Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-08-12

across. On the west bank are the gold
fields about Circle City, which is only
a few miles south of the Arctic circle,
and the explorations have extended
about 300 miles south and up to the
banks Of the river. This has all been
fairly well prospected, along Forty
Mile river and Walker creek Sixty
Mile creek was pre- spected long ago,
and there are some good claims there.
Into this empties Gold creek, so named
by the Indians, and they do not name
la thing without reason. The mouth
of the Klondyke is only a few miles
above that of Sixty Mile creek, but on
the opposite side of the Yukon. Sixty
Mile creek flows northeast into the
Yukon, while the Klondyke flows
southwest to its mouth. The cause of
all the excitement lies in the fact that
there is better yield on the streams
tributary to the east bank of the
Yukon, and the miners have just dis
covered this fact.
We Hear considerable talk sometimes
about all this new region being in
Alaska, but glance at the map will
show that it is all in British territory.
Nest of the Forty Mile creek diggings
are in Alaska bat the entire Sixty
Mile creek and old creek diggings are
in English territory. The real rich
mines, however, which only the most
intrepid will ever reach, are at the
headwaters of the Yukon, to the east,
and its branches in Canada. In the
great find made by the first explorers,
in travelling northwest, they struck
the course of one of those streams and
worked down toward the mouth. find
ing the deposits richer as they went,
owing to the years of deposits. There
is no doubt but what there are some
rich quartz mines somewhere, but the
question is as to whether they can ever
be worked 1t is the general opinion
OF those who have given the matter
study that the greater finds will be in
the country farther south and inland
where the conditions are better for
water. However, 1t Is a vast country,
and it will be many years before it has
all been traversed. One can hardly
imagine its roughness. It is noun
tain and steppe, crag and hill and
ravine and chasm. so that where 1t all
locks so smooth on a map, 1t would
take a Swiss mountaineer to get along
we'll in going over the ground.
Nuggets.
Take Winchester and a revolver.
Clothing must be heavy and service
able and capable of resisting great
cold.
To the prospective miner three
things are necessary-erduranc pa
thence and at least 81 900.
Help is scarce. Indians who can
not speak either English or Chinook
receive $50 per month and all the to-
hacco they can use. These are willing
help. but with the Judgment OF child
rem.
Fifteen miles a day is a good jour
ney on the Klondyke route. The dogs
viii seldom stand more. Occasionally
on may kill moose oil caribou and
have fresh meat. Sometimes the In
dams will bring IL TO you.
The mercury often registers over 80
degrees in the sun: hills and trees
are clothed in bright green. songless
birds fit about; wild flowers. inelud-
ing roses. grow in profusion; and the
greatest drawback TO the development
Of the country is mosquitoes.
The mean temperature of Klondyke
for the four seasons is as follows
Spring, 1922: summer 1857: autumn
1881: winter $3.50. Think of it-a