INDEX. 
271 
Page. 
Penny River, freight and passenger rates to . 24 1 
Perkins, H. C, acknowledgments to 25 
Pichard, G. W., on electric thawing 89 
Pine Creek, B.C., ditches on 104,107 
gold on, fineness of 207 
investigation on 13 
pipe line on, view of 128 
stream conditions on 52, 54 
wood on, price of 216 
Pine Creek Power Co., sluices of 145 
Pioneer Creek, ditches on 105, 109 
freight and passenger rates to 241 
stream conditions on 52 
Pioneer Glen, freight and passenger rates to. 237 
Pipe line, construction of 119, 128-134 
construction of, figures and plate show- 
ing 132-133 
prices of 130 
sections and parts of, figures showing. . 129, 
131,132,133 
shipping of, method of 129 
view of 128 
Placer mining, character of 27 
definition of 25-26 
kinds of, distribution of 28-29 
methods of working of 28 
Placers, bench, character of 27 
distribution of 28-29, 101 
method of working of 28, 40, 101 
Placers, creek, character of 27 
distribution of 28-29 
method of working of 27 
Placers, gravel-plain, character of 27 
distribution of 29 
method of working of 28 
Placers, hillside, character of 27 
distribution of 28-29 
method of working of 27 
Placers, lake-bed, character of 27 
distribution of 28 
method of working of 28 
Placers, river-bar, character of 27 
distribution of 28-29 
method of working of 28 
richness of 159 
Placers, sea-beach, character of 27 
distribution of 29 
method of working of 28 
Placers, tundra. See Placers, gravel-plain. 
Platinum, occurrence of 26 
Porcupine Creek, wood on, price of 216 
Porcupine district, ditches in 104, 108 
freight and passenger rates to 238 
gold in, fineness of 207 
mining in, methods of 29 
prospecting in, cost of 41 
wages in 211 
wood on, price of 212, 215 
Port Clarence district, ditches in 106,110 
gold in, fineness of 209 
mining in, methods of 29 
wages in 211 
wood in, price of 216 
Powers of attorney, abuse of 25.5-257 
Pressure box, plates showing 116 
Prindle, L. M., information from 61 
Page. 
Prindle, L. M., mention of II 
Prospect Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 241 
Prospecting, cost of 39, 41-42 
methods of 39-40 
results of 42-43 
Pump, China. See China pump. 
Pumping, cost of 58,102 
Punched plates, use of 195-196 
R. 
Railways, construction of 227-228, 239 
Rainfall, statistics of 48 
Rampart, freight and passenger rates to and 
from 233-234, 237 
Rampart district, ditches in 105,109 
gold in, fineness of 208 
mining in, methods of 29 
prospecting in, cost of 42 
stream conditions in 45,52 -5 1 
wages in 211 
wood in, price of 215 
Red Mountain, freight and passenger rates 
to and from 236-237 
Reservoirs, storage, construction and cost 
of L27-128 
Resurrection Creek, wood on, price of 216 
Rhode Island Creek, freight and passenger 
rates to 237 
stream conditions on 53 
Riffles, improved, figures and plates show 
ing 80, 195, 200, 202,203 
types of 200-203 
Riffles, rail, figure showing 149 
Roads, act of Congress concerning 217-218 
construction and character of 16, 
217-220,225-226 
figure showing 225 
cost Of 219, 220, 223-225, 227 
in Interior province 226-227 
in Seward Peninsula 227-228 
in South Coast province 222 
in Yukon Territory 222-226 
suggested routes for 226 
views of 220, 224, 226 
Robinson, A. W., on dredging 160 
Rock Creek, freight and passenger rates to. 241 
stream conditions on 53 
Rock Island Point, freight and passenger 
rates to and from 236-237 
Rocker, character and use of 55-56 
figure showing 55 
Ruby Creek, freight and passenger rates 
to 237,242 
stream conditions on 52 
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St. Michael, freight and passenger rates 
to 230-231, 234-235 
rainfall at 48 
temperatures at 49 
Sampling, necessity for 42 13,83 
method of 42-43 
Sand Point, freighl and passenger rates 
to 230-231 
