The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-12
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There Are Great Stores Of n !, /,
and Northwest

UNDISCOVERED Col
There Are Great Stores Of n !. /,
and Northwest
The fact that the partial,v !.
district OF the Yukon tract, Il I
yielded about two hundrsd Z
Thousand dollars in gold An;
last mining season is general i'
to imply that the Alaska ALAN;
be one OF the most importan
lean gold producers in the NJ,
# the means Of access to ana \
nication with that TERRITORY
easily maintained. As vet Il.
has not been mined in what,
called a scientific manner. AZ Nj
pie machinery of the miners h
was crude and ill-adapted to M
The climatic conditions are mi
deter all but a few resolute an3
rien ced miners from much M
work in the Yukon river dist,|
though the returns of the suc'
men have been very profitable
In some claims the yield has i
high as one dollar or one dolli
fifty cents to the pan; and It is i
that, If water could be obtainej
satisfactory supply, the gold ID
Alaska might eventually show Y
an output as some of the most i
camps in California. This Is /,
more noticeable for the reasot
only SO small a proportion Of III
belt of northwest Alaska has
fairly prospected. For allthatd
asserted confidently to the cod
the amount of gold already po
in North America, large I
is, may be insignificant CON
to the output which will
made in the next few decades
According to some reliable ID
the gold belt of Alaska extends ;
district from seventy-five to OH
dred miles, beginning at some po1
the Arctic circle and extending
1t is already known that indie
warrant the superstition that u
is at least nine hundred miles
Alaska and Canada, and it won
be strange IL it should be proved
the gold belt extends practically
the whole of North America, fro1
Arctic circle to southern Mexico
true that in some parts of Mexies
has not yet been discovered; By
also true that, on a general pa1
gold belt may be said to extend
Canada along the line OF the
mountains far into Mexico, and
Of the richest mines OF Mexicq
probably still to be discovered =
SO far as the present generation 4
cerned.
There is reason to believe tnz|
all the rich gold mines which
known to the Aztecs in the y
Cortez are known to-day, unless
the statements of the Spaniards
selves and the legends OF the !
tribes Of Mexico are at fault ~
ing so, it is surely no great stralA
the imagination to infer that 'ae
tory along the Rocky mounn9
generally rich precious metal
though the geological formaIl9
certain localities is such that 'ns|
or silver bearing strata are 10.
the surface, but are at prssen'|
may be always inaccesslole
kind. Yet if a plat OF the 8
which are rich in gold ana
should be made, it would Dc
apparent that in general these u
follow the line of the Rocky mUa.|
The mountain regions OF M.'|
and British Columbia have 20 !.
thoroughly prospected as W.
it is impossible to speak WIZ
ros,t;veness ON this point, Dus Il
least certain that, so far as ~ Z
tracts Of the Rocky mountain
of North America have been -,
closely by skilled prospsc,tso % NJ
istence of rich mineral n.' =, IA
brought to light Even as ial.,
the Arctic circle It is now e. Is..l'
the gold fields extend; and su, n
no unreasonable suppositlOns h
x. ~. Alaskan fields ana y