(? Alaska Mineral
Production in 1949
Despite a decline for the second
consecutive year gold continued
to rank first among mineral com
modities in value, according to the
Juneau office of the bureau of
mines, United States department
f of the Interior. Notwithstanding
this decline the total value of min
eral output in the Territory rose
to $15,299,000 in 1949 compared
with $13,026,000 in 1948. Coal
ranged second to gold in value of
output, and platinum mining con
tinued to be an important factor
|*n the mineral industry with pro
*duction of crude platinum-group
metals exceeding that of the pre
vious year. The output of lead
was only one-sixth of the 1948
production, and silver, copper and
zinc—each a byproduct from an
operation conducted primarily for
another metal — was one-half,
one-fourth and one-tenth, respec
tively, of the 1948 production.
Output of tin was small but sub
stantially above the 1948 level.
The Alaska production in 1949
(in terms of recoverable metal)
was 229,416 fine ounces of gold
values at $8,029,560 (compared
with 248,395 ounces valued at $8,
693,825 in 1948); 36,056 ounces of
• silver valued at $32,633 (67,341
ounces at $60,947 in 1948); 4 short
tons of copper valued at $1,576
(16 tons at $6,944 in 1948'; 51 tons
of lead valued at 16,116 (329 tons
at $117*782 in 1948); and2 tons
of zinc valued at $496 (22 tons at
$5,852 in 1948). The total value of
^ the five metals was 8,080,381 com
* pared with $8,885,350 in 1948.
Average metal prices used in
1949 (1948 prices in parentheses)
were: Gold $35 per fine ounce
($35»; silver, $0.9050505 per fine
ounce *$0.9050505); copper, $0,197
a pound ($0,217); lead, $0,158 a
pound <$0.179>; and zinc, $0,124 a
pound < $0.133».
Two less bucket-line dredges
(28 in 1949; 30 in 1948) recovered
nearly 71 per cent of the total pla
cer gold; non-floating washing
CHARLES PENNYCOOKS PLAN
TO LEAVE NOME
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Penny
cook, well known Nomeites, and
active in the Pioneers of Alaska
of which organization they are
both past presidents, are leaving
Nome next week to make their
home in Sitka.
Charles Pennycook, who is re
tiring due to poor health, is look
ing forward to seeing many
friends in Sitka, as he is*really an
old-timer, having come to Alaska
in ’98 and lived in several parts
of the Territory before settling in
Nome.
The Pennycooks leave many
friends behind them who wish
them well ih their new location.
They both state they would not
think of living any place but in
Alaska, and are only leaving be
cause the climate is milder in that
part of Alaska.
plants (dragline-bulldozer-hy
draulic combinations by which
gravel is mechanically handled)
accounted for 27 percent, and hy
draulicking 2 per cent; no drag
line dredges (dragline excavator
with floating washing plant) were
operated in 1949. In all, 96 per
cent of the total Alaska gold out
put in 1949 came from 222 placer
mines. Four percent of the total
Alaska gold output came from 18
lode mines (including mill clean
ups and tailing retreatment at in
active properties); 97 percent of
the ore and old tailing was gold
ore, the balance was lead ore.
Most of the gold came from a rel
atively few mines; the leading
five producers (all pracer), listed
in order of output, supplied 57 per
cent of the Alaska total: U. S. S.
R. & M. Co., Fairbanks unit, Fair
banks district (bucket-line dredg
es); U. S. S. R. & M. Co., Nome
unit, Nome district, (bucket-line
dregdes); New York-Alaska Gold
Dredging Corp., Tuluksak-Aniak
district (bucket-line dredges>;
Brinker-Johnson Co., Fairbanks
district (bucket-line dredge); and
Strandberg & Sons, Hughes dis
trict (non-floating washing plant).
Arctic Bakery
and Lunch
--NOW OPEN
SHORT ORDERS and LUNCHES
GENERAL
HAULING
See Us For
Gravel or Sand
Small or large quantities
Reader Bros.
NOTICE
Sealed bids for repair work on
the Nome Public School Building
will be accepted by the Clerk of
the School Board until July 21,
1950. Specifications can be called
for at the City Clerk's Office.
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
By Helen B. Olsen, Clerk.
Pub. July 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 1950.
NOTICE
Sealed bids for the installation of
fluorescent fixtures in the school
rooms of the Nome Public School
will be accepted by the Clerk of
| the Schbol Board until July 21,
i 1950. Specifications can be called
| for at the City Clerk's Office,
i BOARD OF EDUCATION,
By Helen B. Olsen, Clerk.
Pub. July 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 1950.
NOTICE ROTARIANS
There will not be a noon lunch
eon Thursday, but instead a Din
ner Friday Evening at 6:30 p.m.
to meet the District Governor at
the Bering Sea Club.
DON LYLE, Pres.
