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List of Provisions Required in the Klondike

 

The list shows equipment needed for prospectors before they were allowed entry into Canada at the summit of the Chilkoot Pass, 1897-1899. Total weight: 1 to 1-1/2 tons.
 

  • 150 lb. bacon
  • 400 lb. flour
  • 25 lb. rolled oats
  • 20 lb. corn meal
  • 10 lb. rice
  • 125 lb. navy beans
  • 6 tins/4 oz. extract beef
  • 25 lbs. hard tack
  • 10 lb. tea
  • 20 lb. coffee
  • 25 lb. sugar
  • 25 lb. dried potatoes
  • 5 lb. dried onions
  • 20 lb. salt
  • 1 lb. pepper
  • 75 lb. dried fruits
  • 10 lb. baking powder
  • 2 lb. soda
  • ˝ lb. evaporated vinegar
  • 4 pkgs. yeast cake
  • 12 oz. dried soup
  • 12 cans condensed milk
  • 1 can mustard
  • 1 lb. citric acid
  • 1/2 lb. ground ginger
  • 2 bottles Jamaica ginger
  • 6 lbs. laundry soap
  • 6 cakes borax

 

  • 1 tin matches
  • Stove for four men
  • Gold pan
  • Set granite buckets
  • Large bucket
  • Knife, fork, spoon, cup, and plate
  • Frying pan
  • Coffee and teapot
  • Scythe stone
  • Two picks and one shovel
  • One whipsaw
  • Pack strap
  • Two axes and one extra handle
  • Six 8-inch files and two taper files
  • Draw knife, brace and bits, jack plane, and hammer
  • 200 feet three-eights-inch rope
  • 8 lb. of pitch and 5 lb of oakum
  • Nails, five lbs. each of 6,8,10 and 12 penny
  • Tent
  • Canvas for wrapping
  • Sleeping bag
  • 4 12-lb. blankets
  • 2 oil blankets to each boat
  • 5 yards of mosquito netting
  • 3 suits of heavy knit underwear
  • 1 heavy mackinaw coat
  • 2 pairs heavy mackinaw trousers
  • 1 heavy rubber-lined coat
  • 1 doz. heavy wool socks
  • ˝ doz heavy wool mittens
  • 2 heavy flannel overshirts
  • 1 pair heavy moccasins
  • 2 pairs heavy snagproof, rubber hip boots
  • 1 pair high land boots
  • 2 pairs shoes
  • 4 blankets
  • 6 towels
  • 2 pairs overalls
  • 1 heavy woolen sweater
  • 1 suit oil clothing
  • Several changes of summer clothing
  • 1 doz. bandana handkerchiefs
  • 1 stiff brim cowboy hat
  • 1 packet buttons, needles and thread
  •  comb, mirror, toothbrush
  • medicine chest


 

 

 

 

 

 



 


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