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own claims and employ the somewhat primitive old-time 

 methods that were so common a few years ago. 



The streams flowing through the area are all gold- 

 bearing to some extent, but only a limited number have 

 proved remunerative. The most productive streams are: 

 Bonanza creek with its famous tributary, Eldorado creek; 

 Bear creek and Hunker creek, flowing into the Klondike; 

 and Quartz creek, and Dominion creek, with Gold Run 

 and Sulphur creeks, tributaries of Dominion creek, flowing 

 into Indian river. 



A considerable number of quartz properties are held 

 in different parts of Klondike district and some have been 

 more or less developed. None of them can as yet be con- 

 sidered to have passed the prospect stage. 



Topography. 



Topographically, Klondike district is a typical ex- 

 ample of a thoroughly dissected upland. It forms part of 

 the Yukon plateau, which is thought to have been origin- 

 ally part of a great peneplain, at one period of its history 

 elevated so as to constitute a high plateau and subsequently 

 deeply trenched by the various streams by which it is 

 drained. In the Klondike, at least, a second uplift has 

 occurred in comparatively recent times, resulting in a fur- 

 ther deepening of the valleys 300 feet to 700 feet (150 

 to 210 km.). Portions of the old valley bottoms, still 

 covered with heavy accumulations of gravel, remain at 

 many points, forming terraces of various widths, border- 

 ing the newer valleys. 



Viewed from a distance, Klondike district has a hilly 

 or even mountainous aspect, but in reality consists of a 

 series of long branching ridges, the summits of which have 

 been carved irregularly into hill and hollow by unequal 

 denudation. Most of the ridges originate at or near the 

 Dome, the topographic centre of the district, and the high- 

 est point in it. 



The Dome is situated 19 miles (306 km.) southeast 

 of Dawson, and about midway between Indian and Klon- 

 dike rivers. It has a height of about 4250 feet (1295 m.) 

 above the sea, 3050 feet (930 m.) above Yukon river at 

 Dawson, and about 500 feet (152 m.) above the ridges at its 

 base. It is not conspicuously higher than the other hills in 

 the neighbourhood, and the gradual decrease in height out- 

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