The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-21
RUSH IS IN FULL FORCE
FewIy Found Gold Fields at Tete
jaime Cache.
THREE FEASIBLE ROUTES
Through Yellowhead Pass to Edmonton
This Is the Oldest and Has Been
in Existence for Twenty
One Years.

Great Falls, April 20.-From all re-
ports the rush to the newly found gold
fields of Tete jaime Cache continues in
full force. Two parties left Beaver last
week, the first consisting of five men,
each hauling three months grub on a
toboggan. The second party contains
two members, with dog train of four
dogs and provisioned for four months.
The Mckay party has reached Sun
rise rapids and is moving forward rap
idly. The minister of mines purposes
the sending of an officer as soon as pos
sible to look over mining records and
preserve them, to arrange layovers and
otherwise administer justice. Golden
will probably be headquarters.
Three routes to the new golden land
are said to be feasible. The first is
through the Yellowhead pass from Ed
monitor, distance of about 800 miles,
which ought to be made in 20 days; the
second is from Donald by way of the
Columbia and Canoe rivers and the
crossing of the latter: and the third is
from Kamloops. The trail from Ed
monitor to the Yellowhead has been in
existence for the past q years and is
therefore well defined. The trail was
cut by Ruttan's survey party and has
been used by hunters, prospectors and
traders continuously. Dan E. Moves of
Edmonton took ca loaded pack animals
over it in 1878 and has made the trip
number of times since.
Mr.. Moves Is confident he could go
from Edmonton to the Swift Current in
IA days, with pack horses not too heav-
lily loaded. The trail is good, its great
est and only drawback being fallen
timber. The trail from Edmonton to
Lac Ste. Ann and Island lake is too we'll
known to require description. The first
river to be crossed is the Pembina. This
river is small and easily forded, as is
also the Mcleod, the next one on the
road. The Athabasca is large and not
fordable, and in the early spring is
likely to be very high. Here Mr. Noyes
has several canoes which are used by
travellers to ferry themselves and their
supplies over while the unloaded pack
horses can be safely sWum across. The
Mot river is next met with and If the
original Henry House trail is followed
this river has to be crossed Is times.
This, however, can be avoided by TAX
ing a trail which branches from the
main one at Poplar creek, and which
crosses the Mot only once. The next
is Moose river, easily crossed. The trail
follows down Moose lake % miles to the
Frazer, which is followed to Grand
Forks. Along the entire route the trail
is we'll defined and easily followed, and
no bad hills. A small expenditure to
cut out it's fallen timber would remove
the most serious obstacle on the route.
On the streams and rivers to be
crossed high water commences about
the middle of May and lasts until the
middle of June, after which any of the
rivers are easily crossed.
Mr.. Noyes was on the Swift Current
of Edmonton, and at many places along
it's banks washed out round gold the
size of pinheads
From now until the rivers break up
Mr.. Noyes considers is the best time to
make the trip.