The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-02
ALAsKA.S LAND OF PROMISE.
Display of Precious Metal From
IreaSure Regions.

crowds were gathered dbOut Thompson
drug store. In Fifteenth street. YESTERDAY.
IoCsiue az { ar roNesO - cOlt from Alassii
ami Washington. nearly half - me vel
low stuff Appearing in the shape ~ mug
GETS frou4 ,np state 81 Washington. The
total value 4 me precious metal IS So
33G. ami itS weight = DJaEdS, am -
beng exnirted by \. {. Harding. gen
eTal agent .,i the trreat Northern k3nWa N-
IL was ur0u.Ht here At the solicitation OF
railway agents. VINO were ANXIOUS 70
see tpr = u >tuti. Tie eNbipit - Ia
charge Il Muses. Folsom from the nome
office OF fne company, at 81. Paul,
MINI.
';Our dust - said SIR. Folsom 20 a
Times reDur' 'T. mas The aDur2 rance UI
bright looking SIuuRIng tDDdgCU, " uiie
the nuggets haTulv equal the HanfiSDH,e
appearance 81 the gold nriCk> sometimes
offered for sale. IL ~ not all gold that
critters. Men booking for gold are often
deceived by the Dvrtt"s ~ iron and cop
per.
The desire 10 share m the rich dis
cuyrr,vs "a -pId ia Aias,4 ii.s> .,Cotue very
v widespread ana fort hunters from every
town anu uIuIlei III the country are Joining
The PROCESSION now sweeping west warn To
the Pacific 1UaSt. There i IA, Gina ton
III the mining NE. Hope usually Heat nIgn
in the prOsp CtoT'S heart. His efforts are
not always cswHFslet. hut when good luck
comes he makes fortune in - cav. am
glad 10 see IH"n going III parties. C0-OperI-
temattc expiration possible. Work can
he Zone cheaper faster ana Surer nv WOrk-
ING tOget her than by TIE same men act
ing independently. Resides mere - cutIi-
partnership. anu friends are deSira Die IN
both success ana grief. Bret HaTte ne-
picted 'p3Ttucr' life in his stories Of the
California mines, anu Ala ska VIII furnish
material for Dt her stories of herOiSm anu
devotion. y +. our know ledge OF that C0un-
try grows, he more WONDERFUL and more
resourceful u becomes. It's waters TEEN
with fish. its mountains are veiued with
minerals ana covered with forests. IL has
q large variety of animal life. or birds
alone the catalogue show over 20 kinuS-
Its gold, however. Is attracting the atten-
tlOn OF the world. ana there seems 10 he
plenty OF II there. Conservative estimates
or the output Of the klOndiEe district TINS
winter is one hundred tons. | expect to
Sc a great development OF the Coa n qua rtZ
ana placer fields this year. The Tread
Wei uhll, Oh Douglass Island. opposite
Juneau. show what II possible for capital.
Its daily profit ; said To exceed a thousand
dollars. Already the largest stamp mil
in tn woTId.it Is now doubling its CAPACITY.
There is room for a hundred such mills.
The Cold-bcIring rock stands hundreds Of
feet in the 'ir. ana can be opened up ike
stone quarry.
Gen. Duffield. of the COaSt survey saws
avs that II he was young man and
looking for Il fortune. he would take a
boat at Sea lie and cruise up among the
Islands OF tht Alaskan Peninsula and look
lot II. The 'ODGer River and Cook Inlet
regions on he coast promise results this
year, II exDlOratiOn is carried ON as ex-
pected. 10 never gets a 5 cold on the coast
as 1t does in The Upper Yukon country
Al Sftka the thermometer rarely reaches
zero. the n nual tempcratur Of the ter
rltoTial capital being about the same as
lhat OF Richmond, Va Interior weather
of course, gets pretty cold. but when men
are prepared for 10 there is little suf-
fering. Their are several white families
living along the ukOn. and children rave
h.aT mis- f.f will
30 To the diEgings this year. and the trip
VIII not DE as difficult and dangerous
as IL was 10 California in 40 It is less
than five lays from here by rail 10
Sea tile. and then five days by steamer 90
Lynn Ca nal and the passes into the
new land Of promise"