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I by errata med to nent une pelure, fapon d B. 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 .^•r <• % 'i' ' I ^fe»' f a-3§iSa:'§3a3339i§a§666&6&&:&:&&6eg-g&:g; ^'HK purpose of this Guide is to set forth ^^ iutellipcntly and in a concise manner the replies to the thousand and one ((uestio'is, which anyone who may be con- templating a trip to the famed Klondike Gold Fields will naturally ask. a-:§a:3«Sa:-Si:-9arg-§-a:§.^Sg.:g.6:6;g;g;g.:gig.:&:6gg;g;g; Klondike -YUKON GUIDE Alaska and Northwest Territory ' ? Gold Fields Bj^^^Where they are, how to get there, what to ■^^ take along-, when to g"o and what to do to secure a claim. PUaUSHED 'dY SEATTLE-ALASKA GENERAL SUPPLY CO. INC 106. 108, 110 Washinston St. West. SeaUVe, 'NlDasVv. PRCSS or JOHN J. KNOrr 4 CO,, COLMAN aLDQ., SCATTLC ,;; ,^- ". _/•' IM r , ■ Mi m I Conducted under tlie auspices of Thk Shattlk Hardwark C(i. louch, augustink & co. J. A. Baii.largkon This I'irni values the Reputation of its founders as its chief asset t,^ t.^ Seattle^Hlaska 1(^77 OcncraL. Supply Co. inc 106, 108, 110 Washington Street West A MINER'S DEPARTMENT STORE Established for the purpose of furnishinjr under one ROOF Complete Miners' OuTF-iTS, each and every ar- ticle supplied being- of jo-uaranteed quality. A com- bination of the Pioneer Outfitting' Firms of Seattle. f 72' , REFERENCES : Any Banker or Business Man of Seattle NOTHING Bt;T The Best can be bought of this house f -r ITrMMMIrtfailUfrt 7 Hi V »-^ D •H I-H •0 G I— I h3 CO h (f) > a d •H Ou C •H +J +J Vh 'P SEAT rUK- ALASKA GENERAU SUPPLY CO.. INC. ,p/,6l :^ THE GOLD FIELDS The wondertul goKl fields now known tie world over a. the K,o„me"tein8.. and ,l.,mled on a branch o, .he Vuhon river, la '" ?rlZ r/o^S in 7h" ISon ha.,n 1. «81 on a .rlhn.ary r^'H'H^rariTh'rw/rrcrrrz -Tr.rrri.rs^^^^^^^^^^^ of Sixtv-mile creek are also In United States territory: Miller, Glacier nfRirch creeks were once thought to be in Alaska, but are now known to\e in CanJa. and of th. wonderfully rich Klondike there has never been any doubt of its being In Canada. ROUTES TO TH3 YUKON The Klondike may be reached from two directions. One is by ocearsteamer to%t. Michael's island in Bering sea. and thence up me Yukon river. The other is by crossing over the Coast range of rultli:: to the headwaters of the Lewis ^--^^^^^he^™^^^^^^^^ descending by boat. The shortest route from SEATTLE is that via ?he White pass, and is approximately 1,674 miles. Horses are used on tWs pass, hauling and packing for its entire length from salt wa- ter to the head of the lakes. Another available route to the Lewis river is from Dve^ at the head of Lynn canal, via the Chilkoot pass. This distance is slightly longer than via the White pass. A third route to the Lewis river is via Fort Wrangel and the Stickeen river to Telegraph creek and thence overland by pack train *° ^SUll'lnother route is from the head of Taku inlet, a little south rf Juneau, thence overland by the valley of the Taku river to Lake 106-108-110 WASHINGTON STHKBT, WEST. I Teslln. The distance to Lake Teslln by this route Is approximately the same as via the Stickeen route. TABLE OF DISTANCES Lake Le Lake Le 16 31 . 29 26 7 3S% Seattle to Dyea 884 miles Miles Miles from point to to point. PROM DYEA. 6 Head of canoe navi- gation 6 16% Summit of Chilkoot pass 10% 26% Head of Lake Lind- erman 9% 341/3 Foot of Lake Llnder- m^in ,8 351^ Head of Lake Ben- nett 1 61% Foot of Lake Ben- nett 26^4 64 »^ Foot of Cariboo Cros- sing 2% 81% Foot of Tagish lake. 16% 8614 Head o. Lake Marsh 5 IO614 Foot of Lake Marsh. 20 123 Head of canyon 16% 123% Foot of canyon % 12514 Hoad White Horse rapids 1% 140* Tahkeenah river.. .. 14% No one should start for the Yukon country with less than $200 in cash after he has purchased his outfit. Should you be so fortun- ate as to find a good claim the first season it is likely that you would not be able to realize from it immediately. Nearly all of the sum- mer claims require drainage before they can be worked and that is both tedious and expensive. On the winter claims the pay gravel is taken out by drifting and then allowed to lie on the bank until the following summer before the gold can be washed out. The ne- cessity of having sufficient funds to carry you over a season is there- fore very apparent. The trading companies operating stores on the Yukon WILL NOT extend credit, as all their goods find a ready sale at spot cash. If you have not the money to buy a winter's outfit in the event of a profitless season, you will have to subsist on a straight diet of flour, providing you are lucky enough to have the flour. DON'T go to the Yukon broke or with only a few dollars, or you may have abundant reasons to regret it. 153 Head of Barge . . 187 Foot of Barge 216 Hootallnqua river . , 242 Cassiar bar 249 Big Salmon river.., 2851/2 Little Salmon river.. 344 Five Fingers rapids. 58^.4 350 Rink rapids 6 4031/2 Pelly river 53% -(991/2 White river 96 509 Stewart river 914 529 Sixty-mile post 20 549 Dawson City 20 589 Fort Reliance 40 629 Forty-mile post 40 629% Fort Cudahy % 879 Circle City 249% FROM CIRCLE CITY. 8 Birch creek 50 Deadwood creek 42 55 Greenhorn creek 5 60 Independence creek . . 5 61 Mastodon creek 1 68 Eagle creek 7 4 SEATTLK-AI.ASKA GKNKRAL, SUPPLY CO., INC. CONCERNING YOUR OUTFIT After having decided to tempt fortune In the Yukon country thf first consideration Is your outfit, where to get it and what it should consist of. Nothing should be taken that is superfluous or it will probably be thrown away before the summit of the mountains is crossed. The outfit should consist only of your bedding, provisions and tools for mining and boat building. Those who have the money to Invest frequently take In a two-years' supply of provisions and say it is profitable for them to do so, No one should go without at loa.