The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-27
help FOR MINERS.
.,,.suusnr's effort Io. GET FOOD
'''f'' TO STARVING MEN,

secretary about Feb. I.-E1perts Favor
csrs' Miners Down to Dyes Rather
A''', sending supple. In.
- .lger is very much In earnest
10. efforts TO afford RELIEF si 20 .no ''
ing pine aad,tions are as follows; Three
the ,V va tlfty miles north OF Dyea'
hundreu s,eamers can reach throughout
port wn.O- ,,es Dawson, the center OF the
'O D'o'nr district. Tnousn oI - nearly ZOO
nln' Si,oot line, the distance Is nv IT.. 49,
pa ALLOWING the oircuitous 'ra,'. no o.
miles .n"rmous difficulties In tne way.
arc .Sa Chilkat and White passes aio
Bo1n ',r,nassable for men carrying ncavy
almost ' The goods must be carried upon
loads ~ men up the procipitous' ROCKY
she paI uNnorv deflles. Once the pass 10
and snppi lakes afford pretty good trav-
crosseu,n -. tbe surface of the rivers, which
sling. D" Of the Journey, Is exceedingly
forms "V The action OF the current ut tho
vugp ,roezing causes the Ice to form In
ameu ., bummocks. tho snow drifts
was s and the surface is q most
mole IN me 10 sledge over. uli,s -
diincun " NJ remembered that the pro
IL nS Sort 30 Garry many tons OF proyi-
~ over this nail must % mace AZ ING
sop' !, he arc 70 winter. Secretary Aiger
sS as n start the first Of tho caravans out
,, D d about Feb. !. While ~ Is true,
nun wiII be plenty Of light to travel by
snel ls., ,,,ne as the sun will have re-
'pJ' 40 far as cold Ia concerned one
'url, S. inst rs well be ut the north pole It
nsDJ IrJeed the probabilities are the river
' W, has lower average temperature IMAM
uan n.,h mole In the month OF February
'no n stormy weather. Moreover, the
apa ortat,on OF supplies over this trail IL
',an sit ~ difficult as carrying them over
a.. loo sheet of the polar ocean. II any
WV IN the world can organize an expedi-
don successfully TO cope with these dini,
entities probably Captain ID. y. brainerd
TSs nopt raised by experts Is that In
,taad OF trying TO send men In with sup
H. A. would be far better to assist the
pp, I'm in getting down to Dyea. Every
..ar who goes I'm must not only have food
- sat while he ia struggling to Dawson,
Srt hs must be fed after he gets there and
s,ll bo can get out again. II 300 men go
- With the relief expeditions, that makes
sOo more to find rations for till the steam
avs cot nm tho river next summer or till
thew can make their way back to Dyea.
No who has had experience In difficult
arctic sledging will expect the relief expe-
dItion to travel from Dyea to Dawson In
lass than 80 days. For the return empty
handed half that time might suffice. Here,
then, are rs days at least during which
avery member of the relief party must be
ied out of the supplies carried in. Nor
win any one expect each man to carry or
drag much moro than 200 pounds weight
AZ proyisions Inasmucb as the army ra-
ton is between three and four pounds, IL
will be seen that not much food Is left
over after tho relief expedition has been
cared for to devote to relief OF the miners.
II reindeer are used successfully, better
results may be obtained, but these animals
are strangely contrary and uncertain.
Only native drivers can handle them, and
aen they have trouble. The deer Is likely
70 stampede at times and run away to the
mountains. Besides, he must be fed en-
route, and there Is striking difference OF
opinion among the Alaskan experts as to
the certainty of finding moss along the
vsy. One deer will eat three or four
pounds Of fodder day at the least, and as
he cannot be expected to draw much more
than 300 pounds over such a trail there Is
limit to the net profit In his employ
ment though his own carcass at Dawson
would be worth almost its'weight In gold,
There Is vast difference In the speed al
which man can travel heavily loaded OF
lightly loaded. II the relief expedition
heavily laden, made eight miles day, II
would do we'll. But men with light loads,
ssleeping bag and few pounds OF pro
Visions on sledge and with snowshoes on
their feet should make 30 miles or more
even over such trail. In other words
while the relief expedition was struggling
for 10 or 60 days to reach Dawson, the
miners might In 20 or % days travel from
Dawson 10 Dyea- AZ -
For these reasons the experts advise SEQ
rotary Alger to conflne his efforts to pro
Hsioning tho trail between Dyea and Daw
con, erecting shelters and inducing th'
miners to como out where. food Is to b
~ a. "puhuahOo. ~, AoN iuSeohOOt eh'
secretary was to send officers through Il
Dawson as fast as they could travel to In
form the needy miners that along the trail
they could find supplies and shelter, AM
tfat no food would be brought rs far q
dawson, doubtless the number who woul,
embrace this opportunity and get ava,
would be great enough to relieve tn
pressure for food In tho camps. Accord
ing 70 reports, many miners are alread
0h their way from Dawson not only to
ward Dyea, but toward Fort Yukon
where there Is large supply Of food, an
wen howard ST. Michael's. II Secrotar
Higer We're to order depots .establishe
wong the trail between Dyea and Dawson
@'nat the men who set out may be save
from starvation and some OF the necessar
sunerlng en- route, he would, in the opir
"a Oh many students of the situation, b
Yong the best and wisest thing that ca
aone under the circumstances.
secretary Alger has very wisely cause
Inquiries to DO made as to the ndvisabilit
Employing condensed foods In this II
Sel work instead OF crude foods like bee
oaeon and -four. The advantage to /
.alned BY using condensed foods is jul
scout % per cent In weight. The cor
sensed food used In arctic expedition
,,cn as emissions and desiccated veget'
u enables men to sustain their strengt
WINE enduring hard work and exposul
ration OF two pounds day, and me
a hui 80 ~ 80.