INDEX. 
Page. 
A. 
Abbe, Cleveland, jr., rainfall table compiled 
by 43, 48 
river tables compiled by 49 
I Acknowledgments to those assisting 25 
Alaska, map of 14 
roads in 16, 217-228 
views of 220, 226 
Alaska-Treadwell Gold Mining Co., ditch 
of 113-115 
ditch of, plate showing 114 
pressure box on, plate showing 116 
investigation at mine of 13 
Alden Creek, gold on, fineness of 204 
Allenkaket, freight and passenger rates to 
and from 236-237 
Alluvial mining, definition of 26 
Alpine Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 241 
Amalgam, cleaning and retorting of 205 
melting of 205-207 
Amalgamated McKee Co., sluices of 143-144 
American Creek, barite on 204 
booming on, dam for, plate showing. . . 58 
ditches on 105, 109 
drainage basin of, figure showing 44 
gold on, fineness of 208 
investigation on 14 
prospecting on, cost of 41 
shoveling on, duty of man in 59 
sluice boxes on, plate showing 56 
stream conditions on 43-44, 52, 54 
wood on, price of 215 
American Gold Mining Co., ditch of 115 
sluices of 142-143 
Anglo-Klondike Mining Co., reservoir of. . . 127 
Anikovik River, gold on, fineness of 209 
wood on, price of 216 
Anvik, freight and passenger rates to 233-235 
ice at 49 
rainfall at 48 
stream conditions at 49 
temperatures at 49 
Anvil Creek, drifting on 86-87 
freight and passenger rates to 240 
gold on, fineness of 209 
investigation on 14 
prospecting on, cost of 42 
reservoirs on 128 
settling pond on, view of 128 
shoveling on, duty of man in 59 
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Anvil Creek, sluicing on 56, 150, 191 
steam shovel on 74, 77 
figure and plate showing 74 
stream conditions on 53-54 
track and incline on 71-72 
figure showing 71 
wages on 71 
wood on, price of 216 
Anvil Mountains, mining in, methods of. . . 33 
Assessment work, abuse of 257-259 
Atlin, riffles at, view of 194 
Atlin Creek, B. C, pipe line on, plate show- 
ing 
Atlin district, B. C, bowlders in 141 
ditches in 104, 107-108, 117-118 
dredges and dredging in 160-162 
view of 160 
duty of miner's inch in 139 
gold of, character of 145, 207 
investigation in 13 
mining in, methods of 28 
pipe line in, view of 128, 132 
prospecting in, cost of 41 . 
protective dams in 146-147 
roads in 221 
view of 220 
sluice box in, plate and figure show- 
ing 143,194 
sluicing in 143-147 
stream conditions in 52,54 
wages in 211 
wood in, price of 215 
Australia, comparison of conditions in 
Alaska and 30 
B. 
Baker Creek, gold on, fineness of 208 
freight and passenger rates to 235-236 
Bangor Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 241 
Bank-head water, use of 138 
Bannock, Mont., dredging at 175-176 
Barite, occurrence of 204 
Basin Creek, ditches on 106, 109 
gold on, fineness of 209 
sluicing on 150 
stream conditions on 53 
wood on, price of 216 
Bear Creek, Alaska, gold on, fineness of ... 209 
Bear Creek, Y. T., gold on, fineness of 208 
investigation on 14 
steam shovel on 78-80, 89 
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