BIOLOGICAL SURVEY TO DRIVE
HERD OF 7 CARIBOU FROM
KOLIilNES TO FAIRBANKS
Mairbaks News-Miner.)
Engaged in an undertaking unique
in. animal husbandry. Biologist L. J.
Falmer , Wiliam B. Miller and Jack
Warwick left Fairbanks last Monday
morning bound for Kokrines. on the
lower Yukon. They will endeavor to
drive seven head of wild, unbroken
caribou up the. Yukon and Tanana
watersheds with the Alaska College
campus as their destination. The an
imals will be penned in an inclosure
recently, constructed ou the campus
a. .d will be.,the nucleus of a herd to
Lj maintained, by the Bureau of Bi
■ .ogical, Survey, in conjunction with
’lie. College, for the purposes of con
ducting experiments .in cross-breeding
<■. caribou with reindeer.
The party wil make the trip down
liver bjv.dog .team, and returning will
iVn-.iw tue small herd in its slow pro
f s,camping out nights aud loitering
■ .vb LtuRegardless of weather,, while
crazes. The drive from Kokrines
Faxhanks, it is estimated, will re
re fully one. months
On the .trip from Kokrines Mr:
in'r and his assistants will pro-'
. t ie . natives for the appearance
..ho caribou . Special precautions
i> tai.e.i to have all dogs, stoutly
it ; i, u . ruer to prevent a stam
. of . the small herd.. In'... the
mu that the drive occursi - during
,t ti;_ time it wil be necessary for
fee bi.jiDgists to.leave the.river-route
...iu uriva throngh the. hill country,
.n that event the trails will be
a. eicd. hy. the natives with dog teams
■rardless of. any contrary request,
^i.auld this becom” necessary the
' :1c band will thread its .way .through
a ed. country.
i i.e . caribou are now in captivity
.he Melozi range, where they are
icr. the carei of Captain Williams.
. v.cr owner, who captured them,
r the. Biological Surrey.. No-effort
..as been made :to tame them, it is
vojorted, and for this reason some
t.n:c may be devoted to-breaking them
to a halter.^ The pqrtyjeven. has hopes
of teaching .some .of thai.mare.docile
animals. to drive.
The Kokriaes herd, the first to be
established on. the campqsv'-later will
be! augmented.-with caribou and deer
from Cantwell and other railroad
MINERAL PRODUCTION:.
< IN ALASKA IN 1926
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The shortage of enterprising prospect
ore is a serious drawback that has re
sulted because wages for comparable
work are actually lower in Alaska
than in the: .States, though..expenses
axe higher. As a consequence Alaska
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| does not attract or hold the class ol
j prospectors it formerly did. The neec
! of capital also grows more pressing
as more extensive equipment becomes
essential, but capital will not be at
tracted to Alaska unless the returns
on the nvestment are likely to be
higher than in the States, for the
greater distance of many parts ol
Aaska makes investments there less
alluring.
Gold Palcers.
In spite of. the fact that in manj
parts of Alaska placer mining was
badly hampered by the shortage ol
rain during the first half of the open
season of 1926, the production of
rlacer gold showed a marked increase
The most noteworthy increases were
reported from Seward Peninsula, the
Fairbanks district, and the districts n
the upper, part of the Yukon basin,
The increase in placer production s
attributable- principally to the in
creased production by the dredges, and
about 60 per cent of the placer gold
produced in 1926 was won by this
method of mining; According to pre
liminary estimates, the 26 dredges
that were in operation in; 1926' pro
duced gold valued at about $2;200,0©0,
which1 is somewhat more than $500,00C
: in excess of the amount that was re
I covered by this means in 1925,
Among the new dredges built and op
! erated during the year, the Nome
! Creek dredge, in the Fairbanks dis
trict, was the argest. Several dredges,
completed: late in the preceding year,
did not begin to be really productive
until 1926. Few projects' for building
new dredges ■ took definite-- shape dur
ing the year, though l is understood
that plans are well under way for the
installation of a dredge on Ameriican
creek, in the Hot Springs district, and
that considerable prospecting was
done for this enterprise1 during. the
season* The Fairbanks Exploration
Company: contnued to develop its ex
tensive' properties on Goldstream
creek an din other parts of the Fair
banks distret. Work on this property
was carried on. throughout the season
and consisted'mainly in building part
of the. long ditch from Chatanika
river, near the mouth of Fairbanks
creek. It is understood that about 17
miles of this ditch', is now completed,
together with some of the necessary
siphons. Though much other work
was in progress b'y this company,, the
property will probably not begin- pro
ductive mining on a. large scale before
1928.
Although placer mining by other
methods than dredgng was hampered
in some of: the districts by lack of
water until after the middle of the
summer, the camps in the Fortymile,
Circle, and Eagle districts, in the up
per part of the Yukon basin, report
that on the whole they had more -and
better distributed water than usual.
This condition is reflected by the in
crease in the amount of gold they .pro
duced. '
• There is still a dearth’of active-and
intelligent prospecting in many jfavori
able placer localities. This is due in
part to the large amount of money re
quired for an adequate outfit,, because
many of the remaining paces worth
investigating present increasingly dif
ficult mining problems, but it is un
doubtedly- also due to the fact that
airge quick returns no longer afford
i an incentive to the prospector. On
the other hand, the same intensive
type of prospecting now done by the
.larger companies and the consolidh
’tion and operation of larger units
make for. more - intelligent manage
ment and lowering of costs and are- in
themselves a. guaranty of continued
profitable placer production.
