The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03

from the moist climate of the coast into
the dry interior country. A railroad is
under construction from Glenora to
Lake Teslin. to be completed and in
operation by the LIST of September next.
| but will take passengers-I am told
most of the way by Aug. 1. At Teslin
mead Of Lake Teslin, ample steamer
accommodations will be provided for
poth passengers and freight, thence
without transfer over the lake. down
the Hootalinqua, Lewes and Yukon
rivers to all points on the Yukon river
Down the stream all the way. aided bv
a current Of from three to six miles ner
| hour.
The prcspector no sooner lands at
Glenora than he finds himself in a good
mining country. In fact, he is never
| out OF mining district from WrangeIl
| to the Yukon. Even the Stikeen plac-
ers gave up $4,000 IN one years work.
1ngs. East of Glenora Is a rich gold
district, while east of Teslin is the fa-
nous Cassian district. Rich discoy-
cries nave recently been made on the
Deem and Lizard rivers. On the Hoota-
linqua, Lewis and Pelly rivers and
their many tributaries rich placer and
quartz are known to exist. NV infor-
nation of the past three months lead
ME to believe that the country north
ward and eastward, from Wrangell
and Glenora and Teslin, offers as good
a field for exploration as can be fouffr>
on the continent
All in Confusion.
Prospectors venturing from Skaguay
and Dyea report such terrible coudi-
ton a these points that it would seem
as though our government would be
justified in putting a stop to this mad
rush until the present congested state
OF affairs can be relieved If half we
hear from Dyea and Skaguay is true
the conditions are horrible. Half the
world has gone Klondike-mad. Forr
great steamships are in this port to-
gay, swarming with prospeotors and
dogs, LOO, 1t is reported A few hum
dred dlsembark here to go in over the
Stikeen route, the others go on to
Skaguay. They have heard, or learn
mere, of disease, distress and confu-
sion at Skaguay and Dyea, and | see
no cheerful, happy faces among them.
FROM seattle comes reports of a rush
greater than ever before for Klondike
and Alaska.
l learn from one just from Skaguay-
who will try the Stikeen route because
he despaired of getting over the Ska
quay or Dyea routes; that the cable
wire ways are a failure, and the Brack
EFT wagon road cannot accommodate
half who would use it. Acres OF ont
hts are piled on the beach, confusion.
decentralization, lawiessness and dis
couragement. yet thousands, maybe
hundreds of thousands, are following or
preparing to follow this maddening
stampede in quest of gold, all this with
no other reason than that in the Klon-
dixie there is known to be gold, and
miners have sluiced from 1000 to $12.-
600 per day per man. True, the Klon-
dixie is but small field, and staked
from river and creek to mountain top.
and no new discoveries abe being made.
nor is it known that pay ground exists
elsewhere in Canadian territory or
Alaska.
Returning Klondikers say that the
coming summers cleanup will amount
to $4,000, 900. If this is true. the world
will go Klondike mad again, and we
may prepare for change In the none
tary conditions of the world, or for the
greatest calamity that has befallen the
human race in a thousand years. I
shudder as spectator and tremble as
/ think of what the result NAV be.
However, 1t Is a race to the finish. and
no human power can stay or stop it,
M. r. Baldwin,.