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A report with respect t., iIk' Daw-oi, Minin- District niiKt lie to ii liiru'e extent n ilcscriplii.n ..f tiic op<'riiti.iiH iiml expendi- ttires of (lie Viikoii fjol.l ("ompMiiy, wliicli eoriipaiiy Ii:h ac.piire.l l»y imn-liiisc .,r otlierwise n very hiiL'e niiiiilier of tlie placer tiiiiiiii- claim- ii, tlmi ,|i-tricl. and are Mill a.'.piiriti- additional fl"'"i- f 'iiifileto llic area over wliicji iliey propiKc to extend their operation-!. The principal jiold-prodiicinj; -tivaiiis of this di-irici itudndi^ the iJoiianza, Eldorado, Hunker and li-ar creeks an.l their triliHfaries, and on these streams the ahove (onipany have al- ready acquired about nine hundred and fifty claims. I>'roiii the iiioiiih of Bonanza creek to No. 30 alwve Discovery, a distance of ahont fifteen miles, . 'ompany have ac(]iiircd all the (.,-cok claims, with the excepti . of ?;os. 13, 14, IT., Ifi, 4l>, 4.'! and 4t» below Dii-covery, and on Ehlorado creek they control all claims iij) to and including Claim No. ■2:,, a distance of about two and one-half miles. On Hunker creek and its tributaries the com- pany hi.ve acquired some one Inindred and sixty chiiii.s, on Bear creek twenty-two claims, and on the Klondike benches thirtv- '•'•III-. 'ril.\ ll.iv. ; >l- ii-'.|iii.v,l „.,,Hv ,,|| ,|„. |,,i| an. I ■'","'":' '' ••"' - i"i..n.i I,; ','' '"'''"'.^ I"-"!"- •"••l-n.i.. tl,i-,.x„,,,i,, "IIIK' I.v t\\r ' ... J ■ III . . "- " * ( •' '"■":'•'':•"-•"••■■•■••••-"-' -, ,H„i..,.„;,.,„.„vi:i„.'., :::::;.::'" ■;' '•.^""'-■^'•' > in:i.i.vi •,.„, .-■M-i.nu... ,,,,!,.. in-,.|,.,i , ,■ ,„,,. """"'"""•II "i u,,!,.,- I,.r „„.|, ,,„r|,„-,.. HI,' I Ik, I ' 'I'll'- ■•••iii|.,ii,y :,,,• .■It ,„VMi , , , ■" ••|"IMtlri- ,^y,, [..|| |'i.,|,„, ;:"'^ ■'- ^■- "" i I ri.i... x„. ,., ,„.,„; ';, '■.-;■;'••«.- k. Ti ,,..„,,..,„ , ,„.^,.^^ '"';■""""""■="•"''"'■''>"'•'■"-"■" :^.' ^in.l:;. vi„.,l, '"■'■'• :;;;""^""l-ni.M,n.„,-,|...„ ,„linul,i,.|ul,.:v.,v i;::;-^ ^^ '"■''•''■'- '•.".ii.,i „...,. ,„,,,,,,, ,•..,: -.ii-|-rlra...n,s„,l,.Mli..,,,,.,„.H,l,t..ni,,.l.,l,,,,,,.i, '■.iii.l.U....U.,.,f _„.,,,„,_ Iti.-apaM ,...,.. .,nl -'y - V fort,. f..,.t. .s stnu.,..,l..niri,N.roIi,„.l,i.,i. "" '''''''•■'■- ''*''''«''f-''-'''"---'-l^>.vn«,ht.wi,l.n.n,l ,1.0 <• ..n.„.„ „.„. ,.,.„i„. f, ., ,.n,n.„..,,i,„, „,,„.,,„ l"i ilic (liltircnt shifts. ''■'"; "'""I'-'y ''"vc at prosent ..n.lor o..nstn,..,ion f.,„.. ,„l,li. ""-I '"'V'l^-s, one at Clai.n Xo. 90, M,ny l)is....v,.rv „„ I:,,,,- ■".- -•.vk o„. at ,1.0 „..„„I, of ir-..,.kor .Took. .„... ;, ,,„at i< ^unv.. a. ,,.o'An.W„ •,.,.],... , ...,1.,,., a,..i ,„.o a, r,,!;,;. -N".... I-Iow.,,. n,.,.ke..n....k. The ..nn.panv will, ,l„.,.,.fo,.o :M'i Iiiivo in operii(i(,n iioxf soas„n sown iniitinis.. .ln>,li.,.s, f,„ir on Hnnunza crwk an.l tlim- «n Uunkor orcck. n|..vs,.ntinir ,,11 ex- roiHliiuroof Mvcr.