INCREASED COLD OUTPUT
ASCRIBED PLACER MUG
BT MANY UNEMPLOYED
Despite the substantial reduction
in the mining of complex pres, from
which is derived a large part of
the gold output, the production of
the yellow metal during 1930 was
considerably greater in the United
States than in the previous year,
due to the increased activities of
individual prospectors working with
pick and shovel in placer deposits,
according to oral information sup
plied by the Department of Com
merce.
There has also been an increase
in the production of scrap or sec- i
ondary gold which, together with j
the gain in new gold output, has
made available the largest supply
of the metal for currency purposes
in many years. The following ad
ditional information was furnished
by the Department:
Gold production d u r i n g 1930,
based on arrivals at the United
States mints and assay offices and
at private refineries, was estimated
at 2,285,603 ounces valued at $47,
247,600, an increase of approxi
mately $1,000,000 over 1929. These
figures include the output in Al
aska and the Philippine Islands.
Economic conditions have stim
ulated gold prospecting in the
United States during the last two
years. Some months ago the Pres
ident’s Emergency Committee for
Employment issued a statement
which told of the activities of un
employed miners in Nevada and
other States in placer operations.
It wras estimated that hundreds of;
jobless had taken to the pick and j
shovel — in some cases machinery !
was supplied—in an effort to earn j
a few dollars in the pursuit of the!
precious metal. In some cases the
owners of large claims had thrown
their lands open to the unemployed
in order to relieve unemployment.
Being used principally for cur
rency or currency reserve, the price
of gold remains stable. The aver
age value of the metal in 1930 was
$20.671835 per ounce and in 1929
it was exactly the same amount.
Silver, on the' contrary averaged
38.5 cents per ounce in 1930 and
53.3 cents in 1929. It is natural, i
therefore, that !those deposits which I
are in any w^y promising be ex- 1
ploited to the 'utmost.
ine major part of the domestic
supply of gold has come from com- j
plex ores in which the yellow metal 1
frms an incidental but important !
proportion. It is found in combina- ]
tion with silver, copper, lead and [
other metals, the proportion of «
gold varying with the nature of the !
ores. ; ;
Because of the reduced demand 1
for these other metals, and the t
consequent decreased production, 1!
there has necessarily been a de- *
cline in the gold output, as it does *
not often pay to treat tons of these !
ores solely for the gold they con- £
tain, although the gold is decided- »
ly worth recovering during regular i
operations. ; 1
Gold was produced in 1930 in 18
States, Alaska and the Philippines.
California produced more than $9,
000,000 worth, Alaska and South
Dakota more than $8,00,000 worth, ■
Colorado and Utah more than $4,- •
000,000 worth. Next in importance [
were Philippine Islands, Arizona, *
Nevada, Montana, New Mexico, Ida- •
ho and Oregon. Small quantities *
also came from Alabama, Georgia, J
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ten- *
nessee, Texas, Washington and I
Wyoming. J
The Union of South Africa J
(Transvaal, Natal and Cape Col- *
ony) produces about half the *
world’s gold supply. Along with [
Australia, Canada and Russia, its *
production has been increasing ■
while the rest of the world has [
been declining. Whether the in- 1
creased output in the United States »
represents a trend cannot yet be !
determined.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The attention of drivers of au
tomobiles, both passenger and
freight, is called to the following
regulations adopted by the Sew
ard Dock.
1— While a ship is tied to the
dock no cars will be permitted on
face of the dock.
2— Taxies and baggage trucks
will be permitted to park at the
rope between the two warehouses
until after the arrival of the ship.
However, these cars must move as
soon as the passengers have left
the ship.
3— Cars will not be permitted to
park on the east side of the ap
proach to the dock.
4— -Cars will be permitted to
park on the west side of the dock
but must not go south of the ap
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proach to the city’s floating dock
Cars should be left facing souti
when parked on this strip.
!3—When no ships are tied tc
the dock, delivery cars with
fnight for small craft may drive
to the ship’s side so as to make
delivery.
E. L. Sweek, Agent
Arthur W. Johnson, general
manager and vice-president of
' the Alaskan Airways, will leave
| Fairbanks the latter part of this
month for New York for a confer
ence with executives of the Avia
tion of which the Alaskan Air
ways is a subsidiary, says the
News-Miner. Mr. Johnson will
fly most of the way.
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A committee of the Seward Li
brary is going to give a bake sale
in the library room on Saturday
October 24. The purpose of the
! sale is to raise funds with which
to purchase new books.
The library was organized a
little over a year ago and now
has 135 subscribers. The Library
committee hopes to raise the
| number of subscribers to 200
i readers before the first of the
I year.
Approximately 100 books go out
of the library each week to Sew
ard readers The library also
serves people along the railroad,
and other places out of Seward.
A number of subscriptions tak
en out last year are now due and
these may be renewed any day
the library is open; also some one
• will be on hand during the bake
i sale to renew old subscriptions
and register new ones.
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