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SKAGUAY AT THE HEAD OF LINN CANAL. ALASKA, THE TERMINUS OF THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE
THE SCENIC RAILWAY OF THE WORLD
THE SUMMIT, ON THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE — DIRECT ROUTE TO KLONDIKE AND ATLIN GOLD FIELDS-
2885 FEET ELEVATION IN NINETEEN MILES
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MEMORIES OF TUB SPRING OF 1S98 — RUSH TO THE KLONDIKE — HARDSHIPS NOW FORGOTTEN, AS ONE TRAVELS IN THE
WHITE PASS COACH — THE CANTELEVER BRIDGE ON THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE — OVER THE PASS IT WASAN EASY DESCENT TO LAKE BENNETT
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rnK EARLV PIONEERS CAMPED AT LAKE BENNETT, BUILT THEIR BOATS AND PREPARED TO FLOAT DOWN RIVER TO DAWSON
MANY GOT "COLD FEET" AND TURNED BACK; THE STRONG-HEARTED ONES EMBARKED FOR DAWSON
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TRIALS WERE NOT OVER — UNFORESEEN STORMS WRECKED MANY ON THE LAKES — MILES CANYONAND WHITE HORSE RAPIDS HAD TO BE RUN
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JUhE Z\, 1900
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KLOfiDIKd VALE
the: white pass railroad has banished ali, these terrors and now connects with the river steamersAT white horse, 370 MILES FROM DAWSON
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LEWIS RIVER
S STEAMER LEAVING WHtTK HORSE RUNS FIFTEEN MILES DOWN THE FIFTY-MILE RIVER TO LAKE LE BARGE WHICH IS SIXTY
MILES LONG. LE BARGE IS SURROUNDED BY VERY PICTURESQUE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS
LHAVlNi; rEAMEK Giir^ss CATmorsLT rsTO the thirty-m:ie stter.
WATER, THE SCESK OF >IAXT W&ECSS A-NT) DISASTERS
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OCT OF THE THIRTY-MILE AJtD DOWS THE LEWIS NIKETY XIL^ THROrCH HELL'S GATE TO FORT SELKIRK.
THE COXFLrESCE OF THE LEWIS AND PELLY RIVERS AT FORT SELKIRK FORM THE YTKOS RIVER
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CiHESS WKHH BtnX.T. Ef THE FAIX. OF tSBT TSE FIKSr OF THE aH^ AS-SIV KU AJSU CQiS LLSUBD THKOCCiSTHE SC30IEH. OF t8a& THE TaWX HUS ITAn A SEiaVEIiaCS SHQWTff A3D IS
CUSSDEKED GOOD FOR TtASX StORE YEAHS TO COME
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THREE TIMES FIRE HAS DESTROYED THE BUSINESS PORTION OF DAWSON
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SUN DOGS— MINIATURE SUNS OF RAINBOW BRILLIANCY DUE TO THE REFRACTION OF THE SUNLIGHTBY THE FROST CRYSTALS IN THE AIR
DAWSOn- hEW FEOfRftL BUILDIMO
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN DAWSON
THE A. E. CO. DEPARTMENT STORE
A SEMI-TROPICAL SrSIMER UTTH XIGHTUSSS DATS K CLOSELT FOU.OWKD BY A SHORT ArTTMS.THKX A LOXG WINTER COLD ASD PARK
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PANORAMAS OF DAWSON
STREET SCENES IN DAWSON
THE FIRST CABINS WKRK INIQUE — DISPLAYING THK INVENTIVE GENIUS OF THEIR Bl'II.UERS
THE NATIVE MALAMCTE DOG — THE MOST CHEERFUL WORKER AND MOST OBSTINATE
INTELLIGENT OR DENSE, BUT ALWAYS CUNNING. CRAFTY AND WISE
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STEALING ANYTHING NOT TIED DOWN
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THE COLDEST DAY — 68° BELOW ZERO — JANUARY 18, 19U1
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS IN OCTOBER, 1900
THK TRIP DOWN THE YUKON IS ONE NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
MANY COME OUT OVER THE ICE IN WINTER
IN WINTKR THE MOON PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN FURNISHING LIGHT — THE MOONLIGHT IS REFLECTED AND
INTENSIFIED BY THE WHITE CRYSTAL SNOW TO SUCH AN EXTENT AS TO PERFECTLY
ILLUMINATE THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY MOONLIGHT ARK VERY SDCCESSFLLLV TAKEN UNDER THESE CONDITIONS
THE "rUI.I.MAN" OF THE YUKON
STAKING A CLAIM IS ONE OF THE ARTS PECILIAR TO THE YIKON
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MANY COMFORTS ARE ENJOYBD IN THE DAWSON HOMES
A MINER'S CABIN
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MINING ON HIXTER CREKK
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THE SOCIETY EVENT OF THE YEAR — ST. ANDREW'S BALL
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ALL PLACER GOLD IS RECOVERED FROM THE GRAVEL BY SLUICING
IN KLONDIKE, PREPARATORY TO SLUICING, THE GRAVEL IS MINED FROM THE CREEK BOTTOMS AND HIGH BENCHES-THE I'EAR AROUND THE GROUND IS FROZEN AND MUST BE THAWED
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THAWING WITH FIRES WAS THE FIRST METHOD USED
STEAM HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO MINING AND NOW IS ALMOST IN UNIVERSAL USE, BEING MORE ECONOMICAL
THE GOLD RUNS IN STKKAKS THROVGH THE CREKK AND THE SUCCESSFUL MINER FOLLOWS THE "PAY-STREAK."
