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Maps, plates, charts, etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams Illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmte A des taux de reduction diff Arents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul clicSi0, il est film* A partir de I'angle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n6cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 12 3 4 5 6 Guide TO TME V yj c NEW ELDORADO ABOUT THE 00LDFIBLD8. THB CLIMATE. METHODS OF MINING. MINEB8' CBRTIFI0ATB8. LAW AND ORDER. FOOD PRODUCTS OF THB YUKON. THB SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE TO THE KLONDYKB ALL THB YEAR ROUND. '—""~^~"~~~"" 8. OUTFITS, PROVISIONS, PACKING, Ao. 9. LIST OF ARTICLES FOR OUTFIT, AND THE PROVISIONS REQUIRED. 10. COST OF JOURNEY FROM LIVERPOOL TO KLONDYKB, INCLUDING PROVI- SIONS FOR ONE YEAR AND COMPLETE OUTFIT. 11. REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLACER MINING (ILLUSTRATED) REGULATIONS GOVERNING DREDGING MINERALS. WITH 12ARGE MAP. The KLONDYKE &COLUMBJ RN PASSENGER RCENCY 1<0ND0N , .9; LfrDOATf: ///U £ r: BRITISH ( OllJMl^lA , WHA/^F .s' I'A r^^/'/i. B r NT.W YORK, /^£ /n/^^v.^n^' ^ (n _ ■ ■ ^'"^ STATf: M-pf/r VAN(()UVr:f<, DAWSON (ITY ^( F pc^fl^^ Kb' THE KLONDYKE & COLUMBIAN PASSENGER AGENCY U WOMMMD n OOKKMTIO* WRB tBM KLONDYKE A COLUMBIAN BOLDFIELDS, Limited. .1- CAPITAL . . £100,000, OIVIDBD INTO 96.000 Ordinary Shares of £1 aach. 5,000 Deferred Sharea of £1 eaeh. *\^\^\f\^\^\i DIRECTORATE. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Th« Hov. J. H. TURNER, Premier of British Colambis. The HOH. 0. B. P00LB7, QC, Fretideat of tho Connoil, British Colombia. JOSEPH fiOSCOWITZ, Esq.. Victoria, B.C. LONDON. J. MORRIS CATTON. ChairmtM. OOL. A. BURTON BROWN, R.A., F.Q.S. H. CHESTER- MASTER. J. DB LARA COHEN. Bankers. BROWN, JANSON, k CO., Abchai«h Lane. London, B.C. BANK OF BRITIBH COLUMBIA, Victoria, B.C. Offices. 64 Victoria Street, Londoo, B.C. Wharf Street, Victoria, British Columbia Dawson City. KLONDYKE. "1%^ I. ABOUT THE C0LDFIELD8. Actual results have demonstrated beyond doubt the boundless wealth which exists in the Klondyke district of the Dominion of Canada. The well- known Canadian official, Mr. William Ogilvie, whose reliability is unquestioned, says : — " The richness of the country is beyond dispute. I have no hesitation in saying that there are £20,000,000 in sight to-day, tested and proved, not to speak of what may be found the next year or the year after. It will take years merely to prospect the country. There are 7,000,000 miles of territory. [The total area of the United Kingdom is 121,481 square miles.] " Bonanza and Eldorado creeks aflford between them 278 claims ; the several affluents will yield as many more, and all of these claims are good. I have no hesitation in saying that 100 of those on Bonanza will yield upwards of $80,000,000. Claim thirty on Eldorado will yield a million in itself, and ten others will yield from ;^100,000 upwards. These two creeks will, I am quite con- fident, turn out from $60,000,000 to $75,000,000, and I can safely say that there is no other region in the world of the same extent that has afforded in the same length of time so many homestakcs — fortunes enabling: the owners to go home and enjoy the remainder of their days." . . . " We must have from 90,000 to 100,000 square miles, which, with proper care, judicious handling and better facilities for the transportation of food and utensils, will be the largest, as it is the richest gold field the world has ever Imown." . . . "That country offers to men of great fortitude and some intelligence and steadiness an oppor- tunity to malce more money in a given time than they possibly could maice anywhere 2 else." ..." I object to the use of the name Klondyke, because that is so small a portion of the territory up there in the Yukon region, in com- parison with which the area of the Klondyke would not compare any more than my hand would with that blackboard, and nearly all that vast stretch of country has yet to be prospected." Dr. Dawson, Director-General, Geological Survey of Canada, says : — " I consider the Yukon destined to be the greatest mining: country the world ever saw. I anticipate that the recent