*1.00(l.n()0. «ln..l, nmltM- ravnun,ble...n,liiion3 will 1,0 oapaMo „f iian.lliriM- aJMMif luvnty lliousan.l ci.bio vanls ..r .-.avol ,,or day. h has l,eon oloarly sl,„wn that frozen frroun.l oaiinnt 1,0 i.n.fiiaMv ojioratcl l.y moans of a drrdiro, as the gi'-nnd when elevated in tliat eon.jition is [,assed tln-on-h the soreons and over the plates witlmut ffivin- up the uold which it may contain, thus ronderinfr the operalion iinpi-ofilahlo. Tt has be,.n found, however, that if the surface of the jfroiin.l, whid, is conip(,sod of moss, muck and other decayed ven-etahle matfor, is .snipped off. the pravol underneath will thaw to hod-rock' in id)oMt one season. The coni[,any, therefore, have a lar-e force of men employed in strippiiiir and oronnd shiicinfr a larao area '■n lower lionan/.a. so that next season the dred-os may i.rocood wiihoMt oncounterinjr frozen groimd. In order to provi.le work for the present season lariro thawing operations are hoin- .MrricMl on in advance of the drodj^es l.y means of steam points, whi.di renders the work, for the present season at least, spoeially ex- pensive. 'i'ho drodsres are operated l.y means of electricity irenoratcd liy a power j.lant situated at the mouth of Little Twelve MUo river, a distance of about thirty-five mil.>s in a -lirect lino fn.m the scene of operations. The water l,y which the power is generated is taken from Little Twelve :Vlile river about four and on<-half miles from its mouth, carried along the left limit of tlnit stream in a Hume seven feet by four foot in size, and delivered on the hillside about eight liun.Irod foot above the bed of the stream. It i- there passed d.,wn a st.Md pipe twenty-four inches in diametoi and applie.l to two Pelton wheels through a three and tliroe-,|narter in.-h nozzle, with a vdtical head of six liiindrcd and seventy-four tVet. The two generators n.nv in use develop about £.000 indi.-atod horso p,,uer. The energy de- veloped is then carried over a transmission line, ••oinprisin- three eopper wires, in an absolutely direct line to the head of Trail Onl..l,, a .nbutary of Jionauzu cr. .k on Us riglu li.uit, about ""•'■'■ "Hl.'s from i,. n,o,„l, ,„., j, ,1,.,;,,,,,, ^,^ ,,,^ ^^.,^^ ^^ 01KTat.„„ wi.h about ni,u.ty-..v,., | ,„„..l,,„- „,, ,.„,„ „,^. .;. owcy. ' 'I'bo maximum power ro.|uirf.,] f,,,- racl. ,lro,]oo is ab„„t tlireo l">'"lml horse power, so that tho plant nlroi.lv installcl is ,..,p- nblo of operating the dre.igo. now in commission an.l aI..se.I of timbers si.x by eight iu.