Show ALASKANS SAY GOLD COLO EX GOV swiNE ORD roRD TELLS OF A YUKON SUMMER tho the average temperature is from 1 to degrees one long lon day of six weeks talk about it being hot hoi hero here todal loda said ald A P eford yesterday why tills thin is in cool weather compared compi ired to v what hat we no ret get during the Alip alillian lian summer bummer along alone una the val valley ICY of the th yukon tho the sun huings around there in ft 11 circle for three months just dipping below the th horizon part of the time for a night flight which la 14 front from three minutes to three inure lone iona it la Is one long day for or six weeks when nhen tile sun bun never sets nets find the th only night Js Is gnp on conjured up lit in tho the talk about it 11 being hot why up in the yukon valley in tile the foothills the average temperature during the nummer Is 10 to it never kalns find and the heat Is pl the atmosphere almol hore Is dry however a find and one can stand the heat heal better thlin than in india say bhore w here the heat la Is mixed alrh ili humidity thic their io I 1 it a pecullar thing about the valley of the yukon and nil all southeastern alaska in fact continued mr SIn mineford eford who front from 1815 1895 to ISO ISM wai governor of that pall pait of the united states and ja now Covern government ment In inspector opec t 0 r 0 of f a muncs t i r i es 0 ors r gen gendral c ra t and n 1 dasti t 1 lai delfi nil eg I 1 land a t id 0 fal c e s n and n i i w A ho 0 owns n n s large g e mining 1 n prop ettles in fit alaska that la Is the pei matual during the summer anost hg no matter how hot it 13 it nor how dry the mill may not fall from tile the of if june until the close of 0 summer on tho the last of yet the grabs and shrubby y will ill be as green anil in iutin lucu lant ilant as it lit 14 here now your verdure ihl on account of the rainfall la is something like that in the interior of alarca alarka daak gren green and full of life like a healthy robust man in alakna al ka however tin the luxuriance and virility of the ilia verdure la Is due to the fact thit that the ground never thaw a below 1 a I depth of six to ten tell feet no matter how hot it Is the letter hotter tile the better the frozen ground continually gives given up lip to the roots of tile the grasses and growing giavris it a alfe giving moisture tho the yukon valley lit Is like tho the valley of oc tho the red river of the north in minnesota and some pome day it it will ill tic bo tho the finest wheat growing district in the world that time mill aill not como come however until railroads rall roada are arc built into the iho heart of alaska although there are now located along the yukon many fine farms farma their owners dispo disposing ping of their crops to the hundreds of adventurous miners that have pone gone to the yukon valley to die fortunes in gold from tile tho richer placer mines that stretch along alone the tributaries tributa ries of that mighty stream I 1 bay adventurous alluding to the placer miners of the yukon and in using I 1 that list let acim ro I 1 do so advis advisedly edl y although the mines ate RICH AND casily WORKED it costs a small fortune to pet get there in condition to mine and it costs lots lota ot of money to live 11 vo and in transport the sold gold dust duit to a market the average young man uhn nho makes up hit his mind to strike for the yukon gold fields imagines that his journey Is ended nihon lie reaches junaci that he has haa but to 0 step across the country and lie la Is at the yukon he aill all find however that he J Is 4 greatly mistaken on arriving at juneau ho he mill have in ret get an cuttit that A hlll III cost him from 50 and thun he h wl will have to cross crons a wild mountainous country along indian trails lie ile will have to coobs four large laic lakes CS slid and make thice portages por before he reaches tile the yukon liver aniced there dinv inv bevc it Is comparatively easy galling until he comps comes to a likely lluc ly tributary up which he u ill have to work to a placer held field at tills this time of the ilia 5 far car the heat Is something av abul anji in ili the valleys of those little tributa tributaries ries and the miner Is 19 core com polled to wear X a closely ioven mosquito netting over ills his face all and gloves on his big hands to keep filim being blinded by the mosquitoes and black flies which swarm in countless numbers in I 1 the lie valleys so bad ale aio they that the a sleeves leeves at the wrista and the trousers at the ankles must he tied lied tightly or the little pests peats 1 MH I cial inside their sting seems seeing to be more venomous than iban that of tho the mosquito and black lly fly tier here it Is impossible to keep domestic animals in the valleys the lies files v will ill blind thorn them in a day all tile the wild animals the lelnd eer elk etc remain on oil the moun mountains tallia during tin tile summer but in oplie of all these difficulties the placer miners dig out enough gold in two or three six summers it timers to make them independent fidei e adent of oc want for tile test lest of their lives the trouble with most or of 1 liam ly 14 however that after habing uttered cd the heat of summer ond and extreme t reme cold of winter until they have accumulated aeu acu c u or 2000 JO they time como to civilization and spend their money in and gambling jinell lit in a very cry few weeks it Is all gone the placer mines bobeen lio weer are arc hut but the marking t pots pota to the vast resources of mineral health that lien anvic bound in the fee clamped domain of alaska it ii ll Is the li cheit lit in minerals of oc any country on tile the globe tharp are quaite mines all long along the pacific line but it Is 1 only recently that they have been to silly any extent the locators of tin file mines woe poor men but they have hald their mines and thus