1NES TRIBUTARY TO CORDOVA
The current issue of the Alaska
and Northwest Mining Journal de
f votes considerable space, not only
0 to advertising Cordova and the op
portunities presented here, but also
contains a resume of the different
mining properties, tributary to this
place, and the work being done on
them, which makes interesting
reading and is herewith repub
lished:
Bonanza Gold Mining Co,.
Located 1 miles from railroad
Fat Mile 192, 475 feet above track.
On porphry mountain, formation
quartz stringers in porphryetic
granite. Driving tunnels follow
ing a series of stringers. Started
at 3 inches wide, deepened out to 9
inches, in first five feet, and is hold
ing to that. Tunnel is now in 192
feet with 100 feet of depth, follow
ing ore. Sending 3,500 pounds to
Tacoma for mill test March 20th.
Expects to work 50 men this sum
mer. Now has two shifts working,
night and day. Will put in Pelton
water wheel, compressor and three
drills.
Barrett, on Mile 191, near the
track; grew oats, timothy, rye and
clover, and all cured well. Has been
climating seeds; this will be fourth
year. Second year growth was by
‘far the best. Barrett took first
pri-e, a bronze medal at A.-Y.-P. for
spuds raised in Alaska. Expects to
grow same crops this year.
Tjosevig Property.
Chris Tjosevig has a promising
group of claims, located on left arm
of Kennecott Glacier. Works all
year round. Copper runs from chal
copyrite to calcacite. This property
now being examined by Eastern cap
italists with a view to purchase.
Blackburn Mines, Ltd.
Located on both sides of Nizina
river, above mouth of Chittistone,
23 miles by river from railroad at
Mile 191, 12 miles direct. Have 250
feet of tunnel completed and will
work 12 men this year. High grade
copper, chalcocite and bornite in
lime.
Houghton-Alaska Copper Co.
Next to Mother Lode, on same
formation as the Bonanza. Expected
to be opened up on a large scale this
summer.
wan creeK .Mining coihimiu
This company has valuable placer
ground on Dan creek, which empties
into the Nizina river. A fine hy
draulic plant had been installed
and was ready for operation in
September, 1912, when a cloud
burst caused a huge stream of water
to pour down the mountain side
and carry away dams, pipe lines,
sluice boxes, and cabins, entailing
a loss of $70,000. Under direction
<p Manager Geo. Howard Birch,
with a crew of 25 men, during 1913
their plant was replaced. Over
10,000 feet of pipe line was laid
and the main dam built at the can
‘ yon three miles from the mouth of
the creek.' Two 6-inch giants will
be worked in the cut while a 5-inch
giant will be used for stacking tail
ings. This plant also includes elec
tric and telephone equipment, saw
mill, blacksmith shop, store, bunk
and mess houses. It is expected to
make a good clean up during the
season of 1914.
Nicolai Mine.
Located near Mother Lode, has
600 feet of tunnel and 160 feet of
shaft. Simonstead, manager. Con
siderable work done 1912, and
property considered very promising.
The ore is a bornite.
Blackburn Mines, Ltd.
Operating on the Green Group on
McCarthy Creek, 12 miles from Mile
191. Will do a lot of development
work this year. J. E. Barrett, man
ager.
Fagerberg Bros.
Have a gold quartz property on
Dan Creek, only assessment work to
date. Will work six men this year.
George M. Esterley
For several years George M.iX
Esterley hag been engaged in ex
tensive placer operations on streams
tributary to the Nizina river. He
has supervised the hydraulic work
ings on Chititu creek while H. F.
Andrus has directed work on Rex
creek. During last season 45 men
were employed at both plants, tak
ing out over $100,000. They started
sluicing on .June 16, but wore de
prived of water on August 28, when
an early freeze set in. Usually
they have plenty of water until
October. Under favorable condi
tions thq Esterly company expects
to take out a quarter of a million
dollars in placer gold the coming
season.
Frank Kerman
Property located on Chittitu. Not
being worked this season. For sev
eral years property produced about
$50,000 per annum with small plant.
Better plant to be installed.
AVestover Property. t
This property is located near
Boulder creek, about a mile distant
from Dan creek, and is operated by
the Alaska United Copper Expora
tion Company, with H. D. Foster
ag superintendent. Work has been
going on for five or six years past,
resulting in the-driving of four hun
dred feet of tunnel and the opening
up of large bodies of bornite and
glance that runs from 20 to 40 per
cent in copper. The company is now
considering the building of a tram
a’little over a mile in length to
bring the ore from the mine down
to the mouth of Dan creek. From
there it could be sledded or taken
by automobile truck in the winter
to the railroad for shipment. Tun
nel work has also been done by this
same company on adjoining prop
erty, known as the Golden Eagle
and Snowbird groups.
Charles Coppas
Property located on Cliittitu.
Good hydraulic ground. Owner
hoping to procure assistance to in
stall plant.
Conley Association
Located on Dan creek below the
property of Dan Creek Mining Co.,
expects to start in on development
work this summer. Hydraulic
ground.
Paul Range
Working on placer and quartz
prospects on Dan creek. Will soon
be a good producer.
