The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03

width, that is to say, 1t has the same
frontage lengthwise Of the creek as the
creek olain-25O feet, but extends back
in one direction only 1000 feet.
When prospector undertakes to stake
a claim he must set two posts. one at the
upper end on the creek and the other
at the lower end on the creek, on which
he must post the name Of the claim,
description Of it, including mention Of ma
tural monuments such as trees, or rocks,
or anything else by which it can be identi-
fed; he must state the date of the loca-
ton and give his own full name., Within |
ten days he must file his claim at the |
mining recorders office, but before any |
prospector can file claim to mining prop
erty he must take out a free miners IL |
cense, good for one year, at a cost Of $780, |
~ mining claim one river, creek or
gulch, altho he may hold any num-
Der Of claims by purchase, but he may
stake claims on other creeks OR gulches
in the same district or on what Is called
a pup. A pup is a. small creek or gulch
leading into a large one.
Every claim holder Is required to do
what is called development work on his
claim to the value Of at least 5000 each
year, or in lieu of the work he may pay
, 5000 year to the mining recorder for
three years, after that he must pay $400
each year. He must also have certif-
cate annually that his 5000 worth of work
has been done or his 5000 paid or the
| claim will be Cancelled in the gold COM
| missioner's office. g.,
The regulations for quartz claims and
for copper locations vary somewhat from
those applying to placer claims. For in
stance quartz claim may be 1900 by
| 1900 feet. The annual development work
required is limited to 500 and after five
years the claimant may purchase the land
1I1y
only leased; the claimant having no title
to the land and being permitted possession
only so long as he complies with the above
| regulations Copper locations may be $50
acres in a square block but only one loca-
| ton may be taken within an area of ten
miles. nor is the claimant to a copper
location permitted to mine any other met
ais not mixed with copper, and in no case
may he mine free milling gold or silver.
These restrictions guard against one
man or few monopoliz1ng the whole Of
a rich mining district. The Dominion laws
are also liberal to aliens in that citizenship
| or first steps in naturalization are not
necessary in order to take up a claim. On
the Alaska side only citizens or those who
have declared their intentions to become
+citizens may locate mining claims.
/ Very complete records are kept in the
gold commissioners office in Dawson. 1t
is possible by these records to determine
at any time the status of any claim just
as it is possible to determine by the ex-
animation Of the records whether any
, mortgages have been recorded against a
. piece of land in Hennepin county. The
, contrast between the business-like meth
81 DDS and the clear and definite 9infor1na-
q ton obtainable in the gold commissioner
office in Dawson with respect to mining
property and the miserable tangle into
\ which titles to mining property have beer
brought in Alaska, in the Nome district fol
a. ro1a ia RI n111- ma rin "a r
= craftsmanship; but that will be changed
: That the business of bookkeeping with
regard to the mining business Of thu
\ Klondike country Is considerable may b.
=, inferred from the fact that during thu
' year 1902, 10,490 free miner certificates
= were issued. showing that many peopl
y were holding claims.
~ The output of the Klondike region 70
:, :. the year 1902, according to the controller
y figures, amounted to $13,o0o,000. This /
- somewhat less than estimates for prevlou
years; whether the estimates for prevl
GUS years were correct or not is doubtful
altho 1t Is doubtless true that more gol
q was produced in '9S and '99 than the an
n nual output amounts to now. The tots
n output Of the Klondike district to dat
1t is roughly tho probably conservatively
le estimated at 100000 OO0
20 w yHEN the senatorial party left HON
n w 1t was arranged that it should max
N the trip from Dawson down tn
70 Yukon on one OF the fine boats Of tn
to Northern Commercial company TIL
IS boat, the Sarah" was expected to arriy
In about the 10th or 18th of July and depa1
of within twentyfour hours on the dow1
le ward trip thus giving the committee thre
i'd or four days in Dawson. The Sara
ril did not arrive on schedule time, and W.
ek eagerly looked for for several days. The
On is a telegraph line from Dawson to Eagl
a 10 miles down the river, and notice
ne wire of the arrival of the Sarah at Eag
he was hourly expected. The 18th arrive
le, and the 18th, and the 18th. and still I
u word from Sarah" It was believed, hov
H. ever, that this boat would certainly NAL
ut her appearance within a day or two whe
MS on the morning Of the 14th, we boarded
re local boat for Eagle, the first town on tt
on Yukon across the American border. T.
e. plan was to go down to Eagle, whe1
en- ALSO Is located Fort Egbert, with t.
mt expectation of continuing the investig
le: tions with regard to Alaskan matters
ng that point for day or two, until t
nd Sarah should arrive at Dawson and r
Elk turn, taking US on board on her dow
nj ward trip.
a The Yukon from Dawson northwestwa
u.s. to Eagle, flows thru succession of hill
slightly wooded. The only point Of Int
we est is g. trading station occupied by be
In the great trading companies, called Fol