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MINING ACTIVITIES
ON COPPER RIVER
The territorial mine inspector has
submitted his report to the governor
of Alaska for 1917, a copy of which
has just been received by the Daily
Times. The following interesting in
formation about the Copper Hiver ba
sin is contained therein:
The largest mineral producers of
the Copper river region in 1917, as
in the preceding years, were the
Jumbo and Bonanza copper mines.
Considerable copper was also shipped
from the Mother Lode mine, and small
shipments were made from several
other properties.
The Important local development in
copper mining during the year in
cluded the successful operation of an
ammonia leaching plant installed at
Kenneeott in 1915, and the construc
tion of automobile roads for hauling
ore from the Mother Lode mine and
from Nugget creek. Much develop
ment work was done at these and!
other mines, some of which will soon
be shipping ore.
Labor troubles reduced the output
of the Jumbo and Bonanza mines at
Kenneeott during the summer.
Hydraulic mining continued on a
large scale in the N’izina and Chlsto
china districts.
Kennecott Copper Corporation
The Kennecott Copper Corporation,I
operating the Jumbo aiut Bonanza
mines and developing a number of
other claims in the Copper river din-f
Iriet, is the largest shpiper of copper
ore in Alaska Both the Bonanza and,
Jumbo mines -are connected with the (
concentrating plant at the terminal |
of tiic Copper River A Northwestern
railroad by Bleiihert aerial tramways
ltj.tioo teel in length. I
At the time of my visit, July 2-7,'
the properties were closed on account j
ot labor troubles, which lasted atout
one month, beginning June It; This,
strike considerably curtailed the <ut-j
put for 11* 17.
The new Incline shall in the Jo
lla nza mine, w hich was started in 1910,
is down to the 900-foot level. This
was sunk on an incline of about 33 j
degrees A new electric hoist 1ms j
been Installed, operating skips The
Jumbo new incline shaft, sunk on an
incline of 33 degrees, Is down to the
800-feet level. Both ot these are1
three compartment shafts two skip
wavs and u man-way. An indepen
dent manway, extending roin the ISO-j
foot level to the Ton-loot level, was
put in during the year.
The leaching plant, constructed in
1915, proved a success commercially,
and grading was under way at ttie
time of visit, for tile Inundation ol an
addition to the present plant, which
w ill double the capacity.
The present power plant, consisting
ol two 300 h p Krie City boilers and
a 500 k. w generator, was being In
creased by the installation of two 250
h p. Krie City boilers, burning crude
oil, and a Son h. p. steam turbine, di
rect connected to a .'mu k vv. gener
ator.
The hunkhoiisc at the mill has been
enlarged to accommodate from 15<t to
200 men (iround was being graded
for the erection of a new bunkhouse
at the Bonanza mine.
Mother Lode Copper Mines Company
This compilin' during the summer
built fifteen miles of wagon road from
McCarthy, on the Copper River A:
Northwestern railroad, to the mill on
•McCarthy creek. This fifteen miles
of automobile road has sixteen bridges
and two tunnels; it was constructed
without federal or territorial aid of
any kind, without even the co-opera
tion of any other mine owners. Motor
trucks were used for hauling during
the summer months.
At the McCarthy station a 300 h. p.
oil-burning boiler and an Allis-Chal
mers turbine generator were Installed,
From McCarthy to the lower camp,
which is one and a half miles below
the mine, a fifteen-mile transmission
line was erected of No. 4 hard-drawn
copper wire, carrying current at 1,000
volts At the lower camp this cur
rent Is transformed to 440 volts and
is then delivered to the mine. A two
story building for the use of officials,
containing offices for the general man
tiger, (lining and living (|uarters, has
been erected at the lower camp. The
company expects to make a hull jig
product of 50 per cent copper They
expect also to ship a screened product
composed of pulverized glance and
copper carbonates, which will assay
20 per cent copper. The mine will
send down 200 tons of ore per day
over the O.ooo foot l.esehen aerial
tram. The concentrates will he
shipped to the smelters and the tail
ings stacked to run through a leach
ing plant at a later period. The i'rin
gle vertical shaft is to he sunk tpxt
feet below the Pittsburg tunnel. For
this purpose an electric hoist has
been placed underground This is a
second-motion. herringbone gear
hoist, having it capacity of ion to :pni
feet per minute. At the same time
the Rhodes tunnel is being driven 215
feet below ihc Pittsburg tunnel, to
tap the Pringle shaft This shaft will
have two hoists and one pump com
partments, and will be sunk in the
ore body. The mine has been equipped
with twenty-five pistol and jar-ham
mer drills, and three electric driven
air compressors of from ft.'? to ln-drill
capacity This company plans to
build next year a 500-ton mill, install
ing a set of rolls, three Hancock jigs
and Wilflev tables, together with a {
copper-leaching plant. A hydro-elec
trie plant to be Installed on McCarthy
creek is contemplated in the near fti
ture. In all. 1,252 feet of develop
ment work was done and 1,900 tons of
ore shipped, employing an average of
seventy-four men in the mine, mill
and plant during 1917.
