THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G. MAYNARD, Manager.
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Possibilities 01
Mining Seward
Peninsula Told
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production to its credit for sever
al reasons. First, the upper reach
es have not been eroded thru
the limestone and have not reach
ed .the gold producing formation.
Arctic creek is thTu the lime
but for the most pan is too deep
for pick and shovel work, al
it has yielded some gold at the
upper end where there was some
shallow ground. Hpwever, this
creek deserves considerable at
tention as a dredging potential
ity.
Hungry creek is cut thru the
lime for almost its entire length
and as a result has yielded very
handsome returns from its shall
ow ground, but is by no means
worked out.
" Oregon creek, perhaps the best
producer of the Cripple river trib
utaries is partially thru the lime
and has produced many thous
ands of dollars in gold, but most
of its best ground is frozen and
owing to the abominable trans
portation condition and a short
age of water, the best part of its
ground is untouched.
i have covered niy a small
%
•
section of the gold producing ar
ea of Seward Peninsula.
I am using this part of the dist-,
rict for the purpose of illustrat
ing the true geological condition
which holds good in the greater!
I
part of Seward Peninsula, with
the hope that it may be a help to
the prospector and all those who
are interested in gold mining.
Many questions have been ask
ed about the mystery of the sour-!
ice of our enormous and seeming- :■
ly inexhaustible supply of plac- j
er gold. The following are a few
of the more common questions: j
Has the source been obliterated? j
Was the gold carried in by j
glaciers?
l
If it -came out of veins why j
have they not been found?
Why haven’t the government
geologists furnished us with in-)
formation? and numerous other
questions.
I will try to answer them all
as I have done many times, but
as the old adage still reads: “A
man convinced against his will,
is of the same opinion stil.”
No; the source has not been ob
hterated. In fact the surface of the
source has only been scratched
Glaciers had nothing to do with
the presence of geld here. On the
contrary, the deposition of gold
on the Second Beach line was
i during a time when the country
was, if not tropical, at least semi
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tropical, as evidenced by the ex
istence of oyster and clam shells
and sathodima in the paystreak.
The gold with the exception of
a small precent did not come out
of veins.
Government geologists are not
employed because they are sup
er men or better informed than
many other geologists, but are
selected because of their unques
tionable integrity and when they
are sent here they are expected
to cover so many square miles
per day and they can only give
the surface a glance which is not
sufficient to solve a problem that
has not been encountered any
where else in the world. And one
of the principal reasons why the
ore bodies have not been found
here is that the greater percent
of mining men of all grades are
vein-wise and gold foolish, and
look for veins and formation in
stead of gold.
Many centuries ago Solomon
sent out an expedition for metal.
His instructions were: "silver is
round in veins and gold is where
you find it.”
That still holds good, and if
you are looking for gold, keep
your mind centered on gold. For
get the vein you worked in and
the condition in that oamp. For
get your books and especially the
advice you received from swivel
chair miners. Their advise is gen
era-11y synthentic, and is apt to
leave a bad taste in your pocket
book. Look for gold. Where?.
Anywhere. Perhaps it would be
well to give a few hints on the
disposition of ore deposits. In
the first place, a disturbance of
-the crust of the earth is necessary
Take as an illustration, a granite
boulder. Give it a hard blow
with a hammer and ten chances
to one you will have a clean
break. Strike a piece of schist a
similar blow and it will crumbly,
in order 'o make an„opening in
the rock so the metal bear.ng
e up from 1
ter cout
that displacement takes place in
a hard formation such as gru: e,
I f
formation like schist you iy
look for a shatterzone, and t e
cleavage plains have opened and
the strike joints have been sep
arated in some instances so slight
that they are barely visible, and
in other places the openings are
large- enough to form small quartz
veins. But in this section they
possess neither depth nor con
tinuity and can only be regarded
as sign posts or guides for ore
bodies which will be found in
the schists. Look for iron as an
other guide. Near the surface, it
will be exide of iron. In depth it
will be sulphide of iron. If you
are looking for high grade ore I
would advise you to go elsewhere.
Highgrade ore has been found
here but not in sufficient quantity
to make a workable mine.
Out of over one thousand ass
ays of every available kind of
formation the schists have always
showed the best results—several
assays running over $500 per ton
with quite a number of $100 or
better, but were picked samples
where the gold was visible to the
utiaided eye. But it is not practi
cal to sort this ore so that the
entire mass must be handled, and
a general average shows values
ranging from $2.00 to $7.00 per
ton.
During the early days of Nome
I was invited to witness a clean
up after sluicing a winter dump.
After the cleanup the owner and
myself walked to the lower end
of the box and picked up a doub
le handful of nuggets imbedded
not in quartz but in schist. They
were heavy enough to stop in
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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DIST1UCT. NOME. ALASKA.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1884
Mineral Entry No. 0932
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-in-fact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome,
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the Won
deT Fraction No. 1 and Wonder
Fraction No. 2 Placer Mining
Claims situated on Wonder Creek,
a tributary of Center Creek, in
the Cape Nome Minung District
and Precinct, Territory of Alas
ka. and designated as United
States Mineral Survey No. 1884
and particularly described in the
official plat and field notes now
on file in the said Land Office as
follows:
Wonder Fraction No 1
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 00
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of Won
der Fraction No. 1 Placer, esta
blished on line 2-3 Survey Ne.
