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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... reached Dawson City August 15 , 1897 , and within a week 500 men had crossed the mountains between Eldorado and Dominion . They traveled day and night and in two weeks the whole stream was staked out . There are persistent reports of ...
... reached Dawson City August 15 , 1897 , and within a week 500 men had crossed the mountains between Eldorado and Dominion . They traveled day and night and in two weeks the whole stream was staked out . There are persistent reports of ...
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... reaching the mines is considerable . One hundred and fifty dollars is a modest figure for the journey from Seattle , and when once in the gold region the expense of liv- ing is enormous . The prices of even the most ordinary provisions ...
... reaching the mines is considerable . One hundred and fifty dollars is a modest figure for the journey from Seattle , and when once in the gold region the expense of liv- ing is enormous . The prices of even the most ordinary provisions ...
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... reached the ice will have begun to break away and the rest of the journey can be managed by boat . By this arrangement the gold fields can be reached four weeks earlier than by waiting for the opening of the summer season before ...
... reached the ice will have begun to break away and the rest of the journey can be managed by boat . By this arrangement the gold fields can be reached four weeks earlier than by waiting for the opening of the summer season before ...
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... reaching up into the interior . This passage of twenty - seven miles is the most difficult part of the whole journey . It ... reached the summit of Chilkoot Pass at 9 o'clock the same night . But that was a case of moving light infantry ...
... reaching up into the interior . This passage of twenty - seven miles is the most difficult part of the whole journey . It ... reached the summit of Chilkoot Pass at 9 o'clock the same night . But that was a case of moving light infantry ...
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... reached the ground is as hard as a bone . The gold is found in a cer- tain drift of gravel , which lies at varying depths , often as far down as twenty feet . Only that por- tion of the gravel just above hard pan - by which is usually ...
... reached the ground is as hard as a bone . The gold is found in a cer- tain drift of gravel , which lies at varying depths , often as far down as twenty feet . Only that por- tion of the gravel just above hard pan - by which is usually ...
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KLONDIKE & THE YUKON COUNTRY A Louis Arthur 1861-1925 Coolidge,John F. Pratt Predogled ni na voljo - 2016 |
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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.