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GLIMPSES OF ALASKA
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A COLLECTION OF VIEWS OF
THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA
ANii Tin-:
KLONDIKE DISTRICT.
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY VEAZIE WILSON
COMPILED /.'!" .I//.S-.S- ESTHER LVOXS.
CHICAGO:
RAND, McXALLY &- CO.,
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-ASKA. All viows in book are frnni actual phuin-
[K'itpliJ^ taken by him on his trip in 181^4. Those are
the lirst and imlv views of the iiilerior.
A (Wx)!) III'LM) The head n\ this in<«ir,e measures six
i.el between the tijis d antlers. It was shot
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iniikralon^cthL' north bankoftlie river for fifteen miles. The wall itself at the lower end is merMTed into lofty moimlains
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About one hundred miners usually winter here.
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It is one hundred and seventy miles from Forty-Mile Creek, on the west of the river.
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They sell for §i.oo per pound.
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:XK: ()\ FORTY-MILE CRKKK. Forty-Mile Creek is twu hundred and fifty yards loriK- It has many tributaries,
all of which carry gold in paying quantities. This country is nearly covered with a glacial drift.
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They nearly all have a stake, some a fabulous fortune.
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times before it was found profitable. This shows the difficulty of prospecting, owin^f to the glacial drift everywhere.
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Placer is a Spanish word and means, literally, pleasure, that is, plenty of metal easily mined.
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FIRST WHITE WOMAN OX THE YUKON. Lives at Miller Creek. She is s'.amliriK beside her home.
She boasts of being able to prospect and mine as good "s any man.
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GROUND SLUICING. Tliis is done without any sluice boxes, the water being turned right
on the ground, washing away the dirt and leaving the gold.
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MISSION. Lower Yukon. The Greek Church has the largest number of churches and
adherents in Alaska, the Russian Government supporting the work.
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