ten o'clock
Now , down in Colorady it 's different -- all overrun with men , eh , Portney ? '' `` Yes , we 'll have rather an open field , '' answered Foster Portney . And then followed a long discussion about the new gold fields and what might be expected when Dyea was reached and the terrible climb over the mountains began . The discussion lasted until ten o'clock , and the boys listened with interest and picked up many stray bits of information . Both concluded that the overland trip to the mines would prove every bit as rough and dangerous as they had pictured it . The distance from San Francisco to Juneau , Alaska , is , in round figures , one thousand miles . The _ Golden Hope _ was not as large as a regular ocean liner , yet she was a fast boat , and it was expected that she would cover the distance inside of four days .