Gold Fields Of The Klondike And The Wonders Of Alaska. A Masterly And Fascinating Description Of The Newly-Discovered Gold Mines.How They Were Found. How Worked. What Fortunes Have Been Made. The Extent And Richness Of The Gold Fields. How To Get There. Outfit Required. Climate. The Natives. Other Vast Riches Of Alaska. Other Great Gold Mines Of The World. The Great Sea Fisheries, Etc., Etc., Etc

INGERSOLL, ERNEST [CAREFULLY PREPARED BY]

Publication: Edgewood Publishing Company, 1897, N P

First edition. 8vo. Tan pictorial cloth with titles in gilt on the front cover with designs and spine titles in dark brown, decorated front and rear endpapers, xiv [2], 15 - 487 pp., frontispiece, introduction, illustrated, plates, 16" x 21" color folded map laid-in, which is usually missing. Introduction by Hon. Henry W. Elliott, Agent of the U. S. Government for many years in Alaska. Combines a history of the gold discoveries with practical information for prospective miners and a broader survey of Alaska's natural resources and peoples. It describes the discovery and working of placer deposits, the mining camps and early fortunes of the gold rush, routes to the gold fields, the equipment and provisions required for the journey, and the challenges posed by the region's severe climate. Ingersoll also examines Alaska's other mineral wealth, wildlife, fisheries, and Indigenous inhabitants. Of this well-written work. Kururz says: "Ingersole, a professional writer, capitalized on the Klondike discovery, and provided one of the earliest and most eloquent synopses of the stampede." "This book features chapters on the first arrival of the gold ships at San Francisco and Seattle in July, 1897; profiles of the first Klondike kings; and notes on the Yukon placers, various routes, outfits, mining camps, and Alaskan gold mines, and on the marketing, smelting, assaying, and coining of gold." Page edges lightly but uniformly tanned, minor to light wear to the spine ends and corners, else a very good clean and tight copy. From the library of former California State Librarian Gary Kurutz.