The Press., 1911-01-25
WELLINGTON.
 South Wilmington. fCnntlnnad frnnn last. week \

Wnl16 our baggage went down rlV6f Ol "a freight steamer a day in advance On, the way down wo passed ths freight st mer-sunk-and all ou baggage at the bottom of the Yukor river Oh joy Gee, we didn' swear very much, but tha latest cusl words sure did ring out on the summer braezes of the Yukon river, believs me Of course we expect to be re imbursed for our loss. but as a general thing years may come and years may go. and the claim hang on for ever How's that for some spiel?
 Down the river we proceed, and al one point we pass through the "Five Finger Rapids, where the boat stop: her engines and has to reverss at full spssd astern when passing through the larger channel, some fifty feet WSSle. These boats are of the Missis. sippi rivsr type and burn wood. The one we took passage on was crowded and large number had to sleep on the wood and any old place they could locate, and if one moved some one would jump his claim However, the summer weather prevailing we did not suffer on the trip, and the day light prevailing for twenty three hours and never dark enough for a light, made the trip more enjoyable, as the country could be taken in dur. ing the entire trip. .-.-
 The people in this country are sure a hospitable crowd, and good fellow ship abounds on every hand. We made the trip on one of the first steamers of the open season, hence the ofrwded conditions, the big strike made in the Iditarod country causing B great stampede and heavy travel to that country. Look at the map for the Kusk quinn river and the Onoko river: between these two is the new geld country of Alaska. They are located near St Michael, at the mouth of the Yukon, and from reports mil lions will be taken out the coming summer Placer mining is the prin. oipsl diRgings in the Iditarod ooun try, while the Tanana valley has both pIsyer and quartz.
 While stopping at Dawson, Y. T. We took j}urney out to the famous Kl md ks diggings, and the enormous workings are wonderful to behold The Gnggenheims have several of the largest gold dredges in the world working. and at one point mountain is being cut down by hydraulics, witt wafer pips ten inches in diameter and sixteen miles in length. Thit WaSgf supply has it's source way back in the mountains and the outlet al the nozzle of one hydraulic swivel ii six inches in diameter, and to see tht way the large boulders tumble dowr Is sight. I don't know what the pressure is at the nozzle's end, but ii must be enormous.
 We were allowed to use a miners pan by an old 'sourdough" miner who still holds his claim from the Guggenheims, and in one pan here ir the Klondike I banned seventy five cents. first try. Of course we were net allowed to d7 this for any gain, only as ,uri t's w i'm
 Here at Dawson we also plsyed f game of basebnl at twelve U'c' ock nidnight We also witnessed the miduight sun om 8 high hill in tn, vicinity of the hotal, and o,uld rear a newspaper at midnight on the Els day of June. The river at Dawsor begins to broaden out, and smallel streams flowing into it as wa journey down mak5 it more navigable fol larger steamers, and from this point W, take the steamer "Susie" for our las lap of the river journey. On tn, way down river you must remem be- we are travelling north, and we stil keep in touch with the midnight sun While we are sailing down the Yukol we pass the international boundary again and every body cheers for |" Uncl, Samuel" pleased to know that W, are again in United States territory We have no cause for regret, however on the treatment while in British territory, as they seem like brothers Our first passengers leave us at tn, next stop, ''Circle" Alafka, where tn, Canadian and American telegraph lines meet and connect as one througI trurk line. Circle is not much of place; the greater part of the inhabi tants having left for richer diggiDgs Circle derives it's name from beins (supposed) to be on the Arctic circle However, later surveys show it t. be several miles south of that line and frem accounts of the cold wintsrl there it makes little difference wherl it is located it is near enough to b. called Circle. We have alarge wire less telegraph station here controlle, by the U. s. army, and as have sai' before our first assignment was at thi GGGAeA0sA9 VhAOO AACA uO A0AN0VO bk1O6 men who had completed two years il the Arctic. Down we go (still north until we stop at the farthest north o Urcle Sam's stations, Fort Yukon This station has been abandoned as 1 military post, and the mission and | few white people make up its inhabi tants, with wood pile to supply tn steamers, otherwise nothing of inter est there.
 Fort Yukon is situated on tn Arctic circle, and the river turns her and starts southwest. The entir country is made up of rugged noun tains, and until we reach the Tanan' valley nothing but spruce and birch clad mountains on either hand Fror Fort Yukon we nsxt stop at Eagle, military post. with the cus tomar buildings and duties as at othe Alaskan posts. Here the government