Gold Placer Mining
The uata in hand indicates that
the value ot piacer golu produced
in 1915 was 410,500,000, compar
ed witn $10,730,000 in 1914. inis
decrease ot output, if borne but
by the final hgures, is chargable
to the falling ott in the output of
some of the Yukon camps- On
the other hand, the developments
in the Tolovana district, where
gold was discovered in the au
tumn of 1914, indicate that this
will become of some importance
as a producer.
About 42 dregdes were operat
ed in Alaska during 1915, the
same number as in 1914. From
the information at hand it ap
pears, however, that the value of
;e gold recovered by dredges
was less than $2,000,000 in 1915,
compared with $2,350,000 in 1914.
This falling off is chargeable to
the Sewaru peninsula districts,
where about 37 of the dredges are
located. There can be no ques
tion tlfkt this decrease of dredge
output is but a temporary check
to the industry as a whole and is
due to certa/i local conditions.
Several dredges that will be op
erated in 1916 are in process of
installation.
Gold Lode Mining.
About 23 gold-lode mines were
operated on a productive basis in
1915, compared with 28 in 1914.
On the otner hand, the value of
the gold-loae output has increas
ed nom 44,803,0^8 in 1914 to
about $6,200,000 in 1915. This
increase is to be credited to the
Juneau district, where large de
velopments were continued
thioughout the year. There can
no question that the gold-lode
output will increase at a rapid
rate. This will be due not only
to large-scale operations in south
eastern Alaska, but also to the
encouragement given to lode
mining oy the railway under con
struction from Seward to Fair
banks. o
Copper Mining.
The tremendus increase in
copper output during 1915 has al
ready been noted- Nearly four
times as much copper was pro
duced as in the previous year,
JfciJ the value was nearly five
times as much. The copper was
taken from fourteen mines, of
which seven were in the Ketch
ikan district, four on Prince Wil
liam sound and three in the Chit
ina district
Though the high price of cop
per led to the reopening of some
of the smaller mines in the coast
region, yet it should be noted
<hat the increased output was
possible only because of the large
developments that have been un
der way for several years. The
advance of the Alaska copper
ntinin|^ndustry^juring^he^^
may therefore be said to have
been a normal development ot
luc inuustry. it is oi course true,
uowever, uiat.it it Uau not been
jor tue mgn puce ol tne metal,
me output wouiu nave ueen con
siueiamy less, it augurs well for
ine tutuie ot the inuustry that the
Alaska copper mines are now
sumcientiy ueveloped to produce
so large a tonnage.
Tin Mining.
It is estimated that about 200
tons of stream tin were produced
in Alaska uunng 1915. Much the
larger part ot tne tin came from
me Xork district of Seward pen
insula. Here one tin dredge was
opeiated tnrougnout tne season
on buck creek. A new dredge
was installed on the same creek
uunng the summer and operated
lar a part of the season. No re
turns Have yet been received
from the two dredges operated
in 1914 on Anikovik river, in the
same district, but there were pro
bably also operated. These two
are working on placers carrying
both tin and gold. Developments
were continued on the Lost river
lode-tin mine, and there was also
some prospecting of other lode
tin deposits. There was, however,
no pioduction or lode tin.
'i he only other tin mining in
Alaska uuiing 1915 was clone in
oie not bprmgs uistrict of the
»ower Tanana basin. Here con
mbie tin is recovered inci
dental to gold piacer mining.
Antimony.
The high puce 01 antimony in
915 led 10 the mining of over
800 tons of stibnite ores in Alas
ka Nearly 700 tons of this out
put came trom Fairbanks district,
and the rest from Seward penin
sula. It is difficult to obtain any
exact valuation of the stibnite
ore shipped from Alaska. The
evidence in hand indicates that
the producer received from $1.25
to $1.75 per unit of stibnite. It
is probably reasonable to esti
mate that the Alaska shipments
sold for $85 a ton in San Fran
cisco. This indicates a value of
about $70,000 for the total ship
ments made in 1915.
Four antimony properties were
operated in the Fairbanks district
during 1915—the Scrafford, in the
Treasure creek basin; the Stib
nite, in the Eva creek basin; the
Gilmer, in the Vault creek basin;
and the Chatham creek mine. All
the operations were on a small
scale. The mining consisted
chiefly of making open cuts and
digging out the ore, which occurs
in shoots, kidneys and irregular
masses along zones of Assuring.
Most of the ore was broken and
hand sorted, and no ore carrying
less lhan 50 per cent of anti
mony content of the ore was
^dmmech^^ni^^verag^ariGrnony
content of the ore was probably
58 per cent. Considerable pros
pecting w as also done on a num
ber of other stibnite lodes in the
Fairbanks district.
