Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-23

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TOOLS.
Two shovels.
Two axes, one double-bitted.
Three picks, varying in size.
One mattock.
One light Ratchet.
One heavy claw hammer.
Extra handles for all the above.
An assortment of augers and gimb-
lets or brace and bits.
Two hand saws and files.
Heavy galvanized iron bucket.
Two wash pans, different size.
Heavy galvanized iron dipper.
Assortment of wire and cut nails.
CLOTHING, ETC.
Two suits good corduroy.
Three pairs rubber boots.
Three pairs heavy shoes.
Three pairs heavy wooden underwear.
Four heavy wooden shirts.
Two dozenpairs heavy wooden socks.
Three pairs wooden gloves.
Two wool hats.
One heavy coat for all wear.
Three pairs heavy wooden blankets.
Two stout leather belts.
Scissors, needles, with plenty of
darning yarns, linen thread and patch
ing facilities.
FOOD SUPPLIES.
200 pounds bacon.
500 pounds -four.
200 pounds corn meal.
$50 pounds various dried fruits.
80 pounds rice.
cases of condensed milk.
Is pounds roasted coffee, with coffee
mill.
Is pounds sugar.
200 pounds beans.
gallons vinegar.
10 gallons syrup or molasses.
Other extras may be added rs will
suit the taste of individuals. The
above outfit will cost, if purchased in
the Sound country, from $l75 to $500
After paying fare and cost of trans.
portation for the above supplies, the
prospector should have not less than
$500 cash in his pocket when he ar
riEeS IN the ulgglngS.
Cooking utensils could be added to
the above list at merely a nominal
cost, if bought before leaving home.
Transportation via steamer to Klon-
dyke of the above outfit will cost $3.50;
or via Juneau and Dyea, $40. If by
the latter route the carriage from salt
water to Lake Linderman, a distance
of thirty-one miles, say for one and a
half tons at Is cents per pound, would
be $3.50; boat at Lake Linderman, $50
miscellaneous, $25; total, $3.50. Con.
servatively, that is fair estimate of
the requirements of a man who ex-
poets to remain in the Yukon eighteen
months. There are several other Incl
dental expenses which might be in.
Cured, or the amount of supplies
might be curtailed to a slight extent.
These estimates were given by exper.
fenced miners who have wintered in
the north and know what they are
talking about. In making purchases
it is we'll to observe the suggestion
that the very best articles that can be
purchased are none too good and will
more than repay the purchaser in the
long run.
The Klondyke fever has extended
clear across the continent and struck
New York city. An advertisement
calling for those who wished to join
an expedition and having from $500
to $1,000 to invest, received ], 200 re.
sponses in forty-eight hours. Thous-
ands are coming west who only await
to arrange for transportation and to
settle upon details before starting.
New York city furnished more Forty
miners" than any State in the Union,
when the California craze was on.
The fame of the mineral wealth of
the Pacific Northwest has reached the
financial centers of Germany and has
aroused SO much interest there that
Mr.. K. Haber, an Assessor in the Prus-
sian Ministry of Commerce has been
sent here to study the mineral re-
sources of this as we'll as other sections
of western America both in the north
ern and southern continents.
The mint in San Francisco is tenn
porarily closed for the annual clean
up, and counting of the coin on hand.
This task usually occupies from Is to
20 days. The mint now has $45 ,0OO,-
600 in standard silver dollars, besides
the usual stock OF bullion and gold
coin, to be counted and checked up.
Until this is done, receipts of deposits
of the precious metals is suspended.
The mint will be open about the LIST
prox.
Most of the gold brought down now
was mined during the winter. Labor
commanded SIS per day and -four cost
$50 per sack, with other supplies in
proportion. While the mercury fell
to So degrees below zero in january, il
rose to IS in the shade in June.
Although most of the passengers are
returning home with plenty of gold
they all advise and urge people who
contemplate going to the Yukon not
to think of taking in less than one ton
of grub and plenty of clothing. While
it is a poor mans country, yet the
hardships and privations to be en-
countered by inexperienced persons
unused to frontier life, is certain to re-
suit in much suffering during the win
ter. People should go prepared with
at least a years supplies.
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