Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20

house farming. The larger mining OPP
! orators have thcir own gardens and
greenhouses. and thus greatly reduce
the expense Of feeding their men. Wo
have so much light that we can raise
vegetables under glass. Practically all
Of our tomatoes and cucumbers are
grown that way"
will tho country ever become an
agricultural onc:"
Not In the sense that people will
! come here to farm in order to ship
their crops to other parts of the world.
The most OF the farming will be done
for the local community. and that
means for the miners"
'But will not the mines soon play
outT
COUNTRY. AS a WHOLE,
PRACTICALLY UNPROSPECTED
az think not" replied Commissioner
Black. THE country. as whole. Is
practically unprospectcd. and the inn
proved methods of mining are enabling
us to work more and more territory
where In the past the gold output was
so low that II did not pay. Up TO the
present the most Of the gold that has
come ont OF this region has been from
placer deposits. We have already mined
more than SlS5.000,000 from tho Klon-
dixie district alone, and we are still
| taking out millions each year. The first
OF the gold was won by the individual
miner. but within the past ten years a
great deal has been gotten out by
drcdScs and hydraulic machinery. Many
of the original creeks are still un.
dredged. the greater part OF the Klon-
dixie valley has yet TO be turned over
and there are gold beds In the Indian
River basin that arc still to be test
ed. Dominion creek. for instance is
thirty miles long and the most OF II
will pass through the drcdgcs. 1t ia
safe TO say that there arc many mil
Hons still left in the ground Our
output OF gold is now about 100000
per annum. and expect that average
TO keep up for years 10 come"
How about placer mining in other
parts Of your territory"
Color has been found in almost all
the streams that empty into the Yu-
kon. Mining has been prohtably done
! on the Stewart River 80 miles from
tho Klondike. and also on the tribu-
taries OF the Big Salmon halfway be-
tween Dawson and our southern boun-
, Diary In fact. there seems to be gold
bearing territory all the way from here
TO California, and "A great part of it
has not been prospectcd."
rs there any quartz gold in this
vicinity"
That question is yet TO be answer.
ed" replied the commissioner. Qua -
mining Is rich mans propositiC,
Placer mining can he done without, cap
b
taking out the placer gold, which was
easy TO get. that they have paid lit
tie attention 70 quartz. Large capital
may get develop great quartz mines
here. But so far no rich ones have
been discovered Nevertheless there
must have been mountains OF gold
quartz here in the past. in order 10
have filled the - II gold bearing creeks
and tho kIon" Valley with the al
most s2nO.0oo.O0o worth OF gold we
L.. ~ :. 4, ~. 49,
ing creeks all seem TO flow from the
Dome. a mountain about 5000 feet
above Dawson Many think that noun
tain ought 10 lie underla!d with gold
quartz. but So far none OF much value
has been found.
VEINS FOUND N
STEWART RIVER DISTRICT
In the last two years they u %
been finding veins OF Ealena. SILVER
and lead in the Stewart River district
the commissioner continued. That ore
! - much the same as that which made
the kootcnay famous. They shipped
i.lCO tons OF II last year to the San
Francisco SHELTERS. and, I understand,
that its value averaged $500 per ton.
The character OF that orc is improving
:tud ,hcy are now finding rub!es there.
1t is probable that tn" ore In the fu
turc viii run into values OF 1000
aud upward ton.
us thor. mach OF such ore?
NO enc can tell Yet the exact eN-
tent OF TN" deposits. They are finding
considerable float and no one can pre-
diet the discoveries OF the future. That
, is true Of the mos; Of this territory.
The cnuntIy has hardly been scratched.
! suppose the same Is tru. of Alaska"
asked the commissioner 10 say
some thing a. 10 the big game OF hi:
territory. lie replied:
This is ono of the best big game
1
neut. All shooting is licensed and re-
strictcd. and so far. there is no indi-
cation OF the game playing out. We
have an abundance OF moose. caribou,
| mountain sheep and mountain goats
| Ten thousand car!huu may sometimes
| be seen moving along over the coun-
! try. Such n drove Will not turn aside
| for anything. You can drive with a
motor car through It while it is cross
ms n mountain wagon road.
Indeed. l know of places here where
! you can 90 moose hunting in an auto
mobile, and that within twenty-five
miles OF Dawson. Our moose are
among the largest OF the world. Their
horns have often n spread OF I'VE or
! six feet, and It Is not uncommon to
Kill caribou whose antlcrs Will average
/, over thirty points"
What other game have your
I'VE have mountain sheep, whose
flesh Is more delicious than that OF any
other game animal. We have plenty
OF bear. both black and grizzly. We
have wild birds OF many varieties, in
GLIDING duck. geese, snipe and crane
We have five varieties Of grouse. We
have pheasants and ptarmisan. The
latter changes It's brown coat of the
summer to rosy white IN the winter
According to law, there is no limit to
the shooting OF bear. wolves and small
game. AS to other big game. we issue
licenses that give the holder tho right
| TO shoot two moose. six caribou ana
six sheep in season."
The conversation here turned TO the
| government Of the Yukon, when. in
| response TO my questions, the com
! missioner said:
THE Yukon territory has Federal
and local officials. the constitution de-
! fining their powers. Tho Federal Of
! hcials are appointed by the Federal
government. They are the counts
sioner. who governs the territory: the
controller, who handles all Federal
moneys. and the postmaster and coll
| iector OF customs. We have also
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