Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . doubtedly, later on,place himself at the head of some very important deep-earthoperations. Placer mining will pay when not more than twenty-five cents is realized on a pan. The operation is very generally familiar, ^ven to those who know nothing about mining. The earth washed in the Confederate Gulch was so dazzlingly heavy with gold that it seemed as if it were neatly pure, so it can be imagined what description the wash from the
Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . doubtedly, later on,place himself at the head of some very important deep-earthoperations. Placer mining will pay when not more than twenty-five cents is realized on a pan. The operation is very generally familiar, ^ven to those who know nothing about mining. The earth washed in the Confederate Gulch was so dazzlingly heavy with gold that it seemed as if it were neatly pure, so it can be imagined what description the wash from the Klondike soil must take on. How Berry Got His Stake. Clarence Berry, the Barney Barnato of the Klondike, tellsa thrilling story of his experience. Berry was a fruit raiser in the southern part of California. Hedid not have any money. There was no particular prospect thathe would ever have any. He saw a life of hard plodding for abare living. There was no opportunity at home of gettingahead, and, like other men of the far West, he only dreamed ofthe day when he would make a strike and get his million. Thiswas three years ago. There had then come down from the. 100 STRIKE IT RICH ON KLONDIKE. frozen lands of Alaska wonderful stories of rewards for menbrave enough to run a fierce ride with death from starvation andcold. He had nothing to lose and all to gain. He concludedto face the danger. His capital was forty dollars. He proposedto risk it all—not very much to him now, but a mighty sightthree years ago. It took all but five dollars to get him toJuneau. He had two big arms, the physique of a giant andthe courage of an explorer. Presenting all these as his onlycollaterals, he managed to squeeze a loan of sixty dollars from aman who was afraid to go with him, but was willing to risk alittle in return for a promise to pay back the advance at a fabu-lous rate of interest. Juneau was alive with men three years ago who had heardfrom the Indians the yarns of gold without limit. The I
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