The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-09-03

islihNt AlAAkht LelterI
The sudden finding OF gold in a hith-
frto unsuspected country has made
milllonalrcs out Of poor men. In a
minute from poverty they came into
affiuence The United States will have
more multi-mllllonairo than ever.
more plutocrats. and more sudden
riches" Canada has not struck II 50
rich. Tor the successful prospectors have
almost without exception. been United
States citizens and residents OF the
states. In the sudden making OF mil
llonalres II In diflcult to tell who has
struck Il richest. accounts are 10 wide
~ divergent But all agree that no ac-
counts have exaggerated the facts. so
far as the finding Of great quantities
Of gold Us concerned The richest man
among the new Alaska mllllonaircs IN
Joseph Ladue. the owner Of the town
Of Dawson. and the finder OF enormous
gold deposits. Laduc ~ a resident OF
schuyler Fails. Clinton county, n. Y,
where. q is said. he Is soon TO be mar
riod to an old sweetheart whom ne
could not before AFFORD to we'd When
the gold fever broke out In mild form
two years ago he went TO Alaska, after
a failure in the Black Hllls. and found
enough to tell him of greater things la
ter on. lie returned to his home. but
later went back 10 Alaska. took mp n
claim IN the very heart ~ the country,
paid Tor n certain quantity Of land
which was then for sale ut a very low
figure. and started In TO look for gold.
His first ind brought settlers there by
the dozen. Dawson" the place was
called. aud as the owner sold on small
portions OF the land his fame grew and
spread. lie now owns Dawson, having
sold but little. and IA 80 many times a
millionaire that his wealth cannot be
estimated He IL the Barnato Of Alas
ka. the man who struck II rich. and.
knowing n good thing when he saw IT,
held on TO II. II Ia only another tale OF
South African luck. but much nearer
home-envioualy near. The rush to the
Alaska gold fields IL such that all out
going steamers are filled far In ad-
vance. These steamers run lntermii-
tently after the cold weather sets In.
and there are long Intervals when few
Alaska voyages can be made. This ac-
counts for the awful haste TO reach
there before the inland waters become
unnavigable. There Is also an over
land route. but this also becomes Inn
practicable after awhile. owing TO the
lack OF travelling accommodations and
the long distances that must be gone
over without finding n habtation.
A
Ing to the great cold there. but II is
thought that II might In time be made
aa llyable as any OF the other cold cit
les. and, indeed. as 81. Petersburg or
Christiania or any OF the large North
of-Europe cities But this 10 quite a
step ahead. though not at all Inn
probable.
AZ present. II you want 10 get TO
Alaska and become n Barnatc. there
are two ways OF going. One Ia by sea
and the other In overland. II you take
the sea route you can start by steam
ship from Seattle. II you have been for
tunate enough 10 secure accommodate
lions ahead. and crouainK the uuit OF
Alaska. touch nrat at unalaslsa. passing
through the Aleutlan Islands. From
there the route lies directly north, get
ting colder and colder every minute.
Here you will need all the arctic wraps
you have brought with you. The ships
fare will be warm. nourlahlng food
cereals. chocolate, meats and Hpices.
But for all that, you will need fur over
coats. fur hoods. blanket wraps. wooden
mittens and big. warm. fur-llned bags
in which 10 sleep. For one going from
q very warm city into this region tho
change Is so great and so sudden that
there Ia sure to be great suffering. and
many OF the would-bo Barnatos turn
back here, The crew, on the other
hand, enjoy H. being accustomed to a
polar latltude-for you are now APP
preaching the pole. In spring the
weather would be getting daily warm
or IA the season advanced. but now you
would ilnd II steadily growing moro
biting. The steamship stops at 81,
Mlchaels: and here, within sight OF
Behrlng sea, almost within haillng dis
lance OF the Bohrlng strait. you leave
tho steamship and start inland "a
search for gold. The Barnatos have