distance would
be only ninety miles This route has easy
grades and the construction or road
win not cost great deal Of money, as
there are not many cuts and hils. In
case this road In built this year there
Is possibility OF steamer being placed
on the Yukon. connecting Lake Tessiin
with Forty Mile Creek and other newly
discovered camps. 50 that the distance OF
$40 miles from Juneau to Forty Mile Creek
can be made In seven days, as against the
present time OF from thirty to forty days
tH open uD1tS ny iAS SiHfnoos AV0>S. hC
general opinion OF residents OF Juneau.
leaking out from headquarters, IL that II
is Engiamifs intention. through the Do
ansnion and provincial governments. to
secure q foothcld In Alaska territory by
making these improvements FOR internal
travel and 50 as to secure seaport for
her shipping and q place to establish
naval and coaling station
Uncle SANS supineness.
"The American citizens. while they feel
It will be an outrage to allow England TO
steal so valuable territory from the
United States, stfEf think that thas cosIn-
try. in view OF the past conduct OF con-
gress in not Estening to the appeals OF
the residents for internal improvements
and remedial Legislation. is not deserving
OF the sympathy OF the residents II the
loss Is sustained. This statement Is en-
eendered by the fact that many Of the
most prosperous miners In the territory
came from the cassiar district In British
Columbia. which was opened to inland
travel from wrangei, via the Stickeen
river, by a wen-conssrscted wagon road
and lsae OF steamers to the mining camps.
Among all classes OF people In Alaska
& IS the universal opinion that II England
succeeds IN getting this strip OF territory
from the United States government It wiz