Show Fortymile Gold District Alaska The earliest placer mining In tho ho Alaskan part of the Yukon basin baslo was done on the bars of Fortymile river In 1680 and during the next two years hundreds of miners came to the scene of the discovery This event opened up inland Alaska and led to the discovery discovery discovery dis dis- dis- dis covery of the famous Klondike I placers on the Canadian side of the boundary some ten years later Over worth of gold has been taken out of the Klondike and the Alaska Yul Yukon on placer camps In the 30 80 years since Fortymile was discovered Of Ot this about worth of gold has come from the Fortymile district This district Is described In a report published by the United States geologIcal geological geological ical survey department of the Interior entitled The uThe Fortymile Quadrangle Yukon Yukon-Tanana Region Alaska |