Trailing and camping in Alaska . ear, the weather waswarm, the birds sang in the near-by trees, flowersbloomed and the horses fed on luxuriant few scattering spruce trees grew on the adjoiningfoot-hills, and high pinnacled mountains formed thebackground to the northwest, where variegated min-eral ledges and dykes always will tantalize all pros-pectors who chance to camp in this picturesque lo-cality. I prospected there, dug holes and returnedto camp tired, but mentally interested and keen forthe experiences of the morrow. Just across that glacier was where Clarence War-ner and Ar
Trailing and camping in Alaska . ear, the weather waswarm, the birds sang in the near-by trees, flowersbloomed and the horses fed on luxuriant few scattering spruce trees grew on the adjoiningfoot-hills, and high pinnacled mountains formed thebackground to the northwest, where variegated min-eral ledges and dykes always will tantalize all pros-pectors who chance to camp in this picturesque lo-cality. I prospected there, dug holes and returnedto camp tired, but mentally interested and keen forthe experiences of the morrow. Just across that glacier was where Clarence War-ner and Arizona Jack Smith discovered thegreatest copper deposit ever naturally disclosed tothe eyes of man. Seeing a green area high on themountain, they climbed until nearly exhausted toreach it, and at last stood speechless when they foundthat patch of verdancy to be copper chalcocite andbornite—any prospector would have been speech-less at such a discovery. They felt as if their mindshad wandered to some mineralized fairy-land. Jack. *5 o
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