discoveries will lead to the development of quart/ mining, in which is the staple wealth of any mining coun- try. Experienced prospectors have already found a number of valuable gold quartz discoveries in the Yukon district, and many more arc sure to follow." Inspector Strickland, of the Canadian North- West Mounted Police, says :— •'There has been no exaggeration. I have seen nothing in the newspapers in regard to the richness of the field that is not true. Great strikes have been made, but the amount of gold is unlimited. There are hundreds of creeks rich in gold-bearing placers, never yet entered by the prospectors. Of course, all the claims in the creeks now opened are taken up, but these are only beginnings, I believe, of much greater finds." 2. THE CLIMATE. The climates of the coast and interior are unlike in many respects. A strip of the mainland back to the mountains and its fringe of islands has a temperate climate not unlike Norway, with little zero weather but a heavy rainfall and a profuse vegetation. The interior has a wide range of heat and cold. The mildness of the coast is due to the Japan current, a warm stream ir» the Pacific Ocean that strikes the coast of British Columbia, and dividing, sends one branch northward to meet another branch which strikes the Aleutian Islands and expends its force in Bering Sea. The climate of the interior is one of rigorous cold in winter, Avith a short hot summer, especially days when the sky is clear. The day of mid-winter on the upper Yukon has the sun in sight less than four hours, while in mid-summer it hardly gets dark. The records of the Canadian Mounted Police at Fort Constantine during the winter of 189G~7 showed the first zero weather on November 10, and the last on April 20. It never rose above zero from December 10 to February 0. The lowest temperature was 76 degrees below on January 27, and on 24 days it went 60 below. The cold is easy to bear when a man is suitably clothed. Men in good health can live well and in comfort. Sixty degrees below zero in Klondyke does not strike so cold as a few degrees of frost in London, the reason being that one is a dry cold and the other a damp one. 3. METHODS OF MINIKC. The mining ia mostly winter mining. The claims are worked and the dirt thrown up on the dump. It is washed out in the summer. Thero ai'e three methods employed by miners in working placer ground : 1st. Pajming. — This is by means of a broad shallow dish made of iron or copper. Into this the miner lifts a shovelful of gravel and sand. He then puts in water enough to fill the pan and gives a few whirls and shakes., which tends to settle the gold to the bottom on account of its greater weight. The dish is then shaken in such a way that the gravel and the sand are washed out, leaving the yellow treasure at the bottom, mixed with black sand or pulverised iron ore. If the gold is fine it can be gathered with quicksilver, forming amalgam. So far, the Klon- dyke miner has rot troubled himself to save the fine gold. Panning has been the most common method so far. 2)1(1. Bochlng.- -A rocker is simply a box about three feet long and two feet wide, made in two parts, the top part being shallow, with a heavy sheet iron bottom full of quarter-inch holes. The other part of the box is fitted with an inclined shelf about midway in its depth, which is six or eight inches lower at its lower end than at its upper. Over this is placed a piece of heavy woollen blanket. The whole is then mounted on two rockers, much resembling those of an ordinary cradle, and, when in use, they are placed on two blocks of wood, so that the whole may be easily rocked. After the miner has selected his claim, a2 he looks for the most convenient place to set his " rocker," which must be near a good supply of water. Then he proceeds to clear away all the stones and coarse gravel, gathering the finer gravel and sand near the rocker. The shallow box on top is filled with this, and with one hand the miner rocks it, while with the other he ladles in water. The finer matter, with the gold, falls through the holes on the blanket, which checks its progress and holds the fine particles of gold, while the sand and other matter passes over it to the bottom of the box, which is sloped so that what comes