. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. estimated at. SLUICING. BOOK FOR GOLD-SEEKERS. 247 from $75,000 to $150,000. but $60,000 probably coversthe production. The discovery of Davis creek and a stampede fromFranklin gulch followed in the spring- of 1888. In 1891gold mining in the interior as well as on the coast, atSilver Bow basin and Treadwell, received a great chief occurrence of 1892 was the discovery of Millercreek. In the spring of 1893 many new claims werestaked, and it is estimated that 80 men took out $100, then Miller creek has been the heaviest


. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. estimated at. SLUICING. BOOK FOR GOLD-SEEKERS. 247 from $75,000 to $150,000. but $60,000 probably coversthe production. The discovery of Davis creek and a stampede fromFranklin gulch followed in the spring- of 1888. In 1891gold mining in the interior as well as on the coast, atSilver Bow basin and Treadwell, received a great chief occurrence of 1892 was the discovery of Millercreek. In the spring of 1893 many new claims werestaked, and it is estimated that 80 men took out $100, then Miller creek has been the heaviest producer ofthe Forty Mile district, and, until recently, of the wholeYukon. Its entire length lies in British possessions. Theoutput for 1893 as given by the mint director for theAlaskan creeks, all but Miller creek being in Americanpossessions, was $198,000, with a mining population of196. The total amount produced by the Yukon placers in1894 was double that of the previous year, and was di-vided between the two districts. In 1895 the output haddoubled again. Fort


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