All About the Klondyke Gold Mines

About this eBook

Author

Pratt, J. G.

Title

All about the Klondyke gold mines

Credits

Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)

Language

English

LoC Class

F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States

Subject

Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35824

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35824

Release Date

April 11, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.All About The KLONDYKE Gold Mines.
2. 2.LOCATION OF THE YUKON MINES.
3. 3.GOLD.
4. 4.KLONDYKE AND CALIFORNIA.
5. 5.THE GEOLOGY OF THE YUKON REGION.
6. 6.THE "MOTHER LODE" AND THE GLACIAL DEPOSITS.
7. 7.THE GREAT GOLD DISCOVERY.
8. 8.THE GOLD FEVER SPREADING.
9. 9.MILLIONS OF GOLD PANNED OUT.
10. 10.ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND TREASURE SHIP FROM THE FROZEN KLONDYKE.
11. 11.A FEW OF THE PRIZES WON.
12. 12.SOME GRAPES OF ESCHOL STORIES.
13. 13.THE STAMPEDE FOR THE GOLD.
14. 14.WHERE THE GOLD IS FOUND.
15. 15.SOME LARGE NUGGETS.
16. 16.MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS IN SIGHT.
17. 17.HOW TO GET THERE.
18. 18.FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO THE MINES.
19. 19.PERILS OF THE TRIP.
20. 20.CANADIAN GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE.
21. 21.DAWSON NOT A TOUGH TOWN.
22. 22.FEARS OF STARVATION.
23. 23.COST OF LIVING IN DAWSON.
24. 24.THE CLIMATE AND THE MOSQUITOES.
25. 25.CAPITAL REQUIRED BY MINERS.
26. 26.A WOMAN'S OUTFIT.
27. 27.VALUABLE EXPERT ADVICE.
28. 28.THE NEW YORK JOURNAL EXPEDITION TO KLONDYKE.
29. 29.SAILORS GET GOLD CRAZE.
30. 30.ONLY THREE DEATHS IN A YEAR.
31. 31.CANADIAN MINING LAWS.
32. 32.SOME THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
33. 33.EXPLANATORY AND IMPORTANT.

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