=s, is open and free I'ram obstructions of any kind other than Islands. Near Fort S< livirk, just below the mouth of the Peliy river and flfty-flve miles from the Five Fingers Is a group of Islands upon which grows some very good timber. If you are bound for Dawson City, and have a little time to spare vou can make several hundred dollars by stopping a week or two and putting In the time cutting down the merchantable trees. At the diggings there Is gold for every one, and If you have good health, plenty of pluck and endurance, and are not afraid of rough work and many hardships, you should be able to make a com- fortable stake in a few years. The principal thing is to make the right start. BACON BACON BACON BACON BACON is a most important item in a miner's outfit. if cured especially for Alaska trade by those who know how will keep for years, is bacon! Yes, but not always of the qual- ity that you would wish to use for 12 months, of manv brands is offered to the public, but there is onlv one "1888" brand. branded "1888" is a delicacy on theYukon, It has been sold to those ffoing" there for the past 11 years. BACON— the "1888" brand— has been sold as high as $1.00 per lb. on the Yukon. m 8 SEATTLE-ALASKA GENERAL SUPPLY CO., INC. HARDWARE FOR TWO MEN 2 pair snow shoes 1 Yukon stove 1 hand bellows 2 Yukon sleds 2 picks 2 shovels 1 pit saw, with tiller and box ! one-man saw 1 pit saw file 1 hand saw 1 rip saw 2 hand saw files 1 single or double-bit axe 1 hatchet or hunter's axe 1 claw hammer 1 calking iron 1 jack plane 1 draw knife 1 brace and 3 bits 1 screw driver 1 magnet 3 chisels 1 butcher knife I emery stone 3 fry pans 1 coffee pot 3 granite plates 2 granite cups 3 knives, forks and spoons 1 nest of buckets 2 gold pans 1 gold scale 1 compass 25 lbs. wire nails 5 lbs. oakum 5 lbs. pitch 3 lbs. tallow 2 pack straps TENDERFOOT STRIKE Many of the old miners who have been In Alaska for years, and who have prospected the Klondike region without success, say that it wap tenderfoot ignorance that caused the strike. A hitherto infallible rule of placer mining has been that it is useless to dig through clay. The old timer that prospected first when they came to clay stopped, but the newcomers did not know enough to do so, and keeping on digging right through the clay made rich finds. Frank Physcator, who came out this summer with |96,000, was formerly a waiter on one of the Yukon river steamboats. Mrs. Wilson, wife of the agent of the Alaska Commercial Com- pany, washed |154 from one panful of dirt. OUR nardware Department I SEE LIST ON OPPOSITE PAGE] HAS LEARNED BY LONG EXPERIENCE THE NEEDS OF AN ALASKA MINER A line of tools is carried, the qual- ity of which cannot be duplicated in this city, and which whilelighter .n weio-ht than the old-fashiond ones, are more durable. Nobody wants to use a heavy tool without they have to. In this department many little thinf^s, too numer- ous to mention, have not been listed. The extra cost of them is very insig-nificant, yet many of them are mif^'-hty handy to have when 1,500 miles away from anywhere. We shall be g\'d.d to give suALASKA GENERAI. SUPPLY CO., INC. GROCERIES FOR ONE MAN FOR ONE YEAR 400 lbs. flour 20 lbs. corn meal 40 lbs. rolled oats 25 lbs. rice 100 lbs. beans 20 lbs. candles 25 lbs. dry salt pork 50 lbs. sugar, granulated 8 lbs. baking powder 150 lbs. bacon (1888 brand) 15 lbs. dried beef 2 lbs. soda or saleratus 6 packages yeast cakes 20 lbs. salt 1 lb. pep])er % lb mustard % lb. ginger 20 lbs. apples evapurated 20 lbs. peaches, evaporated 20 lbs. apricots, evaporated 10 lbs. pears 10 lbs. pitted plums 5 lbs. raisins 5 li)S. onions, evaporated 50 lbs. potatoes, evaporated 25 lbs. corn (eastern sweet) evap- orated 25 lbs. coffee 10 lbs. tea 2 doz. condensed milk 5 bars tar soap 5 bars laundry soap 1 can matches, 2 gross 5 lbs. soup vegetables 3 bottles Jamaica ginger Butter, scaled, 2-lb. cans, optional Tobacco, optional 6 pots extract of beef (4 oz.) 1 qt. evaporated vinegar A HARD JOURNEY The Chllkoot pass, from October to March, is subject to furious storms in which life is endangered. The grade is not, however, very bad, and the chief cause of delay has been, this season, the high prices charged for carrying goods over the pass by the Indians. In winter the journey is made with sledges, drawn partly by the miner, partly by dogs, if he is taking in a full outfit of provisions. Sometimes, with a south wind blowing, the traveler rigs a jury mast on his sled and hoists an extemporized sail, and goes ice-boating away towards the Arctic circle at a great rate over the frozen lakes and rivers. There isn't much easy going of this sort, however, and the winter journey is by no means to be recommended. Going in in the spring is different. The best time is early, before the snow melts, as supplies can then be sledded over the pass, and there is still Ice left in the lakes to drag or sail the sleds on. The sleds should be about seven and a half feet long, seven inches high and sixteen inches wide. Brass runners are preferable to steel, and the frame will be much more elastic and durable if lashed together after the native fashion than if fastened with nails and bolts, which weaken the wood and give no "play." March 15 is early enough to start from Seattle for a spring trip. After the ice has melted, canoes are used for six miles after Our List