New President of Alaska Steamship Co.
Review of Mining
Potentialities Of
Seward Peninsula
By HOWARD LYNG
Territorial Senator
The seventh in a series of articles
exclusive to the Nome Nugget
When the Washington D.C. bu
reaucrats arbitrarily closed down
gold mining in 1942, five modern
dredges were gainfully employed
in the Council area. Today, only
one of these five has been placed
in operation.
Owned by the Alaska Placer Co.
of Seattle, Ralph Lomen, manager,
and Charley Gustafson, dredge
master, this dredge has been dig
ging along the Niukluk River the
past three seasons and will be
shifted to the Ophir flats for next
year’s operation.
The three C. K. Dent, Seattle,
dredges are shelved at the mouth
of Goldbottom, Aggie, and Ophir
Creeks, respectively.
Long-time Council miner Tom
Shaw, who returned last season
for the first time in a number of
years, carried on a hydraulic and
dozer operation on Dutch Creek, an
Ophir Creek tributary. Associated
with him were his nephew, Paul
Maves, and Mrs. Maves, the for
mer Margaret Ullrich of the pio
neer Nome family of that name,
and Ed Anderson.
Tom’s hydroelectric Ophir Creek
dredge is still part of the mothball
fleet—ready and willing to roll,
but, like many others, awaiting a
better gold mining climate.
Nome’s well-known bush pilot,
Bill Munz, continues to prospect
and improve his Aggie Creek hold
ings, and it would surprise no one
to see a good-sized operation begin
next season. Ed Beneck, on Pan
cake Creek, is another who ex
pects to start up a camp next
season.
Approximately 87 miles of grav
elled road joins Council with
Nome. The last link of about 35
miles was constructed by the
Alaska Road Commission a few
years back connecting Council
with the Solomon River Road at
East Fork.
Recent developments in the
Council district would indicate
that this added road link will be
more than justified, for not long
since, what has all the appearance
of a major strike was made on
Dry Creek, a tributary of the
Rathlatulik, which, in turn, emp
ties into Fish River.
This silver, lead, and gold find
is located seven miles southeast of
Green’s Silver Mine on Omalik
Creek, often referred to as the
No. One patented mining claim in
Alaska, for this mine began its
ancient operation in 1886. Discov
ery was attributed to the laying of
the overland telegraph in. the
1860s, which passed this way en
route to the Bering Straits to con
nect with Russia via cable laid
across the Straits.
Neal “Willie” Foster, Nome bush
pilot and Second Division mem
ber of the Territorial Aviation
Board, with his mining partner,
Jack Macumber, made the modern
discovery. As a result of their first
prospecting, the U.S. Bureau of
Mines placed a crew on the ground
in late summer, where they spent
close to 60 days diamond drilling
under the direction . of Engineer
John Mulligan. Report has it only
the freezeup stopped them, and
drilling will be resumed in the
spring.
(To be Continued)
The U.S. Census Bureau esti
mates that an American is bom
every 9 seconds, on the average.
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D. E. SKINNER, newly-elected president of Alaska Steamship Co.
SEATTLE, UP — D. E. Skinner
was elected president of the
Alaska Steamship Company at a
stockholders meeting Nov. 10,
succeeding his father, the late G.
W. Skinner who died Oct. 11.
General manager of the Alaska
Line since January 1, 1950 as well
as a vice president, D. E. Skinner
will remain general manager
while directing the company from
the top administrative post.
A veteran of World War II,
Skinner received his education at
Lakeside School and Dartmouth
College. For seven years he was
a partner in Northland Trans
portation Company which merged
with Alaska Steamship Company
in 1948 and for.three years he
managed the Pacific Cruise Lines.
Since he assumed the position
of general manager of the Alaska
Line in 1950, progress and im
provement have characterized
Skinner’s administration. Com
munications, cargo-handling meth
ods and billing procedures are a
few of the company operations
that have been greatly improved
with resulting improved service.
Extensive radio telephone instal
lations have strengthened ship-to
shore service and a teletype net
has made possible instantaneous
communications between Seattle
headquarters and the chief Alas
kan agencies. Portable ’tween
decks have been installed on com
pany Liberties facilitating pack
age-cargo handling, and a new
streamlined container operation
has been pioneered and proved
successful. The freight billing
system has been completely mod
ernized.
The other Alaska Line officers
are R. C. Anderson who continues
as executive vice president; R. J.
Behnke, just elected vice presi
dent and treasurer from the posi
tion of treasurer; F. W. Tegt
meyer, secretary and assistant
treasurer; G. F. Kachlein, Jr. and
A. L. Cahill, assistant secretaries,
and W. P. McCarthy, assistant
treasurer.
Queen Elizabeth Urged To Quit
Going To The Horse Races
MANCHESTER, England, Iff) —
The president of Britain’s Meth
odist Church Conference urged
Queen Elizabeth II Monday to
quit going to the races.
“Some people call racing ‘The
sport of kings’,” Dr. Donald Soper
told a religious rally. “I call it
‘a household of racketeers’.”
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