YUKON PLACER FIELDS. 127 
KOYUKUK REGION. 
The Koyukuk region, according to information received from Mr. Frank E. Howard, 
United States commissioner at Coldfoot, has produced approximately $200,000. About L30 
men were engaged in mining and 28 claims were being worked. This mining field is at a dis- 
advantage in comparison with others in the Yukon basin because of its isolation. Supplies 
after being landed at the mouth of the Koyukuk must be then transshipped to a smaller 
steamer, which ascends the river about 500 miles. From the head of navigation the sup- 
plies are taken to the producing creeks, 50 to 100 miles above, in poling boats during the 
summer and by dog teams in winter. The fact that mining continues under these adverse 
conditions bears testimony both to the richness of the deposits and to the determination of 
those who have developed them. 
