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Notice ofj (Delinquency
In the Payment of Assessments on the Following £l.ots
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ALASKAN ENGINEERING COMMISSION
TOWNSITE OFFICE
Nenana, .lanuray 28, 1910
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AMOUNT
$15.10
79.97
84.97
12.69
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72.47
72.47
72.47
72.47
72.47
143.66
79.97
79.97
79.99
10.02
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10.00
62.89
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22.79
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22.67
22.79
10.76
2.03
22.55
4.53
24.43
31.92
10.02
35.08
39.37
39.37
39.37
77.28
115.02
69.99
69.97
69.97
If the above assessments together with 10r/- are not paid on or
before February 28, 1919, the lots will be reported for forfeiture,
and the title revert to the Government according to circulars Nos.
458 and 554. CARL SCHMIDT,
T ,J Townsite Manager.
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181.05
17.69
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27.50
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KANT1SHNA MINING DISIRiC!
Improved Transportation Facilities Will Insure Rapid Deve
lopment of Vast Area of Gold Bearing Gravels
The Kantishna mining and re-,
cording district lies to the north
side of the Alaska Range and in-!
eludes portions of the basins of
the Nenana and Kantishna rivers,
the southern portion of the Tanana
lowlands and some of the outlying
mountain ridges, and lies between
meridians 149° and 151° 10’ west
longitude and parallels 63° 26' and
04° 15' north latitude. This district
comprises approximately 3000 square
miles, a portion of which is in
cluded in the Mt. McKinley National
Park.
In the year 1905 placer gold was
discovered on Eureka creek and sev
eral thousand stampeders rushed
to the new strike. It was unfortu
nate that the majority of the gold
seekers were of the ground-hog
type, and, after blanketing all the
ground that looked good, they
stampeded out just as fast as they i
stampeded in. There were, however,
about 40 of the oldtimers who
stayeil with the country in order
that they might prove or disprove
the value of the ground. Although,
the remoteness of the Kantishna,
district from the established lines'
of transportation has made travel
to it difficult and the transporta-;
tion of supplies expensive, these j
same 40 have stayed by the coun-;
try and are ready to prove to the j
world that the Kantishna region1
is one of the richest districts, both
in placer and quartz, in Alaska. 1
Up to 1916, Fairbanks was the
source of supply and each season
one of the prospectors would make
his annual pilgrimage for the year's
outfit. This would be freighted
to Diamond by small boats, a dis
tance of 350 miles; it was then
placed in caches until sledding time
and hauled with dogs to the various
camps. The total cost of freighting
being about 10 cents per pound.
When the town of Nenana was es
tablished the distance was Shortened
but the price of freighting re
mained. With the. completion of
the railroad to the Nenana coal
fields, the distance to the Kan
tishna country will be reduced to
about 65 miles, and with the con
struction of a wagon road will re
duce the cost of transportation to
3 cents per pound or less.
In order that we may become ac
quainted with the magnitude of
this district, conservative figures
will show just what may be . ex
pected if proper transportation fa
cilities are provided. At present
there are about 700 placer claims
or 14,000 acres of gold bearing
gravels. These claims are all pro
ducers and contain approximately
160,000,000 cubic yards of gold
bearing gravel and should yield at
least T5 cents per cubic yard,' mak
ing a total of $120,000,000 which
would take 16 No. 2 hydraulic
giants .'10 years to work out- The
above figures do not include the
thousands of acres of unexplored
ground in this district, which will
no doubt become large producers
if handled in a scientific manner.
Mr. Stephen R. Capps, of the
United States Geological Survey,
isays, "with better transportation
that will be made available by' the
completion of the government rail
road . . . mining costs may be s<>
reduced that placer gravals here-'
tofore unavailable may be mined at]
a profit. Among the streams that’
may become productive in thoj
future are Rainey, Spruce, Myrtle,
Stampede, Crooked, Flume and a ’
number of the tributaries of the1
Bear Paw river. Numerous coarse ■
colors were found on the benches,
of the Clearwater. On all of thesi,
streams coarse gold has been found,
in encouraging quantities. By
simple panning, with little prelim
inary excavation, members of the
Geological Survey parties found;
coarse gold on at least three
streams on which no mining had
been done.”
In regard to the lode desposits in
this district, there are no producers
it the present time, but much ac
tive bard rock prospecting has been
lone during the past few years, and
it present there are about 300 pros
pects located ,and while their re
mote situation and difficulty of ac-!
cess has delayed their development'
yet about i)00 feet of tunnels have i
been driven on some of these claims
and all work so far done shows that
the Kantishna will be a large ore:
producer. These veins vary in
thickness from 2 to 20 feet, and.
will, taking all in all, average at!
least 5 feet thick- If one quar
ter of the lodes so far discovered
would become producers they should
mine at least 2700 tons or 1901
standard car loads of ore per day,1
and yet the prospecting- for quart/
is in its infancy. It. is doubtful if
there is any other district in Alaska
that can make the showing that
the Kantishna country- can make
:
in quart/ prospects, and further-.
more every prospect has the ear
marks of a real mine.
Capital is willing and ready to
help develop this region, their en
gineers have made favorable re
ports on all but one thing and that
is the transportation. We must
have roads. We are ready for
hydraulic machinery, dredges and
mining machinery of all kinds, the
only thing lacking is the proper
transportation facilities and a pre
liminary survey will reveal the fact
that a road can be constructed very
cheaply to this district, as the wide
flat extending from I,ignite to the
Alaska range is composed mostly
of gravel and the passes through
the Kantishna hills are low and of
easy grade.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
For the week ending February H
there were 277 employees on the
pay rolls of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, showing an increase
of Hi employees as against the
number employed during the pre
ceding week. There were also 101
stutionmen or contractors, and 26
stationmcn laborers, showing an in
crease of 9 stationmcn and 2 sta
tionmen laborers for the period
under review. i
The forces of the A. E. commis
sion were distributed as follows: j
Camp 1, general 41
(jSmp 1. electric 9
COOINEY MOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest.”
NENANA . ALASKA
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KOLAND STAGE
FOR FAIRBANKS
ONE DAY ON THE TRAIL
SPECIAL COMFORTS FOR PASSENGERS
FOR RESERVATIONS, APPLY AT THE PORTLAND
CARRYING U. S. MAIL g
corral
construction
"amp 1,
'amp 1.
"amp 1, store
Hospital
Pownsite
Surfacing camp
Surfacing camp corral
Pracklayinn’
Section No.
Section No.
'amp 373
'amp 415
’amp 440
"amp 440
camp
Nomina total
Fairbanks office
Tanana Valley R. R.
Camp 454
Fairbanks total
Total for division
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