The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-30
DANGERS OF THE SEARCH.
Vivid Description of the Hard
ships 90 BE Encountered by
the Yukon rrosnerfor.

ships 10 BE Encountered by
the Yakcn PROPRIETOR.
II. A. stanley. % the BInghsnnson. ". Y.
Evening Herald ~ho under date OF June
y sent our tire arst Associated Press dis
patch OF the great strike on The Klon6 ke,
returned 20 this ely on the steamer Port
land today. ard on being interviewed by
an Associated Press representative, sad:
4 have been seven weeks a. the mouth
OF The Yukon az 81 Micasess. where ] saw
every miner coming ouf and interviewed
them. As result feel Il my duty 20 sd-
spring. Ny first dispatch as 20 The dis
covery was absolutely true and while Wild
and exaggerated reports have been etrcu-
lated since. no ore. however. conservative
has thus far disputed that story.
The strike was ard Is one Of the
greatest 81 the worlds history. Probably
& 90 90 was cleaned up this spring. and
next spring look for from $4,000 TO
s 90 a.o The fields have hardly been
opened up as yet. However, those going
IA now must bear In mind that everything
in that region was staksd long before
any reports reached the outer world, and
that those going in nov must prospect
for themselves buy claims from the pres
enf owners or work for such owners.
mo new strike had been reported up
70 the time OF my leaving. and another
may not be made for fiFe years although
Alaska II an enormous country and VIII
yet 1 believe produce moro gold than
We dream 81. But Il Is also in many
ways a bleak. barren. aesolate country
a country incapable Of supporting any
great amount Of animal life. and ceun-
try Of such rigorous climate both winter
and summer that none but the most marcy
can possibly live In Il. Even they must
have abundance Of food ard warm cloth
ing Il is therefore simply suicidal to go
IL without a years supplies am aware
that there Is a popular impression mat
such supplies can be purchased IN the VI
cinity OF the mines. They may at present
al six times Seattle prices. bat they are
taken at even those prices faster IMAM
they can be got IN, and before winter Is
half over Il even the present population
stays in. there will be actual starvation.
TIE average man requires about one ton OF
carefully selected food and clothing Tor
years supply. The summer OF 1896 about
500 tons OF supplies went up the river,
ard the population II ]. 20 TO 200 suffered
from want or this 800 tons probably
800 tons was rum. tools, furniture ana
supplies other than provisions This sea-
son allowing for the most faFoFan4e CIR
cunstances, net more than 4.z0 tons OF
supplies can be got up the river. taiIy hatt
OF which Is rum and tools. as well as other
supplies than food. There are moro than
three times as many people in there than
last winter.
Figure ii out for yourself. Grub was
completely cleaned out this spring, and
last winter there was such a scarcity that
moose hams sold for So each. -four for
sI20 per hundred, bacon for 81 pound.
what viii not happen this coming winterE
Why will not people actually starve to
death? As 20 shelter. - per cent. OF Daw-
son are living il tents in July, timber IS
scarce and houses cannot be built. ROW
are several thousand people 10 Withstand
the rigors OF a nine months winter or
darkness when the mercury goes down ~
degrees below zero? As TO labor. II Is true
that last winter. the winter succeeding the
great strike, when men were scarce, wages
were sl5 a DAY but If no new strike Is
made what is 10 keep wages up this win
teri There are buf so claims on Bonanza.
Eldorado and bunker creeks that viii
probably be worked this winter. an aver
age Of eight men 20 each Is. think, liberal.
n bat 270a men are employed and there are
500 or more seeking work. what must be
the result? Wages must 90 down.
II am told that much grub has gone
over the divide. yet from what / know. I
would wager my last dollar that not To
exceed go tons Of supplies over and above
what the carriers ate viii reach the dig
sings. No man going IN can arrive with
more than 6 four months supply. l am
y.
Mlehaels. So there may be. but after Sep
teuhcr IS K might as wen be In New York
city. for 20 transport Il by pack train or
dog siedge over that 2.Goe miles Of Icy
river Is absolutely Impossible. There IS
not nor will there ever b. dog train
that can take enough IN 70 feed itse3
over l. 80 miles. Relief is therefore i'm
possible.
over the divide In winter would be
quite IS difficult. To draw provisions for
the trip from pyea 10 Dawson any time
before the spTiug breakup IS an impos-
sibltfty. Relief Tor those caught in the
khondlke after winter sets IL IL there
fore Impossible. ard IN the name OF hu-
maulty ] ask that q stop bs pct 10 this
wholesale transportation OF people with
out supplies, Let no man Dc allowed 70
enter the region unless he carries wt-h
him enough food ard c}oth.ng 70 last
him a year. There ARE women and little
children lr there today who should be
sent out as far as 81. Michaels before ma
vIeatiou closes ! hear much % tic
boats that arc bgilding % 90 up The rv~
Hamilton. finished by Moran Bros Car
che y A. T. & T. Co. August Il uo new
boat can Do added &c the carrying corps
this fal
THE Klon6Ike is = land q Ice ana snow
as well as a land ~ gold Lot q nor pa
made = lard Of gaunf hunger w~etched-
ness ard death. Ter 70 enc be allowed TO
vyrest from THE foolish PEOPLE 8 few rau-
area thouss "a saved borrowed or begged
dollars. There via 20 good claims fer
mining la futare as now. Iet the reario
valt This lie uof "a Cripple Creek es Dead
wood proposition. II caught. they oaanot