. Trails and tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland . T3OO +-»cSN > 46 Hunting in Southeastern Alaska the town. During the winter of 1898 goldwas first discovered near Center City in theinterior. The excitement was great at Valdez,some seven thousand men gathering from allparts of the States to seek their fortunes. So. Brixin in a Steel Trap great was the rush for the goldfields that onecontinuous procession of prospectors, carryingall kinds of outfits, passed northward overthe glacier. The following year many per-ished on their way out. My guide carriedthe mail that year, and on one trip founds
. Trails and tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland . T3OO +-»cSN > 46 Hunting in Southeastern Alaska the town. During the winter of 1898 goldwas first discovered near Center City in theinterior. The excitement was great at Valdez,some seven thousand men gathering from allparts of the States to seek their fortunes. So. Brixin in a Steel Trap great was the rush for the goldfields that onecontinuous procession of prospectors, carryingall kinds of outfits, passed northward overthe glacier. The following year many per-ished on their way out. My guide carriedthe mail that year, and on one trip foundseven men who had frozen to death, havingbeen caught in a storm on the glacier. The Hunting in Southeastern Alaska 47 whole party were very weak on account ofscurvy and unable to reach Valdez. Whenfound, two were lashed to sleds and one wassitting on a piece of ice, his head resting onhis hands. On the same trip my guide cameupon an old miner frozen to death, still hold-ing to the handle of his dog sleigh, while thedog lay curled up in a ball, still alive and stillin the harness. After spending several days at Valdez,arrangements were made with the captainof the Hammond for a small boat to take usabout fifty miles south into Gravenna little skiff was towed behind all day, andat five oclock in the eveni
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