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MINERAL DEPOSITS
BREMNER RIVER
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An account of the mineral resources
and principal geological features of
the lianagita and Bremner river val
leys, so far as they are known, is con
I tained in a pamphlet just received by
the Daily Times from the United
States Geological survey. It says:
lianagita valley is a name applied
to a well-defined topographic depres
sion which lies south or Chitina riv
er, a tributary of Copper River, and
is occupied by several streams, of
which lianagita creek is the largest.
The valley takes its name from Hana
¥• who was formerly chief of the
' Indians. Bremner river, which
| lies south of the lianagita valley, is
' the largest tributary to the Copper
[ river between Chitina river and the
| coast. 'I hese two valleys are walled
' i» by rugged mountains belonging to
. the Chugach range. Until recently,
the district, especially the part includ
ing the Bremner valley, was difficult
of access and was less known than
most other parts of the Copper river
basin, hut the construction of a rail
road up Copper river has put an end
to many of the difficulties formerly met
by prospectors and explorers.
It has been known for many years
that the Indians of Copper river had
knowledge of a source of native cop
per and that they used the metal in
making various obects, such as arrow
and spear points, bullets and knives.
In 1855 Major (then Lieut.) H. T. Al
len, under direction of the war depart
ment, ascended the Chitina and Nl
zina valleys as far as Dan creek in an
|j endeavor to learn something concern
! ing the reported occurrence of copper
I that district. He had been preced
5 ed In the first part of his journey by
; John Bremner, a prospector, whom
? Allen found living in a destitute con
s dition at Tarnl when he arrived there
1 in me early spring. Bremner had
| been compelled, on his way up the
| Popper during the previous summer,
| to stop at the moutli of the stream
1 whicli now bears his name, but what
j ever prospecting he may have done
| 1,1 t,lis district met with little success.
! 'Hen's search for Information regard
] inK copper in Ohltina valley did not
j yield much definite knowledge either,
yet lie was able to confirm its report
j ed occurrence, and to learn, «b was
•later confirmed by Hayes, that the
natives obtained it from the head of
White river.
The first organized search for val
uable minerals in the Chitlna valley
was made in 1898 and resulted in the
finding of copper lodes in a number of
Places, one of which was on the south
side of Chitlna river about eight
miles above the mouth. Since then
prospecting for copper has been car
ded on spasmodically, and several
other promising lodes have been dis
covered. One near Taral was pat
- cnted but has not been developed, be
cause, until recently, there was no
means by which the ore could be
shipped to the smelters. There lias
been, therefore, uo production of cop
per in the district nor Is any likely
for a number of years.
The gold placers of Little Bremner
river ami Golconda creek were dis
covered In 1901 by two small parties of
prospectors from Valdez, one con
sisting of Peter Monahan, Guy Ifanta
ami Henry Anderson, and the other
of Harry Happen, W. H. Hawes, An
gus (lillis and Ralph Wheaton. These
men spent part of the summer pros
pecting on different tributaries of the
Bremner and staked Golconda creek
on October 11. Placer mining has
been carried on there every year tdnce
during which time moat of the differ
ent holdinga on the stream have been
consolidated and are now controlled
by two men. In 1911 the Oolconda
Mining Company secured an option
on eighteen claims and installed a
hydrulic plant which completed in the
latter part of the summer, too late for
more than a short season’s run.
Golconda Creek produced most of
the gold mined in the district up to the
present (1914). Little Bremner River
has only a small production. The
main Bremner River has only a small
production. The main Bremener and
Kern creek, a southern tributary of
the Bremner, have yielded not more
than a few hundred dollars. Gold has
not been fe'tnd in commercial quanti
ties in the Managua Valley nor in the
mountains east of Taral. Consider
■able prospecting was done on Mona
ban Creek in 1902; most of the stream
was staked but the claims were later
abandoned.
In early years of the conditions af
fecting mining in the district were
highly unfavorable and greatly retard
ed development. Since 1910 a change
for the better has come with the com
letion of the railroad up Copper River
Improved transportation facilities,
lower freight rates, and easier com
munication with the coast have al
ready stimulated prospecting.
The known mineral resources ol
this district, as has been pointed out
include only gold and copper. Tht
two metals appear to be almost re
stricted to certain rock formations
and to areas that are fairly well de
fined by the distribution of those for
illations. A knowledge of the area1
geology of the district should there
fore be of much aid prospects seeking
either of these metals.
The belt of Interbedded slates and
grnywacks thnt extends westward
from the head of Bremner Hiver tc
Kenia Peninsula is auriferous in manj
places if not throughout its knowr
length. This belt of sedimentary bedt
is intruded by light-colored dloritit
dikes und Is cut by numerous veins ol
quartz. Most of the quartz veins ar<
short, pinching out within a few feel
along the strike, but some of them cat
be traced for considerable distance!
and are evidently connected with ex
tensive fissures. By far the greatei
uumber are small, ranging in thick
ness from an inch or less to a ran
maximum of several feet. M^iny
such veins contain gold in amount:
ranging from a trace to quantltiei
large enough to make the veins com
mercially valuable as mining property
and in them is believed to be th<
source of the placer gold of this dis
trict. The veins commonly contain t
small proportion of metallic sulphides
among which pyrite is predominan
end galena and molybdenite are found
Cold can be panned from practicall;
all the streams of the Hanagita am
Bremner Hiver valleys that traversi
areas of slate and graywacke but i
found in only a few of them, such a
Golconda (’reek, Little Bremner Hivei
and parts of the main Bremner, li
sufficient amount to encourage ininliq
Here, as In many other sections o
Alaska, the most promising gravel
are those which represent a reconcet
tration of the bench deposits. Th
gold In the bench graved has alread
received a first concentration durin
the processes of erosion and depos
tlon to which 1b has been subjects*
and Is reconcentrated whore streams
have Intrenched themselves In the
benches, thereby removing or “ground
sluicing" away a large amount of
gravel and leaving behind the con
tained gold.
The known mineral resources of
the Hanagita and Bremner Kiver val
leys include copper and gold.
Copper has been found only in as
sociation with altered basic igneous
rocks in the vicinity of Taral. A j
small area extending not more than
10 miles eastward from Copper River,;
between Chltina River and Canyon!
Creek, is charaterized by basic in
trusives of this kind and contains all
but one of the known copper lodes of
the district.
Gold is found chiefly In outcrop
areas of slates and graywackes that
represent the eastward extension of
the Valdez group. The gold Is ap
parent!}' derived from quartz veins
cutting tlie slates and graywackes and ^
in such veins is accompanied by me- |
tallic sulphides of which pyrlte and■
galena are the most common. All the!
gold yet produced in the district
comes from gold-bearing stream gra
vels for the most part derived by
erosion from the neighboring coun
try rock.
Golconda Creek is the most import
ant gold-producing stream of the dis
trict. Its auriferous deposits are a
reconcentration product from the
bench gravels into which the creek
has incised its channel. Gold-bearing
gravels are present also on Bremner
River, on Little Bremner River, and
on some other tributaries of the Brem
ner. but they have yielded only a
small amount of gold.
An excellent supply of water for
placer-mining purposes Is available on
many streams of the district. Tim
ber suitable for most mining require
ments is found in all the lower valleys.
Transportation facilities between the
Hanagita and Bremner River valleys
and the coast have been greatly im
proved since 1910 by construction of
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, which has reduced the cost
of freighting and has made It possible
to obtain mining supplies in summer
as well as in winter.
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1 ignoring fire menaces or by poisoning
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