COPPER, GOLD,
COAL AND OIL
OF TERRITORY
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^ vived. and after this law has been
enacted there will undoubtedly be
something like an oil hoom. Drilling
at Yakataga, Katalla, Iniskin bay, on
Cook inlet, and Cold bay, on the
Alaska peninsula, is certainly justi
fied, and some other regions deserve
investigation.
Gold Lode Mining
Eighteen gold lode mines were op
erated in Alaska in 1919, and pro
duced gold worth about $4,100,000.
Twenty-five mines were operated in
1918, and produced gold worth $3,473,
000. The increase in 1919 came from
^ the three mines at Juneau, but does
not assure the continued prosperity
of the lode-mining industry, for these
mines at Juneau are working on too
small a margin between the value of
gold recovered and the cost of opera
tion to make it certain that they will
be able to pay the continued increas
ing expense of mining. The only other
large gold lode mine in Alaska is in
the Sitka district, where operations
in 1919 were, so far as known, on
jlibout the same scale as in 1918.
The most important event of the
year bearing on lode mining in Alaska
was the development of some large
ore bodies in the Stewart river basin
of Portland canal, which marks the
southeastern boundary of the terri
tory. So far as known, the only prop
Xties developed sufficiently to prove
e value of these bodies are on the
Canadian, side of the international
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boundary, but close to it. The same
geologic conditions occur on the
Alaska side of the boundary, where
metalliferous lodes have long been
known to occur, and where many
claims have been staked.' The natural
seaboard outlet for the Canadian as
well as the American properties in the
Stewart river basin is the town of
Hyder, on the Alaska side of Portland
canal. The lodes of this district, so
far as known, consist of (1) dissemi
nated deposits in the fracture zones,
and (2) vein filling in well-defined fis
sures. Excitement has recently been
caused by the finding of auriferous
lodes carrying high values in silver.
Galena tetrahedrite (gray copper ore),
pyragyrite (ruby silver) and native
silver are said to occur in these ores.
There is reason to believe that simi
lar deposits may occur in the Alaska
part of the Stewart river basin.
The small lode operations in 1919,
several of them no more than pros
pects from which a little ore is being
taken, are distributed as follows:
One each in the Ketchikan, Chitina
and Kenai peninsula districts; five in
the Willow creek district, and six in
the Fairbanks district. The most ac
tive prospecting and development of
gold lodes in 1919 waS in the Willow
creek district, which lies adjacent to
the railroad, where, however, no prop
erty has yet been opened up and
equipped on a large scale. There is
good reason to believe that lode min
ing in the Willow creek district will
make substantial gains in 1920.
At Fairbanks lode mining and pros
pecting have almost ce’ased, the only
operations being those of a few own
ers who continue a little development
with the plan of blocking out ore to
be mined when the railroad is com
pleted. Incidental to this work a lit
tle ore is recovered and milled, and
there are many small auriferous lodes
in the Fairbanks district which can
be profitably exploited when the eco
nomic conditions improve. The dis- “7
covery of an auriferous lode carrying |
also copper and silver, on Nixon fork, |
in the Georgetown district of the Kus- |
kokwim, is reported. Some develop- |
ments have been made on this lode |
and preparations are under way to |
mine enough of the ore for a mill |
test. |
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