Griggs courier., 1897-12-03
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The Canadian Pacific railway authori.
ties and the dominion immigration Off
GERS look for phenomenal rush of inn
migrants in the coming spring from
England to the Klondike. When the
news of the wonderful riches of that
region reached England there was little
time for preparation on large scale
and only a limited number of individ-
uals started for the Yukon districts.
Since then large companies have been
organized: men have. subscribed large
sums of money, and in the spring they
will be able to furnish men ready to
start ont for the gold regions.
In addition the dominion agents re-
port that considerable numbers of per-
sons in all parts of the United King
dom having small means are simply
waiting for spring to join their fortunes
to the thousands who will be ready to
rush into the Yukon from ali parts of
the world. Those who have recently
come here from England are full of the
Klondike, and state that it is the great
cry all over the country. and it will in
crease rather than diminish, as the
spring approaches. The excitement.
particularly in London, when some of
the great finds were announced, bor-
dered on delisium, and nothing but the
insuperable difficulties of the route. at
an advanced season of the year, pre-
vented hundreds from making an inn
mediate start. The tales of hardship
which have already reached England
have in no way intimidated those who
have made up their minds to start in
the spring.
1t is the opinion of the same authori-
ties that hundreds in the cities ard
throughout the dominion will be ready
in the spring to set out for the new III
Dorado. Where this desire exists it is
known that the utmost economy is
practiced, and preparations are being
made now. The dominion authorities
look forward to an Unprecedented rush
such as was never before witnessed in
the worlds history of gold mining, and
all transportation lines are making spe-
cial arrangements to accommodate the
enormously-incrcased traffic expected
when the signal is given for the start
for the Yukon in the early spring.
Some interesting information is now
furnished by the department. of the in.
terror in regard to the routes to the
Yukon, through the report of J. j. Nc
Arthur, the surveyor and civil engineer,
sent up to the Yukon by the dominion
government last May to make topo-
graphical survey of the Dalton trail
and the country adjoining. lie con-
demns the Skaguay trail, and says the
Dalton trail affords first.class road
for 24O miles, namely, from The coast to
Five-Finger rapids, which is only 23o
miles by unobstructed waterway from
Dawson City. The first 40 miles from
Chilkat inlet is OH river fiat, with an
easy grade, thence to the local divide
which is 5000 feet above sen level. and
50 miles from the water. One more local
divide is crossed 20 miles further on at
the watershed of the Alsel> and Chilkat
rivers. The rest of the trail to the mouth
of the Nordenskiold river, at Five.
Finger rapids, is succession of valleys
with hardly perceptible divides. In
summer man with saddle horse and
pack animal can make 30 miles day on
the Dalton trail, reaching Dawson City
in Is days. 1t can be done in 25 days
with pack train. So good is the feed
along the trail that animals which were
sent in this season fattened on the way
1t is expected / 1000 sheep and 400 cattle
reached Dawson before the river was
closed to nayigation.-N. Y. Sun.