-hes. sunk eight feet into bod-rock and drift-bolte.l throughout. In fr.mt of this p,„.e is a pud.Ile pit ten feet in depth, with supporting walls back and Ir.mt varying in width from tw., hun.lre.l and twentv feet at tho Lott.mi to thirty feet at the t.,p. The dam is seventv feet in height, all stone faced, creates a reservoir nearly oue'a.id .-ne- half miles in length, and cost about $200,000. Xotwiihstanding the fact that (he cnipany will have seven 4 i I ^'':M-*H of tlif. l„ri.,st iui.l iiwKt iM.Ml.Tn .lrp,|M,s „t u-.rk next .nnn,i..r. it i- not i|„.i,. intcniioM r,, ,In.,l!.o il,,, ,.,|,i,v l,o,l ,,f tlie civoks wlnVli rlirv c.ntrol. Tli..v prnpn.,- t,. Imlnnili,. nm .,„lv iIm- liill- s^iifcs (111,1 iKiichc-. Iiiif alsa i, |;,ruP |M,rli,,n of tlio crcuk li.'.I, :,n.l for iliis purpose tliev havo sunk liiri;(. sumplinl.s ;il„„it twiit.v feet info 1,0.1-rock at int<.rvi.Is iiNm- upp,..' iJonni.za n-r-ok. anil it i- tlicii- iiitonlion to „so tlic \vat- tlin l,v means of el,.ftric-(.|..vators to l^. sluic..,! in ||„. „s„al wav. i>iis of ualcr fn,in Toinlistonf cnTk. a ti-il.utarv of Tuvlvo :Milo riv.Ton its l,.ft ]-,n\t. ■M,iu tw.nty niil<.s from its „„„irli, alsr, to ,iivf.rt a like (piantity from the main stream at a point iiLouf ten miles hij^hor tip. This water is to bo earricl thro„oh :i ditch, flume and piiw a distance of about seventy tuilos to the head of Trail Gidch, at a sufficient elevation to command all tiie workable -ravels in the Bonanza basin. The water is taket. from Tombstone creek about four and one-half mih's fr its mouth and carried alon- its lat limit and alon- the left limit of the main stream to the mouth of Little Twelve :\rile rivr, w]ier<> it has rea.d.e.l an el.-vation of eight hundre taken fiom that Hume to oi)eratc the j.ower plant. The weiuiit of the steel in this syphon is about one thousand tons. Of (he seventy miles that this water is eairie.l. only alM.ut forty miles is l,y ,liteh. the balan.-,' beiiiir by tliime and pipe. The I.ittl.. Twelve :Mile, Lepine and Klondik.' depressions are the most difficult, and are in each case crossed by sle.d inverted syphons forty-nine inches in diameter and varyinir fi'oiri (ive- cighlhs to three-fourrhs of an inch in thi<'kne pi,... „ ill 1„. .„!, .1 ' 'f'l t- a l,..a.l of olevon h„n.lr..,| f,.,.f cr •. ].,fornI . , '•-n-.-'. of thi.s,p,,,„ is ..i:.::::;::i -;:;:;;:;'• ^^ ;'"V"7'«''' "''•'•■• --"-'.-i.v.it.,„. This :; : -•a.-no.la..rossth.. Klondike rivo,..,,..s,,...|,.H,l.e;.., '■"M.Mvio piors. Over 1 1,0 lo ,. 1 ■ , '.-<- » " ' if ,1 ..ii ' '—■■«• ^'"i :;i;:;;;r„;;:r:: Mil Al".u> six miles of this pipe will l,e ve.p.i,...,! t „.,.■ ,!,.. -'...•o....thel..,la.aM,ep..ossio„nndon.r p.„i„ . .;""-KlKU.,iko,,ep..oss.on. Ovo..aho.u\uo„ It f ■ '-- .i..anoe ,he ...e.. is ea..no., ,h..o,,.h a ,, L '■M"-.