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S SRR e RUSSIAN JOHN “The Tamale King” SHORT ORDER LUNCHROOM 337 Willoughby Avenue JOHN KETOOROKY Telephone 55¢ Zocation no- | | I | | BANJO MUSIC For entertainment and parties. Teacher of stringed instruments. | HARRY BRANDT “The Arctic Perelle Apts. . | | 1 | I 1 Banjoist Phone 5753 RAILROAD AREA HAS IMPORTANT MINERALLANDS Geological Surv ey Issues Preliminary Report on Season’s Work As the result of intensive studies | during the past summe the mineral resources of the trib- utary to the Alaska Ra the Geological Survey announces that | that region contains important re- serves of gold, er, lead, and zinc; large deposits of sub- min- |out and bituminous coal, and pos- | sibilities that there may be an an- thracite field of commercial im- portance. Gold lode mining is be- ing actively carried on in a number of camps, and several of these show great promise of increased produc: tion from mines already operate {and from other lodes so far un- developed. The investigations in the railroad belt, the preliminary results of which are here announced, were | made under a special appropriation |to the Alaska Railroad for the | purpose of determining the possi- | bilities of the several districts for furnishing tonnage from their min- eral resources to the railroad over | a period of years and the investi- | gations were confined solely to distriets in which lode deposits or coal were known to exist. Nine separate projects were organized under the general direction of S |R. Capps, with individual geolo- | gists assigned to Fairbanks, Kan- | tishna, Mount Eielson (Copper Mountain), Valdez Creek and the West Fork of the Chulitna River, Willow Creek, Girdwoo: Moose | Pass, the anthracite field of the | upper Matanuska Valley, and a | general survey of the nonmetallie resources of the region other than |coal. In addition, the Eva Creek | mine was examined, and other me- | tallic lodes were vi 1 | The results here must, however, be conside: tative and subject to modif | for much office work re- mains to be done in the prepara- tion of maps, the study of speci- mens, thin sections, and assay re- | turns, and the final preparation of | complete reports. Indeed, the ac- | tual determination of the value of |the many properties must depend {on the results of assaying, and the |returns from the assays have not all been received. Nevertheles Department Store certain statements . are from the field observations and the data now hand. The pe of the field work in- accessible mir s and prospects; the construction of mine maps where none were already available; the detailed study of geologic structur NEW MOVEMENT LAUNGHED FOR BEAR RESERVE bo: | mode minerals | attention the determination of the of occurrence of metallic in the lodes ,with special to the presence or ab- vence of surface enrichment; the sampling of ore bodies to deter- mine their size and value; and the | collection of all information that | might help in predicting the prob- | able depth to which ore might be | expected to extend. These studies required the preparation of special topographic maps in the Kantish- na, Mount Eielson, Girdwood and | |[Eastern Conservationists Mass Forces for Attack ‘ on Alaska’s Stand (Continuea rro; Fage One) permanent sanctuaries sheuld be 4 thn ERAG B established. Anthracite Ridge areas. b Fairbanks District | Abregate Option 5 b g ; by Senator Wal- In the Fairbanks district J. M. Hill has made a careful study of all the lode properties to which he could gain access. Four gold lode mines are actively milling ore, and several others are being developed. ‘Although little ore has been block- ed out in a technical sense, there is good reason to believe that sur- ficient ore is available to keep the mills active for several years. No | mine ni the district has yet reach- ed a depth of more than 300 feet, and the question whether the gold ore cor ues to greater depth has vital bearing on the future of lode that in some way th ome, either possibly by eli y Island from t posed commercial development. Tt is indeed to be regretted tha magnificent islands, which gems of gateway of Alaska, should have to vield to the onward rush of called civilization, and particular | when it involves despoiling the na- [ tive home of these, the last of our | | characteristic big game AnTx?T 15 of the Ameri permanent preservations should be|‘'he field evidence in places sug- there may have been established on Admiral gests ¢hat chagof Island. Tt grat some enrichment of the shallow |ing to have such support “from th portions of the veins, there is also o LG | definite evidence that