PURIXGTON.] 
STREAM VOLUMES. 
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Table 6. — Approximate stream volumes, in miner's incites — Continued. 
District and stream. 
Gag- 
ings. 
Volumes in 
miner's inches. 
Time. 
Authority . 
Remarks. 
Rampart district — Cont'd. 
Glen Gulch 
0-500 
10-200 
50-500 
50-500 
25-500 
10-500 
Open sea 
son. 
do .... 
do .... 
do 
Members of Geolog- 
ical Sun ey. 
do 
do 
do ... 
do .... 
...do 
do . 
do 
Fairbanks district: 
117 
400 
August ... 
do.... 
do 
Wolf Creek... 
25 
do .... 
do ... 
10 
110 
450 
...do ... 
...do ... 
do .... 
do 
do.... 
do 
Creek. 
Nome district: 
100-400 
300-1,000 
2-200 
12, 000-20, 000 
8, 000-18, 000 
10-100 
25-500 
500-2, 000 
100-1, 000 
250-2, 000 
10-50 
3, 000-20, 000 
200-1,000 
50-200 
100-500 
800-4, 000 
100-500 
6, 000-50, 000 
500-2,000 
1,000-5,000 
Open sea- 
son . 
do.... 
Members of Geolog- 
ical Survey. 
do 
Gilmore and 
Pedro. 
do.... 
....do 
do 
do 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do.... 
do ... 
do .... 
...do . 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
Council district: 
do 
do 
...do 
do 
do 
do 
feolomon district: 
do 
do 
do 
GRADES OF STREAMS. 
No subjects are of greater importance for the consideration of the 
)lacer miner than the grade available for moving his gravel and the 
r ertical space which he can obtain for a tailings dump. Neglect to 
arefully consider the natural grade of the ground on which the pro- 
f)sed operation is to be undertaken will generally result in financial 
ilure. 
Alaska is not characterized by steep grades in the parts which are 
ich in alluvial gold. In fact, with the exception of the relatively 
mall placer districts of the South Coast province, the long-continued 