- feet, co„.s,n,o,o.I „f na.ivo ti.nhe,.. and s„pp..,.,..,l ;;:::::.:rs;';:::::'"- '----- IJotoro eomm,.n,.in^.oporali„M> it was n,vr«.n-v f,„- tl, .-^-> stnp the s....faee of tho n,h- of wav .. : ,: :, =.'">- o.^ eot in o..do. that the .-onnd .ni.ht tha.; ' " '':'''' '^ "^'"-^ -'n.tmeted l,v nuMns of fo,,,- ,,„ .,„,,,, ;^--n, at d.f....t., points. Ahont fou-toen hnnu.-d „o ^^J..„...odand..,h„ -SOS an. at present on,doved 00. or near], ,,,000 p,. ,,,, ,„„,v all of .hieh «oe.s to "" ' '•'"« "'"- ^'f ""^ '---'-T. Onlv the nunnhors of the llVlIlsli||y»ioii (,i,|, enKincor. nn-l .,.Ii..,. suff, |.,v,. 1„.,.„ I,ro„d,f i„t,. .1, u„rv ll|" men nro ,,ai,l af tho ratr of *-s p..^ .vook. niil, l,o,,r,| ,.,,'mI l'"li:n.p. ulu,.l. i„ ,1,0 U-ality i„ ul.i,.l. tho work is l„.i, ,ni..,l <-;. IS e.|"='l to »1h.,„ .*: ,„.r .|„v. I„,l„...v..,-al, psuhi,.), I v.-it-.l ,1... food was ,.,|„al to tliar utlVn.,! i,. a„v ti.s, rla!"■ ^n,.„ary n,„.lilions al,.oIi,„.ly ,,<.,.fe..t. A. a vr.uU ,l,o M.n. .■i|ipoa,v.| to 1,0 iierfooily >aiHticiI. '■' ''"■'■ ^^■'" Pr-l-ably 1,0 npproaol.ini; oomploti,,,, i„ ,1„. ""IM,,,., of 1!MK provi.io.l tl,o ,„a,.Ti.-,l for ,1„. .v ,,l,o„. j. ,1,.. liv..r...I, l.„t a R,oat .loal of wo.^k will -till ron,ai„ to l,o ,|o„.. ,o «Mako ,t olli..,V„t. Who,, ......pl^o,! ,I,i. walor svsto,,, will havo cost mo,-o tl,a„ tw.. an.l ono-half „,illion .iollars. Ii, onlor to oonstruot thoi,- ,|itol, it was n.-c-ossarv f,„- tl,o "■'='">■ '" ''"'''1 « «•««"" road from Hoar crook to tlio",„o„,l, of I.illlc Twolvo Milo rivor. a .li.tan.-o of al,o„t fortv-fivo „,ilos tl,ru„f?h a„ „nl,r.,kon wil.lornoss and over ono of t'ho rc.dio.t sccion. of the eonntry. This they di.l at a cost of al,o„t $7:. - 000 and without govorn.ncnt aid. Over this road nearlv all tho "latorial and si.pplios necessary in oo„„ootion with the oonstrii,- tion of this larp' water system have l.oen carried The life of a placer mininir camp varies fro, fivo t.. t.„ years, according to tho value and extent of the discoverv. l),ir- ing the first few years, while th,- rich n,i„e. are hoing woii,.,!. tiK. can,p is prosperous, then follows a period when oc.momy U neeessary to make the lower grade gravels pav, and when ,i,oM. Mro worked ont as far as tho supply of water will a.i„,it. tho period for individual operations has con.o to an en.l, and tho remaining deposits can only be worked on a large scale by com- piinies of large capital who control large areas. The Yukon G.dd (\,n,pany entered tho Klondike district at a tinie when the camp was rapidly approaching the last stage :n,d when individual opei'ations had almost oo„,o to a close. a,?d they have given it a new life. They have purchased, practically nt tho (,ri,.e asked, nearly all tho crook, bench and hill olai,,,. on 10 '"""""'^' ""'I Kl.l..n,.