Gold Fields of the Klondike: And the Wonders of AlaskaEdgewood, 1897 - 487 страница |
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... course to Bering Sea , a distance of almost 2,000 miles . Such is the extent of the mighty Yukon and its headwaters . What the Ama- zon and La Plata are to South America , what the Missis- sippi is to the central portion of the United ...
... course to Bering Sea , a distance of almost 2,000 miles . Such is the extent of the mighty Yukon and its headwaters . What the Ama- zon and La Plata are to South America , what the Missis- sippi is to the central portion of the United ...
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... 500,000 • 1,500,000 1,400,000 The Yukon varies in width during the lower part of its course from one to ten miles , and its delta spreads out to a width of sixty miles . As it falls away to the 32 TRAFFIC ON THE YUKON . sea from the Arctic.
... 500,000 • 1,500,000 1,400,000 The Yukon varies in width during the lower part of its course from one to ten miles , and its delta spreads out to a width of sixty miles . As it falls away to the 32 TRAFFIC ON THE YUKON . sea from the Arctic.
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... course of their reminiscent talk Healy drew from his pocket a buckskin bag and displayed to his old comrade of the camp and trading post the yellow con- tents of the crude purse . Then he told the tragic tale of how the gold had come ...
... course of their reminiscent talk Healy drew from his pocket a buckskin bag and displayed to his old comrade of the camp and trading post the yellow con- tents of the crude purse . Then he told the tragic tale of how the gold had come ...
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... course is almost due north through a mountainous country . The scenery is wild and most picturesque . On both sides . great granite cliffs rise hundreds of feet above the bed of the river , which , receiving the waters of the Stewart ...
... course is almost due north through a mountainous country . The scenery is wild and most picturesque . On both sides . great granite cliffs rise hundreds of feet above the bed of the river , which , receiving the waters of the Stewart ...
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... course to Fort Get There , on St. Michael Island , which lies on the far western coast of Alaska , about sixty - five miles above the mouth of the Yukon River . There a transfer is made to a light - draft river boat , and in this the ...
... course to Fort Get There , on St. Michael Island , which lies on the far western coast of Alaska , about sixty - five miles above the mouth of the Yukon River . There a transfer is made to a light - draft river boat , and in this the ...
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Страница 212 - The location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced. All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.
Страница 327 - 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...
Страница 328 - 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, shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance...
Страница 326 - The present convention shall be duly ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by her Britannic Majesty, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or in London as soon as possible within twelve months from the date hereof.
Страница 328 - ... 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, (that is to say, the limit...
Страница 216 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations.
Страница 327 - ... 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...
Страница 218 - We are of opinion, therefore, that the term as used in the acts of Congress is applicable to any zone or belt of mineralized rock lying within boundaries clearly separating it from the neighboring rock.
Страница 326 - Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged either at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible.
Страница 327 - Line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean, shall form the limit between the Russian and British Possessions on the Continent of America to the North-West.