of Food _6)@^ [SEE OPPOSITE PAGE I Wq If there is best quality Comprisp:s the hack-bone of your bill of fare for the first part of vour sojourn on the Yukon. After a while, and not a very lonj,*" while either, transportation will become easier,ancl consequently cheiip- er, and then you will be able to enjoy many luxuries which are too heavy or bulky to re- ceive attention at present. Ou r lonfjf experience enables us to advise just what to take and what to leave behind, We aim to sell you what we our- selves would buy, were we ^o \ng with you. an)' one thing" you want to be of the obtainable, it is vour food. iXt Vlif iXt ^i^-^-^-^^r^-^-^-^-^-^-^^^-^-^-^-^ ^e ;?? OUP GUARANTEE WITH EVERYTHING WE SELL Seattle-Ma General Sapjly Co.m 106, 108, 110 Washington St. West ^ i888;bacon Com\>U\c GvAV^'^Xots f ^ ^ 14 SEATTL,E- ALASKA GENERAL SUPPLY CO., INC. leaving Ty-a. Then the packs are taken up through the canyon to Sheep camp. The next six miles up to the summit of the pass are the worst of the trip. The height Is 3,378 feet. It Is eight miles and a half from the summit down to Lake Llnderman, an easy stage With snow on the ground, but rough and difficult in summer. AMOUNT TAKEN OUT-SOME WHO MADE STRIKES To give an accurate list of those who have returned from the north and the amounts they took out would be impossible. Below Is given a partial list. The list includes those who came down on the Excelsior and landed at San Francisco, as well as those who re- turned on the Portland landing at Sefittle. The list foots up over 12,000,000. A partial list of strikes reported as follows: Thomas Cook $ 10,000 M. S. Norcross 10,000 J. Emmerger 10,000 T. S. Lippy 65,000 Henry Dore 50,000 Victor Lord 15,000 WilHam Stanley 112,000 Clarence Berry 135,000 Albert Galbraith 15,000 James McMahon 15,000 F. G. H. Bowker 90,000 Joe Ladue 10,000 J. B. Hollingshead 25,000 Douglas McArthur 15,000 Bernard Anderson 14,000 Robert Krook 14,000 Fred Lendesser 13,000 Ben Wall 50,000 William Sloan 50,000 John Wllkerson 50,000 Jim Clemens 50,000 Frank Keller 35,000 There are a great many more going out with from ?5,000 to $10,000 that I do not know. Sam Collej Stewart and Hollenshead Chas. Myers and partner Johnny Marks Alex Orr Fred Price Fred Latisceura Tim Bell William Hayes Dick McNulty Jake Halterman Johnson and Olson Nell McArthur Charles Anderson Joe Morris Hank Peterson James McNamee Charles Vest Joe Lowe ; Harry Ash J. S. Dlnsmore 25,000 45,000 22,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 31,000 35,000 20,000 15,000 20,000 50,000 25,000 16,000 12,000 10,000 6,000 15,000 10,000 8.000 Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth! Buy Everything of One House and Save Mistakes, SEATTLE-ALASKA GENERAL SUPPLY CO., Inc. Complete Outfitters 106, 108, 110 Washington St. W. 25,000 45,000 22,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 31,000 35,000 20,000 15,000 20,000 50,000 25,000 15,000 12,000 10,000 6,000 15,000 10,000 8,000 EAT And eat plenty, for unless you do you can- not work. It is also necessary that the food you eat should be wholesome and appetizing". Your daily bill of fare will naturally lack variety, but you will yet used to that. If your Bacon is well cured (the ( isea]) brand always is), if your Flour makes jrood bread, if your Dried Fruits are new and free from worms, and if your other articles of food are of g-ood quality, you will be able to stand the cold and hard work as well as anybody. If, on the other hand, when you reach the Gold Fields you find that vour order has been filled with stale, un- usable food, what are you pfoing- to do? We beg- of youpVrchase^toUUy tnC UCSti ^^ load a thousand miles to find out that you have been packing rubbish. We will Sell You The Best Only And Every Article Sold is subjected to very Careful Inspection. «»»»»**»**«««»«*«» X X X X X X X COMPLETE Outfitters **»»«*♦«♦«»»»»»*** SEATTLE-ALASKA General Supply Co. INC 106* 108» no Washington St. West L.jjj!jmi / I . Statute Miles / I f^auticol Ml les itute Mi lea P V l y V V » y -r itico/ Miles V '!> V V ^ a-V-if 106-lOR-ltO WASHINOTON STRBRT, WEST. 19 THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL >0 N5 li r ■ Err And yet there is room for nil In Alaska. There are regions where rich finds have been made, which are not yet fully l9cated by claimants. Dividing the Yukon watershed Into upper, lower and middle portions. It may be said In brief that the first finds were made In the upper section, the next in the middle section, while the lower portion has not been so much as explored. Before exploiting the Klondike the richest recent strikes were on Forty-mile, Sixty-mile, Miller, Glacier and Birch creeks, Koyakuk river and their branches. Miller creek is the richest tributary of Sixty-mile creek. It had been prospected more or less, off and on, before 1892. In that year J37,000 was cleaned up on one claim. At one time 125 mines were on the creek. Glacier creek Is parallel with Sixty-mile creek, only three miles away. The dirt runs from a few cents to ?4 a pan. The climate befits the name. Mining Recorder Paddock made a trip of sixty-five miles to Miller creek in winter with the thermom- eter ranging from 44 to 77 degrees on the wrong side of zero. There are numerous other small creeks in this range not yet fully de- veloped. Indian creek has been prospected for 100 miles and has furnished some paying claims. The Yukon is formed by the junction of Licwis river, the western, and Pelly river, the eastern branches, at Fort Selkirk. It was dis- covered by a Hudson Bay Company scout named Robert Campbell, who built Fort Selkirk in 1848. It