The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
Hardships That Might Cause the
Bravest to Hesitate

A column might be filled with ques-
tons like these. The Herald will under
take TO answer as many of them as pos
sible, so as to give intending gold seek
ers and all who are interested in the Won
derful new discoveries a clear idea of
what has been done, and the probabli-
ties and possibilities for the future
The accompanying map, taken from
the Examiner, gives a clear idea of the
location Of the Ehorado and shows the
two routes to the diggings.
The new Eldorado lies just across the
Alaskan boundary in British territory.
The discovery of the Clondyke region
presents story that is uniquely inter-
esting Around Forty Mile on the Yu-
kon is tribe of Indians known as the
Stickers, and with them is a man who
years ago was known as George Cor
mack but who is now called "Stick
George" In September last, at the head
of a party of Indians, he left his hut near
Forty Mile camp and started in a south
erly direction, saying he intended to find
a new gold field before his return. True
to his word, stick George" came back
two weeks later and startled the miners
with the announcement that forty miles
away, in place known as Throendiuck,
which means fish water" there was
gold to be found in plenty. The streams
abounded with the yellow metal and all
that was needed was for somebody to
pick it up. 1t is needless to say that
there were many who We're ready to ac-
cept his story. They f1ocked to the place,
and in time the world reached Forty
Mile camp that untold riches could be
found along the bottom of Bonanza
creek and its tributaries. Men who had
failed at the former camp Immediately
packed up their belongings and set out
for the new fields. 1t was hard and
trying journey, but that was nothing
with the promise of millions at the end of
the route.
TWO ROUTES
There are two routes to Dawson CITY.
One is via Juneau and the overland
route, and the other which is longer
and much more tedious, is by the way of
st. Michaels, and thence up the Yukon.
distance of 100 miles.
The Clondyke region presents Difficult
ties which stagger the average man and
make afraid even those who have al
ready Travelled the long and tortuous
trail that leads to the golden ground In
order to reach Dawson City one must
cross icy plains, climb steep, snowclad
noun tains and spin down treacherous
rivers which threaten every moment
death and destruction. In spite of
these drawbacks, however, thousands
have made the journey.
From Juneau to Clondyke the distance
is CTS miles. A very large portion of the
distance can be made in canoes. Below
is a table of distances from Juneau to
Circle City by way of Alaska, as pre-
scented by the Chronicle:
Miles
To Haines (Chilcat mountains) .. so
TO Dyea Observation-Disclosures.
To head of canoe navigation. ..........106
To summit of Chilkoot pass. .114%
To head of Lake Lindermann. 1881
To head of Lake Bennett. 1851 |
To foot of Taksh lake..........17SH !
To head of on....................2
To head of White Horse rapids. ....... 225A
To Tahkeena river. ...................24
To head of Lake La Barge. 256
To Hootalinqua river. .................31
To Big Salmon ver.................... 349
To Little Salmon river..................3 S5b
To Five Fingers rapids. ................444
10 Hlnk rdplus' ..'.-...'............ ....fo0
To Pelly river. Observation-Disclosures 03Ib
To White river. .........................59 91a
To Stewart river. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 500
To Sixty-mile post. ....................6 29
TO Clondyke .........................6l
To Fort Reliance ........................6S2 1a
To Forty-mile post. ....................72s
To Fort Cudahy ..72S14
10 Circle .......................s9
Dawson City is more favorably 10.
Gated than her former rivals. Forty
mile and Circle City, the diggings from
these places being respectively seventy
and fifty miles. From the new mining
center the gold fields are only fifteen
miles distant, which can be covered in
q days journey when the weather is
good.
CAPTAIN LADUE
Captain Ladue, the founder of Dawson
City, thus describes the trip as made
via Juneau:
Leaving Juneau you go to Dyea By
way of Lime canal, and from there to
Lake Lindermann, thirty miles, on foot,
or portage, as we call it, The lake gives
you ride Of five or six miles, and then
follows another long journey overland
to the headwaters of Lake Bennett,
WHICH lNtuly -elSHL llllltS lOuS. ON
foot you go again for a number of miles,
and then Cariboo Crossing river fur
nishes transportation for four miles to
Tagish lake, where another twenty-one
miles boat ride may be had. This is
followed by weary stretch of noun
famous country, and then Marsh or Mud
lake is reached. You get another boat
ride of twenty-four miles, and then down
a creek for twenty-seven miles to Miles |
canyon to White Horse rapids.
This is one of the most dangerous
places on the entire route and should be |
avoided by all strangers The stream is !
full Of sunken rocks and runs with the !
speed of millrace.
Passing White Horse rapids the
Journey is down a river thirty miles to
Lake La Barge. where thirty-one miles
of navigable water is found. Another
short portage and Lous river is reached
when you have a 200-mile journey,
which bring you to PortSelkirk. At this
point the Pelly and Lous rivers come