Gold and Silver Lodes.
The most notable accomplishment
in the gold lode nines during the year
was the mining and milling of a very
large amount of ore by the Aaska
Juneau Gold Mining Company, in the
Juneau district, Southeastern Alaska.
This company maintained an average
production throughout the year in ex
cess of 10,000 tons a day, and during
one month averaged more than 12,000
tons a.dafe» Wade on the. addition to
the company’s mill has been practi
eaily completed, and underground de
veiopment and prospecting was ac
uveiy carried on in one of the ad
j jucent properties, whose ore is han
' uied by this company, as weil as in thi
company's own mine, so as to in
' crease the tenor of the ore milled.
Ail three, of the hitherto productivi
: gu.u mines on Cmcagof Island were
, active, and additional prospecting it
! that region is reported. Mining it
j, the N uka Bay region showed a con
\ siderabie increase, and would proh
1 ably have yielded even more gold hat
breakage of machinery not interrupt
i ed continuous operation of the mil
| during part of the summer. The mine;
I in the Willow Creek district, north o1
! Anchorage, had a moderately good
i season, though no new developments
j were undertaken, and some of thi
| other mines were idle. South and
j east of Anchorage some gold lodi
. mining was in progress at lhi
: Alaska Mineral Company’s mine
near Hope, and in the hills north oi
I Girdwood. In the Fairbanks region
I the production of lode gold camr
^mostly from the Mohawk and Hosiana
' mines, on Ester Dome, and the Crite?
i & Feldman mine, on a tributary of
i Fairbanks creek, but prospecting was
t carried on at a number of other prop
; erties. Some gold was also recov
■ ered from the treatment of* the copper
and silver ores*. From information
I now available it seems probable, how
ever, that the amount of the lode
gold from all these sources in 1926
was somewhat less than in 1925.
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Well, according to the United States
Supreme Court the States have left to
them at least the right to change
clocks if they want to.—New York
. Evening World.
Statisticians have figured the time
lost n every other business operation.
Now they might the figure the time
wasted in figuring statistics.—Chicago
Daily News_
We read that thyme was used b;
the Roman!) as a cure for low spirits
tot thyme, doubtless.—Arkansas Ga
zette.
The more patient pedestrians, the
fewer pedestrian patients.—Wal
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In the Probate Court, Kuskokwim
Precinct, Fourth Division, Alaska,
before George W. HofTman, Com
missioner and ex-officio Probate
Judge.
In the matter of the Estate ol
Thomas Anderson, deceased.
Notice of Administrator’s Sale.
Notice is hereby given that under
and in pursuance of an order made
and entered by the above Probate
Court on the 2nd day of January,
1927, in the above matter, I will offer
for sale at public auction on Saturday,
the 12th day of February, 1927, at 10
o’cock in the forenoon of said day, at
the Office of the United States Com
missioner at Napamute, Alaska, the
following described property, to-wit:
An undivided one-quarter interest
in and to the certain pacer mining
claims known and described as the
Alder Association and the Julian As
sociation claim, each of said claims
being situated on Julian Creek, in
the Kuskokwim Recording Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory ol
Alaska.
Said sale will be for cash to the
highest bidder and subject to the ap
proval and confirmation of the above
entitled Court
Dated January 2nd, 1927.
H. M. HANSEN,
Administrator of the Estate of
Thomas Anderson, deceased.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To John H. Anderson, his heirs, ex
ecutors, assigns and successors in
interest:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that the undersigned, through
power of attorney from Frank E.
Johnson, has expended for annual
labor and improvements the sum of
One Hundred Dollars (1100.00) per
year for the years 1919, 1920, 1921,
1922, 1923. 1924, 1925 and 1926, a
total of years years, upon the follow
ing described placer mining claims, all
located n the Ruby Recording District,
Territory of Alaska:
No. 3 Above Long Creek, one-half
interest;
No. 3 Right Limit ^ench, Long
Creek ,one-fourth interest;
Lone Pine Claim, Long Creek, one
half interest;
Keystone Association, Long Creek,
one-fourth interest.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and
were put upon said claim in compli
ance therewith in order to hold the
same for each said year and there
after, all of said work having been
performed by Jensen & Wiklund.
And if within ninety (90) days after
the publication of this notice you and
each of you do not contribute to the
undersigned your proportion of said
expenditure for each said claim for
each said year, your interest in said
claims will become the property of
the undersigned, according to the pro
visions of Section 2324 Revised Stat
utes of the United States.
H. JENSEN,
Attorney in Fact for
Frank E. Johnspn.
First publcation, January 1, 1927.
Last publication, April 9, 1927.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Max Altman, his heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in in
terest :
You, and each of you, are hereby
notifitd that the undersigned has ex
pended for annual labor One Hun
uieu uoiiars ($lu0.0(l) per year for
the years 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921,
1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925, upon the
following described mining claim, in
Ruby Recording District, Territory of
A lfiskft *
The SANDBAG ASSOCIATION
CLAIM, on Greenstone Creek, a trib
l utary of Long Creek, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of
law protecting annual labor on min
ing claims.
And if within ninety (90) days after
’ the publication of this notice you, or
any of you, fail to pay your portion
. of the amount expended on the above
claim, your interest in said claim will
become forfeited to the undersigned
co-owner, according to the provisions
of Section 2324 Revised Statutes of
i the United States.
DAN SUTHERLAND,
j First publication, January 1, 1927.
! Last publication, April 9, 1927.
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