The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-08

comnosing thrcc of the parties sent b, thc United States Geological Survey in" th,. wilds or Che Arctic Circic. mst sum
 mcr. for exploration purposes. have rv
 turned form Che north Co Seattle.
 The majority of thc members ot th' party win rrccrcd immediately c" Wash ington. whcr, thc data and information .rcur,d ou Che trip win hr embodied i government statistics, maps and reports
 The threc rarti,s operated in as many sections of N1s,1 north of the Arcu' circl, orr. under thc leadership ot r c c.-lirc 7rd A J Collier, surveyed th. -.s.ar north or Nome. mappint f.p.rrtsNi,lUy amt rcoioEic1iiy an aree of about t"s' square miles in On. r..tr r1If of thc Scwarl pcuinsu'1
 \ .,..rI r.ajcl Hy w. J. Peters, mad' .. ... ..,...,f. lrvrst'eltio,. ot thc almost un .r.ur district Nlnc between thc koyu r. r..r trl thc Arctic co1st ut Poin' I...r.s Tho thiul party corinrd its 7t ...iu.r tr r portion of th, lower NuNo' r..,- tl. tutlv KovISuk p1u riy'r. o't ,.u ~I,.r and thr Eohuck river
 fourth patty scDt out by thc Geo .u-.u Survey eIr1'nUi hN \ f;rat. is working along thr southwest .cn Nnstl district. from lNnn cana ...th rfr-e on. c.I-t Tho nIrty h1S n"' u.t raiar.l r~ nrar. but .- ",H.e'.l return W'tr." 70 f.v weeks its object r te ....Ir. 70 comrr.hyu-.vc and coul 'nit -,.f.art of tb. mining situation.
 At um.s two of Che thr,c rar,'.s wcr ls mach I-.iutr,l from civilization ls v1s rVrIor,r St1uIrv when hc was wander. .rr tbrurh thr Interior of dlrk's' Africa For months no white mon W"r, soon Erers hundreds "t miles n lcnr,t won. trtterssd. and unknown and dan ...r.,.. r.H.ls We're encountered F"r'1T" r.r f. I. made und sood camping spots ....... I..n-. dnrku,ss fcu in thr even. Ing rr.r. u,rr enough Incidents of un. .....I r.r.r. tp ru several volum. Of a.t,rur.. tgt thc Vork of thc rart''s HIJ l-,r -. e,stcmltizej thIt hut rtt'' .tt.rt..r .i. u1lJ ta lr,thing not dir'ct. n. connected with thr Wnr< in hand
 Th, a.-f .J by T. G. Gcrliuc and \ I crr.r I.I bN Dr thc easiest trip rr..- u... .,r-.-t.i of securing 'reHr .t. -.ai.....' J.tl of the district ioc'trd north of Sour. thc m.S' 'rll deposits. c'n- ...f..r- .f rNe country and .ts 'co0nw'. ....f.rn.rt. and thy.r work. Whi', lcs, extensive Is flr ts Jr.1 vent was much moro ,omnl.tc
 Th. p.t.-- ulrry r.I,n,d thc sc,ur ot their operations in Che S'rth uvrr The snow .r 1st spring Tho trst ohiectiv, ,4,.rt was th. NnyrkJk river This they .vpiu-.d fo- shDrt distance and then started north toVIris. the far distant .bor.s of th. N~.Uc Day after d1v or lr,uous labor followed Nl' after m'. 10 wuS u.ccs.Irl tn carry thr supplies ,ri irs,r.n,,rt- or their bucks The mon .lch had special drfv 1-s'rrol h'm 1rI th.r. wu~ rn chlrcr for l-c"nt"rt rh. m.wh-r. of the rHrtv won" always rhrrrrI 1rI uyrr1m. thc h'nV "'- .fr... thIt nr,s,uj.l themselves hr sI..r f.rc. of win
 Than rr.h.r- tributary of the C0l- y.r. r.t.~ trr rlrty t,srrrlr1 Ono st-r~ t. ,h. ..ra Thrt portion of tr. t-.r vIs firr s1-r. Ther. were uo bad r...ls ar .tryors 1ri the w1tcr was ..l.rv r1vi-Ihe f.r small tout- Over l month va- occupied iu thr journey Co" fra ruIst N complete exploration w1s r..f. er tb. imm-lut. vicinity ond tn' J.t.I lrf information secured vas cm l.u.i.J ir ,h. r.nnrt which win bc r'. ...f...r rt ta. e,oI1r.cll department at Wt-h.H-ion.
 r.t.r.. rartv upon r'1ch.ur Che coast v,.rb,,l r..r- On. .hore urtil th'y struck r,..r Barrow. ui.r. thc wh1lr-- some f.a,.. r. f~.s,r iu during Che winter The t.lrr.r WIS urr ircjujIrE many hard l.... -rT whom Point IprroV was reach ..l th. rn.nb,r~ of thc party wor" wen rish worn ort nnJ exhausted From Point Barrow they couti-u.d along th. ....t Iuu they reached Capt Iaspou ,r.r. .aNsr1I producing cua' mines arc t...t.I Thor. th.v clurht thc steamer NretI, a,t,r 1 short wait and proc'cd'd ar tr. vessel In Some. After a rrst 't v.,n.. tl.. plrtv. with the othar two p'r- tH.. t..,E urs-r-r con thr steamship St paul. which reached Seattle recently.
 .rb. .rtIr. tm, occupied hs thc long t-.. ,,1e between cyV,n aud eight months r...-irr trlt tine the members of ths t..rfv wer. almost constantly on th' move. They au came back. however. I...tir.. brupzol and healthy and without th. i,,et appearance of having undrrs"n' ,.r-ry , y.rr.- h,rIshirs ir trItrrsinE 70 section of Naskl's unknown wilderness
 NORTH oF THE YUKON
 l.. f,r thc longest and most arlfons lr.. of any of ths po,ucs was that os- ......i t. the one headed by W. c. Men ...l.t For months at time th"' ..r. completely .mmurol in Oh" dc~o''t' t-.t.r.. o- river and mountain north 'i u. YrEuu -.,.r and below Rampant an' r.- uauru Th. time the party occu- r..J on tb. grip Vrs siN months. Much mon. t.rfrnry was eHr'rcd. however. ohm r. .,.l.r .r tb. other two parties
 co was eir.y ust M,y thot Che Menden- han olut to Seattle They took pas s,gc on an Alaskan steamer for Lynn canal Nt Ss1sVHv th, trl.n c1rried thc party Co Wbu, Uors. From that point fh, journey tp Dawson WIS made ou a steamboat Another lops lump w's made to Fort U1mlir. where th, r,1i wor', her1u. The river from Fort Yukon to Fort ulm'ln was sHryryeJ and statisticc as to depth and flow of water were soc cured