Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1896 — AMERICAN GOLD MINES SEIZED. [ARTICLE]

AMERICAN GOLD MINES SEIZED.

Canadian Surveyors Arrange to Confiscate Alaska Fields. Interest has been aroused at the State' Department by the recent action of Cana 1 dinu Government surveyors in so locating the one hundred and forty-first meridian as to throw 200 gold mines into Canadian territory. This is likely at any time to precipitate such a conflict of authority as cannot be ignored by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain. These mines are now operated by Americans, thousands of whom have gone to the Alaskan fields since the discovery of gold. The miners will not readily submit to the rules and regulations prescribed by the Canadian mounted police. The officials of the State Department do not in any degree recognize the survey. A convention. joint committee and treaty will be required before this Government can acknowledge that the work has been performed. Negotiations are now pending with Groat Britain for a convention to have u joint commission of astronomers appointed to survey and locate the one hundred and forty-first meridian from Mount St. Elias to the northern limit. The expectation prevails that in view of threatened disturbances, which may necessitate the sending of troops by both Governments to that region, the pending negotiations on the subject will be pressed to a conclusion.