The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-09

II I'm what e casts - 20.
VLI NJ aat as 70 saGigraeEs.
"I etc.
" Every wsIi-snown
nssner Nho comes 20
SEATTLE 70 bay hss
supplies or sell his ore h. pesfeved
with fhese questions. and for advice.
and fbe latter be Is very c5arry q
giving. because nls experience has
proved 20 nim that Il is. not eEery
man ~ho makes 3 successful miner.
an5 thar. as Ia other vsiks ~ Afe he must
have q certain aptitude Tor IL AID possess
certain qualifications.
have perfect hsalfh and a mere
than ordinary robust consultation to ena-
bic him TO Withstand tas atmosphere and
Climatic influences that constantly zssai
this gold seeker agaoag the wastes Of Alas
bss snoss. In tho gkon district. 70
which territory % inmeasursble distances
many viii went their way the shernnofae-
ter has an annual range % from 70 degrees
b~low 20 10 degrees abovs-a range Of Us
degrees. think OF thats-and 0aly men Of
fonEhened constitution can stand THE
There are pecaliaritss ~ Alaskan weather.
TOO. ard there are dangers and pFsysfions
ia these cold solltsIdss % which only one
half has been told. These disadvantages.
sffsF all. while they must Ia Justice o. re-
ferred 10. would. " set forth AT ienEfh. not
Only prove 10 be no obstacle which the
billions ~ the enthusiastic gold seeker
would not easily leap. bat 20 the really
courageous would act as a spur merely
10 put him on bis metfis
II = the really courageous only that
should reek his fortunes 81 Alaskan wlids
There In plenty OF gold there for who
ever seeks u diligently. bat there Is moth
iag bat disappointment and abjeet poverty
for the shiftless men. the areamers. Who
80 there without a axed Idea Of exactly
what they are going 10 attempt. and. in
some Indefinite way hope 20 stub their Toe
into bed Of golden nuggets while aim
lessiy sAnutsring around. There is little
more luck" Ia gold mining today than
there r. in any other enterprise The aay
for that has gone BY. Men who know gold
when they see II 81 its natural state who
know geology and rs fantastic evolutions
''down 20 the ground are the men who
Will win. Men without this scientific
knowledge may and DO make fortunes IN
geld mining. and In the Alaska gold fields
there have been many recent Instances Of
this, On the other hand there are men
who have struck rich claims who have
worked them for a time, AMI growing uS-
eus,ed with tbs solitude and other hard
ships. have either abandoned them alto
ssther or sold them for the price OF a grub
STAGE.
The next qualification for an Alaska
m fer, therefore, 10 that OF a hkr1S con
ssstusien. II that he must have some means.
Many men have gone from this state with
Wild dreams Of fortune and enough money
70 paw fares only. who have merely
changed their location and not their coHd-
tion~except for the worse. Many men.
too. who were equally poor. have come
hack "a Seattle. after an absence of only
a year or two. comparatively wealthy fnen
and w.th boundIess future before them.
This has been due wholly TO indomstshle
courage. aad the ability To suffer and 20
wait But those men take desperate
chances who seek nght with fortune In
tire frozen north with empty hands
Also. Il should he pointed out a. the be-
ginning that he should rot 20 alone. He
must at least have partner upon whom
n can rely. This also lessons the expenses.
II there are three or four Ia the party. who
Yeai pretty confident that they can get
along together smoothly, all the better,
FIRST "a TO the kit This is much mat
Ser ~ taste and matter 81 finance. Here
with is given the necessary provisions for
one maa FOR a whole year In tho wilder
nesses 81 Alaska, the principal point IN ~
being tho comparative cost ia Seattle ana
at Forty Miles