From the coast to the Golden Klondike
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is referenced by: https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/phil-lind-klondike-gold-rush-collection
is part of: Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection
creator: Spurr, Edward
issued: 2024-02-07T00:26:40Z
issued: 2024-02-07
created: 1897-09
description: "From the coast to the Golden Klondike" clipped from the September, 1897 issue (vol. XXX) of Outing.
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/plind/items/1.0446538/source.json
extent: 20 pages : illustrations, black and white
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note: . a & * L C 7 : 5 Pa & s s § @ f * | 3 : \na j 5 4 P E f â 3 : f s â | | | | I + | COUTING. V orm.n XXX. SEPTEMBER, 189;. No.: 0. ~â wae 4 DRIVING A BARGAIN WITH THE NATIVES. FROM THE CoAST To THE GOLDEN KLONDIKE. THE RECORD OF AN OFPFRICIAL JOURNEY. By Edward Spurr. & :: : MB question of In order to gather reliable information the veracity of the r um o+ s from time to time reaching the Government as to the mineral wealth, esâ peaally in gold, of the upper Yukon disâ triet of Alaska, and the conditions uncer and means by and times of the year at w hich the district could best be reached, were in the ecarly part of last year subjects of depattmental consideration. on the geological questions involved, and, incidentally, of conurse, some others, I, in the spring of 1596, as a member of the Unmited States Geological Survey,. was officially requested to undeftake a journey into the imterior of Alaska, I had never been west of Utah, and, judgeing from the tew accounts of trayâ elers who have written concerning this remote region of central and northern Alaska, the difficultics were conmsider able. Only one season was possible, and that was the nearâapproaching one of high summer, and ouly two routes are available.snOne must either go to St. Michae!, in the Bbehring Sea, and thence Copyrighted, ®n7, by the OUTING Publishing Company. All rights reserved. HIGH SUMMER IN THE CHILKOOT PASS. Painted for OUTING by J. L. Weston,. From a photo by the author. RrROM THBCOASF 10 THE COLDEN KLQNLIIX E. 523 up the River Yukon, from its outlet to the beginning of its headwaters, some fifteen hundred miles; or land at some point on the Pacific, cross the head of land, and tap the headwaters of the Yukon at their source, fin either event the journey must be completed before September, when the Yukon freezes, and Alaskas aAretic winter of the utmost rigor sets in and grips its vise. Y¥et the possible novelties which the country offered, both from a scientific and from a personal stand…
note: \u00E2 { 1932 OUTING FOR SEPTEMBER. way, and with our little tentâfly as a sail we went mertiây skimming along. "Ihe further we went, however, the harder the wind blew, and the rougher became the water, so that when about halfâway down the lake we made a landing to esâ cape a heavy squall. After dinner, it seemed from our snug little cove as if the wind and waves had abated, and so âmwe put out again. On getting well away from the sheltering shore we found it sougher thau ever ; but while we wefe eating dinner we had seen Cleopatraâs barge go past, its square bows nearly buried in foaming water, and had seen it apparently run ashore on the opposite side of the lake, some miles further down. Once out, thereâ fore, we steered for the place where the scow had been beached, for the purpose of giving aid if any were mecessaty. n the run over we shipped water reâ peatedly over both bow and stern, and sometimes were in imiminent danger of swamping, but by skillful handling we gaiued the shelter of a little nook about half a mile from the open beach on which the scow was lying, and landed. We then walked along the shore to the scow, and we found them all right, they having beached their ecraft voluntarily, on account of the froughnmess of the water. However, we had had about enough navigation for one day, so we did not again venture out. Presently another little boat came seudding down the lake through the white water, and shot in alongside of the Skookum. It was a party of minersâthe young Irishâ man whom I had overtaken on the trail to Sheep Camp, and mis three â parcdâ ners.* It was not an ideal spot where we all camped, beimne simply a steep rocky slope at the foot of elffis. When the time, caime to sleep we had some ditâ feulty in finding places smooth and leve! enough to lie down comfortably, but fnally all were scattered, around here and there in various places of conâ cealment among the rocks. I had clearâ ed a space close under a big bowlder, of exactly my length a…
has type: Clippings; Periodicals
spatial: Yukon
spatial: Alaska
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0446538
language: English
subject: Spurr, Edward
subject: Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries
subject: Northwest, Canadian--Description and travel
provider: Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New York : Outing Publishing Company
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection. RBSC-ARC-1820-01-16
type: Text