DEVELOPMENT EDITION
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VOLUME 2S. No. 42
NOME. ALA8KA SATURDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1022
Delivered by Carrier or Mailed..$1.00 per Me
THE HAMMQN
CONSOLIDATED GOLD
FIELDS OPERA*
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The Little and Anvil Creek pro
perties made famous by the Pioneei
^fiping & Ditch Company operations
have been acquired by the Hammon
{Consolidated Gold Fields and active
hydraulicing work was pursued bj
this Company on the Little Creek
properties* H. R. Edwards is the
Gen earl Supt. and L. Stevenson
is superintendent of the hydraulic
works. Hydraulic elevators were
employed in the big pits and the
gold recovered, will aggregate that
of last .yean ■•••
It is the intention of the Hammon
Company to dredge as much of its
extensive holdings as drilling justi'
fies and they have begun construc
tion of two large combination
wood and steel dredges.
Certain parts of the ground is bet
ter fitted to the hydraulic method
and the company will therefore con
tinue mining these gravels with ele
vators, in conjunction with their
dredging operations.
General Supt. H. R. Edwards
flu} bis family, will leave on the last
.yictoria for the StatTee, leaving the
ppmipany affairs in charge of E. J.
Gorman for the winter.
During the winter prospecting and
drilling will be extensively carried
pn and in the spring thp big Miocene
jgitclj^will be given a general over
hauls to make ready for summer
operations.
The bugh dredges for the Ham
pton Consolidated Gold Fields are
holng constructed by the Yuba Mifg.
pom pony and will be completed by
gpring, made ready for launching
and operations. Over one million
feet of lumber and tons of steel
Will go into these gold diggers,
which are on their ways East of the
Little Creek hydraulicing opera
tions. The machines are known as
Yuba No. 53 and Yuba No. 54. On
both the machines the bucket lines
are of 9 cu. ft. capacity and have a
theoretical digging capacity of 5000
cu. yds. of gravel in 24 hours.
Bach boat will be provided with!
electrict motors using an average of
five hundred h. p. Boilers will be
installed In the boats and a steam
heating system will enable opera
tions to begin earlier afid continue
later in the season than is now pos
PANORAMA VIEW OF HAMMON OON. GOIJ) FIELDS AND VI BA MFG. CO. OPERATIONS ON LITTLE I 'REEK, ANVIL MOUNTAIN IN DISTANCE.
THAWING GROUND FOR DREDGK NO. 54, WITH COLD WATER POINTS.
W. P. HAMMON AND PARTY ON PUCK OF YURA DREDGE NO. 34
Bible on smaller dredges.
The construction work on the
dredges is in charge of P. E. Morse
as Superintendent and E. A. Weeks
as Assistant Superintendent.
A central electrict power plant is
HO. M aai M VXDBR OOMIMrOHDI
being constructed at the Oil plant
to supply these dredges with the.
necessary power. Consisting of
t)iree 500 h.p. units this plant has
been rapidly constructed and at the
present. time is being supplied with
the machines and equipment. After
the larger sections have been placed
the final enclosure will follow.
Machinery for this power plant
and for the two dredgers were
brought from San Francisco in a I
j private carrier, the Culburra, chart
ered for the purpose.
Advent of the Hammon Consoli
dated Gold Fields and the Tuba into
the Nome mining field has brought
a new day to this section of the
country and with their systematic
and scientific supervision of opera
tions will deer the way for a new
era In mining and other Industries
In this dMMnranlty. Both of thpae
companies are bucked by active, In
telligent capital and all of their op
erations are bused on modern
methods.
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Morse, and their
j capable assistants are setting a new
record for Nome and it is the hope
and belief of Nomeites who can
adapt themselves to changed condi
tions that the new regime will bring
a new prosperity to our Seward
[ Peninsula.
