Price of Mohawk
Stock Now
10c Share
I Offer for Sale, for Cash, a Few Thousand Shares of Mo
hawk Stock at 10c Per Share, in the following Blocks:
5 Blocks of 250 Shares, Each.$25.00 a Block
4 Blocks of 500 Shares, each. $50.00 a Block
2 Blocks of 750 Shares, each. $75.00 a Block
3 Blocks of 1,000 Shares, each.$100.00 a Block
2 Blocks of 1,500 Shares, each.$150.00 a Block
1 Block of 2,000 Shares.$200.00
1 Block of 3,000 Shares. $300.00
1 Block of 5,000 Shares.$500.00
THIS OFFER IS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALES
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LICENSED EMBALMKRH
Anchorage Matanuskn
The mineral production for the year !
1916 is as follows, according to an ad
vance bulletin recently issued:
Southeastern Alaska.
About 12 gold-lode mines, seven
copper mines and two placer mines !
were operated in southeastern Alaska 1
during 1916. Preliminary estimates |
j indicate that the value of the gold
| produced in this field was about $5.
I 960,000. '•'he estimated copper pro- i
duction from this region (all of it
from the Ketchikan district) was 3,
800,000 pounds, valued at about $1,
000,000. The principal copper pro
i ducers were the Rush & Brown, Jum
j bo, It, Mamie, and Mount Andrew.
The only other productive mining in
j the Ketchikan district was the opera
tion of two small lode-gold mines and .
the continuation of marble-quarrying j
on about the same scale as in previous
years.
The four mines of the Treadwell
group, in the Juneau district, were
operated on a normal basis until Au
gust 1. At that time the 200 stamp
mill and half the stamps of the 300
stamp mill were shut down to avoid
the further drawing of ore from be
neath settling ground in the Tread
well, Mexican and Seven Hundred
Foot mines. The other Treadwell mills j
were operated as in the past. The !
Alaska Gastineau mill was operated j
on a 6,000 ton daily capacity. Owing ;
to the addition of waste from the
hanging wall of the stopes on the
higher levels, the tenor of the ore
milled fell below the original esti
mate. This caused misgivings on the
part of some as to the ultimate suc
cess of the enterprise. However, the
difficulties in selective stoping are
being gradually overcome, and the
tenor of the ore milled showed a
gradual improvement during the sum
mer. Moreover, economies were ef
fected so that the operating costs
were reduced.
Mine development continued on the
I Alaska-Juneau in a large 'way, and
much progress was made in the con
struction of the mill, which is to have
a daily capacity of 8,000 tons. It is
expected that the mill will be complet
ed in the spring of 1917. On the
Alaska-Ebner property developments
were continued. The chief activities j
north of Juneau were at the Eagle 1
River, Juneau and Kensington mines.
Some ore was milled at the Jualin,
but the other mines were not product
ive in 1916.
In the Sitka district the Chichagof
mine was operated on about the same
scale as in previous years. Some work
was done on a copper deposit discov
ered about 17 miles north of the Chic
agof mine, near I’inta cove. The ore
is said to carry some nickel and co
balt.
A little beach mining was done on
Lituya bay and some investigations
were made as to the feasibility of in
stalling machinery. In the Yakataga.
district placer mining continued on
about the same scale as in the past.
Copper River Basin.
As in 1915, the principal copper
mines of the Copper river basin are
the Jumbo and Kennicott-Bonanza,
which made enormous shipments
throughout the year. Productive min
jingnvas also continued at the adja
cent Mother Lode mine. Much devel
opment work was done on other cop
per properties in the Kotsina-Chitina
copper belt, but there were no other
producing mines. Hydraulic placer j
mining continued on a large scale in 1
the Nizina placer district. The placer '
gold output of the Chistochina dist
rict, also in the Copper river basin,
was larger than that of any previous
year.
inner William Mound.
The value of the total mineral pro- j
duction of Prince William Sound was
about $8,000,000 in 1916, compared j
with $1,340,000 in 1915. This repre
sents the value of the production of
eight copper mines and eight small
gold mines. The Beatson Bonanza,
Ellamar, and Midas mines were the
largest copper producers and the i
Granite and Ramsay - Rutherford '
mines the largest lode-gold producers.
