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 strani |
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... a box on his back from thirty to one hundred feet . Notwithstanding this , the three men , working very irregularly , washed out $ 1200 in eight days . " Cormack asserts with rea- son , " says Ogilvie , " that had he 14 KLONDIKE .
... a box on his back from thirty to one hundred feet . Notwithstanding this , the three men , working very irregularly , washed out $ 1200 in eight days . " Cormack asserts with rea- son , " says Ogilvie , " that had he 14 KLONDIKE .
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... feet in length each . Now , 1000 such claims will require at least 3000 men to work them prop- erly , and , as wages for working in the mines are from $ 8 to $ 10 a day , without board , we have every reason to assume that this part of ...
... feet in length each . Now , 1000 such claims will require at least 3000 men to work them prop- erly , and , as wages for working in the mines are from $ 8 to $ 10 a day , without board , we have every reason to assume that this part of ...
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... feet of pay dirt and the width yet undetermined , but it is known to be thirty feet even at that . Figure the result at nine to ten pans to the cubic foot , and five hun- dred feet long ; nearly $ 4,000,000 at $ 5 per pan- one fourth of ...
... feet of pay dirt and the width yet undetermined , but it is known to be thirty feet even at that . Figure the result at nine to ten pans to the cubic foot , and five hun- dred feet long ; nearly $ 4,000,000 at $ 5 per pan- one fourth of ...
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... feet and upward deep , is rich , but on Bonanza and El- dorado when a man found only cents he was somewhat indignant . Unless he found $ 1 in every pan at least he was dissatisfied , and small wonder , for his neighbors were panning ...
... feet and upward deep , is rich , but on Bonanza and El- dorado when a man found only cents he was somewhat indignant . Unless he found $ 1 in every pan at least he was dissatisfied , and small wonder , for his neighbors were panning ...
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... feet long by fourteen feet wide and cleared up $ 8000 . ' I said to him : ' Now , I know the area of your claim , and assuming that your claim is all equally rich , we will see how much you will take out of it . ' " The problem was very ...
... feet long by fourteen feet wide and cleared up $ 8000 . ' I said to him : ' Now , I know the area of your claim , and assuming that your claim is all equally rich , we will see how much you will take out of it . ' " The problem was very ...
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KLONDIKE & THE YUKON COUNTRY A Louis Arthur 1861-1925 Coolidge,John F. Pratt Predogled ni na voljo - 2016 |
Klondike and the Yukon Country, a Description of Our Alaskan Land of Gold ... Louis Arthur Coolidge,John F Pratt Predogled ni na voljo - 2015 |
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Stran 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.
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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.