New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

II is characteristic of the business acumen Of
the practical men composing the directory Of the
Northern Pacific and Alaska Mining, Iransporla-
lion and Trading Company that In laying out plans
for the development Of the very rich ana extensive
mining properties which they were fortunate and
sbrewd enough to acquire in Cooks Inlet the Cop
ner River and the Klondike. they have taken
into consideration, as WELL the enormous hiSncd,
practical system OF modern transportation, AN, anu
a series of trading posts IN these dis wbich,
NAV have struck it rich pursue their vocation
free from the dangers and privauons that have SO
Of adventures in the frozen districts po,.,-,o-.
2Sm Haska S sine The S5
s S"n that me- no man knows nearly how full OF
gold TINS ca @eoy where systematic steady pros
pecting did not reveal g0i1 IN paAa 10 o rTough
and broken SO full of dangers. so difcult 10 sun
ply with food that the progress OF thousands Of
eager god.seekers doing their utmost to explore IT.
Don't worry a Tbere Win be- an abundance of il
is{, ~ for many years" Those who rush into me
without PT9RsT pprfSa o %T sub
sIstence and for many years that VIII be me VIA
ers can never supply the demands of the lmproVl,
dent That is 10 be the drawback IN AIaSha, ~ ~
snpp iitIe river steamers and, no matter how much
the service may ne inereasea, IL VIII h am'Es neu
ground to keep up the excitement ana CONSEQUENT
influx OF people. The increase in Popuita,rS1n
So long as the gold excitement lasts. VIII probably
be insi as far ahead of the OF supply as it
This acute observer, of course. could know moth
ing OF the plans Of this company, nor that in IT'S
proiect-of a railroad from Cooks Inlet through
the Sushitna Valley around the headwaters OF the
Copper River. through the Mentasta Pass, and
thence. dividing. 10 Circle City and Weare-it had
outlined a solution OF this very question OF sup
plies for who are starving in the midst of gold.
II would require very sagacious head 10 fore
see in such adjustment that the gold or The
mines would soon change into food for the miners;
while the supplies brought by the railroad would
quickly turn into gold for the transportation
company
told OF the golden outlook offered by the mines of
this company, which unites under one organization
the three assured sources OF revenue from TINS and
OF promise-the gold products from It's nearly lo.
acres Of rich pacers in Cooks Inlet. Copper River
and the Klondike, and its thirty-fve extremely
valuable quartz lodges at Snug Harbor; the large
and highly remunerative business OF transporting
passengers and supplies in comfort safety and
speed over their steamship and rail routes from
Seattle and San Francisco. via Snug Harbor. on
Cooks Inlet TO the Copper River, YUKON and
Klondike districts at rates which While reason son
encountered on other routes, may yet be made 10
yield very large returns; the commercial feat
ure whereby the cold and hungry miners shall con-
vert their gold into the coveted food and cloth
ing not otherwise easily procurable. Looking,
then. at the entire Alaskan venture OF the com
pany above depicted. upon only one unsupposa-
Die condition IL prove other than successful,
and that is that there is no gold in the Alaskan
Peninsula. II there is gold. the company owns the
there is gold. the human race will flock there in
so sIeA business s there gold the
miners will gladly surrender it in generous pay
ments for their necessities.
clear to the observer foreseen and prophesied
In the prospectus OF the company when published,
cation at their Offices. Equitable Building. New
York: Firemen's Insurance Company's Building.
sadns washnSon b. can idea
the region and its surroundings may be gathered.