The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-01
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are circumstances which seem to warrant
the great migration which has begun and
which promises to grow as time passes
until 1t shall exceed all which have pre-
coded 1t While the ground covered by
the Clondyke discoveries is limited In ex-
tent to that degree that there remains
little If any further possibility of placer
location in the immediate vicinity, and
while 1t is not probable that ground OF
equal richness will soon II ever be found.
the character OF the country and the facts
already demonstrated are almost a guar
antee that there remain throughout the
vast valley of the Yukon vast auriferous
tracts which await only the search of the
prospector TO add their untold riches to
the worlds wealth.
The Clondyke rush differs, too from
all others in that those who find their
way to those interior gold fields have the
knowledge that II they do not themselves
succeed in finding ground of their own
they will find no difficulty In securing en-
ployment at wages which, while not above
the rate demanded by the exigencies of
the country. are far more remunerattve
TO the worker than were the placers Of
early day discoveries to their owners.
Now that the Yukon miner has learned
that he may-indeed. that he must-pros-
ecute his operations throughout the sea-
sons. the men whom he employs may net
TO themselves a sum beyond the average
SdfItu ~ iHpSc WHO nave nttnertO. in
sections previously discovered been able
to secure. This is made possible by the
amazing richness of the pIacers and the
tnexhaustible character OF the country
1t Is the belief OF the most conservative
that the resources of the great valley are
as YET unsuspected 1t is certain that they
have barely been touched. Under these
circumstances Il cannot be gansaid that
there is no place on the face of the globe
where enterprise. intelligent search and
faithful labor will be more quickly or
richly rewarded than in these vast au-
riterous regions of the Alaskan interior
There are, however. to be taken nto
serious consideration various factors
which the unthinking or uniformed are
very apt 10 overlook. The most important
OF these is found in tho question OF econ
omieal yet thorough and proper outfit
ting. While health energy. endurance
ana common sense are Indispensable to
the seeker after fortune In the Yukon re-
eions, none of these can continue in The
face OF insufficient and ill-adapted sun
pies. ana this latter question therefore
becomes paramount As this paper has
always sought TO impress upon its read
ers who would cross the summit. we
would refterate with added emphasis. that
700 great an amount of supplies cannot
be taken into that region. Despite the
pest endeavors of the trading companies
IL IL an impossibiiity that they can fur
nish enough for all. Their estima.a -
based upon the best figures procurabIe
and made with full knowledge OF the
facts. VIII still fall far short of the de-
mand, and those who are fnsufflcientlv
provided with the necessaries Of life win
ind their lot a hard one indeed No man
| without an ample provision supply Will
be given employment at any wage what
| ever, Tor he will necessarily be a burden
| 70 those upon whom his support shall fall.
| for all their gold cannot purchase food in