|„ ,,,,.|^, liif, ill .-•.^.i.,.,,,..,,,,-; .'':•• ;:''':'^''' - "".-ui ,.,.,. ., ''iii..i.i .•:,: ::;:;:: ^^ '-"""-' '•'-- :l ^-'-''n;::;:::,::';:;::::::;:-,;;i-';'^ ' ' "' "" -' '"I i«t II uy„i\, Tl , . "•■I'-i' on |,„„ "llfl-.llll ill! " I"'""'- Tl,,.... |„,,„.|, .-"""I'l-, llnucvcr Ml-,. |„ . 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Tlu. „.ill l,„s nlrea.ly n.anuf...„nv,l ,.1 , ,.,„ ".""'"" *"'■• "^ '•""''••••. ">' "f ^vlu.•ll i. r-iMir..,! („r il, nml... tiipii of ilicir wiitcr .«vstc;!i. A- .ho Yukon (}oM CoMipanv Imv,. m .,uir...| „ v.rv l.ir-n. '"""''<■'• "f plrnvr ...inin^^ ,.l„i..,- in tl..- Kl-m-lik.. w.f.' ,• ,1„.,| "'"I '•- 'iM-ir u,,Pniti..n. ,l„ri„« t|„. prrs.-nt v,.;,r aro nl,,,,,., ox- '•l"-'v-Iy ,.„nti.....| to an-.li;i„^r „„ t,vo of lla-.o .-h.i.ns th. .ni„- • nir ..,,..n.H„ns i„ tli.. vi..inity of Dhw.so,, „r.. not noMrlv -„ ...,iv,. :i< m thp past, nii.l no ,|onl,t nntil th,. ...m.i.MMv l.Mv,.',.,,Mipl..t...| ilicir wat.T systnn the H'l "Utpiif for the tcrrit,.rv uiH l,e -.laterially .lin.inishc.l. The imli..nti..n. are, howev.r. \Un> wl,,,. th.s water sy-sten. is in full o,K?ration n very n.atorial i,HMv..e "I file gol.l output of the territory will i,e experieno.Ml. an.j f,.r a fnw years „t least the amount of fr„M ,.xp„rte.l from the ^'|,k„„ r-rniory will be almost as great as it was ,Inrimr paM vrars f)l'lll:i! lU.'KIMiKS. Oil the Kl.m.like rivr two larjre .In.,Ii;es are in op.Tatinn "".• on the Hnyle hy.lrauiie l,K,-ation an 1 the .,ther on 'h. ^r, up "t phieer miniufr elain.^ situate.l helow the ():.nlvi.. l„i.|..r oune.l l.y The lionanza liasin Gohl Dre.Ifrin- Cotnpanv. 'j^e first mentio.rrl .lre,lire is the property of The Canadian Klon- dike Afining Company and is heinj; o„erate; ,n the ri-ht limit of the Klon.like river just I.elow the mouth of IJear ereek. It is a dredge of the largest pattern, capable of handling about tliree thousand cubic- yar.ls per day. ami has been operating coutinnonsly on this loeatbm since th,. s„,„n.er of V^Or,, with very satisfactory results 12 .., op,,,,,, ,,,,,,,^. ,,,,. ^^^,^^ ^^^.^ ^^^ ^^.^_^^^^^^^ tl n,-,o.t tyrn. nor i. it ,,.,,, ;, ,^^ •Imlfre.. r..f,.,To,l t,, |.„t ,|,„.in- niv v,M, i, w. 1 • '•'■"""WI..,I.n.|,nn,lotho,-o,,d.ly..fii,.ieM,. «'""'^'> ciw' ^"''" I*!;'"" ^'''""■'" "'" """""^" "■•""'<• "'-1' i^ 'lir- • '•" •" '^•'•^•'^'*"- '""• """•• 'l'" "."ml, of Little Snl,n„„ Ft ::, :,T'"'''T^''•^^''^'■-^•--^<'n•^-- ^""•- A, Ins ..Ian,. a,.,l tl„. ..,aims a.ljoinin,. it aro now -W..,o.,ntho.,..i,e,,as,.o,.,,a..o,,o„0,ai,,.Xo.O,i:'- I »i>.