Daily Colonist (1900-01-16) . rnllckls, It now known thatthe gold exists in situ ns well us In theform of alluvial, and it is within Ihe rangeof probability that tho Yukon territory hasa future before it as a quartz mining dlsirict. Meanwhile, liowover, improved mefh-odcH ot winning the gold from the fro-ongravel are being hrouglit Into use, andHteam-thnwlng has been resorted to witlisuccessful results, The discovery of largocopiicr lodes In the nigbborhood of theWhite Horse Rapids Is au Important eventof the year. Dawson city has been place<lIn tolegriiphlc communication with thtconst,
Daily Colonist (1900-01-16) . rnllckls, It now known thatthe gold exists in situ ns well us In theform of alluvial, and it is within Ihe rangeof probability that tho Yukon territory hasa future before it as a quartz mining dlsirict. Meanwhile, liowover, improved mefh-odcH ot winning the gold from the fro-ongravel are being hrouglit Into use, andHteam-thnwlng has been resorted to witlisuccessful results, The discovery of largocopiicr lodes In the nigbborhood of theWhite Horse Rapids Is au Important eventof the year. Dawson city has been place<lIn tolegriiphlc communication with thtconst, and the most d fllcult portion ofroute to the gold flthls has been elrcumvented by the of the WhitePass and Yukon railway. Dawson Is, there-fore, no longer tho Isolated city of twoyars ago, and tho large sums of moneywhich liavo been voted by the nomlnloMgoveniinent towards opening up the coun-try suggest those who know tho dis-trict are satisfied as to Its permanence asa Merit has made it stich.
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