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Title: The gold fields of the Klondike; fortune seekers' guide to the Yukon region of Alaska and British America;
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Leonard, John W., 1849-1932
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Publisher: Chicago, A.N. Marquis & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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and con-fusion, there being no one to take charge of matters. Theagent not being able to go up and attend to the thing, andmyself not knowing what to do, the miners held a meetingand appointed one of themselves to measure off and stake theclaims and record the owners names, for which he got a feeof $2.00, it being of course understood that each claimholderwould have to record his claim with the Dominion agentand pay his fee of $15. I am afraid that a state of affairswill develop in the Klondike district that will worry someone. Naturally, many squabbles will arise out of thosetransactions when the claims come to be considered valuableand worked, and those, together with the disputes over thethe size of the claims, will take some time to clear off.Many of the claims are said to be only 300 and 400 feet long,and of course the holders will insist on getting the full 500,and it is now probably impossible that they can without up-setting all the claimholders on the several creeks. Many of
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MILES CANON, LEWIS RIVER. 68 THE GOLD FIELDS OF THE KLONDIKE them will be reasonable enough to see things in their properlight and submit quietly, but many will insist upon whatthey call their rights. RICHES OF THE KLONDIKE FIELDS. In reference to the richness of the Klondike field, Mr.Ogilvie says that the rich fields in that district, such asMiller, Glacier and Chicken creeks, have been practicallyabandoned for the Klondike. Men cannot be got to workfor love or money, and the standard of wages is $1.50 anhour. Some of the claims are so rich that every night afew pans of dirt is sufficient to pay all the hired help. Mr. Ogilvie complains sorely of the need of some kindof a court to settle the various claim disputes that are con-tinually arising between the miners. He says that theforce and virtue of the miners meetings prevailed until themounted police made their appearance, after which sneakshad full swing. The morality of the Klondike would seem to be of a muchhigher order than is

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