was plundered and destroyed by the Indians in 1852. If shipment of your outfit is made In one lot the cost of freight and wharfage is about half what it would have been had . been divided into two or three portions. Therefore buy your entire out- fit of Seattle- Alaska General Supply Co., and save expense. PAii il.fi SkTION ■A flAU QUARTZ PROSPECTS There seems to be little doubt among mining experts that ex- tensive quartz mines will be located in this Yukon country before long, lails will mean the introduction into that country of all sorts of Improved mining machinery, rock drills, stamp mills, and so on. Just what method will be employed to extract the ore from the rock will depend on what kind of ore is found. It may only have to be crushed and separated by mercury. It may be refractory ore and have to go through some one of the various processes now in use for separating such ore. As soon as the mines are found, means of transporting the ma- ; 10 SRATTI.K-AI,A8KA ORNKRAt. STTPPI.y CO., INC. ihinpry will be provided and the mines will be started. Mines In rock, of courHP, will not be delayed by the weather conditions which make placer raining so dlfllcult In that country. Rock doesn't freeze and the deeper down the mines go the warmer It will get, dO perhaps this kind of mining will be the pleasanter of the two. YOUTH IN THE VAN A perennial charm of Yukon society is the fresh and youthful vigor of the men found there. Probably the average is less than thlrty-flve. "An old miner" does not need to be an old man. A pioneer In the region may have had but ten years' experience and 'oe but little past thirty. The few women In the mines average even younger. The unfortunate there are, but not the aged, and pov- erty takes Its Ills phlloRophlcally, having seen too many of the ups and downs of life to despair of a turn in the luck. The air Is full of hope. There Is zoono In it. There Is always the strike next week to allay the disappointments of today. And sometimes, as we all know now, the strike of to-day to salve yester- day's sorrows. ADVICE TO GOLD HUNTERS Gen. W. W. Duffleld, superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey, In discussing the gold discoveries in Alaska, gives this ad- vice to young men: "If I were a young man," he said, "I should get a 75-ton schooner at Seattle, take supplies and engage the services of a flrst-class pros- pector. I should cruise along the southeastern part of Alaska, in what Is called the Alexander archipelago. There are a number of Islands there, and more gold lodes than at any place with which I am acquainted. The mining would not be 'placers.' but the ore can be gotten out very cheaply, and being directly on the sea, the trans- portation amounts to almost nothing, except the time spent on the trip." ANYTHING $ From a Navy Bean to a I ....TEAM OF DOGS S COMPLETE t OUTFITTERS t Miner WANTS Seattle-Alaska General Supply Co. Inc. 106, 108, 110 WASHINGTON ST. WEST ^'^z awd Ti^e Tiemawd yVlANV iH'cessary .-irticles ni;iy hf unohtaiiiuhk*. yVIANV necessary items may advance in price. yyiAINV necessary precautions in ])ackin4- niav he __ overlooked. AIAN V unnecessary disappointments may occur. Then why not send in vour ort!ers for \'our outfits at once, yui can make us a small deposit with your order, which amount we jjfuarantee to refund on x'our •arrival here if you are in any way dis- satisfied. We ^ive a written jjfuarantee to this effect. Write us reg'arding- this matter Members of this firm have been SEATTLE^ALASKA General . Supply • Co, . Inc. 106, lOS, 110 Wcishington Street West, it ■i! 22 SEATTLE- ALASKA GENERAL StTPPLY CO., INC. NEW ROUTES A new route is to be established to the Klondike. The journey will be made from Seattle to Wrangel, where a steamer will run up the Stickeen river a distance of 70 miles. From this point to Lake Teslin the trip will be made by stage. Lake Teslin is at the head of the Hootalinqua river, and from there a steamer will ply on the Lewis and Yukon rivers to Dawson City, a distance of 450 miles. The stage line will be owned and managed by John Allman, the well- known stage proprietor. He will take ten coaches and 100 horses on the road. The fare is to be for the staging $1 a mile for passengers. A small detachment of mounted police will proceed from Ed- monton, Alberta, and endeavor to reach the Klondike from the East- ern slope of the Rocky mountains. Edmonton is the most northerly railroad point in the Canadian Northwest Territory, being 190 miles north of Calgary. The route to be fohowed is by the way of Nelson and Liard rivers to the Deafe, and up this river to the Pelly. They will follow the Pelly river to its Junction with the Lees and the Lees to the Klondike, a total distance of 1,370 miles. This is not the Mackenzie river route. As the police are to take horses with them it is obvious that authorities consider i,his route practcable, or at any rate is worth examining. AN EXPERIENCED MAN'S ADVICE Mr. Fred. Price, of Seattle, who was one of the lucky ones who came down from the Klondike the past summer with several thous- ands of dollars in gold dust, has some good advice to give to those who are intending to go to the gold diggings. He has had a world of experience in the mining districts of the Northwest Territory and Alaskc, and as he has profited by his experience, and has money to show, his words have considerable weight. He says: "I would ad- Tisv- niy one who is going to the mines to go in with plenty of pro- visions. There is gold all over but it cannot be eaten, and money or its equivalent cannot always buy food. Last year there was almost a