Английская Википедия:Eureka Creek

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Eureka Creek is a tributary of Baker Creek in the U.S. state of Alaska. Other Baker tributaries in the vicinity of Eureka Creek include Thanksgiving, Gold Run, and Pioneer creeks with Seattle Junior Creek a tributary of Pioneer.Шаблон:Sfn

Geography

Eureka Creek flows southwest along the foot of the Baker-Minook divide. It runs in a straight southwest course for about Шаблон:Convert, then turns and runs south Шаблон:Convert to its junction with Pioneer Creek. It has a number of small tributaries from the northwest side, but none from the southeast. The largest is Boston Creek, about Шаблон:Convert long, which joins Eureka Creek at its bend. The other tributaries are rills. Eureka is a small creek carrying barely a sluicehead of water above the mouth of Boston Creek during the ordinary seasons. The valley slopes gently to the divide on the northwest side, but on the southeast side the slope is almost precipitous, rising Шаблон:Convert above the valley. The creek flows close to the foot of the steeper side.Шаблон:Sfn

The gravels of the creek are not very worn, characteristic of weak streams, and have been left for a considerable distance, in places at least Шаблон:Convert, up the slope of the hill as the stream bed has moved to the southeast. The bench gravels are made up entirely of country rocks. The deposit varies in thickness from Шаблон:Convert, and the overlying muck varies from between Шаблон:Convert, the distribution being irregular. The total thickness varies from Шаблон:Convert. The gravel contains a considerable amount of very sticky clay. The clay seems to come from the decomposition of both the grit and the slates.Шаблон:Sfn

History

Gold was first discovered on Eureka Creek in February 1899.Шаблон:Sfn

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