Gold Fields of the Klondike and the Wonders of Alaska: A Description of the Newly Discovered Gold Mines; how They Were Found, how Worked, EtcA.B. Kuhlman, 1897 - 498 páginas |
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... melt the ice . As the ground thaws the shaft must be sunk until bed rock is reached . The average prospector has to sink a great many shafts before he reaches anything worth his while . If gold is found in sufficient quantities to pay ...
... melt the ice . As the ground thaws the shaft must be sunk until bed rock is reached . The average prospector has to sink a great many shafts before he reaches anything worth his while . If gold is found in sufficient quantities to pay ...
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... melting in the river . Owing to the way in which the Yukon spreads out as it passes into Bering Sea the water is very shallow and eight feet is about the maximum depth reached in any of the numerous channels . The two most interesting ...
... melting in the river . Owing to the way in which the Yukon spreads out as it passes into Bering Sea the water is very shallow and eight feet is about the maximum depth reached in any of the numerous channels . The two most interesting ...
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... melting has been faster than the onward progress of the whole mass , and consequently it has receded to a point 2,000 feet higher than the creek . The front wall or face of it is 200 or 300 feet high , and has a width of a half mile ...
... melting has been faster than the onward progress of the whole mass , and consequently it has receded to a point 2,000 feet higher than the creek . The front wall or face of it is 200 or 300 feet high , and has a width of a half mile ...
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... melt it . Shoot a deer behind the left shoulder or in the head . Choose your bunk as far from tent door as possible . Keep a fire hole open near your camp . The man who knows little now will come back know- ing more than he who knew it ...
... melt it . Shoot a deer behind the left shoulder or in the head . Choose your bunk as far from tent door as possible . Keep a fire hole open near your camp . The man who knows little now will come back know- ing more than he who knew it ...
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... melts as though it were a heap of snow . A discharge of 1,000 miners ' inches of water is not unusual . This is equivalent to 1,500 cubic feet per minute , or 7,000,000 gallons in ten hours . At the estimated average this would excavate ...
... melts as though it were a heap of snow . A discharge of 1,000 miners ' inches of water is not unusual . This is equivalent to 1,500 cubic feet per minute , or 7,000,000 gallons in ten hours . At the estimated average this would excavate ...
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Página 214 - The location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced. All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.
Página 330 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Página 329 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Página 328 - The present convention shall be duly ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by her Britannic Majesty, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or in London as soon as possible within twelve months from the date hereof.
Página 218 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations.
Página 329 - ... point the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the...
Página 193 - Bar diggings" shall mean any part of a river over which the water extends when the water is in its flooded state, and which is not covered at low water. Mines on benches shall be known as "bench diggings" and shall for the purpose of defining the size of such claims be excepted from dry diggings.
Página 328 - Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged either at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible.
Página 329 - Line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean, shall form the limit between the Russian and British Possessions on the Continent of America to the North-West.
Página 203 - In case such arbitrators cannot agree they may select a third arbitrator, and when the two arbitrators cannot agree upon a third arbitrator, the gold commissioner for the district in which the lands in question lie shall select such third arbitrator. (d) The award of any two such arbitrators made in writing shall be final, and shall be filed with the gold commissioner for the district in which the lands lie. If any cases arise for which no provision is made in these regulations, the provisions of...