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THIS INDERGROUND MINING IS CALLED "DRIFTING'
THB OI,D yjiRSUS THE NEW METHOD -- WITH AND WITHOUT MACHINERY
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MINING ON THE HIOH BENCH, WHICH IS A REMNANT OF THE PRE-GLACIAL VALLEY — ELDORADO AND BONANZA CREEKS
REPRESENT POST GLACIAL GORGES
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ROCKING" — A MKTHOD OF WASHING GOLD WHERE WATER IS SCARCE
THE GOtD PAN IS SYMBOLICAL WITH PLACER MINING AND IS INDISPENSABLE IN TESTING THE VALUE OF GRAVEL
IN THIS COUNTRY WHKRE DOGS ARE HORSES AND "DRIED FISH" HAY, MAN AND HIS CANINE KRIKND ARE INSEPARABLE —THE DOGS WORK IN THE HARNESS IN WINTER AND PACK ON THEIR BACKS IN Sl'MMER
ONE WHO ENJOYS THE COLD ONE WHO LOVES THE GETTING OI' GOLD
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ARRIVIfiO- FROM Sr MICHBALS
"ABANDONED, AFTER MONTHS OF LABOR, SLIDING OUR OUTFIT ON THE TESLIN TRAIL"
MODES OF TRAVEL ARE NOT THE EASIEST IN A NEW COUNTRY
THE INDIANS TRADE THEIR GOOD FURS FOR INFERIOR GAY CALICOES AND PREFER CANNED GOODS TO THEIR GAME
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THE INDIAN GRAVES RESEMBLE MINIATURE VILLAGES
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THE ROAD HOUSES SCATTERED ALL OVER THE YUKON DO AWAY WITH MANY HARDSHIPS
THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE PRESERVE PERFECT ORDER
NEW DISCOVERIES IN NOME ATTRACTED MANY FROM DAWSON
IN WINTER QUARTERS
THE MAMOUTH (ELEPHAS PRIMIGENIOUS ) FOUND IN THE RECENT GRAVELS
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IN A MOOSE COUNTRY
IN THE FOOT-HILt.S OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
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4t, 45 AND 4'i, HKI.OW DISCOVERY. ON BONANZA CREEK
SNAPSHOT OF A FLOCK OF PTARMIGANS
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SOMETHINC. TO EAT AND A PI.ACK TO SLEEP
A CARIBOO HUNT
ROTARY PLOW ON THE MfiJTE PASS BR
THE ROTARY SNOW PLOW ON THE SUMMIT OF THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE
INDIANS FROM THE McKENZIE RIVER — THROUGHOUT THE YUKON THERE ARE MANY TRIBES OF INDIANS
THE INDIANS LIVE IN VILLAGES IN WINTER AND SPEND THEIR TIME HUNTING AND FISHING,OFTEN GOING A HUNDRED MILES AWAY TO HUNT
IN LOOKS THE YOKON INDIANS RESEMBLE THE ASIATICS — THEIR LANGUAGE IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
THK VCKON VALLHV CAN GKUW 1 INK GARDEN STLhK
HALF TONES BY
BOLTON & STRONGSAN FRANCISCO
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