the veins | contain primary gold of econamic value that should econtinue to | cepths considerably below any that have so far been reached. A matter of great importance to the future of lode mining in the Fairbanks district is to determine whether or not certain large min- obstacle in whole are enic ‘beauty, lving at the | Resolution Ts Passed | “At its annual meeting on cember 1, ference, at De- | the American Game C: which were present conservation, representing alm every state in the Union, unani mously passed a resolution urgir f‘m“'fll lodes, sueh 8s the Ress the Alaska Game Commission and | 0d¢: can be minsth alm mfofif T4 the other Government agencies to|S¢eMS to be definitely established co-cperate for the purpose of t the Ryan lode contains well over 1,000,000 tons of ore carrying between $4 and $5 to the ton in gold. Whether or not this ore can | be profitably extracted is a mining problem that is receiving careful | attention. The Fairbanks district as a whole ffords large possibilities that more and acting law: adequate protecti: the establishment of sanctuaries on Admiralty and Chi- chagof Islands. “However, there is a very serious obstacle in the way of this nation- wide movement to have sanctua established on these islands, due to the fact, as Senator Waleo:: |80l lodes other than those no said, that unfor ely tne Go NOWN may vb? discovered. Mr. Hill ernment and sometime ago given |5 Of the opinion that several prop- an option ot the San Francisco|¢T!ies not now being operated are Chronicle to develop timber on|©f Sufficient merit to warrant ac- these islands for wood pulp pur- tive mining, and he bgllcvcs that with the necessary capital and in- poses. 5 5 { | telligently direcied development the |1ode gold output of the districtcan | be greatly increased. Eva Creek Mines At Eva Creek 11 miles east of oo —— Seven Brothers Un Gridiron | SAN BENITO, Texas, Dec. 26—| Seven of eight brothers in the L.|Ferry on the Alaska Railroad, a R. Welch family have given the‘])rop(ll} owned by the Eva Creek Welch name a continuous record |Mining Company is now being ac- of 17 years in San Benito High tively developed, and a 50-ton mill school football lineups, with the | has been purchased for installation Isingle exception of 1918. this fall. The ore body, consisting tified |cluded a careful examination of all | as it affects the distribution of ore | e — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY DEC. 26, 1931. NEW FOOTGEAR CREATIONS FOR ’32 Asszciated Press Photo Many new and original creations in shoes for milady were stcwn at the national convention of boot and shoe manufactarers in Hew York. Hortense Grey is shown examining a red kid sandal and a wkite Kkid oxford. ic area is terminated on the by a 1t of large displace- During or just after the usion of the granite the inclos- sediments were permeated by rial given off by the granitic d, and locally of base gol dore, lies in schist, and although the results of the Geo- logical Survey's sampling have not been received, it appears probable that there are reserves of 25,00 | to 50,000 tons of ore carrying more than $20 in gold to the ton. This ore will have to be concentratad, and with the mill operating at full | | capacity about 4 tons of concen- s on the trate a day should be recovered. of the main granitic in- This concentrate must then be about six miles long shipped to a smelter for reduction. um rom half to a mile wide. The surrounding district has been | Sp rite is the most abundant little prospected and deserves at- being several times tention in the hope tk other s galena. Cha ngly, and it is doubtful copper ore of com- importance in the area. little development work has i similar ore bodies will be found. ! Kantishna District The lode prospects of the Kan tishna district have been examined | in detail by F. G. Wells, in so far |been done that a calculation of the as the workings are now accessible, | tonnage sured mine: 1 is not On many of the properties the|¥et possible, and what might be termed ore de; cost of mining. reduc >nds upon \um the t cuts are (nml and not be stu in this >s long and was ically on a scale Some 28 claims have and many o un-| patented claims are held. The country rock is composed of | schist cut by a few small bodies of |intrusive rock. The general trend | of the foliation of the schist N. 70° E, and the much the same direction, they cut a the foli: cipal minerals of portance are free gold, adits and ope: whick {mapped topogra |of 1 to 48,000, | been paten f assay samples & av In general, however, may be said that 1.h<‘rc is probably a large quantity erhaps to be measured in hu drcds of