The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-08-06

fthe miners come out in the The fail Al and
return before The 18th of June at at which vfi'
date, according to Yukon Yuk, mining law.
every man owning a claim ihust' be on the
ground or it may be j idi 5s,d ~''''7 '9~
"Forty Mile is what is known 90 q
PLACER camp, which means that its gold is
found f,l il minute particles III diuHsf II
aoft earth, fTqm which it can Be BE-, washed shed
in ssl9ujces or rockers Into one OF thase.
stream + ern, Of water is turned that sweeps
away all the dirt and gravels'a who
the heavier gold to sink to the bo s;ttt ~,
hN''o ID 10 Caught and held by cIoss-bars
| or 'riffies.5 $50, sr',i- $780,.
- Although gold has b een adIsscsd3 20 al 81
at many points along the Yukon and. .its,
pi"ncnes' Fne deposit at Forty Mfie is the
'D0 'iohest YET worked, and has paid as
nisn "S SS000 10 a man for a. single days
labor. Twelve thousand doIlsIrss7 w al /
1of gold was<elearedby one miner in 8
three months, season. Did i've. abd7Ra9saa::
dollar nugget has been fduad .f but =, sae ,s
of the niiners4are content. If tfev1r ~ ,1 4
make <sounee vages,k rof SIG per dav
while the average for the >camb 4s non
over s per day during the u short 2!tt". 900 49,
Of that arctic regioh.A
ialees can 20. onl ,..s 19 Il during
'nte0 Ut TOUR montns* of sammeritiree :;
then come che terrible eight, 81 G niina
months of winter wheno the 4meseur,,
thinkv hdaahg q dtbpbing to 60 or 70
y eTs'tss'S '9e1Q"' Zero and thu. iwh0le world
seems sl1aI..I made OF i,. Strange DIS It may
:. appear the summer, weather of this 70
Egion is very hot, 50 idegE;ees fir ehbad9
80 00sfees IN the suas,being7 FREE,
4 p49qtY reached BY the mercury: Dur
'1' sunnet months, tqaoas the senkire
Yukon Valley 'fs as 'terriiblvIpfe.thd ts4~s
mosquitoes as is any aang g9,, swami y ~
iIof1 ttta ttoplcsI, fhas the hardy miner
undergraduates it in his seargh f fYr go1 ri
= N v ~ Suher from one cause'Hor azsl
other dnringevery,month of the .1 vsssr al
..s..s SplS sss. tne sumpeg heat sthe
Igro'aa'n.qI, R 3!yy thsws to q depth Of more
4 TH 4yesF six feet, below which it is
' sonoly frozen beyond any puints yet
rea ae1ss ., ~ digging the dense
Eyer We, -, ~ OF moss s1x to eighteen inches
shicR,, DyWhich the greaterpatt of Alas
IA is overspreads it does not, thaw more
Aa&n l,a1 a. ~. inches Conseq nent1ys TIE
most. Important itene Of D. Yukon aE n,inar,s
winter inter- work is the stripping of this moss
from CLAIM f1nfotaet that next sum,
-'0' > S"h may nave Chance dto' thaw It
Itefworking depth: ytu.t '''o''''f' sos'I
.tt'"'S4here we're 40 women or ~ehiIaren-at
Forty MI Mile, and there were verv few
bit there Is plenty Of g'' hard ard
work in both SUMMER, when the sun
ardlS sets at aia and in n tih5 the win lss
when be barely shows bis fAeesgbBye tt,,s
fseBthgEn horig BasEdes the iabo sr.icaa,.
flash Of smoss5 stEfppiinigg,s s the miner must
saw out by hand ala Jahber Tor aIn hi. : !,
j aapd rockers. He. must build his own
eabn and fashion It's sude III utn,it n.re'i be-
All his own, own hsuse-vprt NH,
cooking. - He alsoexpects to dc s"e" car ,.s
~, gu aH1oant .9ht bunting and trapping
during mouths, si - that t Els ij
time unless ha be very if fully % es
coupled. But lazy men ais nofE AMI III, i.
i reach Forty foE the fro m
\ Juneau,, in southern Alaska. which is,tha
larsF city " the Territory al WsiasilI t Il
the nearest oata point TOT tie + dsfa.
glngs, lis ao3 filed with sberif. ard fi,a
toughest . Kind io5fxhara work Al 10 ysfsr
i any but men az the aaostIdetArn7naH esy;,-
H4.sL aat4s4tiss s4si4 ates1ssst - u 8 I. 80
slsT4BJssE9SsAes gass s4ssAs Z Z
-; unaaa,. Yukon Ii5dai. III yeliers pruyide
themselges With an. outfit afaiE of snowlssfJ4R
fsIedges, Tents. faF III clothing proyssit,,s
and whatever elsaiseeps to, them lleges.
Esaryae Starting lniitheearly ss,s inh.., mes
proceed by boat to the dhilEa5 ao e nsry :
f4.&tl
10 nqilss DIS and to- the. head Of. Chi
,lsat rom t6ars theysstfort III ID
terrible II climb svess saaew
many rect dantb i where VI they ar are Il