An Address on Tin
And Antimony Before the
Seattle C. of Commerce
By Ralph Lomen
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I would like to elaborate a little
bit on tin, and then a word or two
about antimony. There are only
two operating tin companies on
the Seward Peninsula: the U. S.
Tin Company and Northern Tin
Company— operating about 40
miles apart.
However, there are many tin
prospects on the Seward Penin
sula that are worthy of investiga
tion. I might say that if any of
you are brave enough to want to
tackle tin, and I know of nothing
in the mining world more favor
able today than tin, I happen to
have an engineer’s report on a
lode mine at Ear Mountain which
is very encouraging. It has been
owned for a lifetime by a man
who passed away this summer.
This mine is located at Ear
Mountain, north of Nome. Com-1
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ing out of that mountain there is ^
a creek, called Tuttle Creek. Some
few years back, Jack Underwood
(most of you know him) and oth
ers joined with us and located 27
placer claims in tin, which we
subsequently abandoned. How
ever, we did drill there. We found
tin over a wide area, and I be
lieve today it would support a tin j
dredge. I would like very much to I
see someone take a look at Ear
Mountain and develop it.
There are several very inter
esting antimony deposits within
25 miles of Nome, one of which
produced antimony during the
first World War. That mine, I
think, is worthy of investigation
at today’s price of antimony.
On Seward Peninsula we have
a dozen minerals other than gold.
We have antimony, galena copper,
and others. The antimony, copper
and tin of Seward Peninsula are
well worth the attention of any
one who is speculative by nature
and likes the mining game. We
also have very large deposits of
graphite on Seward Peninsula, ac
cessible to tidewater. Mr. James
Louttit knows much more about
that than I do; however, I have
invested 20 times as much money
in it to date as he has. But I do
not own a graphite mine. If he
doesn’t, he is on his way to get
one.
There are probably one million
tons of amorphous graphite in
sight, and some quantity of flake
graphite there. The amorphous is
a drug on the market today. How
ever, there is fine flake graphite
there. Samples have been put
through at the University of
Washington and they have pro
duced a good flake graphite which
is comparable to the Ceylon, or
the Madagascar graphite. Our sup
ply of graphite today comes al
most exclusively from Madagas
car graphite. Our supply of graph
ite today comes almost exclusive
ly from Madagascar. The labor
market is such that where we in}
our gold operation employ one
man. they would have to employ
20 men in ghaphite mining. How
ever, with our mechanized age,
development of modem equip
ment, etc., might take up the slack
in that differential.
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FORT ERIE, Ont. (/P) — When
Mrs. Arthur Wisbey unwrapped
some ribbon purchased -at a local
store a diamond ring fell out. She j
r?turned it to the owner, the pro- i
prietor of the store, and refused
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Washington News- 'Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to £. L. (Bob) Bartlett,
Delegate in Congress from Alaska
Commissioner Fees
United States Commissioners in
Alaska will be able to retain as
annual compensation $7,500 in net
fees instead of the present $5,000
limit if the terms of a bill Dele
gate Bartlett introduced this week
in the House becomes law.
Committee Assignment
Delegate Bartlett will serve on
three subcommittees of the House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee in accordance with as
signments made this week.
The three subcommittees are
Coast Guard, Fisheries and Wild
life Conservation, and Alaskan
Problems.
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Reorganization of Departments
The functions of the Bureau of
Land Management, except as re
spects mining and mineral re
sources, would be transferred from
the Interior to the Agriculture De
partment and all functions of the
Interior Department in relation
to commercial fisheries would be
transferred to the Commerce De
partment under terms of legisla
tion introduced this week in Con
gress.
. The Commerce Dept, would also
have the Coast Guard transferred
to its jurisdiction from the Treas
ury Department.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
For non-performance of annual
assessment work on the following
placer mining claims on Willow
Creek tributary of Spruce Creek
in the Wade Hampton Recording
District, Territory of Alaska:
Jay Hawke Bench Assn. Claim
No. 1 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 2 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 3 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 4 Below Bench Assn. Claim
No. 5 Below/Creek Assn. Claim
No. 6 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 7 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 8 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 9 Below Creek Assn. Claim
No. 1 West Bench Assn. Claim
No. 2 West Bench Assn. Claim
On Sept. 4, 1951, I, the under
signed, notified Ronald Johnston
of Williamina, Oregon, by regis
tered mail that I had done the
annual labor on the above claims.
To this date. He has not paid for
his share of the annual labor.
EUGENE TETINEK
Pub. Feb. 14, 21, 28, Mar. 7, 14, 21,
28, Apr. 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2,9,1951
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proclamations issued In 1949 set
ting up reservations at Shungnak
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1 .. . _
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row held elections and only the
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the reservation proclamation.
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