through is washed downward and finally out of the box. Across the bottom of the box are fixed thin slats, behind which mercury is placed to catch any particles of gold which may escape the blanket. If the gold is nuggety the largest are found in the upper box, their weight detaining them until all the lighter stuff has passed through, and the smaller ones are held by a deeper slat at the outward end of the bottom of the box. The piece of blanket is at intervals taken out and rinsed into a barrel. If the gold is fine, mercury is placed at the bottom of the barrel and amalgam formed. The process is continued until enough amalgam has been formed to pay for roasting or firing. It is then squeezed through a buckskin bag, all the mercury that comes through the bag being put back into the barrel to serve again, and what remains in the bag is placed in a retort, if the miner has one, or, if not, on a shovel, and heated until nearly all the mercury is vapourised : the gold then remains in a lump, with some mercury still held in combination with it. Srcl Sluicing. — This method is employed when possible. It requires a good supply of water with sufficient head or fall. The process is as follows : Planks are procured and formed into a box of suitable width and depth. Slats are fixed across the bottom of the box at suitable intervals, or shallow holes bored in tbo bottom in such order that no particle could run along the bottom in a straight line and escape without running over a hole. Several of these boxes are then set up with a considerable slope, and are fitted into one another at the ends like a stovepipe. A stream of water is now directed into the upper end of the liighest box, and the gravel having been collected as in tho case of tho rocker, it \h Bhovolled into the upper box and is washed downward by the strong current of water. The gold is detained by its weight and is hold by tlie slats or the holes mentioned. If it is fine, mercury is placed behind the slats or in these holes to catch it. In this way about three times as much dirt can be washed as by the rocker, and consequently three times as much gold is secured, in a given time. After the boxes are done with they are burned, and the ashes wanlied for the gold hold in the wood. Mr. Ogilvio says : — " A great many of the miners spend their time in the summer prospecting, and in the winter resort to a method lately adopted, and which is called ' burning.' They make fires on the surface, thus thawing the ground until the bed rock is reached, then drift and tunnel ' the pay dirt is brought to the surface and heaped in a pile until spring, when water can be obtained. Tne sluice boxes are then set up and the dirt is washed out, thus enabling the miner to work advantageously and profitably tho year round. This method has been found very satisfactory in places where the pay streak is at any great depth from the surface. In this way the complaint is overcome which has been so commonly advanced by miners and others, that in the Yukon several months of the year are lost in idleness. Winter usually sets in very soon after the middle of September, and continues until the beginning of June, and is decidedly oold. The mercury frequently falls to 60 degrees below zero, but in the interior there is so little humidity in the atmosphere that the cold is more easily endured than on the coast. The tempera- ture runs pretty high in summer, as well as low in the winter ; it is quite a common thing for the thermometer to register 80-90 degrees in the shade. There is continuous daylight from the middle of May until the early part of August, but in the depth of winter there is little more than three hours of partial daylight in the twenty- four. So that constant daylight for a portion of the ^ear and almost total darkness for another portion might very well create doubts in one's mind as to what portion of the day in either case should be given to sleep. In the summer months it is possible for a miner to put in as many hours as he has the power to endure the physical strain. Constant daylight admits of several shifts of men being employed, and in this way mining operations may go on continuor.sly throughout every hour of the day." 4. MINERS' CERriFIGATEt. Persons going to tlio Klondyko region with tLo intention of mining should first obtain a Frco Minors' Cortificatc, without tho possession of which no right or interest in a mining claim will be recognised by the Canadian Government. These Frco Miners' Certificates can be procured (upon pergonal application only) from the Collectors of Customs at Vancouver and Victoria. 