famine up the river, and in the camps around Dawson City men were living on beans and flour. When the first steamer got in last spring I saw men buy canned goods and delicacies and sit right down and eat them. * * ♦ It will cost |400 for a winter's outfit and nobody should take less. "I would advise not starting too late. Those who are going up now will have little, if any, advantage over the men who will go north in the spring. A trip up to the mines by the river route v/ill take forty days; by the way of Dyea and Skaguay with an outfit and crossing the summit the trip takes two months. "It is a hard matter to find a location within 50 miles of Dawson ? INC. The Journey ir will run up point to Lake s at the head ill ply on the of 450 miles, nan, the well- 100 horses on or passengers, eed from Ed- rom the Bast- nost northerly eing 190 miles way of Nelson 5 Pelly. They I and the Lees lis Is not the ses with them practcable, or icky ones who several thous- give to those s had a world Territory and has money to "I would ad- plenty of pro- jn, and money ear there was 3 Dawson City 3t steamer got icacies and sit for a winter's I are going up a who will go iver route will 1 an outfit and iles of Dawson DURING . THE • RUSH Hotel Accommadations Room Rent, Board, Etc. IS LIKELY TO BE QmJvU Sxvewsv\)e. Why not save this money by arrang"- ing- to arrive here only a day or so pre- vious to steamer's sailing- date. By orderinj*" your outfits before leaving" home everything- will be packed and ready to be shipped on the steamer you select to g-o by. No delay, no disap- pointments. Everything We Sell We Guarantee to be as we represent. Order as soon as convenient, sending" wjiatever amount of deposit you deem fit. Money back on 3'our arrival here if the transaction is not entirely satisfactory. SEATTLE-ALASKA I GENERAL I SUPPLY CO. INC We are Complete Outfitters. 106 108 I 10 Washington Street W. SEATTLE References: Any Bank in Seattle. m iti m m 24 SEATTLE-ALASKA GENERAL. SUPPLY CO., INC. City, everything having heen staked out, but the tributaries to Stew- art river have never been prospected yet, and I loolc for some rich finds up there. There is just as good pay dirt in other creeks that have not been touched as there In the districts that have been prospected and staked out." HOW TO BEAT THE CLIMATF. There are only about two months of summer and three months of open working weather in the Yukon region. The ice gets out of the rivers about the middle of June and begins to skim over their surfaces again In mid-September. Meanwhile, if a man can stand it, he has daylight enough to work twenty hours a day. The ground is perpetually frozen, thawing out only a little on the surface in summer. Thawing is aided by stripping orf the moss that covers its surface, thus allowing the summer heat, which is as violent as it is brief, to do its work. But the miners have not the patience to wait for the sun; and no wonder. So they dig and tun- nel and "drift" all winter, thawing out the frozen dirt under their cabins by building fires, and devote the open weather of summer to washing out the dirt thus prepared. It is customary for a man to go in with the Intention of staying two years. If he strikes it rich, he can come out the second summer with plenty of dust. The first ia devoted to sluicing, while the season of ling in— or its remainder- is not too much for prospecting and picking out a claim. 7-7' (Zmit S'^'f^- Shooting White Horse Rapids NC. •ios to Stew- ir some rich Jther creeks it have been hree months 9 gets out of m over their in can stand little on the }if the moss which is as liave not the dig and tun- under their f summer to or a man to rlkes it rich, The first is remainder — [ARLY BLYERS I Will MAIL ORDERS Cheapest Will be entered at prices rul- ing- on the day such orders are received. The purchaser will thus be protected agfainst ad- vances, which will probably occur. Should any article de- cline in price between date of receipt of order and that of shipment, the purchaser shall receive the benefit of such decline. Perfect Satisfaction or Deposit^Money Refunded Our guarantee is jfood: We refer you to any Bank in this city to substantiate this statement. ds S^aUVe-^VasVa 106, 108, 110 WASHINGTON ST. WEST SeweraV S\)iv\>V^ (io. Sxvc. C07VIPLEXE OURIXXERS •r 26 SEATTI.K-ALASKA GKNERAL SUPPLY CO., INC. POINTS FOR KLONDIKERS Some Rules to Paste in Your Hat on the Way to the New Land of Gold On the road to the gold diggings don't waste a single ounce of anything, even if you don't like it. Put it away and it will come handy when you will like it. Tf it is ever necessary to cache a load of provisions, put all ar- ticles next to the ground which will be most affected by heat, provid- ing at the same time that dampness will not affect their food prop- erties to any great extent. After piling your stuff, load it over care- fully with heavy rocks. Take your compass bearings, and also note in your pocket some landmarks near by, and also the direction in which they lie from your cache— i. e., make your cache. If possible, come exactly north and south of two given prominent marks. In this way, even though covered by snow, you can locate your "exist- ence," Don't forget that It Is so. Shoot a dog. If you have to, behind the base of the skull, a horse between the ears, ranging downward. Press the trigger of your rifle; don't pull It. Don't catch hold of the barrel when 30 degrees below zero is registered. Watch out for getting snow In your barrel. If you do, don't shoot It out. A little dry grass or hay In the Inside of your mitts, next your hands, will promote great