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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.655.8472 2023-05-15T14:18:39+02:00 94 • REVIEWS Robert L The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.655.8472 http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/download/273/306/ en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.655.8472 http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/download/273/306/ Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/download/273/306/ text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T16:36:27Z and nowhere more so than in the Yukon. Environmental and land-use standards eventually came into existence, and it is no longer possible for prospectors to live off the land. Environmentalists will appreciate that Hills of Silver is a fascinating case history of pollution and metal dispersion on creeks and rivers. The author is eloquent in his descriptions of mining methods. The presence of glacial overburden and perma-frost had a profound influence in the Yukon plateau. Placer miners initially panned and worked the streams, then blasted shafts through frozen gravel and clay using steam injection points to reach the pay zone at the bedrock surface. Yukon prospectors always had to be miners as well. When it came to vein prospecting in this mountain-ous region, they used the spring runoff for surface sluicing Text Arctic Yukon Unknown Yukon Yukon Plateau ENVELOPE(-137.254,-137.254,62.249,62.249) |
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and nowhere more so than in the Yukon. Environmental and land-use standards eventually came into existence, and it is no longer possible for prospectors to live off the land. Environmentalists will appreciate that Hills of Silver is a fascinating case history of pollution and metal dispersion on creeks and rivers. The author is eloquent in his descriptions of mining methods. The presence of glacial overburden and perma-frost had a profound influence in the Yukon plateau. Placer miners initially panned and worked the streams, then blasted shafts through frozen gravel and clay using steam injection points to reach the pay zone at the bedrock surface. Yukon prospectors always had to be miners as well. When it came to vein prospecting in this mountain-ous region, they used the spring runoff for surface sluicing |
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