thousands of 'ton, of zincs lead, and pos: silver bearing material of fair tenor that could be proved by carcful and extensive S| not yet been ;| this material can be mined, trans- ported, and smelted at a pr is Ly veins trend in though pyritte and arsen: | bearing galena, spha * aldez Creck District {hedrite, and stibnite. The only| C. P. Ross, who has examined commercial ore so far extracted|the lode prospects of the Valdez consisted of about 1,300 tons that|Creek district, reports that they was valuable chiefly for its silver | comprise lenses of quartz in shear- ed and altered diorite or in slate. The veins range from a few inches to 3 feet in width, and the shear zones are as much as 7 feet wide. | Some lodes have been traced for several hundred feet along the out- content, though yielding also con-| siderable amounts of gold and lead. The workings from which this ore was taken are now inaccessible. In addition tw the lodes whose | ore runs high in er, there ar many veins carrying gold and|CToP, and some samples assayed for other sulphides in which the sil-|the prospectors have ben found to contain $80 or more in gold to |the ton. The assay returns from the samples collected during this ver content is relatively sl Mr. Wells states that are shows excellent indications of min- the eralization, and that there is a|investigation have not yet been re- high probability that other veins | celved. No lode mine in this dis- not yet mined contain ore as val-| triet is now producing. West Fork of Chulitna District The area west of the Chulitna River, including the basins of Ohio Creek and the West Fork of the Chulitna and the intervening coun- try, was also examined by C. P. Ross. Several groups of lode claims are held in this area. The lodes are all quartz veins accompanied by altered and sheared rock. In most of the veins the principal value is in gold, but some contain considerable copper, one contains notable amounts of lead, and all carry much arsenic. Some have been traced for several hundred feet, but some are known to be short. Locally wide areas of coun- try rock ocarry disseminated sul- phides and stringers of sulphide- bearing quartz. Gold is associated with the sulphides in varying amounts. The Golden Zone group of claims covers a well-mineralized area in which, besides numerous stringers, there are quartz veins of some length. A tunnel is now being extended to cut ome of the more promising veins at a depth of about 100 feet. Only a part or the assay reiurns, from samples taken during the present investigation have yet been received, but these and other data indicate that the better ore con- tains from half an ounce to more than 2 ounces of gold to the ton. Although this district does not appear to contain high-grade ore in Jarge quantity, some of the lodes are of considerable size, and under favorable conditions and efficient management several may eventu- ally be worked at a profit. Willow Creek District The gold lode mines of the Wil- low Creek district have been stu- died in detail by J. C. Ray. During the summer five mines have been actively milling ore, and some high grade ore has been mined from (Continuea on Page Three) uable as that so far recovered. He also believes that other deposits containing similar ore may be dis- covered. The type of mineraliza- tion and character of the ore indi- cate that the ore extends to con- siderably greater depths than any so far reached in mining. Whet or not there has been appre enrichment of the surface por of the veins has not yet been de- termined, but laboratory studies to ade. |answer this question will be r With the completion of the au mobile road from Mount McKinley National Park to the Kantishna district, the cost of operating mines there will be considerably reduced, and the district is considered to hold promise for both mine oper- ator and the prospector. Mount Eielson District The Mount Eielson area, former-| ly known as Copper Mountain in Mount McKinley National Park,| has been studied in detail by J. C. Reed, and a topographic map of been the mineralized area has made. Although about 20 ci are now held in the vicinit |Mount Eielson, development work has been limited to a large num- ber of small pits and trenches and/ three small adits, the longest 9()‘ feet long. Hitherto the lack of transpo tion has been a serious drawb |to prospecting, but the now park highway, at present under con- struction, will pass within a mile of | Mount Eielson, which is about 70 miles from the railroad. The principal rocks of the re- gion include a thick series of thin- bedded limestones and calcareous | shales, all intimately contorted