Inventory to the. Mining Recorder records held at Yukon Archives

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1 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records held at Yukon Archives 1983 Reprinted 2016

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PLACER MINING RECORDS IN YUKON... i I-1 APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR PLACER MINING, I-2 RECORDS OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLACER MINING, I-3 REGISTERED DOCUMENTS (PLACER MINING), I-4 RECORDS OF PLACER DOCUMENTS RECEIVED, Document Registers...21 Assignments, Etc I-5 RENEWAL GRANTS FOR PLACER MINING, I-6 CERTIFICATES OF WORK FOR PLACER MINING, I-7 RECORD BOOKS FOR PLACER MINING CLAIMS, Record Books...29 Klondike Creek Books Conversion List...43 Black List...45 Red List...50 I-8 INDEXES OF ORIGINAL LOCATORS, I-9 INDEXES OF FREE MINERS CERTIFICATES, I-10 ROYALTY LEDGER BOOKS, I-11 WATER RIGHTS RECORD BOOKS, I-12 MISCELLANEOUS PLACER MINING RECORDS & III MISCELLANEOUS MINING RECORDER RECORDS, II QUARTZ MINING RECORDS...68 APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY...69

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5 INTRODUCTION PLACER MINING RECORDS IN YUKON Placer gold drew increasing numbers of prospectors and miners to the North during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Most came from the United States, and brought with them American concepts of self-administered mining camp law. Canadian authorities gradually accepted the necessity of imposing Canadian mining regulations in Yukon, and in1894 Inspector Charles Constantine, NWMP, was sent to take up residence at the settlement of Forty Mile on the Yukon River. He was appointed Agent of the Dominion Government, and was charged with administering the mining regulations of the North West Territories. These dated back to 1889, and had been designed for application on the prairies. During the years that followed, many confrontations developed between local miners, officials on the spot, and politicians in Ottawa regarding the scope and content of Yukon s mining regulations. At stake were the prosperity of individual miners, as well as the level of government revenues to be derived from mining. Between 1894 and 1906, Yukon mining regulations were frequently altered and adjusted by Federal Order-in-Council. In some cases regulations were changed up to three times in a single year, in an attempt to satisfy the demands of the mining community, and still provide sufficient levels of government revenue. In 1906 a Yukon Placer Mining Act was approved by Parliament. This was amended in minor respects in subsequent years, however its provisions have remained the basis of placer mining law in Yukon up to the time of writing (in 1983). During the Klondike Gold Rush federal Ministers of the Interior exercised control over four main variables in their efforts to devise equitable mining regulations for Yukon. These dealt with: The size of placer claims and the fees and procedures for registering claims The fees and procedures for renewing placer claims and registering their successive ownership The levying of royalties on placer gold The registration of miners through Free Miners certificates The size of placer claims was of central importance to miners, as this largely determined the extent of the economic base to which a miner could gain access. Claim size varied greatly as the table below shows: Table 1. Length of Creek Claims Date of Regulation Length of Claim 1889 (NWT Regulations) 100 feet Dec. 24, 1894 Aug. 16, 1897 Jan. 18, 1898 Jul. 31, feet 100 feet 250 feet 500 feet 1906 (Yukon Placer Mining Act) 500 feet The regulations provided for larger discovery claims, and also prescribed the fees to be charged for registering a claim. At the height of the gold rush, provisions were even made to reserve i

6 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records certain claims by the crown for sale at auction. Grouping claims and granting hydraulic concessions was a practice that proved highly controversial in the early years of the century. After registering a placer claim, the miner was entitled to work the property for one year, at the end of which certain conditions had to be met in order to continue to mine. At first only an annual claims renewal fee was charged. At different times this was as high as $100 and as low as $15. In 1898, however, the Certificate of Work was introduced, a concept which was refined in the years that followed. Generally it required a miner who was renewing, to file an affidavit verifying that $200 worth of work had been done on the claim in the past year. Over the years a detailed fee structure evolved, under which Mining Recorders charged for a wide range of additional services. The regulations for 1902 even authorized mining recorders to charge 25 for giving out information verbally. The fee structure continued to be adjusted until it was enacted into legislation in 1906, from which time it has remained largely unaltered (as of 1983). The mining recorder was also responsible for collecting royalties on gold productions. A ten percent royalty was first levied in 1897, with a twenty percent royalty due on gold taken from claims producing in excess of $500 a week. Royalties were unpopular and difficult to collect, and were reduced over the years. The twenty percent surtax was removed in 1898, as were royalties on claims producing less than $2,500 a year. This exemption was raised to $5,000 in 1901, when the rate of royalty dropped from ten to five percent. The Placer Mining Act of 1906 reduced the royalty to only two and onehalf percent, and placed the onus for payment on the shipper exporting the gold from the Territory. In estimating the royalty payable, gold was to be valued at $15 an ounce. These provisions were still in force at time of writing (in 1983). Another means of regulating and deriving revenue from the mining industry was through a licensing system. In 1898 the regulations introduced a requirement that all persons and companies involved in mining must have a Free Miners Certificate, which authorized its owner freely to engage in mining. The cost was $10 a year, though by 1905 this had been reduced to $7.50 for the first, and $5 for subsequent years. Higher fees applied to mining companies. The Yukon Placer Mining Act of 1906, however, abolished the Free Miners Certificate. Other matters with which placer regulations have dealt include the grouping and relocation of claims, the assignment of water rights, and the abandonment of claims. Special hydraulic and dredging regulations have also been put into force over the years to control larger scale mining. Since 1970, the Northern Inland Waters Act has superseded some sections of the Yukon Placer Mining Act, controlling the allocation of water rights for placer mining today (as of 1983). The Act of 1906 provided for the appointment of mining recorders for each mining district in the Territory. The Act ordered, and still requires (as of 1983), these officials to maintain all documents relating to mining property and to keep the following books: 1) Records of Applications 2) Record of Refused Applications 3) Record Book 4) Record of Abandonments 5) Record of Documents Received The earliest placer mining records still in existence date from Prior to devolution, mining records were maintained under the auspices of the federal Department of Indian and Northern ii

