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ALASKA IS A GREAT
111* MOUSE
Washington, Jan. 11—The fol
lowing ray lew of the mining iiwlus
try of Alaska for the past yea.r is
given out by the U. S. geological
survey. a bureau of the interior d»
jmrtment:
licJd Placer Mining
The data in hand indicate that
«he value of plaor gold produced in
1315 was $10,500,000, compared
with $10,730,000 in 1914. This de
crease of output, if borne out by
the final figures, is chargeable to
the tailing off in the output of
some of the Yukon camps. On the
other hand, the developments in. the
Tolovuna district, where gold was
discovered in tho autumn of 1914,
indicate that this will become of
some Importance as a producer.
About 42 gold dredges were op
erated in Alaska during 1915, the
tame nunber as in 1914. From
the Information at hand it appears,
however that tho value of the gold
recovered by dredges was less than
$2,000,000 in 1915, compared with
$2,350,000 in 1914. This falling of
is chargeable to the Seward Penin
sula districts, where about 37 of tho
dredges are located. There cau be
no question that this decrease of,
dredge output is but a temporary
check to the industry as a whole
and is due to certain loc^i condi
tions. Several dredges that will
be operated in 1916 are in procoss
of Installation.
(rolU-lotlt* Mining
About. 23 gold-loda mines wore
operated on a productive basis in
1915; compared with 28 in 1914. On
the ether hand, the value ofvthe
gold-lode output has Increased from
«4.S63.02S in 1914 to about $6,
200.000 in 1915. This increase is
to be credited to the Juneau dis
trict, where large developments
were continued throughout the
year. There csxn be no question
that the gold-lode output will in
crease at rapid rate. This will be
due nc-t oaiy to large-scale opera
tions in southeastern Alaska, but
also to the encouragement given to
lode raining by the railway under
construction from Seward to Fair
banks.
Copper Milling
The tremendous increase in cop
per output during 1915 has already
been noted. Nearly lour times as
much copper was produced as in the
previous year, cud the value was
nearly f<Ye times as much. The
copper was taken from fourteen
mines, of which seven were in the
Ketch lieaji district, four on Prince
William Sound, and three in the
Chitina district.
Though the bigb price exf cou
por led »o the reopening of some of
the Bmaller mines in the coast re
gion, yet it should be noted that
the increased output was possible
only because of *ha large develop
ments that have been under way for
several years. The advance of the
Alaska copper-mining industry dur
tng the year may therefore be said
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to have been a normal development
of the industry. It is of course
true, however, that if it had not
been, for the high price of the metal,
the output would have been consid
erably less. It augurs well for the
future of the industry that the Al
aska copper mines are now suffi
ciently developed to produce so
larst a tonnage.
Tin Mining
It is estimated that about 200
tons of Btream tin were produced in
Alaska during 1915. Much the larg
er part of the tin came from the
York district of Seward Peninsula.
Here one tin dredge was operated
throughout the season on Buck
creek. A new dredge was installed
ou the same creek during the sum
mer and operated for a part of the
season. NO returns havo yet been
received from the two dredges op
erated in 1914 on Anikovik river,
iu the same district, but these
were propablv also operated. These
two are working on plaeers car
rying both tin and gold. De
velopments were continued on the
Lost river lode-tin mine, and there
was also 6ome prospecting of other
lode-tin deposits. There was,
however, no production of lode tin.
The only other tin mining in Al
aska during 1915 was done iu the
Hot Springs district of the lower
Tanana basin. Here considerable
tin is recovered incidental to g°lii
placer mining.
Antimony
Tho high price of antimony in
1915 led to the mining of over SCO
tons of stibnite ores in Alaska.
Nearly 700 tons of this output came
from Fairbanks district, and the
rest from Seward Peninsula. It is
difficult to obtain exact valuation
of the slibuite ore shipped from
Alaska. The evidence in hand indi
cates that the producer received
from $1.25 to $1.75 per unit of
stibnite. It is probably reasonable
to estimate that the Alaska ship
ments sold for $86 a ton in. San
Francisco. This indicates a value
of about $70,000 for tho total ship
ments made in 1915.
Four antimony properties were
operated in the Fairbanks district
during 1915—tho Scrafford, in the
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
i'our druggist will refund money :
?AZO OINTMENT fa:1s *o cure sr
■ase of Itching, Blind, Bleeding <
'rotruJing Piles in 6 to 14 days. 1!
"nplication gives Ease Si Rest. 5 '
1897 1916
Established 18 Years
PHIL ABRAHAMS
INSURANCE
REALTY
COLLECTIONS
G-EN'L AG-ENT
NOTARY Public
' in office
4th Avenue. Skagway
Treasure creek basin; the Stlbnlte,
in the Eva creek basin; the Gilmer,
iu tho Vault creek basin; and the
Chatham creek mine. All the oj>
erations were on a small scale. The
mining consisted chiefly of making
open cuts and digging out the
ore, which, occurs in shoots, kid
neys, aud irregular masses along
zones et fissurlng. Most of tho
ore was broken and hand sorted,
and no ore carrying less than &0
per cent of antimony was shipped.
The average antimony content of
the ore was probably 6S per cent.
Considerable prospecting was abo
done on a number of other Bti.bn.lte
lodes in the Fairbanks district.
The ore was hauled to the rail
way by wagons and then sent toy
rail to Fairbanks and ever the all
water route to San Francisco. The
transportation companies offered a
low freight rato to encourge the
nejv industry.