444. Lillian Association Placer, a
fir post 42 in. long, 4 in. square,
18 in. in the ground, in an earth
mound 24 in. base, marked WF
l-lWrF-2-3-18«4, for this survey,
and from whence U.SX.M. No.
11 bears N. 77 deg. 24 min. E.
5.289.66 ft. Anvil Rock beans N.
13 deg. 31 min. 30 sec. E, then
ce S. 19 deg. 00 min. W. 143.8
ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor. No. 6, Survey 1156, Linda
Association Group Placer, a fix'
post 4 in. square, 30 in. above1
ground, marked WF-1-3-WF-2-2- j
1884 for this survey, thence N.
98 d«g. 54 min. W. 659.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor. No.
4, Survey No. 1861, No. 6 Below
Discovery Placer, a fir post 4 in.
square 30 in. above ground, mark
ed WF-1-3-1884 for this .survey,
thence N. 65 deg. 35 min. W. 547.8
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with
Cor. No. 5 Survey No. 1861, No.
6 First Tier Bench on tbe Right
Limit Wonder Creek Placer, a fir
post 4 in, square, 30 in. above
ground, marked WF-1-4-1884 for
this survey, thence S. 68 deg. 47
min. E. 1190.2 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 1.481 acres.
Wonder Fraction No. 2
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 00
min. to 17 dog. 45 min. F
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wonder Fraction No. 2 Placer,
identical with Cor. No. 2. Survey
No 444. Lilian Association Plac
er, a fir post 4 in. square, 24 nv
above ground, in an earth mound
12 in. high, marked WF-2-l-ltHM
for this survey and from whence
U S. L. M. No. 11 bears N. 70 deg.
2! min E. 4502.1 ft. Anvil Rock
bears N. 9 deg. 10 min. E., then
ce N. 77 deg. 06 min. W. 993 0
ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor. No. 2 Wonder Fraction No. |
1 Placer of this survey, and pre- ,
viously described, thence N 19
deg. (X) min. E. 143.8 ft. to Cor.
No. 3. which is identical with
Cor. No. 1 Wonder Fraction No.
1 of this survey previously des
cribed. thence S. 68 dejf. 47 min.
E. 988.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and
place of beginning, containing an j
area of 1.630 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on,
the north Survey No. 444, Lillian |
Association Placer: on the east.
Survey No. 1333, Florence Asso-!
ciation Placer and Survey No.;
1155 Linda Association Group;
Placer: on the south Survey No. j
1155. Linda Association Group
Placer, Survey No. 1885, Wonder
Fraction No. 3 Placer, Survey No. j
1861, No. 6 Below Discovery Plac- j
er, and Survey No. 1861, No. 6;
First Tier Bench on Right Limit
Wonder Creek Placer; on the
west Survey No. 1127, Tundra
Lakes Association Placer. The
conflicting claims are Justice
Placer Claim, survey No. 583,
claimant unknown.
The location certificates for,
said mining claims are recorded
in the office of the recorder of
the Cape Nome Mining District,!
Territory of Alaska, in volume
208, pages 410 and 417 of the re
cords of locations of said district.
The mineral monument to
which these claims are tied is des
cribed as follows: «• ,
U. S. L M. No. 11 is » dr post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high. 80 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated
on the ridge between Holyoke
and Bourbon Creek 70 ft. E. of,
the Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32
min. N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated the 5th day of Aug- i
ust, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN
Register
First Publication Aue. 6. 1937.
Last Publication October 6, 1937.
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IN THE UNITED STATES LANE
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LANE
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOB
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1889
Mineral Entry No. 0929
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration. by and through its at
torney- in fart. A M. Hartford,
: iffice a i in--..' Nome,
Alaska. na i . n for
United States Patent for the
Pearl P ch Pla Mining Claim
situated on the I,eft Limit of
Cooper Gulch, a tributary of lot
tie Creek. In the Can N -me Min
ing District and P. -cinet. Terri
tory of Alaska, and designated as
United States Ma.eral Survey No.
181)9 and particularly described in
the official plat and field nott-s
now on file in the said land office
as follows:
luagiicriiv. \ di iti i iaj ; tn 10 utfg.
15 min. to 18 deg. 45 min E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Pearl Bench Placer, which is id
entical with Cor. No. 2. Survey
No.,759. Gadfly Placer, a fir post
4 in. square, 30 in. above ground,
and marked PB-1-1889 for this
survey, from whence U.S.L.M.
No. 11 bears S 3 deg. 18 min. E.
7,574.5 ft. The E. end of Anvil
Rock bears N. 24 deg. 08 min. W.;
thence N. 83 deg. 44 min. W. 1,
293.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with Cor. No. 1, Survey 759. Gad
fly Placer, a fir post 4 in. square,
36 in. above ground, marked PB
2- 1889 for this survey; thence N.
