DEAN JAMES HANCE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA TELLS
OF MINING COURSES SCHOOL
FAIRBANKS — Natural re
sources of Alaska are discussed
by Dean James Hance of the
School of Mines, University of
Alaska, in the Farthest-North
Collegian. University of Alaska
publication. This year’s course
now has been under way for sev
eral weeks. In an article telling
of work at the university offered
for prospectors and miners, he
says, in part:
“The natural resources of a re
gion are those occurrences with
which nature has endowed it, &
which man has come to consider
as necessities and luxuries. These
include soil and climate, scenery,
animal and plant life, timber and
mineral deposits. Alaska is rich
ly endowed with all of these.
“The University of Alaska trains
men and women to assist in a
larger appreciation of, and hence
a realization on, these natural as
sets. Our school of mines is the
special agency of the Territory,
delegated to train men to assist
in the exploration for, the extrac
tion of, and finally, the refining
and best utilization of our min
eral resources. ‘‘Some residents
of Alaska are unable to arrange
for full time work at the Univer
sity. and for these and others
who may be interested, the an
nual short course in mining is
being carried out. ,
“Mineral production in Alaska
has been and is increasing. At
present, our production is limited
to a dozen or so items, and the
bulk of these comes from a few
scattered localities. These areas
themselves justify careful study,
both with reference to the matter
of extension and to furnish furth
er details as to mineral occurren
ces here in Alaska. A better ap
preciation of the various events
that have resulted in some of our
mineral deposits now under de
velopment, or largely exhausted,
should help us to evaluate other
deposits where work is hardly
initiated and to look for still oth
ers in unexplored territory.
“Gold has always played a prom
inent part in prospecting, but
j gold is only one of the many min
erals of commercial value. Some
'knowledge of other minerals,and
their associations and conditions
of occurrence, should make the
search more interesting and more
likely of success.
“Where float or outcrops, indi
Drilling for Oil
On Increase In
Report States
(Bv The Associated Press)
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan.—
Department of mines records
show that gas and oil well drill
ing equipment is once more be
coming a familiar sight in the
West Virginia hinterlands—assum
ing the proportions it reached at
the turn of the century.
Director N. P. Rhinehart said
during the first nine months of
1936, his department granted 619
permits for wells, compared to
403 in 1935.
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cate that valuable minerals may
be present, some knowledge of
geology may help to locate the
source of the float and the more
promising places to explore.
“When mineral in place has
been found, its probable extent
and characteristics are to be de
termined. Improved methods of
mining make profitable m.ning
operations possible today where
yesterday they were unprofitable.
Present Mineral Production
“At present the larger part of
our mineral production consists
of gold, copper, silver, lead, coal,
platinum, and tin, but other min
erals produced in some quantity
are petroleum, quicksilver, stone,
antimony, gypsum, and marble.
Occurrences of nickle. chromite,
and of tungsten are known, and
an important production of these
last nine mineral substances with
in the next few years appears a
reasonable certainty.
Short Course Work
| “Work in the short course is
given in geology mineralogy,
mining, ore dressing, assaying, &
i camp cookery.”
Weal her To<!ay
(U S. Weather Bureau)
_
Low overcast and fog condi
tions continue along the coast of
Norton Sound and portions of the
ower Yukon. Fair skies obtain
over the central Yukon and Tan-j
ana Valleys. Rain was falling
a'ong the southeastern coast of i
Alaska.
Temperatures were somewhat
lower over western and central
Alaska; Nulato recorded —6 and
the same was observed at Tanana.
Low pressure is charted over1
the Gulf of Alaska extending ov- j
er eastern and northern Alaska.;
High barometer is central south
of the Aleutian Islands and read
ings were dropping at Nome this
morning.
I The weather will likely contin- '
ue unsettled with possibly snow
and fog for the next 24 hours.
Temperature changes will not be
important. Nome’s lowest tem
perature last night was 5 above
'and the highest yesterday 28.
ANOTHER QUEEN FOR ENGLAND?
The accession of her father to the British throne probably as King
George VI makes his elder daughter, Princess Elizabeth, next in line of
succession. She may eventually become a second Queen Elizabeth of
England in her own right. (Associated Press Photo)
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