Mining Report For
1934 Of Alaska Is
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about 44 to 56—$7,052,000 from lod
es and $8,955,000 from placers. This
proportion for the entire period that
gold mining has been in progress in
Alaska has been about 35 to 65. The
producing gold lodes are widely dis
tributed through the Territory, but
nearly 70 percent of the output came
from lodes in southeastern Alaska,
where accessibility to deep-water
routes of communication and other
favorable conditions have permitted
the successful mining of immense
tonnages of low-grade gold ore. The
other lode-gold producing districts
of Alaska were the Willow Creek
district, in tjje Cook Inlet—Susitna
region; the Fairbanks district, in the
Yukon region; and scattered mines
in the Nabesna district of the
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Yukon region, the Nixon Fork dis
trict of the Kuskokwim region and
the Kenai Peninsula district.
SEWARD PENINSULA 2nd
Hundreds of camps contributed to
the ouput of placer gold, but those
in the Yukon Basin contributed the
greatest amount, and those in Sew
ard Peninsula came next. Nearly
75 percent of the total placer produc
tion of the Territory was mined by
dredges, of which 30 were active
during 1934—17 in the camps in the
Yukon Valley, 12 in Seward Penin
sula, and 1 in the Kuskokwim reg
j ion.
DREDGE PRODUCTION
Together these dredges produced
gold to the value of $6,725,000. They
are estimated to have handled about
10,445,000 cubic yards of gravel, and
the gold recovered was worth about
64.4 cents a cubic yard. Construction
of four new dredges was begun dur
| ing the year, but only one was fin
I ished early enough to yield any not
able amount of gold during the
i season. Six old dredges that had
been idle for some time were again
active in 1934. One dredge that
was active in 1933 was idle in 1934.
SILVER
None of the Alaska ores are min
ed solely for their silver content.
In the past most of the silver has
been recovered as a minor consti
tuent from the copper ores, but the
cessation sine 1933 of extensive cop
per mining cut off this source of
supply. Some silver, however, is
obtained as a by-product from the
lodes in which the principal valu
able metal is gold, and some silver
is also recovered from the bullion
and dust produced from the gold
placers. In 1934 silver to the value
of about $76,440 came from the gold
lode mines and about $23,560 from
the placer mines, the total (154,700)
ounces having a value of about $100
000. The quantity of silver from
the gold-lode mines showed a mark
ed decrease, though that from the
placers showed an increase over
1933. The higher selling price in
1934 made the value of the silver
derived from both the gold placers
and the lodes much more than in the
preceding year.
COPPER
The very low price of copper,
which in 1933 led to the suspension
of mining at the large copper min
es of the Territory still exercised
such a deterrent effect that these
mines remained closed throughout
1934 also. Although these princi
pal mines were idle it by no means
indicates that their deposits have
been exhausted. Indeed, the shafts
and other underground openings, as
well as the surface plants and equip
ment are kept in good stand-by con
dition, and small crews are retained
to keep up the necessary mainten
ance work. The only copper pro
duced from Alaska ores in 1934
was recovered as a by-product of
ores whose principal value lay in
other metals, notably gold and is
estimated as 121,000 pounds, valued
at $9,700.
LEAD
The lead produced from Alaska
lores in 1934 amounted to 1,679,000
pounds, which at the average sell
ing price for the year was woith
$62,100. Most of it was recovered
as a by-product in connection w.th
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the mining of gold ores in south
eastern Alaska. The quantity of
lead was some 635,000 pounds less
than in 1933. The average price of
lead in 1934 was 3.7 cents a pound,
or the same as in 1933.
COAL
Coal to the value of $451,000 was
produced in 1934 from Alaska min
es, principally in the Matanuska
and liealy River fields. No Alaska
coal is exported, but 28,317 tons was
imported from the states, chiefly
from Washington and 14,675 tons
from foreign countries, chiefly from
British Columbia, so that the total
consumption of coal in Alaska in
1934 amounted to about 150,500 tons
No notable new developments were
recorded in the Alaska coal industry
during the year. The mine that
was accidentally flooded late in 1933
remained out of commission thru
out the year. Attempts to open new
markets in Alaska for the local
coals are meeting success as develop
ments take place both in mining and
in general industry.
MISCELLANEOUS
The principal mineral commodity
that is included under the heading
miscellaneous mineral products, in
the foregoing table is the group
comprising platinum and the plat
inum metals, There was a very
great increase in the output of these
valuable metals from the Goodnews
Bay district in 11134, and the resump
tion of mining in the Kasaan Pen
insula resulted in supplying con
siderable quantities of palladium.
N ■ petroleum was produced in Al
aska in 1934, and the marble and
limestone quarries were also inact
ive Some quicksilver ore was min
ed in the Kuskokwim region, and
revival of development in that area
was in progress.,
The foregoing notes are taken
from a corrfprehensive report of the
United States Geological Survey,
entitled “Mineral Industry of Alas
ka in 1934', which was prepared
by Philip S. Smith and will form
one of the series of similar reports
that the Geological Survey has is
sued to describe the progress of Al
aska mining each year since 1994.
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