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ALASKA BREAKS
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By J. L. MCPHERSON.
Manager of the Alaska Bureau. Seattle?
Chamber of Commerce.
The year 1915 was for Alaska Its
banner year. The commerce for the
'past year, totaling $75,573,322, is $11,
■H98.217 greater than that of 1914. Al
: though the increase in copper produc
;tion was proportionately greater than
iin other industries, all lines show the
; stimulus of a new and prosperous de
velopment.
The beginning of actual construc
tion of the government railroad from
Seward to I'airbanks, and the com
menc ement of operations on the mam
moth Alaska-Clastineau mine at Ju
neau. are the two events of greatest
magnitude. In the construction of the
government railroad it is reported
that thirty four miles of grade were
completed from Anchorage to Cook
inlet toward the Matanuska coal field.
* and that about fourteen miles of
track were laid.
Plana tor the year liiltj Involve an i
expenditure of $8,200,000, and content ]
[plate the completion of the railroad ,
[front Anchorage to the Matanuska coal
[fields, with extensive work in the ;
Susitnn and Tanann valleys. <
The faith of capital in tlie perma ;
nenee of Alaska's mineral resources |
is most strikingly evidenced by the |
[enormous operations in the Juneau ,
gold belt. ji
The Alaska-Gastineau mine during t
1915 was developed to a producing (
stage and is today mining and milling
about 4,000 tons of ore daily, with ore1
reserves that are estimated to as- ,
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sure an output of from 15,000 to 20,
ooo tons daily for at least fifty years. ,
The Alaska-Juneau mine, in the ,
same belt, has run its test mills stead
ily on ore recovered from development
work. This company plans on an ex- ,
penditure during the year 1916 of
:about $2,500,000, which will make this
property the third mammoth producer
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The Treadwell mines, the great pio- >
neer in this field, have maintained
their steady output. The total daily
product of these groups today reaches j
about 9.000,000 tons, or about 32,000,
000 tons annually, which is over twice
the production of 1914.
Other large mines in southeastern
Alaska are being developed and equip
ped for a large production, include the
Kensington and Berners bay, to the j
north of Juneau, and the Ohichagoff
mine to the westward. Port Wells,
i the Valdez and Willow' creek districts
all show increased activity over 1914,
and promise greater returns for the
coming year.
Placer mining had a prosperous year
and the outlook for the year 1916
promises even greater returns. The
Tolovana field, fifty miles northwest
of Fairbanks, discovered in 1914, has
developed during the past year to a
proven camp. New discoveries on
Dime creek, in the Koyuk region, Sew
ard peninsula, the Ruby district, and
the Kuskokwim regions all promise!
veil In the early stages of develop
nent.
The year 1915 saw a tremendous ex
mnslon of copper production. Many
lew mines have become producers and
ho outlook for the coming year pro
nises an even greater expansion In'
hiH Industry. t
The Kennecott and Jumba mines In
he Chitina valley have become world
•enowned as high grade producers,
mil are today classed among the
world's greatest copper mines. These
nines have mainotained a steady out
)Ut of tin per rent copper. Shipments
luring the last summer from these^
properties have run from $1,000,000
0 $1,500,000 in value per month.
The Mother Lode mine, located In |
he same locality, cpnliniied active
levelopmept work, and diirliia the'
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vinter season maintained steady ship- [
nents. This property is of tlie same
tigh grade tenor as the adjacent Ken
iceott and .Iiimlio mines, but is now
landieapped by lack of transportation ■
aeilities. the ore having to tie sledded
1 distance of uliout ten miles to the
'opper River & Northwestern ra 11
•oad.
In southeastern Alaska the It.
dam in, Rush and Brown and Copper
dountain properties maintained
iteady and largely increased ship
nents of ore. In the Prince William
;ound region the La touche Bonanza
•ontinued its heavy shipments of cott
ier throughout the year. Among the
ither steady producers in this district
vere tiie Kllamar and Dickey mines.
<ew producers that were developed
luring the past year are the Fidalgo
md Midas properties. This list of
irodueing copper mines promises to
ie materially increased during the,
ear 1916, as the past year has wit-|
irssrd most extensive development |
rork in the three great copper pro-1
lucing regions of Alaska.
Tin mining lias been placed on a
lermanent footing, with the probabil
ty of steady expansion, anil antimony
ippears for the first time among the
hipments of minor metals, to the ex
eat of several hundred tons.
The fishing Industry maintained its
losltlon as Alaska’s foremost industry
n value of output, and "’ill for 1915
irohably equal, if not exceed, that of
:911. when the value of this industry
vas in excess of $21,000,000.
Uiiiimau uuiiuiijii auu iuo mv imocu
nining activity have probably in
censed the white population of Alas
ta. estimated at 39,000 to the end of
L914, by fully 10 per cent, if not
(l-eater. No small part of which has
veen due to the influx of settlers on
he public lands for agricultural pur
suits. These pioneers have spread
hrough the Tanana, Susitna. Mata
iuska and Chilcat valleys, and to
nany minor areas, among the islands
>f southeastern Alaska, until it is pro
vable that between 600 and 800 famil
es are now reaping part or all of
heir income from the soil. From
•very point of view the year 1915 has
tveen for Alaska the most promising
pear in its history, and the northland
stands today on the threshold of a
lew era of development more far
•eaching than ever its most optimistic
'riends have dared to predict.
The wonderful development that is
low beginning for Alaska means an
ixpansion of business for Seattle, the
nagnitude of which few can grasp.
Empress tonight. Big attraction.
EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you ean’t find In
town, go to J. Bawson’s Second
Hand Store nnd see what he has
got. We carry now and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
who does all kinds of repair work.
Give us n call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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