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ALASKA’S MINERAL OUTPUT
$41,760,000 LAST YEAR
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In his review of tin- mineral pro
. cliiction in Alaska for 1917 the ferri
torlal mine inspector. In his annual
report, just issued, says the territory
has enjoyed a most profitable year.
While the value of the mineral produc
tion for the year 1917 will not equal
that of 1916, it was greater than that
of any other year since mining oper
ations began In the territory The
constant demand for copper and the
high prices prevailing throughout tho
year have stimulated the development
of numerous copper properties all
over the territory.
The value of gold decreased eon
siderably during 1917, due to the in
creased cost of production brought
about by the war. and increased rost
i
of mining supplies, such supplies hav
ing in tnanv Instances increased ita
cost by 2fld per cent within the last
three years Gold, being maintained
as the base or standard of value, does
not increase with the rise and fail of
the market--consequently its value
has suffered severely by reason of rhe
1 high prices demanded for other com
modities The caving of the Tread
well mine and the depletion of some
of the richer placers have In part
been responsible for the decrease in
the gold production.
By reason of the failure of a num
ber of the mine operators to make re
turns as required by Section 10 of the
mine Inspection act. It Is Impossible
for this office to give very accurate
figures on the mineral production of
the different districts In the absence
of complete Information, the statis
tics published in the advance sheet
from the United States Geological
Survey, which It is believed do mil
vary over 5 per cent from the actual
j figures, will be published.
I The United States Geological Sur
j vey has a number of men in the field
every year, and through personal con j
| tact and after years of patient urging,!
lit has been able to get fairly accurate
responses from the mine operators
throughout the territory in regard to
the annual mineral production
The annual report on the mineral
resources and mineral production of
Alaska In 1917 is now In preparation
under the direction of G. C. Martin!
of the Geological Survey, department
of the interior. Some of the lmpor-l
tant features of this report relating
to mining development during the year
are abstracted in the following state-j
meat. Complete statistics of the mln-j
jeral production of Alaska can not be j
collected within less than three or;
four months after the close of the!
year, but meanwhile it is desirable to
publish the preliminary estimates
here given, which are believed to vary ]
not over 5 per cent from the actual
figures.
The value of the mineral produc
tion of Alaska In 1917 is estimated
at $41.7flo,pfiu, exceeding that of any
previous year except 1916, which was
$48,632,000 The decrease In 1917
I was, therefore, about $6,870,000 Dur
I ing thirty-three years of mining
j Alaska has produced over $391,000,000
worth of gold, silver, copper and other
minerals.
Alaska mines are believed to have
produced gold to the value of about
$15,450,000 in 1917, compared with
j $17,240,000 in 1916. The total value
of the gold mined in the territory is
j now about $293,500,000, of which $207.
j 000,000 has been won from placers. In
1917 about 88,200,000 pounds of cop
| tier was produced in Alaska, valued
|at about $24,000,000 The production
jin 1916 was 119,600,000 pounds, val
j ued at $29,480,000. The total copper
I produced to date is 427,700.000 pounds,
I valued at $88,400,000.
The value of Alaska's lesser min
jeral products in 1917 was about as
follows: Silver, $1,050,000; coal,
$300,000; tin. $160,000; lead. $160,000;
antimony, $40,000; tungsten, chro
mlilm. petroleum, marble, gypsum,
graphite, platinum, etc., $600,000. The
year 1917 marks the first production;
nf chromium in Alaska, and about 81
ounces of platinum was saved in j
placer gold mining at several widely
separated localities.
Gold Placer Mining
The data in hand indicates that the
value of the placer gold output in
1917 was $9,850,000; in 1916 it was
i $1 l.HO.ooo. The decrease was due
chiefly to restriction of operations be
cause of the high cost of supplies and
the scarcity of labor The placer out
put was increased only in the Tolo
vana. Marshall and Ruby districts and
at the new TolHtoi camp.
