The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 7

Mmes In'l Productwn 27 Falls Short from 1926 Output Is $14,445,000 (Continuea rrom Page One.) it also showed an actual inercase in guantity. The decrease in gold .production i3 therefore to be at- tributed to lesser production from the placers, which is explained as due mainly to the extreme, dry- ness that prevailed throughout al- most the entire western and in- terjor regions until August. The diought was so severe that even dredging, which requires less wa- ter proportionally than most oth- er types of placer mining, was handicapped, so .that several of the dredges did not operate until late in the summer. The shortage of water appears to have been most seriously felt in -the placer camps on Seward Peninsula, so that the total gold - production from that region is estimated to have been mearly $500,000 less - them in. 1926. Obviously this de- crease is merely an unfortunate temporary incident. The propor- tion between placer gold won by dredging and that won by other methods of mining appears to have been about in the ratio 61 to 39. The only new dredge put into operation in 1927 was that of the American Creek Dredging Co., in the Hot Springs district, Yukon-Tanana region. Big Interior Project Several new placer-mining en- terprises that will become produc- tive during 1928 were in progress during the year. THe largest and most significant of these projects is that of the Fairbanks Explora- tion Co., in the Fairbanks region, which has been busy for several years in an extensive preparaticn for = dredging operations in the valleys of Goldstream and Chat anika rivers and ‘their tributaries.| Although it will stil be several years before this project is in full operation, parts of it have/ now progressed to such a stage| that pits in which to construct the first two of the dredges have been prepared, and the materials for these two boats will have been | landed in Alaska before the end of 1927 and will be assemblod during the winter. The long ditches and siphons wirich are be- built to bring water to the und have beem nearly com- ted, and.large areas have been thawed so as to be in condition for dredging. Local Mine Leads Among the Alaska gold lode mines ‘the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining, Company's property, in the Juneau region of southeastern Alaska, continued to be by far the largest producer. This com- pany mined and milled ore on an even larger scale than heretofore, maintaining throughout the year an average daily output of ore mined and trammed to the mill of nearly 12,000 tons and for.some months an average daily output of close to $13,000 tons. This high rate of ‘mining was due to ex- tremely efficient operation and resulted in handling nearly 500, 000 tons of ore more than in 1927, No noteworthy change in the ten- or of the ore was reported. Elsewhere in Alaska gold lode mining continued at about the same rate as in the preceding yeAr. The three mines om Chi- chagof Island continued to yield a ‘considerable amount of gold, and several smaller mines in oth- er parts of southeastern Alaska produced some gold. In the Wil- low. Creek region, north of Cook Inlet, lode gold mining was car- ried on at a somewhat reduced rafe, and the production appears to" have been considerably less than in 1926. In the Fairbanks district the principal new: lode de- velopment was at the Elmes mine, on Happy Creek, in the vicinity of Ester Dome. The Mohawk mine, also on Ester Dome, the Crites and Feldmana property, on -‘tributary of Fairbanks Creek, apd the Wyoming and old Rhoads lfi Hall mines, on Bedrock Creek n. u.ry of Fairbanks Creek, omuou. Several other were being prospected, u reported that a strong u-u had acquired title to the m lode on Ester Dome and to dmlop it actively in “.flfla mthuNuhtyn- gléa still continue to be encourag- and a umb-r of other lode ‘The results of these cxperimen's have not yet been made public. Prospecting for copper lodes is being conducted at several places in the Copper River region, espe- cially in the valley of Kotsina River, and at a few places in the Prince Willlam Sound district, and some reaewed interest in the copper properties near Iliamua Bay, on the west side of Cook In- let, was. evident. None of this work is known to have disclosed ore deposits that will add ma- terially to the copper output of the Territory in the immediate future. It may be of interest to record that in connection with experiments in ore treatment made by the owner of one of the copper properties in the Prince William Sound region some of the copper ore has been found to contain appreciable quantities of selenium, which is used in chem- ical and electro-chemical indus- tries and is more popularly known for its use in cennection wiih light-sensitive electric cells. Suver Production Small Most of the silver produced in Alaska during recent years has been recovered from the copper ores—in fact, during 1926 over three-quarters of the silver came from that source. With the great reduction in the output ef copper ore in 1927 the quantity of silver naturally showed a correspond- ing decrease. The decrease in the production of placer gold also re- sulted in a slight decrease in the silver that is obtained from that source. The quantity of silver i obtained from placer gold, how: ever, is so small as to be prac tically negligible for