Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-26

Q
am in your prosperous city for "a
shor, time, having lou ne Klonditl
/ country some tNO months since.
. where have resided most OF TAO
time for tho last fourteen years. ,L-
gagged in the business of mtreiaudis-
I ing ana mining. and have met "a
number OF your good rltiIcps ana
others here, Who seem uu.,.ua 10
I Torn something ol this 1itlpttu
comparatively speHkiugl unknown
land; the land 0t gold. the baud o. The
midnight sum- and The land rr pee
culiIr conditions. , have concluded
10 write a little article .1r yuur ,al
liable paper touching uron those
things which may be- ol .u.,yrst Go
yuut mauf ftadors. A. a -,utr3ly
known, the discovery 81 gold .a pay-
ing quantities 90 The kln.llk. ,oUh-
try was made in tho sumucf ot ',I6.
ana In 1929. ana 1885 occurred the
great stampede 90 this ggyH. ElG,rlto
OF The iur north land. Ca ,p+tkils a.
this stampede ! can only .DI,h uI, ~
tho high places 49, a N.l. 90. tu,-
thing like a detailed t,l,upuIu
would hli m8uy Hr-o vol urnl. Sui-
lic, tu say. that 100 This stampede ui
nN, when twenty thousand 20 u-. rifb
tn INST of Euid Boo our ,inDi. ruslcd
poll mcll over mountains Of suls tdf
d"Vr the mishi1 yukon. There rc..
hardship tn endure, uosttr's %. uyst
come, and lif}icrlucg a. h, prtppled
with, that sometime uW,d ihc .tdy-
est hcartH ~ was tmy fha' trcI
mems souls a. the utmost.
IN This great throng tccro were
men from an civilized nations, poo-
piles aud tribes of the world. AN
with one hXed purposc--to get rich
quick DID they realize their fond
anilripationsF No, not many Of
them; ana herein lies the pathos of
h all Many young men Nnd SPLEEN
did fellows they Wcrcl had torn thcm-
selves away from their sNecthoaTjs.
under the excitement caused by the
glitter of gold had brayciy overcome
an the difficulties incident tu "a jour
ucy 10 the far north az that time
only Go meet deadly fever. Others
thorc were who had prospect uf bct-
tcring the condition of themselves
ana families. had jouruvyeG with us
in that memorable stampede to the |
land of gold, but they. too many OF |
them, met the same fate.
Let as turn from this picture Of |
sorrow OF disappointment aud of /
death. for So alone would au many T.
volumes were We Go pursue &c to the /
end
when people hear 81 place that |
they are not familiar with. the first /
question that arises iu the mind is. |
how in thunder can ! got there, |
should I want 90 go. The easiest !
thing iu the world is 60 get to the |
K,ondike country or Alaska or you I
have "a little time and patience. ana
some money We all know the way
.o Seattle. Az 70 matter OF fact there
are several ways
Well, when we are at Seattle. we
axe an ocean steamer for SkagVuy !
Alaska. distance about one thousand
miles; cost Of first class ticket about
$50 ana second class several dollars
css Al SkagWay We take the rail-
way train over the White Pass rail-
Dad 10 white Horse, the head
II navigation ON the Yukon river. dis.
ance one hundred and ten miles
For this short ride wo pay the mod
'st sum OF SEQ The larger portion
4 this road n In Canadian territory
A. White Horse I'm summer we
ravel hy river steamer Co Dawson
Rates generally reasonable, distance
between four ana Ave hundred mites
n winter we travel from white Horse
% Dawson hy stage on runners
lrawn hy four ANA six horses. Dis
ance by road between three and four
hundred miles cost of the ride SIS
a 500 depending on the time Of
ear. Meals along tho route are
i.b0 10 $500, and lodging the same.
Wen We have now got 90 Dawson,