The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-28
IN the KLONOIKE
Col. Whyte's Lecture on
Getting Out Gold.
6lrd's Eye View OF Dawson City
other iiiustrstions-Piacer
Mining Methods.

The frs; lecture Of the Y. NJ. G. \.
course given Saturday night was most
interesting and successful. 4 large
crowd turned out to hear Col. Albert
" nyte discourse upon Mining in the
Klondike. The stereopticon worked
nicely and the slides shown were full
OF interest. Prof. Lighifoot deserves
credit for his success with the stere-
opticon. The cornet solo and piano Sc
lections were also very well rendered.
Following are some brief extracts from
Col. Whyte's interesting lecture:
Placer mining, the uncovering and
separating from gravel by wash OF
water the nuggets and practices OF gold
milled by grind Of glacier and torrent
is the more enticlng and popular kind
of mining because 1t is that kind in
which the poor man may become sud
denly enriched. And 80 a little less
than two years ago when the Klondike
fever broke out, there was such a
mad rush for gold from all quarters
of the globe as is without parallel in
the history Of the world.
The lecturere explained the origin OF
certain names OF places, among the
most interesting of which was Dyea
A party Of Indians having arrived 81
the coast from sheep camp, "a number
died. The survivors gave 1t the Indian
name Tya, which means to die. This
has been corrupted to Dyea. The sum
nit ofthe famous Chilcoot pass wa
then shown, in which so many Draw
hearts have persisted.
An interesting view was that OF Fiji
mile river and shore The timbe,
which was shown ON the shore was {
fair type of all the timber along the
Yukon, growing as 1t does in smal
forests or patches and only ON one sid,
of the stream.
| \ birds eye view of famous Dawson
City was shown, taken AT a time wher
there were not more than dozen log
houses in the town, and the greater
number OF 5000 people were living IN
tents. Col. Whyte told sad story
OF two brothers who worked fol
months in the struggle for wealth. A
men. but they had no sooner returned
to Dawson City than the dread typhoid
was upon them and death came soon
10 both
Ire largest caribOO ever KILLED In
those regions. The Cariboo go south
In spring to the coast in droves OF
thousands. returning to the interior In
winter One dressed weighs from 800
to 400 pounds and Its flesh Is juicy and
tender with a flavor resembling that
OF deer.
Many views OF claims on the famous
Bonanza creek were shown and Col.
Whyte told many interesting incidents
OF the great struggle. How men about
10 give up became wealthy in a day
and how men did give mp onl" to see
their claims turn out fabulously rich
when 1t was too late. He delineated
the sufferings, the hardships endured,
and the vice and the yalor OF the
men. In conclusion he said;
The time has not yet come for
writing the history OF the mad reck-
less rush TO the Klondike. Nor can 1t
until his winters SHOWS give up their
treasures. their disappointments and
their dead. II will he story where
the noblest human virtues touch ell
bows with the vilest human vices It
will be story in which tragedy pre-
dominates and which has cost more
life and brought more sorrow to AM
erican homes than the war with
Spain"