Parowan Times | 1917-05-23 | Page 7 | Fortymile Gold District, Alaska

fort fortymile Forty mile gold Dl district strict alaska Y the earliest placer mining la in the tha alaskan part of the yukon basin was done on the burs barg ot of fortymile Forty mile rathe river liver in 1886 1866 and during the next nest two years yeara hundreds of minors miners came to the tha scale accoo of the discovery thin event opened up inland alaska and led to the dis covery conery of the famous klondike placers curs on the canadian side aide of the lam boundary andary some ten tell yea years to later over ve worth borth of gold he has been bee taken wit out of the klondike and ad th tha alaska yukon placer camps in the 30 years year since F fortymile Forty tylle mile was discovered of this about worth of at g goa old has haa come from the fortymile Forty mile ralle district 8 dour district a Is described in a report amport pub published fi idiol by the united states geological survey department of the interior entitled the Forty mlle radle Quade quadrangle angle duhoo tanada region keglon als a