The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-09-04
YUKON COUNTRY RICH IN ORE
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1.-The Crater mine is another prop
erty which is situated in the White
horse district. One thousand tons OF
good ore have been taken from this
mine but the real value has never been
disclosed. There are several 9TH
mines in the district but the ones
mentioned give a fair idea of the de-
posts in this wonderful country.
"As yet the work is all hand work
No machinery has been shipped into
the mines and all work is done by
hand. The ore is all refractory OF
smelling ore.
Will be a Good Country.
"Will it develop? Yes, l think il
surely will A conservative estimate
would place the shipping at 5000 tons
of ore per day at the end OF hVe
years. This is about the same output
as the CRANKY mines in British Column
bia but the values are fare superior
1.-THE tonnage next year is bound to
be enormous. The mines are develop
| inf and it is only a question of time
until they will be sending out more
copper than any other mines in the
world. There are about $50 men at
work in the mines at present and tine
| force will be increased much next
year.
"A spur is being built from the end
yUl,itohorco railroad
to the mines. Five miles will be bul1
this fall and the other seven next
spring. Then the mines will be putting
out the ore il, large quantities.
"The land around Whitehorse is all
taken up, of course. But there are
ranges upon ranges of mountains
which have never been prospected.
Ranges which are as rich, perhaps, as
the Whitehorse mining districts, but
thew are not worth a penny at present
because there is no way of getting the
ore out. But when the country de-
velops. as it is bound to do, the mines
will be the most valuable in the world.
There is a world of mountain
ranges up there which have never
been explored by man. These at
present are isolated and there is no
use to prospect the country as long as
it cannot be worked.
Gold Outlook is Good.
.Then there is the gold. NO gold
quartz has ever been found in that
country and when one thinks of the
gold taken from the placer mines OF
that country he can easily see that
there must be some great quartz mines
to furnish the placers' with their rich
stock. There is a record of $14O,OOO,-
900 in gold having been aiken through
the custom houses. How much more
cannot be guessed. But the source
of all this gold will be found and the
richest gold quartz mines ever known
will be exposed.
But at present it is hard to prospect
, in the country. The summers are
short and the ground is covered With
moss and tundra, making 1t extremely
hard to travel. Dogs are the beasts OF
burden. In the winter they are used to
packs. My dogs carry from 80 to 81
pounds pack.
Country is Dry and Cold.
1.-THE climate is dry and there is
little rainfall, or rather, snowfall.
| About IS inches is the usual depth in
the winter. In the summer the grass
grows long and rank, furnishing food
/ for the ponies which winter out, paw
| ing the snow for food. Timothy will
! ripen there and hay can be raised, but
it will never be a farming countryss The
summers are about three months
| long and it is never dark through
these months. The sun is not visible
| all the time but it is always light. The
! warmest l ever saw it was on one eX-
| ceptiohal day when the thermometer
went up to 20. The coolest was when
the thermometer froze solid at "a de-
grees below zero.
Prices Are High.
Supplies are high. Four is s4.75 a
sack Watermelons are worth SIS
each. Peaches which you buy here
for s. cents are worth IS in that
! country. 1t is not the actual cost of
| the freight which makes things SO
| high as much as it is the monopoly.
When an opposition road is put in, the
rates will be lower and the country
will develop faster.
Country Has Great Future.
1.-The future of that great country
! cannot be overestimated Its posi-
bilities are unlimited. But 1 would
not advise anyone to go there. If a
man goes it should be of his own free
iniative. Hardships are plentiful and
every man stands alone. Profits are
enormous and wages are big. But /
would not want any one to go in or,
my advice. Nor should any man go in
| there with the intention of buying in