The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-01

Great north
The nasvesous thing about H. AlaakA
tylp. fFeo The seanaDo1nt cf teuEas6 =
the ocean voyage thsUu0h IL Inland ~
ters. All ths comforts and p1sasurss Of
Journey across H. seas ars - b found
IN waters Tor IL nose part snooth and
placid. BAeinning q oaynpaA On Pusst
sound. there - . contlnucus strat -
tween Tie ceutinsat ana linsnl chan Of
islands ~ miles 70 IT, north. brsasu
only By Z touch Of ths rough ocean -
Queen Charlotte sound at NiilbAnk. and
Ct Dixcn's enf1ancA In . journey Of 4soe
miles these rough passagss dol net
comprise . distance Of more than
sixty milsA 1hsy wary ths mo-
noeouy Of IN expss3soce other-
Wise too cary. They give what TIE
boys would call - tonch of high MA"
Thsy dsmcastrAte eo00aetely and sntis-
factosily 70 The patient whether or noe ~
u capable Of seasickneas. and Just ~
soon q IL demonstratioa = perfected -
- released from In rigoFs ana discon-
forts. No one who has ever Desn seanoek
ever wants 70 ~ again: and NO ons who
has ever been . victim would surrendsr
the experience and pIsasnrs Of falling
about Il to IL unsophisticatsd for many
dollars. Il = soastAing 10 talk about
forever. II n = thing Of pleasure IN ret
respect and dismay In peospect
Z. - -
Probably - Journey Alaskawsrd and
homeward vas ever taken under more
delightful conditions o. August nth.
the day Of departure. The weather Vas
most wintee-like In SEATTLE. Aboard the
city of Seattle Il vas speins-ffks, cool
and aitoesihsr delightful AZ shagwAy
only Vas rain eacountsrsd For . day on
the return there were clouds and soos
tor. At an ether tines there were days
Of delight and supernal Joy. old-timers
say that such extreme eood fortune u
rare. At juneau. ON Monday. August =.
when the wonderful trip over the White
Pass railroad vas made. ths sun sAone
forth IN . blaze of glory. AZ Muir Ga
cier nothing but the cold splendos Of the
great icebergs Differentiated The day from
summer. At 9ltka calm and clear skies
followed shower that fen before our
arrival. At juneau again. on Saturday.
August q. overcoats and umbrellas were
altogether superauities: and 70 II was
from beginning to end, with the small
exceptions noted Tourists and business
men alike felt that the voyage must have
been the object Of special dispensation.
Let US hope Il was.
The story OF the stay at the various
towns has already been told The con-
illusions visitor would draw may perhaps
be interesting. Juneau - . thriving and
active city. developed under difacult con-
ditions, filed with . loyal and enterpr,s-
ing population It's seif-reEance h hardly
second to seattle's. II has made an extra
ordinary effort to develop it, surrounding
mining resources. which ere valuable and
extensive. Tie Journey 10 Saver Bow
basin, four miles east. shows the variety
Of IT. mineral deposits and the extent Of
the work done upon them. An tho way
along the feur-mils journey stamp mills.
tunnels and shafts are encountered AZ
the bottom Of tho basin Il . great n.y.
draulic mine belonging TO the Novels.
On iss rim n . wonderful quarts mine
owned and erected BY the Alaska -Juneau
Company. which ID Subsidiary to the Tread
well mine owners A mine IKE the Alaska
! Juneau b nothing moro OF leo shsa . great
quarry. There b much waste, and great
| deal Of ore In the stringsrs carrying . high
| per cent. Of gold. The min. with thirty
seven stamps. II operated dsy and night
| II In said 10 be a most valuable property.
| On Sheep camp there are valuable mines.
| and elsewhere around the ane city Of ID
neau are being opened W quarts lodges
| some OF wbfrh win doubtless develop into
great mining properties. Across he chan
| mel from Juneau. on Douglas island are
l the great Treadweil mines. operating mslis
| that make up . total Of - Stamps. One
| mill alone has - stampa The history o.
| this famous property b wen known. and
| n needs nothing further than references 20
show ffsf Juneau il IN the center ef =
| mineralized territory Of great extent One
| cannot bot BE- struck b. the solid Character
| Of Juneau II 10 town with fufurs.
= =
| skagway IL . wonder. It b years oil,
|! and has q population Of abouf asa II h.
the soii-Ease Of the KIondske- It's depend
snce fer the present. 10 wholly upon Kson-
| dixie trasBc ffs permasence for the future
| must depend Ia large degree apcn the
| opening up OF To contiguous country.
| uhleh. n ID confidently believed. ssozsfs
| In mineral riches u n sufpsfssng 20 ana
| In - new . city % mary evii~ne<s II per-
manence and thrift Ths municipality has
been laid cut vish exact r~snIsrfsy Pub
| Nc crisr. which rests largely zpon mere
| consent Of the pSpvssfsen. L. nsa;rsxsn@s
| 9Th rssor and ssccsss. The "bus'dsnss and