The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1933, Page 11

3 { Alaska i | ! By W. F. BOERICKE (New York Herald Tribune) | | Although Alaska ranks third in} importance .as a gold producer for | the United States, being surpassed in output only by California andi South Dakota, it failed to make | a gain in production in 1932, al- though the country as a whole out-! side of Alaska increased its eutput more than 5 per cgnt over the gold Outpfitw;if»éold» Is : Likely to Rise During °34 only 34 per, cent from lode mines Last year the figures changed sig- nificantly with 44 per cent from mines and only 56 per cent from placers. Of this latter, more than four-fifths came from dredge oper- ation. That leaves only about 1,000~ 000 as the total annual output of small independent operators, who work by sluicing, hydraulics or pan- ning. | tized. | The present output of gold from ! Alaskan placers is about $5,000,000 annually. About 80 per cent of this | comes from dredging operations in | which the Fairbanks Exploration { Company and the Hammon Con- solidated Company have the lead- |ing part with their large fleet of | SOLD IN LONDON LONDON. Dec. 22.—A miniature | dredges at Nome and on the Sew-|Mmanuscript, only fifteen-sixteenths | ard Peninsula. It is likely that of an inch by eleven-stxbeenths.‘ | dredging operations will continue ’ to grow in importance in the Yu- trarch’'s sonnets, brought $225 at an Politicians P r ed l ct Wlld dated 1567 and containing Pe-| kon Basin, every stream of which |#uction here. Some authorities con- is said to carry values. The aver- sider it the world's oldest miniature | age gold content of 40 cents a cubic yard dredged is much higher Ithan in California or Montana book. S Deer Crowd Preserves THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, DEC. 22, 1933. OLD MINIATURE REPUBLICANS MAKE SURVEY FOR LEADERS Scramble — Hoover Perhaps Unavailable 22.—Poli- , To the steady increase in the where good profits can be made production of the preceding year.| importance of lode mining in Alas-| from gravel that carries less than It is believed that 1933 will have ga several factors contribute. The'ys cents a yard, if working condi- . . . WASHINGTON, Dec. in Carolina Mountains| ticians are trying to look behind —_— { the scene of the Republican con- | a different story fo tell for the| gevelopment of better transporta-!tions are favorable. | ASHVILLE, N. C. Dec. 2. —| ferences and predicted a wild N‘;‘L}?lfl_ndv Gold e vy the ter-| tion facilities was all important.| The chief handicaps in Alaska! ey are multiplying so rapidly in | scramble for party leadership, es-| B e e evarateq | Heavy machinery can now be taken | are the short working seasons that'ihe pisgah National Game Preserve | Pecially since some friends of E.ffin;"?;? ;‘rzpe“rf:’ e ated | over the frozen ground by tractors. average only 200 days and thefang tne forests of the Biltmore es- | Herbert Hoover feel he will not be | g 6, Not a le has been gained from | npecessity awi r b vailable A Not a little has been gaine necessity of thawing plants f0r|ia¢a that decision has been made | available in 1936 1 by the new gold price, are being| gpservance of successful mining | treating the frozen ground before reopened. Dredging is being pushed | ang metallurgical practice in Can- |the dredges can operate. An ample| in new areas. At Nome and in the| a4a where climatic conditions are | water supply is required with meed Yukon Basin prospectors and plac-| comparable with parts of Alaska. | for an elaborate system of ditches er miners have been busy, with 810| The well deserved success of the Most of the dredges close down for | a day a man reported from some| alaska Juneau mine in operating|the winter in November to resume of the Nome beach placers so efficiently the largest low-grade| work in April or May. Compara- Within a territory so immense| ore body in the world has stimu-‘ tively little labor is required in the as Alaska, much of which still re-|lated the confidence of operators gperation of a dredge. It has tak-| mains totally unprospected, it wouldl that they, too, could cope with dif- 1 en many years to perfect a suc- | [ ] be a bold man who would say!ficulties not met with elsewhere. | cessful working technique for the! there were no more Nomes or Klon-; The Alaska Juneau is by far the| dredging of frozen ground. The dikes. Alaska gold shipments reach- | most important of the Alaskan| early attempts to apply California ( ed their height in 1907, with a|gold mines. In 1932 Alaska Ju-|practice were failures. Steampoints peak of $18,564,000 for the year,| No concrete developments are expected for some months but there is no evidence however that Hoover has given the word him- self that he is unavailable three years hence. to ship them elsewhere at the rate of 400 a year. | Already 100 have been sent to | national reservations in Tennessee and foresters are now engaged in trapping 300 more. neau recovered $3.236,000 in gold.| originally were introduced to thaw and have since shrunk steadily to| The entire output of all the lou:' the gravel, but cold water has| an average of $8000,000 to $9,- mines, including Juneau, was about proved more efficient. Each year Ll 000,000 for the last five years. | $3950,000, hence this one mine ac- has seen some advance made in rlstmas ar s The history of Alaska gold min-|counted for more than 80 per CPIIL;'operating practice, and it is likely ing follows the same general pat-|of the gold production outside Oftthat further success will be at- tern in common with the develop-“ placer output. tained. ment of other famous gold fields.| e fact that numerous small| As a field for the prospector, There Were first the rich discov-| properties are in profitable opera-| Alaska offers more attraction than erles that brought in a rush of|tion at Chichagof Island, in the|any part of the old West, but the prospectors and miners. The easily| willow Creek district, and in the| physical difficulties to be overcome won_superficial deposits Were Very| interior, augurs well for the future| are great. No one should attempt 15 De Luxe Cards in large Black and Silver Box 50¢c Coleman’s quickly worked, and with their ex-|anq means more in encouraging|it who has mot perfect health, haustion production dropped to a|jimited capital investment from/ ability to endure hardship, and has much lower level, where primitive| smal operators than would the had some experience in the fine hand methods have been replaced | giscovery of another single major | art of gold prospecting. by 111‘?"38 capital investment and| proqucer. It is not so much the| e chance of uncovering a huge low| ’ Taking the whole gold production; grade deposit like Juneau, neces- FOR BOYS BENEHT of Alaska, which reaches the total| sarily entailing the expenditure ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22—Each fall of more than $408,000,000 through ' of millions to bring it to the pro-| after the close of the regular foot- 1932—not a bad return for an, ductive stage, that attracts average| ball season, a benefit game be- original investment of only $7,-| mining capital, as the ‘,)robabllityf tween colleges of prommcnceoral!- 200,000 in 1867—it has been cal-|of profitably working an ore body|star teams is staged in St. Louis culated by the United States Geo-|of more limited extent but with| for the benefit of the Boys' Club, logical Survey that 66 per cent of] richer ore, where capital invest-| an organization devoted to aiding the gold came from placers and' ment can be more quickly amor-'homeless lads. : SELECTIONS For , Christmas Gifts 4 Overstuffed Furniture Occasional Chairs Smoking Cabinets Ottomans Foot Stools Writing Des| End Tables Night Tables Cedar Chests Rockers Card Table Sets Mirrors Magazine Racks ELECTRIC Percolators Toasters Irons Heaters T’M’ Cho Curling Irons Grills Corn Poppers Waffle Irons Stand Lamps TOYS Electric Mixers Aluminum Ware Christmas Tree Lights ROGER OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9:00 P. 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