Gold Lode Mining
About I!.'! gold ltidb mines were op
erated in 1917, compared with 29 In
1916. The value of this lode gold
mined decreased from $5,912,000 In
1916 to about $5,250,000 In 1917. The
decrease was due chiefly to the dis
aster at tile Treadwell mine. South
eastern Alaska, especially the Juneau
district. Is still the only center of
large peart-/ mining development In
the territory. Next in importance Is
the Willow creek lode district. Gold
lode mining on Prince William sound,
Kenai peninsula and in the Fairbanks
district is at a standstill
Copper Mining
The copper production of Alaska ill
1917 was about 88.200,000 pounds, val
ued at about $24,<100,0011. TJlis is less
than the production in 1916, which was
119,600,000 pounds, valued at $29s*
$29,484,000, hut is greater than the
production of any other year The
reduction in output was due largely
to labor troubles at the Kennecott
Bonanhza mine. During the year 17
copper mines were operated, com
pared with 18 in 1916- 8 in the Ket
chikan district, 6 in the Prince Will
iam sound district and .1 in the ('hlt
Ina district The enormous output
of the Kennecott-Honanza mine, in the
t’hitina district, in 1917. as In pre
vious years, overshadowed that from
all others
Tin Mining
About 551’ tons of stream tin was
produced in Alaska in 1917. Most, of
this came from the York district,
where two tin dredges were operated.
Developments were also continued on
the Dost Hiver lode-tin mine. The
rest of the concentrates were recov
ered incidentally to placer-gold min
ing, chiefly in the Hot Springs dis
trict.
Antimony Mining
The mining of antimony ore (stib
nitei began in Alaska in 1915, and
continued on about the same scale
throughout the lirst half of 1916, when
a tail in the price of antimony put
an end to most of these operations.
Mining continued at two localities in
the Fairbanks district in 1917.
Tungsten Mining
The Fairbanks district and Seward
peninsula were the principal pro
ducers of tungsten in Alaska in 1917.
In the Fairbanks district two tung
sten minds are in course of develop
ment At one of these mines one unit
of a 75-ton mill is in operation, and
late in the summer was turning out
several hundred pounds of sclieelite
concentrates dally. At the other mine
a similar mill was in course of con
struction. Underground work was in
progress at both mines The present
indications give promise of a large
Increase in the production of tungsten
in the Fairbanks district. in Sew
ard peninsula tungsten was produced
principally by sluicing the residual
scheelite bearing lode material in
Sophie gulch. Smaller quantities
were recovered as the result of placer
mining at other localities.
Mineral Fuels
The production of petroleum from
the only oil claim patented in Alaska
in the Katalla district was increased
somewhat in 1917 Drilling continued
on a small scale, hut no new produc
tive wells were obtained.
About 61,000 tons of coal, valued at
$fioo,ouo, were mined in Alaska dur
ing 1917. The largest production was
derived from the Kska Creek mines,
in the Matannsku Held, which were
taken over by the Alaskan engineer
ing commission. Coal was mined also
at the Doherty mine, in the Mata
tuiska field, at the Hluff Point mine,
on Cook inlet, on Cache creek, and
near Candle. The most important
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()\vuer and Manager, Chitina, Alaska
| event of the year in connection with
| coal mining was the completion of
i the Matanuska branch of the govern
I n,ent railroad The high-grade coal
on Chlckaloon river is now being
opened by the Alaska engineering
comniission, and small shipments to
Anchorage have been reported Work
. preparatory to mining is being under
taken by pri \ ate lessees on Moose
creek.
lire coal lands in the Nenana coal
Meld have been subdivided and will
be offered for leasing at an early
date. The government railroad is now
being built southward to this Held
I from Nenana. on the Tanana river,
and will probably reach the field and
• make coal available for shipment in
the summer of IP 18. A private rail
road from Controller bay to a put*
tinted claim in tin* eastern end of the
i Bering river Held is now under con
struction and is reported.to be near
] >ng completion.
Dredging
Thirty-nine dredges were operated
in Alaska during the mining season
ot 1917, of which 32 were situated on
Seward peninsula, three in the Idit*
i a rod district, and one each in the
i Kiiby, Circle. Fairbanks and Cache
I Creek districts Two of the large
! dredges near Nome, which had been
under construction for several years,'
, were completed, and one of them was
operated during a part of the season.
One of the dredges of the American
(i' ld Dredging Company, formerly op
erated on the Ameovik river, was
i moved to Swanson creek, in the Amer
ican river district, near Teller.
The Alaska Mines Corporation (suc
cessors to the Nome Consolidated
(hedging ii Power Company) optioned
considerably more ground and com
pic ted in the Nome district a dredge
that has been under construction by
th“ Nome Consolidated Dredging!
Company since 1912 on Flat creek ;
l^ist season this company dismantled !
th*» dredge that was operated on Won
der creek by the Nome Consolidated
Company.
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