NOTICE
All real and personal property
| taxes for 1949 due the City of
Nome, become delinquent after
July 15, 1950. The delinquent tax
roll will then be prepared with
penalty at 5% and interest at 6%
calculated on unpaid taxes.
CITY OF NOME,
By Carrie M. McLain,
' City Clerk.
Pub. July 7, 10, 12 and 14, 1950.
rMadTispiciALiST^
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CHEST COLDS
( to relieve coughs—aching muscles
, \ There’s a special Child’s Mild Mus
! / terole made for kiddies’ tender skin.
I Musterole not only gives speedy relief
i but it breaks up congestion in upper
( bronchial tubes, nose and throat. Just
) rub it on chest, throat and back.
) Child’s Mild P ^
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WANT ADS
i WANTED — Clerk stenographer,
part time permanent position, 4
hours daily. Prefer permanent
resident. Call Main 181 for inter
view between 4 and 5 p.m. 83-3tc
FOR SALE—New Crepe Nylons.
They wear longer and fit better.
51 and 60 ga. Latest styles in Nylo
Fab Crepe and Nylon Lingerie.
All sizes to 52. Men’s famous Ny
lon and wool Sox by Nationally
Famous Fresh Silks. Phone Main
141. 83-2tc
FOR SALE — Frigidaire, Bendix
Economat. Walnut Bed room
Set. Call Main 152. 83-6*tc
FOUND—Keys in a black leather
/case. Call at Nugget. tf
2 RELIABLE MEN, above 50 pre
ferred, for local year around
route work. Permanent. $20 to $25
per day. See W. D. Campbell, Wal
lace Hotel,. 2 p.m, to 6 p.m., July
16 and 17. 79,80,82,83c
FOUND—Key for Gas Tank on
GMC Truck. Call at Nugget tf
This Salmon Didn’t
Learn; Taken 2nd
Time After Swim
(Juneau Empire)
Some salmon' apparently never
learn.
A king was tagged in the Cross
Bay area May 26 by Robert R.
Parker, Alaska Deparament of
Fisheries biologist, after being
caught on trolling gear.
With the red. and white tag
fixed directly below its dorsal fin,
it was put back into the water.
The same king was caught by a
troller June 27 off Noyes Island,
west of Prince of Wales Island. It
had traveled 175 miles in 33 days
before taking a troller’s lure for
the second time.
Although its being a “sucker for
bait,’’ was unusual, the distance it
swam was not, according to the
department of fisheries.
Of the six salmon from which
*
tags have been recovered since
! the troll salmon research pre
gram began this spring, three
have traveled at least 175 miles
before being taken, C. L. Ander
son, director of the fisheries de
partment said.
One king—tagged by Parker in
the Cross Sound area—swam 400
miles in 27 days to a river near
Prince Rupert, B.C., before being
caught in a gillnet.
More than 800 king salmon
have been tagged since the re
search program was inaugurated.
Niigaet Ads Bring Quick Results
M.A.T.S. Starts
Pacific Airlift
SAN FRANCISCO, (JP) — The
Pacific’s version of the Berlin air
lift is under way. *
Officials of the Military Air
Transport Service talked guard
edly about it yesterday.
Four types of big four-engined
planes are winging military men
and materiel to Japan and Korea.
Some were chartered from com
mercial airlines.
MATS has even cut down for a
time on its trans-Atlantic opera
tions to bring more planes out
here, said Lt. Col. William W.
Jones, 1704th MATS group com
mander.
Planes being used are the Doug
las C-74 Globemaster, the Boeing
C-97-A Stratofreighter, the Lock
heed C-121 Constellation and the
Douglas C-54.
Young Johnny was inclined to
be frivolous and irresponsible, and
his father decided to have a seri
ous talk with him.
“Johnny,” he said, “you’re a
big boy now and it’s time you
took things more seriously. Just
supposing I were to die suddenly,,
where would you be?”
I (T’d be here,” replied Johnny.
“The question is, where would
you be?”
It takes the sun until June or
July to melt the last of winter’s
snow in many mountains of the
west.
Pan American j
Does it
I
For 17 years Pan American has ^
flown the Alaska skyways — con
stantly improving service and
steadily reducing passenger fares.
Now Pan American is offering
still lower regular, all-year rates be
tween Alaska and Seattle. ^
NOM E-SEATTLE FARES
NOW DOWN TO $130 ONE WAY
s234 ROUND TRIP
f«US TAX)
593 First Avenue, N„n,e
Phone Main 12
I
ONLY THE PARE IS CUT! When you fly Pan
American, you still get all the Clipper* extras: Big,
dependable 4-engine planes...the most experienced
crews...fine free food...and stewardess hospitality.
TO SEATTLE • HAWAII • ROUND-THE-WOrLD • KETCHIKAN
JUNEAU • WHITEHORSE • FAIRBANKS " NOME