Northwest History. Alaska. Dogs, Dog Races & Mushers.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1921
• Subjects: musher; Juneau; oil fields; Mackenzie Basin; Australian mining engineer; Alaska; J. T. Burns; Fort Norman; Canada; Royal Canadian mounted police; Peary; British Columbia coast; Prince Rupert; Laird river; Skagway; Atlin; Mackenzie country; oil; gas; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; British Columbia; Indian; Laird; Pacific; Rupert
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90444

Trip Of Musher 1385 Miles Long: Goes To Juneau From New Oil Fields In Mackenzie Basin./Falls Over A Cliff./Australian Mining Engineer Claims To Have Covered 26,000 Miles "Mushing." TRIP OF MUSHER 1385 MILES LONG Goes to Juneau From New Oil Fields in Mackenzie Basin. FALLS OVER A CLIFF. Australian Mining Engineer Claims to lave Covered 26,000 Miles "Mushing." JUNEAU", Alaska, Jan. 28.—Winter trails 1385 miles across the northern continental divide were followed recently by J. T. Burns, well-known Alaska "musher" on a trip to Juneau from the new oil fields at Fort Norman, in the great Mackenzie basin of northwestern Canada. Bums, it is believed, Is the first man to reach Alaska this winter from the. snowbound oil country. Royal Canadian mounted police.are holding back until spring" sgores of prospectors who would strike out over the snow for the fields. In coming out from Norman Burns fell over a cliffy he reported, when within several hundred miles of bis destination. He broke a bone in his foot and injured his hip, he said. As he was alone he came on without assistance. Burns, an Australian mining engineer, has been in the northwest for years and claims he has covered trails. His dog- Peary, which has accompanied him on many trips, came from Norman with him. In going into Fort Norman test June Burns followed a trail he recommends for all "mushers." He left Prince Rupert, on the British Columbia coast, crossed the mountains and struck the headwaters of the Laird river. He followed the Laird until it met the Mackenzie, which took him to Fort Norman. Coming out he took an old Indian trail to Atlln, which is connected by rail with Skagway on tidewater. While at Fort Norman Burns staked oil ground and expects to return next summer to work his property. He said he found many good oil and gold prospects In the Mackenzie country and declared the country is so big it has hardly been touched. Oil and gas prospect show for 300 miles, he declared.