AlaskaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - 133 pages |
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... side have progressed , they exhibit a close coincidence of results . At one point , as I am informed , the difference between Mr. Ogilvie's loca- tion and that made by the United States Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey is only about 6 feet 7 ...
... side have progressed , they exhibit a close coincidence of results . At one point , as I am informed , the difference between Mr. Ogilvie's loca- tion and that made by the United States Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey is only about 6 feet 7 ...
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... side , and it is said that in some places a passage can be made in canoes from one shore to the other , hardly lifting the canoe out of water during the journey . " The Yukon can be reached from Norton Sound via the Una- laklik and ...
... side , and it is said that in some places a passage can be made in canoes from one shore to the other , hardly lifting the canoe out of water during the journey . " The Yukon can be reached from Norton Sound via the Una- laklik and ...
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... side . This section of the Kuskokwim Valley is but thinly populated , though appar- ently the natural advantages are far greater than on the corresponding section of the Yukon . The soil is of better quality and is sufficiently drained ...
... side . This section of the Kuskokwim Valley is but thinly populated , though appar- ently the natural advantages are far greater than on the corresponding section of the Yukon . The soil is of better quality and is sufficiently drained ...
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... side within Alaska , were a sponge , into which all rain and moisture from the heavens and melting snow are absorbed , never finding their release by evapora- tion , but conserved to drain , by myriads and myriads of rivulets , the ...
... side within Alaska , were a sponge , into which all rain and moisture from the heavens and melting snow are absorbed , never finding their release by evapora- tion , but conserved to drain , by myriads and myriads of rivulets , the ...
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... sides of the stream being low and level , usually consisting of sand or gravel . The average width of that portion of the river is about three - quarters of a mile , but in some places , meas- ured across its numerous islands , it ...
... sides of the stream being low and level , usually consisting of sand or gravel . The average width of that portion of the river is about three - quarters of a mile , but in some places , meas- ured across its numerous islands , it ...
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acres adverse claim affidavit aforesaid Alaska Aleutian Alexander Archipelago application for patent Approved arbitrators ARTICLE Bering Sea boundaries Britain Britannic Majesty certified claimant claims located coast Commissioner Cook Inlet copy court Creek distance district district of Alaska dollars eighteen hundred entry established extend filed fish fisheries Fort Yukon fur seals gold Government herd hundred and seventy-two Indians interior intersection islands Juneau jurisdiction Kadiak Kuskokwim Lake Land Office ledges legal subdivisions limits lode claim Lord Hannen meridian mill-site mineral lands mining claim mining-claims natives Norton Sound notice Nulato Pacific Ocean Peninsula person placer claims plat possessory right Pribilof Islands proceedings purposes register and receiver regulations Revised Statutes river Russia salmon Sitka square miles steamers stream surface survey surveyor-general sworn statement Tanana Territory thereof timber tion treaty tunnel United vein or lode vessels winter Yukon Yukon River
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Page 83 - And nothing in this section shall authorize the locator or possessor of a vein or lode which extends in its downward course beyond the vertical lines of his claim to enter upon the surface of a claim owned or possessed by another.
Page 82 - That in all cases public lands in the Philippine Islands valuable for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law.
Page 103 - Where a tunnel is run for the development of a vein or lode, or for the discovery of mines, the owners of such tunnel shall have the right of possession of all veins or lodes within three thousand feet from the face of such tunnel on the line thereof, not previously known to exist, discovered in such tunnel, to the same extent as if discovered from the surface...
Page 88 - ... an application for a patent for such placer claim which does not include an application for the vein or lode claim...
Page 99 - Upon the failure of any one of several coowners to contribute his proportion of the expenditures required hereby, the coowners who have performed the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent coowner personal notice in writing, or notice by publication in the newspaper published nearest the claim, for at least once a week for ninety days, and if at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in writing or...
Page 105 - ... notice will give the date of posting, the name of the claimant, the name of the claim, mine, or lode; the mining district and county; whether the location is of record, and, if so, where the record may be found ; the number of feet claimed along the vein, and the presumed direction thereof; the number of feet claimed on the lode in each direction from the point of discovery, or other well-defined place on the claim ; the name or names of adjoining claimants on the same or other lodes ; or, if...
Page 83 - Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits, heretofore located, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations, and laws in force at the date of their location.
Page 121 - The testimony should also show the agricultural capacities of the land, what kind of crops are raised thereon, and the value thereof; the number of acres actually cultivated for crops of cereals or vegetables, and within which particular ten-acre...
Page 91 - Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 88 - In cases of contest as to the mineral or agricultural character of land, the testimony and proofs may be taken as herein provided on personal notice of at least ten days...