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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Página 49
... present rush to the gold fields the natives will receive large profits . The overland trip involves a climb of 3500 ... presents itself . Those who make the journey in summer will find the ice out of the lakes , but if an early start ...
... present rush to the gold fields the natives will receive large profits . The overland trip involves a climb of 3500 ... presents itself . Those who make the journey in summer will find the ice out of the lakes , but if an early start ...
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... present at any rate no seeker after wealth will venture a step beyond the Klondike region . The reports of miners coming from the gold fields all agree that the placer diggings along Forty Mile Creek , Sixty Mile Creek and Birch Creek ...
... present at any rate no seeker after wealth will venture a step beyond the Klondike region . The reports of miners coming from the gold fields all agree that the placer diggings along Forty Mile Creek , Sixty Mile Creek and Birch Creek ...
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... present the traveler may be safely left at Klondike , which was his original destina- tion , having spent seven weeks in traversing the 650 miles between Lynn Canal and Dawson City , with dangerous and exciting experience , through ...
... present the traveler may be safely left at Klondike , which was his original destina- tion , having spent seven weeks in traversing the 650 miles between Lynn Canal and Dawson City , with dangerous and exciting experience , through ...
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... present , the lake being still frozen solid . It is thirty miles long . The ice was smooth as glass , so we rigged up two sails on the boat ( which we had deposited on two sleds ) . " Two days later we once more launched into the ...
... present , the lake being still frozen solid . It is thirty miles long . The ice was smooth as glass , so we rigged up two sails on the boat ( which we had deposited on two sleds ) . " Two days later we once more launched into the ...
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... present without any public in- stitutions , but by next season they will have a church , a music hall , a school house and a hos- pital . This last institution will be under the di- rect control of the Sisters of Mercy , who have LIFE ...
... present without any public in- stitutions , but by next season they will have a church , a music hall , a school house and a hos- pital . This last institution will be under the di- rect control of the Sisters of Mercy , who have LIFE ...
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KLONDIKE & THE YUKON COUNTRY A Louis Arthur 1861-1925 Coolidge,John F. Pratt Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Klondike and the Yukon Country, a Description of Our Alaskan Land of Gold ... Louis Arthur Coolidge,John F Pratt Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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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.