The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-19

every seventh or eighth man win make . for,
tune. The men wSo have had Thn S.y ~
Tor greenhorns at mining to make fortunes arc
past In that region. Now that ~ II knoMh
there Is an ahnndanse OF gold o tnSF Know 1We b eStt
how to get 1t out ! expect there VII 20 sIesS
droyos OF men coming back from INC hI9ndike
GUESSING that they were ever induced to 20 to
Alaska. That's always the way; WY, III
sesrS' IN s' ram, u 5n5 ! ln snG DecemSer and knew
about Klondtkc hnds, and finally Went 70 lne
aigsings last winter 70 see c, e1 dinignasVsstnosrS e
or worked at tho snwmill In Dawson City, and
are still there with only $1,000 or .SS,Ovo chch.
thew were picking out ~ 900 a week at the
mlnys for months. .
81 believe there arc chances In the Elondike
region for several thousand more claims OF
moro or less value. Some Of them. are very
likely even richer than any YET, worked. ny he
that a large part Of these will have been taken
up. About all tho claims on bonanza Greek
were taken when came away; and ! ar IA do q.
lars worth OF gold In sight for taking out q
little later. one man. a swede, named Math;
me about $500 in gold dust and nuggets that lie
had taken out in two days before i LETT Dawson
City; There are SONG men Who Will lors get mI rIGn
tudes OF good sensible men who came out OF
the palmy day. Of gold MaSh N "a GR 3ne
with only the clothes on their backs, while mil
lions OF dollars were dug out all about them.
Now tho climate and the awful winters in
Alaska will keep a much larger percentage OF
men from making money there. l advise no
one to go to tho klondike mines unless he
knows what the rigors OF the climate are and
exactly what he will do when he gets there. !
have not the least doubt that many lives Will
be lost In seeking riches there, For one not
strong and robust and unused to hard labor II
is almost suicidal to go to klondlke,, The talk
about the probability Of starvation In Dawson
City and that region | don't take much stock In.
The Alaska Navigation and Trading companies
have prepared well for such q condition OF af'
fairs and have been putting in every hour since
last June H. transporting food TO the hlond,Re
region. Besides there Is an abundance OF sal
mon always there. and. at the worst, bear meat
will keep the Klondikors In hcsh TOR some time,
although a white man forms q dislike for bear
meat after three consecutive meals Of II. But
all the same, there will be some very despon-
dent and melancholy mon in the klondike coun-
try before the steamers come down from lu-
kon next spring.
My advice to men who know about quartz
mining and have had experience as prospectors
SO that they know pay rock when they see IL,
IL to hunt for the mother lode that has fed the
pIacers OF the Klondike region. The man who
finds that aud locates Il claim will surely have
almost solid masses of pure gold. King solo
mons mines Of fiction won't be IN 1t with thar
lode. | know OF a company of san francisco
and Nevada capitalists who have hired "A dozen
of the best prospectors in the Northwest 10 go
up the Yukon next spring and spend we years
in looking for that mother lode. Why, IL that
lode Is found and can be worked, it will de-
mouetiZo gold as true AS gospel