The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-31

his journey by w. D. Yingst of Lehi
and the two were busy all day yester-
day packing their outfit, consisting of
clothing, tents, etc, it being the in
tention to lay in the supply Of pro-
visions at the seaboard.
Mr. Yingst, who is a carpenter by
trade, was in Alaska two years ago
and was employed at his trade. In
leaving Circle City he came down the
Klondyke river and was on the SPOT
where the wonderful gold discoveries
have since been made, but at that time
the existence Of gold there had not
even been dreamed of. Mr.. Yingst was
we'll acquainted with Clarence Berry
who recently arrived at San Francisco
from Klondyke with $4,000 in gold,
and he states that when he left Alaska,
Mr.. Berry was poor man and work
ing at days wages.
In speaking of his experience in that
region, Mr.. Yingst stated that the
hardships there were not as severe a.
has been claimed, and that he made
the trip over the divide within two or
three days. Still he would not advise
anyone TO make the journey unless well
prepared for emergencies, and he does
not know how the trip will be in the
winter time, as he came out in the
fail.
Messrs. Preble and Yingst are both
rugged and ablebodied men and are
able to endure hardships, fatigue and
peril, and, going into an unknown re-
giOn as partners and friends, will
add greatly to the comforts of the I'M
dertaking.
A. La Fave, the veteran miner, who
has Travelled this country from Canada
TO Mexico in his search for the precious
metals, and who can withstand both
heat and cold, and who is Injured to all
kinds of hardships, has a touch of the
Klondyke fever, and in speaking on
this subject he states that he would
much rather go UP into Alaska in the
winter and fall when the snow was
dry than 10 attempt the trip in the
spring when the snow was soft and
wet and the ground slushy.
COLONEL DOMAINS WORK.
It is currently reported that Colonel
Pat DOnan, the well known descriptive
writer, is in the north and that it is
from his facile pen that many of the
glowing reports owe their origin, and
the similarity of the accounts would /
suggest the idea that an effort was
being made to boom the Klondyke |
country.
Jim Kennedy, who is known to al
most every miner in this western coun- /
try, is of the opinion that Utah is good |
enough for him. and he is satisfied /
mat II the near luluIc QtSCON6IltS !
will be made IN this state, whose vast |
mineral resources have been scarcely I
touched as yet which Will be equal in /
Importance and magnitude to the Alas I
kan finds. Mr.. Kennedy has a cousin (
IN Circle City, Alaska, who has been
there for two years past. Ed Kennedy, |
for that is his name, is a blacksmith
and is working at his trade in that
country. Ed writes to his cousin that
one man comes out of KIondyke with
500 where so walk out with nothing,
and he says that the papers have moth
ing to say about the scores who rot
with scurvey and die there
There is no doubt but that the Klon-
dyke country is rich in its gold, but it
is also safe 10 say that of the thou
sands who flock into that region there
will be hundreds who viii leave their
bones there, or who viii fail 10 acquire
fortunes.