KLONDYKE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 15, 19 January 1898, Page 2

KLONDYKE.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —As an Australasian mining man of eighteen (IS) years standing, a member of the A.M.A., just returned from the Chilcoot Pass, I desire to point out to fellow workers the following facts:—The reported finds in the Yukon Basin are correct. To get there the cheapest, quickest, and best route is by the Canadian-Australian line from Sydney to Vancouver, British Columbia, thence per boat to Skagway Bay, and thence over the Chilcoot Pass. This has many advantages over the San Francisco, "Seattle, and Victoria (8.C.) route, or that via Juneau or Skagway Bay. These places

are in the United States, where one has to pay double for his outfit and from 30 to 35 per cent, additional is added as duty directly you. step into Canada. The goldfields are in Canada, and a great mistake is made if you land elsewhere. You should have at least £75 to get to Dawso'n from Sydney. As the summer advances it will be cheaper, particularly by the all-water route from Vancouver, which is long, but cheap, say, £30 at the outside. Goods per this route will be from £30 per ton downwards, the seasons and competitions regulate all prices. Do not leave Australia before .first week in February. The above I have learned by being on the spot and. by speaking to Mr Og-ilvie (who surveyed Dawson City and the alluvial claims) and Mr Sefton, Minister o£ the Interior, who was sent by the Canadian Government to inspect the different Passes.

The Agent for Canada in Australasia (J. S. Larke, Esq., corner Pitt and Bridge Streets, Sydney) will bear me out in the above. —Yours, etc,

A. ROSS, Member A.M.A.