7 Introduction Affairs. In the early 1970s the historic significance of these records was recognized and arrangements were made to organize and microfilm non-current mining records and to transfer originals to Yukon Archives for permanent retention. The present organization of these records reflects, as closely as possible, that devised for them at the time they were microfilmed. Under this system, placer records were divided into eleven subject classifications (I-1 to I-11) and two miscellaneous groupings (I-12 & III). For the most part, the records have been assigned the headings under which they appeared in the microfilm, even when these headings seem to have been assigned incorrectly. In order to clarify such errors, certain records have been listed twice, once under the category assigned at microfilming, and again under what appears to be a more correct heading. Only one miscellaneous heading has been retained. The records listed in this inventory have not been assigned an accession number by Yukon Archives, with the exception of accession 81/41 (GOV 365 f1) and accession 91/75R (GOV 365 f2). This inventory was formerly known as Inventory to the Records of the Yukon Government fonds Series 10, Mining Recorders Records (Placer) held at the Yukon Archives. Yukon Archives provides public access to the mining records in its custody. These records have proven a valuable source to genealogists and environmental researchers, as well as representing a major source of information concerning past and possible future resource use in Yukon. For further information regarding the Mining Recorder records, please consult the online description. iii

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9 I-1 APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR PLACER MINING, In order to obtain a placer mining grant, a miner had to stake the ground intended to mine and record the claim at a mining recorder s office. This was done by completing an application form which included such information as the miner s name, address, Free Miners Certificate number, when and where the claim was located, as well as its size. Occasionally a sketch map accompanied the application, particularly after Applications were given consecutive numbers. Between 1896 and 1900, series of numbers were frequently used more than once. There were three means of locating a particular application within I-1. Daily registers were kept of grant applications received at mining recorders offices. These registers are listed in section I-2, and are mainly chronological in organization. Records were also kept of every change in ownership that took place on individual claims. These books, organized by creek, are listed in I-7. A record was also maintained of the first miner to obtain the grant of a newly staked claim. These alphabetically arranged volumes are listed in I-8. The following list has been prepared showing the various series of numbers used on grant applications, the years they were used, and the Yukon Archives location in which they are stored: Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ; ; GOV 368A 603-1, GOV GOV GOV GOV GOV GOV GOV , GOV GOV GOV GOV GOV , GOV GOV GOV , GOV , GOV 385 1,001-1,

10 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV 386 1,301-1, GOV 387 1,851-2, GOV 388 2,250-2, GOV 389 2,700-3, GOV 390 3,200-3, GOV 391 6,001-6, GOV 392 6,380-6, GOV 393 7,170-7, GOV 393 8,405-8, GOV 394 8,860-9, GOV 395 9,300-9, GOV 396 9,501-10, GOV ,001-13, GOV ,200-18, GOV 399 GOV ,450-18,750 19,112-19, GOV ,501-19, GOV ,000-20, GOV ,460-20, GOV ,900-21, GOV ,400-21, GOV ,501-22, GOV ,101-22, GOV ,701-23, GOV ,100-23, GOV ,600-23, GOV ,000-24, GOV ,502-25, GOV ,350-25, GOV ,900-26, GOV ,340-27, GOV ,251-28, GOV ,700-29,

11 Applications for Grants for Placer Mining Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,100-29, GOV ,001-35, GOV ,500-35, GOV 417 GOV ,000-36,500 37,001-37, GOV 826 f5 37,196-37, GOV ,210-37,325 [See later in list for other documents in GOV 508] 1901 GOV ,272-37, GOV ,400-37, GOV ,950-38, GOV ,401-38, GOV ,901-39, GOV ,401-39, GOV ,801-40, GOV ,181-40, GOV ,751-41, GOV ,101-41, GOV ,001-42, GOV ,570-43, GOV ,032-43, GOV ,501-43, GOV ,901-44, GOV ,401-44, GOV ,801-45, GOV ,301-45, GOV ,701-46, GOV ,002-50, GOV ,901-51, GOV ,001-54, GOV ,001-57, GOV ,351-57, GOV ,670-57, GOV ,000-58,

12 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV 826 f6 64,001-64, GOV ,172-64, GOV ,501-64, GOV ,001-65, GOV ,501-65, GOV ,851-65, GOV ,000-66, GOV ,451-67, GOV ,101-67, GOV ,500-67, GOV ,001-73, GOV ,400-73, GOV ,900-74, GOV ,301-74,500; 74,651-74,749; 75,929-75, GOV ,501-77, GOV ,900-78,000; 78,251-78,385; 78,751-78, GOV ,002-79,088; 79,501-79, GOV ,001-90, GOV ,400-90, GOV ,701-91, GOV ,100-91, GOV 463 GOV ,370-91,462 92,751-92, GOV ,001-93, GOV ,400-93, GOV ,700-94, GOV ,001-95, GOV ,251-96, GOV ,600-96, GOV ,000-97, GOV ,401-97, GOV ,800-98, GOV ,201-98,249; 100, ,

