. Canada; a descriptive text-book . , and now there is a telegraph line, and arailway has almost reached Dawson City, thechief place. It was always possible to reach the Klondikewithout much discomfort by taking thesteamer up the Yukon. But that involveda long voyage round by Behring Strait toSt. Michael, at the livers mouth, and ariver trip of seventeen hundred miles. As the river was closed by ice for nine i iths in the year, not many trips could !«•made. Gold mining now goes on systemati-cally all around Dawson, and some of theminers strike very rich claims, but manyare disappointed. The go
. Canada; a descriptive text-book . , and now there is a telegraph line, and arailway has almost reached Dawson City, thechief place. It was always possible to reach the Klondikewithout much discomfort by taking thesteamer up the Yukon. But that involveda long voyage round by Behring Strait toSt. Michael, at the livers mouth, and ariver trip of seventeen hundred miles. As the river was closed by ice for nine i iths in the year, not many trips could !«•made. Gold mining now goes on systemati-cally all around Dawson, and some of theminers strike very rich claims, but manyare disappointed. The gold is found innuggets iii the earth,sometimes of con-siderable si/.e hut usually quite earth is dug out during the winter and piled in a heap, and w henthe-warm weather comes it is washed out and the gold may now live in fair comfort though everything is still verycostly. There is a good hospital, and several doctors practise in thetown. There are churches, hotels, theatres and banks, while substantial. Washing Gold. CANADA. 35 shops and houses are rapidly replacing the huts of earlier days. It islikely hydraulic mining on an extensive scale will soon replace the pre-sent primitive methods and greatly increase the output of gold whicheven now is large. In Ontario, there are important gold mines in the Rainy River dis-trict. At Sudbury, great quantities of nickel are mined and shipped tothe United States. This metal looks like silver and will not rust. Itis much used for plating other metals, in alloy for coins, and in makingarmour plate for the United States men-of-war. The Parry Sound dis-trict is rich in copper, while silver is found north of Lake is a great deal of iron in Ontario, but as jret it is of comparativelylittle value, for no coal has been discovered near enough to make smeltingprofitable. Up to the present time British Columbia and Nova Scotia have beenthe chief mining provinces. Gold has been mined in the latter for ma
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