The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-19
SOUTH FORK
J. A. McMUllen Returns
 From the Stewart
Stream Az Large Az tho klondike That Possesses Many Interesting Physical Features - Good PrOs- poets Found. But No Pay

N Me NIN.INIIs MNNnN NNNNhNA NNNt't the mpcr courses oi che Stewart rNcr Vl, noted a icW days ago. spent near N l t,ar ou thc south fork oi that stream Iud possesses some valuable typographical and geographical mior- nation concerning I rcgion th1i has ua map m3kcr,.
 Nr NcNu.lcn lcit Dawson Che ht- Ger part oi last July, proceeding Go Fraser FlI, ,2O miles up the Stew .lt ou thc pioneer excursion tup made by tbc steamer Flora. He was accompanied b, Fred H1s,lcr and R. s I.u .- cumpIuiou, Fr,m Fraser Tails tar tri, proceeded up che uVcr -. .u.u.. having along -SoO pounds 't rr.,f-,H. uI outlt >uH cicut to l.~t .L.m d ,lar At a distance oi ,7S uI.- tr tH. ~ttVJr, they reached ihc .rt .f trI stream and then conn m.rr,J ihc journey uu che unknown ..rh urN concerning which uA m- ..ruItun clu'l hc secured Inc north ur, had been travelled and mapped Iu thc other branch v1, che my,tcr ..r. rmis,Iry ol mountain rlnrc. t1 IIc huJ and rol'mc plain that n1d rr.N ever been trlvcr-cI even hy trrr.rs ti. vanguard ' ,b' great .Ite u-.c th1t 1uucVcs and ,uhducs ..l tfcu plant, thc wilderness.
 H.r . distance oi gs milc, from che -.r'u.rcr. Mr. Mullen says. Che south url flow, through a low ml country. hu these are thc only ioot- .t..'. ut u mountain range tat tends short distance beyond around which m . e.ry-aI cast and west direction 90 . short distance beyond around which tr. river make, bend oi ,rcwcudnu, sweep 5t i, estimated that in a d'- r... .rc it |, uut more than 5o mi.c' from trc confluence t' thcir winter .HHn Ton, 1, ttc valley winds 10 Is a Ir. r.- miles Farther to che south th. c.mtr, becomes comparatively f0t broken au'v here and ,hcrc hy low ri-o, IH thrs section are nu- m,r.r- n..- j-a.n.nI northVlrI .hru.h creek. ,u,o thc south 'ork Ir.-e a.D. are really near a height . Hri th.t .- scarcely pcrccpuh.c to water uIrrr. between che sou.h fork .rI re Nc\Iuu lu important at.u- emo .. thc Hc.t river The divide q, . E.r, '.w unc and ,hc country m fflt vicinity comparatively open About f=s mile, mp che ,ou,h fork the stream a-l,u divides, thc branches ..m.r. m o1 lrc north and south sides .' 1 high mountain range that form. part nt 'hc mann cham oi che R.el... The ccr.rt' altitude of che .um-. trtyer.cl hy che party is hyc thousand feet above che sea, hut che mountain, -.,c to a hc.eh, oi nine or. t.r thousand feet
 The -.utt .urk is about thc same -.re .- the k'oui.kc lul liSc che hr.r i, ar extremely swift water Wly ' m.c o- so up from ,hc fork, . l.c box canyon is passed which can rc trlr.r.ei only by ,l'''iu' hoatin. Another canyon Is encountered where m. river cuts through thc mountain ..H u mile, mp. and here a portage .- r...-.1r, Nhntc th'- canyon are .m.r H''s .n'y a few feet m height. HHt v,h the attendant, rapids. ucccs
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 \ h-'- WI. made 6o mile, up and a cabin hH't m which part ot thc outfit u.- stored \ formidable looking canyon iumcl before thc travellers nI .t aI- question whether ihcy could cot through 't They took ouc p..rLnr.u.h canoe and made thc lt ..mnt finally -uccccl're ru rcachine tH. upper end after tV. alurIou- pnr- ....- This place was named Five. .. canyon SiNumie creek which ..-.-s inst below ir heads .r to thc
 a.r in chain oi h'i dozen 1ke, '. -r and -l miles un good sized .....s also enter from t1c south.
 .t S- miles large 1H.ucnt .".. .r from thc northeast carrying ..r.H. .r.i'. volume oi water \t ..u mile, another hig tributary comes from th. ..u,h and 1t f}o mic, Hr DUt r-..s enter, from thtc north almost Ht.Hrr thc rcmIinc waters .' tr. main stream which here enters tH. mmr.H.r- and a few miles far tH.- IT'D T. collected from numerous u..H.- .r' r.Hrcs.
 I.r-lI.r. prospecting was done .r n thc -.r.w- and bar, and coarse ..'.-. were .gnd everywhere hut NcN.u'tr say they did uot strike any th.r. t..t could be rated as pay sr.Hr i.e thinks. however. that thc r.m. has great future and be '. ... rich jcgings Ui.' eventual.
 unI there. even though his par .. ..- uut thc lucky onc lu two or ..r. place. where thc prospects were ...I they could uo, get to bedrock ou ..-uurt ui water The bars oi the
 rh .ork NcNu'Hu says. are far
 r.- than those o' thc Stewart be- ..u Fraser Falls. which have been worked for years. and hc reasons that uh.r. there |, such a widespread di-- position of gold on a stream like Che .uuh iurk there must hc some ot 't- ailments that carry big pay He be- hcto, there N.r bc big influx oi pros- pectors Co thc upper Stewart this sum wcr.
 Game during thc winter was album dan, iu quantity and variety Moose were plentiful and thc work oi procur. ur an che fresh meat that was needed was comparatively easy t7sk-but that r another story. as kipIng says
 OT men vounc men. boys and