13 Applications for Grants for Placer Mining Location Document Numbers Dates GOV 508 8,501-8,750 [See earlier in list for other documents in GOV 508] GOV 474 GOV 474 GOV 475 GOV ,751-12,000 12,501-12,659 12,650-12,750 15,501-15, GOV ,751-17, GOV ,001-18,250; 18,886-18, GOV ,000-19,135; 19,886-20, GOV ,136-23,384; 24,384-24, GOV ,386-26, GOV ,800-27, GOV ,250-27, GOV ,601-27, GOV ,000-28, GOV ,350-28, GOV ,801-29, GOV ,350-29, GOV ,850-30, GOV ,350-30, GOV ,000-31, GOV ,501-32, GOV ,001-32, GOV ,601-33, GOV ,201-33, GOV ,750-34, GOV ,101-34, GOV ,501-34, GOV ,900-35, GOV ,400-35, GOV ,850-36,227; 36,978-36, GOV ,000-37, GOV ,350-37, GOV ,801-37,

14 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,478-38, GOV 505 [see earlier in list for GOV 505] GOV 506 GOV 506 GOV Applications Refused - no numbers GOV 507 GOV Applications Refused - no numbers GOV 508 [see earlier in list for GOV 508] GOV 824 f Certificates of Title 1901 GOV 827 f Certificates of Title

15 I-2 RECORDS OF APPLICATIONS FOR PLACER MINING, This section contains three main types of records. They were all compiled to provide access to the Applications for Placer Mining Grants contained in section I-1. Most volumes in series I-2 are registers, detailing information about particular numerical blocks of grant applications. The volumes usually give the applicant s name, the date and the claim applied for, all in the order the applications were received. Some of these volumes are arranged geographically by creek and claim number, including some copies of creek record books that were later incorporated in the record books listed in section I-7. Books described as re-locations record transactions in which a claim forfeited or abandoned by one miner is taken up by another. GOV GOV 301: See also section I-7 GOV GOV 313: See also section I-7 GOV 367: See also sections I-7 and I-8 Location Title / Description Dates GOV 288 Copy of original application books Arrangement: Numerical Coverage: Dawson area GOV 289 Relocations 1 st June, 1899 Arrangement: By creeks Coverage: Indian River and Troandike Mining Divisions, Sundries GOV 290 GOV 291 No. 1 Applications Arrangement: Numerical Coverage: Dawson area Relocations Stewart River Arrangement: By creek Coverage: Thistle, Kirkman, Scroggie, Ballarat, Tulare, Selwyn GOV 292 Applications #2 Arrangement: Numerical Coverage: Yukon generally GOV 293 GOV 294 #3 Applications Arrangement: Numerical Coverage: Dawson area Locations Arrangement: Creeks arranged in book alphabetically; applications under each creek listed in numerical order Coverage: Yukon generally

16 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Title / Description Dates GOV 295 GOV 296 GOV 297 GOV 298 GOV 299 GOV 300 GOV 301 GOV 305 GOV 306 GOV 307 Placer Mining Grants Arrangement: Numerical Coverage: Dawson area Placer Mining Grants Arrangement: Numerical Coverage: Dawson area, including some accounts from Gold Commissioner s office Relocations Arrangement: Numerical Coverage: Dawson area Locators Clear Creek and Barlow Arrangement: Alphabetical sections list mines and their claims in order of staking Coverage: Barlow and Clear Creek district Record Book Tributaries of Klondike and Hunker Arrangement: By tributary and claim number Coverage: Tributaries of Klondike and Hunker Record Book: Klondike River tributaries Arrangement: By creek and claim number Coverage: Bear, Quigley, Too Much Gold, Alki, and Lucky Pending Applications, Extension of Boundaries Arrangement: Chronological Coverage: Dawson area Pending Applications of Relocations Arrangement: Entries under creek name in chronological order Coverage: Dawson area Pending Applications Arrangement: Entries under creek name in chronological order Coverage: Dawson area Record of Applications, Tributaries of Sixty Mile River Arrangement: By creek and claim number Coverage: Sixty Mile area GOV 308 Quartz, Stewart River District GOV 309 GOV 310 Dawson Mining District Quartz Arrangement: Index to mineral claims by location Quartz Stewart River Bills of Sale No date GOV 311 Quartz

17 Applications for Grants for Placer Mining Location Title / Description Dates GOV 312 Quartz GOV 313 Quartz GOV 367 Index to Placer Grants Stewart Arrangement: Alphabetical sections list miners and their claims in order of staking Coverage: Stewart River area

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19 I-3 REGISTERED DOCUMENTS (PLACER MINING), Most documents pertaining to the ownership of placer claims were registered in the mining recorders offices. Included were liens, mortgages, assignments, and bills of sale. These documents were given consecutive numbers when received, with some series of numbers being used more than once. There are two ways of obtaining access to documents in I-3. Daily registers of placer documents received were maintained by mining recorders. These are mainly organized chronologically and appear in I-4. Record books were also maintained listing all documents registered that affected a particular claim. These records are organized by creek and claim number and appear in I-7. The following list has been prepared showing the various series of numbers used in registering documents, the years they were used, and the Yukon Archives location in which they are stored: Location Document Numbers Dates GOV 510 1M - 428M See GOV 1189 f2 for register which cross-references these documents June November 1898 GOV 511 1A - 200B July February 1899 GOV B - 331B January June 1899 GOV 513 1A - 14N March May 1899 GOV July January May 1899 GOV April March 1899 GOV February July 1898 GOV August October 1898 GOV August October 1898 GOV September December 1899 GOV June February 1899 GOV June April 1899 GOV ; June December 1897 GOV January July 1898 GOV October December 1897 GOV August June 1904 GOV March September 1903 GOV March December 1906 GOV January June

