TUNGSTEN IS IN
GREAT DEMAND
Since announcement was made
to the world last fall through the
local press realtive to the discov
ery of tungsten in paying quan
tities at the head of Gilmore
creek by Johnson & Ewers, a
continuous stream of inquiries of
every nature has been received
in Fairbanks, says the Alaska
Citizen of April 3. Most of the
inquiries came to the local banks
and mercantile houses but, as
Johnson & Ewers have been the
only tungsten operators of par
ticular note to date, very little
information concerning tungsten,
generally speaking, has been
available.
Inquiries and requests for in
formation on the subject, how
ever. have now become so mum
irous that many prospectors,
dropping their search for gold,
have started out in the hills in
search of the less valuable but
more plentiful metal. In fact, the
demand for tungsten is so great
and the prices paid for it so high
that, if further discoveries are
made in the Fairbanks district,
the tungsten industry promises
to become as great, if not great
er, than the mining for gold here
The latest tungsten quotation
to be received here came to the
American bank of Alaska last
week, in the shape of a wire from
theFooteMineralCompanvof
Philadelphia, Pa. They state in
their wire that they are offering
;<x> per unit F O. F. Fairbanks
for tungsten concentrates, which
is $5 per unit better than any of
fer previously received here. And
they are said to be a responsible
house by those who are familiar
with the tungsten situation. The
quotation is offered for May de
livery.
It is claimed that the Johnson
tk Ewers ore now being milled
at Chena will go from 12 to 15
per cent in tungsten. However,
assays made by Paul Hopkins,
assayer of the American bank,
show that the average ore found
in this vicinity will go between
five and six per cent in tungsten.
That, however, is considered a
good showing for it means that
ore which goes five per cent in
tungsten can he estimated as
g oing about .$300 to the ton. The
concentrates, after the ore is
1 Tilled, go 60 per cent and up,
therefore the value of the con
centrates is approximately S3.
(00.
It is claimed by those who
1 now that all indications point
to deposits of tungsten here in
1 aytng quantities. The black
sand of all of the creeks in the
Fairbanks district carries large
quantities of scheelite or calcium
tungsten, one form of tungsten.
This fact would indicate that the
black sand originally came from
some lode or vein in the hills
containing large quantities of
tungsten. Wolframite, another
important form of tungsten, is
found here, but in very small
quantities only
The creeks in this vicinity
which show the greatest amount
of scheelite are First Chance, a
tributary of Coldstream, and Lit
tle Eldorado. Large quantities
of scheelite are also found in the
black sand which comes from
Lillian and Gertrude creeks, in
the new Tolovana mining dis
trict. All of which indicates that
large bodies of ore containing
tungsten may some day be un
covered near the heads of those
streams.
Johnson & Ewers have already
made arrangements for the ship
ment of three tons of tungsten
concentrates by parcels post, and
part of the shipment is being sent
gutslde on every stage. The Ott
Mining Company of upper Fair
banks creek, also has about one
ton of tungsten concentrates
ready for shipment. Aside from
those two firms, however, no
tungsten has been shipped, as far
as can be learned.
Th9 Family Pap*c la thw N'oina
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ALASKA NOTES
Clyde T. Fields operator in
charge of the signal corps sta
tion at Salchaket on the Valdez
Fairbanks road, was recently
married to Mrs. Maud lhomp
son who has had charge of the
native mission there for some
time.
A recent arrival in Skagway
from Atlin reports great activity
among the miners in that dis
trict. It is said that the pros
pects are better now than at any
time since the spring of 1901- 1°
addition to the placers the quartz
mines of the district are coming
to the front
On her last trip north the
freighter Cordova brought a
shipment of three thousand feet
of lumber for the Carlisle Pack
ing Company at Cordova for the
cannery to be installed tl?ere.
The freighter also brought five
box cars on her deck for the
Copper river and Northwestern
railroad.
Miners arriving in Fairbanks
from the Chandler district say
that about fifteen men are work
ing in the district. Considerable
prospecting is being done on Lit
tle Squaw creek and the miners
seem well pleased with the pros
pects they have found. Tht
ground is about thirty-five feet
to bedrock.
Curtis Morford, of the Seward
school board, expects to receive
two hundred applications from
school teachers in the states who
want positions in the school
there. He believes that if other
kinds of citizens were as anxiouu
to come to Alaska as teachers
that the country would soon be
settled up.
Sufficient water pressure has
been developed at Anchorage to
throw a stream from the nozzle
over a tree one hundred feet
high. Triangles have also been
placed at convenient places
where thev can be sounded in case
of fire and every possible pre
caution is being taken to safe
guard the town from fire.
Deputy Marshal Carl Arm
strong of Kodiak, savs that the
strike near Cold Rav is almost
all in the benches. Gold has been
found In onlv one creek claim.
Mr. Armstrong is not able to
make up his mind thoroughly
about the value of the find, and
he is now watting for further
information from people who
have gone there and who are ex
pected oack pretty soon. He
says the country in the neigh
borhood of the strike is covered
with about fifteen feet of vol
canic ash. The creek is short and
runs into Kaflia bay.—Chitina
Leader.
For the protection of too or
more halibut schooners now op
crating on the Alaska banks,
Captain John Gibson, manager
of the Fishing Vessel Owners
Association of Seattle, has filed
with the secretary of the treas
ury a formal request on behalf
of the association that a United
States coast guard cutter be de
tailed to patrol northern waters
this winter. With a coast guard
cutter on the banks, the fishing
fleet would have medical assist
ance available as well as aid in
time of accident.
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RAISING POTATOES
ON KUSKOKWIM
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The year 1915 was the first
season in which any general ef~
iort has been made to raise
“murphys” on the Kuskokwim.
The yield was simply enormous.
In most instances thd potatoes j
were sound, of good size, and 1
dry and mealy. The largest sin
gle potatoes are reported to have
been raised by E. W* Parks, at
Parks’ cinnabar mines, fifteen
miles above Georgetown. He
used a limestone rock to build his
furnaces, and when they became
worthless for that purpose, used
the lime for a fertilizer. He is
reported to have had a number oi
potatoes weighing more than
six pounds each Potatoes weigh
ing more than two pounds each
were raised on the Aniak, whose
waters are heavily charged with
lime. Tom L. Johnson, on his (
homestead at the mouth of the |
Aniak, had a large yield and was I
handicapped by lack of seed for j.
planting. His planting for the
1916 crop will be largely in ex
cess of that of last year.
Many natives planted small j
patches of potatoes, and were so
well pleased with the results that j
much larger arcas will be planted 1
this year, including cabbage and
turnips. Last year Mr. Arbuckle j
of the Iditarod Pioneer furnish- i
ed nearly too sacks of govern-1
ment seeds for distribution to the 1
natives on the Kuskokwim river.,
At the village of Akiak the!
natives had sold up to the first '<
of March potatoes to the value '
of $642, and it is estimated that !
they have on their cellars about
$150 worth more to sell of the
1915 crop.—Iditarod Pioneer.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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Householders, owners an.!;
agents are notified to immediate*'
!v begin cleaning up their prem
ises and have the rubbish hauled
to dumping ground or out on icrj
not less than 200 feet from shon I
W. D’ARCY CHACE.
Health Officer.
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