Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . ALASKA, ITS WATERS, LAND AND The Portage aruund White Horse RapiJs. above, we can catch no more ; they must be taken with a net for they cannot see the shall pass the Upper Ramparts as we proceed and find them to be a high bluff onthe left of the river, curiously eroded by the action of the weather into many turret-likepoints, a conspicuous configuration on the rivers course. On our way we have observednumerous quartz croppings on the mountain slopes, and as quartz is vein silica, it may bemineralized oi not. Occasiona
Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . ALASKA, ITS WATERS, LAND AND The Portage aruund White Horse RapiJs. above, we can catch no more ; they must be taken with a net for they cannot see the shall pass the Upper Ramparts as we proceed and find them to be a high bluff onthe left of the river, curiously eroded by the action of the weather into many turret-likepoints, a conspicuous configuration on the rivers course. On our way we have observednumerous quartz croppings on the mountain slopes, and as quartz is vein silica, it may bemineralized oi not. Occasionally the wires of the telegraph from Vancouver or Seattletremble with reports brought out by some returning Klondikers that the most sensationalfinds of gold veins have been made in the Dawson country, but I believe almost all thesestatements are efiects of the emotions. Quartz is abundant in the Klondike hills as it iseverywhere throughout the gold scope of Alaska, but up until Christmas, 1897, such assaysas had been made of specimens taken from the locality, had proved barren. Taber, theSan
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