COPPER FEATURE!
In Governor Strong's annual report,
which has just been released for pub-!
lication, he has the following to say
in reference to the copper mining in
dustry of Alaska, in which Cordova
is largely interested:
The increase in the output of cop
per, due to high prices for that metals,'
is the most striking feature of Al
aska’s recent mining history. In 1914
the copper output from Alaska's mines
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was 21,450,000 pounds; in 1915 it was
86.500.000 pounds, and in 1916 it was |
119.600.000 pounds. In 1916 eighteen
copper mines w'ere operated in Al
aska, but much the larger part of the j
output came from three large mines—
two in the Copper river region and
one on Prince William Sound. It is
unfortunate that the maintenance of
a large copper output is greatly de
pendent on a continued operation of
two large and very rich mines in a |
single district, for if, by any accident
to mining or transportation, opera
tions and shipments from this district
should be interrupted, there would be
a tremendous curtailment of the an
nual copper yield. The maintenance
of Alaska’s copper output is of im
portance under present conditions
and every encouragement should be
given to the development of other
properties, especially those of the Pa
cific seaboard. A large number of
mines, especially on tidewater, wouldJ
give far greater assurance of a steady^
copper production than the present
conditions. The small copper pro-]
ducers of Prince William Sound and]
the Ketchikan district met with some
discouraging conditions in 1917. In
spite of the high price of copper, they
were unable to obtain either sufficient
transportation for their ore or any as
surance that the smelters would
handle it if it could be shipped. The
full development of the only other
mine in this district is hampered by
he lack of transportation. Up to the
present time its shipments have boen
made only in the winter. There are
in this general region other proper
ties which, if connected with the Cop
per River railroad by aerial trams and
spurs would ship ore. Most of these
have not been developed sufficiently
to reveal any very large tonnage of
ore. Any census of Alaska copper re
serves that might be made available
during the next two years, however,
must take these into account. The
best hope of an immediate increase
of the copper output is in the develop
ment of the lodes along the Pacific
seaboard. In 1916 there were nine
productive copper mines in the Ketch
ikan district and six on Prince Will
iam sound. In these two districts
there are almost a dozen other cop
per properties which have been suf
ficiently developed to justify the hope
that they could be brought to a pro
ductive basis within the present year,
b hese properties, together with the
15 that made an output in 1916, i!
developed to their full capacity, would
probably increase their output in 1916
by ten to twelve million pounds in
1917.
To sum up the copper mining situa
tion. there is good reason to believe
that if the high price is maintained,
the Alaska copper output will prob
ably be larger in 1917 than in 1916.
The best hope for an immediate and
considerable increase is by providing^
better shipping and smelting facilities|
for the mines of the Pacific seaboard.
Should the war make still larger de
mands for Alaska copper, it is prob
able that within two years, a still
greater increase in the copper output
could be brought about by providing
means of transportation from suchi
deposits of the Kotsina and Cliltina
districts as are now unproductive.
loooooioras
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(By United Press)
I PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14.—Pcnn
, sylvania needs 100,000 men right
| away. Essential war industries of
the state face paralysis unless this
good-sized army of workers is forth
coming. The shipbuilding industry
I alone, according to the department
of civilian service and labor of the
state committee of public safety re
j quires from 26,000 to 50,000 men and
boys immediately, while the Westing
house Electric company has a perm
anent “S. O. S.” flashing throughout
the country for substantial additions
to its 10,000 working force.
Another army corps must ^>e re
cruited to plant the crops of the state''
next spring, to husband them through!
the droughts of the summer and then ^
harvest the crops in the fall. Hund
red and thousands of acres of corn
and potatoes went to waste in this
state before the first frosts set in be
cause there was a dearth of farm la
borers. |
Alogether, the Keystone state will
need close to 150,000 workers.
With women operating the signal
towers and working in section gangs
along the Pennsylvania railroad it is
l expected that the majority of the 150,
000 will wear skirts or bloomers.
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