Transactions . for dredging operations. • . ?1 *^„tWV ^jr ***&. Mining by Machinery in the Klondike. in that operation seldom find it necessary to lose a day on account of the prospecting-drill can also be worked to the best advantage during the placer-gold is found mostly in bed-rock, and the ground is generallyfrozen. This combination of circumstances may seem to the uninitiated a fatalobjection. It presents a difficulty, to be sure, but not an insurmountable one, as. Mining by Machinery in the Klondike. the results I have been able to accomplish will amply testify. It
Transactions . for dredging operations. • . ?1 *^„tWV ^jr ***&. Mining by Machinery in the Klondike. in that operation seldom find it necessary to lose a day on account of the prospecting-drill can also be worked to the best advantage during the placer-gold is found mostly in bed-rock, and the ground is generallyfrozen. This combination of circumstances may seem to the uninitiated a fatalobjection. It presents a difficulty, to be sure, but not an insurmountable one, as. Mining by Machinery in the Klondike. the results I have been able to accomplish will amply testify. It adds to the cost,but the high values obtained justify the expense. There are countless thousands of acres in the Yukon basin that are suitablefor dredging, and that would pay handsome returns on the investment if judi-ciously made. The country is capable of thorough investigation, and it is thethorough and intelligent investigator that the country needs. When the true con- PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA MEETING. CV
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