HINES IN.ALASKA PRODUCED c
TO THE VALUE OF $14,445,000 )
IN YEAR 1927
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there are still large areas in Alaska 1
which have not beee nadequately pros- <
pected and in which even a person 1
with little capital may find mineral <
deposits that will make l&ugeer re
turns foor the time and effort spent
in their development than can be oh- 1
tabled under similar conditions in <
many partts of the States proper. *
Gold. '
The total production of gold from *
A! .'.aka in 1927 is estimated at $0,010,- '
000. This amount came almost equal- *
ly from hides and. placers, though the *
lodes appear to have yielded slightly (
more than the placers. This relation 5
represents a considerable change *
fro mthe conditions that prevailed in f
1026, for ..in that year about 56per J
cent of the gold production came *
placers and* only 44 per cent from 1
. lodes. Not only did the gold pro- *
•bleed from lodes show an increase in *
relation to that produced from plac- *
ers, hut it also showed an actual in- 1
crease in quantity. The decrease in '
gold production is therefore to be at- ^
tributed -to lesser production from the *
pincers, which is eyplaineeu as due *
mainly to the extreme dryness that £
prevailed throughout almost the en- £
tire western and interior regions
until August. The drought was so se- t
vere that even dredging, which re- I
quires less water proportionately c
thun most other types of placer min- 1
ing, was handicapped, so that several c
of the dredges did no toperate until £
late in the summer. The shortage of 1
water appears t ohave been most ser- j £
iousiy felt in the placer camps on j £
Seward Peninsula, so that the total 1
gold production from that region is £
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stimated to have been nearly $500,
00 less thaan in 1926. Obviously this
lecrease is merely an unfortunate
emporary incident. The proportion
ietween place rgold won by dredging
md that won by other methods of
nining appears to have been in about
he ratio 61 to 39. The only new
Iredge put into operation in 1927 was
hat of the American Creek Dredging
Company, in the Hot Springs district,
fukon-Tanana region..
Several new placer mining enter
irises that will become productive
lurin gl928 were in progress during
he year. The largest and. most sig
dficant of these projectts is that of
he Fairbanks Exploration Company,
n the Fairbanks region, which has
>eeen busy for several years in ex
ensive preparations foo rdredging
pcrations in the valleys of Gold
tream and Chatanika rivers and
heir tributaries. Although it will
till be several years before this pro
ect is in full operation, parts of it
lave now progressed to such a stage
hat pits in which to construct the
he first two of the dredges have
een prepared, and the materials for
hese two boats will have been landed
n Alaska before the end of 1927 and
rill be assembled during the winter,
'he long ditches and siphons which
re being built, to bring water to the
i uuuu nave uecu ueaiij ewmjiieeeu,
ncl large areas have been thawed so
s to he in condition for dredging.
Among the Alaska gold lode mines
he Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
any’s property, in the Juneau region
f Southeastern Alaska, continued to
e by far the largest producer. This
ompany mined and milled ore on an
ven larger scale than- heretofore,
laintaining throughout the year an
verage daily output of ore mined
nd trammed to the mill of nearly
2,000 tons and foor some months an
verage daily output of close to 13,000
ons. This high rate of mining was
ue to extremely efficient operation,
,nd resulted in handling nearly 500,
00 tons of ore more than in 1926. No
loteworthy change in the tenor of the
ire was reported.
Elsewhere in Alaska gold lode min
ng continueed at about the same rate
is in the preceding year. The three
nines on Chicagof Island continued
.o yield a considerable amount of
fold, and several smaller mines in
>ther parts of Southeastern Alaska
iroduced some gold. In the Willow
Hreek region, north of Coo klnlet,
ode gold minin gwas carried on at a
iomewhata reduced rate, and the pro
luction appears to have been consid
irably less tha nin 1926. In the Fair
>anks district the principal new lode
levelopment was in the Elmes mine,
>n Happy creek, in the vicinity of
Sste rDome. The Mohawk mine, also
>n Ester Dome, the Crites and Feld
nan property, on a tributary of Fair
>anks Creek, and the the Wyoming
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General
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j and old Rhoads and H allmines, on
! Bedrock Creek, a tributary of Fair
[ banks Creek, were in operation.. Sev
eral other properties were being pros
pected, and it was reported that a
strong syndicate had acquired title to
the old Ryan lode on Ester Dome and
proposed to develop it in the near fu
ture.
Reports from the Nuka Bay region
still continue to be encouraging, and.
a number of other lode properties in
Kenai PPeninsula. and adjacent re
gions produced somegold..
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In the. Probate Court for the Terri
tor yof Alaska, Fourth Division,
Nubrto Precinct, at Ruby, before
William N. Growden, United
States Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of.
Mickie (Michail J.) Dugan, deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Final Ac
count
Notice is hereby given that John W.
Dunn, administrator of th eestate of
Mickie (Michail J.) Dugan, deceased,
has rendered and presented for settle
ment and filed in said Court the final
account o fhis administrtation of said
estate; and that Wednesday, the 20th
day of June, 1928, at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon of said day, at the Court
Room of the United States Commis
sioner’s Office, at Ruby, Nulato Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska, has been duly appointed by
said Court as the time and place for
the hearing of said final account, at
which time and place any person in
terested in said estate may appear
and file exceptions in writing to said
account and contest the same.
And notice is further given to the
heirs of said deceased that the above- j
entitled Court will at the same time j
and place hereinbefore mentioned for I
the hearing in said final report and|
account adjudge and decree who the I
heirs and distributees of said de-1
cease dare, and on or before said date |
any persoon or corpiration may file!
his or its claim to heirship of said de- I
ceased.
JOHN W. DUNN,
Administrate rof the Estate of
Mickie Mickie (Michail J.)
Dugan, Deceased.
Date of first publication, March 10,
1928.
Date of final publication, April 7,
1928. j
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