Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-09
TINT COlDL AND OF GOLD
NUGGETS OF INFORMATION ABOUT
TINE xLONDYKE.
How the Climate IL TO Ne Faced
Iniersssing Fscts About
the Regien.


the heading the San Francisco
Examiner of July rs puts over the
following crisp paragraphs:
The first discovery of gold on
the Klondyke was made in the
middle of August, 1896, by George
Cormack.
The only way into and out of
the Klopdyke in winter is by way
of Juneau.
The steamer which leaves St.
Michaels, now will reach the
Klondyke in September.
The only way to live is to imi.
tate the Indians in dress and ha-
bit.
1t is useless to wear leather or
gum boots. Good mocsssins are
absolutely necessary.
The colder it is the better the
travelling. When it is very cold
there is no wind, and the wind is
hard to bear.
Indian guides are necessary, to
go ahead of the dogs and prepare
the camp for night.
In the summer the sun rises
early and sets late, and there are
only few hours when it is not
| shining directly on Alaska.
In the winter the sun shines for
a short time only each day.
1t is $500 miles from San Fran
cisco to st. Michaels.
1t is 1895 miles from st. Mi
chaels to Dawson City.
In summer the weather is warm
and tent life is comfortable.
The winter lasts nine months.
There are two routes by which
to reach Dawson City. One by
st. Michaels island and the other
via juneau.
BY steamer it costs $3.50 to 90
from here to Dawson City.
Dogs are worth their weight in
gold. A good long haired dog
sells from $50 to 5000.
Skates might be used to good
advantage at times.
The Yukon river is closed by
ice from November to the latter
part of May.
On the Klondyke the thermo.
meter goes as low as GO degrees
below zero.
There is a great variety of Der
ries to be found all through the
country in summer.
| Game is very scarce.
Vegetables of the harder sort
can be raised.
Stock can be kept by using care
in providing abundantly with feed
by ensilage or curing natural
grass hay and by housing them in
the winter.
In summer abundance of fine
grass can be found near the
rivers.
In appearance the natives are
like the North American Indians,
only more 1.-THE and active, with
very small feet and hands.
They live in temporary camps
both winter and summer, either in
the mountains or on the river, ac-
cording to the habits Of the game
they are hunting.
Gold was first discovered in the
vicinity of Sitka by Frank Maho'
ney, Edward Doyle and William
Dunlay in 1873.
Of the seven trading stations in
the Yukon district five are located
upon the river bank.
The first American traders tc
engage in the Yukon trade were
members of the Western Unio1
Telegraph expedition.
} With the first breath of spring
, the up-river people prepare TO
their annual meeting with thei
friends from the outside world.
X Supplies are purchased chief,
3 in California, and carried from
here to st. Michaels.
The Yukon is navigable for
$50 ton steamer for a distance o
1000 miles.
81 At q distance of 600 miles iron
the ocean the Yukon river j
more than a mile wide.
The Klondyke mining region j
S in the latitude of Iceland ant
Q lower Greenland.
The longitude OF st. Michael
e is farther west than that of Ho
| nolulu