INDEX. 
269 
Page. 
Kugruk River-, gold on, fineness of 209 
wood on , price of 216 
L. 
Labor, character and rates of pay of 210-211 
Lnndfield. J. T., on gold dredging 157 
Last Chance Creek, V. 'I'., freight and pas- 
senger rates to 241 
gold on, fineness of 208 
investigation on 14 
Law, status of •_':">."> -260 
Lawson Creek, ditch on, plate showing 114 
Lemon Creek, ditches on 101,107 
gold on, fineness of 207 
Levat, E. P., on sluicing 197 
on thawing in east Siberia 90 
Lewington, G. A. R., acknowledgments to. 2.5 
on ditch building 120 
Lignite, occurrence of 213 
Lillian Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 240 
Lindbloom Creek, freight and passenger 
rates to 241 
Lindgren, W., on California rainfall 47 
Lindley, C. H., on mining law 257-258, 260 
Lisbnrne, Cape, coal near 213 
Little Minook Creek, freight and passenger 
rates to 237 
gold on, fineness of 208 
stream conditions on 52, 54 
Little Minook, jr., Creek, gold on, fineness 
of 208 
Living, cost of, investigation into 15 
Location, laws of 255-260 
Long torn, character and use of 55-56 
Lumber, character of 212 
prices of 41-42, 88, 212-216 
Lynx Creek, freight and passenger rates to. 239 
M. 
McCoon Creek, wood on, price of 215 
McKee Creek, B. C, ditches on 104,107,118 
gold on, fineness of 207 
hydraulic giants on 136 
investigation on 13 
pipe line on 132 
view of 132 
prospecting on. cost of 41 
sluicing on 143-144 
stream conditions on 52, 54 
tailings on 151 
wood on, price of 21 5 
McKinley Creek, gold on, fineness of 207 
wood on, price of 215 
McKinley Creek Mining Co. v. Alaska 
United Mining Co., reference to. 260 
Malum, H., on protective dams 146 
Mammoth Creek, gold on, fineness of 208 
investigation on 14 
prospecting on, cost of 41 
stream conditions on 52, 54 
wood on, price of 216 
Map of Alaska, showing itinerary 14 
Martin Creek, freightand passenger rates to. 241 
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Mary's Igloo, distances from 247 
Mastodon Creek, ditches on 105, 109 
drain on, cost of 58 
gold on, fineness of 208 
investigation on h 
prospecting on, cost of 41 
self-dumping carriers on 65 
stream conditions on 52, 54 
tailings on 151 
topography on. plate showing 120 
wood on, price of 216 
Mastodon Fork, gold on, fineness of 288 
stream conditions on 52 
Matanuska basin, coal in 213 
Mattesoir, E. E., invention of hydraulic 
mining by 99 
Meking Creek, stream conditions on 53, 55 
wood on, price of 216 
Melting amalgam, method of 205-207 
Mercury, use of 201 
Miller Creek, Alaska, ditches on 104,107 
gold on, fineness of 208 
wood on, price of 216 
Miller Creek, Y. T., ditches on 105, 108 
Miller Gulch, gold on, fineness of 207 
Mills Creek, freight and passenger rates to. 239 
Miner, typical, plate showing 58 
Miner's inch, definition of 34-35, 49-51 
duty of 138-141 
Mining, classes of, definitions of 25-26, 34-39 
cost of, investigation of 15 
Mining, alluvial, definition of 26 
Mining, dredge. See Dredging. 
Mining, drift, adit for, plate and figure show- 
ing 84 
cost of 38, 82-85 
definition of 25 
methods of 82-99 
plate showing 92 
rig for, figure showing 82 
sampling in 83 
system of, figure showing 83 
Mining, elluvial, definition of 26 
Mining, gravel, definition of 25-26 
Mining, hydraulic, cost of 33,38,101-102 
definition of 25 
essentials for 100-101 
invention of 99 
methods of 99-156 
plates and figures showing 92, 
132,136,137,152,154 
use of 33, 100, 102 
water for 99 
Mining, open-cut, cost of 38,56 
economy of 55 
methods of 55 82 
steam point in, use of, plate showing .. 86 
view Of 151 
Mining, placer, definition of 25 26 
methods of 29-34 
conclusions concerning 30 
Mining law, abuses of 255 jiin 
extension of, to Alaska 257 
requirements of 257-2*60 
Mining supplies, prices of 249-254 