20 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV March June 1899 GOV February September 1899 GOV ( ; ) July August 1899 GOV November July 1899 GOV GOV September August 1898 GOV January September 1898 GOV September August 1898 GOV ,001-10,550 August November 1898 GOV ,551-11,000 August October 1898 GOV ,227-13,337 April October 1917 GOV ,001-15,500 July October 1898 GOV ,501-12,860 July June 1909 GOV ,861-13,226 (also numbered as 15,260-26,445) 15,052-15,125 (also numbered as 15,126-15,259) April December 1914 GOV ,501-16,000 October December 1898 GOV ,751-19,300 August October 1901 GOV ,301-19,749 June December 1898 GOV January December 1898 GOV January December 1899 GOV October May 1899 GOV February May 1899 GOV March June 1899 GOV A GOV September December 1899 GOV July December 1899 GOV A December June B February June 1899 (Numbering system duplicated here) GOV August August June August 1899 (Numbering system duplicated here) 12

21 Registered Documents (Placer Mining) Location Document Numbers Dates GOV August September 1899 GOV June September 1899 GOV December September 1899 GOV October August 1898 GOV September August 1899 GOV May November 1899 GOV March November 1899 GOV August September 1899 GOV September September 1899 GOV June November 1899 GOV October December 1899 GOV January December 1899 GOV June September 1899 GOV January November 1899 GOV September November 1899 GOV February December 1899 GOV February January 1900 GOV March February 1900 GOV April February 1900 GOV ,200 March April 1900 GOV ,201-10,500 April April 1900 GOV ,501-10,800 March March 1900 GOV ,801-12,000 February April 1900 GOV ,001-12,300 April April 1900 GOV ,301-12,600 June December 1900 GOV ,601-12,900 June November 1900 GOV ,901-13,250 October November 1900 GOV ,251-13,500 August July 1900 GOV ,501-13,700 June November 1900 GOV ,701-13,900 August October 1900 GOV ,901-14,200 October August 1900 GOV ,201-14,525 January December

22 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,526-14,701 May November 1900 GOV ,701-15,000 August December 1900 GOV ,001-15,350 November December 1900 GOV ,351-15,575 November November 1900 GOV ,576-15,799 January July 1901 GOV ,801-16,100 January December 1901 GOV ,101-16,400 July January 1901 GOV ,401-16,700 January January 1901 GOV ,701-17,000 March February 1901 GOV ,001-17,250 April April 1901 GOV ,251-17,500 January August 1901 GOV ,501-17,900 January September 1901 GOV ,901-18,200 February July 1901 GOV ,201-18,500 February June 1901 GOV ,501-18,800 February July 1901 GOV ,801-19,150 October July 1901 GOV ,151-19,500 February June 1901 GOV ,501-19,800 August July 1901 GOV ,801-20,100 June August 1901 GOV ,101-20,400 March August 1901 GOV ,401-20,750 February August 1901 GOV ,751-21,000 February August 1901 GOV ,001-21,300 November September 1901 GOV ,301-21,600 March August 1901 GOV ,601-21,900 January September 1901 GOV ,901-22,200 March October 1901 GOV ,201-22,500 May October 1901 GOV ,501-22,800 April November 1901 GOV ,801-23,150 January November 1901 GOV ,151-23,400 May October 1901 GOV ,401-23,600 July November 1901 GOV ,601-23,900 January December 1901 GOV ,901-24,200 November November

23 Registered Documents (Placer Mining) Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,201-24,500 March November 1901 GOV ,501-24,750 March November 1901 GOV ,751-25,100 December January 1902 GOV ,101-25,400 March January 1902 GOV ,401-25,700 March July 1902 GOV ,701-26,000 January August 1902 GOV ,001-26,300 February May 1902 GOV ,301-26,600 January June 1902 GOV ,601-26,900 January May 1902 GOV ,901-27,200 May May 1902 GOV ,201-27,500 June May 1902 GOV ,501-27,800 April June 1902 GOV ,801-28,100 June July 1902 GOV ,101-28,400 June September 1902 GOV ,401-28,700 August August 1902 GOV ,701-29,000 August September 1902 GOV ,001-29,300 April August 1902 GOV ,301-29,575 February July 1902 GOV ,576-29,900 June August 1902 GOV ,901-30,150 February September 1902 GOV ,151-30,400 May September 1902 GOV ,401-30,700 July September 1902 GOV ,701-30,925 April October 1902 GOV ,926-31,150 June November 1902 GOV ,151-31,500 June October 1902 GOV ,501-31,750 October October 1902 GOV ,751-32,000 January December 1902 GOV ,001-32,300 January October 1903 GOV ,301-32,600 January January 1903 GOV ,601-32,900 March January 1903 GOV ,901-33,200 August February 1903 GOV ,201-33,450 June March 1903 GOV ,451-33,700 March April

