MINERALS OF TERRITORY
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Gol.
The total production of gold from-.
Alaska..minesvin 1932'.is estimated at
$9,539,000, or somewhat more than in
1931. This maintains the record of
annnual increase far the past five
years. Together with the output of
earlier years it. brings the total value
th ■ gold produced from ihe Terri
tory to Atnnre than $408,360,000.
According to preliminary, estimate^
the' production of gold .was distributed
between lode and placer mines Ln the
j r portion of about 44 to. 56. This
relation is about the same as pre->
vailed, during, 1930 but differs from
the ratio in 1931, when nabout equal
amounts of gold were ..recovered from
the tw®.types- of, mines... In the. period
f nee gold mining, began the ration
between the value of. the gold from
the two sources has been about 34
ppr cent from.-lodes, to about 6h per
cent from placers. Obviously, as the
Alaska placers are more easily, and.
extensively, worked, than the lodes,
they contributed most largely to the.
output of the Territory in. the early,
days, but as their extent is limited
they wall be.the first to be exhausted.
The lodes are relatively more expen
sive to develop, but if they, are skill
fully. managed they are much more
likely, to afford continuous output
and thus in time equalize or even re
verse, the ratio between their.! output,
and that from the .placers...
The bulk of the lode gold produced
continued to,come from southeastern
Alaska, but the percentage of produc
tion as. welL.as the total quantity, of
gold from that region was less than
it has been recently! By, far the
largest.producing..gold mine in south
eastern Alaska, and indeed in the en
tire Territory, is that of the Alaska.
Juneau Gold Mining Company, near
Juneau. At this.mine not only was
there & large production, of gold but
extensive explorations and develop
ment work were continued, the re
Hirst-Chichagof. and Chichagoff
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Mines, Ltd., are the largest producers.
The Willow Creek lode gold, district,
which lies north, of the head.of Cook
Inlet, has long been a notable gold
producer, and during the last tw*»
.> ears has contributed especially large
amounts of gold. In. 1932-the output
of lode gold from this district exceeds
ed that of any. preceding year, and
■came principally from the properties
of the Willow. Creek. Mines,. Ltd., on
Craigie Creek, with lesser amounts,
from the Gold Cord, Fern, and smaller
mines. Prospecting and. development
v/iv k were especially active in the
Willow Creek .district, and several of
th .'ise , nterprises have already, achiev
. . results that give good promise of
yielding increasing amounts, of gold
The Fairbanks district,, in central
Alaska, was the third of..the Alaskan
districts in its. output, of. lode gold at
about the same rate as in 1931. The
developments in progress , promise
well for an.even greater output, in the
future. South of the Fairbanks dist
tric, in the vicinity, of. Ferry, the mine
of the Eva Quartz Mining Company.,
which startedoperations late in 1931,
has heen activethioughout.. the - year.
Although at this place, various, mat
ters of mining and ore treatment pre
sent problems not. yet, completely
solved, they are being vigorously, at
tacked,, and apparently a .considerable,
output is being maintainel. Much, of
the gold of the. ore from this prop^
erty’ is not readily set free, by simple*
methods, hut can; be recovered, by.
smelting, so that it is, shipped to.
smelters in. the States, for treatment,,
thus contributing to-other industries*
than mines. The mines of. the Na
besna Mining Co.,.near-’Jack .creeUt »rn
the Nabesnan district,. which, begpip
active production in. 1931,. continuued
operations even more successfully in
1932, and work, there not-only, yielded
a considerable output of gold but dis
closed ore; reserves.- that;have, led. the.
owners, to-plamadditional facilities fot
mining and treatment .of .the juraj.Sev,
eral other lode mines' widely scattered i
through the. Territory^ yielded _• some
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been distinctly encouraging, as they
have assured added ore reserves that
can be developed as mining pro
gresses. The second largest center of
lode gold .mining in southeastern
Alaska is oirChicagof Island, west of
Juneau, where properties of the
gold. Tha. most productive of thes ■
were the Sonny Fox m.ne, in the
Nuaa liay district; the Lucky. Striae
urine, on Palmer creeK, in the Hope
district.; and the old Pearson & Strand
mine, in the Nixon Fork district of
the Kuskokwim valley. Prospecting
was a,so active at other pouiis, . and
some of the properties have reached
a stage where they may enter the list
of producers shortly,,
'iue value of the gold recovered
iroui Alaska p.acers in. 1932 is esti
mated to have been $5,312,000, or
about $470,000 more than was recov
ered from mines of this type in 1931.
This great increase appf.ss to have
been brought about by the especially
favorable. waather conditions, which
afforded an unusually abundant water
supply at most of the camps, and. by
the stimulation o f development
gold placers because of curtailment in
other industries and the high price
received for the gold in relation to
other commodities. By far the.largest
amount of placer gold came from the
Yukon region,, with :the.Reward .Pe
ninsula, region. second.. The ... other
pmcer uiuiiiik .regions .utgeiuer. vmi
tributed.about 20.: per cent.of the en
tire placer gold output of the Terru
torg and ,the. order ol_thu.plj(C£rr pro
duction stood as follows: . Kusko
'kwim, Coolk Inlet^Susitna, ., Copper
River„ nnarthw.eslBrn Alaska.., and
southeastern..Alaska. . The. largest
producer in thaiYukon region, was'the
Fairbanks Expip ration Company pud.
the, largest one.in the Seward Pennin-.
