brooks] PLACER GOLD MINING IN ALASKA. 47 
will enable developments to continue in this region, which lies north 
of the Arctic Circle. 
Rampart is a small settlement on the Yukon about 1,000 miles from 
tide water. It has tributary to it a number of camps which have long 
produced some gold, and these are still producing, but not in great 
quantity. The important development of the season is that of Glenn 
Gulch, about 30 miles south of Rampart. Glenn Gulch is tributary to 
Baker Creek, which flows into the Tanana about 100 miles from the 
Yukon. The gulch itself has proved phenomenally rich, and a number 
of other streams in this region give promise of becoming producers. A 
description of this region by Mr. Collier will be found elsewhere in 
this volume. 
The region lying between the Yukon and the Tanana is one in which 
many gold-producing creeks have been found. The earliest discov- 
eries were all made on the Yukon side of the divide, but since 1898 
much prospecting has been done on strems tributaries to the Tanana 
from the north. In only a few cases have these yielded anything of 
value, and, as far as known to the writer, the gold-producing creeks 
are all tributary to the lower 200 miles of the Tanana. Little infor- 
mation is available in regard to this region, but it is stated that consid- 
erable gold has been taken out of streams which flow into the Chena 
River, which joins the Tanana about 300 miles from the Yukon. The 
daity press has recently contained references to phenomenally rich 
placers found somewhere in this region. Pedro Creek, whose loca- 
tion is not given, is said to have been found to be very rich, but these 
rumors have not received confirmation. 
The Birch Creek region embraces the headwaters of the stream of 
the same name, tributary to the Yukon near the Arctic Circle. It is 
one of the oldest placer districts of the Yukon, and still continues to 
produce some gold. With the cheapening of provisions on the Yukon 
the placer mining on some of the older creeks took a new lease of 
life, and such is the case on Birch Creek. Low-grade placers are now 
being developed in the Birch Creek Basin, which could not be eco- 
nomically developed under the old conditions. During the winter of 
1901-2 much mining machinery was taken into the district. It is 
reported that the district contains extensive deposits of low-grade 
placers, which it is proposed to mine with refined methods. 
Fortymile River enters the Yukon 20 miles above the international 
boundary. That its bars carry gold has been known for the last fif- 
teen years, and streams tributary to it have been important gold pro- 
ducers for the last eight years. Many of these streams are still being 
worked, and a few new ones have been discovered. In many instances 
bench claims are being developed. While the gold production of the 
district has not been large, the placers are by no means exhausted, 
and it is possible that important discoveries will still be made. 
During the last year placer mining has been done on a number of 
small creeks tributary to the Upper Yukon. On Boundary Creek, 12 