heat, especially when It gets damp from the moisture of your hands. After the mitts are removed from the hands, remove the hay from the mitts and dry It. Palling that, throw it away. If by any chance you are traveling across a plain (no trail) and a fog comes up, or a blinding snow storm, either of which will pre- vent you taking your bearings, camp, and don't move for any one until all is clear again. il 106-lOS-no WASHINGTON STREET. WEST. 27 Keep all your drawstrings on clothing In good repair. Don't forget to use your goggles when the sun Is bright on snow. A fel- low is often tempted to leave them oft. Don't you do It. If you build a sledge for extreme cold, don't use steel runners. Use wooden and freeze water on same before starting out. Repeat the process if it begins to drag and screech. If you cannot finish your rations for one day, don't put back any part, but put into your personal canvas outfit bag, you will need it later on, no doubt. Take plenty of tow for packing possible cracks in your boat, also two pounds of good putty, some canvas and, if possible, a small can of tar or white lead. Establish camp rules, especially regarding the food. Allot ra- tions, fjpse while idle to be less than when at work, and also pro rata duriug^tl?€ heat and cold. Keep your furs In good repair. One little slit may cause you untold agony during a march in a heavy storm. You cannot tell when such will be the case. Travel as much on clear ice towards your goal as possible in the spring. Don't try to pull sledges over snow, especially if soft or crusty. Be sure during the winter, to watch your footgear carefully. Change wet stockings before they freeze, or you may loose a toe or foot. In building a sledge u e lashing entirely. Bolts and screws i;ack a sledge to pieces in rough going, while lashing will "give." Keep the hood of your kootelah back from your head, it not too cold, and allow the moisture from your body to escape that way. When your nose is bitterly cold, stuff with fur, cotton, wool or anything both nostrils. The cold will cease. Don't try to carry more than forty pounds of stuff over that pass, the first day, anyway. If your furs get wet, dry them in a medium temperature. Don't hold them near a flre. No man can continuously drag more than his own weight. Re- member this is a fact. In cases of extreme cold at toes and heel, wrap a piece of fur over each extremity. Keep your sleeping bag clean. If it becomes inhabited, freeze the inhabitants out. Remember success follows economy and persistency on an expe- dition like yours. White snow over a crevasse, if hard, is safe. Yellow, or dirty color, never. Don't eat snow or ice. Go thirsty until you can melt it. Shoot a deer behind the left shoulder or in the head. Choose your bunk as far from tent door as possible. Keep a flre hole open near your camp. 4 as SEATTLE-ALASKA GENERAL. 8UPPLV CO., INC. REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLACER MINING Along the Yukon River and its Tributaries in the North- west Territory r THESE RULES DO NOT GOVERN THE AMERICAN SIDE I USEFUL FOB THE MlNKU.s. Gold and silver are bought and sold by Troy weight; 24 grains 1 pennyweight, 20 pennyweights 1 ounce, 12 ounces 1 pound. The price established by the United States government for pure gold is $20.67 per ounce. That is for gold 1000 fine or 24 karats. The term karat is used by jewelers to express the degrees of fine- ness of gold, divided into 24 degrees or karats. Pure gold is 24 karats line and worth $20.67 per ouuce. 22 karat gold, $18.94 20 karat gold, 17.22 18 karat gold, 15.50 16 karat gold, $13.85 14 karat gold, 12.05 12 karat gold, 10.33 1-3 10 karat gold, $8.61 8 karat gold, 6.89 6 karat gold, 5.16 Gold in jewelry is seldom less than 6 karats fine. Gold— Gold— 1000 fine is worth $20.67 per oz. 500 fine is worth $10.33 per oz. 900 " 18.60 " 400 " 8.26 800 " 16.53 " 300 " 6.20 10% " 14.47 " 200 " 4.13 600 " 12.40 " 100 " 2.06 Many persons are mistaken in thinking all ounces to be alike. An ounce Troy or Apothecaries' weight contains 480 Troy grains; an ounce Avordupois weight contains iSlVz Troy grains. The grain is the unit of Troy and Apothecaries' weight, and the ounce is the unit of the Avoirdupois weight. One pound Troy or Apothecaries' weight contains 5760 Troy grains; one pound Avoirdupois weight contains 7000 Troy grains. All natural gold — that is, gold extracted from rocks or washed from the beds of streams — contains some alloy, generally siver, but sometimes platinum, copper and tellurlam, and it varies in amount in different localities. This is the reason some miners are disap- pointed when they sell their gold, as they imagine all gold to be pure. INTERPRETATION". Bar diggings shall mean any part of a river over which the water extends when the water is in its flooded state, and which is not cov- ered at low water. Mines on benches shall be known as bench diggings, and shall, for the purpose of defining the size of such claims, be excepted from dry diggings. Miner shall mean a male or female over the age of 18, but not under that age. Claims shall mean the personal right of property in a placer mine ( • MM be alike, grains; an it, and tlie 1760 Troy grains, or washed slver, but in amount are disap- jold to be the water s not cov- and shall, ipted from 8, but not lacer mine 106-lOS-nO WASHINGTON STREKT, WEST. 29 or diggings during the time for which grant of such mine or dig- gings is made. Legal post shall mean a stake standing not less than four feet above the ground and squared on four sides for at least one foot from the top. Both sides so squared shall measure at least