24 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,701-34,000 April May 1903 GOV ,001-34,300 April May 1903 GOV ,301-34,600 May June 1903 GOV ,601-34,900 September May 1903 GOV ,901-35,200 May July 1903 GOV ,201-35,500 June July 1903 GOV ,501-35,800 July June 1903 GOV ,801-36,100 August August 1903 GOV ,101-36,400 August August 1903 GOV ,525-36,700 July September 1903 GOV ,701-37,000 September October 1903 GOV ,001-37,250 July October 1903 GOV ,301-37,500 October October 1903 GOV ,501-37,750 October November 1903 GOV ,751-38,000 November December 1903 GOV ,001-38,250 November December 1903 GOV ,251-38,500 September January 1904 GOV ,501-38,800 January March 1904 GOV ,801-39,100 April April 1904 GOV ,101-39,400 April May 1904 GOV ,401-39,700 March May 1904 GOV ,701-40,000 June June 1904 GOV ,001-40,300 May July 1904 GOV ,301-40,600 July June 1904 GOV ,601-40,900 August August 1904 GOV ,901-41,200 August September 1904 GOV ,201-41,500 September September 1904 GOV ,501-41,800 May November 1904 GOV ,801-42,100 June January 1905 GOV ,101-42,400 January March 1905 GOV ,401-42,700 March June 1905 GOV ,701-43,000 May June 1905 GOV ,001-43,300 June July

25 Registered Documents (Placer Mining) Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,301-43,600 July August 1905 GOV ,601-43,900 August September 1905 GOV ,901-44,200 September October 1905 GOV ,201-44,500 September November 1905 GOV ,501-44,800 November February 1906 GOV ,801-45,099 May April 1906 GOV ,000-46,300 March May 1906 GOV ,301-46,600 February June 1906 GOV ,601-46,900 June July 1906 GOV ,901-47,200 July August 1906 GOV ,201-47,500 August September 1906 GOV ,501-47,800 February July 1906 GOV ,801-48,099 September October 1906 GOV ,000-49,300 September September 1906 GOV ,301-49,600 August September 1906 GOV ,601-49,900 September November 1906 GOV ,901-50,200 March December 1906 GOV ,201-50,500 July February 1906 GOV ,501-50,800 February March 1907 GOV ,801-51,100 March March 1907 GOV ,101-51,400 April May 1907 GOV ,401-51,700 May June 1907 GOV ,701-52,000 May June 1907 GOV ,001-52,099 June July ,000-53,150 GOV ,151-53,475 July August 1907 GOV ,476-53,800 July September 1906 GOV ,801-54,100 August September 1907 GOV ,101-54,400 September October 1907 GOV ,401-54,700 September September 1907 GOV ,701-55,000 October November 1907 GOV ,001-55,300 November February 1908 GOV ,301-55,600 June May

26 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,601-55,900 May May 1908 GOV ,901-56,150 June July 1908 GOV ,151-56,475 August September 1908 GOV ,476-56,800 September November 1908 GOV ,801-57,100 November December 1907 GOV ,101-57,400 August May 1909 GOV ,401-57,700 April June 1909 GOV ,701-58,000 July August 1909 GOV ,001-58,300 August October 1909 GOV ,301-58,600 October November 1909 GOV ,601-58,900 July March 1910 GOV ,901-59,200 April September 1909 GOV ,201-59,450 July August 1910 GOV ,451-59,700 August October 1910 GOV ,701-60,000 October November 1910 GOV ,001-60,250 December May 1911 GOV ,251-60,550 April July 1911 GOV ,551-60,800 August October 1911 GOV ,801-61,100 October November 1911 GOV ,101-61,400 February April 1912 GOV ,401-61,650 April July 1912 GOV ,651-62,000 June December 1912 GOV ,001-62,300 December June 1913 GOV ,301-62,600 August September 1913 GOV ,601-62,850 September December 1913 GOV ,851-63,150 December June 1914 GOV ,151-63,400 June September 1914 GOV ,401-63,650 September June 1914 GOV ,651-63,900 December October 1915 GOV ,901-64,200 October June 1916 GOV ,201-64,450 September July 1916 GOV ,451-64,700 March July 1917 GOV ,701-65,000 August February

27 Registered Documents (Placer Mining) Location Document Numbers Dates GOV ,001-65,250 February June 1918 GOV ,251-65,500 June February 1919 GOV ,501-65,800 February August 1919 GOV ,801-66,100 August July 1920 GOV ,102-66,400 March April 1922 GOV ,401-66,700 March September 1923 GOV ,701-67,000 August August 25, 1925 GOV ,001-67,275 August June 1928 GOV ,276-67,500 November August 1929 GOV ,501-67,800 August April 1932 GOV ,801-68,100 February March 1933 GOV ,101-68,400 October May 1935 GOV ,401-68,700 July June 1937 GOV ,701-69,000 June October 1938 GOV ,001-69,300 October July 1940 GOV ,301-69,650 August May 1941 GOV ,651-69,999 May September 1945 GOV ,001-70,250 May April 1947 GOV ,251-70,600 April January 1948 GOV ,601-70,900 February November 1950 GOV ,901-71,200 November September 1959 GOV ,202-71,620 September October 1971 GOV 774 Miscellaneous Legal Documents Several un-numbered; Registered Documents GOV 826 f Registered Documents (Bills of Sale) GOV 826 f Registered Documents (Bills of Sale) GOV 826 f3& Registered Documents (Bills of Sale) GOV 826 f7 Several un-numbered and 1245 and 1420; Bills of Sale

