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Show Corporations Oust Miners. Tho Klondike proper that Is, that portion of tho Yukon territory In tho . vicinity of Dawson na far as tho In- . dividual minor la .concerned, la on a rapid decline owing to tho Immefiio nrca of ground being acquired by dredging companies. One company alono has purchased nearly all tho , placer ground on tho throe principal r creeks, namely: Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker, and has bonded consld- t ; erably moro on Dominion and othor ' i creeks for various reasons. Where formerly hundreds of minors were I working for wages or working their ) own ground, thus crentlng a demand for provlslona, clothing, machinery, hardware, etc., and tho transportation from Dawson to tho different mining operations, now dredges aro either operating op-erating or In courso of construction. Consular Reports. |