Excerpt from Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields: Containing a Full Account of the Discovered of Gold, Enormous Deposits of the Precious Metal, Routes Traversed by Miners, How to Find Gold, Camp Life at KlondikeThe work gives a complete account of the rise of the gold fever, the excitement produced by the news of unlimited deposits of the precious metal, the rush of miners seeking fortunes at Klondike, hasty preparations for the long and perilous journey, and the formation of companies eager to take possession of the region abounding in untold wealth. The thousands of prospectors hurrying to the Gold Fields give us a picture of the rush to California when the discoveries of gold were made in that State. In 1849.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.