ate statement of the results.
“The geological survey will
•Maintain throughout the year a
representative in Alaska with
headquarters at Anchorage to
work with prospectors and min
ing companies and make avail
able to them the material gath
ered by the surveys., His salary
end the expenses of his office
Will be charged against the
$250,000 appropriation. He will
also be a medium of co-ordina
t:op between the railroad and
other agencies engaged in this
program.”—Ex
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WILLOW CREEK TO BE
ACTIVE THIS SUMMER
-X
There will be an unusal
amount of mining activity in
the Willow Creek district dur
ing the coming summer, accord
ing to reports received in An
chorage recently. The Willow
Creek Mines, which has been
operating steadily all winter at
the Lucky Shot, on Craigie
creek will probablv expand its
activities during the summer,
and it is believed that the en
ergetic manner in which that
company has set about its work
is largely responsible for new
activities which wiil be initiat
ed in ether sections of the camp
as soon as snow' conditions will
permit. In addition to continu
ing the work at the Lucky Shot,
it is understood a crew will be
r ut to work on the War Baby,
which adjoins the Lucky Shot.
Mrs. Horning, Charles Bar
tholf and Sidney Black, who
have been operating the Mabel
mine are reported to have tak
en over the Golden Bear pro
perty, on a lease, and Blask
has gone to the mine to prepare
lor the season’s work. Dogs
will be used to freight supplies
to the camp.
Charles Issacs, who returned
recently from the states, ac
companied by Mrs. Isaacs, has
gone to the Martin property,
with Leonard Grau, to perform
ihe annual assessment work,
and after the season opens he
will have charge of under
ground operations at the Gold
Mint mine of the Marion-Twin
Gold Mining Company. Man
ager Q. A. Pyle wil' come north
within a few weeks to get the
work under way. Some very
good ore is said to have been
uncovered at the Gold Mint. It
it not known at this time what
amount of work, if any, will be
done on the company’s Craigy
creek property, from which a
shipment of high grade ore
was made last summer.
Herman Kto^s, who went to
the states during the winter for
the benefit of his health, re
turned on the last boat, much
improved and ready to resume
operations at the Highgrade, in
which he is associated with
Heinie Snider. They expect to
put in a busy season at their
nroperty, with a lot of high
grade ore already uncovered
and ready to take out. Mr.
Snider has disposed of all his
mink at Wasilla and will de
vote all of his time this season
to mining, confident that their
property will be a winner.
—Anchorage Daily Times.
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Soviet Progress
In Canning
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Remarkable advances in the
canning industry are reported
in an article on development of
the Soviet fcod industry appear
ing in the November 1 issue of
the Economic Review of the
Soviet Union.
“This is a new b''
Soviet Union,” say: the article,
“but it is developing very rap
idly. During the past year six
more old factories were set in
operation, and nine new ones
constructed. A giant cannery,
the largest in Europe, with an
annual capacity of 60,000,000
cans, is being . built in .the
Crimea according to American
plans and with the most mod
ern machinery ” • The first de
partment, . for canning. , sweet
corn, was recently opened y^th
a capacity of 12,nOO,OOOffcahS,
having been built and equipped
in five months. Other depart
ments were completed in Nov
emoer.
The reports adds, “The con
struction program for the cur
rent year is an exteps^ii.one.
rihe United Canning . ^adusjtries
will spend for construction
alone 55.000,0000 rubles ($28,
000,000), as compared with 18,
000,000 rubles last year. * . * , *
All these canneries will be in
ooeration toward the end of
1930-31. Canning fetaories will
also be built by the consumers’
co-operatives and by the fish
and meat trusts. It is expected
that the entire Soviet canning
output this year will be 1,300,
000,000 cans, and by the end of
the Five-Year Plan the output
is expected to reach five billion
cans. If these plans are realiz
ed, the U. S. S R. will then, oc
cupy second place in the can
ning industry of the.world.”
as ior nsnery progress, tne
article says: “Fish products
have also acquired special signi
ficance at present, due to the
shortage of meat. The fish
catch in 1929 amounted to .890,
000 metric tons, as compared
with 886,000 tons in 1913. The
marketable catch in 1931 total
ed 1,260,000 tons, and a catch of
ever two and a half times .that
figure is set for 1932-33, the lust
year of the five-yeai- period.
The output of canned fish will
likewise be greatly increased,
from 80,000 tons in 1930' -to
500,000 tons in 1933.”
—Pacific Fisherman.