28 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV 827 f Registered Documents GOV 824 f7 GOV 828 f3 Un-numbered Registered Documents (not all are related to mining) Applications for Grant for Placer Mining by John Black: 27,961, 27,962 and 27,

29 I-4 RECORDS OF PLACER DOCUMENTS RECEIVED, These records have been divided into two main categories. The first encompasses numerical / chronological registers of legal documents dealt with by the Mining Recorder s Office. The documents referred to are usually those located in section I-3. The second category of records consists mainly of registers of assignments. These volumes are similar in many respects to the Record Books kept in section I-7. They are concerned with the sale and mortgaging of mineral claims, and refer to documents in I-3. Among other records included in this section are alphabetical registers of those buying and selling interests in claims, and alphabetical registers of those granting and receiving power of attorney. Document Registers Arrangement: By document number unless otherwise noted Coverage: Dawson area or Yukon generally unless otherwise noted GOV 365: See also section I-7 GOV 1189 f1: See also section I-12 Location Title / Description Dates GOV 365 f1 Livingston Creek (copy) Coverage: Livingston Creek Acc#: 81/41 Note: GOV 365 f1 and GOV 365 f2 are copies of the same register but they differ in quality GOV 365 f2 Livingston Creek (copy) Coverage: Livingston Creek Acc#: 91/75R Note: GOV 365 f1 and GOV 365 f2 are copies of the same register but they differ in quality GOV 829 Registered Documents Aug 1900 GOV 830 Registered Documents May-July 1899 GOV 834 Registered Documents Arrangement: Alphabetical by grantor s and grantee s name Coverage: Stewart River GOV 835 Registered Documents GOV 836 Registered Documents Sixty Mile area GOV 839 Registered Documents Placer GOV 840 Registered Documents Placer GOV 841 Registered Documents Placer GOV 842 Bills of Sale (and registered documents) Arrangement: Alphabetical by grantor s and grantee s name

30 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Title / Description Dates GOV 843 Registered Documents GOV 844 Registered Documents Placer GOV 845 Registered Documents Placer GOV 846 Registered Documents Placer GOV 847 GOV 849 Bills of Sale (and Registered Documents) Arrangement: Alphabetical by grantor and grantee s name Bills of Sale (and Registered Documents) Arrangement: Alphabetical by grantor and grantee s name GOV 853 Receiving Book for Placer Applications - Stewart River District Dec 1898-Dec 1899 GOV 854 Record of Claims Registered in Stewart River District GOV 1189 f1 GOV 1189 f2 Government Auction Sales Arrangement: Alphabetical index cross-references the various creeks. Claims are listed along with prices received Coverage: Dawson area Register Arrangement: Chronological by instrument number Coverage: Instrument number 1m-421m. This cross-references documents in GOV Assignments, Etc. Arrangement: By creek and claim number unless otherwise noted Coverage: As noted Location Title / Description Dates GOV 831 Assignments 1898 Coverage: Swedish Creek and tributaries, Hunker, O.K., Empire, Walker, and McDonald GOV 832 Assignments Coverage: Quartz and Gold Run Creeks and tributaries, Calder, Nine Mile, Ophir, and Rob Roy GOV 833 Assignments Arrangement: By claim area and concession Coverage: Hunker Creek 1899 GOV 837 GOV 838 Assignments Coverage: Sixty Mile area Assignments Coverage: Moosehide, Ballarat, Kentucky, Stone, Pocket, Deadwood, Colorado

31 Records of Placer Documents Received Location Title / Description Dates GOV 848 GOV 850 GOV 851 GOV 852 Power of Attorney Arrangement: Alphabetical by grantor and grantee s name Old Bills of Sale Arrangement: Chronological within sections for each creek. Includes date but not document number. Includes copies of abstracts of title. There are sections on mortgages, releases and agreements Coverage: Dawson area and other creeks Power of Attorney for Staking Arrangement: Alphabetical by grantor s and grantee s name Summary of operations of Mining Recorder s Office for July Includes records of most transactions

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33 I-5 RENEWAL GRANTS FOR PLACER MINING, The Yukon Placer Mining Act required miners to renew their claims annually. In order to accomplish this, the miner had to file an affidavit indicating how much work had done on the claim in the previous year. The miner was then given a certificate of renewal. This section contains duplicate copies of renewal certificates. These documents contain little significant information, and are arranged in numerical / chronological order. Series of numbers were sometimes used more than once. In some cases affidavits were filed with the renewal certificates. These affidavits give details as to work undertaken during a particular year. The best access to the certificates of work is through the Record Books in section 1-7. Renewal numbers for claims are listed there by creek and claim number. A list of the renewal grants follows. Location Document Numbers Dates * GOV , * GOV A151 - A12, * GOV , , GOV ,190-76, GOV 797 7,751-7, GOV 798 9,001-9, GOV , , GOV , GOV 804 1,185-11, GOV ,001-24, GOV 806 A298 - A9, GOV 807 A9,101-11, GOV 807 2,501-3, GOV 807 9,251-9, GOV ,501-16, GOV 824 f6 43,479-43, * Locations marked with an asterisk contain renewal certificates only, not affidavits showing work done. 25

