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Title: Alaska, its history and resources, gold fields, routes and scenery
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Bruce, Miner Wait
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Publisher: New York, Putnam
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ng Dyea. From this pointthe route lies through what is known as the Canyon.Quite a gradual ascent is made until Sheep Camp, whichhas become a favourite rendezvous for miners, is reached.Here a rest is taken to await weather suitable for thepassage over the Summit, six miles farther up the ruggedsides of the mountain, and the most difficult and tediouspart of the journey. Two miles before reaching theSummit, is a level tract of about an acre known as theScales. This is the point where the Indian packers for-merly weighed the goods to be taken over the Summit. From the Summit to the head of Lake Lindeman,nine miles must be travelled. It is down grade and prac-tically easy to accomplish with snow on the ground, but\vhen bare, it is quite difificult on account of rocks andboulders. So much so in fact, that pack-horses cannotbe used to advantage except for the last two miles of thedistance. The route is easily followed by keeping in theCanyon. Lying between the Summit and Lake Lindeman are
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Q. 3 < z 0 = °- rT u o U O 1 O- H- «^ O o 3 O ROUTES TO THE INTERIOR 153 three small lakes, known respectively as Crater, Long,and Deep Lakes, which are utilised in summer in ferryingminers outfits. The charge for ferrying is one cent perpound over each lake, the miner portaging his own goodsbetween them. At Lake Lindeman the overland portion of the Dyeatrail terminates. It was the only route used to any ex-tent for many years, the Indians having always followedit and packed over it in preference to all others. ManyIndians found employment packing outfits over the trailat prices ranging from fifteen to thirty-eight cents perpound, the latter figure representing the maximum pricepaid in the rush during the summer of 1898. But thisexpensive item was reduced during the season, by twocable tramways over the Summit from the Scales toCrater Lake, a distance of three miles. The overland portion of the Yukon journey havingbeen accomplished, the first of the chain of

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