PROSPECTORS MAY
REMAIN IN NORTH;
NOT DISCOURAGED
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Some of the members of the
Detroit prospecting expedition
who came north to seek their
fortunes in the Liard district,
may move over to the Alaska
side and continue their quest
for gold during the remainder
of the season, according to C. O.
Butcher, wealthy contractor of
Detroit, one of the principal
n. embers of the group of argo
nauts.
“After a painstaking investi
gation, no promising placer gold
prospects have been discovered
in the Liard district of Southern
Yukon territory, and the party
that was organized by Thomas
M Mitchell in Detroit, Mich.,
and that came north wit hfive
ri ’-planes, has abandoned its
mining activities and is dis
banding,” Butcher announced,
following his return to Juneau.
The report of Harry Townsend,
mining engineer, was unfavor
able, and does not warrant any
further expenditures in the
Liard, the Detroiter explained.
“The Mitchell party will wind
up its affairs as soon as possible
end dispose of its equipment.”
Mr. Butcher told the Juneau
Empire. “The majority of the
members of the party will re
turn to their homes in the stat
es,” he said, “but a few may re
main to try their luck elsewhere.
The five Eastman planes that we
brought north are of Canadian
registry. They probably will go
into ownership that will keep
tnem in the country.
“The Liard venture has been
a distappointment to all of us.
In the beginning we thought we
were going to work placer
ground that had already been
tested and that was known to
contain values. If the project
had been understood as merely
a prospect trip many of us would
not have under taken it.
“However, the experience has
been enlightening from a min
ing viewpoint, and amusing in
many respects. I am not deeply
regretful over the time and
money that I have put into the
affair.”—Empire.
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NUKA BAY DISTRICT
BEST GOLD QUARTZ
COUNTRY YET SEEN
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“I have never seen a better
gold quartz country anywhere
than the Nuka Bay field and I
have been prospecting since I
was 12 years of age,” stated
George Johnson of Anchorage,
enroute home after spending a
month in that district.
“I have heard some talk about
S50,000 ore; well, I believe such
a thing is possible for I saw
specimens which will just about
run that. But as to the extent of
the field, that is something
which must be determined. Some
of the specimens are really a
mazing being, literally speaking,
half rock half gold.”
Mr. Johnson filed on a claim
from which he blasted samples
and which will be sent to Denver
for assays. He roughly estimates
it will average about $50 per ton.
L'ntil he has a report on the ore
nothing will be done, he said.
He also said that the Nuka
Bay region is one ol' the most
ideal countries that he has ever
seen for operations, there being
ample water and timber and
deep water transportation facili
ties available.
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A poor man, served hy thee
shall, make thee rich; a sick man
helped by thee shall make thee
strong; thou shalt be served thy -
self by every sense of service
which thou renderest.—Elizabeth
Barret Browning.
Pan-American
Buys Airways
Officials of Pan-American Air
ways announced recently the
company had acquired Alaskan
Airways, a subsidiary of Ameri
can Airways, Inc., and would
operate it under the name of
Pacific Alaska Airways Inc.
The Alaskan line covers a
territory of about 1,000 square
miles in the Far North, its sche
dule including the towns of An
chorage, Fairbanks, Nome and
Fort Yukon.
The purchase of Alaskan Air
ways by Pan-American extends
its system to cover the entire
Western Hemisphere. The Pan
American runs a 7,500-mile
trunk line from Miami to Rio de
Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
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Katalla reports that the Chil
kat Oil Company is erecting a
new derrick and equipping it in
preparation for drilling opera
tions in the spring. The hole
which they are working on now
is down ten hundred and sixty
feet and should be in production
soon, the average depth of welis
there being from twelve to four
teen hundred feet.
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