-ovc,v ^vhcre it is nou- .,p,.n,tin.. The Cilyio .l,.o.I,,> .vl.i.,. ,,,■ l.ro.idit into ,l.o .o„„„.. i„ "■•■ ^Pnn, ot lOOo, oporarod foi- ,., seasons o„ tl.o Sr '.van ■'-'•• It .va.s then roniovo.l to ,h., mouth of the Kl,,,,,];,,.. ,,;;,,• • "■' "I"- <"1 tor two seasons on the Ilona.i.a liasi., .,•„„» o ; -.,. an ,,n the .li-.l^i,., ,,.,„,,,, „,,, ,,^ niont,? o i, ^ "-"• J; '.- recently been sohl ,o the ownois of a ...-o,, o |— ..n the Iii.,ian river, and has heen taken to that ; el ;^ fMnn.enee operations next season. 1" the s„i„„.e,. of 1,0.1 the Canadian F„Hv-,nile O,,],] > ■W,n,. Company installed a la.^e dredge on For/y-mile nv ;.-.o purpose of operating their dred,in, leaseholdst,: I- ^'-'l- operated with partial suecess dnri„« a part of U^[ j^.>^.u.. eont.n„o„s,yandp..otltablydurin,tl.epLntve. , "" ^''^'"^^ ""^ oxperieneed in getting the dredge over the;i,.,I - tu.a,. the mouth of the river, h„t it is now^installe U ">t of the eanyon and the results appear to he snti.faetorv t Ilio company. This companv al ■■""1 "I'liMl.'.l ,.„ t|„. CirKiili.-.n siilncf the ij,,,.. ■^'''- '■"• '•• ^''' "'in. wli.) is the linl.l,.,- ,,f .lrp,li.inir l.^-cs on «1h' l[..n,;,lin.|u;, riv.T. is saioM is .;,!,] ,„ |„. ,„ (■ ,|„. ,,,.i,,,^ |,_ ,,^^, ,^.^^^ _.^. ^^^. i1m> ^ nkon Torriio,-y. a.,.1 as August is pmhnhly tho an'est m'.nih "f ihp year iiiinin- operations ^^rr,^ to a Inrp. extent -;:spendo,| 'Inrn.u the period of my visit, ouiii- to the lark „{ waoMV I.ar^,. li.vdraidi,- min- ig operations, liowever, are liein- earried o,, hi diir.n.n. ,,or(ions of the Khnidike Distri.-t dnrin- that period -■ ilir y(>ar wl,en ^vater can he ohtaine.l. I'eriiaps tlie iar-rst l'"'-at.,rs of this kin.l are The l!onan;^a Creek (Johi Mini,,... (•-.npany, the lessees of the Matson and Doyle locations. Thry "iMain their stipply of water from Adams an'.l Stampe-le cveks. ^nid have er.etcd a large dam on tho form.T stream with the view of conserving tiie supply of wati-r. These streams, however, do not contain siilllcient water to •I'liMit of operations heing oarrie.l on c(,nt innon>lv ,|,irin- the '^'ilire snmmer. an- hoMings w.mld warrant. They are also hampered in their "peralions owing to the lack of dumping ground, the .-reek, hill- side an.l liench claims in front of their locations having heen ncquired by other interests. On TFunker creek hydraulic operations are heing carried on "11 I>ago. Paradise. Whi.k.y, Temperance and Delhi hills ,„i,| 14 S.::~C " "■ ■-' • On the Sixty-mile rivor tlic \,,rrl, \ „„...; t . 'oauun ^^.th, ,t ,s un.'erst..o,I. n„]y pnrtiai .uc-o.. Ti.i, •-'-•;.Ppo.rtobeduo.oU..f.etti..'t,;e]oeatio„isa,,'': :r ;;"r"'^''''''''''"''"-''^i-i-tio„,.„,;r^fc :n::;:';r;;;;::;-::::r^ ri.Ari:i{. ,.