The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29

leatson e. re land azent ana ire stsana-
strip cunr91ys EaGt The ground q
treze1 hard UrzA the ml5dsa q Juas.
EAe winter See begins ia scrra early IN
Se2eezr. ~ Uss3n-snts- ira sun dts
appears AlaasecaeT- EneAa ne stubborn
1scfs a18 cGg1z 80 convince the utosr
sAepEicas taat mining In ire A1oa6lNe
Is 10 c1sf8s play.
But say tae =c,s seekers. q =
Faeaz raiatnE, and te.uk ghev have an
sWETs1 gre crgakerS- ssar placer min
tng IS. g all forms ot SOD hsn.inE. tire
mast exciting. ard. provided lack be
with the seeker. the rncsr rernumnresfve
\ uaaa uzay 40 eus 80 worz enc morning
Ase on rich p9cEes 0u4 w1sa Nsgr hg
d41neT tszus cuauEh rclS IN Keep nra
n comfort Ter ttle remainder OF bis r.as-
Gral lfa.
In The early days - the Californian
ard Australian f-acer EEfnlnE uea hmva
been known 70 earn Ezssa0 and - 10
n a single week In the summer Of 1sEs
within q HstT q dozen Ealles % where Saa
Francisco now stands. Two naen. named
Asres and Tbouassen, uuearthess in ths
space Of three AogEs. thirteen azgEges =
nearly pure geld. agEreEa&lng ~ pounds
weight troy. Al Bs<aref, ia he sum-
m@r Il fs5Z n new chun' stumhled
across a nugget Weighing 1ss pounds
4fotEo1Ea4ls- x IS stories such IS these
tnar spur on the h2ozatka gold seekers
IL
Hz3st instances stake their lives.
R4s my al tAe harrye asks The unln-
ilt4let, lG surprise. " by not waig until
the county, has been opened ID a BIT
trails eu1 over he ulezz aims and taa install
rolSh1Fsses q camp life ia The wilderness
tened aowa. Ar. thsre's tae rs5 Placer
E1.alNE cannot. IN GAs very nature az
thIEgs. Lass for loag. Pay gravel j. very
soon exhausted and bed rock reached.
Enea commences fae eEa u scientific min
lnS ~ ehe 90 ptlalast; af expensive crushing
and sSEaTslang machinery. * trls flszz1re
Ye4nss ~ hssn and l9w grade oras, Of
silA11s sunk, a. incredible eass IN money
roek
Al Of whseh tends. necessarily ana In
eElEahly, 20 the extinction az the placer
miner. with his sloach aas. red shirt. 5ack
boots and his aelI allea WIN gold dust.
Therefore th4s Unprecedented rush % tAs
banks q t4e Yukon. 20 share IN the glo-
rlsS of a boosz tnat Eulst necesssrily - "a
brief as ap 80 now il nas been brilliant"
What sort of rropaet thSs eorresponG-
eat WlA prove OF course ua one Knows bat
I. from nay own experience IA various parts
Of the World ia mining camps, am inclined
70 tAlHk lhai Ia knows whereof he writes.
n 4ny eseai. his view OF TIE case IS worth
considering
The moss intelligent feature OF the atii-
tuoe ~ the BRITISH public Ia the matter OK
tls hlcudiks. however. Is thelr realization
Of tne necessity cg providing means - ex-
isteace and os gaining a knowiedge u de-
tail as 10 what they VIII be forced TO en-
oure before they set out for thls new El-
dorado have seen nothing ia re WAY
Of hloadike Information In the papers OF
the CaIted States more cogent and h gical
than the following I quote from one OF tha
leading newspapers % England:
Readers n this country have already
been led % wonder, from che accounts
flashed over the caole from the other side
OF the Atlantic, how men vii manage 20
exist in the new Eldorsdo during tie coTn-
Ing winter. 80 Tar as reslaes &C Is con-
cerned. there need be little dsGse...ty. III a
few hoals a couple o. ulen can easily run
~ a shan1y Of pias logs. or scgape what =
technically known as dug-out.' watch
Is nothing more pretenEious thaa hole IN
the ssae OF some htl. with q few bushes
n front fer door. and a hole az the side
20 assist the departure o. the smoke.
50 lar IS provisions 50. the government
s making every effort 20 salp supplies ~
the coast from Victoria. waica. X mas. he
remembered. Is one u the great sa.ppiag
ports OF the Pacific Then there are al
ways numbers OF euterprlslng lndIvlGuais
who suddenly appear apon the scene Of !
mining camp win > load ef provisions. for
wnlcA they naturally demand au1 OBTAIN
: mos eXoro3iant figure. Moreover she
winter IL Northern Canada comes on with
awful s4daenuess. and mis- ysar mus lnsy-
ltA6iy eaten hundreds from tie warm sogLa
totally aGpreparea. Cold VIII give nearly
everything 10 = mar when aa Is la civil
IZatl0m, Dat Il VII avail him nszle 81 the
great Northwest when the sun goes 0u1
and ths aurora rises for the long Arctic
nigat.
lg u never too early TO Offer advice. ard
a lizzie here. the fruit OF experiences in that
land. may NOS BE- Gus Of place. uosotless
there are many n England who. having
read the h.ghly culoge4 reports OF the re-
sources OF the Northwest, will feel a
strong desire ID so 0gf ard try their luck
Tney ElGst Ferfogce know fhat al gold
mining is speculation, out they NAV De- r.
minded thai geld mining n kl0udlke set
LeueDt or nc any point beTnua the six
tietn parallel. s. speculation. added 20
daring THIS and the kn0Htedga that the
scum OF all nations. made more desperate
than ever by the iust OF gold. drifts with
the tide 20 every El80radn. should make
any one pause before sailing FOR the Yukon
river"
I feel that I aU not exaggsratiuE Ia the
least Ia stating that nExt spring fully :. I'D
Rrit8us VIII start from here 90 the kI0n-
dixie. That nay De an unaer-esglTna te---
certainly &c Is not "A oyer-eseirnHte. one
thing - absolutely certain, however. The
English seem 20 think e Is their right 20
control thas country IA combination Wlfa
their Canadian brethren. ana they viii 20
out there with that IDEA tn view.