YUKON MINING AFFAIRS.
NEW YORK, April 5.
Despatches from Dawscn City state that the Yukon Development League is petitioning the Canadian Government to abolish the royalty on gold, because the mining industry is threatened by the depreciation of the purchasing power of gold. The" League also asks the Government to amend the placer mining laws in crder to permit of extensive prospecting of lower-grade placer creeks and valleys, and to induce the gold-dredging companies to extend their operations.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 81, 7 April 1920, Page 2
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78YUKON MINING AFFAIRS. Marlborough Express, Volume LIIII, Issue 81, 7 April 1920, Page 2
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