„.,',"; ,;";""-7"-i Kw-i.. ,To,fe, „.i,w, ,, ,„„„„,„ „,„ : n'r ;;:,:'", '" "";•■•'■-■ "'■'■ '■""■ ■-■ » - - ot tiio crook rams hovn i i i "i'M"nn i.iuiiH na\e ., worked out so fn- .,= +1 I ■'""•'1^ nil the cla.ms on the.e strean.s an,l tl.oir Intor -'-- '^ "... s..ffieiently a,lva„ood to a.lmit of o,eratio s H . ;; "■'"■-l ^.r at least another vear. Son.e six " ^^ ' '.;--.. ...0 he,ng acfvel, operate., .,,. vc,. satisfao.o.: Hunker envk was not aetive .]„,,•„..■ the uov\.} f owino. ,o the soareitv of water Thi ■ ' '"• ' '''"' '" 1- operat,..! so that , ~ ^ "'''' ^"" "^ ^'"^ ^''^'t I tr.iK.i, so tliat a laroe iuiuil>er nf the el-iim- l,.„.„ i -'•1<-1 -t, an.l the Yukon r;.,hl (•„„„„.,:'"". ''7 '""' ^■•-' '- ''f -M.i.. an. he: ;r: ;:;!';;:' r'^"'^- ' ""- ''-^'''^^''-•'■■-■•.u....,.nie:'::^;;:,r;:;::; Gnl,| |;,,n,,i„ Cvi.k. „.v iM-i,,:: Mdivk ,,|H.rair,l l,y nio,|,.ni Iiliiccr iiiiiiiiiir iiictlinds. Siilplnir rrvvk i.lx.vc Di>,.„v..rv i, f. ii liii-o oxtcit \vorl<,.,l -mt. Imt Civti Gnloli. a trihtitarv ,„. il.,. l,.ft limit at ClaitM \.,. .■;: alM,v,. is hfinir very fully uurk,.,l. Fr,„ri Claim Xn. M) t,, X-. .M; 1»>1..„ I»is.v,v(.ry ..n Siil|,lmi- ■•, k active n^.-raii,,,,- l,v nm.lrni |)]a('..r iiiinin;; iii.'liin.ls aiH- liririo car.-i,.,! nn. water iteiiii;- lak.ii tVoi,, til., tiiaiti strrnni ninl from liriiiisfonf cnrk an,l |:, I'lip. From Claim \„. r.r, l„.|„u- | )is,-.,v,.ry t<. llir m.a.th of tin- -livam. a .li-laii.-c ,,f alioiit live miles. ii„ .,|,erati,,ns ,,f any kin.l have ever heeii earried „n, a< siiliieieiit values liave ii..| l,ee„ t"Uiiil lo warrant ii])eraliiiii. 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Tl,,. •"""■• ''""'■^•'■■•- 1'^'^ 1-" •■|.-).'nr,n..n,i-al,„n,*ll, „,,„„, l,„,i,„ ,,,. ,i„„. -•f .MV V.M, , I,..,.. w.,„. :,!,,,,,,,„,, tl,,,,,.„Hl ,„„- .1- ,,i,.k,.,| „,„ „„ fll<' . 18 'I' (Mi.iHf Kiim" liii- ii -liaf't .l-.wii iilM.iit civilly I'ifi an, I '' ' "•'•' liiiri.lriMl iiimI -.Nfiity tivf tVct int.. orf, iit ihr rml whirli ilirrr i-^ iiliMiii ..,„■ lMin >-ni('ltir. Til.- • Tiirlyle ' niinrnil .•laiin, ..wii.mJ l,y liymn X. Wiiiir. Iiii- ii -lialt ,l,.uii In ih,. 10(1 |-,„,t l..v..i. aihl liiis sl.ip|M.,i al I "III' linniiiv.l ami liCiv |.,ns ,,{ liijrli finui,. ,,rv. The • lialiliiiV |''n(,t ' ancj ' Aiiacpinia ' i-lainis nrc <<\\\u'A l.v Mr. W. S. Thoiiia-. ..t' All.-h.uiy. TUv -iiaft on tli. foinar is ''""" "' ' l'"f'.v liv.' iVct am! on tlu« latter twelve fei'f. tireat ilitiieiilty is experi.n i in olitainin;; a siillieient niimlier of men to earry on .ieve|o| nt work as rai.i.ily iis the owner lie-iies. riie • War Kai;le " Inis a tunnel sixty feet lonj; from whii'li hi^rii frraile ore is lieiiij; taken out. rre|)ai'atioii,s are Ikmiij; niaile for sliippiiiii:. Aiioii' ten or tifteen other i-opper claims in the vieinitv of Wiiitehorso are lieinir ilevelope.l as rapiilly as the supply of lahoiir will a.lniit. A niimlier <>( claims