232 GRAVEL AND PLACER MINING IN ALASKA. [bull. 263. 
In table 18 are given the through freight and passenger rates from 
San Francisco or Seattle to Dawson, in Yukon Territory, and to Eagle, 
Circle, Fort Gibbon, and Fairbanks, in Alaska, via the White Pass 
route. 
Table 19 gives the through rates from San Francisco or Seattle to 
the above-named points, via St. Michael and Yukon and Tanana rivers. 
While during the open or summer season the all-water transport of 
freight via St. Michael is cheaper, the river steamboat service has not 
yet been developed to a sufficient extent to insure prompt and regu- 
lar delivery. Should the Tanana gold fields prove important, however, 
the all-water route will probably be the one most practical for the 
transportation of supplies. It has the additional recommendation that 
by means of it the crossing and recrossing of the Canadian frontier is 
avoided. On the other hand, via the White Pass route, freight can be 
landed at Fairbanks much earlier than via the all-water St. Michael 
route. 
It should be stated, in the consideration of table 18, that the White 
Pass and Yukon Railway has established three classifications of freight 
for through shipments, the regular rates for which, on less than 10 
shipments from Seattle to Dawson for the summer season, are as 
follows: 
Class A, including mining tools and articles bulky and not easily 
destructible, $65 per ton. 
Class B, including more fragile articles, $80 per ton. 
Class C, including small supplies, $95 per ton. 
Shippers should remember that a package containing any article 
coming under a higher class than that comprising the bulk of the- 
package is charged at the highest rate. This applies also to unspeci- 
fied packages. 
A list of mining supplies, on which a special reduction is made for 
transport from Seattle to Dawson between July 1 and August 15, is 
given following table 18. 
The winter freight rates, via the White Pass route, exceeding $560 
per ton from Seattle to Dawson need not be considered, as they are; 
prohibitive, except in emergency cases. This route necessitates a 
haulage of nearly 300 miles by sleds. 
