EXCURSION C 8. 



YUKON AND MALASPINA. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



General Introduction 



by D. D. Cairnes 39 



Prince Rupert-Skagway Section 



by F. E. Wright 41 



Physiography and geology 41 



Annotated guide 48 



Skagway-Whitehorse-Dawson Section 



by D. D. Cairnes 5 1 



General topography and geology 51 



Climate, flora and fauna 60 



Annotated guide 63 



Whitehorse copper belt 72 



General description 72 



Particular description 72 



Historical 76 



Annotated guide (continued) 76 



Tantalus coal mine 83 



General description 83 



Particular description 83 



Annotated guide (continued) 85 



Klondike gold fields 95 



General description 95 



Topography 97 



General geology 99 



Placer mining operations 104 



General 104 



Yukon Gold Company 105 



Boyle Concession, Limited 114 



Treadgold property 116 



Gold production 118 



Quartz mining 118 