5. LAW AND ORDER. Although for the moment there is nc really organised government in tho new district, there is a surprising regard for life and property rights. Few cases of disorder or theft have been reported, and no dangerous or fatal assaults nave occurred. Tho miner stands so much in need of protection fur his life and property that ho is deeply concerned in niahitaining a strong government. Ho with his associates join together in preserving order, and willingly assist the few ofricials sent to repre- sent tho homo authorities. Tho Dominion has mounted police at all principal points in its territory. 6. FOOD PRODUCTS OF THE YUKON. As to these Mr. Ogilvie reports : — In the town of Fortymile, close to the Yukon, potatoes, radishes, turnips, cabbage, and lettuco have been grown with fair success, especially the last-named. Another garden, in a fairly -situated well-sheltered spot, at Cudahy, gave fair radishes, turnips, cabbage, and lettuce. Very fair potatoes were grown on an island at tho mouth of the Sixtymile, in the Yukon, by Mr. Harper. 7. THE SHORTEST AND BEST ROUTE TO THE KLONDYKE. The best route is undoubtedly that selected after careful inquiry on the spot by the agents of the Klondyke and Columbian Passenger Agency, viz., that known as the Dyea route over the Chilkoot Pass to Lake Lindeman, thence down river by boat to Dawson City. The difliculties of transportation over the Pass which existed last year have now been removed by the con- struotion by tho Chilkoot Railroacl and Transport Company of a railroacl and aerial tramwa>. It formerly required from twenty to thirty days of toil and peril to deliver an outfit and provisions from Dyea to Lake Lindeman. This feat is now accomplished in twenty-four hours. Tho Klondyko and Columbian Passenger Agency haH made special preferential arrange- ments at high rates with tho above-named trans- port and tramway company for the carriage of freight over the Pass for the advantage of passengers booking by their through route from England, liy this arrangement tho journey is reduced by twenty-livo days, and with tho special trailic, dining, and sleeping arrangements made by tho Agency with steamship companies and the Canadian Pacific Railway, tho entire jo noy from Liverpool to Dawson City can be com£>l< ted in about twenty-eight days. The St. Michael and ViikonRiver rr ■ o is 4,iOO m'lca from tho Pacific Coast, as agriinst 1,57' by liio Dyea route, and no reliability can be pLwcd upon it. The navigation of the Yukon is diiricult and uncertain, the river boats being frequently stranded, and passengers delayed for months. 8. OUTFITS, PROVISIONS, PACKING, Ac. Much attention has been paid to these questions by the officials of the Agency on tho Pacific Coast. It is only by pi'actical experience that it is possible to secure the best and most suitable outfit for mining pui-poses, and to obtain the right class and quantity of supplies properly packed. The advantage to the intending Klondikcr of expert advice as to the supply of outfit and provisions, and tho best methods of packing, can hardly be over-estimated. Tho Klondyko and Columbian Passenger Agency supplies all the necessary experience. There are numerous difficulties connected with the journey of which nothing is known in England. It is already impossible tc secure passages on steamers to Dyea unless they are engaged some weeks ahead. Rates for baggage and passengers on tho Coast are changing almost from hour to hour, so great is the demand. On arrival at the Pacific Coast the voyager is ignorant of the best steamer on which to take his 8 passage. In a strange country he is at the mercy of the first canvasser ; in a strange town he is in the hands of the store-keeper who undertakes to provide him with a miner's outfit for an exorbitant sum, omitting many of the most important and more expensive necessaries. He is pushed into Laying provisions utterly inadequate and un- suitable for a