The Nome nugget., 1904-01-02

Will De answered. AuutcSS all COiHuiuHlCatlohS to J. Potter whittren, care Of THE NUGGETJ ~
 Please answer the following ques- tions:
 l. How many claims can pros pcctor locate and hold same by law
 2 What is the best time of the year to transplant spruce and cottonwood trees in this part of Alaska?
 3. On what day does the sun begin to return south l noticed in one of the papers that the shortest day this year was the 22d of December.
 l. Is it cheaper to run d steam thawer with crude oil than coal:
 Ans. l. There is no limit to the number of claims d prospector can To- cate on a creek, if he makes bona tide discovery on every twenty acres. or upon each claim: that is according to United States mining laws. Local rules and regulations may enter the United States mining laws and act as a mod ifier. but must not conflict. If local rules and regulations are in full force and effect. and have not become obso- lete through disuse, that is the custom as followed by the miners on the creek or in the district: they viii regulate the number of claims one can stake on a creek. Otherwise q prospector can stake every claim on the creek, pro- vided he makes bona ide discovery upon each claim.
 ?. Any time during the winter after the sap has finished it's summer work in supplying the tree with food and winter has completed it's work in dis mantling the tree of her summer gown. l have seen very large trees trans planted during the winter, and the way they started to grow surprised the na- tives One would have thought they had always remained in the same place. believe the best results are obtained if the trees are transplanted about a month before the sap begins to run and the roots send out feeders, which in time become part of the main roots. The success of transplanting depends upon the way these little feeders take hold
 ,. The earth's daily motion or rota- tion on it's axis, which is performed from west to east, occupies exactly 23 hours 56 minutes and seconds. mean time. If the earth axis were perpen- dicular to the plane of the orbit, day and night would be of equal length the whole year all over the earth, but as the axis makes an angle of 23i degrees where the days and nights are of equal length the whole year is at the equator, at which place the sun rises and sets at 6, respectively. In consequence of the axis making an angle of g! degrees with the plane of it's orbit we have the following results: From March 2l the sun departs from the equator towards the north till, about June 2l. he has reached a north declination of 23l de- grees, when he again approaches the equator, which he makes or reaches about September g. He then advances southward, and about December 21 has reached south declinatiOn of 235 de- grees, when he turns once more towards the equator, at which he ar- rives March 2l. The Dist of June is the longest day in the northern hemis- phere and the shortest in the southern: with the 2lst of December it is the re- verse. I believe the shortest day you write about, which one of the papers had as the 22d of December, was what is known as typographical error.
 4. It depends upon several things, where the thawer is located, and freight rates. I believe when the crude oil has been given thorough test it will prove to be the cheaper of the two, but the ma ajority at the pres ent time had rather use coal oil, which they know will do certain amount of work, while crude oil up here is in an experimental state. Owing to the linn tied number of drawers operated by crude oil one cannot get sufficient data te base a good comparison of results obtained.
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