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35 I-6 CERTIFICATES OF WORK FOR PLACER MINING, Before the passage of the Yukon Placer Mining Act, a variety of requirements were brought into force that made it incumbent on a miner to spend certain amounts of money on the claim each year in order to renew ownership of it. This section contains duplicate copies of the certificates renewing the miner s ownership of the claim. These documents contain little significant information and are arranged in numerical / chronological order. Series of numbers are used more than once, and some certificates are unnumbered. In some cases affidavits were filed with renewal certificates. These affidavits give details as to work undertaken during a particular year. The best access to the certificates of work is through the Record Books in section I-7. Renewal numbers for claims are listed there by creek and claim number. Location Document Numbers Dates GOV * GOV , * GOV 809 3,294-4, * GOV 809 4,001-6, * GOV 810 6,151-7, * GOV 810 3,001A - 3,800A 1902 * GOV 811 4,626A - 6,000A 1902 * GOV 812 8,001-10, * GOV ,601-14, * GOV ,001-17, * GOV ,001-19, * GOV ,911-21, * GOV ,801-23, * GOV ,815-25, * GOV ,723-27, * GOV ,550-31, GOV ,295-11, GOV ,401-14, GOV ,701-14, GOV ,201-31, GOV 824 f2 un-numbered documents (Affidavits of Witness, Affidavits of Representation)

36 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Document Numbers Dates GOV 824 f3 GOV 824 f4 GOV 825 GOV 827 f (Affidavits of Witness, Affidavits of Representation) 14,951-15,050 (Affidavits of Witness, Affidavits of Representation) most numbered but in no order (Affidavits of Witness, Affidavits of Representation) and un-numbered (Affidavits of Witness, Affidavits of Representation) * Locations marked with an asterisk contain Certificates of Work only, not affidavits showing work done. 28

37 I-7 RECORD BOOKS FOR PLACER MINING CLAIMS, This important group of records comprises more than two hundred books giving access by creek and claim number to many of the other classes of records that were maintained by the Mining Recorder. Generally, each major placer creek had one or more books that contained a page for each claim that was laid out on the creek. The books recorded the various transactions, owners, mortgages, liens, renewals, etc., that were registered against each claim. Entries that were made often cross referenced such items as applications for grants (I-1), registered document numbers (I-3), certificates of renewal (I-5), and certificates of work (I-6). At first it was thought that about ten record books would be enough, but the amount of business necessitated that additional books be incorporated into the system. It was not long however until these too were full and another set of books was required. So it is quite conceivable that in order to trace the history of a claim, a researcher would have to consult at least three bound ledgers. The middle of a book was reserved for the first or discovery claim on a creek and all other registered claims were then numbered 1, 2, 3, etc., either above or below discovery and entered before or behind the middle page depending on where they were situated in relation to discovery. Occasionally separate books were maintained for claims registered above and below discovery. Books recording claims above were numbered and known as black indexes, claims below being kept in numbered red indexes. Those books that recorded claims above and below discovery, were assigned both a red and a black index number. Right and left limit, refer to the right or left bank of a creek when looking down stream. When these records were microfilmed in the early 1970s they were each assigned a single consecutive number. These numbers serve as the main GOV location identifier in the list that follows. The more complex red and black index system is also listed in this section. Also available is the Index to Creeks and Tributaries from the Yukon Archives Finding Aids webpage. It provides an alphabetical listing of creeks and tributaries on which placer claims were registered. The index links each creek or tributary to its main creek or river. The location, outside dates of claim information and the Yukon Archives location for the book or books relating to each tributary are also provided. Record Books Arrangement: By creek and claim number Coverage: As indicated GOV GOV 186: See also section I-8 GOV GOV 192: See also section I-9 GOV GOV 228: See also section I-10 GOV GOV 234: See also section I-11 GOV GOV 301: See also section I-2 GOV GOV 313: See also section I-2 GOV GOV 361: See also section I-12 GOV 365: See also section I-4 GOV 367: See also sections I-2 and I-8 29

38 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Title / Description Dates GOV 1 GOV 2 GOV 3 GOV 4 GOV 5 GOV 6 GOV 7 GOV 8 GOV 9 GOV 9A GOV 10 GOV 11 GOV 12 GOV 13 GOV 14 GOV 15 GOV 15A GOV 16 GOV 17 GOV 18 GOV 19 GOV 20 GOV 21 GOV 22 GOV 23 GOV 24 GOV 25 GOV 26 GOV 27 Bonanza Creek and Benches Bonanza Creek Claims Bonanza Creek Claims Bonanza Creek Claims Bonanza Benches 1-35 Above Discovery Bonanza Benches from 35 Above Discovery to end of creek Bonanza Benches 22 Below Discovery Bonanza Benches Below Discovery Bonanza Benches Below Discovery Bonanza Benches Below Discovery - Index Bonanza Benches Above Discovery Bonanza Hills Below Discovery Bonanza Hills and Benches Bonanza Tributaries Bonanza Tributaries Above Discovery Stampede Gulch, Magnet, American, Queen, Fox, Monte Cristo, Mosquito Boulder Creek, Tributary at 44 LL, Byrne Gulch, Forty-nine Gulch, Pure Gold, Examiner Victoria and Adam Gulches Cripple Creek, Trail creek, Lovett Gulch Lovett, Trail, Cripple Two Skookums Bonanza Tributaries Eldorado (Benches) Eldorado Creek Gay, Chief, Donald Creek, French, Glacier, Nugget Chief Gulch Gay Gulch - benches and hillsides French Gulch French Hill GOV 28 Eldorado Hills and Benches (1-16) GOV 29 GOV 30 Eldorado Hills and Benches Eldorado Benches 30