Kenai Peninsula and Susitna.
The rebuilding of the old Alaska j
j Northern railroad, now in govern- j
ment ownership, leading inland from j
j Seward, stimulated mining develop- j
| ment in Kenai peninsula. The produc
' tion from placer mining did not in- j
crease, however and there were no
lode-mining operations except some i
small development work. On the oth
er hand, in the Susitna basin, which
is also served by the government
railroad, there was a marked advance
in mining. About 60 miles of rail
road are now being operated from the
town of Anchorage. Its immediate
tributary territory includes the Alat
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anuska coal field and the Willow creek
lode district. The coal-mining devel
opments have been noted above. In
the Willow creek district four lode
mines were operated in 1916, compar
'd with three in 1915. A dredge was
installed in the Tentna placer district,
and hydraulic operations were contin
ued in the Valdez creek district. The
value of the total mineral output of
the Susitna basni in 1916 was about
$400,000.
Southwestern Alaska.
Some developments were continued
on the copper deposits of the Iliamna
region, but as yet there are no produc
ing mines in this field. A small cyan
iding plant was installed and operated
to handle the old tailings of the Ap
ollo mine, on Unga island. A large
body of low-grade auriferous quartz
is said to have been found on the
south side of Unga island, about three
miles from the Apollo mine. Some
auriferous gravels were found in 1916
on the east side of the Klaska penin
sula, between Cold and Ivatmai bays.
It appears that the placers were
found on only one creek, and the out
put was only a few hundred dollars.
The discovery, so far as known, is of
importance only in making a new lo
cality where auriferous mineralization
has taken place. Beach-placer min
ing was continued on Kodiak and Pop
of islands.
Yukon Basin.
The Alaska camps of the Yukon ba
sin are believed to have produced $7,
100,000 worth of gold in 1916, about
the same as in 1915. An estimate of
the output of the principal camps
is as follows:
Iditarod .$2,000,000
Fairbanks . 1,800,000
Ruby . 800,000
Hot Springs . 750,000
Tolovana . 500,000
Marshall . 400,000
Koyukuk . 800,000
Circle. 250.000
In addition to the placer gold the
Fairbanks district produced lode cold,
antimony and tungsten to the value
of i: out $100,000. Voaut 115 placer
mines were operated in the Fairbanks
district during 1916, and several small
auriferous lode mines made some pro
duction. Antimony ore was mined
from three or four properties, and
scheelite from three. The general at
titude of the Fairbanks operators is
to await the completion of the govern
ment railroad before undertaking any
large developments.
Probably the most important feat
ure of the year in the Yukon basin
was the comparatively large gold out
put of the Tolovana and Marshall dis
tricts. The Tolovana district is about
50 miles northwest of Fairbanks. It
was discovered in 1914 and developed
in a small way in 1915, but made re
markable progress in 1916. The prin
cipal .mining is done on the deep
channel of Livengood creek, which has
been traced for about two miles.
Shortage of water is the chief diffi
culty with which the miners have to
contend. About 20 mines were oper
ated in the district during the summer
of 1915.
The Marshall district is on the Yu
kon not far from its delta. Gold \Vas
found in this district in 1913, but un
til 1916 the production was very
small. In 1916 some rich placers were
developed on Willow creek, on which
seven plants, employing about 200
men, were operated.
Some excitement was occasioned
during the year by the discovery of
placer gold in the Tolstoi creek basin
of the Innoko district. The latest re
ports indicate that the only workable
placers thus far found in this region
are on Boob creek and that the pro
duction thus far amounts to only a
few thousand dollars.
The piincipal mining in the Iditarod
district is that of a few large operat
ors. In 1916 only 15 plants were in
operation. A new dredge was instal
led on Black creek, making three
dredges in the Iditarod district. The
most important event in the Ruby
district was the completion of a new
dredge on Greenstone creek. As in
the past, most of the gold from the
Hot Springs district is taken from a
•omparatively few rich placer mines,
rhe same is true of the mining op
erations in the Koyukuk district.
Kuskokwim Basin.