12 deg. 41 min. E. 661.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 5. survey No. 1193, No. 4 Be
low Placer, a fir post 4 in. square,
24 in. above ground, marked PB
3- 1889, for this survey; thence S.
75 deg. 43 min. E. 1,189.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 4, a fir post 48 in. long,
4 in. square, set 24 in. in ground
in mound of earth and stone,
marked PB-4-1889: thence S. 1
Jeg. 22 min. W. 492.5 ft. to Cor.
No. 1 and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 16.310 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Marie Placer, unsurvey
ed, and other claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the east XYZ
Placer, unsurveyed; on the south
Survey No. 759, Gadfly Placer;
on the west Survey No. 1193, No.
4 Below Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 171, at page 470 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows;
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a first post
5 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high, 60 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated on
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creeks, 70 ft. E. of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
Register
! IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1887 v
Mineral Entry No. 0931
Notice is hereby given that Un
i'ed States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-in-fact. A. M. Hartford.
, whose post office address is Nome.
Alaska, has made application for
i United States Patent for the
Acme Placer Mining Claim sit
uated on the Right Limit of Sat
urday Creek in the Cape Nome
(Mining District and Precinct. Ter
■ ritorv of Alaska, a id designated
a- United States Mineral Survey
No. 1387 and nartie ilarlv describ
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said land
i office as follows:
Magnetic variations of 1/ deg.
J 45 min. to 18 deg. 15 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
; Acme Fraction, established on
l line 4-5 of Sur. No. 1117, No. 1
Below Discovery on Saturday
j Creek Placer, and which is iden
I tical with Cor. No. 5. Sur. No. 1,
175, Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek, from w’hence U.S.L.M. No.
14 bears S. 6 deg. 35 min. E. 4,761.
7 ft. Anvil Rock bears N. 13 deg.
47 min. W.; United States Signal
Corps wireless tower bears S. 9
deg. 47 min. W.: thence N. 3 deg.
14 min. W. 317.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
identical with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No.
1175, Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek; thence S. 48 deg. 45 min. E.
232.00 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 1224,
Sunny Day Placer, a fir post 42
inches long marked AC-3-1887;
thence S. 24 deg. 35 min. E. 80.3
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with
Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 445, Lead
ville Claim, a fir post 48 inches
long, marked AC-4-1887; thence
S. 64 deg. 31 min. W. 210.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 0.796
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Sur. No. 1224, Sunny
'Day Placer; on the east Sur. No.
j 445, Leadville Placer; on the
west Sur. No. 1175, Discovery
Claim on Lake Creek placer, on
ithe south Sur. No. 1117, No. 1 Be
; low Discovery on Saturday Creek
Placer.
The location certificate for said
S mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 214, at page 144 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a fir post six
inches square, seven feet above
ground in a mound of stone thir
ty inches high, sixty inches at
j the base, marked U.S.L.M. No.
i 11 and situated on the ridge be
| tween Holyoke and Bourbon
i Creeks, seventy feet east of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N., Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
AIMER RYDEEN,
Register
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1885
Mineral Entry No. 0930
Notice is hereby given that U -
i'ed States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine c -
poration, bv and through its ■' -
A. M. Hastf
wh ■£• post office address is Nome.
Alaska, has made application f r
!' ■ ted States Patent for the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Min ng Claim situated on the Left
Lim:t of Wonder Creek, a trib
utary (>£*Center Creek, adjoining
the Linda Association Placer,
S ■ y No 1155, in the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cin.vt. Territory of Alaska, and de
signated as United States Min
eral Survey No. 1885 and partic
ularly described in the official
plat and filed notes now on file
in the said Land Office as follows:
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 15
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 1,
Survey No. 1861, No. 6 Below
Discovery Placer, a fir post 4 in.
square, 30 in. above ground, mark
ed WF-3-1-1885 for this survey,
from which U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears
N 76 deg. 05 min. 30 sec. E. 5.
366.06 ft., Anvil Rock bears N. 13
deg. 35 min. E.; thence S. 18 deg.
52 min. W. 637.4 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
identical with Cor. No. 1 Survey
1848, Wonder Bench Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WF-3-2-1885 for
this survey; thence N. 71 deg. 08
min. W. 128.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3,
identical with Cor. No. 5, survey
No. 1848, Wonder Bench Placer,
a fir post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WF-3-3-1885, for
this survey; thence N. 30 deg. 16
min. E. 650.00 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 0.940 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Survey No. 1884, Won
der Fraction No. 1 Placer and
Survey No. 1884, Wonder Fraction
No. 2 Placer; on the east Survey
No. 1155, Linda Association Group
Placer; on the south Survey 1848,
Wonder Bench; on the west Sur
vey No. 1861, No. 6 Below Discov
ery Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 208 at page 416 of the re
cords of location of the Capa
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U. S. L. M. No. 11 is a fir post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high, 60 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated on
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creek 70 ft. E. of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
Register