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Title: Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--The Rampart Gold Placer Region, Alaska
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Prindle, L.M. Hess, Frank L.
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the side nearer theY, and in the Troublesome Creek group the only diggings known are on the west sideof the creek, on branches flowing from the left arm of the Y. The extreme lengthof the area containing known gold-bearing localities is about 30 miles and its greatestwidth is about 12 miles, the total area being probably less than 350 square miles. Winter prospecting is being done on Squaw Creek, a tributary of the Yukon aboutthe size of Minook Creek, which enters the river nearly opposite Rampart. The first placer claim in the Rampart region was located and worked in 1896 onLittle Minook Creek by F. S. Langford, though gold had been previously discoveredby John Minook, a Russian half-breed, who seems to have sluiced out a smallamount of gold, and for whom the creek was named. Some prospecting had prob-ably been done along Minook Creek a number of years before. Since the first sys-tematic work in 1896 the region has been a constantly productive one. Though the 26 .S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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GENERAL STATEMENT. 27 amounts taken out have not been so large as those mined at places in the Klondikedistrict or at a few of the claims near Nome, yet a number of creeks in this regionproduce a fair amount of gold. At first Little Minook and Hunter creeks were theonly producers, and during 1897 no new ground seems to have been found, but in1898 a small amount was taken out of Quail Creek. Afterwards gold was discoveredupon Little Minook Junior, Hoosier, Ruby, and Slate creeks of Minook CreekValley. In the meantime prospecting was carried on over the divide on the south,and deposits along Baker Flats were discovered. In fact, each year has shown somenew source of production, and it seems likely that more may still be found. Theoutput to the fall of 1904, from the best available data, was $1,112,000, and that forthe year ending at the same time was about $232,900. As Rampart lies only about 1 degree south of the Arctic Circle, the cold of winteris severe and the open season is compara

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