year's sojourn in a gold-mining country. He is plagued by Customs ofiicials, and without experience and knowledge is generally at the mercy of hacks all round. All these difficulties, annoyances, loss of money and temper are smoothed away by the officials of the Klondyke and Columbian Passenger Agency. Not only do they provide first-class through transportation, including all meals en route by train, and sleeping accommodation, but have arranged so comprehensive an organisation in England, in New York, and on the Pacific Coast — Victoria, Vancouver, &c. — that a person going to the Klondyke under their guidance is provided with a miner's outfit complete in every detail, and of the best articles procurable ; with provisions of the best quality sufficient to last for one year, and with a boat on arrival at river navigation at Lake Lindeman, whence he can go down stream to Dawsou City, either quickly or slowly at his leisure. Last, but not least, he is met on the arrival of the train at Vancouver by the officials of the Agency on the Pacific Coast ; taken to Victoria to receive his outfit and provisions, and is then personally conducted right through with his freight (a most important consideration) to Lake Lindeman. He is relieved of all trouble and responsibility from the moment he leaves England. The following is a carefully compiled list of the provisions and articles of outfit supplied by the Agency to each passenger on arriving at Victoria. Every article is of the best quality, and will cover fully every demand : — nip 9. PROVISIONS. 50 lbs. Apples, Evaporated 25 „ Apricots, Evaporated 160 „ Bacon, Breakfast 80 „ Bread, Pilot 75 „ Beans 10 „ Baking Powder 1 doz. Beef Extract, 4-oz. tins 9 80 lbs. Beef, Dried 24 „ Beef, Corned, 2-lb. tins 12 2-lb tins Butter 50 lbs. Com Meal 20 „ Candles 12 „ Coffee 6 M Chocolate 10 „ Currants 800 „ Flour 1 ,. Ginger, Ground 1 bot. 8 oz. Ginger, Jamaica 50 lbs. Hams 4 doz. Milk, Condensed 1 lb. Mustard 1 tin Matches 10 lbs. Onions, Evaporate^ lib. Pepper, Black, ground 1 „ Pepper, Cayenne 25 lbs. Prunes 65 „ Peaches or Pears, Evaporated 50 „ Potatoes, Evaporated 25 „ Peas Split 60 „ Rolled Oat 3 50 „ Rice 100 „ Sugar, Granulated lib. Spices, Mixed 20 lbs. Salt 28 „ Soap, Cook's English Soap, Castile lobars Soap, Carbolic 1 gal. Syrup 10 lbs. Tea 7 „ Tobacco 6 bots. Vinegar, Condensed 10 lbs. Vegetables, Compressed 5 10-lb. tins Vegetable Biscuits 2 doz. Yeast Cakes 2 lbs. Citric Acid CLOTHING AND BEDDING. 1 suit Mackinaw Clothinj?, heavy 1 pair Mackinaw Pants, ex. heavy 1 Mackinaw Shirt 1 Tweed Shirt, heavy 1 AU-Wool Sweater 1 Mackinaw Hood 1 Wide-brimmed Hat 1 Fur Cap 2 pairs H.B.C. All-Wool Blankets 1 Sleeping Bag 2 suits All-Wool Underwear, heavy 2 „ All-Wool Underwear, lighter 6 pairs Arctic Sox 2 „ German Sox 1 pair Buckskm Mitts Woollen Mitts A a 10 1 pair Moose Moccasins 1 „ Miner's Leather Boots 1 „ Snagproof Rubber Boots 1 suit Oil Clothing 1 OU Hat 1 Duck Canvas Tent, G x 8 x 2 1 Toboggan Sleigh 1 piece Mosquito Netting 1 pair Snow Glasses 1 Earth Cloth 1 Waterproof Clothes Bag COOKING UTENSILS. 1 stove, "Yukon" 1 Baking Pan 1 Bread Pan, 10 qt. 1 Coffee Pot, 2 qt. 1 Fry Pan 8, 4, 6, 8 qt. Cov. Pails, Granite 1 Pie Plate 1 Knife and Fork 1 Tea and Table Spoon 1 14-in. Granite Spoon 1 14-qt. Galvanised Pail 1 Granite Saucepan TOOLS, &c. 1 Pick 1 Pick Handle 1 Shovel 1 Gold Pan 1 Axe 1 Hatchet 1 Whipsaw 1 Hand Saw 1 Jack Plane 1 Brace 4 Bits, assorted 1 8in. Mill File 1 6-in. Mill File 1 pkg. Bivets 1 Draw Knife 1 1^-in. Chisel 10 lbs. Oakum 10 „ Pitch 2 „ Tallow 1 Caulking Chisel 6 lbs. 20d. Nail 5 „ lOd. Nails 200 ft. Five-eighth Rope 1 Single Block 1 pair Rowlocks 1 Axe Stone 1 Emery Stone 2 Wedges 11 SUNDRIES. 1 Medical Outfit 1 Sled 1 Tape Measure 1 Compass Revolver Belt and Cartridges 1 Solder Outfit 1 Knife and Sheath 1 Pack Strap 1 pair Snow Shoes 10. THROUGH RATE, INGLUDINC PR0YI8I0H8, OUTFIT, Ac. The rate charged by the Elondyke and Columbian Passenger Agency for the foregoing supplies, outfit, services, boolcins: from Liverpool (first class all through), is £300, and the following is the route :— Liverpool to New York. White Star Liner, s> loon. New York to Vancouver.