The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-27
IN THE KL0NOIKE.
Col. Whyte's Lecture on
Getting Out Gold.
Birds Eye View OF Dawson City
other liiustrations-PIac
Mining Methods.

The first lecture of the Y. NJ. c. \. !
course given Saturday night was most
Interesting and successful. \ large
crowd turned out TO hear Col. Albert
Nnyte discourse upon Mining IN the
Klondike." The stereopticon worked
nicely and the slides shown were full
OF interest. Prof. Ligh;foot 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 tine more enticing and popular kind
of mining because it is that kind in
which the poor man may become sud
denly enriched. And so n little less
than two years ago when the klCndike
fever broke out, there was such a
mad rush for gold from all quarters
of the globe as is without a parallel in
the history or the world.
The lecturere explained the origin Of
certain names of places. among the
most interesting OF which w&s Dyea.
\ party Of Indians having arrived NJ
the coast from sheep camp, number
ldied. The survivors gave it the Indian
name Tya, which means to die. Thi:
has been corrupted TO Dyea. The sum
limit ofthe famous Chilcoot pass was
then shown, in which so many brave
hearts have persisted.
An interesting view was that of FIT
tv-mile river and shore. The timber
which was shown on the shore was
flair type of all the timber along ti'
Yukon, growing as il does in SINAI
forests or patches and only on one sid
, lof the stream.
a birds eye view of famous Dawson
lCity was shown. taken at n time whei
there were not more than n dozen 10:
lhouses in the town, and the create
number of 5000 people were living II
tents. Col. whyte told a sad stor.
lof two brothers who worked 70
months in the struggle for wealth. 4
last fortune smiled. They were ricl
linen. but they had no sooner returne,
Ito Dawson City than the dread typhoi'
\ was upon them and death came soor
Ito both
TIE largest cariboo ever killed II
those regions. The Cariboo go soutl
in spring To the coast in droves o
thousands, returning TO the interior II
winter One dressed weighs from 30
Ito 400 pounds and its flesh is juicy ans
Itender with flavor resembling tina
lof deer.
Many views of claims on the famou
bonanza creek were shown and Col
y Whyte told many interesting incident
!, lof the great struggle. How men abou
to give up became wealthy in da.
and how men did give up only to Sc
their claims turn out fabulously ricl
when it was too late. He delineate'
the sufferings, the hardships endured
4 and the vice and the valor OF tn
men. In conclusion he said:
The time has not yet come 70
writing the history of the mad. reck
less rush to the KlCndike. Nor can
until his winters SHOWS give up thei
treasures, their disappointments an
their dead. 1t will be a story wher
the noblest human virtues touch e.
bows with the vilest human vices.
will be a story in which tragedy pre-
dominates and which has cost NOR
life and brought more sorrow to Am
erican homes than the war wit
Spain.