Show YUKON GOLD COLD REGION edward spurr ches yew new facts about thu the interior of alack i i tou an aug 9 the report on the yukon gold region by josiah rdward spurr the geological survey expert who headed a party that made a thorough investigation in ili alaska last summer riving giving new facts about the I 1 interior has been made public it is a comprehensive document and reviews III in detail the work lit in the various districts it says as to the forty mile gold district that in the latter part ol of 1887 franklin gulch was struck and tile the first year the creek is estimated to have produced 1000 ever since it has been a constant payer the character ol of the gold there is rn masses as of S 85 weight being very common the yield of the first year year after the discovery ot of forty mile has been variously estimated at from to but probably covers the production the discovery of davis creek and a stampede from franklin gulch followed tile the spring of 1888 in 1801 gold mining in the interior a as NN well ell as on the coast of silver bow bov basin and treadwell received a great impetus the event of 1803 1892 was the discovery of dillery millery creek in the spring 0 of f 1893 many new claims were staked out and it is C estimated that eighty men took out since then miller creek has been tile the heaviest producer of the forty lailo district and until recently of the whole yukon its entire length lies in Bri british tisla possessions the output for 1803 as aa given by the mint director for the alaskan creeks all but miller creek being in american possessions was with a mining population of f the total amount produced by the yukon placers in 1891 1804 was double that of the previous year in 1895 tile the output was doubled again forty mile district in the summer of described in the report as if had seen its best days and unless several new creeks are dis discovered it will lose its old position the birch arch creek district was last summer in a flourishing condition most of the gulches were then the a running on daube shifts night and day and many large profits were reported on Mast creek tho the best producer over 30 miners were at work many expecting to winter in tho the gulch the estimated alaskan gold production for made by the spurr report is is the mining laws differ for different gulches generally the claim is fornoo for I 1 feet for gulch diggings from rimrock k ito to rimrock but in one gulch not paying I 1 v M ell an effort is being made mada to stake claims 1330 1320 feet long crowded creeks are staked 1 00 feet to the claim and no man is allowed to stake more than one claim in his own name save the discoverer who is allowed 1000 feet feel instead of |