The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-30

days / have been looking at the Dalton
trail and other routes, ana have decided
upon a route starting At Skaguay. follow
Ing over the new road. work upon which
is being rapidly pushed. and viii lead down
the lakes and overland TO White Horse
rapids. We shall use dogs. ponies and
sleds or other means. Il found necessary.
There viii be stations every six to
twenty miles with log cabins and stables.
and there win be eating stations every
fifty miles or less. Our trains VIII travel
day and night We have q man who knows
the country perfectly who win lay out the
route.
tried TO gel men to lead parties over the
Dalton trail. but could get no one to under
take IT, The north winds blow too hard
on that trail. however. and the timber Is
scarce.
Speaking OF Jack Dalton" continued
Mr. Cornforth The reminds me greatly OF
Kit Carson, whom I knew. Dalton Is the
same size as Carson was. and has the same
modest unassumsng way about him. Car
son was a close observer and so Is Dalton
and their characteristics OF conversation
are identical. The only difference / OBJ
serve is that Dalton has light hair, while
Carson's was dark"
DR.. ]. A. Cleveland. OF Skazuay. Il q
guest at the Rainier-Grand. He Is a
Washington, d. c.. man, but came out
West last summer when the exodus was
st its height ard went to Alaska He out
fitted a party OF six In Seattle in the sur
prisingly short time OF twenty-four hours
and sent the men over the White pass
into the interior. Each man has ton of
supplies, so he does not fear for their
safety. The doctor has heard that his
men have made six locations for him al
ready and he is beginning to wonder how
much those claims will pan out. Dr.
Cleveland is born Spectator, and when
he got to Skaguay he saw so many oppor-
tunities for capital that he soon got into
half a dozen enterprises. He thinks q
great deal of Skaguay and OF Dyea. too.
II don't see why there should be any
rivalry between the two places" he said
yesterday. Both are going to be the gate
ways of thousands Of people who will go
to Alaska for years to come. Sometimes
one pass has been better than the other.
and then conditions OF weather and of
travel have reversed the situation.
From my observation / believe that one
can get over the passes now easier than
at any time since the rush commenced
Men are going over every day. Last
Thursday week they took siventy-five
trail on the White pass. came away be-
fore / heard the result of this effort to
improve the trail"
DR.. Cleveland says that Skaguay Is a
quiet. peaceable town, and settled with a
splendid class OF people.
Among the men who will attempt the
winter trip to Dawson City are Wilson
Miner. George Taylor. ]. NJ Nye and Ad-
ran
MIA yesterday and secured passage on the
City of Topeka for Juneau. There they
viii await the arrival of DR.. William Miz-
ner. who Is having sled made in San
Francisco. This sled will be equipped with
sail, and win carry a thousand pounds OF
outfit for each man.
We are going to see what We can do
about getting through at once, but If we
find that II is not practicable, we shall wait
until later In the season. Mr.. Mizner went
in part way in that manner last season.
and he thinks that it can be done very
easily. We are anxious to get in. Edgar
Miner is there now, and has one OF the
best claims on Bonanza creek.
II live back in the interior 80 miles from
San Francisco" said Mr.. Nye, land you
would be surprised at the number of peo-
pie who are going from that region TO the
Yukon country. l never saw anything like
IL. / hear that the rates viii be lower In
the spring, but 1 don't believe It. Why,
/ don't think there will be near enough
boats 10 carry them all to Alaska, and OF
course / cannot see how the rates will
come down under those conditions.
You remember that Mr.. Wilson Miner
came out Of the Yukon country a month
or so ago. Well, he has been TO New
York and back 10 San Francisco, and
everywhere he has been besieged with men
who wanted to know about the Yukon
country. He had no peace at all
In the Kiondke excitement sight is lost
OF the riches OF districts more easily
reached from civilization. Arthur Noel, of
Liliooet. 3. c.. the locator OF the celebrated
Golden Cache mines and the pioneer inves-
tor In the Bridge river district a camp
which promises well, was in the city yes
terday. en- route to his home in Wisconsin.
With w. r. Robinson and J. NJ. McKinnon
he is interested in the Ben dor mine.
Bridge river district. On coming out he
brought 200 worth of quartz, about 40
pounds of rock, to Vancouver. whence IL
was shipped 10 England In an interview
yesterday he said:
Bridge river, recently discovered by
two half-breeds, Is sixty miles by trail
from Lillocet. The government is pre-
pairing to put in a wagon road next spring.
In the district are the Forty Thieves. Ida
May and Lorne mines. Several other To-
cations have not yet been prospected.
Work has now ceased because OF the
snow. Crews of men Will work all win
ter on the Ben dor and Ida May. Free
milling ore is being taken out, and 1t as
says very high. II IS proposed 10 put
in stamp mills in the four mines next
spring.
The Golden Cache mill mas been run
ming since November 1, and at same date
next month will have d cleanup. Good
results are expected. There are now six
seven mines being operated IN the dis
trict.
II cannot understand why people will
rush TO the Klondike when fortune lies
SO much nearer at hand
Rev. L. a. Hutchinson returned the other
day from trip down into Oregon. He
visited Portland. Salem and a number of
other Willamette valley places
Il found everywhere that the people had
their eyes on Seattle. Both in going down
and coming back / met commercial trav-
eiers who told me that this was their first
trip ont this way-that they had come out
because there was business here 10 obtain.
and that they were much surprised at the
growth and life IN Seattle
In Portland / met a leading business
man who told me that his opinion was
that Seattle was the coming city OF tha
Northwest IL not OF the Coast Another
one who said he had closely observed Se-
attic and It's growth tor the pas, eighteen
years declared that re never had seen
city where thu business men were SO loyal
10 the city.
"AM through the Willamette valley /