four inches across the face. It shall also mean any stump or tree cut off and squared or faced to the above height or size. Close season shall mean the period of the year during which placer mining is generally suspended. The period to be fixed tiy the gold commissioner in whose district the claim is situated. Locality shall mean the territory along a river (tributary to the the Yukon and its affluents). Mineral shall include all minerals whatsoever other than coal. NATURE AND SIZE OF CLAIMS. Bar diggings shall be a strip of land 100 feet wide at high-water mark and thence extending along into the river to its lowest water level. The sides of a claim for bar diggings shall be two parallel lines run as nearly as possible at right angles to the stream, and shall be marked by four legal posts, one at each end of the claim at or about the edge of the water. Dry diggings shall be 100 feet square and shall have placed at each of its four corners a legal post, upon one of which shall be leg- ibly marked the name of the miner and the date upon which the claim was staked. Creek and river claims shall be 500 feet long, measured In the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width from base to base of the hill or bench on each side, but when the hills or benches are less than 100 feet apart, the claim may be 100 feet in depth. The sides of a claim shall be two parallel lines run as nearly as possible at right angles to the stream. The sides shal be marked with legal posts at or about the edge of the water and at the rear boundaries of the claim. One of the legal posts at the stream shall be legibly marked with the name of the miner and the date upon which the claim was staked. Bench claims shall be 100 feet square. In defining the size of the claims, they shall be measured hori- zontally, irrespective of inequalities on the surface of the ground If any person or persons shall discover a new mine, and such discovery shall be established to the satisfaction of the gold commis- sioner a claim for the bar diggings 750 feet in length may be granted. A new stratum of auriferous earth or gravel situated in a locality where the claims are abandoned shall, for this purpose, be deemed a new mine, although the same locality shall have been nreviouslv worked at a differnet level. c.iuu^ijr The forms of application for a grant for placer mining and the grant of the same shall be those contained in forms H and I of thn Regulations of Placer Mining. "^u i oi lue H. f f Z"',^'? ^^^^K^^ recorded with the gold commissioner in whose district it is situated within three days after the location thereof if it Is located within ten miles of the commissioner's ofllce One ex tra day shall be allowed for making such record for every additionqi ten miles and fraction thereof. ouuuionai In the event of the absence of the gold commissioner from his 30 SKATTM:-AI-ASKA OICNERAL StJPI'I.Y CO.. INC. office, entry for a claim may be granted by any person whom he may appoint to perform his duties in his absence. Entry shall not be granted for a claim which has not been staked by the applicant In person, in the manner specified in these regula- tions. An affidavit that the claim was staked out by the applicant shall be embodied in form H of the Regulations of Placer Mining. An entry fee of $15 shall be charged the first year and an annual fee of $100 for each of the following years. This provision shall ap- ply to the locations for which entries have already been granted. After the recording of a claim, the removal of any post by the holder thereof, or any person acting in his behalf, for the purpose of changing the boundaries of his claim, shall act as a forfeiture of the claim. The entry of every holder for a grant for placer mining must be renewed, and his receipt relinquished and replaced every year, the entry fee being paid each year. No miner shall receive a grant for more than one mining claim In the same loccality; but the same miner may hold any number of claims by purchase; and any number of miners may unite to work their claims in common upon such terms as they may arrange, pro- vided such agreement be registered with the gold commissioner, and a fee of $5 paid for each registration. Any miner or miners may sell, mortgage or dispose of his or their claims, provided such disposal to be registered with, and a fee of $2 paid to the gold commissioner, who shall thereupon give the as- signee a certificate in form J of the Regulations of Placer Mining. Every miner shall, during the continuance of his grant, have the exclusive right of entry upon his own claim for the miner-like work- ing thereof, and the construction of a residence thereon, and shall be entitled exclusively to all the proceeds realized therefrom; but he shall have no surface rights therein, and the gold commissioner may grant to the holders of adjacent claims such rights of entry thereon as may be absolutely necessary for the working of their claims, upon such terms as may to him seem reasonable. He may also grant per- mits to miners to cut timber thereon for theiir own use, upon piy- ment of the dues i)rescribed by the regulations in that behalf. Every miuer shall be entitled to so much of the water naturally flowing through or past his claim, and not already lawfully appro- priated, as shall, in the opinion of the gold commissioner, be ne- cessary for the due working thereof, and shall be entitled to drain his own claim free of charge. A claim shall be deemed to be abandoned and open to the occu- pation and entry by any person when the same shall have remained unworked on working days by the grantee