Nizina District
This district was \isited in July
Hold mining in the Nizna dstrict is
restricted to the gold placers of Dan.,
Chititu creeks and certain of their
tributaries, as well as on Hex and
White creeks
The principal mining operations
were on lower Dan (‘reek, below the
canyon, conducted by the Dan Creek
Mining Company. Water is conveyed,
to the workings by a flume 650 feet
long and a steel pipe line from fif
teen to thirty inelie« in diameter and
10.200 feet long. All boulders over!
fifteen inches in diameter are broken !
with powder, hut small ones are < ar i
ried through the sluice boxes.
A complete sawmill is owned and
operated when necessary by the com
pa n y
A small amount of placer gold is
obtained by drifting in the bench grav
els on the south side of Dan < reek.
The gold-hearing gravels occupy in
part the former channel of Dan creek,
but were left as bench gravels when
the creek cut its present channel 1m* ,
low them Mining in these gravels
is handicapped by the difficult > of
obtaining water for sluicing
Two hydraulic plants were in oper
ation on Chititu One plant was at
the mouth of White and Hex creeks
and th<* other one a half mile below
Chititu Two hydraulic plants were
being operated on the benches of Hex
creek—one on No. 3 bench, left limit,
and the other No. 13 bench, left limit.
Several smaller operations were being
carried on by drifting into the* benches
both on Hex and ('hltltu creeks. About
luo men were employed in the placer
mines in this district.
Tiie operations on No. .‘1 bench, con
ducted by L H Carvey and U F. An
drus, are situated on the east side of
Hex creek. The bedrock rim is fifty
five feet higher than the stream. From
luo to 13o feet of gravel, forming the
bench, rests on a shale bedrock The
gold is coarse and is said to be rather
evenly distributed throughout the
gravel, although tin* gold content at
bedrock is slightly greater. The water
for those operations is taken from
Hex creek, two miles above its mouth.
Alaska-Chitina Copper Company
This company has purchased or
leased flu- Westover property, situ
ated on the north side of Dan creek.
The Alaska (’hitina Copper Company
began operations on tin* Westover
property October lf», 1 !♦ 17. so that
their operations cover only two and
a half months during 1!«17 An aver
age of twelve men were employed
during this period Five hundred tons
of ore were mined, using single-jack;
the ore will be freighted to McCarthy
during the winter, where it will be
loaded on cars of the Copper River A
Northwestern railroad and shipped to
Cordova for transshipment by steamer
to the Ladysmith smelter. These de
posits o< i ur in the limestone and con
tain boronite and glance.
Slate Creek District
About ten claims were •perated in
the Slate creek region, on Falls. Wil
low. Nugget. Slate and Spruce creeks,
during the year.
Chisana District
The operations of gold placers in
the Chisana district, in the upper Tan
ana region, were continued during the
year Seventeen claims were nper
ated. employing about fifty men. The
principal creek was Little Kldorado,
with Bonanza next in importance, ap
proximately $3(),ouo being produced in
the district during 1B17.
North Midas Copper Company
The mine of this company, situated
on the Kuskulana river, about seven
teen miles from tin* station of Strelna,
nn the Copper River A- North western
railroad, has developed a promising
ledge of gold and copper ore The
company has installed a Chicago Pneu
matic Tool Company compressor and
i expects to make regular shipments of
i gold ore.
Chitina Kuskulana Copper Company
The property of this company is sit
uated about twelve miles from Strelna.
j A power plant has been installed,
I burning wood, to drive- its air com
pressor This company has a very
I good copper prospec t, hut was disap
pointed during the past year by de
layed shipments of machinery. How
ever, if expects to do considerable
'work during Ibis
Alaska Copper Corporation
This property is situated on Nugget
creek, about seventeen miles from
Strelna, and is the* oldest property
out of Strelna Iniring !bl7 a wagon
road was constructed to this property
or (lie* old road road improved. This
mine has been making periodic ship
ments tor ten years l! tm^ re> ently
heen taken over by tin- l.ady-mith
Smelting Company, or Alaska Cor
poration This property is cejuipped
with two Chicago Pneumatic Tool
Company air compressors The prop
erty has been opem-d by a !P»o-fo<it
i shaft and lunncl
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