39 Record Books for Placer Mining Claims Location Title / Description Dates GOV 31 GOV 32 GOV 33 GOV 34 GOV 35 GOV 36 GOV 37 GOV 38 GOV 39 GOV 40 GOV 41 GOV 42 GOV 43 GOV 44 GOV 45 GOV 46 GOV 47 GOV 48 GOV 49 GOV 50 GOV 51 GOV 52 GOV 53 GOV 54 GOV 55 GOV 56 GOV 57 GOV 58 GOV 59 GOV 60 GOV 61 GOV 62 GOV 63 Eldorado Creek and Tributaries Dominion Creek and Tributaries Dominion Creek to 150 Below Discovery Dominion 150 to end Dominion Creek - Hills and Benches Dominion Creek - Hills and Benches Dominion Creek (1898) Hills and Benches Dominion Creek Benches Dominion Creek Benches Dominion Hillsides Dominion Hillsides 13 Above - 72 Below Discovery Dominion Hillsides 73 Below Below Discovery Dominion Hillsides 173 Below Below Discovery Dominion Hills and Benches to end Dominion Creek Claims Dominion Creek Claims 151 Below Lower Discovery to end Dominion Tributaries Dominion Hills Dominion Creek Sulphur Creek Sulphur Below Discovery Sulphur Above Discovery Sulphur Tributaries Sulphur Creek, Sulphur Hills, Green Gulch, Brimstone Creek, Friday Gulch Swedish Creek, Gold Run and Tributaries Gold Run, Creek and Hillside Claims and Tributaries Gold Run Tributaries Gold Run Hillsides Gold Run Creek Claims, Hills and Tributaries Quartz Quartz Creek Claims and Tributaries Quartz Benches Quartz Creeks, Hills and Tributaries 31

40 Inventory to the Mining Recorder records Location Title / Description Dates GOV 64 GOV 65 GOV 66 GOV 67 GOV 68 GOV 69 GOV 70 GOV 71 GOV 72 GOV 73 GOV 74 GOV 75 GOV 76 GOV 77 GOV 78 GOV 79 GOV 80 GOV 81 GOV 82 GOV 83 GOV 84 GOV 85 GOV 86 GOV 87 GOV 88 GOV 89 GOV 90 GOV 91 GOV 91A GOV 91B GOV 92 GOV 93 GOV 94 Hunker Creek Hunker Creek Claims Hunker Creek Claims Hunker Benches to 33 Below Hunker Creek Benches below Discovery Hunker Creek Hills and Benches 34 to 65 below Discovery Hunker Benches 66 to 79 Below Discovery Hunker Creek - Hills and Benches opposite hydraulic reserve Hunker Hills Mint Creek Henry Creek Hillsides and Benches Hunker Hillsides and 80 Pup Hunker Tributaries Hunker Tributaries Gold Bottom, Last Chance Gold Bottom Creek and Tributaries Gold Bottom Benches Gold Bottom, Creek, Hill, Bench and Tributaries Last Chance Creek Last Chance Benches Above Discovery Last Chance Benches Below Discovery Last Chance, Tributaries, Hills and Benches Last Chance Creek and Tributaries Creek, Hill and Bench Claims Bear and Lindow Creeks Bear Creek Lindow Creek All Gold Creek Pups and Hillsides All Gold Creek and Tributaries [GOV 91A not used] All Gold Creek Everett Group All Gold Creek, Benches All Gold Creek, Hills on Tributaries Klondike Hills and Benches 32

41 Record Books for Placer Mining Claims Location Title / Description Dates GOV 95 GOV 96 GOV 97 GOV 98 GOV 99 GOV 100 GOV 101 GOV 102 GOV 103 GOV 104 GOV 105 GOV 105A GOV 106 GOV 107 GOV 108 GOV 109 GOV 110 GOV 111 GOV 112 GOV 113 GOV 114 GOV 115 GOV 116 GOV 117 GOV 118 GOV 119 GOV 120 GOV 121 GOV 122 GOV 123 Potato, Charlotte Ros. Tarantula; Dawson and Benches, Townsite Klondike Bonanza Reservoir Group Canyon, Little Blanche, Moosehide and Klondike Tributaries Klondike River Tributaries; Yukon River Tributaries; March R., Meta Cr., Jean Cr., Flat Creek Goring, Matson Hills Klondike and Tributaries; Hills, Benches and River Claims Klondike and Tributaries; Jackson Gulch, Rabbit Gulch, All Gold Creek; Flat Creek, Goring Creek, Germain Creek Moosehide Creek, Ballarat Creek Rosebud Creek, Below Discovery and Tributaries Reindeer and Rosebud Creeks Enslay Creek Yukon Tributaries, 12 Mile, Ballarat, South Fork of Sixty Mile River (Eldorado Benches) Yukon River Tributaries Cary Creek Donohue and Tributaries Dawson, Benson, Elwell California Hill Kirkman Creek and Tributaries Yukon River Tributaries; White River, White Island, Cassie Creek; Limestone Creek, Ballarat Ballarat and Tributaries; Tulare and Tributaries Thistle Creek Thistle Creek Hillside and Benches Thistle Creek and Tributaries; Blueberry, Scotch, Lando Thistle Creek and Tributaries Thistle Creek Hills, Benches and Tributaries Yukon and Tributaries Hill, Bench and River Claims Yukon River Tributaries Rosebud, Eureka, 60 Mile Canyon Gladstone Creek Indian River and Tributaries 33