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Fairhaven district, gold in, fineness of 209 
mining in, character of 29 
prospecting in, cost of 42 
wages in 211 
wood in, price of 216 
Firewood, prices of 34, 212-216 
Flumes. See Ditches. 
Fort Adams, rainfall at 48 
temperatures at 49 
Fort Gibbon, freight and passenger rates 
to 233-235 
ice at 49 
rainfall at 48 
temperatures at 49 
Fort Liscum, rainfall at 48 
temperatures at 49 
Fort Reliance, ice at 49 
Fort Yukon, freight and passenger rates 
to 233-235 
Fortymile, freight and passenger rates to. 233-234 
Fortymile Creek, prospecting on, cost of . . . 41 
stream conditions on 44 
Fortymile district, ditches in 105, 109 
hydraulic mining in 117 
ice in 89 
fineness of gold in 208 
freight and passenger rates to 238 
mining in, cost of 36 
methods of 29 
prospecting in, cost of 41 
stream conditions in 44, 45, 54 
wages in 211 
wood in, price of 212, 215 
Fountain Creek, freight and passenger 
rates to 241 
Freighting, cost of 88, 226, 228-242 
investigation of 16 
routes of 232-242 
Frost, occurrence of 49 
Fuel, prices of 34,88,102,212-216 
G. 
Galesburg, 111., steam-shovel operations at. 75-78 
steam-shovel operations at, figures 
showing 75, 76 
Garnets, occurrence of 204 
Gas-producer engines, efficiency of 34 
use of 34 
Geological Survey, United States, publica- 
tions of, on Alaska 261-262 
Geology, influence on placer mining of 31 
Giants, hydraulic, bracing of, figure show- 
ing 136 
data concerning 134-135 
method of use of 136-137 
Glacier Creek, ditch on, plate showing 124 
ditches on 106, 109 
elevators on 152 1 53 
plate showing 152 
freight and passenger rates to 241 
gold on, fineness of 209 
gravel on, plate showing 152 
investigation on 14 
sluicing on 149 
stream conditions on 53, 54 
wood on, price of 216 
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Glaeier Mountains, location and altitude 
of 44 
Glen Gulch, gold on, fineness of 208 
stream conditions on 53 
Gold, cleaning of 205 
export duty on 215 
fineness of 207 209 
loss of 144-145, 191, 193 
Gold, fine, occurrence of 193-194,207-209 
Gold Bottom Creek (Council district) 
ditches on 106, 110 
freight and passenger rates to 242 
investigation on 14 
stream conditions on 53 
Cold Bottom Creek, V. T., investigation on 14 
Gold Creek, ditches on 104, 107 
gold on, fineness of 207 
stream conditions on 52, 54 
topography on, plate showing 118 
Gold deposits, alluvial, classes of 27 
classes of, distribution of 28-29 
methods of working of 27-28 
Gold Run, B. C, dredging on 160-162 
gold on, fineness of 207 
investigation on 13 
prospecting in, cost of 41 
Gold Run (Kugruk district), gold on, fine- 
ness of 209 
Gold Run (Rampart district), gold on, fine- 
ness of 208 
stream conditions on... 53 
wood on, price of 216 
Gold Run, Y. T., gold on, fineness of 208 
hot-water thawing on 93 
investigation on 14 
mud box on, view of 194 
wood on, price of 215 
stream conditions on 52, 54 
Gold Run Creek, fineness of gold on 209 
wood on, price of 215 
Gold-saving devices, character of 142-150, 193 
inefficiency of Alaskan types of 190 
plates showing 80, 162 
Gold Stream, stream conditions on 53 
wood on, price of 216 
Grades of streams. See Streams, grades of. 
Grass Gulch, investigation on 14 
Gravel, frozen, hydraulicking of, diagram 
of 137 
view of 136 
Gravel mining, definition of 25-26 
H. 
Hannum Creek, gold on, fineness of 209 
Hauer, J. D., on handling bowlders 141 
Hidden Treasure mine, timbering method 
in, figure showing 84 
Hobson Creek, dam on 124 
Hog River, freight and passenger rates to 
and from 236-237 
Hoisting, cost and methods of 94-96 
Holyoke Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 240 
Homestake Creek, gold on, fineness of 209 
wood on, price of 216 
Hoosier Creek, ditches on 105, 109 
