The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-18
Soft Snow on Vaides Glacier In
terferes With ATgonauts.
MAKE VERY LITTLE PROGRESS.
On1y Ten Men Have Thus Far
Crossed the Glacier and They Are
BOT Well Provtstoned-Wewk of
Crossing IL dangerous and A~ef-
d<nfs Are Fenwed--A Barre Nhir h
II Making Noa~y for Its Owner.

aoft snsw On xai5es giac3sr IL proving
. serious xtuaas,l.Eg block % the nl1ssseAas
Of Asgoaas;s headed for Copper river. and
On November = taere waS a small piesS-
ace 1t yaities and Copper CITY. Only Ten
mes have 50 Tar crossed the gsaese- aid
Their had only six months profssiSnS-
Many others haze their outfits part way
across ard are waisiag for colo snap 10
hardsn 80 the SNOW aaG tee
Three sseansers arrived from valdes yes
tsrcay and all bring aesRs az a blockade.
When the Rival left March aniy "s9 peo-
Die were waiting TO cross tie glacier
Three days later the steamer Dora added
a crowd that had sailed from Sitka- w nsa
TIE Txcsszlor salad osa March IL the n1fu-
Ter had Increased 70 l.ssA and still the
cold snap had not come. No che return
ed on These steamers. however. except u
few sick n.en. BY this time the number
ss Copper CITY bias Increased 10 over 80"
by the arrival of tie Valencia ard other
steamers. IL the wind has not turned and
the weather grown colder tho blockade
will be rather sefacuK.
The Excelsior. which arrived yesterday
afternoon brings the latest news. Al the
time saa left there was about eight feet
Of snow or the glacier and the warm
weather bad made X very SOFT TfaFet
ta.orgh the soft sBow was very difficult
and many had given Il up for the time IN
hopes OF getting c0ld snsp, when would
put crust on the snow.
w. A. conover. OF Eed Bank, y. j.. Eho
has spent several weeks IN the vicinity OF
Faides looking over the situation. return
ed or the Excelsior. In speaking of the
conditions at yaldes. be said:
THE crowd Of Copper river prospectors
is meeting with considerable trouble on The
r<f ~ .E NJ
II over the enormous Naides glacier. II lis
about five miles from tie point where the
steamers hand 81 t,3e tee 20 the foot OF the
glacier. and swent9-HeFea nrii.s across the
fee There arc fear benches TO be crossed
on the 81 r4sF $50 Tee elevation is con-
sideFahle r 1ar.,, Il hpt ten nsn
across ~ fgtlr hfachsa. Some HAD reach
cd the fsa aagieh with part 81 their out
iits. hat see nozt Of those who had at
sempied 81 'fnHs the glacier at all have
gone bnt a " miles. The tronhls Is due
90 the warm weather, which keeps the
snow very soft. A great many have gone
across be piaCier without their outfits. At
one place Il * said to hs very dangerous
and Il win not be strange II Some OF the
ons plare the trait IL but three feet wide.
ar.I 10 sisp over either side would mean
fan Of hundreds OF feet
Ill u very mean work getting your goods
from tAe edge of the Ice TO the shore. In
some places the water IL more than ii foot
deer On TIP u the lee. IT makes nasty
q rich harvest from tho Drospectors who
have gtTsI bp the Copper river trip and
are ma k.ug tneir way into The kenai coun-
try. She sock nifty men aud their outfits
from talsiss TO Resurrection bay the week
before So left \ Chicago party headed by
II 4 E.ts9rt became discouraged with tie
outlaek fer getting aeross the glacier, and
Is COINS 10 try Ia find new way 10 reach
this Inferior, They have gone TO Eyaek
below pfsA and expect To get over TO the
Copper river ard follow up the stream.
John Hazsack, of Nebraska. was taken
sick ut Naiaes and returned on the Ex-
ceisior. He was more hopeful about the
crowd getting across the glacier than were
the other men who came back. lie said
that while the snow was soft so many
people would travel over IL that beaten
track would he made. He sald that enc
hurro was being worked on the glacier
successfully. The owner Of the animal
had rnufTied his feet In rags. 50 that he
dld not eut mp the trail. and The heas,
packed 4sl pounds with ease HsSzack
says thaf the great trouble on the glacier
IT, the fuel question. There Is net a stick
Of ssulhes an the vast expanse OF ice, sud
when = man gets out ntteeN or twenty
miles the fuei question Is serious ore.
Many of tao prospectofs carry few
sticks ef wood on their sleds. and after
they atari . FIRE put n few spaoDsfai Of
lard.
Tie lxeeiser brought down the fol-
lowing passengers. b. t;resniew nf cal
ifcFnsa. i a. Sfet&on. IT The Pacific EN-
plofass0n Company; Nj. II Hanson. OF
Artlchckc. Al3un. ". y Conover. 81 Red
Bank, y J. ard JOHN Hsssark az Ne
htaska Hansen w8s badly injured by
fal, on tbs glacier. ha5 has improved great
" ou the isir down The Exc lsler landed
forty-Sesest prospveters a. Resurrection
hay. who ware goinN iutn ilta Cook inle;
eoontry. The TIN fruw there was made
IN fya DAYS ava withent ssan.