it ft 1 li that the development la Is slow the wealth of if the mines Is III becoming known however and the life min will aill soon anon be T lit in full blat blast there are mill letter quartz mines lit in the interior blut but tacy must needs lie ile idle ind undeveloped until that great chill civilizing zing medium the ilie railroad works its way into lb the heart it oc f the land anti to build it up 1111 and bring b r ing if in A the machinery the LARGEST MINE tit in tho the v boim of lit Is ia on oil douglas island it 11 Is boned oft nod by the hilds tills of new york father in law tit of whitelaw billed and two men lt 11 operates head eat of stamps ai amis each cecil working work ng ui of toua pr p r lay 1 or I an all average of hevin hundri tons lona of quartz per day an a I 1 the lie product of nil hit the life glampe the ore tt 14 low iov grad averaging about tl 1 per iier toil km that means about bood a day in purt pure gold this thin mine lias bag been in operation about three years nil and there has haa already been taken out of 0 it more in gold ilion tile the undid stotts states paid for alaska the th quartz it 1 of a pecullar peculiar nature the gold it 14 not hot found lu 10 veins hut but appears lit in tremendous hakes flakes the mine of which I 1 was speaking la Is throe three thousand feet long it Is right at LIT chii base ct a mountain anil and the quartz extends extend ile 11 feet fc ct up lis its side and it Is more than feet wide lion how much deeper it lu its than they ba have vo mined no one know P but from dla in mand ind di prospecting tile lift cent dinv has haa ascertained that by op prating elili till altin its folco slid and it has qualitz enough to last for one hull h od years chete la Is another mine adjoining on w hufh are worked eighty head of stamps douglas island Is just across the channel florn juneau find and Is about rtin nine bundled mile above seattle othor other binm alimi tz IB mines that thai have recently been opened lin improved machinery ire are on oil Baran hoff tiland island named after the old rossini Goy einor of alaska Aln sika of finnin whom irving iral arites w so ao well in its his A i istella on tills this island is ia sitka rhia the capital of alaska and till island li 14 i commonly called sitka island it 11 I 1 la about fitly fifty milt milts s down the toast coast front from juneau tile the largest mine sit on this S mand oppi aten four machines but so rich Is in the tile oil find tid so easy of arcesi le ahal 1110 net product of this mine Is 1 about I it a month about t the efeme e distance above juneau on oil sr hd arrs buy baty there are arc good quartz mines there are also mines on unan island six ix bundled miles west of I 1 it C rest uio lite gulf df 0 C alaska near the P that divide m the north arm ci t f the ocean from bering lien ea there ire are very cry rich mines on the mainland about cooks inlet there la IN a itch ilch allver mine on oil tile the north side of morion sound found milen north of the mouth of the yukon river and within the arctic circle here Is in it a feln eln of sliver silver six alx lx apt beti between veen tile walla bieh which la Is silver and lead so fine aln Is flip oro ore that the indians indiana melt alc lt it into buller bull tp lR the silver hlll A fit run I 1 ro 0 to ounces to the toil ion find and the lead from 65 to cont cent there are also large mans of bituminous calif in alaska and there ar are large mines around cooks inlet monte mont tho the north peninsula there li Is a fine FIELD OF bituminous COAL we were out one time in the iho government alp shift ind and ran in there for coal we mined it right on the beach from 9 thirty fine toot foot vein plarl ni jt in the tb boats and thui thu 4 transporting it to the vessel we vc took out between goo and tons ions and the engineer said it was waa equal to it not bottor than the best inglesh bituminous coal this Is in b two on cape Lis gisburne burne and point gobin avay aay ablove tho the bering strait str alts Bo bomidas the mincia ls alaska liah ham borek of spruce pine rl red and nd yellow cedar and hemlock aro ing alink tho coast title liue in tuf the interior the fore forcha Is ire are of if cott enwood and yellow poplar por loi the tree pro grovit whir ig to tin lin manse size tile wood Is ot of a very fine fiber and the borgis of alaska will bo be vary try valuable ahen transportation tov c arc afforded Corded af the oy to got get into inlo the country be to croc ship of seattle connecting conne eting with some of 0 the north frn coast lines and i on through british columbia to the i yukon valley and thence across to the e coall 0 aate when N V 1 ien tait that aate country 0 u Is opened by t 1 r r 0 a s it win ll 11 1 1 iq a a great for st paul paid will be the natural eastern rai tern terminus from first handl hand and along with our mines forests and agil culture alaska la in becoming the iho greatest ih producing country in the iho world and its canned halmon trade murk mark Is 14 1 4 finding its ita may ay into every country on the globe mr swineford to la in st paul on oni caal business ile he arrived tuesday morning and spent that day and ye yesterday a in an inspection of tho the office 0 of t patrick it kirnan united states aur b r beyor tor for the district of Ilin minnesota nenia mr kirwan wag wa appointed by melt dent cleveland two live 3 haift eat a age and lias has two five years year to serve nerve mr six wineford says lays that he has ham found tho the 0 olaf it in very ennd condition and he ex pee is to lo core com plate ceic hla big inspection in a a couple of lays days lie eo says eay that so far as h ho knows preble dent McK mckenley lifley bas no intention of f re moning mr kirstan until his ter lerm I 1 i haa I 1 IS expired all tire me inspected I 1 hort ly after the accession arces slon rf of a new president st paul pioneer press |