NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE MATTER. OF THE ESTATE
OF PETER HOROSHUFF.
DECEASED
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sons having claims and demands
against PETER HOROSHUFF, late
of Atka, Alaska, deceased, to pre
sent such claims to the undersign
ed at Unalaska, Alaska, within six
months after date of this notice.
R. W. NYE,
Executor.
Unalaska, Alaska. May. 20, 1031.
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SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN
OUTPUT OF GOLD AND
COAL
Mines in Alaska in 1930 pro
duced minerals worth $13,812,000
as against $16,066,000 in 1929, ac
cording to an announcement made
by the Interior Department thru
the Geological Survey. The total
value of the mineral output of
the Territory since 1880 is $629,
313,000.
The following table shows in
summary form the mineral out
put of Alaska for 1930 and for
comparison the production of the
same minerals in 1929:
Value of mineral output of Alaska
in 1930 and 1929
Gold .$ 8,476,000
Copper . 4,244,600
Silver . 157,300
Coal . 631,000
Tin, metallic 9,300
Lead . 136,500
Misc. mineral
products . 157,300
$ ^,761,000
9,130.000
252.000
528.000
35,000
166.000
194,000
Total .$13,812,000 $16,066,000
From the table it will be evident
that there was a substantial in
crease in the value of the output
of gold, and some increase in coal.
The decrease in the other com
modities is interpreted as being
due not only to the very low
prices that prevailed for the met
als such as copper, silver, and
lead but also to the deterrent ef
fect of those low prices in dis
couraging the undertaking of new
enterprises and dissuading operat
ors from making even as large an
output as they ordinarily would
from the mines already operating.
The world-wide stagnation of
business and the accompanying
depression seem really to have
been felt less in Alaska than in
most other regions. Instead, there
fore. of regarding the foregoing
record as one to cause alarm for
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the future of the Alaska mining
industry it seems that when all
things are considered the record
of a decrease of only 15 per cent
compares favorably with the rec
ords from similar enterprises in
the States.
Each year brings more and more
| general development throughout
I the Territory, and these improve
ments in general conditions are
stimulating prospectors and others
j to undertake the development of
j deposits that had peviously been
| too difficult to exploit. Such im
j provements are exerting a con
! tinuing and growing force, so that
! each year Alaska is becoming less
jan unknown frontier, and the haz
| ards of mining under pioneer con
| ditions ar£ being correspondingly
i reduced.
The output of gold was dis
tributed between lodes and placers
approximately in the proportion
of 43 to 57—$3,639,00(J from lodes
and $4,837,000 from placers. The
producing gold lodes are widely
distributed through various parts
of the Territory, but more than
93 per cent of the output came
from lodes in southeastern Alaska,
where accessibility to deep-water
routes of communication and
ether favorable conditions have
permitted the successful mining
of immense tonnages of lowgrade
gold ore.
The output of placer gold was
nearly three-quarters of a million
dollars larger than in 1929. Hun
dreds of camps contributed to the
output, but those in the Yukon
Basin contributed the greatest
j amount and those in Seward Pen
! insula came next. More than 80
per cent of the total placer pro
j duction of the Territory was mined
| by dredges, of which 27 were ac
i tive during 1930—15 in the camps
in the Yukon Valley, and 12 in
Seward Peninsula
Together these dredges produced
gold to the value of $3,912,600.
They were estimated to have
handled about 9,906,000 cubic
| yards of gravel, and the gold re
covered was worth about 39 l/z cents
a cubic yard. No new dredges
were built during the year, but
two old dredges that had been idle
for some time were reconstructed
and again active in 1930. Five
dredges that were active in 1929
were idle during the year.
The outut of copper in 1930 was
nearly 7,860,000 pounds less than
in 1929, and its value was nearly
$2,886,000 less than in the earliest
year. Practically the whole of the
Alaska copper comes from three
mines operated by the Kennecott
Copper Corporation, two of which
.are in the Copper River region and
one on Latouche Island, in Prince
William Sound.
The ore from the properties in
the Copper River region is largely
high-grade copper sulphide and
carbonate; that from Latouche Is
land is a low-grade copper-iron
sulphide. All the Alaska copper
ore is shipped to the States for
smelting. During the year work
at the mine on Latouche Island
was discontinued and part of the
plant there dismantled.
None of the Alaska ores are j
mined solely for their silver con
tent, but considerable silver is
recovered as a minor constituent
from the ores of gold and copper.
In 1930 silver to the value of $107,
800 was recovered from the copper
ores, $39,300 from the gold lode
ores, and $10,200 from the placer
gold; the total was 408,570 ounces,
having a value of $157,000. This
marks a very great falling off in
value from 1929, which is attri
buted to the lower selling price
of silver and to the greatly de
creased output of copper ores from
; which a large part of the Alaska
j silver Is derived.
The lead produced from Alaska
^ores in 1930 amoimted to 2,730,000
'pounds which at the average sell
■ ing price of lead for the year was
| worth $136,500 This was the larg
est output of lead in Alaska since
Ithis metal was first produced in
| the Territory, though because of
i the small price paid for lead the
; total value was below that of many
years. Most of the lead was re
! covered as a by-product in connec
|tion with the mining of gold ores
I in southeasern Alaska.
Coal to the value of $631,000 was
produced in 1930 from Alaska mines,
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aiway welcome. Mrs. Jose- |
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Seward Lodge No. 1425
L. O. O. M.
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first and third Fri
days of each month
at 8 p. m. at I.
O. O. F. Hall. All
welcome. Peter N.
Anderson. Director,
M. A. Horner, Sec
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Meets first and third Wed
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Harriman Bank Building
Post Commander Leonard
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Seward Lodge ao, 210.
F. & A. M.
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principally in the Matanuska and
Healy River fields. This was an
increase in value of about $100,
000, and the output of the year, >
120,100 tons, has been exceeded
in only one year in the entire
period that coal mining has been
in progress in Alaska.
No Alaska coal is exported, but
37,128 tons was imported from the
States, chiefly from Washington,
and 23,892 tons from foreign coun
tries, chiefly British Columbia, so
that the total consumption of coal
in Alaska in 1930 amounted to
approximately 181,100 tons.
Among the products that en
tered less largely nito the Alaska
mineral industry in 1930 may be
mentioned tin, platinum metals,
and limestone for cement. Com
pared with 1929 the output of 4
tin in 1930 showed a great falling
off both in quantity and in value.
The total value of the other prod
ucts was $157,300, or somewhat
less than that of the similar
group of products in 1929.
The foregoing notes are taken
from a comprehensive report of
the United States Geological Sur
vey, entitled “Mineral Industry of
Alaska in 1930,” which was pre
pared by Phillip S. Smith and
wall form one of the series of
similar reports that the Geological
Survey has issued to describe the
progress of Alaska mining in each
year since 1904. a
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