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STUDIES- IN JTHE. KLONDIKE
21. M. Cadell ReTisr Derelopment
of Rich Gold Fields in Alaska
- and Canada.
REGION HAS GREAT FUTURE
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WASHINGTON," Jrt. . In a tw-'nl
publication f tha Smithsonian Institution
II. M. Cadell report hU studies anil In
vratlffatlons of ho Klondike anil Yukon
gold field. Including an lnlratinir w1ew
of tha arty history of thla dMrirt as
wrll aa prophecy a to lt future de
velopment. The nam Klondike waa once In every
mouth, and late In the nlnteenth century
It nearly became a synonym for all that
raa rich and prmperoiia. Hut of late it
has not been o common, tta early bloom
bavin failfd awav. The sensational
pockets of fine placer Bold. Which at-,
traded hnrrtrs of hardy advrnturera froru
every quarter, nre now nearly depleted,
and no new onea have ben discovered
to maintain Ha earlier reputation. Hut
while tlila part of the Yukon dlatrirt
can no innver be called a poor man's
jsoldfleld. It atlll contalna a considerable
quantity of alluvial old which can -he
aecured I y the application of capital an. I
brain. It remains a r-aion well worth
rlaltins, for besides the nld It hna olh?r
possibilities of development. There are
many point of geographic and scientific
Intereat: in thla remote and Imperfectly
explored northwestern corner of the Brit
lh empire there are numerous problem)
waiting the discussion and Investlsatlon
of the geologist and the geographer of
tb yaars to torn '
. Ikaawi- I ly Tana,
On Ma trip of Investigation. Mr. t'sdntl
teamed up the coast from Vancouver,
and through tha Lynn canal, to Hkagway
which be tenna the gateway to tho
Yukon, and deacribea a "a wretched
litUc town with decayed wooden houses
and graaa-grown atreeta, the acene of
many robbertue. rMi and murdera at the
tiroa of the gold rush, which the police
authltiea had neither the power nor
energy to control. Hksgway Is not. and
can iwver be, f much uao to the United
Ktatea, except a an obstruction to Cana
dian progress, but might be of some ad
vantaga.to the, vaat Canadian hinterland
leaa than twenty miles Inland."
flkagway la aurrounded on three aittaa
by a plateau of steep and rugged moun
tana through which two tralia lead to
'.he nortth over tha White Horee and the
ChMcoot raaaea, up whoa wild and dif
ficult ravlnea thousands of fortune
seekers trekked and siru-W with their
heavy pack. tool and tent In tha mad
rush to tha expected Kl Dorado over tU4
miles away. - Boon- after the gold u
found in quantities, a mountain railroad
waa biilit up the White I'tss from
Hkagwa.y to the summit and on to take
Itcnnett, a dUtanca of forty mile, trav
ersing a wild and 'Ice-worn plateau of
glgantlo proportions,. atrewn with
moralnea; sprinkled over with lakes, and
enclosed by anowy peak S.000 to 1,000
feet In height. .--.. i
Beaaett Js Deierlei.
At the head of Lake Hennett Ilea tha
deserted town of Dennett, where, at
tha time of the gold rush, there wern
lodcad aome 600 people in houses, htita
and tenia, but the only building now
atandlng besides tha railroad atatlon ia
a wooden I'reebyterlan church, which
hows that at least a few rinhteoua me a
were among that sordid crowd. It waa
her that tha first proactora and min
ers got into boats and. ranoea and nav
igated their frail craft through lakea
and raplda for tha remaining (31 mile
of thtlr venturesome Journey to Dawson
City. Tha luat streuh of tha railroad
from fkagway run along Lake Hennett
to White Horse, a few miles above Lako
. taberge, where safo navigation down
tha Lewes river to Daw sen begins.
Although great Ice fields ot, tha early
agca swept tha greater portion of North
America they missed the region of the)
Klondike, and consequently lit gjlil pro
ducing ' deposits remained Intact until
tha early prospectors discovered them.
Th Yukon gold field la confluad matily
to the vicinity vi Dawsun Ctiy, allliough
mail quantities of - gold can ba found
In tha aand of th Yukon lor hundred
ot mile up tha valley.
DUovrrr of a)4 tm Klos.eUke.
Diawson City is situated on th alluvial
flat where th Yukon i Joined by tha
Klondike river, two tributaries of whkti
r th famous Bonanza, crock and. Hun
ker creek. Although traces of gold wra
Usoovrad in th Yukon vaJley In about
i. It waa twelve years later, In MM,'
tvfore It waa found in lha Big Salmon
and in tha Lewes, felly and Stewart
rivers. Kive years afterward Gears jold
waa found on tha Forty mil, a tributary
of tha Yukon, below Dawson, s-nd In
1&94-18I th discoveries ot Hob Hendur
on and George Cormack, In Hunker
and Bonansa creeks ' drew miners into
Klondike valley from 11 quarters, fro
tiigtoua quantities of. gold were' soon
found in Vonansa creek and many mtn
, era mad fortune la a short time,' but
unfortunately most of th gold waa spent
foolishly or In debaucnery. On man la
aid to have taken uj0,a out of a claim
lguty-slx feet by Sua feet, but, ao th
ntory goes, be spent It in a few years
and Utod In poverty. The qutckvst for
tune on record waa aecured by two nuin
wbo cleaned up gold to tha value of
in twenty-seven hours. Klortea of
th proceedings at Klondike during thusc
''golden days'' are not edifying, but point
to tha moral that wealth too easily and
quickly won la apt to work liL
Tba total output in Wrt was S10.oc.too
flora which figure it jumped six- million
annually until 1W0, when tha . produc
tion reached l.i7u.(W. tie hlghent point
' Frout tbla point a aleady detitn began
vr.Ul in 1st, when it waa li.sA.liL- at
which time hydraullcklng and dredging
bt-Ktut and tbe tH output roe siowty
until it was IJ.01li.tll in lll It has been
"tiinUd that only about . l.tlXi.tou
worth ot uld remains to ba pruducvd,
out of th original amlUU amount of
At tha height ot tha i,oom In tha win
ter ct 114 population of Dawson l
satd U have reaubed i, recent y, how
ever, it baa dwindled down ta leaa lhau
Z.OUO peile. .
