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COPPER CLAIMS
Alaska Consolidated Copper
Company to Continue
Development.
Tii" Alaska Consolidated Copper
company lias acquired by purchase
and location, copper properties on
several crocks in the Chittyna copper
country, their efforts dually being
centralized on Nugget creek as the
most promising of the properties
owned. With the developments of
the last thn <• years, immense veins
and bodies of bornitercopper ore have
been uncovered and tunnels run
across and into the veins, and well
known and expei'enced engineers on
gaged to examine and report upon the,
same.
The company lias expended a very
"TcO'gr" MWW(l i'if- uriuit-., iitu-ireg l>hw
past several years ami are preparing
during 1005) to .y/,«i'n send in a large I
amount of suppl.^p/ including mining
cars, etc., for the ' purpose of begin
ning^ lie mining of copper ore on a|
large scale for transp >rtation over the
railroad when completed.
It.is generally believed now that
the town of Valdez and all of those
who have maintained their properties
in the interior, will be able to receive
benefits from the construction of the
railroad and the developments of
their various copper properties.
This company is more than pleased
with the developments of their own
property, inasmuch as it justifies the'
expectations of many owners of | r.»j -1
ert.y, that when sufficient work has!
been done, they will have profitable
and permanent mining of copper ores,
and that the Chittyna copper zone
will be the greatest copper producer
in the world many times over. Men j
of large means are beginning to un- j
derstand that this is a fact and co-op
eration on a very large scale will no
doubt shortly be experienced.
MINING PROPERTIES OF
THE R.M COMPANY
The Reynolds-Alaska Development
company has acquired extensive hold
ings of mining property dispersed ov
er a wide area of territory which is
regarded by mining experts as one of
the best Holds in the world for invest
ment. These properties are chiefly
copper and embrace claims in several
districts of Prince William sound, the
Iliamna country, Kenai peninsula and
the interior not far from the Bonanza
district.
The largest areas of mining ground
held by the Reynolds-Alaska compa
ny are in the islands and shores of
Prince William sound. On several of
fchetc properties large sums have been
expended and continuation of work
on a large scale was planned and in
piOf.,fcnn WiiOii ^financial difllOllltioH,
largely due to the panic of 11)07, com
pelled suspension of operat ions. Sine .'
then only the necessary annual labor
ban been undertaken.
Extensive development work lias
been done by this company at Horse
shoe bay, on Latouclie island, near
the southwestern entrance to Prince
William sound, and at Boulder bay
and Landlock bay on the eastern
shore of the sound. At Horseshoe
bay and Landlock bay much low
grade ore and some high grade ore
have been disclosed and in the opin
ion of all mining men and experts
who have examined the ground the
belief is general that each of these
properties will ultimately beeomo a
valuable mine.
The Horseshoe bay property I ai
been the favorite of the promoters of
the Rcynolds-Ahiska company. There
the company holds 7(1 claims and a
well-defined copper zone runs t hrough-1
out the area along the mountain slope |
and nearly parallel to the water line.
In this zone several ledges have been
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traced. A largo ore body is believed
to exist on the "Duchess" and adjoin
ing claims, in tho opinion of all the
exports, and in an indefinite way it
hns been blocked out. The object of
the development work has been to
block out this ore body so as to admit
of actual inining. Recent work on
the '•Duchess" has crosscut a vein in
which the ore assays .'{.5 to 5 per cent
copper. A carefully selected speei
mou assayed 11 per cent copper.
At Horseshoe bay the company has
built a small town, lias a good wharf,
a large general store which does a
steady business with the mining
camps on [jiitouche island and other
territory. It lias also a large equip
ment of mining machinery and an
e qienslv • electric plant. A stream
running through the company's
ground furnishes enormous water
power.
At Lamllock bay the company has
nine claims, on which development
work has disclosed s< veral small veins
of copper ore, some of it of good val
ue. The slight work required by tho
annual labor law was done in a drift
which had previously been driven
and the assessment work opened a
four-foot vein of ledge matter con
taining 1H inches of solid chaleopyrite
ore. Picked specimens of this run
nearly 10 per (tent, copper.
Tho Laudloek bay property of tlie
company lies in the hills about a mile
from the head of Landlock bay, a
long serpentine channel with promis
ing copper prospects lining each side
nearly its entire length. One of theso
pro| orgies, lying just below the Rey
nolds claims, will he a shipping mine
the present year, and others are not
far behind in development. Landlock
hay is regarded by mining men as the
most nearly certain to be a great cop
per district ol all the copper regions
of Prince William sound.
At Moulder bay the annual labor
has in a lessor degree produced the
same favorable results as at Horse
shoe and Landlock. A drift was run
to reach a vein which had been cut
by a diamond drill previously. The
vein was crossed and shows stringers
of low grade copper ore.
Tho company has a wlrirf and sev
eral good buildings at Moulder bay,
and a valuable machinery plant. The
indications for copper deposits are
considered good but no lurge ore body
has been defined. The discovery was
made at an enormous boulder Just
above the water line. This boulder
FINE SHOWING ON
"BUND OF COPPER
The Knights Inland Copper Mining
company's properties are on t he whore
of Drier bay, a tine harbor oC Knights
island, familiarly known as the "Inl
and of Copper." Development work
| ban progressed to such an extent and
the showing of copper is sufficient in
j quantity and quality to justify the
| belief that another big mine has been
found.
t Sydney Paige, of the United States
: Geological Survey, made an exhaust
| tivo expert examination of these
properties, reporting thereon as fol
lows:
"A leuu of ore approximately :J0
fcot wide and 41) feet high, consisting
of chalcopyrite and pyrihotite in
greenstone, occurs exposed in the
face of a bluff 97") fool. above t lie i;ca
a.» 1 ''SO.) feet from the beach. Tbo
to: h is ;M/ly solid ore and rather uni
:o v.i in character. It cu-» slightly
a tunnel haa been driven into the
mountain . on which an outcrop ap
pears and a ledge 12 feet in width was
crosscut. Assays show the ore to run
from to 8 per cent in copper.
