The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-09
SEND PROVISIONS TO DAWSON
CITY.
THERE is AN OVERLAND ROUTE
FREDERICK r.. MARVIN EN- ROUTE
TO WASHINGTON TO TALK 1T
= OVER.
BooMs THIS WAY TO GOLD FIELDS.
Part of This Road Was Travelled as
Far Back as 1S3S-Later De-
veInnments.

Frederic R. Marvin, a newspaper
man of Spokane, is in the city visit
ing J. Fleigler, of 81 East Third street.
Mr. Marvin is now on his way to
Washington city. where he goes to ap-
pear before the secretary Of war to
farther proposition made by the Spo-
kane chamber of commerce to furnish
provisions for the miners at Dawson
City. The city Of Spokane proposes to
donate sufficient supplies to relieve the
miners and furnish guides and pack
ers to take it across the overland route
to Dawson.
This is the only practical way to
take supplies in at this time Of the
year or any other" said Mr.. Marvin
last evening "The world at large is
not aware Of the fact that extending
from Spokane to Lake Teslin, the true
source Of the Y-xon, there is a good
wagon road anG trail, good part of
the distance as good as any you have
in this state. This is not new thing,
indeed, it is very old thing. AS early
as 1888 the Hudson Bay company
established Fort st. James on Stuart
ldhe, dDOuI OOU LILIES IL OIIl 1Collll lcIhC.
At that time a good trail was built.
In 1860 was discovered the great Carl
boo mines. Now, let me state right
here, that the Cariboo district is yet
one Of the richest mining districts in
the country and will yet take out gold
to astonish the world. On two and a
half miles of Williams creek over $25.-
000 900 has already been taken out. OF
course with the rush that followed the
flow of miners to the Cariboo the old
trail was supplanted by good wagon
road. The road which now extends
from Ashcroft, on the Canadian Paci-
f1c. to Quesnelle, a Hudson Bay point.
In 1866 or about that time, the West
ern Union Telegraph company COM
menced the construction of telegraph
line to Siberia by the way Of Alaska
and completed the line to Telegraph
creek, a point on the Stikine river
about 125 miles from Teslin lake. When
that point was reached, on account of
the success Of the Atlantic cable, the
line was abandoned. They spent, how
ever, about $4,000 900 on the road Since
that day this trail has been travelled
by miners and prospectors going into
the Omenica and Cassiar country. 1t is
an easy and a cheap route, and 1 be-
lieve. if it were known to the people
at large, the dangerous and difficult
mountain passes would be abandoned,
and the gold seeker would go this
way"
THE advantages of the route are not
only it's cheapness and ease but the
fact that from the time the prospector
packs his horse at Spokane, until he
reaches Dawson City, if he goes that
far, be is always in a mining country
The great mineral belt of the continent
extends from Spokane to the frozen
north and the richest part of it that
called the Omenica and Cassiar, which
are practically unexplored and unpros-
pected, and today offer superior advan-
tages to the Klondike country. The
few mines now worked are paying big
dividends, while there is scarcely a
creek bed that won't pay from So to $40
per day with the old style rocker. That
there are great placer mines, they all
are agreed"
1.-THE country along the line I am
sure would be a revelation to those who
know nothing of it. No hills of any size
are encountered. The land on the
contrary is low and wooded. The route
from Spokane to Ashcroft, about $50
miles, is a good road over which a
heavy frelSnt wagon can travel, except
about fifty miles. The road passes
through a number Of principal mining
camps of British Columbia, and through
the greatest ore producing country in
America. From Ashcroft to Quesnelle
the route is over an excellent road, 220
miles, so smooth it can be travelled
the full length in the summer time on
a bicycle. 1t runs through a country
well settled. and where feed for the
hcrses can be purchased cheaply.
At Quesnelle the old telegraph
traiT' is taken to Telegraph creek.
This runs through an open country all
the way, that is. low level country
along the side of innumerable small
lakes where the grass grows as high
as the horses head, and where all
kinds of game can be found in abun-
dance. This country is not only
paradise for the prospector and the
gold seeker, but for the hunter as
we'll"
Can a man go cheaper that road
than up the coast?"
Most assuredly he can Today you
can purchase such an outfit as you
want. Pack horses are very cheap
and from the time you leave Spokane
until you get to Dawson you have
practically no expenses. You are your
own master. can start when you
please; prospect at your leasure, and
always have your pack horses to