The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-05-23
YUKON GOLD OUT.
PUT OF LAST YEAR

The production of gold in the Yukon
territory in Canada for 1910 amounted
to $4,0s1,611, an increase Of $4S5, 1875
over 1909 and $792,947 over 1908.
While the increase is not great it
shows that the production Of gold in
the KIondike is not on the decline.
While little placer mining is done
by individuals, except in prospecting,
the dredges are working steadily. A
new dredge was installed last year and
is the largest in the world It was
built by the Marion Steam Shovel Co.,
of Marion, Ohio, for the Canadian
klondike Mining Co., which is operat-
ing at the mouth of Bear creek, q dis
tance of about eight miles from Daw-
son. It's dredging operations are in the
bed Of the Klondike river. II is cleo
trically driven, has a length Of 13O
feet, width 40 feet and depth IL feet,
with an overhanging deck of three
feet and will dig to depth of As feet
The lumber used in it's construction
was British Columbia fir.
This company established record
during 1910 for length of dredging
season in this country. It's two
dredges were kept working until De-
cember 13, one of them having been
There was no difficulty in working the
dredges in temperature of 90 degrees
below zero, but when it dropped to 80
and 40 degrees, and remained so for
several days in succession, it was i'm
possible to operate successfully on ac-
count of the heavy ice forming on the
pond. At the time the dredge ceased
running the temperature was below 40
degrees and had been so for some time.
Another important project under
way is the construction of large pow
er house on the Klondike river for fur
nishing electric power to the dredges
operating in this section of the terri
tory. A ditch has been constructed
distance of six miles. which is 33 feet
in width at the top and II feet at the
bottom, with a depth of FIVE feet and
a capacity of $4,000 miners inches. 1t
is intended in the near future to in
crease the size of this ditch to double
its present capacity and to install the
necessary additional machinery.
While considerable development
work is being done in the territory on
quartz properties, no new discoveries
were made during 1910. Quartz mining
has had setback because considerable
money was expended in running
tunnel into a property known as the
Dome Lode Development CO., situated
about 35 miles from Dawson, in order
to strike the lode at depth of about
600 foot helou the ouferopuinp. but
the rock value expected was not
found
The following extract from a report
on the mineral resources of Alaska,
1909, will give an idea of the property:
development work il also well un-
der way on the property OF the Dome
Quartzz Mining Co. This mine is
situated on a divide between Lomard
and Dominion creeks. During the lat
ter part of last winter an adit was
started for the purpose of cutting the
lodes, of which there are FIVE, at
depth of 500 feet below the outcrop.
1t is now in about 1000 feet and has
tapped two of the veins, which. show
their full width and value. The other
three veins, it is hoped, will be cross
cut some time next year. This will
require about 500 feet of additional
driving. The property is believed to
be of value The crosscutting OF two
lodes at depth of 900 feet and the
finding of three feet of ore in each
vein with gold that will certainly pay
places the property in a most enviable
position and is of great satisfaction to
all concerned. Mining Science.
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