Show THREE MILLIONS IN GOLD DUST taken from the klondyke diggings last winter governor of the northwest territory brings further particulars of the great gold finds miners will not get to the mines until winter sets in chicago joly 20 K wear vice president ol 01 the north american company ie receiving hundreds of letters asking information regarding the alaska gold fields he said today the boats which eail from seattle thie month are full every passage taken that means that anyone who wants to go to klondyke must wait for august boats the journey is miles people talk about it as it it was walking across the estreet they dont realize what alaska is what the yukon is they will need a map to convince them of the truth that the country of atie yukon and its tributaries in alaska 1 british america as as large as the whole united states east of the mississippi that it is longer than a trip to europe before they reach the bering aea and the mouth of the yukon that by alie time they strike the yukon the alaskan acidic winter will be upon them by september 20 the winter settles down and the yukon country is frozen solid 1111 next may the expense of petting from chicago to seattle is 60 and from seattle to the bering sea there will be thousands of eastern men who will go but of course the coast people have everything in their favor one thins must be remembered that the klondyke country is in domain and is governed accordingly CONFIRMED seattle wash july 20 hon B ae vernor of abo northwest territory in which is included the far famed klondyke district is in seattle the governor freely subscribes to the truthfulness of the stories bent out as to the richness of the new diggings he estimates that the klondyke and ite tributaries yielded over in gold last winter of this uno be says and upward came out via the steamships portland and ex more than dust be says is now stored away in the cabins of miners along the creeks developed the british yukon yield of gold tor 1897 the governor resumed will not be less than he saya surveyors aie now at work to ascertain the feasibility of the construction of a railroad into one route contemplates a line of steamers fort wrangle up the river which is open tor navigation to bogli countries to telegraph creek there to connect with a railway running to besline lake from the tes line lake terminus leoate will be run along a edriea of lakes and rivers to the yukon |