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; ... . s pointed out. Immediately on the discovery of gold and its announcementto the world, grave questions arose as to the internationalboundaiy between the United States and the British territory, andit became a matter of importance to miners and prospectors tostudy the mining laws of two countries, partly to provide againstpersonal annoyance and partly to protect their individual inter-ests. On the opposite sides of the boundary line
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; ... . s pointed out. Immediately on the discovery of gold and its announcementto the world, grave questions arose as to the internationalboundaiy between the United States and the British territory, andit became a matter of importance to miners and prospectors tostudy the mining laws of two countries, partly to provide againstpersonal annoyance and partly to protect their individual inter-ests. On the opposite sides of the boundary line different sets oflaws and regulations were in force, and miners were expected toobserve the laws obtaining in the respective districts. That theselaws were often disregarded, goes without saying. Canada, in a grasping spirit of gain, proceeded without delayto modify her mining laws for her own benefit and to the detri-ment of Americans who went to the Klondike district. Theold dispute as to boundary and territorial jurisdiction arose, andfor a time there was the prospect of a grave international dis-pute. Not content to live and let live, Canada undertook to. 33 34 LAND OF THE ARGONAUTS. impose a tax on all Americans crossmg the real or alleged boun-dary line, and this measure was bitterly opposed by the mmers. Would Keep the Gold. Further than this, the Dominion Cabinet devised a scheme tolimit the flow of gold to the United States from the diggings,and this too caused a protest in the entire region, from the factthat a large percentage of the miners were Americans who hadgone thither on the mere chance of winning fortunes, and whonaturally objected to being taxed for their enterprise and tobeing placed in leading strings as to the disposition of whateverthey might acquire In the following pages a digest of the min-ing laws of both countries, together with the history of the con-tention that arose and its development to the time of publication,is given: In the wild rush for th
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