Porphry Quartz Co.
J. E. Barrett and John Bloom
quist, free milling low grade propo
sition running from 40 cents to
$51.00 per ton in various assays.
Will average about $4. Located 1
mile from Mile 193 on railroad.
Combination Group
Has a wonderful mixture. Silver,
lead, gold and zinc. Located on
left arm of Kennecott glacier, 15
miles from railroad. J. E. Barrett.
Kruhm Property.
Located on Antimony mountain,
near Dan Creek. Have had a mill
test made wifh returns of $350.00
to the ton. Wm. Kruhm and J. C.
Reed.
Bonanza Aline
Now has 300 men working, with
a monthly output of over half a
million dollars. Most wonderful
copper mine in the world. Large
bodies of 70 per cent undeveloped.
Mine been in operation three yeartf
and four million dollars in dividends
declared. The ore now being mined
is a chalcocite. Immense bodies of
chalcopyrite are in reserve.
Th Kennecott Mines company are
operating the Bonanza mine, to
which a railroad, 196 miles long,
was built from Cordova, so that the
ore could be taken out for treat
ment. During the past year much
attention was also paid by this com
pany to their Jumbo and Erie
chalcocite deposit, which is situated
about a mile northwest of the
Bonanza. Sufficient development
work has been done to put this
property on a shipping basis. All
development worn has been paid for
from the ore. A tram has been in
stalled to carry the ore to the rail
road—a distance of about four
miles.
Finch Group
Located at the head of the Kus
kulina river is the Finch group No.
1, or Big Horn group. This prop
erty is being worked by the Alaska
United Copper Exploration company,
who have driven four tunnels and
did considerable open work, open
ing up high grade copper ore. The
same company is also opening up
Finch group No. 2 or Porcupine
group, located a few miles distant
on the west side of Porcupine creek.
Mother Lode Property
Extensive development work has
been done by the Mother Lode Cop
per Mines Company, on their prop
erty located across the ‘mountain
from the Bonanza mine. During
the past summer considerable ore
was taken from the tunnels and 500
tons were sacked and will be shipped
out to the smelter this month.
Under the direction of Geo. E.
Baldwin a tram, three-quarters of
a mile in length, has been built
from the mine down the mountain
ro McCarthy creek, along which a
read has been built twelve miles to
che railroad at Mile 191.
Herman Property.
Located on Mile 157 on rail
road. Nickel and cobalt. Assays
run in $90.00 in nickel, $6.00 A
copper, and $125.00 in cobalt.
There is 18 inches of this rich ore
and 5 feet of lower grade. Plans
to work four men all summer aiu
ik
will follow the ore to determine its
continuity.
American Mining Co.
Group of claims being opened up
near. Copper mountain, finished 90
feet of tunnel last year, and have
contracted for simi’ar ambufit ‘ this
year. Charles Crary, manager.
Kernan property
Frank Kernan has .some valuable
placer property.on Rex gulch, near
Chittitu creek, frojn which gold
has been taken for saveral years
past. It is now under lease to other
parties, with option to buy, and a
good clean-up was made during the
season of 1913.
Reed Property
Located on . Antimony mountain,
near Dan .Creek. Assays run $200
to the ton. This outfit ha3 $6,000
available for work this summer.
Deyo and Price
James McConnell, manager. Lo
cated on Kuskulana river, about 3
miles from Copper mountain. On
the survey for Gray branch. Has
75 feet of tunnel and large amount
of open cut work. Bornite. Con
sidered a very promising property.
Great Northern Development Co.
Located on Copper mountain, has
been developed on a large scale for
a number of years. Have about
5,000 feet of tunnel completed and
an immense amount of surface
work done. Over a million tons of
ore are blocked out and ready for
shipping or concentrating.
More than a year ago a snow
slide carried away all the buildings
and machinery of the company.
Manager E. F. Gray had expected
to replace these during the past
season, and also to install the first
unit of a large leaching plant, but
he was called to Nevada to oversee
work that he and his associates are
engaged in. It is likely that he will
put up new buildings on Copper
mountain this summer. He is
negotiating with the railroad com
pany for the building of a branch
line 12 miles long, to run from
Strelna station to near his prop
erty.
Blakeney Property.
Located back of Taral, near
Mile 126 on railroad. Enough
work done to patent the property.
Thos. Blakeley, superintendent.
Have 18 inches solid chalcopyrite.
Have another group of claims on
Canyon creek. Big body of low
grade copper. Considerable work
done. Located on east side of
Copper river.
Staisholt-McGavock
Property located near Tiekel, 3
miles from track, and 1,500 feet
higher. Have a 3 foot ledge which
assays from $65 to $200. Have 20
feet of tunnel.
Spirit Mountain Company
Have three groups of copper
claims located near Mile 121, below
Wood canyon, across the river from
railroad. Have two tunnels, one
100 feet and another 160 feet on
Jumbo group. Bornite copper run
ning as high as 50 per cent, ledge
f>Vz feet wide. Bell group of six
claims, nickel and copper, vein over
5 feet wide. Thirty feet of tunnel,
runs 8 per cent nickel and 5 per
cent copper. Comstock group lo
cated on Chitina side of mountain,
35 feet of crosscut tunnel com
pleted. Chalcopyrite, copper runs 7
to 8 per cent. Ledge 9 feet wide.
