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Entered** second-a! ass matter August
Itth, *#23, at Else Post Office at,
Tokotna, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3,. 1879.
IQXOTNA,. ALASKA. FEB. 2, 1924
dote PlacervMining’
in Alaska*. 1922-23
Washington..—-The completion.of the
Alaska railroad has stimulated gold
lade Buuiajriisk^'avrbaoks. Here three
or four saine* were productive ia 19215,
sad this, number will probably soon be
These mines .are small,
out they ciad»•„a.total output of about
*®)Q.^io gold in 19211
In 19$3, 20 Alaska quarts mines pro
duced about 12,575,0C0 worth of gold;
in 19?2, 25 mines produced 83,138,585.
This decrease is largely due to the fact
that the large Cbicagoff mine was op
erated only half the year. The silver
and lead produced in Alaska was a by
icrodue* fif gold and copper mining, ex
5*pfc-i-*h*t‘ obtained from ,th8 galena
ores pf she iCiwjtishpa district- i« W23
Alaska mi^ea.-^rtj&uced about 658 090
ounces of silyenaDd 100 tons of lead.
A large number of the placer de
posits in Alaska occur 1dm semi-arid re
gions, where the annual: precipitation
L» only from 19 to 20 injahes, i In mans
db»8*}cta even a wet season may not
aapply water enough to aluice all the
gravel that could otherwise be- profit
ably fplnefj. ,Qd the other band, if the
-iiCM^Sll^la light, the spring freshets
may pot suffice to washy,the auriferous
gravels accumulated nbyrthodeapwra
tar tpiniug.. Again, if the summer
rainfall 1b below normal open-cut, mic
iag may lag because streams do not
furnish the water needed for sluicing.
On tbs average.' an extra dry season
occurs abouvence in four or five, years,
and this always curtails gold produc
tion. , There wee such a season in 1923,,
which caused a decline of 8800,980 in
the vp!ue of - the- gold output as com
pared with 1922. Indeed,, had it Dot
been i for the - improvemeet in gold
ftredging the loss of output from placers
would have been much.gxeater. ,
Maav ot tha >A laaitr pfitcer mioes,are
at operated by a small margin of
prsfit. There is therefore danger that
a disastrously dry year may have a far
reaching effect on the industry by
finally discouraging operators of many
small, mines. Should a large percent
age of miners of this class withdraw
from the industry the more oormal an
Gofd Placer Mining
Region. •
Chopper River...
Cook Inlet-$uaitna.
Yukon Basin,.
KuskokwlEc Basin ..
Seward Peninsula and
miscellaneous dists .
Totals. ) 50“ / 416 120
Mines
Su turner
1922 1923
8
3S
321
39
59
250
23
D2 80
Wintei
1922|192
99 5
15
'w
nual output of gold will be restored
onlv after gold dredges are built.
Gold dredge mining was successful
in T923. Ita addition to tbe dredges
that, were operated during, the year
four or five more are projected, some
of which will tie productive io 1924. . It
is significant that, in spite, ot the ad
verse conditions that now affect all
gold miners, dreaging is on the in
crease in Alaska.
In 1923 (twenty four gold dredges
were operated in .Alaska, and produced
#1.870,000 worth of gpld; in 1923
twenty-three dredges produced 81,767,
(KX). It. was so dry in 1923 that eyen
' some of tbe dredges suspended opera
tion for part:of the summer for lack of
water enough to foatriheir machines.
*o 1923 fifteen dredges were- operated
on Seward Peninsula,, and produced
#860,000. The otber dredges-were dis
tributed as follows Two each in Fair
banks, iditarod and Innoko districts,
andene each in McGrath (Kuskokwim),
Circle, and Yentaa districts. In 1922
an average recovery of 55 cents to the
cubic yard of gravel excavated was
made by the Alaska dredges. Ten
years ago 12 per cent, in 1922 about 40
per cent, and in 1923 about 50 per cent
of the Alaska placer output was pro
duced by dredges.—From annual re
port of Alfred H. Brooks, Chief Alas
kan Geologist, now in preparation.
1-Armed Man Present
ed With His 28thChild
Atlanta, Ga.—Leander.Colbert Gen
tle, 82. years old, and one-armed, baa
just been presented with hia twenty
eighth child..
Gentle has been married tw.ce. tty
the first wife he had 10 children, and
by the second, who is 42 years old, be
has had 18,. of whom 17 are living.
“I- never.have experienced a particle
of trouble- in providing-'a gooti; coat
fortable living.for them, and the new
one is just an welcome as the first,”
Gentle said.
“Thirty-three years ago I lost my
left arm, and but for tbat I could have
done much, better by them. I am
known as a pretty,shrewd horse traders
and I have hard no trouble in making a
Using for the wife and childrea.”