The company's ground ia advan
tageously aituated for mining pur
pose:;. It is practically on tide water
of a deep, well-protected harbor, and
water power is available from mag
nificent waterfalls in close proximity.
The company intends to push devoir
opniont work this year, with the view
of putting the property on a shipping
basis as noon as possible;
»lie properties of the company con
sist of seven full claims uiul a frac
tion. - he olllceru are S, A. Hemple,
president and treasurer; O. P. Brown,
of Petersburg, Alaska, vice president;
J. Dieringer, secretary, all of
whom are leading business men of
Alaska.
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across the general and dominant joint
system of the country rock, which is
very similar to the rock carrying tin
ore. The strike along the ore body-—
that is its length—is S. 72 K., while
the cleavage in the country rock is N.
HO E. to N. 17 YV. Slightly above and
to the northwest of this ore body oc
curs a similar but smaller lens which
strikes N. 7 W. and dips (12 N. Ii
measures feet across the strike and
is approximately 25 feet long. From
all indications it pinches at both ends.
Its depth is unknown.
"Of the country rocks in tho vicin
ity there are three types—very fine
grained, hard, nearly black, basic
rock; a coarse-grained black basic di
abase, and a pyrrhyrytic diabase, the
latter being the freshest of the lot.
"The ores seem to be a replacement
of the country rock. The fact that
the bodies occur as lenses may be
suggestive. The strata seemed to
bend around the second and smaller
lens in a manner to suggest the possi
ble widening between the walls."
Since the examinat ion by Mr. I'aige,
was of several tons weight and was
broken up and shipped to a smeltfr,
giving good returns. The presence
of this boulder is argued to be con
clusive evidence of the existence of
a valua' le ore body somewhere up
the mountain since mining men can
not. conceive that a single huge boul
der could exist alone.
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Near Iliamna lake, west of Cook
inlet, the company has 12 claims on
which only annual labor has been
done since its discovery two years
ago. Well-defined copper ledges have
been shown to exist on the property
and the indications are c<.vKldcrcd
good for large and valuable deposits.
The Iliamna country is classed by ex-!
perts as a wonderful as well as a vast
copper region.
Adjacent to Resurrection bay the j
company has an Interest ii 111 copper
claims which ore doner!bed elsewhere j
in an article devoted to th remarka
ble copper zone near t he town of Sew-,
ard. Nowhere in Alaska, outside the j
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Smelter return from Knight* Inland Copper Mining Co.'h Property.
Bonanza dint riot, has richer ore boon
f< und at the surface than in the Res
urrection 1 ay zone.
Seventeen niilcH from Howard the
company owns two claims located for
caleite. Specimens cut out from just
under the surface have shown nearly
70 per cent pure lime. The deposit is
plainly exposed on both sides of a
deep gorge across which it strikes.
On one side the washing of a small
stream exposes the caleite a width of
ten lect. The wider running over
this has formed cala-tufa or spongy
lime. Stalactite and stalagmite for
mations n a small scale are also
seen. Digging under the surface
away from the water almost pure cal
eite is taken out.
The outcrnppiiigs indicate that this
caleite deposit is wide and deep, and
if has been traced 3000 feet on the
strike, (t lies only half a mile from
the Alaska ('putrid railroad and its
value for smeller iise Is almost incal
culable.
Near Taral, about 100 mileH inland,
Uio company han two copper claima
on which aascHHment work liaw hIiowii
pood indication!*.
At Aurora, in Cook inlet,Jthe com
pany has Home gold elaluiH which
promiho well though 'extensive work
has not been done on thom. The com
pany haH a wharf at Aurora and a
Huntington roller mill, which haH not
yet been put in operation.
Overland to Seattle
billy Cooper, better known in the
north an "Caribou Hill," and Jack
TlbbittH, otherwise known an the
"MisHouri Kid," left Valdez on De
cember 10 on an overland miiHli by
<log team to Heattle. They go by way
of Fairbanks Fort Yukon, DawHon,
and over the old telegraph trail to
Kdmondton in HritiHh Columbia. They
figure on roifching Heattle in time for
the fair to bo held there.
Mining Kdition, 25u. per copy.
JapH Buy Antimony Mine
The Japanese government has re
eently bonded the Hllscovieh antimo
ny mine near Nome, the price to lie
paid being $100,0(H). Joseph Hlisco
vich, the owner, passed through Val
dez a few days ago, en route to Nome,
having arrived from Han Francisco
where Hie deal was made. HUseovleli
keeps a road house near the head of
Nome river, and achieved consider
able notoriety by reason of the prom
inent part his roadhouse played In
Hex Beach's novel, "The Hpoilers."
11. I'\ Me(!lellan succeeds George
Baldwin as superintendent of the Ken
necott Mines Co. Jack Williams
takes the place of Harry Fitch as
head packer.
(lalen, Cavanauffh and Hargenf,
three well known prospectors, will
leave in a few days for the Nebcsna
country, where they will spend the
season.
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