Yukon

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Excerpt from Yukon: A Visit to the Yukon Gold-Fields, Letter From Henry A. Miers, D.Sc., F. R. S., Waynflete Professor of Mineralogy in the University of OxfordThe water, which is scarce in the district, and must be used economically, is conducted to the sluice-boxes in wooden dumes, which are often as much as half a mile in length in the ¿at creeks, their construction and maintenance is a serious item of expense, considering that the cost of the wood suitable for this purpose is about $110 a thousand and not long ago it might be as much as $1 a foot.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.