The ore was hauled to the rail
way by wagons and then sent
by rail to Fairbanks and over the
all-water route to San Francisco.
The transportation companies of
fered a low freight rate to encour
age the new industry
Developments were continued
on the Sliscovitch mine, in the
Nome district. The ore from this
property carries some gold, and
the mine has been worked for
gold In 1915, however, the en
ergies of the operators were di
rected toward getting out stib
nite ore. Some stibnite was also
mined at the Hed & Strand prop
erty, a few miles north of the
Sliscovich mine. The total ore
shipped from Nome is reported
to be 132 tons, but there is reason
to believe that a considerably
greater quantity was mined.
Stibnite -is not an uncommon
mineral in Alaska. The recent
demand for antimony has led to
the prospecting of a number of
stibnite deposits within the ter
ritory. Such work is reported in
the Kantishna district, on Prince
William sound, and on Kenai
peninsula.
Mineral Fuels.
One coal mine was operated on
Cook inlet in 1915 to furnish lig
nitic coal to a local market. There
was also a little mining at sev
eral other localities. Some inves
tigations were made in the Mat
anuska and other Alaska coal
fields by those who are contem
plating making applications for
leases. Meanwhile, the general
land office has made the subdi
vision surveys of the more acces
sible parts of the Bering River,
Matanuska and Nenana coal
fields. o
There were no important de
velopments in the oil fields. Some
oil was produced in the Katalla
field. _Oil seepages were found
near Wainwright inlet, in the ex
treme northwestern part of Alas
ka. This locality is probably a
western extension of the oil belt
indicated by a seepage previously
known, near Smith bay, on the
north Arctic coast of Alaska.
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SEATTLE BUSINESS MEN
60 TO ALASKA'S AIO
During the last week tfie~room9
of the Alaska bureau of the Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce have
resembled the exhibit rooms of a
stationery supply house, due to
the campaign that is being pros
ecuted by the bureau to enlist the
business houses throughout the
Pacific Northwest in support of
the national administration’s
measure for an appropriation of
$10,456,000 for Alaska
Seattle citizens and firm are co
operating with the bureau, and
the large assortment of indivi
dual stationery of various firms
is typed, sent to the sender fot
his signature, and then forwarded
to either a senator or a represen
tative know to the signer, with
'he request,that the lawmaker
support the proposed appropria
tion.
With every letter is a leaflet,
stating briefly the resources and
commerce of Alaska
Many Letters Sent.
In the last two days personal
letters have gone to seventy-five
members of congress from per
sonal friends in Seattle. Seattle
merchants are also writing their
more inlluential correspondents
•throughout the states setting
forth the value of Alaskan devel
opments to the entire country,
asking their aid in securing the
support of their congressional
delegations for these appropria
tions. Every firm is sending from
30 to 260 individual letters; all
signed by the head of the firm
So* as to avoid duplication the
greater number of these letters
are all being typed in the office
of the Alaska bureau, and al
though some of the larger manu
facturers in the east will receive
from three to five letters from dif
ferent Seattle merchants, no two
letters will be alike.
J. L. McPherson, manager of
the bureau, in discussing Alas
ka’s commerce yesterday, said:
“Alaska commerce in 1914 was
$63*<>75»io5- This sum was $5,
186,802 in excess of our total
trade with China, and 20 per cent
of our total trade with all the
countries of South America.
“Alaska, commerce for 1915
will approximate $73,000,000 or
abotit $9,000,000 in excess of 1914.
This very favorable showing is
due in great part to recent leg'
islation by congress. Further
remedial legislation, which it is
hoped congress will enact with
out longer delay, will have the
effect of increasing the business
of Alaska many fold.
“Alaska enriched the United
States to the beginning of 1915
of $509,000,000 over and above all
cost of our government.
Apropriations Asked For.
“The departments have request
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ed of congress appropriations for
governmental activities in Alas
ka as follows:
j "Continuance government rail
j road construction, $8,247,620.
"Aids to navigation, vessels and
i.-urvcys, $1,008,517
j "Wagon roads, maintenance
iand construction, $320,000.
j "Geological surveys, $100,000
educational and medical relief
of natives, S2Q0,O0o.
“Cable and telegraphic, mainte
nance and betterments, S350/JOO
"Protection of fisheries, vessels
and launches, $90,000.
"Puldic land surveys, $50,000.
"The Alaska bureau hopes that
! 'ill citizens of Seatle with influ
ential f riends throughout the
country will co-operate in this
movement to enlist support for
the proposed appropriation and
: kindly advise the bureau of the
rties to whom letters are writ*
i ten, so a complete record can be
jkept iif those whose aid is asked."
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