Show Fortymile Gold District Alaska Th The earliest placer mining in the Alaskan part of the thc Yukon basin was done on the bars o of oZ river In 1586 and during the ne next t two years hundreds of ot miners came to the scene of the discovery This event opened up Inland 1 Alaska an and 1 led to the discovery discovery dis dIs- covery of the famous Klondike placers on the Canadian side of ot the boundary some ten years ears later Over worth of gol gold 1 has been taken out of ot the Klondike and the Alaska Yukon placer camps in the 30 years I since mile was discovered Of or orthis this about worth of gold has come from the district This district is described In a n report published 1 by the United 1 States geologIcal geologIcal geological ical survey department of the interior entitled The Time Fort Fortymile mlle Quadrangle Yukon-Tanana Yukon Region Alaska |