242 GKAVEL AND PLACER MINING IN ALASKA. [bull.263. 
From Nome to Council, 85 miles, winter haul is — 
Warm-storage rate, per ton $60. 00 
Cold-storage rate, per ton 40. 00 
Passenger rate, forty hours 15. 00 
Summer local freight rates from Solomon to various points. 
Per ton. 
Mouth Shovel Creek $8. 00-$12. 00 
Hurrah Creek « 10. 00 
Willow Creek 90. 00 
Ruby Creek 80. 00 
Mystery Creek 15. 00 
West Creek 12.50 
East Fork Creek 15. 00 
Down coast to Spruce Creek 12. 50 
Summer local freight rates from Council to various points. 
Per ton. 
No. 15, Ophir Creek (railway) $10. 00 
Gold Bottom (horse boat) 30. 00 
Gold Bottom ( wagon haul) 50. 00 
Lower Casadepaga 75. 00 
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS. 
Considerable delay and confusion have been caused in the past by 
shippers not understanding the requirements of the United States and 
Dominion customs departments. The following information is given 
for the guidance of shippers, and the instructions herein contained 
must be strictly adhered to: 
Shipments of goods from United States ports via Skagway, des- 
tined to Eagle City and other lower Yukon River points in transit 
through British Columbia and Yukon Territory, must be accompanied 
by 4 certified copies of invoices and 2 copies of bills of lading. All 
of these papers are necessary for customs purposes at Skagway. 
Goods shipped from United States ports, destined to points in 
Alaska via Skagway and Yukon River, are bonded through Canadian 
territory duty free. 
Charges for preparing customs papers by the customs agent of the 
White Pass and Yukon route will be as follows: For preparing ship- 
per's manifest, 50 cents; transportation and exportation entries will 
be charged for on basis of actual cost to the White Pass and Yukon 
route. 
The customs agent will notify the agent of the White Pass and 
Yukon route at Skagway station of the amounts to be assessed on 
above account, and the same will be placed against each shipment as a 
back charge. 
a Under exceptionally favorable conditions large lots have been landed San Francisco-Little Hur- 
rah Creek as low as $17 per ton. 