Developments wore continued on
the Sliscovitch mine. In the Nome
district. The ore from this pro
perty cair.es some gold, and the
mine 1ms been worked for gold. In
1915, he n ever, the energies of the
oprators were directed toward get
ting out stibnite ore. Some stib
uite was also mined at tho Hed
Ac Strand property, a few miles
north o'" the Sliscovitch mine. Tho
total ore shipped from Nome is re
ported tr bo 132 tons, but t^ere Is
reason to belivee that a consider
ably greater quantity was mined.
St'b;:ite is not an uncommon min
eral in Alaska. Tho recent demand
tor antimony has led to the
prospecting of a number of st4bnite
deposits within the territory. Such
work 's reported in 'he Kantishna
district ,ou Prince William Sound,
and o:i Kenai Peninsula.
Mineral Fuels
One coal initio was operated oa
Cook h'lct ia 1915 to furnish lig
nitic co.:i to a local market. There
was also a little mining at several
other localities. Some investigations
were iuad»- in tho JUtauuska and
other Alaska coal fields by those
xv'io a-o contemplating making appli
cations for leases. Meanwhile, the
General Land ofrice has made the
subdivision surveys cf the more
accesibie parts of the Bering River,
Matauuska, and Xenana coal fields.
There a*ore no important develop
ments i. the oil fields, some oil
w.:s oil need in the Katalla field.
Oil svei ges were found near Wain
wright inlet, in tile extreme ncir
thern pi»ri of Alaska. This locality
is DTobabiy a western extention of
the oil belt indicated by a. seepage
previou ly known, near Smith bay,
on tl»t north Arctic coast of Alas
ka. £•
HE-SB 10
MOW ii ALL
A sUor' time ago Secretary Phil
Abrahams of the Commercial club
receivtd a lettc.- which lie is anx
ious to outer in any contest where
a pri/.e is offered for unlimited
nerve t:.<l a highly cultivated ca
pacity for asking questions, fool
ish and otherwise.
Of course, Phil is glad that the
fallow wants to know all about
Skagw uid admires the capacity of
the m.t.i who can absorb so much in
formation at one siLting.
The letter, -with address and sig
nature mitted, is printed below,
aud anyone who wants, to help Phil
out on compiling tho ne.-assary data
to furnish the writer thereof an
answer with which he will be satis
field i. invited to get busy on .the
job at once, for 110 time should
be lost hi acquiring the worthy
gem'i<>nian for a ■citizen.
The Secretary,
The Skagway Commercial Club,
Skagway, Alaska.
Dear Sir:—I would be greatly
obliged to you lor any and ait in
formatiou pertaining to Skagway
and resources, tliat Wick up the
town, etc.
I understand that your business
men largely depend for trade up
on. travelere passing In, and out of
the country, and that such, busi
ness Is classified as (a) bonaflde
traveler In and out from the Interi
or and (b) touTists.
Kindly state what per cont of
your total annual business la from
tourists, and what per cent from
bomafldes.
Have you bo--, ers, electric lights,
city water, etc., and If bo what are
the rates or *ax for same, al30
wha' is your town business tax, and
wha* is your real and personal tax
rate, and is there a tax on Incomes,
and what If anything Js exempt, and
are there discounts for prompt pay
ment of taxes.
I w< uld also like to know what
busintew openings your town of
fers at the present time, or say
next BPTing, and I would like to
know what linea of business (If
any) are for sale In the town.
And If you have a real estate
tisoni in the town, will you have
him mail to me a list of the busi
ness and residence property • in
the town for sale, together with a
map ihat I may locate Bame, also
s'ate if land titles are perfect in
your town, and what system is used
♦he old style (making abstracts
necessary) or the Toorens. Land
tides must bo abolutely clear, and
indefeasible, ot same Tvlll not in
terest me, ana all information, must
be accurate and complete in anl'
lis* of Teal estate supplied. j
\ Would also say thai to be of
use to me a reply to this inquiry
must he received in a reasonable
length of time, say four or five
weeks from this date, if you have
anything to offer, answer at once.
Yours truly, (Signed)*
Zenith Oil for the sewing ma
chine. It protects the life of all
frictional points, making them work
smoothly and surely. Prevents
rust forming on the metal parts.
Will not gum or becomo rancid. 10c,
25c, 50c bottles. Keller Brps.,
Solo Skagway Agents.
Wblto Paw Lodge
r. t A. M. No. 113
meets 2d
v Prl. Br'ga. of each
monili VUiuas brotrere are wel
come Phil Abrahams, Secretary
*- - Elmor L. WhoeW, W. M.
B. y. u.
Bkagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meeta every
Thursday evening
5 at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brotft
ers cordtally welcoma
HOWARD ASHLEY, E. R.
p j VANDEWALL, Secretary.
"J i. -■ i ■ -t
Fraternal urqer
Bacle*—
3kagway Aerie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
h-ag;t» m">eib ine lira: ana iniro
ivednesdny ulght of encb month at
their Hall on Firth avenue Visiting
i brother cordially Isritei to attend
L. C. Hudson, W. P., J. K. Mc
Alister, Secretary.
Arctic Brotherhood.—
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B: meets every sec
ond ' and fourth Tues
day erening at 8:00 p.
m. sfcarr. Visiting brothers cordial
ly welc-ome. J. M. Keller, V. Arc
tic Chief, W. R. Hlllery, Arctic
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