The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-03
YUKON AND It's GOLD.
GOV. RRaDy-s GRAPHIC nEsCRfP-
TIoN OF THE STAMPEDE
His Annual Report Tells of the Dis
eevcry. the Hsrdshfp<, the PASSES
From the coast. and >knEuass

/ Special Dispatch 70 the PoSt-Intenigencsr.
I WASHINGTON Nov 2-The report q
/ Gov John C. Brad. - Alaska, contains
I some interesting Information Sh29f the
F territory Which IN the past year has en-
rsEes tae Alteration OF the entire w0r11.
( The nnst important part Of the report :.
/ Of course. thar IN which Gov. HrNSy treats
/ az the gold strikes - the Yukon valley.
| He says.
| "Fvankiln discovered coast sold OF For
! ty-Mile creek in the fall Of isss- This :
I IN Alaska territory There was rush
I from Stewart river e this stream and is
+ branches and they have been worked
/ every year since. While Slyty-Miie creek
/ and Forty-afis creek pass over into the
I British scil nearly al q The gold diSSinSs
/ are an the American side Of tire line. CIR
/ Gle CITY wos founded in the fall az iNfa II
Is the depot for supplies fer the miners
i upon Birch creek and It's forks. Cold was
I found the previous year, 1Sc. Thus. year
/ after year the field has been widening.
/ and more men have heen attracted and
/ they 20 in expecting 10 remain several
years.
/ Dtfacmify OF Getting supplies.
/ 'sRut The miner Is Handicapped. The
1 want Of supplies and trsusporta ton fscil-
titles is what dtscouraEes him II he waits
I It'll the river opens and The boats come up,
/ his tine IS consumed. II he starts out
4 Win a dog EE&1 nc Knows tflAt us -fN1
/ viii last SO many days and TO longer, ana
/ 10 60 further and trust 20 his gun would
4 be tempting fate This IS the great prob
+ lem for the Yukon. namely. how 10 get
/ supplies there and sell them AT profits not
akin 20 robbery. and how TO distribute
them 20 any river. creek or gulch where
/ men are at work. Capital pat into enter
prfses with sucn ends In view viii be re-
warded richly.
1.-The discovery OF gold upon the klon-
i dixie branch OF the Yukon in August. 1895
/ by George Cornack. was no doubt largely
i hy accident. However that may be, L has
stirred up the world. The shipments OF
/ gold by the steamer told the story. Thou
/ sands started at once and thousands more
| are waiting 10 be more certain, and II =
well that they have done 50. ship load
! after ship load OF gold seekers and their
/ freight have been rushed TO the extreme
| limit of salt water navigation. and there
/ they have been literally dumped upon the
| beach. some above high water and many
| below. as they learned 10 their sorrow when
/ the water covered them as they slept.
Miners meetings were held upon the ships
/ on the way Up. and about every two hours
/ after they were piled upon the beach
I Some said Taiya (Dyeal was best, many
| held out for Skaguay.
Three PASSES From the Coast.
at may he well 20 explain that there
| are three passes over the Coast range Of
| mountains in the neighborhood Of Lynn
| canal. which is the extreme limit Of salt
! water in a nartherly direction. The one
! which has always been used by the Chit
/ kats. and by the early prospectors and
/ miners and who are now looked upon AS
/ old-timers, Is the Chllkoot pass. or. as IL
/ is more frequently called, the Taiya pass.
/ West of this the Chilkat river is assembled.
and or this route IS the Chllkat pass or
/ Dalton trail.
/ Now. about three miles below where
! the Taiya waters empty and on the east
| shore Is another stream which has filled
! up a blight Of the coast with sand and
! gravel. which forms a fat between the
/ mountain walls. The natives eau this
t stream Skaguay. This name has been IN
/ use since the crow made the earth and the
! Thlinkits. a woman was drowned Ia this
/ river, and her name was Skuga. On the
( banks of this river lived man. Ken MOO
/ Goo. or North Wind, By name. Skuga
/ came 10 him and became his wife. She
/ told him that her name was koot Kay Too
Don Du Chin. No doubt those who stay
/ here this winter VIII find out how close the
| relationship IS. the cold north wind
The Founding of skaguay.
Parties from Victoria have been seek
! ing for pass 10 the Northwest territory,
+ and Capt William Moore. who has been
/ a pioneer in every camp since 1sSS, espe-
I cially in steamboating. persuaded these
/ people to take hold Of this pass. Moore
son located leo acres under the law Of 1881.
a company was organized and they We're
preceding 20 build a sawmill and wharf.
. and intended TO open tran, but when the
/ ships arrived with gold seekers they We're
! simply overwhelmed. The miners paid no
+ attention TO former locations. but went
+ ahead and laid out a town and elected a
. recorder.
| More than 100 locations have been
! made and now the town Of tents IS Civ
- FrEr hfIs4z
The trail was not open. and not even the
J correct distance was known. before the
) eager throng was crowding with horses.
+ goats. OK n and mules hitched 10 carts.
( wagons and drags, and carrying pack sad
dies loaded with -four, bacon. beans. dried
/ apples and hay Already The saloon and
dance hall were up and ready Tor patrons.
/ Tons OF STUFF we're scattered over the
{ beach. and ship loads strung along the
trail. These men have had terrible
+ time, but they were brave and started out
I 10 endure hardships Take them as a
/ class. they would rank far above the av-
erase manhood Of the country BY hard
work ard bulldog teracity and rersevsr-
/ ance some outfits went over the SkagDay
I trail and White pass 20 the lakes and
{ down the river. II this pass IS improved
/ and kept open during she winter Il may be
/ possible TO put over hundreds Of tons %
I provisions and have them ready at the
lakes for the breakup in the spring
'-skaguay Is being built up rapidly.
/ Lumber Is in demand. and lots are selling
. as hiEh as s. So. No natives were az
/ vork on this trail Those who took tho
/ Talya tran had no hindrsncs- The price
/ OF packing weat Up 10 so per hundred
. from salt water % the lake. Most Of
those who got in vert over thfs trail The
! Cn{Ikat or Dalton trail T. the most west
I eriy Il avoids the lakes. canyon. rapids.
etc. bv keeping 20 the Jeff and comes on.
t a. sr.r-
that they drive in horses and cattle.
An sti-smerfean Route Needed.
americans are anxious % racure A
+ route 20 the Yukon which SHAH be entirely
UPON United States territory. Different
rsrties are naH out. and are carefully ex-
/ aiming the mountains between Yukutai
1 ard Cook inlet II s. 20 De hoped THAI they
I may succeed and report their discovery
yet thls fan.
.-rhis g. she third season Of the work n
{ Cook inlet The excitement over the
+ KIondlks has drawn many away from that
f district. nevertheless, the output - gold
+ this year viii be no mean sum. The pos
! sfhllsfies - the whole region BORDERING
/ uran this fniet and uppn Prince WtTiiar
sound wlH 1rsw crowds Of adventures II
I the rear future
Gov Brady estimates the present p0pu
/ lation 81 s3.so natives and i0@8 whites
I he predicts that with reindeer transpor
{ ton nails could be sent al over Alasks
+ surfnx the wla1er, ana recommends ira
ytsa GO BE- appropriated for rovernmeu
buildings ard 81 90 for schools.
Extrna the Land Laws.
ue says nothing has 50 retarded Alas
ka's substantial growth - the helpless
ness o. settlers 20 obtain TITLES 70 tnes
bones. on ac1onrt 81 IRE failure q cor
grass % extend rhe general land laws an
hs urges congress 90 create a comm lsstai
81 FIVE ore senator. one representative