The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-08

gold have averaged all the way from |
$l.50 to $780, In the rich diggings, how |
ever $40 and $12 a. pan was a fair av-
erage, From the evidence Of Mr.. Ogilr |
vie, Or. Dawson and many others more |
or less competent to form an opinion, Il
is undoubted that the whole Yukon ter
ritory Is rich in precious minerals, and
that II Will take many years before de-
velopment has reached its hight"
description of several of the PTS
claims along Bonanza and FL Dorado
creeks Is given, in which 1t Is stated
that 100 OF those on Bonanza will yield
$1,000 600; that claim No, 80 will yield
Sl,oOO00O by itself, and 10 other claims
will yield not less than 100000 each.
Needless to say, all the ground within
miles of Dawson City has already been
staked off. After these dazzling fig
ures a note Of warning Is given;
There Is danger of the situation being
overdone, and prospective gold seekers
should weigh carefully the risks that
may be involved against the changes of
making wealth. There Is danger too.
OF speculation being oyerestimated by
the excitement and Of the overinyest-
| ment of capital In the hundred and one
schemes which are evolved by such cir
cumstances." The hosts Of company
promoters are designated as "fakrs,"
ana reaction and great loss or capltal
are predicted regarding speculation IN
hlondlke schemes.
tremendous rush to the Yukon
next spring Is anticipated. Last Az
tumn II was estimated in the cities on
the Pacific coast that from 30 10Y TO
lVo,Ouo people would pass through these
ports Tor the Yukon within q year
FROM the increased number OF inquiries
II IS now thought that the stampede
! northWard will exceed all estimates.
| There IS no animal SO savage as
MOP" says the Year Book, and there
IS nothing, outside the forces OF ma
ture ITSELF so irresistible as human be-
| ings impelled by movement, especially
u the impetus be that of finding gold.
1t would matter little under such slim
uiating conditions whether the words
written were OF warming or encourag-
ment; their effect would be less than
the merest ripple on the surface of the
ocean Anywhere between 100000 and
| half million persons IN all quarters Of
the globe have set their minds on
reaching Klondike in the spring. It is
alike a commentary on the rage for
wealth and the tremendous energy and
directness afforded by modern agencies
for the concentration Of effort on a
given point, Nothing in history quite
equals the enterprise thus displayed.
How a country like the Yukon can
support and successfully accommodate
the thousands Of people who are about
to rush in Is question which cannot
easily be determined, but note Of
warning Is necessary as to the eapabil-
tiles Of a country wholly undeveoped to
| maintain for any length of time from
100000 to 100000 persons whose liveli-
| hood must depend on mining. and. in
the absence Of success in that. on the
resources which they carry with them.
The Year Book describes the severe eli
mate Of the whole region, sets forth the
terrible hardships Of prospecting q
country where the bedrock Is under a
crost of moss and frozen sand, tells
what mining under these forbidding
| conditions entails for the workers, of
| whom out of 10 need not expect sue
cess, and gives some idea Of the risk to
health and life from cheerless, comfort
less, experience in mining shack"
The majority of people will, in all
probability, strike directly for Klon-
dixie; but all the ground In the vicinity
of Dawson City was staked out long
| ago. Unless in possession of capital 10
| purchase prospects, the new conner will
find nothing In Klondike Information
may be CLEANED from the different des-
criptons Of various sections Of the vast
Yukon region, which will guide the
"tenderfoot" and prospector 10 other
districts more promising, The position
4 OF the great gold bearing belt, stretch
1 ing from California north to Yukon,
must be understood. North Of the in
ternational boundary in this belt Is
Kootenay; north of Kootenay and
above the Canadian Pacific railway the
Cariboo and Omineca and Cassiar the
first and last named famous so years
ago for the wealth of their placer
gold-beds. North beyond these Is an ut
terly unexplored region; north OF THIS,
the Yukon, which may also be des-
eribed as practically unexplored, with
the exception OF Klondike.
Now, 1T Is remarkable fact, and
worth pondering. that the headwaters
OF those streams and rivers tributary to
the Yukon, which are known to be rich
in gold, lie In this unknown. unexplored,
and unnamed region. Equally sign1f-
cant is the fact that the waters flowing
through Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo,
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