. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . ementsin the city. On the creeks, hoYever, the operations of largecompanies necessitate a continual supply. Dredges, parts ofYhich are native lumber, are being constructed, several largewater grants necessitate the construction of great lengtbs offlume, reservoirs and impounding dams are being built, andthe general repair of water conduits already constructed maybe said to have considerably increased the demand on the creeksfor huidnr. The Yukon Consolidated Gold Fields Companyerected a saYinill on the Twelvemile last fall, of a capacity of30,
. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . ementsin the city. On the creeks, hoYever, the operations of largecompanies necessitate a continual supply. Dredges, parts ofYhich are native lumber, are being constructed, several largewater grants necessitate the construction of great lengtbs offlume, reservoirs and impounding dams are being built, andthe general repair of water conduits already constructed maybe said to have considerably increased the demand on the creeksfor huidnr. The Yukon Consolidated Gold Fields Companyerected a saYinill on the Twelvemile last fall, of a capacity of30,000 feet, and have been manufacturing their own lumberduring the i)ast Yinter. An enoi-mous (|uaniity of tiud)or has Ixcii cut iu the Klon-dike district for mining operations. Wood is the only fuel thathas been used up to the present tiuie in thawing the frozeniiTouud, and it is, ihoidorc, an essential factor in the develop-ing and working of claims. Al one time a certain quantity ofW(mm1 piled on a claim Yas acccpteil as rcjii(>sentation nmkr. 0) uO c otti c GE^^KKAL IXFOUMATJOX 135 the old place 1- ]ninini> regulations. Under the Yukon PlacerMining Act, however, this mode of representation wasabolished, and in the computation of the value of work asdefined hy the schedule of representation, the cost of wood usedfor fuel has been included. In consequence of the enormousquantity of timber used as fuel in connection, with miningoperations, nearly all the timber of any importance has been cuton the creeks in the Klondike district proper. Large quantities of excellent timber are cut annually on theupper Klondike for lumber and fuel, and floated down theKlondike river to Dawson, where the logs are caught in boomsadjacent to the sawmills, and the smaller timber is piled on thebeach for fuel. Besides the supply from the upper Klondike,good timber for fuel is found in the Indian river district, andalong the tributaries of the Yukon north of Dawson. FromIndian river the wood is b
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