and folded. These sediments are cut| by a mass of granite rock that| forms the major part of Mount Elelson, the main intrusive having sent a multitude of dikes and sills into the associated sediments. The rta- | phides of zinc, | as|; PACIFIC YUKON | ROUTE SURVEYS ARE COMPLETED: 1 En gineer MaCDonald Makes Reconnaissance of Possible Routes (Centinuea from Page One) |in Alaska would be 180 miles and lin Yukon 75 miles, making 255 'miles of new work, but part of the new work in the Yukon would be |over an old road which can now | be used during good weather. Mac- Donald found that this route is favorable from a construction view- | point; the grades are not excessive, the highest summit is only 3,700 | feet above sea level, soil and drain- |age conditions are generally good |and gravel for surfacing is obtain- |able. The cost of the Alaska sec- |tion of the road is estimated at $1,750,000, including bridges. The road passes close to the Forty Mile mining district which has in the past produced fairly large amounts of gold. The ex- tent of the remaining resources along the east and west route be- |tween Fairbanks and Dawson is not known, but indications seem iently promising to justify in- e prospecting which would be greatly facilitated by the pro- posed road. The second route covered by MacDonald's reconnaissance leaves the same P cxtends in a southeasterly direction up the Tanana River which is one of the main tributaries of the Yu- kon. This route, connecting Fair- banks with Whitehorse, would cross the international boundary at the | headwaters of the Tanana River continue to Kluane Lake and there connect with the existing road from the lake to Whitehorse. The total distance from Fairbanks to White: horse would be about 700 miles of {which 360 miles would be in Alas- and 340 miles in Yukon Terri- <ov Of this mileage 90 miles |have been constructed in Alacka |and about 122 miles in Yukon Ter- ritory, leaving 488 miles of new | construction for completing the ccnnection between Fairbanks and ‘Whitehorse. The estimated cost of he Alaska work on route is | $2,050,000. Conditions Are Favorable Conditions for road building ar avorable along this location, am advantages being the follo ing: Good soil conditlons w! plenty of gravel for surfacing only moderate clearing required; only two bridges exceeding 50 foot spans are required; low altitudes (not over 3500 feet above sca level) ; light snowfall and early dis- appearance thereof in the spring; and convenient transportation |via the Tanana River—for con- | struction materials and supplies. |This route would not tap any known mineral resources in Alaska. It passes through game and fur country now supporting a few hun- dred natives. Their present only outlet is the swift and hazardous Tanana River. Living conditions in this area are primitive in the extreme. No reliable detailed in- formation is available as to the re- sources of the country. The dis- advantages of this route are that it passes through country which is not promiising for development of mineral resources and it avoids Dawson, the capital and largest town in Yukon Territory. The third route considered in MacDonald’s report is the Gulkana Whitehiorse route, approximately | 510 miles, which branches off from ‘he Richardson Highway at a point 240 miles south of Fairbanks. It follows a general easterly trend to the border and then to Kluane Lake and Whitehorse. A portion of this road in Alaska is now under construction for the development of known mineral resources in the vicinity of Nabesna and Chisana. When this project is completed to Chisana there will remain a gap| of only 80 miles between the end of the road and the Yukon boun- dary, which could be built for about $800,000. From the boundary to Whitehorse the distance is about 270 miles of which the present 122 mile road from Whitehorse. to Kluane Lake would form a part. Thus new construction needed to complete this route to Whitehorse | —in addition to the project to Chi- sana, now under construction— would be 80 miles in Alaska and| 148 miles in Yukon Territory. The existing project to Chisana has been completed a distance of 5% miles with clearing and other ad-| vance work to mile 73 from Gul-| kana. This route also is favorable from a road building standpoint. There is an abundance of good grading | material and gravel for surfacing; the grades are not excessive; the| river crossings are not serious, and | the highest summit is only 3,600 feet above sea level. Mineral Resources Extensive The mineral resources are known to be extensive and capable of economic development once there machinery can be transported. De- velcpment of this area—so far as permitted by the present limited road system—is progressing at a very encouraging rate. Fur bear- ing animals and game abound. Hichardson Righway at the L t as the first route 'ml, is a route over which supplies nad; Scenically this route is consid- ered superior to all the other routes investigated. South of the road there is seen across & wide low 1 s vk Ty e T YA DS PRI Aol S % Fair tonight and Sunday; moderate easterly winds. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE. 'WEATHER SBUREAU The W (By the U. 8. Weather Buream) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Dec. 26: eather | LOCAL DATA Timy Barometer Temp. Humidity Wina Velocity Weatter 4 pm. yesty 29.34 34 54 sSwW 6 Cldy 4 am. today 2939 35 70 SE 6 Cidy O | Noon today 2020 37 50 NE 12 Pt. Cldy | ©ABLE AND BADIQ REPORTS : i Highest 4 pm. | LOWest damm. 4km. Precip. 4m. Station— temo. temp. | Barrow 4 -18 -20 | Nome /. 0 -4 Bethel 4 4 Fort Yukon -24 -26 Tanana -12 -12 | Fairbanks -6 -12 Eagle g 4 St. Paul . 24 22 Dutch Harbor 40 22 Kodiak 26 26 Cordova 28 22 Juneau 37 34 Sitka 38 = Ketchikan 42 38 Prince Rupert 40 36 Edmonton 26 18 | Seattle 48 46 | Portland 8 8 | San Francisco 52 50 | The pressure is moderately low throughout Alaska but generally A severe storm is central off the Columbia River and mod- rising. emp. temp. veloelty 2¢ hrs Weather -2¢ -22 o Clear ) -14 -10 4 02 Cldy | -20 -18 18 Traceé Cldy -3¢ -34 [ 0 Clear ‘ -2 -16 0 0 Cldy § -28 -28 4 0 Cldy 8 4 0 Cldy : ,} 18 22 16 .03 Pt. Cldy 20 9 14 0 Pt.Cldy ) 20 28 0 Trace Snow ' 20 2 6 62 PLCdy o 32 35 6 Trace Cldy 3 8 48 Pt.Cldy 32 38 12 18 Ram 34 40 4 36 Cldy 6 6 4 0 Clear 40 46 10 .01 Cldy » 40 42 6 .06 Rain | 48 50 12 34 Rain ] *—Less than 10 miles. erate rain or snow has fallen over most of Southeast Alaska and the eastern portion of the Gulf o Alaska. ‘The pressure California westward. The weather has cleared in southern Bering Sea, and is clear and colder in portions of the Interior. on the Bering Sea coast. Light snow has fallen is moderately high from valley the towering mountains of the Wrangell and St. Elias ranges, ing to heights of 16,000 to nearly 000 feet above sea level. The country is full of historic and ar- cheological interest. The connection between Alaska and either Dawson or Whitehorse is one of the important links in the proposed highway from the United States to Alaska. Between Whitehorse and Dawson there is already a road for winter travel over which a stage line runs rezu- _{larly when navigation on the Yu- kon River is closed. Doubtless con- siderable improvement would be needed before this road would be available for summer travel. From Whitehorse south there are now no road connections. Surveys and reconnaissances by the Govern- ment of British Columbia have been exhibited to the international road committee and it apears the construction would involve no un- usual difficulties. The distance from Whitehorse to Hazelton, B. C., would be about 600 miles. At Haz- elton a connection would be made with the existing continental road system leading to all parts of Canada and the United States. The annual report of the Na- tional Association of Minor leagues reveals that 16 circuits own 2,555 players and have 482 on the vol- untary retired list. NOTICE TO CREDITORS No. 3252-A In the District Court for the Ter- ritory - of Alaska, Division Num- ber One, at Juneau. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel O. M. OLSON, Plaintiff, vs. N. P. SEVERIN CO,, a co-part- nership consisting of NILS P. SEVERIN and ALFRED N. SEV- ERIN; THE CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, a cor- joration, and HARRY G. WAT- SON, Defendants. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that O. M. OLSON, as plaintiff, has filed a suit in the above en- titled court against the above en- titled - defendants under the pro- visions of Sec. 270, Title 40, U. S. Code to collect the sum of $1440.72, together with an attorney’s fee of $200.00 and interest and costs, for labor and materials used in the construction of the Federal and Territorial Building at Juneau, Al- aska. All persons having similar claims against the above named defendants under the said statute may appear and interevene in said above entitled action at any time within three months from and after the date of the last publica- tion of this notice as herein below set forth. Dated at Juneau, cember 10, 1931. (Seal) JOHN H. DUNN, Clerk of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division No. One. First publication, Dec. 12, 1931. Last publication, Dec. 26, 1931. 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