Mow Umli Is Rewrd.
Tl.e various processus of recovering
k iKl la tills recion fill under lur main
ixads: liidlvi.lunU. by washing uifca
ravels nh shovl and pan.' or by
nlui. ing uu flume Bud slul.e boa; small
fartlea. by workinii drift with niilin
) i scrapers and alules, or drift milling
in shafts and s'uicu; ai.d caplUlists, by
dredging with powerlul niechatikaJ
pUnta, hydraulic siuh:lng with moailore,
ur turning and stamping i in mills. Tho
fir t cl&aa in' luj. s "ptor men's diggings, "
a lid tl.e Hi on. I retiuires more ftikaiutaj
r!iri !'! mechaiil' J atiility. but a
suc'H-tsfu) mn i'l tie ftret nuy tmomt
a men.ber vt the i?coiid clAa. While the
fiit to is-s ieiuiie fslriy rich
giound, cn.y men uun encepttonal ability
and amp'r isr tnJ ran reach th third
;s kixt wj:k the luw-grade pUcer
r: akela c. quarts veiia o'Vafulfjr.
'i aiUr dtrcrilie Hi aciati the sev
eral methods of extracting gold from the
frnsen Klondike field, baaed upon his
personal observations, and shows how
man has changed the topography of thla
district, especially In the valleye; first
the drift miner turned the gravel upside
down, then the dredgers plowed it nil
over sgnln and threw It Into great
ridcea of stone with mud banks between,
and. finally, where there were white
rrsvels on the high ground, the hydraulic
"giants" washed them down Into great
fin-shaped conea. sometimes reaching
across the entire valley, completely bury
ing all below, damming no gul lea end
producing new lake. All of which opera
tions hav mad tough problems for the
future geologist.
The fast territory ' of the Yukon dis
trict Is Imperfectly explored, and although
It Is far north, the climate In summer l
warm and favorable for agriculture and
.rasing. Exploration Is now readily ef
fected from Dawson, and Mr. Cadell
hopes that fresh enterprise will raveal
new resources that will lead to th per
manent settlement of this remote and al
most tinlnhsblted outpoet.
RED SQUIRREL IS KILLED
BY A PASSING AUTOMOBILE
The dead body of a squirrel In tha
roadway at Farnam and Thirty-aecond
streets yesterday waa a reminder of
an unusual auto accident, by which the
animal had been caught under the whee.a
of a pssslng machine.
Hee Want Ads Prodm-e 'tes'ilts.
Fort is to Attend
Eeunion of the Old
- Time Railroaders
Tm mute east from ten daya spent on
the Pacific coast, moat of the time In
Ran Franclaco, Oerrit Fort, paseenKer
traffic manager of the Union Pacific, Is
In town. From her Mr. Fort goes to
Cedar Rapids, la., where Friday and Sat
urday he will attend a reunion of the old
time employ of tha Burlington. Cedar
Rapids At Northern railroad, long sine
absorbed by the Rock Island.
Mr. Fort will be on of tha principal
kieakers at th reunion, which will end
Saturday night with a banquet. When he
quit the road, twenty-eight years ano,
he waa clerk In the office of the super
intendent. As to conditions on the Fatiflc coast.
Mr Fort haa this to say:
"Th exposition at Ban Francisco has
been a wonderful success and th attend
ance la holding up well. People from
the east continue to pour Into California
and residents of the state are now visit
ing the exposition In large numbers. Th
finances of the corporation are In good
condition and all of the debts have been
taken car of. Indication point to a
successful closing of the big show and
with th balance on the right side of the
ledger.
California has rslsed one of the
greatest fruit crops In It nlstory. The
citrus fruit Is of an excellent quality and
Is being rapidly moved toward the east
ern mniket, thoiiKh I should ear tiidt
fully C5 pr cnt remains on the trees. '
STUDENT AT'UNI OF OMAHA
IS CALLED BY DEATH
Word was received Wednesday after
noon of the death of Miss Gladys Hsng
hart of Maquoketa, la. Miss Rnngjart
was n freshman at the T'nlverslty of
Omaha and toward the close of the
school season suffered a nervous break
down from overstudy. Her condition Im
proved somewhat and it was thought
that she would be able to resume her
studies this semester, but other compli
cations set In which resulted In her
death.
M as Banghart was one of th most
popular students In school. She wss sec
retary of her class and connected with
the "tiateway," the school publication,
he ranked as on, of the best students,
ami It was while trying to maintain bi t
high standard that ahe broke down. A,
number of floral decorations were for
wnrtled to her home by her former class
males. Miss Uanghart was tho sifter
oft Mrs. B. H. Grant, an Instructor In
oratory at the University of Omaha.
ADAM BEDE STOPS OFF
FOR A DAY IN OMAHA
Former Congressman J. Adam Pede of
Duluth was In Omaha during the day on
his way to Carroll. Ia. Just now he Is '
engaged in promoting some Irrigating
land projects In Montana, but is as full
of political enthusiasm as ever.
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