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[British Yukon Rail] c. 1905 Map Locating the Azurite Group of Claims near Montana Mountain on Lake Bennett

[Windy Arm Syndicate]

Yukon Territory: [Windy Arm Syndicate], [c. 1905?]. Map. A circa 1905 blueprint map (8.5 x 6.25 inches wide) of a renown gold rush area of the Yukon Territory, locating the three mining claims which made up the "Azurite Group", along with a line of the British Yukon Railway from Skagway. The Azurite Group claims would appear to now be abandoned. Map with the rubber stamp of the "Windy Arm Syndicate" near the top edge, an "X" in colored pencil marking the location of the three claims and the number "138" in black pencil to verso. Map with minor creases, else Fine. The Windy Arm Syndicate was a company that Col. John H. Conrad was party to during the short-lived Windy Arm Stampede in 1905 "In October, Conrad added two more companies to those under his control when Edmund Bristol, with law firm partner Edward Bayley, W.F. McRae, C.W. Mitchell and William Kelly, incorporated J.H. Conrad Yukon Mines and the Windy Arm Syndicate to operate the Big Thing group of properties." Fractured Veins & Broken Dreams : Montana Mountain and the Windy Arm Stampede (1996) by Murray Lundberg, p. 41. An intriguing claims map. Fine. Item #4685

"In 1897, against the advice of his solicitors, William Brooks Close paid £10,000 to acquire from the government the right to build a railway from Skagway into the Yukon. At the time the Close Brothers of London decided to finance the construction of the White Pass Railroad in 1898, it was uncertain whether the White Pass was in the USA or in Canada. The debate over the international boundary between the two countries was not settled for several years. Because of this uncertainty the White Pass & Yukon Route decided to incorporate construction in three companies so that the laws of the USA and Canada were obeyed. In Alaska, the railroad was incorporated as Pacific and Arctic Railway & Navigation Company and today still operates under that legal identity. The British Columbia Yukon Railway Company and the British Yukon Railway Company were incorporated in British Columbia and Yukon respectively, with all three companies incorporated in 1898. White Pass & Yukon Route served as an umbrella to coordinate the three entities’ operations." wpyr / history dot com.

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