Klondike and the Yukon Country: A Description of Our Alaskan Land of Gold from the Latest Official and Scientific Sources and Personal ObservationH. Altemus, 1897 - 213 páginas |
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... Laws Governing the Location of Claims . 194 Climate of Alaska .. 208 Opening up the Country .. 214 Traits of the Native Population . 233 A Bit of History .. 243 The Boundary Dispute .. 247 1 KLONDIKE CHAPTER I. NEW LANDS OF GOLD . On.
... Laws Governing the Location of Claims . 194 Climate of Alaska .. 208 Opening up the Country .. 214 Traits of the Native Population . 233 A Bit of History .. 243 The Boundary Dispute .. 247 1 KLONDIKE CHAPTER I. NEW LANDS OF GOLD . On.
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... law , Tagish Charley , and an- other Indian . Ogilvie says he set about working his claim late in August . He was short of appli- ances and could put together only a defective ap- paratus to wash the gravel with . The gravel itself he ...
... law , Tagish Charley , and an- other Indian . Ogilvie says he set about working his claim late in August . He was short of appli- ances and could put together only a defective ap- paratus to wash the gravel with . The gravel itself he ...
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... Law there is none , except miner's law , that stern , Draconian code , which decrees the extreme pen- alty for the least offense . The fact that there has never been a lynching or shooting affray there is testimony of the efficiency of ...
... Law there is none , except miner's law , that stern , Draconian code , which decrees the extreme pen- alty for the least offense . The fact that there has never been a lynching or shooting affray there is testimony of the efficiency of ...
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... Law there is none , except miner's law , that stern , Draconian code , which decrees the extreme penalty for the least offense . The fact that there has never been a lynching or shooting affray there is testimony of the efficiency of ...
... Law there is none , except miner's law , that stern , Draconian code , which decrees the extreme penalty for the least offense . The fact that there has never been a lynching or shooting affray there is testimony of the efficiency of ...
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... law and vested authority that he saw on the en- tire journey down the Yukon was at Forty Mile , or , to speak more precisely , at Fort Cudahy , which is across the bend of the river a mile or two away from the former place . There was a ...
... law and vested authority that he saw on the en- tire journey down the Yukon was at Forty Mile , or , to speak more precisely , at Fort Cudahy , which is across the bend of the river a mile or two away from the former place . There was a ...
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KLONDIKE & THE YUKON COUNTRY A Louis Arthur 1861-1925 Coolidge,John F. Pratt Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 194 - States and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Página 247 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st 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 247 - ... 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 246 - 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 246 - III. The line of demarcation between the possessions of the High Contracting Parties, upon the coast of the continent, and the islands of America to the north-west, shall be drawn...
Página 204 - A claim shall be deemed to be abandoned and open to occupation and entry by any person when the same shall have remained unworked on working days by the grantee thereof or by some person on his behalf...
Página 202 - No miner shall receive a grant of more than one mining claim in the same locality, but the same miner may hold any number of claims by purchase, and any number of miners may unite to work their claims in common...
Página 194 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free aiid open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Página 193 - ... the laws of the United States relating to mining claims, and the rights incident thereto shall, from and after the passage of this act, be in full force and effect in said district, under the administration thereof herein provided for, subject to such regulations as may be made by the Secretary of the Interior, approved by the President...
Página 16 - Bonanza creek and tributaries are increasing in richness and extent until now it is certain that millions will be taken out of the district in the next few years. On some of the claims prospected the pay dirt is of great extent and very rich. One man told me yesterday that he had washed out a single pan of dirt on one of the claims on Bonanza and found $14.25.