10 Alaska Mines
Granted Mineral
Exploration Funds
JUNEAU — Out of 326 explor
ation contracts given by the De
fense Minerals Exploration ad
ministration, 133 contracts in
volved lead and zinc. Tungsten
was next with 49 and uranium 25.
Other critical minerals being
sought under the DMEA program
are antimony, asbestos, beryl, co
balt, nickel, corundum, fluorspar,
flake graphite, iron, manganese,
mercury, rare earths, rutile, sul
phur, talc, and tin.
A list of those minerals explor
ation contracts in force in Alaska
follows. Included is the name of
the contractor, location of the
project, commodity involved, the
amount of government participa
tion and total value of the con
tract.
Zenda Gold Mining Co., Tin
City, tin, $108,000; $120,000.
Admiralty-Alaska Gold Mining
Co., Admiralty Island, cobalt
nickel, $108,000; $120,000.
Alaska Metals Mining Co., 4th
Division, tungsten, $133675.50,
S179.234.
Alaska Copper Corp., 3rd Divi
sion copper, $56,274, $72,548.
I. W. & S. E. Purkeypile, Fort
Gibbon, tin, $16,200, $18,000.
Alaska Copper Corp., Nome,
tungsten, $30,750, $41,000.
Earl R. Pilgrim, 4th Division,
antimony, $46,500, $62,000.
U.S. Tin Corp., Lost River, tin,
$203,400, $226,000.
Clarence Wren, Frank Waskey,
Briston Bay, mercury, $19,210.50,
$25,614.
Tillicum Mining Co., Ketchikan,
antimony, $18,521.25, $24,695.
Discharged Veteran Is
Returned to Korea To
Face Murder Charge
SEOUL, (TPi—The Air Force said
Saturday additional charges may
be filed “in two or three days”
against a young steel worker ar
rested on murder charges* and
flown to' Korea for trial almost six
months after he was honorably
discharged.
An Air Force official said the
Judge Advocate Section is study
ing additional evidence against
Robert W. Toth, 21, of Pittsburgh,
and new charges are pending.
Young Toth is accused now of
“premeditated murd.gr and con
spiracy to commite premeditated
murder” in connection with the
death of Kil Bong Soon last fall.
He was arrested at work at a
Pittsburgh steel plant May 13 and
arrived in Korea last Monday.
Toth is held under “maximum
guard” at an air base near Taegu.
Most witnesses must be flown
to Korea from the United States,
the Air Force said.
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Siamese Twins Undergo ..
Unique Major Surgery
BOSTON, UP) — A 41-year-old
Siamese twin, Margaret Gibb,
underwent major abdominal sur
gery for removal of a fiberous
tumor in a case new in the annals
of medicine.
Margaret and her sister, Mary,
who also was anesthetized, were
reported in excellent condition
after the two hour operation, per
formed at New England Deacon
ess Hospital by Dr. Frank Lahey,
head of the Lahey Clinic.
The surgeon refused to discuss
the nature of the operation but
did say he found no evidence of
malignancy.
He also said the operation
marked the first time major
internal surgery had been per
formed on a Siamese twin over
40 years of age. The sisters, from
Holyoke, Mass., are joined at the
base of the spine, and have, in
effect, a common circulatory sys
tem. They were administered
Penathol and Cycloprane for the
operation.
Dr. Lahey quoted Mary as say
ing that her “only concern was
for Margaret.”
San Marino, which has an area
of 38 square miles, is believed to
be the smallest and oldest repub
lic in the world, having been
founded in 350 A.D.
CAA To Close Down
16 Airport Control Towers
WASHINGTON, W — The Civil
Aeronautics Administration said
Saturday it will discontinue, for
economy reasons, 16 of its airport
control towers. Also, two addi
tional towers which had been
planned will not be put into op
eration.
In all the CAA operates 170
towers at airports throughout the
country.
The discontinuances are to take
effect July 1.
The list of 16 points affected
included King Salmon, Alaska,
and Salem, Ore.
Miner Killed When
Buried By Coal Slide
ANCHORAGE, W> — An Alaska
coal miner, Herbert A. Pierce, 43,
died shortly after being dug from
under a coal slide Thursday after
noon at the Evan Jones mine near
Palmer.
A second miner, William Slusse,
was hospitalized in Palmer with
shock and bruises suffered when
the 30 tons of - coal trapped him
and Pierce.
Wylie Robinson, inspector for
the Bureau of Mines, said the fall
apparently caught Pierce bending
over, smothering him. Fellow
miners dig him out but he died
while being carried from the
mine.
J 1951, Games Po9 Research Center. /V. r. C.
Whether they serve Alaska salmon in a salad, casserole or as
croquettes, housewives can always be certain of the high quality
sad purity of this important food. Alaska salmon is not only highly
, nutritious and tasty, but its wholesomeness is assured too.
For 34 years the salmon canning industry, through the North
west Branch of the National Canners Association, has made careful
inspections and conducted its own research to improve the pack.
Constant checks are made at salmon canneries throughout Alaska
to guard the high quality of the product and meet the requirements
of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration for wholesomeness.
The salmon industry is the only major food canning industry in
the nation operating and financing its own quality control program.
This program is more important this year than ever before because
of the increasingly competitive market. It’s vitally important to
every citizen of Alaska, too, because the salmon industry historically
has been the backbone of the _ 0% ^NSk
Territory’s economy. %*fjl jj? *5?
For the complete story of the
Territory’s most important indus- jC k | m/0 / I
try, write for your copy of the in- ^ \^j f
formation packed, colorful book
let, "Alaska’s Salmon Industry.’’
Mail your requests to Box 893,
Ketchikan. ^ ^
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Alaska Salmon Institute
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