The most productive mining during
1916 in the Kuskokwim basin was
lone in the Aniak district. Good re
turns are said to have been obtained
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THE DARCY MILL
(Patent Applied For)
The Darcy Mill is designed to meet the need of the mine owner and
prospector who wants to develop his own mine or open up ore bodies with
a view of disposing of the property, to work rich stringers of pav ore
to mill ami ship concentrates or to try out a property before purchasing
—at as low a cost as possible.
It is not a toy mill or a makeshift in any way but a mill constructed
on scientific principles and equal in efficiency as any stamp of the same
weight. The 2000 pound mill has two stamps of 325 pounds each and drop
at 110 blows per minute for each stamp. The number of blows and the
force of the drop can be increased very easily bv placing springs on the
stamp stems or the weight of tlie blow be increased with additional
weights, which we furnish when necessary.
It occupies a space 4x4 feet; no piece weighs over 100 pounds, and is
easy to move, pack, or set up, and uses less power and less repairs than
any other. The frame, battery blocks, etc., are made of Washington fir,
strongly bolted with rods to stand all strains; guides have large wearing
surfaces; in fact the mill is so constructed that any one can handle it
satisfactorily. Shoes and dies are of special hard iron with chilled faces,
screens easily removed—the whole front and back can be removed so as
to get at the shoes and dies. Tappets arranged to clamp on a screw
thread so that the wear can be easily taken up. So expensive machine
work to pay for in repairs, in fact everything about the mill is simple,
compact and durable.
It is the simplest mill to start your mine with, as it is an easy mat
ter to add two or four more stamps or to increase the output by adding
tlie extra weights without any alterations in the mill.
We can furnish the complete mill or just the iron work, or lease them
to responsible parties if they show us their properties are O. K. We can
furnish engines, concentrators, copper plates, rock crushers, tigs, tables,
etc., at market prices.
A vast amount of ore could be put on the market by using one small
mill for coarse crushing and jig the pulp, which will save the coarse
tnetals and get rid of the lightest, and the middlings recrushed in another
small mill and this pulp run over concentrators or tables. This plan will
enable a lot of low' grade ores to be worked at a profit which it is impos
sible to do in any other way.
Write us if you have such propert ies or if you wish ftlrther particulars.
Yours truly,
j H. J. DARCY,
West Tacoma
NELS OTTO JOHNSON, Agent, £
IT’S A REAL PLEASURE
to view the new wall decorations on
view here exclusively. They are so
unconventional, so out of the common
and so unusually artistically attrac
tive. If you plan to repaper you
should by all means see these new
papers. To decide without doing so
is apt to result in regret later.
EVANS & FRANTZEN
from the placers of Canyon and Win
dy creeks. A dredge was shipped for
installation on Candle creek, in the
Takotna district but owing to the dis
couraging conditions of transportation
only a part of it arrived before the
i close of navigation.
Seward Peninsula.
The value of the gold output of
Seward peninsula in 1916 was about
$2,900,000, which is the same as that
of 1915. In addition to this, stream
j tin and tungsten and antimony ore
were produced to the value of about
$100,000.
| Twenty-nine gold dredges were op
erated on the peninsula in 1916, seven
in the Nome district, four in the Sol
omon river district, nine in the Coun
cil district, four in the Port Clarence
! district, three in the Fairhaven dis
! trict, and two in the Kougarok dis
trict. In addition two tin dredges
were worked in the York district,
i About 65 deep placer mines and 50
1 open-cut plants were operated on the
peninsula during 1916. One of the
notable events of the year was the
development of the placers on Dime
creek in the Kobuk district, in the
southeastern part of the peninsula.
The summer output of this new dis
trict has not yet been learned, but the
product of the winter’s mining, which
was carried on by eight plants, was
$100,000. These placers carry consid
erable platinum. The only other place |
on the peninsula where platinum has
been reported is in the placers of
Bear creek, in the Fairhaven district. 1
Besides the tin, tungsten and anti- ;
mony on Seward Peninsula, already i
described, there was considerable I
prospecting of copper and gold lodes.
Some graphite was also mined and
shipped from the Port Clarence dis
trict. *
NOTICE.
I will be in Anchorage until about
January 15 and anyone wishing their
eyes examined for glasses or other
wise are requested to phone at once
the Hotel Anchorage for appoint- !
ment.
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.,
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