purposes of this estimate. The low price of silver in 1927 explains a part of the lesser value of the production of silver for the year. As a par- | tial offset to these decreases may be mentioned the fact that the lode gold mines produced slighily more silver than in 1926. There was a relatively good increase in the production from the lead-sil- ver mines in the Hyder district. The principal producing mine on American territory in the vicinity of Hyder is the Riverside, but there are several prospects m that region on which work is be- ing pushed and which appear to hold promise of yielding commer- cial ore. Exploratory work was continued at the Mint mine, near Chulitna, in the Susitna Valley, but the extent and value of the ore have not yet been demonstra- ted sufficiently to -allow the own- ers to formulate definite plans of development. Coal Output Grows The production of coal by Alas- kan mines showed a slight - crease in 1927 over that of the preceding year. The output was furnished mainly by the Evan Jones, Premier, and Alaska-Mata- nuska mines, in the Matanuska region, and the Suntrana mine, in the Healy River field. The Evan Jones mine was not in operation until March, and after February the Alaska-Matanuska Co., prac- tically ceased all operations at its mine on Moose Creek. In May a serious fire at the Suntrana mine destroyed the tipple and threaten- ed the mine itself, so that produc- tion was partly interrupted for some time. Fortunately, recon- struction was pressed to the ut- most, and by September a new tipple was in operation and addi- tional loadihg facilities had been installed, -s0 that. the company was in shape to handle its regu- lar business as well as the new business it had procured by coa- tracting with the Fairbanks Ex- ploration Co., to furnish the fuel for its new power plant at Fair- banks. Interest in the Healy River field was considerably stimulated at several times during the year as the result of rumors that the rall- road branch to the Sumtrana wmioe would be extended several miles farther up the creek to reach a coal property which was said io have ‘a higher grade of coal that could be mined with relative ease. It was further reported that the [} development of this property in- volved shipping some of the coal to California, where it might not only be .used for' fuel but would yleld valuable chemical = by-pro- ducts. Nome of these schemes, however, were carried through, and late information indicates that the negotiations that were umder way have been indefinitely sus- pended. :No new developments were re- ‘ported at the Chicago Creek coal mine, in Seward Peninsula, nor in - of the known coal fields in northern Alaska. A small quan- tity of coal for local meeds was produced, principally by Eskimos, from the coal beds on Kuk River, near Wainwright, in northern Alaska. Drilling at Yakataga All the petroleum produced in THE DAILY ALASKA EMP WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4 _BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG AN NY To GET L F oo’ Yo NOW EH? SO THAT'S Wer You Whi AL TRE RUMPUS AROUT ¢ WEW THERE Nou ARE ! U'RE OFF Anp SEF Tar VoL DOMT GET BACK ON- Tie 816 8um'' ® HAD THE PRICE A Two CEnT AN\ STame 10 wr 71\, "\ The PRESIDENY OF “har RR. ano Tew 1928 1 oF TE To HIM. HIS BRAKE MEN ARE A BUNCH OF " =~ GORILLAS of oil in the vicinity of Johnson Creek, in the Yakawaga district, was carried on by the General Petroleum Co., almost continuous- ly until the middle of October, when operations were suspended. During that time the well had been driven from a depth ot about 865 feet at the beginning of the year to a depth of- 2,005 teet. The formations encountered in the well are reported to have consisted principally of hard sand- stone and sandy shale with sub. ordinate amounts of limestone. Several showings of gas had earlier been encountered at ous depths from the surface down to 232 feet, and additional show- ings were noted at a depth of 1,643 feet. This well is known as the Sullivan No. 1. The only other place in Alaska where drilling for oil iz in prog- ress is in the Matanuska Valley a few miles west of Chickaloon, where the Peterson Oil Associa- tion’s well has now reached a depth of 865 feet. Most of tha formations penetrated after pass ing through about 180 feet of boulders and gravel near the sur- face have consisted of shale angd related rocks in which nine coal beds have been recognized. At a depth of about 225 feet the well struck considerablo gas, which ig- nited readily in the bailer. The presence of a coal bed at about this depth suggests that the gas may have come from that source rather than from an oil pool. geologic conditions in this ge eral region are not such as a usually associated with commer- cial deposits of petroleum, but the company is sufficiently en- couraged by the work it has al- ready done to continue still deep- er and intends to remew its opor- ation at this point as early in the coming spring as practicable, Other Minerals Alaska also produced 1927 some lead, marble, tin, plat- inum, and quicksilver. Most of the lead comes from the gold ores| of the Alaska Juneau mine, but an increasing quantity is recov- ered from the silver-lead ores of the Hyder district. Although the amount of lead produced in 1927 showed a marked increase quantity, the lesser price received | for it made the value only a lit-| tle more than