* Canadian Pacific Railway, including meals and sleeper from Montreal, which is 12 hours from New York. • At Vancouver passengers will be met by the officials of the Klondyke nii a z o mmm CO (5 z >^ o o OQ I CD O i > o z 111 o o z Id (J) 0) < Q. I Z s O o 111 >■ Q z o > c o 3 o CD c H n g ^ w EH O 7^ ^ m • DIAGRAM rJo. 3. SECTIONAL PLAN OF A RIVER CLAIM. DIAGRAM No, 4. .SHEWING HOW CLAIMS ARE TO BE'STAKED. PLAN OF A CREEK OR GULCH CLAIM. PLAN OF A RIVER CLAIM It face tho claim, and on each pont Hholl bo written, on the Hide facing the claim, a legible notice stating the name or number of the claim, or both if poBsible, its length in feet, the date when staked, and the full Christian and surnanio of the locator. IG. Every alternate ten claims shall be reserved for tho Government of Canada. That is to say, when a claim in located, the disoovercr's claim and nine additional claims adjoining each other and numbered consecutively will be open for registration. Then tho next ten claims of 2S0 feet each will be reserved for tho Government, and so on. The alternate group of claims reserved for the Crown shall be disposed of in such manner as may be decided by the Minister of the Interior. 17. The penalty for trespassing upon a claim reserved for the Crown shall bo immediate cancellation by tho Mining Recorder of any entry or entries which the person trespassing nmy have obtained, whether by original entry or purchase, for a mining claim, and tho refusal by the Mining Itccorder of the acceptance of any application which the person trespassing may at any time make foi a claim. In addition to such penalty, the Mounted rolico, upon a requisition from the Mining Kecorder to that effect, shall take tho necessary steps to eject the trespasser. 18. In defining the size of claims, they shall bo mea- sured horizontally irrespective of inequalities on the surface of the ground. 19. If any free miner or party of free miners discover a new mine, and such discovery shall bo established to tho satisfaction of the Mining Recorder, creek, river, or hill claims of the following size shall be allowed, namely: — To one discoverer, one claim, 500 feet in length. To a party of two discoverers, two claims, amounting together to 1,000 feet in length. To each member of a party beyond two in number, a claim of the ordinary size only. 20. A new stratum of auriferous earth or gravel situated in a locality where the claims have been abandoned shall for this purpose be deemed a new mine, although the same locality shall have been previously worked at a different level. 21. 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 " in the schedule hereto, 22. A claim shall be recorded with the Mining Recorder in whose district it is situated, within ten days after the location thereof, if it is located within ten miles of the Mining Recorder's office. One extra day shall be allowed for evei'y additional ten miles or fraction thereof. 23. In the event of the claim being more than one hundred miles from a Recorder's office, and situated where other claims are being located, the free miners, not less than five in number, are authorised to meet and appoint one of their number a " Free Miners' Recorder," who shall act in that capacity until a Mining Recorder is appointed by the Gold Commissioner. 24. The "Free Miners' Recorder" shall, at the earliest possible date after his appointment, notify the nearest Govei-nment Mining Recorder thereof, and upon the arrival of the Government Mining Recorder, he shall deliver to him his records and the fees received for recording the claims. The Government Mining Recorder shall then grant to each free miner whose name appears in the records, an entry for his claim on form "I" of theae 10 ' regulations, provided an application haa been made by him in ncoordunce with form " H " thereof. Tlie entry to date from the time lliu " Free Miners' llecorder" recorded the application. 25. If the " Free Miners' Recorder" fails within three months to notify the nearest Government Mining Recorder of his appointment, the claims which he n)uy have recorded will be ciuicellod. 20. During thu absence of the Mining Recorder from his otfice, the entry for ii claim may bo granted by any person whom he may appoint to perfonu his duties in his absence. 27. Entry shall not be grantc^A .v^ V/cw/^/A,3( NEW YORK , A £ JO//JV6O/V A Co 2S STAfE SmEEr