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Alaska and the Klondike Gold
Fields
Hardbound, Small 8vo, 528 pages.
A C Harris, No City, Around 1897. 8vo
Good. Folding color map shows gold fields, routes to the Klondike and distances
"Containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits
of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; how to find gold; camp
life at Klondike; practical instructions for fortune seekers, etc. etc.,
including a graphic description of the gold regions; land of wonders; immense
mountains, rivers and plains; native inhabitants, etc. Including Mrs. Eli
Gage's Experiences of a Year among the Yukon Mining Camps; Mrs. Schwatka's
Recollections of her husband as the Alaskan Pathfinder; Prosaic Side of
Gold Hunting, as seen by Joaquin Miller, the Poet of the Sierras" Photos
and wood-engravings throughout. Two maps (one large color). Both maps very good.
Popular book
sold by subscription. 'Practical Instructions for Fortune-Seekers'. Name
written in nice script inside dated 1897
$65.00
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