THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
Published every evening except Sunday by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska.
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“The Crucible”
Unofficial bulletin for the
Nome Headquarters of the
Territorial Department of
Mines
Assayed by Aben Shallit
19th Pouring
The storm which loomed so im
portant in the eyes of the in
dividuals who lost their belong
ings thereby, was but a slight
manifestation of nature’s attempt
to attain climatic and geologic
equilibrium. Just as the surf
rushed in and dragged buildings
into the sea, so the same waves
were also moving and sorting
vast amounts of beach sand. The
wave action which goes unnot
iced on calm day! is exaggerated
'during storms and the reconcen
tration of gold which is hardly
noticeable by panning during
calm weather may be of commer
cial importance after a storm.
Much as a miner concentrates
material by panning, so the high
surf washes the overburden of
beach material, leaving a new
concentration of the heavier
black or ruby sands containing
gold. Local miner's rules and re
gulations allow any individual to
go upon the tide lands of Bering
Sea and prospect and mine. The
custom is that the individual may
take up as much room as is nec
essr'r- .*-• him in carrying out
his actual mining operations. An
other miner may work as close
to him as possible without in
viting a breach of the public
peace.
Gold is found on the beach in
places where the sea breaks ag
ainst unconsolidated deposits or
where there are strong along
shore currents. In places where
the headlands are rocky,the rock
may disintegrate & beaches form
but it is only from the loose,
coastal plain deposits that eco
nomically important placers are
found. Where a former beach or
stream deposit is acted upon by
the surf, a reconcentration of this
previously sorted material is ef
fected, and the results are a par
ticularly rich deposit.
Whereas gold from the decom- j
position of hard rock is mainly;
in and on bedTock. here on the
Nome beach, where bedrock is;
deeply buried, concentration has j
been effected mainly on clay lay
ers or “false” bedrock. The pay
is found in small prospect holes
which are dug to locate the ruby
sand concentrates. Although some
times exposed at the surface, the
ruby sand is usually covered
with a foot or more of barren
sand and gravel. This overbur-1
den is shoveled away and the j
pay streak which may vary from!
a few inches to a few feet is
placed in a washing device.
The gold is in small flakes av- j
eraging about 40 or 50 colors to i
the cent. Most of it is bright and 1
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I well worn. Where it is very fine
j and associated with fine magne
tite (black sand) and fine gar
i net (ruby sand) it is difficult or
1 impossible to recover by ordin
' ary placer mining appliances. •
After a “pay streak” has been
, located the concentrates are shov
! eled directly into the washing
device or shoveled into buckets
or wheelbarrows and transport
ed to it. The washing device us
ually consists of a rocker, long
tom, surf washer or small sluice
box.
The rocker and sluice-box are
so common that a description is
I unnecessary. The long-tom which
is the most generally used is a
small sluice box with a grizzly or
'screen at the head for removing
the coarser material. For saving
fine gold, the box is set at a high
gradient, 3 or 4 inches to the foot
ifpossible. The screened material
is passed over riffles and amal
gam plates. The plates are pro
tected from scouring with Vt in
ch screen or punched plate. The
water for sluicing is usually
pumped though sometimes bail-;
ed with a large dipper.
The surf-washer can only be
used when the surf is of proper
height. It is somewhat similar to:
the long-tom but wider and short!
er. The incoming surf rushes upj
the sluices, washes material i
I
i from the hopper and on retreat
ing carries it over the riffles and
plates. The average duty per
man hour for the surf washer
is twice that of the long-tom, al
though it is seldpm used due to
the proper tide condition® being
necessary.
In order to recover beach gold
the amalgamated plates must be
in good condition and the sluice
grade as high as possible. A high
grade is necessary, as lees than
an inch to the foot ■will cause a
high percentage loss in the tail
ings.
A considerable range m the
value of the auriferous sands is
found due no doubt to the differ
ences in the original conditions
under which the Coastal Plain
deposits were laid down and to
their reconcentration by the sea
at the present time. The richest
placers are found where the
greatest reconcentration took
place and where the action was
ineffective, placers are absent.
Traces of gold can be found prac
tically everywhere along the
beach. The commercial area is
limited by a mail’s ability 16 mine
it at a proAt.
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COMMITTEE TO AID
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(Fairbanks News-Miner)
Co-operating with the National
Unemployment Census, Mayor E.
B. Collins, on Nov. 3, announced
the appointment of a committee
to make a survey of Fairbanks
and hinterland.
Chairman of the committee is
Charles J. Clasby, Fajrbanks at
torney. The committee is to work
with Postmaster Robert E. Shel
don in taking the count of unem
ployed.
“Allocation of federal funds for
munioipal projects, and airfield
improvements, hinges on the
showing of available labor,” Ma
yor Collins pointed out.
Every fraternal and civic or
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The mayor's committee is a re
presentative group, as follows:Mr.
Clasby, chairman, representing
the Junior Chamber of Commer
ce; Fred Anderson, president of
the Fairbanks Carpenters' Union,
labor representative; Martin A.
Pinska, representative of busi
ness; Einar A. Tonseth, the Red
Cross; the Rev. John E. Youel,
Father S. A. Eline; Mrs. Cecil F.
Robe of the Fairbanks branch of
the American Association of Uni
versity Women; School Superin
tendent W. H. Bloom; Jesse Bry
ant, president of the Pioneer lod
ge; Don Adler, American Legion
representative; and Pat O’Connor
at the marshal’s office.
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Unemployment Report cards are
to be issued through the Fair
banks posfcoffice.
The work otf the supervisory
committee is to make certain that
the cards are filled out and return
ed. In addition, the committee
men are to help find persons oth
er than those listed at the post
office, who may be in need otf
work or employed only part time.
President’s Statement
President Roosevelt has issued
the following statement on the
census:
"To Every Worker—
"U you are unemployed or part
ly unemployed and are able to
work and are seeking v work,
please fill out this report card
right away and mail it before
midnight, Saturday ^November 20.
No postage stamp is needed.
"The Congress directed me to
take this census. It is important
to the unemployed and to every
one in this land that the census
be complete, honest.and accurate.
If you give me the facts I shall
try to use them for the benefit of
all who need and want work and
do not now have it.—Franklin D.
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