4ula region was the . Hammon. Con
solidated. Gold. Fields at Nome..
,c Most of the. placer gqld js now,re
covered. by. dredging, the mure, prjmir.
' tive« Jiand. methods, .and the.-simpler
meduaical..methods having largely
disappeared, except in .the, jnore. .re
mote districts. It appears that about
81 per cent, of the..placer, gold that
was. recovered, in. J9E2.jvas produced
by dredges, or esservlaily the,same.as
in 1U&L So.far . as. reported 24
dredges. were in_.opera.Uou, in .. 1922.
which is three less than were in op*,
eration in JUdJ. Oue.pf the dredges
that was not in operation in 1932. was
destroyed by fire. All three, dredges
that were discontinued were, small, so
that their lack of..production did not
have a noticeable effect on the total
output. All the larger (hedges jvere
active, and the returns from most of
them .indicate an especially successful
season. In fact, the increase of more
than half a million dollars in gold
from this type of mining clearly re
flects their success. The greater part
of. the gold produced by dredges
comes from the Fairbanks district and
from the Seward Peninsula region,
but some golw. was recovered by
dredges in. the Iditarod and Hot
Sorimrs district of the Yukon region
and from Bear creek and Candle creek
in uthe Kuskokwim resign. Rumors
are current of many enterprises eon
templatin g the building of new
dredges in nvarious. other parts of
Alaska, but the only one of these
schemes that appears likely to be car
ried through in the near future pro
poses to dredge placers in the Walker
Pork camp of the Fortymile district.
No notable new finds of placer
ground were made during the year,
but prospecting was especially active
and was in progress at several places,
some of which are rather remote from
the more productive camps. Accord
ing to reports from some of these
camps, the work was progressing sat
isfactorily and, though not indicating
the presenece of bonanzas, suggested
that they may contain placer deposits
that may be capable of profitable de
velopment.
L Copper.
The value of the copper produced
Alaska in 1932 is estimated at
fSSUOOO. This marks a decrease in
! value of nearly $1(350JS00 from the
corresponding, value in 1931. About
?175,dbo of this decrease in value may j
be attributed directly to. the lower'
average price, of copper in 1932 than
in 1931. By far the larger part of
, the decrease, however, may be attrih
! uted to the indirect .results of the low
I price, because at that price it was in
. ihe inteiests of good business to. cur
ai; piouuction so far as practicable..
In the face of this adverse marketing
. condition, when serious floods in Au
! gust put the railroad, by which most
j of the ore is transported to the coast.
out of commission, there was little in
centive to rush repairs on it- so as
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.. |
j To Steve Bailey, his heirs, executors, '
! assigns and successors in interest: '
I You^are hereby notified that 1,,
! Frank. J. Guskey, the undersigned,
■ have been appointed administrator of
the. estate .of John. Griffin,, deceased., j
, And you, and each of you ,are here
by further notified that the said John .
'Griffin, deceased, through power of
attorney from ypu (Steve Bailey),'
i’dated the 6th day of November, ex-:
pended,for annual labor and improve*!
ments the sum of one hundred dollars !
for.eaclpjof the years 1923, 1924, 1925,.
-1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931 j
upon the following described placer I
mining, claim, .torwit: JNo.. 4 ADyvo■
Discovery, on Ganes, creek, a tribu-1
'tary Innoko river, in the In-,
noko Recording Precinct.
That all of .said work and.improve- j
ments were required by law_and were
put . upon^said, claim in,, compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
Tor each said year and>,thereafter. aM,
of .said wtudclhaying been, performed
by..the aforesaid John Griffin. j
And. if .within, ninety (90) -days
after the publication of this pnotice
■■you, and each .of., you, do ..not,, eon
-tri.buta.cto the- above-mentioned John
Griffin Estate your proportion of
said i£xpqnditura.s for each claim for.
each said years, your interest in said
claim, will become the property of the
said Johrc GriffinbEstate, according to
the .provisions of Section. 2324 Re
vised .Statutes of the United States.
FRANK J. GUSKEY,
Adnanistrator of Estate of.
John Griffin, deceased. .
Dated' Takbtna, 'Alaska, Dec. 24.1
laser..! i
F3*Sfepubl)i4at;iaiv Dec. 24, . 1,932.
In the Probate - Court lot Otter Pre
cinci, .Fourth Division,. Territory ol
Alaska, h»fnr« Hmi q. e. Browne,
Canunjuiaut and szofikio Pro
bate Judgp.
la the matter. of the Estate of
Joseph Neviiin. deceased. Protia'e
No. 61.
Notice to. Creditors.
All persons having; claims against
the Estate of Joseph Neville, de
ceased, are hereby required to prc
sent the same, under oath, to the
undersigned, administrator de bonis
non of the said estate, at his uiTiro
at Flat, Alaska, or at the office of
the Probate Judge at Flat, Ala >ka,
on or beforo six months from the
posting of this notice.
Dated. Flat, Alaska, November 1 *.
1932.
T. M. GARLAND,
Administrator de bonis non
Estate of Joseph Neville.
deceased,
lkt pub. Nov. 20
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