Why They Flunked.
Among recent schoolboy s rami nation
tkhowIer8r,'we choose the following
“Things which are equal to the same
thing are equal to anything else. ”
“A grass widow is the wife of a dead
vegetarian. r
“Oceanic is that continent which
contains no land.”
“In India a man out of a cask may
cot marry a woman out of another
cask/’
“Parallel lines are the same distanoa
all the way and do not maetjutleac yea
bend them.”.
“Gravitation ie tcsi which, if there
! were noD®, we should all fly away.”
‘‘Louis XVI was gelatined during
the French revolution.”
“Horse power is the distance one
horse can carry a pound of watte? in an
hour,”
“Palsy is a kind of aew writer’s
dance.”
“Letters in sloping print are hys
terics.”—Christian Evangelist.
f in Alaska, 1922^23.
Men
Summer
1922
91
174
1254
137
542
2198
192.'!
80
100
940
120
450
1090
Winter
1922
18
2
231
61
402
1923
150
12
38
20<
Value of Gold
Output
1922.
$165,000
293.000,
542,000
$4 395 000
1923.
$150,000
230. Got
2,119,0001 1 .*650.000
330,000
1,276 000! •1,200.000
$3 560,000
Cat Barks Like Dog,
But Looks Like Fox
Detroit.—Up in Yale. Mich,, one day
a don saw a eat
“Watch me chase that smst up that
tree!’’ he growled to himself.
He dropped hit tail between his legs,
threw back bisears, curled up his Up,
got himself boiling ipad, and then with
a snarling rpar rushed at his victim.
He swept across the yard like a furi
ous storm, came within a few feet of
his target, and was about to leap and
sink, in bis fangs when—
The cat turned around, looked him
in the eye, and barked.
7'he.dog stopped at sort of a parade
infest, -triiggad his . tall sheepishly a
cbuple .of times, Gocgceif, mad thee
strolled away with an obviously as
sumed nonchalance, his mouth opeD in
amazement and a faraway look in his
eyes
Was the intended victim a cat? Or
was it a dog?
It was both—and more for it was
part fox, too.
This strange creation of cat, fox and
dog blood is the property of Daniel E.
Tucker, of Yale. It is now on exhibi
tion at the poultry show in the armory.
7t has the face of the fox, the for ef a
cat, and the bark aod habits of a dog.
Pamphlets explaining the breeding
processors being giverc away-' by Mr.
Tucker at the show. .
The dog was i eeently crossed with a
little terrier, and . two puppies, two
weeks old. also are on exhibition.
Novel Plan for Round
ing Up Liquor Runners
Washington.—Let the Anti-Saloon
League catch the rum runners.
That’s General Sherwood’* idea-of
dealktg with the boose armada , off the
Jersey coast. -
When the appropriation for ’^“ory”’
navy comes up. the patriarch of the
House declared Thursday he will pro
pose an amendment, providing for the
use of idle-submarine chasers.
‘ The navy does net want to chase
rum runners, so let the rf.nti-Saloon
League man the vessels,” said-the Ohio
representative. ."Wayne R Wheeler
should be made commander-in-chief.
&eii‘ William K. Anderson - put in.
charge of-the commissary .of the dry
navy.”
Cure Found for Con
gested Arteries, Claim
London.—-Great interest has been
aroused in medical circles here by a
dispatch received from.Prague to.-the
effect, that, < Professor* MfadCjewskjr, of
^Charles University, Prague, is believed
’to have discovered an effective serum
for arterio sclerosis.
A patient treated with the serum is
declared to have recovered within a
short time.
Medical men to whom the statement
was submitted agreed that if such a
serum has been discovered it would go
a long way toward lengthening th®
spaD of human life. < A previously
claimed remedy for the disease was the
sour milk treatment advaaced^fey Or.
Metefaaikoff.
Suitor—“I’ll give you sixpence
Tommy, if you’ll get me a lock of your
sister’s hair.”
“Make it a shilling and I’ll get you
the whole bunch. I know where she.,
hangs it.”—London Tit-Bits.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor r:
iditarod, Alaska,]
LAWYERS
Pra<\t\ce in all Courts,
'JUSEHSl
J. H. McLEAN
TOKOTNA
Yes, We’re Handling
McMillan Clothing
In f Bath Suits and Pants
Tokotna Pool Hall
Best of Everything in
Fruits, i Candies Cigars Tobaccos
All Fresh Goods
Jack Mutehler
Proprietor
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dbg Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson
Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Good Prices for Your Fur
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. . Private’rooms]
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.-1.
Diamond Dick
Proprietor