in 1926. The out. put of marble came entirely from | quarries of the Vermont Marble Co., at Tokeen, on Prince of Wales Island, in southeastern Alaska. According to current re ports, however, certain of Lhe limestone deposits on Dall Island were acquired latd in the season by the Pacific Coast Cement Co., and plans were under way to de- velop them as rapidly as conli- tions permit. The tin ore was de- rived principally from placers near York, in Seward Peninsua. but smail amounts were also re-| covered from placers in the Hot Springs distriet of the Yukon- Tanana region. The mine of the Alaska Paliadium Co., on Kasaan Peninsuia in the Ketchikan dis- trict, which has been the main gource of platinum metals in the Territory, was closed throughout the year. The production of plat- inum metals was therefore sm:\ll’ he 21 during | ‘ears are ordered to keep off Gold !the red lights are on. U. S. Asks France To Aid in Move \ Renouncing War | - | WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—A || | formal invitation t8 France to join the United States in pro- posing that all the principal powers make a treaty con- | taining a declaration renounc- ! ing war as an “instrument of | national pollcy” was made public by the State Depart- ment last night. The invitation was forward- ed to Paris December 28 as an elaberation of the original “pact of perpetual friendship | between France and the | United States.” ! i | and came almost entirely as a by- product from placer-gold mining operations in the Dime Crecl Ais- trict of Seward Peninsula. Only a small quantity of quicksilver ore was mined in 1927, and all of it came from lodes in the cent:al part of the Kuskokwim Valley. The recent leasing of two large tracts of timber land in the chikan and Juneau southeastern Alaska, to be llbl’(l in connection with projects fo~ the manufacture of paper pulp, has stimulated search for suitable de- posits of limestone and of sulphur ore. This search should resul! in developing two more of the Varri- tory's mineral resources. NOISE COMMITTEE IS NAMED AT KETCHIKAN (Ketchikan Chronicle) M. H. Smith, Jr., L. J. Chilberg and R. G. Hall were appointed va a committee today at the noon meeting of the Ketchikan Com- mercial Club by Vice-President{ Bold to inquire into interferenca| of radio by automatic cut-outs on1 oil burners and report back to tha next meeting. The mémbers of the committee are expected to find out just to what extent the “cut-outs” affect radio, if a remedy ia possible, and t8 give recommendations at the next meeting. All of the members of the com- mittee are expert radio men and it is belioved that they will find some method of placing a silencer on noisy cut-outs. . We never could figure why it should take a woman so long io buy a pair of shoes unless it is because she knows after they are worn once they can't be exehany-| ed and so wants to make suve they are comfortable before she| buys them. ) — NOTICE! Because several children have! nearly been rum over by autos, Street and 9th Street as long as —adv. GEO. A. GETCHELL. b o tezn Eugene Permanent Waves, $15. American Beauty Parlor. —adv. 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The officers of the law get the criminal if they can. and gathers the evidence, the Attor- ney for the government presents the evidence, then it is entirely up to the jury as to the results | of the trial. And even more than the prisoner, is the jury itself on trial. Mr. Harding said. “People, nowadays, want to do everything by law, when little caa reglly be accomplished that way,” sald Mr. viarding. Continuing, he said: “Only by the building of‘ character can better citizenry be | obtained. You cannot legislate | character; that is the fundamentul job of the parent, aided by the church and the school. In the ascendancy of crime, the nation is confronted with a deplorable { picture condition. The shirking of their duties as citizens by the people, in and out of juries together with the strategies of the defense, are | responsible. “And ‘right there les tho great opportunity which Parent Teach: er Associations and simfilar organ- izations have of doing much fo- ward reducing lawlessness, by making it a part of their regular business, and thus aid citizens in the, better performance of their dutles as such.” [ The moving piétures shown By Photographer Andrews were alio, D COUNCIL MEETING l The regular meeting of the city council was held last evening and the usual business of the month attended to. Twenty-one bills amounting to $1050 were ordered paid, which was about the only business attended to. | e, —— LEAGUE MEETING A business mccnnz of the La- dies’ League, with election of of:} ficers, will be held in the lmug‘m; rooms Thursday evening. i — “THE THIRDU DEGREE"” AT LIBERTY TONIGHT Dolores Costeiiv in “The Third Degree™ is the attraction announe- ed at the Liberty tomight. The is a screen version of Charles Klein’s melodrama of treat ‘em rough police methods that used to set audiences shiver- ing with excitement in the days when Helen Ware and Wallace Eddinger were looming from ob- scurity. The play was also re- ported to be a powerful influence in ecorrecting police brutality. Produced upon the screen by Warner Brothers, it is said to live with a fresh vitality that makes it one of the most engrossing me'odramas of many seasons. 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