Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . ^^*HERE has been some little prospecting done aboutv(^P Hootalinqua and Pelly Rivers, but only colorshave been found, and bed rock could not be reachedbecause shafts were sunk in the warm season, and thewater coming in at the bottom drove the workers out. Onthe Stewart a shaft was put down to bed rock, but fewtraces have rewarded the enterprise. These cursoryexaminations are by no means convincing that there is notgold in paying quantities yet to be found in the districtsthus prospected. Indeed, the prospecting which has beendone in t
Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . ^^*HERE has been some little prospecting done aboutv(^P Hootalinqua and Pelly Rivers, but only colorshave been found, and bed rock could not be reachedbecause shafts were sunk in the warm season, and thewater coming in at the bottom drove the workers out. Onthe Stewart a shaft was put down to bed rock, but fewtraces have rewarded the enterprise. These cursoryexaminations are by no means convincing that there is notgold in paying quantities yet to be found in the districtsthus prospected. Indeed, the prospecting which has beendone in the auriferous districts of Alaska is so slight as compared with the area that noopinion upon the gold-bearing possibilities of localities outside of those upon whichdevelopment has actually taken place are worth the printing. Nor can it be said that thereis any such thing as a gold belt or mother lode in Alaska. This is the opinion of CharlesG. Yale, one of the leading mining and mineralogical experts of San Francesco, who haslooked the ground carefully o
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