The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-27


get int>, the vicinity of the gold CO yuntry
before navigation closes on the Yukon
river. They will sent to their estina-
ton via the Yukon river route, al Id the
offer of one of the shipping co mi oanies
on the Pacific coast to transport them
and their baggage and stores, will prob
ably be accepted. The exact. loca ton OF
the camp. or post has not yet beer deter
mined on but it is expected to be at Cir
Gle City. An army officer now in the
field and who has had exp eri ence in
such matters has been tnvit' ed to take
charge of the company and an al iswer is
expected from him very soon. The de-
tail of men who will go will b made
from one of the posts in the we st, but
Just when is not yet finally sett led on.
The officials are anxious to loc ate the
soldiers in the gold country as DON as
possible, and If it can be Arrange they
will be sent on the steamer sailing early
in August.
CLONDYKE ON 'CH.ANGl :
NEW YORK, July 26-It was said in
Wall street today that the direcA ors of
the mining exchange of New York.
which had been much in the backg round
lately, are thinking of listing some Clon-
dyke claims. A meeting of the me mbers
has been called for tomorrow afte rnoon
to act upon proposed amendments to the
constitution. One of the amendt nents
asks that the three calls shall be m ade q
day instead of two, as at present.
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-lJ. E.
Picotte of the Yukon country, who has
been in this city several days. givss an
Interesting account of the efforts of the
pioneers of that locality to secure more
modern means of conveyance into the
land of the golden fleece.
while at Circle City and Forty Nile
last year." says Picotte, we. seriously
considered the possibility of securing
aid from the Canadian governm' ant to
build a road into this district. We se-
cured as reliable data as we coul d. aid
forwarded it to Ottawa. Finally sua APP
preparation OF $4,000 was passed t,y the
Parliament, and the surveyors we re or
dered TO take the field this year.
There are two practicable rout .es by
which this country might be reach ed by
q railroad. One of these is from a point
on the Canadian Pacific, the OF her is
from Dyea. AS far as we were able to
ascertain, neither presents many diff
cult engineering feats. That from
Dyea would be the shorter, for the rea-
son that only some eighty miles Of road
would have to be built the rest of the
route to the mines being by means of
the river. OF course during the winter
season this route would be cloSed>as far
as the river is concerned. This route
would do away with the difficulties of
the Chilcat Pass in the early days. 1t
would naturally be a closer means of
communication with San Francisco and
for that reason is not likely to be favor
ed by the Canadian government
'aThe other route is about 500 miles
longer, but being entirely within the
Dominion of Canada is likely to receive
earnest considera ton at the hands of
the government
1.-The moneyed men of that sec ton are
willing to assist any enterprise of this
character which will tend to develop the
country The attention of the world has
been called to our country and the idea
that naught but fairy tales have been
written about its wealth is being quick
ly dissipated.
TO SURVEY A PASS
NEW YORK, July ga dispatch to
the Journal and Advocate from Will
mington, Del, says: P. L. Packard and
William A. Pratt, president of the board
of directors of the street and sewerage
departments of this city, have gone to
Seattle There they will be Joined by
party and will go to Juneau, Alaska,
where they will survey pass from Taxa
Inlet, on the Alaska coast, to Testin
Lake, which syndicate here proposes
to use as railroad route for transport
ing miners and supplies into the Yukon
territory. "a
A PLAIN WARNING
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, July 26.-S. M.
Phelps of this city, who is one of a party
contemplating going to the gold fields
of Alaska, has just received a letter
from his cousin, Alfred P. Swineford of
Marquette, Mich, regarding the coun-
try. Mr.. Swineford, who was governor
of Alaska during the last Cleveland adj
ministration, says he has no doubt about
the abundance of gold, but added:
"Unless you are prepared to take your
life in your hands and encounter such
hardships and such perilous undertake
ings as are hard even to picture to the
imagination in getting there after you
have reached Alaska; unless you are
prepared for the extreme winters cold
and summers heat and to endure black
flies and mosquitoes that render life al
most undesirable, don't go.
"At all events, don't venture on it this
season. The Clondyke is 1000 miles be-
yond Juneau, and, starting now, even
if in the rush you succeed in getting
transportation as far as Juneau, you
cannot possibly get to your destination
in time to do any prospecting before next
spring, and it is exceedingly doubtful
if you will be able to find employment
during the winter for the reason that
there will be so many ahead of you.
IF your friends are determined to CO.
they should go prepared to buy claim
already staked; they should go with a
view of prospecting new ground else
where than on the Clondyke, where all
the available ground has already been
staked. The Clondyke is only a starter,
and those discoveries will be repeated
ON, many. other streams, or l am much
mistaken in my views of that country
and the natural conditions which pre-
vail.
Great fortunes will be made, many
disappointments and suffering and