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INDEX. 
Page. 
Minook Creek, stream conditions on 52 
Miocene Ditch Co., ditch of, map of 124 
ditches of 123 
view on 13, 124 
Mission Creek, gold on, fineness of 208 
Montana, miner's inch in 51 
Montana dredge, type of 175-176 
Moonlight Gulch, freight and passenger 
rates to '240 
More, A. H., acknowledgments to 25 
Moss, effect of 88-89 
Moss Gulch Creek, freight and passenger 
rates to 240 
Mud box, character and use of 191-192 
cost of 193 
plates and figure showing 192, 194 
Munro, C. H., on cost of dredging 168-173 
Mystery Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 242 
gold on, fineness of 209 
stream conditions on 53 
N. 
Neenana, freight and passenger rates to. . 235-236 
New York, water supply of, theoretic 
capacity of, for hydraulic min- 
ing 99 
New Zealand, dredge, type of 176-177 
view of 162, 168, 167 
Newton Creek, investigation on 14 
Niukluk River, dredge on 167 
Nizina district, gold in, fineness of 207 
mining in, methods and cost of 29, 37-39 
prospecting in, cost of 40 
stream conditions on 54 
wages in 211 
wood on, price of 215 
Nome, beach diggings at, gold at, fineness 
of 209 
distances from 247-248 
freight and passenger rates to and 
from 240-241 
fuel at, cost of 34 
gold at, fineness of 209 
lightering at, cost of 239, 241 
prices at 249-254 
Nome Arctic Railway, construction of 227 
Nome district, ditches in 105, 109 
drift mining in 87, 93 
duty of miner's inch in 138-140 
gold in, fineness of 209 
hot-water thawing in 97 
hydraulic giants in 136 
mining in, methods of 29 
prospecting in, cost of 42 
roads in 221 
shoveling in, duty of man in 59 
steam thawing in 93 
stream conditions in 53, 54 
wages in 211 
wood in, price of 216 
Nome River, ditches and ditch buildingon. 105, 
109 
ditches and ditch-building on, plate 
showing 120 
freight and passenger rates to 241 
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Nome River, stream conditions on 53 
water supply of 46 
Nugget Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 241 
Nulato, freight and passenger rates to and 
from 233-236 
ice at 49 
rainfall at 48 
stream conditions at 
temperatures at 49 
O. 
Oil, price of 34, 214 
Omega Creek, freightand passenger rates to. 237 
stream conditions on 53 
Open-cut mining. See Mining, open-cut. 
Ophir Creek, derricking on 67-70 
plate showing 70 
ditches on . 106,110,126-127 
plate showing 126 
flume on, view of 124 
investigation on 14 
mining on 37 
freight and passenger rates to 240, 242 
gold on, fineness of. 194,209 
prospecting on, cost of 42 
sluicing on 149 
plate showing 148 
stream conditions on £>3, 55 
wageson 210 
water supply of 46 
wood on, price of 216 
Oregon, use of water gate in 57 
Oregon Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 241 
Oroville, Cal., dredges and dredging at 157- 
158, 176-177 
dredges and dredging at, cost of 167-173 
views of 168, 180, 182, 184 
investigation at 14 
Osborn Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 240 
stream conditions on 53 
Otter Creek, freight and passenger rates to. 241 
P. 
Pack train, view of 228 
Paige, Sidney, acknowledgments to 13 
work of 15 
Pass, Siberian, view of 198 
Passenger service, character of 228, 232 
rates of 228-241 
Peavy, freight and passenger rates to and 
from 236-237 
Pedro Creek, conditions in 32-33 
derricking on, cost of 66-67, 70-71 
freight and passenger rates to 238 
gold on, fineness of 208 
hot- water thawing on 98 
prospecting on, cost of 42 
stream conditions on 53,54 
wood on, price of 216 
Peluu Creek, freightand passenger rates to. 241 
investigation on 14 
wood on, price of 216 
Penelope Creek, horse scraping on, cost of. . 60 
investigation on 14 
