The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-04
AN OUTFIT FOR THE CLoSDYkE-

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Since tbs outbreak * the Clondyke river
god fever the Sun has received many re-
quests for Information regarding the man
ner Of getsing 10 the Ciondyks. the cost.
and the cElaracte. and extent Of thu oufnt
needed.
Persons who contemplate going into the
n " gold fields from This part Of the coun-
try need provide themselves with baf one
tf1lnx-gnoney THIS will provide ali the
ether things which they need and the sup
p}:ea can be bough. At the places OF Depart
pre- for Alaska OF tools. the placer miner
needs bar pick, shovel. q AK. ard a
pan The KIND, quality. ard q'i9niisy OF
clothing ana food that he VIII nted are
well known az Seattle, where ne wtil 90
10 begin the Alaska journey.
TIE winter temperature IN the Aaon val
Icy i often from - degrees TO - dts
below zero. This must be provided asaiiis,
and every man of Alaskan experience is al
ylsing each adventurer not 10 go mo the
country without taking fun year supply
OF provisions
Tna present routes TO the Ciondyke and
its neignnorhood ali begin nj Seattle. The
fare from New York TO Seattle via the
Northern Pacific railroad Is shs.s9 and the
trip lasts four ana one-haH days. From
Seattle there are TWO general routes TO the.
Glondyke. One is by way OF the North
American Trading Companys steamers TO
and thence up the Yukon by river boats TO
Dawson City. The fare by this route il xls1
and but $50 pounds OF baggage are allowed
TO each passenger. The other routes are ny
way OF Juneau. Fare 10 Juneau from Seat
tic Is ST. second-class. From Juneau there
are two routes. Ihe better known l. by
way of Chilkoot pass. aad then BY a long
succession OF poTtases and waterways 10
the CIoHdyke. On this route every pound OF
luggage mist be carried through the pass
and al the portages either by che Traveller
himself OF on the backs OF Indians or mules
There are but few Indians TO be hired and
still fewer mules. Another route, called the
Dalton trail. passes through the chilkoot
pass and over q prairie route either entirely
BY land 10 Fort sek!rk or 10 where the
Eeily river joins the Yukon, and thence by
water This route has forty-two horses on
II for baggage. and in the spring 1t is prom
Used that as many more will be PROVIDED as
are needed.
The route by way Of 81. Michael's and
the Yukon steamers Is about 3.ao miles
long. l. 20 miles OF this being on the Yu-
kon. ANA II covered IN thirIy-five 10 forty
days, Navigation close On the Yukon early
In September, and does not reopen until
June.
The routes via Juneau are about $50 miles
long and take about twenty-five days TO
cover.
The smallest sum OF money which any
man of experience has advised d man TO
60 III with Is S2ye In hand after buying sup
piles and paying all passage money from
Seattle. Two hundred and fifty dollars
worth of supplies is the smallest amount
that IL Is safe to start with. one hundred
dollars worth of winter clothing must be
added 10 this.
No person should start from this part OF
the country for the Clondyke with less than
$40 in hand, and the more ii man has the
better for him. And no person should start
from Seattle after the mhdrie of August