Klondike and the Yukon Country: A Description of Our Alaskan Land of Gold from the Latest Official and Scientific Sources and Personal Observation ... with a Chapter by John F. Pratt ... New Maps and Photographic IllustrationsH. Altemus, 1897 - 213 psl. |
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... skin trousers and parka . The best of these shirt - like garments are brought over from Siberia , and find ready sale at $ 25 . There are two kinds of boots , the water boot , made of seal and walrus skins , and the dry wea- ther or ...
... skin trousers and parka . The best of these shirt - like garments are brought over from Siberia , and find ready sale at $ 25 . There are two kinds of boots , the water boot , made of seal and walrus skins , and the dry wea- ther or ...
69 psl.
... skins and trimmed with wolverine around the hood and lower edge . These parkas are some- times very elaborate , with hair six inches in length hanging from the hood to protect the face , or made of fawn skins and trimmed with the fur of ...
... skins and trimmed with wolverine around the hood and lower edge . These parkas are some- times very elaborate , with hair six inches in length hanging from the hood to protect the face , or made of fawn skins and trimmed with the fur of ...
96 psl.
... skins , in which . the gold settled , while the lighter sand flowed off with the water . To this practice we ... skin of the sheep which was used to catch these golden products of the placer miners . And it is significant that the voy ...
... skins , in which . the gold settled , while the lighter sand flowed off with the water . To this practice we ... skin of the sheep which was used to catch these golden products of the placer miners . And it is significant that the voy ...
109 psl.
... skin , cleaning it by a hot bath in water and sulphuric acid and packing it tightly in the retort , by means of which the quicksilver is all driven off and the pure gold made ready for the assay office . It may be imagined that the ...
... skin , cleaning it by a hot bath in water and sulphuric acid and packing it tightly in the retort , by means of which the quicksilver is all driven off and the pure gold made ready for the assay office . It may be imagined that the ...
124 psl.
... skins of the seal , sea- otter , beaver , etc. , besides about 20,000 sea - horse teeth . The privilege of the company expired in 1863 , and in 1867 the whole Russian possessions in America were ceded to the United States for a money ...
... skins of the seal , sea- otter , beaver , etc. , besides about 20,000 sea - horse teeth . The privilege of the company expired in 1863 , and in 1867 the whole Russian possessions in America were ceded to the United States for a money ...
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Klondike and the Yukon Country– A Description of Our Alaskan Land of Gold ... Louis Arthur Coolidge Visos knygos peržiūra - 1897 |
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