Cillinenu Property
Located on Rock creek, a tribu
tary of the Kotsina river, about 55
miles from Chitina. Have 50 feet
of tunnel. Bornite.
California-Alaska Copper Co.
A. E. Lathrop of Cordova, agent.
Patents now being applied for.
Only assessment work being done.
Property owned by San Francisco
capitalists and will be developed on
large scale as soon as transporta
tion facilities provided.
Placer on Rex Creek
Manager Brook8 has had a force
of men at work for three seasons
past Installing a hydraulic plant
on Rex creek, a tributary of Chit
titu. His ground shows good
values and it is expected that this
year he will be able to make a good
clean-up of placer gold.
Alaska Consolidated Copper Co.
This company has patented a
number of claims on Nugget creek
and has driven a shaft and done
about 1,000 feet of tunneling on
the Valdez claim. Most of the
work last season was done on the
Rarus group, on the southeast side
of Kuskulana river. A shipment
was made to the Tacoma smelter
from which good values in gold
were secured. The company is
composed of New York and Boston
capitalists, and they have I. B. lies
Ion the ground looking after de
velopment work. As soon as a
branch of the railroad is built
active shipping of ore will com
mence.
Hubbard & Elliott Copper Co.
During the past two years this
company has done considerable
work on their property, located on
Elliott creek. They have run an
adit on the Johnson claim, planned
to undercut the outcrop of thp ore
body at a depth of 500 feet. They
expect to install an air compressor
and do extensive work the coming
season, in the expectation of de
veloping a good shipping copper
mine.
McKinley Lake District
Valuable gold bearing quartz is
found in a number of properties,
located a couple of miles from the
railroad and about 22 miles distant
from Cordova. Among the com
panies that have driven tunnels and
secured good results are the Lucky
Strike Mining Company, Bear Creek
Mining Company, McKinley Lake
Mining Company, and other com
panies. Lack of capital has been a
handicap to the proper development
of this promising district.
Brenmer River
On Bremner river and on Young
creek there are large bodies of
auriferous gravel, suitable for both
dredging and hydraulicking.
Slat© Creek
Jack Miller is the principal oper
ator on this creek. Last year he
put in a big hydraulic plant and is
now in Seattle procuring 30 tons of
additional pipe. Frank Manly has
taken options on three claims at
the mouth of Slate, and is figuring
on using a drag scraper. He has
about nine feet of pay above bed
rock. Swanson is putting in bed
rock drain to open up his ground.
Has been working here for three
years. Craemer Brothers have been
groundsluicing on Mills gulch, a
tributary of Slate for 13 years.
Have a small head of water, but
have been taking out good money.
Raymond Myers has been ground
sluicing with seven men on a bench
of Slate creek for three years. A
great many claims are being repre
sented each year. The benches as a
rule will not pay on account of the
small head of water and over
burden. Jim Blake, Bert McDow,
Jake Jacobson, Bill Schraeder and
others are operating in a small
way.
The Chisna
This creek is about three miles
from Slate and heads up in the
same locality. Jas. A. Hazelet
hag been doing groundsluicing and
hydraulicing here, and has also
been testing the ground with drills
I for the past two years. Has a good
! head of water. He has an area
here ten miles long that runs from
1,000 feet wide to one mile for the
lower two miles of the creek.
Gravel runs from 10 to 40 feet
deep and has been thoroughly dem
onstrated to be a good dredging
proposition. Patent has been applied
for.
On Hidden Treasure, tributary of
middle fork of Chistochena, M.
Dempsey is sluicing and opening up
his ground with a Bedrock ditch.
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WHARF AND ORE BINS
FOR THE MIDAS MINE
The Granby Company which re
cently ppurchased the Midas Copper
mine on Solomon gulch, near Val
dez, are preparing to operate on an
immense scale. They are asking
bids for 38,000 feet of piling and
will build a wharf and ore bins at
the mouth of Solomon. The agent
of the company has also made ap
plication to lease the Valdez city
dock in order that they might
enter the hay, grain and coal busi
ness. It isexpected that between
300 and 400 men will be employed
there next summer.
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PIONEER WOMAN Ml'SHER
FINISHES LONG TRIP
Maude Earle, well known in the
interior camps since the early Daw
son days was an arrival from the
interior on the train last evening.
She comes from the Shushanna hav
ing traveled from Ruby to the new
diggings and out over the glacier
by dog team. She made the trip
from Shushanna to McCarthy in
three days and then sent her team
to Fairbanks to be cared for until
her return from the outside.
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LOOK FOR GOOD PAY AVITH
AVATER IN THE SPRING
\V. A. Eberly, one of the owners
in the White River Mining company,
was landed from the Sampson at
Katalla. He will remain there about
a month, when he will, leave for
Yakataga beach. Mr. Eberly says
that his company look for good pay
on their White river property this
season, when the water is turned on
in the spring. It is an hydraulic
proposition.
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