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during this investigation have
not yet been received, and no lode
mine in this district is yet pro
ducing.
KANTISIINA DISTRICT
The lode prospects of the Kan
tishna district have been examined
in detail by F. G. Wells, in so far
as the workings are now accessi
ble. On many of the properties
the adits and open cuts are caved,
and could therefore not be studied.
The district included in this in
vestigation is about six miles wide
and 12 miles long, and was mapped
topographically on a scale of 1 to
43000. Some 28 claims have been
patented and many other unpat
ented claims are held.
The country rock is composed of
Birch Creek schistfi, cut by a few
small bodies of intrusive rock. The
general trend of the foliation of
the schist is North 70 degrees East,
and the veins trend in the same
direction, though they cut across
! the flotation. The principal min
i erals of economic importance are
I free gold, and auriferous pyrite
and arsenopyrite, and silver-bear
ing galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite
and stibnite. The only commer
cial ore so far extracted consisted
of about 1,300 tons, valuable chief
ly for its silver content, though also
yielding considerable amounts of
gold and lead. The workings from
which this ore was taken are now
inaccessible.
In addition to the lodes the ore
of which runs high in silver ,there
are many veins carrying free gold
and other sulphides in which the
silver values are relatively unim
portant.
Mr- Wells states that the area
shows excellent indications of min
eralization, and that (there is a
high probability that other veins
not yet mined may contain as val
uable ore as that so far recovered.
He also believes that other deposits
containing similar ore may be
found. The type of mineralization
and character of the ore extends
to considerably greater depths
than any so far reached in mining.
Whether or not there has been ap
preciable enrichment of the sur
face portions of the veins has not
yet been determined, but labora
tory studies to determine this will
be carried out.
With the completion of the auto
mobile road from McKinley Park
to the Kantishna district, the cost
of operation of mines there will be
considerably reduced, and the dis
trict is considered to hold promise
both for the mine operator and
prospector.
WEST FORK OF CHULITNA
DISTRICT
The area west of Chulitna River,
including the basins of Ohio Creek
and West Fork of Chulitna and
the intervening country, was also
examined by C. P. Ross. Several
groups of lode claims are held in
this region. The lodes are all
quartz veins accompanied by al
teration and shearing of the
country rock. In most, the prin
cipal value is in gold, but some
contain considerable copper, one
contains notable amounts of lead,
and all carry much arsenic. In
general .the lodes are two to five
feet wide and c a r r y moderate
amounts of gold. Some have been
traced for several hundred feet,
but some are known to be short.
Locally wide areas of country
rock carry disseminated sulphides
and stringers of sulphide-bearing
quartz. Gold is associated with
the sulphides in varying amounts.
The Gold; n Zone group of claims
covers a well mineralized area in
which, in addition to numerous
stringers, i here are quartz veins
of some length. A tunnel is now
being extended to cut one of the
more promising veins at a depth
of about 109 feet.
Only a part of the assay re
turns from samples taken during
the i-Oov investigation have as
yet been received, but these and
other information indicate that
the better ore contains from half
an ounce to, in one instance, over
two ounces of gold per ton. While
this district does not appear to
contain high grade ore in quan
tity, some of the lodes are of
considerable size and under fav
orable conditions and efficient
j management, several may event
ually be profitably worked.
WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT
The gold lode mines of the Wil
'iow Creek district have been stud
ied in detail by J. C. Ray. Dur
jing the past summer five mines
j have been actively milling ore,
land some high grade ore has been
I mined from several other proper
’ ties. The largest’lode mine in the
| railroad belt, .the Lucky Shot, has
; installed a new 35-ton mill this
| year and it is planned to continue
'mining arid milling on a 12 month
basis. Between 30 and 100 men
are employed this summer. All
other operations in the district
are on a much smaller scale.
In some of the veins mined
there are two and in places three
generations of quartz, the earliest
containing the least sulphides and
gold, and the latest' containing
more sulphides and gold. The
early quartz is represented by
breccias, cemented by later quartz
and by segments of veins that do
not conform to the trend of the
later quartz. The persistent hang- j
ing walls that are followed in min- j
ing are later than the latest j
quartz in the veins, and there is
a good deal of post mineral fault- !
ing that, however, has not proved
a serious handicap in mining. ;
There is little evidence of second
ary enrichment of importance,
and the close analogy between
[these veins and those in certain
California districts, where min
ing has been carried to depths
of several thousand feet, gives
great reason for hope that the
gold values in the Willow Creek
district extend to depths far be
low any that have so far been
reached. There is also reason to
believe that there are many other
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