have recently heen sohl lit very -ali-l'actory prii'es. ami iio doiilit next season opi'ratioiis ill the vi;'iliity of W'hitelior-e will lie vi ry • . Mve. It ■- riailned that the ore fnnii all of the mines ahovp roferroil to will iiveras:e t=iiMl, l„ ...v.nil ciMisrs. tli,. rhUf of „|,i,.l, wiis tlial a iiunilxT „f claims arc invclvcd in liti-alioi,. The • Venus' niin.'ral claim lia- alM.nt tvvcniy-onc liiin.irc,! f.'ct„f .levcloi.mcnt work an.l employs i.Im.uI tuvnty men. It is (■•li'il'«>'l with an air con -.ros-or and aerial tram, an,l is jookci iij)")!! as a very pror i.nfi; -Umu I;- Ice.!. Tl>e ' Vault' a, i ■ Moun!:.iu Jj ■■„' have ah.u.t seven hnn- on quartz mining claims, hut as the rich plac.T uiinee Ixrome worked out the miners are taking a ;;ivaier interest in (puirtz mining properly, and it is confidently ex])ected that this increased interest will lead t,. the discovery of quartz of sutliciciii body and value to warrant operatiim and the instal- lation of machinery. There seems to he littl.- reason to douht thai vahiahle ore e.xisis in the terrilMil,.s lielow Dawson. The 'nintMlM- luinc is l,.,i.o,l l,v Air. II. II. I'l,ii|i,,s. ;„.,! its "Mtput is i,l.o„r Mvclv,. fiioMsa.nl tons ,-, v,.Mr. Tlio ,„i.u. is '''Vm>''>l will, MfortnM,. niin.Ts- .Mhins, ,ln,-k>. .•lu.l.s an,i !'''''■''' "'"' " '"'"""1 '"'^ ''f>-'" >•" „t s,.v,.nr«.n l.u.i.ln..! (Vet '" '!"■ li'll. Th,. niin.. ..nplo.vs f„rlv-Hv,. ni,.,. an.l has a capacitv "' '"•■'■ '"""''■••'' '""-^ !"■'• 'I^'v. Tl, ,,M,t, iM,w..v,.r, is ]i,ni.o.i owii.i;- to tlio supply .,f Imi-cs f„r slMpnifur l„ Daws,,,, nof l,oin- HiliMMnit. Tl„. ,.„al is >„1,1 t., TI,P V„l<.„. .Xavi^ati.,,. Con,pan'v i'>v „so „„ l!,<.i,. sioa,iu.,-s. a>„l f„,- ,|,,„„>s,i,. p,„.,,„s,s in Daws..,l. Tl„. .S„„n|„„i.l, ,,,al ,„i,„. „„ C,,,,! e,,„.k l,,,s a ,-apa.-ilv of ■.>\»'»i ton tl.onsan.l t„n> p.,. ann„„i. li„ii„.,|. liowcvo,-, l.v tl,o moa,,. „f ship,,,,.,,, „„r i„.i„.. a,l<,p,at,. Tli,. ooal is run ',l„wn I" tl,.. Y„k,,n riv,T on „„•< an,l ,.a,.,.i,Ml ,„ Daws,,,, „„ rho oo,,,- pa>,v-s M.':unor L;,,l>lnin,j. a.„l so|,l f,,,' ,l„„„.sti,. p,„.p„sos at tl,o rate ,,f .$lii ppr ton. I ivjr,vt that tlio short ti,„o at „,v disposal p,-evonto.l n from visiting all tl,.- ,li-tri,.,s of the Tcrrit„,-y where diseov, Iiave h(.,.„ ma.l.. aii,l wh,-,v operations aiT being cai-ried nn. but I en,leavou,rd to obtain, fi-,„„ .•elial.le sources, as n,uch infor- luaii,,,, as possii,]e with respect t,, sue), ,,f the .listricts as I was tn,ahl.. f„ visit, and J trust that the manner in which I have carried out your instructions, as outlincl in the above rej.ort, will meet with y,,ur appi'oval. Resi)Cet fully subi„itto,l, n. ir. Row.vTT. le eries a 1 -si" 4i * ■5 S The TiMiinstuni's.