Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . pparently meant busi-ness, and it proceeded to cloister the tax it had imposed with acertain amount of terror in the way of penalties. According tothe amended regulations issued, any miner who defrauds thegovernment will be made liable to the confiscation of his claimand the withdrawal of his right to have any holding in thefuture. The penalty for the trespassing clause reads as follows : Penalties are Imposed. Entry shall only be
Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . pparently meant busi-ness, and it proceeded to cloister the tax it had imposed with acertain amount of terror in the way of penalties. According tothe amended regulations issued, any miner who defrauds thegovernment will be made liable to the confiscation of his claimand the withdrawal of his right to have any holding in thefuture. The penalty for the trespassing clause reads as follows : Penalties are Imposed. Entry shall only be granted for alternate claims, the otheralternate claims being reserved for the crown, to be disposed ofat public auction or in such manner as may be decided by theMinister of the Interior. The penalty for trespassing upon aclaim reserved for the crown shall be the immediate cancellationby the gold commissioner of any entry the trespasser may haveobtained for a mining claim, and the refusal of the acceptance of 416 RESUME OF MINING LAWS. any applic;ition which the trespasser may at any time make for aclaim. In addition to such penalty the mounted police, upon. LYNCH LAW L\ KLONDIKE. requisition from the gold commissioner, shall take necessary stepsto eject the trespasser. A scheme wis likewise devised by the Canadians to prevent orlimit the flow of gold to this country. This move also met thebitterest opposition, from the fact that a large percentage of theminers in the Klondike district were Americans who went there, RESUME OF MINING LAWS. 417 braving perils and hardships, on a mere chance of making for-tunes, and who resented being taxed for the privilege in the firstplace, and, in the second place, having restrictions placed uponthem as to the disposition of their finds. The scheme was devised by Captain Strickland. Followingis a report of his plan : Captain Strickland said the plan which he has already sug-gested, and which the Dominion government was inclined to favor,provi
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