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COFFER LEADS
IN PRODUCTION
OF MINERALS
Dr. (1. .Martin of the I'nlted
States Geological Survey has just
submitted bin annual report on gold,
copper and lead in Alaska, a copy of
which was received in the last mail,
and from which the following ex
cerpts are taken:
"The mineral output of Alaska in
1917 was valued at about $49,000,000.
ritls is less than the output in 1916,
which was nearly $50,000,000, includ
ing metals and non-metals, but is
{renter than the output in any other
rear. The decrease was chiefly in
topper, the production of which fell
from 119,854,839 pounds, valued at
$29,484,291, in 1916, to 88.793,400
KHinds, valued at $24,240,598, in 1917
rhe reduction in the output of cop
ter was due largely to labor troubles,
which included a strike at the Kenne
cott. mine and a shortage of labor at
tther mines. The production of gold
declined about $2,500,000, end was the
smallest since 1904. The reduction in
output of gold was due chiefly to the
curtailment of operations because of
the scarcity of laltor and the high
cost of materials, but in part also to |
the disaster from cave in at the I
Treadwell mine in the month of April
and to the depletion of some of the
richer placers. There was a reduc
tion in the output of silver, which was
due to the decrease in production of
gold and copper. The value of the
silver produced in 1917 was, however,
the greatest in the history of mining
in that territory. The production of
lead increased slightly.
Lode Mining
"Thirty-one lode gold mines were
operated in 1917 and nine prospects
or small mines also produced gold but
were not in regular operation In 1916
twenty-nine lode mines were in oper
ation. The value of the output o’
lode gold decreased from $5.912.776
in 1916 to $4,581,45:: in 1917. South
eastern Alaska, especially the Juneau
district, is still the onl> large quartz
mining region in the territory. Next
in lode output is the Willow Creek dis
trict, There was also considerable
lode mining on Prince William sound
The production in the Fairbanks dis
trict increased slightly, but lode-mine
owners of Fairbanks are still await
ing the cheapening of operating costs,
especially of fuel, which will be
brought about by the government rail
road. Of the producing deep mines,
ten were in Southeastern Alaska,
three on Prince William sound, four
on K(‘tini peninsula, five in the Willow
Creek district and nine in the Fair
banks district. In 1917 the average
value of the gold and silver contents
for all siliceous ores mined was $1.37
la ton; the average for 1916 was $1.79
a ton. These averages show the dom
inance of the large quality of low
grade ores treated in the Juneau dis
] trlct.
lowing table:
Placer Mining
The value of the placer gold pro
duced in Alaska in 1917 was about
$9,810,009; in 1916 it was $11,140,000,
The decrease was due chiefly to re
striction of operations by the high
tost of supplies and the scarcity ol
labor. These adverse conditions wore 5#:
fell In all parts of Alaska, and every- j
where tended to reduce the output of ■
gold. Production was Increased only |
where local conditions permitted an i
expansion of the industry notwlth- |
standing increased costs. Such con- ! jx
ditions prevailed in some of the newly j
discovered camps, and consequently
there was tin increase in the output S
of placer gold in the Tolovana, Mar- £:
shall, Tolstoi and Koyuk or Dime '
Creek districts. The production of
the Kuby district increased slightly G:
owing to the very successful opera- i
lion of the Greenstone dredge. There
was also an apparent increase in the j
output of the Kuskokwim region, but
thin may bn due to underestimates of G:
the production in 1916.
"About 610 placer mines were oper
ated in the summer of 1917 and 200
during the preceding winter, but
many mines were operated for only £:
a part of the season. About 3.550
men were engaged in productive
placer mining in the summer and 950
in the winter. In addition soveral
hundred men were prospecting or jtj:
were engaged in other non-productive
work relating to placer mining. The
only new plncer-bearing area dlscov- g:
ered in 1917 was in the Kuskokwim
region, and this has not yet produced
much gold
Big Copper Production I-:
"The production of copper in Alaska g:
in 1917 was about 88.793.400 pounds, | ;j:|
valued at $24,240,598. This is less | :ji;
than the production in 1916, which was j
1 19.854,839 pounds, valued at $29.- g
484.291. but is greater than the pro-. %
duction in any other year. The re- !
duction in the output for the year was ! ;X
due largely to scarcity of labor ami
to a strike at the Kennecott-llonanza •
mine. During the year seventeen cop- i
per mines were operated, compared ;X
with eighteen In 1916. Of thse mines i:j:
seven are in the Ketchikan district". X;
seven in the Prince William Sound
distrirt and three in the Chitlna dis- j g:
trict. Small shipments of copper j
were also made from nine prospects !
or mines not in regular operation.
Output of Copper Mines in 1917
Value x
Ketchikan district .$ 722,500
Ghitina district . 19,270,281
Prin e William Sound. 4.247.808 x|
M m .u . .
• The. average cupper content of the
ores mined in 1917 w as 6.7 per cent. ;
The ores also yielded an average of
$0.40 in gold and $1.30 in silver per xj
ton The average yield for 1916 was ;x
9.7 per cent copper and $1.60 per ton X;
in gold and silver. The decrease in £j
the copper content In lfil7t w« SH* _£•
to tlie smaller proportion of high- 1
grade Kennecott ores in the total pro
duction. _
"Among the noteworthy features of
copper mining in Alaska in 1917 was
the continued enormous output of the
Kqpnecott Konnuza mine, in tile ("hit
ilia dlstrii t, wh'eh. as in previous
years, overshadowed ail other opera
lions. The total output of the coastal j
mines Increased in 1917. This in
crease was due largely to the greater j
production of the Knutson mine, a! j
though the aggregate production of |
the so-called independent mines was j
also larger than in 1916, not withstand j
ing the shortage of labor and ships, i
j The larger production from the i
smaller low-grade mines is, of course, j
| due to the high price of copper, and j
w ill not be permanent for all the j
; mines. How ever, some mines that are j
now being made productive or that j
. are being worked on a large scale tin- i
der the stimulus of high prices will |
perhaps he able to maintain their out ,
put when copper sells at a lower price 1
and the copper industry of Alaska will j
! probably in general continue to ad
vance, though It will doubtless meet j
temporary setbacks Work prepara- j
torv to the production of copper was
continued energetically on several of
the non producing mines and pros-,
ports in till three of the Alaska cop
per districts. No new discoveries of.
note were reported."
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