thereof or by some per.son on his behalf for the space of seventy-two hours, unless sickness or other reasonable cause may be shown to the satisfaction of the gold commissioner, or unless the grantee is absent on leave given by the gold commissioner, and the gold commissioner, upon obtaining evi- dence satisfactory to himself that this provision is not being complied with, may cancel the entry given for a claim. If the land upon which a claim has been located is not the prop- erty of the crown, it will be necessary for the person who applies for entry to furnish proof that he has acquired from the owner of the land the surface right before entry can be granted. If the occupier of the lands has not received a patent therefor, the purchase money of the surface rights must be paid to the crown! and a patent of the surface rights shall be issued to the party who lOB-lOS-llO WASHINGTON STREET. WEST. \ acquired the mining rights. The money so collected will either be refunded to the occupier of the land when he is entitled to a patent therefor, or will be credited to him on account of payment for land. When the party obtaining the mining rights cannot make an ar- rangement with the owner thereof for the acquisition of the surface rights, it shall be lawful for him to give notice to the owner, or his agent, or the occupier, to appoint an arbitrator to act with another arbitrator named by him in order to award the amount of compensa- tion to which the owner or occupant shall be entitled. The notice mentioned in this section shall be according to form to be obtained upon application from the gold commissioner for the district' in which the lands in question lie, and shall, when practicable, be personally served on such owner or his agont, if known, or occupant, and after reasonable efforts have been made to effect personal service without success, then such notice shall be served upon such owner or agent within a period to be fixed by the gold commissioner before the ex- piration of the time limited in such notice. If the proprietor refuises or declines to appoint an arbitrator, or when, for any other reason, no arbitrator is appointed by the proprietor in the time limited therefor in the notice provided for in this section, the gold commis- sioner for the district in which the lands in question lie, shall, on be- ing satisfied by affidavit, that such notice has come to the knowledge of such owner, agent or occupant, or that such owner, agent or occu- pant willfully evades the service of such potice, or cannot be found, and that reasonable efforts have been made to effect such service, and that the notice was left at last place of abode of such owner, agent or occupant, appoint an arbitrator on his behalf. All arbitrators appointed under the authority of these regula- tions shall be sworn before a justice of the peace \o the impartial dis- charge of the duties assigned to them, and they shall forthwith pro- ceed to estimate the reasonable damages which the owner or occupaat of such lands, according to their several Interests therein, shall sus- tain by reason of such prospecting and mining operations. In estimating such damages the arbitrators shall determine the value of the land, irrespective of any enhancement thereof from the existence of mineral therein. In case such arbitrators cannot agree they may select a third ar- bitrator, and when the two arbitrators cannot agree upon a third arbitrator, the gold commissioner for the district in which the lands in question lie shall select such third arbitrator. The award of any two such arbitrators made in writing shall be final, and shall be filed with the gold commissioner for the district In which the lands He. If any cases arise for which no provision is made In these regu- lations, the provisions governing the disposal of mineral lands other than coal land.";, aoproved by His Excellency the Governor In Coun- cil on the 9th day ->t November, 1889, shall apply. ?c ?c ?c IVe are indf.hted for much of the information in this ■pamphlet to the Seattle Pott- Intelligencer and the Seattle Times. I '^ AN ALASKA OUTflT Retjuires yoods especially manuf;ictiirecl for that northern country. This is no- ticeably true in re<^"ird to Blankets, Clothing of all kinds and some articles of Hardware. lOspecial attention is called to the "Klondike" brand of axes and shovels; also, to the "Occident" and "Red Hot" makes of miners stoves. When we recommend a special brand the article is of extra quality. SEATLLE-ALASKA GENERAL SUPPLY CO. Inc. COMPLETE OUTFITTERS 106, 108, 110 WASHINGTON ST. WEST •^ Vy „€' ■PRMmi * I "©)t(@ @) The Whole Thing IN A NUT- We can supply you with every- thing- you need for your outfit. We g-uarantee to fill your orders SHELL ^^''*'^*^*^^*^**^q"^''ty of each article. We will save you the expense of e.xtra drayag-e, wharfag-e and freig-ht which would be incurred by shipping- in small lots. - We can afford to give extra advantag-es to those who send their orders by mail as early as possible, instead of delaying- doing- so until the time when everybody wants orders put up in a hurry. We will return to you on your arrival here any deposit-money sent us with mail orders, if our business dealing-s are not perfectly satisfactory. Seattle-Alaska General Supply Co. inc. COMPLETE OUTFITTERS 106, 106, 110 Washington Street West @. S) fT I A3De ©vx\Vv^ l^ou EVERYTHING YOU NEED OR CAN THINK OP THE LARGEST AND ONLY EXCLUSIVE MINERS' COMPLETE OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT ON THE PAGIHC COAST lw|||Tr IJX For r^iinmsci on Supplies of Groceries Cured Meats, '" **■ ' ■- *'*' Hardware, Si