. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . ining methods are concerned. Some of thericher claims on Eldorado have been worked over three times;and it is the general opinion that the only method of againworking these creeks at a profit is by means of mining has now reached a stage where work must becarried on npon a large scale to make it profitable. Miningby the ordinary placer mining methods is about over, and inthe near future all creeks will be worked bv dredges where theconditions are at all favourable to that syr^tem of mining. As to the benches, it will be necessa
. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . ining methods are concerned. Some of thericher claims on Eldorado have been worked over three times;and it is the general opinion that the only method of againworking these creeks at a profit is by means of mining has now reached a stage where work must becarried on npon a large scale to make it profitable. Miningby the ordinary placer mining methods is about over, and inthe near future all creeks will be worked bv dredges where theconditions are at all favourable to that syr^tem of mining. As to the benches, it will be necessary to obtain a greaterand more constant supply of water than has heretofore beenavailable. A large nuniljcr of creek and bench claims on Bonanza andEldorado creeks have been purchased by the Yukon Consoli-dated Gold Fields Company. This company, together withthe iNorthwest Hydraulic Mining Company, are making-gigantic propavalioii-^ to mine on a large scale by the dredging and hydraulic process the creek and bench claims on Bonanzaand Eldoratli).. a;so a; St a MINING 45 Duncan to the Klondike district in importance as a gold-bearing district is the Stewart river. The tributaries of thisstream, near its mouth, were all staked in 1898, but none ofthem proved to be what is termed paying propositions. In1900 a stampede took place to Clear creek, ;i tributary of theStewart about 90 miles frnm its mouth. On this stream severalclaims were found to be of considerable value, and mining hasbeen carried on upon several claims on this creek up to thepresent time. Duncan creek was staked in 1901-1902. Thiscreek is a tributary of the ]\rayo river, which enters the Stew-art river at about 175 miles from its mouth. Claims ofgreater value were found on this stream than the Stew-are river, but the min(>rs on Duncan have had consider-able difhr-ulty in working certain portions of the creekwhere the bed-rock is very deep (over 100 feet) owing to theirshafts being flooded by w
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