The personnel of the new com
panies carrying forward these ex
tensive operations is as follows:
W. P. Hammon President of the
Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields;
H. R. Edwards Gen Superintendent;
J. J. Hamlyn president of the Min
ers & Merchants Bank, financial
representative; P.E. Morse superin
tendent of the Yuba Mfg. Co. con
struction work and E. A. Weeks,
assistant superintendent of the Yu
ba works.
All of these men are recognized
factors in their respective capaci
ties and upon them the success of
the new enterprise depends. Each
step token has been a step forward
and the future, as being developed,
hv them aoDears auspicious indeed.
ANVIL CREEK DREDGE
During the winter of 1922 the
Bangor Creek dredge was disman
tled an dmoved by W. J. Rowe to
Anvil creek where it was reassem
bled and placed in operation early
this summer.
This dredge has had a most suc
cessful season, working on ground
owned by the former Pioneer Min-,
ing ft Ditch Company.
HHCHP BOR IKK NtJOfflrr
YUBA 16. CO. OPERATIONS
Th*j Yk»ba"Mf«'. Co. wa* orgatJvoed
by Mr. W. P. Hamm on to develop
gold dredges and is under the
direct management of Newton Cleve
land. vice-president and general
manager. .Mr. Cleveland has been
General Manager since the forma
tion of the Company. To him and
the organization he has built up is
owing the success of the company In
the Gold Dredge Building and Trac
The two dredges now under con
struction at Little Creek are No. 53
and No. 54.
As conditions in all placer dredg
ing fields differ, each from the other,
1 dredges must be built to conform to
I these conditions and this is what the
Yuba MXg. Co. specializes on. to
make a dredge that will meet the
particular conditions. From the
great all steel dredges 155 feet long,
55 feet wide and 12 feet deep, built
to dig to a depth of 90 feet below
the water line with 18 cu. ft. bucket
lines, to the small wooden three foot
dredges used in shallow ground and
small placer areas, the Yuba covers
the field.
The Yuba Manufacturing Com
pany are builders of success
ful gold dredgers, operating in
all parts of the world. Their engi
neers, who have been with them
ever since they built the first dredge
are now turning out the Super
Dredges.
As builders of the Yuba Ball
Tread Tractor they have been most
successful. This tractor has no
equal in its own field. They are |
built in sizes 12-20; 15-25; 25-40; :
and 40-70; equivalent, to 12, 15, 25 j
and 40 horses in pulling respectively
The company works are at Marys-1
[^iXle and Bepfoia, Calif., with olHc
I in the Insurance Exchange Buildin
San Francjaco.
At Little Creek, 4 miles from Nom
the two dredges now being built a
ol' the Composite Type, being bui
of steel and wood combined. A
the trusses, gautrys and hull chon
are of heavy steel girder constru
tion. while the hull itself, includir
house framing and gold tables, ai
made of selected Oregon Pine lun
ber. The House is covered wi^
No. 53 is 115 ft. long. 53 ft. wid
and 11 ft. 6 in deep, designed to di
to a dpeth of 45 ft. below the wate
No. 54 is 140 ft. long. 53 ft. wid
and 11 ft. ti in. deep, built to dig t
a depth of 60 ft.
The Yuba M.rg. Co. is buildin
these two dredges for the Haramo
Consolidated Gold Fields togethe
with a power plant at Nome. Thi
task has never before been attempt
ed. the building of two gold dredge
and a pow’er plant in Alaska durin
the winter time.
To show the wonderful resource
of this company we only need t
call attention to the fact that th
order for this work was receive
last May, less than live months age
and at this date there has bee
landed at the building sites 400
tons of lumber, steel, machinery an.
supplies. The hulls of both dredge
are completed -and ready to laune’
and the power plant is fast nearin
completion. Three Pacific Diese
525 h.p. engines are already placei
on their concrete foundations, mad
ready to receive them. The foun
dation is 32x34x6 ft. deep, a solh
(Continued on Paso Two.)
TUBA WO. CO. {JOR8TRCCTION CAUFARD TAROS