Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . ERS OF THE KLONDIKE CREEKS. 25 twelve to fifteen miles apart: The Klondike, a blue, shallow and rapid river, then nexteast Dion Creek, then further east Bryant Creek, then Montana Creek, then Indian River,smaller than the Klondike, then Henderson Creek, and finally and further east, StewartRiver, about the size of the Klondike. Such are the streams emptying into the Yukon. On the Klondike the streams which bear the gold run from the hills upon the east ofthe river. The first creek is Bonanza, the next Bear, the third Hunker, the fourt
Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . ERS OF THE KLONDIKE CREEKS. 25 twelve to fifteen miles apart: The Klondike, a blue, shallow and rapid river, then nexteast Dion Creek, then further east Bryant Creek, then Montana Creek, then Indian River,smaller than the Klondike, then Henderson Creek, and finally and further east, StewartRiver, about the size of the Klondike. Such are the streams emptying into the Yukon. On the Klondike the streams which bear the gold run from the hills upon the east ofthe river. The first creek is Bonanza, the next Bear, the third Hunker, the fourth Too-Much-Gold, and the fifth All-Gold. These creeks are from twelve to fifteen miles apart,and each empties into the Klondike. Bonanza also has tributaries. Those which have been prospected and have receivednames run into it from the south. These are Boulder, Adams, Skookum and Hunker Creek the tributaries, also from the south, are Last Chance and Gold Bottom. The gold bearing tributaries of Indian River flow out of the same hills that the. Dawson, from Across the Yukon. The Klondike Hills . the Right of the Picture. Klondike creeks drain, though upon the opposite or eastern slope. The Klondike creeksflow from the east, the Indian River creeks flow from the west. They are Ophir, Quartz,Sulphur and Dominion, which latter two join as forks and meet the Indian as one creek. Some prospecting has been done on all the creeks named on Indian River, but it isonly in its tentative stages. Thus far the indications are excellent for large deposits. Onthe Klondike no probing has been done above Hunker Creek; most of the streams are yetto be named ; even the length of the Klondike River is not yet known ; from the size ofthe stream at its mouth, however, it is though to be about 250 miles long, and of thislength not over 12 miles have been prospected. In the network of creeks I have namedthere are about 350 linear miles, all of which have been taken up in claims. There is no
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