The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 14, 1934, Page 15

BIG GOLD YIELD IN KUSKOKWIM Interview 1n Anchorage : Times Reviews Mineral Production in Vast Area Placer miners in the Kuskokwim have just closed a season yielding $1,250,000 in gold recovery, accord- ing to an interview in a recent An- chorage Times with Fred J. Spach, in charge of the Alaska Road Com- mj:sion cperations in that area. . Reviewing mining operations in the vast Kuskokwim area, between the Alaska Range and the Yukon and from a line extending west of Lake Minchumina through Poor- man to the Yukon River and thence to the coast. Spach gives a full picture of the season’s work. Condensed, his report.:follows: Taketna District Three dredges operated adjacent to the Alaska Road Commission branch extending from the Takot- na-Ophir road to Ganes Creek, re- borting successful seasons are the Waino Puntila dredge, the Ganes Creek dredge and the Felder-Gale dredge on the upper Yankee Creek. | Another branch road - from this SAYS ARC MAN highway services Puntila’'s Little Creek dredge, and: Nels Vibe who has been engaged in hydraulic op- erations on Little Creek for many years, with good success. Victor Hill and Eric Hard are other successful hydraulic miners in this vicinity. John Beaton, for many years a successful operator in the Flat sec- {tion is entering the Takotna dis- Firict. with a dragline planned for | extensive operations on Yankee | Creek. | Pcorman Active Poorman is coming into the front again, no doubt due to the high price of gold. Here there are at ledst 100 miners working. This ground is about 65 feet deep to bedrock Cripple Creek Busy Cripple Creek, a tributary of the o, has made g gpqd showing this season. Dave Strandberg, Hard and Wilson have all had good sea- cons, and Spach declares that the Innoko with its tributaries ' has hardly been scratebed and. should cffer a good field for prospectors. Dunkle Opens Mine W. E. Dunkle, of the Lucky-Shot district, has @ fajr-sized, crew of miners at work on the Golden Horn quartz ground, about three miles east of Flat, opposite the old Discovery on Ofter. Dunkle has established an up-to-the-minute mining camp there. On Slate Creek | Operators on Slate Creek who I had successful seasons include Gus Uotilla, with his drag-line -opera- tions and Peter Miscovich at Dis- covery,~who: did-well - with his hy= draulic plant. Otter and Flat In addition to a number of small | operators along Otter Creek who are sluicing year after year with zood results, the Riley Investment Company's dredge and Olsen and Company and Strandberg have op- erated successfully this year. Ol- sen and Company has also oper- ated two draglines successfully on Happy Creek, over the divide be- tween. Flat and Willow. Willow Creek On Willow Creek Dona LaChance ind associates have been hydraulic- ng with gool success, as has Pete Jensen, an associate of Dunkle. Dan McConnell has had satisfac- ory results from property leased {rom Bill Duffy on Chicken Crees. Goou ‘News Bay The Northern Development Com- pany has built a large camp in the Gno:a News Bay district and in this, their first season, their drag- line operation for platinum was yery successful. Bear Creek, near Bethel, has pro- duced approximatély one-fourth of a million dollars this year. The dredge here is owned by the New York-Alaska Gold Dredging Com- pany. “Mr. Spach emphasized the assis- tance given to gold operators by recently constructed roads that made freighting less expensive and air flelds throughout this area that bring remote camps nearer to cen- ters. of population. 0 ' POPULAR Among Appreciated - xS muwmuqmmmmmmmwmummflmmmuuuuumflnuumm ALSO—— B LOU HUDSON, Manager iy WHAT TO GIVE A MAN “ALLEN A” HOSE—3 pair to a box Christmas box for $1.00 OTHERS—40c¢ to $1.00 pair HOUSE SLIPPERS in felt and kid leather $1.85 to $3.95 HAND-TAILORED TIES—A limited number at $1.50 “'A complete selection of Men’s Women’s and Children’s_ Shoes and House - Slip- pers for the children. iy Sizes exchanged gladly after Christmas. Sho “STYLES OF THE SEWARD STREET OO RO R O Men who know women know they appreciate FINE HOSIERY SERVICE WEIGHT, MEDIUM SERVICE WEIGHT and Packed in Christmas Boxes $1.00 and $1.50 pair A GOOD SELECTION OF WOMEN’S HOUSE SLIPPERS in félt,b kid, patent; satin and fle_gce lined 95ct0 $3.45 i ¥ e we =W 43i5agei s iasarsinisain Opposite Alaska Meat Co. THE DAILY- ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 1934. CHRISTMAS TIME AT I SELDOVIA FESTIVAL-TIME | Missy Shoppe HINTS The civic societies of Seldovtai are planning for the coming Christmas celebration, which will | be the 20th anniversary of a pub- | lic festival. The custom of gathering the town's entire population together on the night of December 24 was started in 1914 by a handful of residents and has been an institu- tion since. | This year a committee of nine | has been appointed made up of | three from each of the ionowingl organizations: The Seldovia Woman's Club, tn21 | Brotherhood of Native Sons and | | Daughters and the Alaska Resident | Fishermen’s Union. Dances and | carnival are now in progress 11 funds necessary to make the | occasion memorable. | The big feature of the celebra- | | tion will be public Christmas tree, {and a special committee has been | | appointed that has promised to ob- | | tain the largest one within a radius | of 10 miles that can be erected in | the hall. Hundreds of presents will be passed out from the tree, some- thing for every child in the com- munity, while fruit, candy and nuts will be there in abundance, the one word that describes a gift of perfect jewelry . . Hankies Undies !.il'tf of fine jewelry are usually, we have found, inspired by beauty. If you are seeking means of in Crepe and Satin NUGGET SHOP i o expressing your appreciation of beauty . . .. in | NEW HOUSE someone’s appearance, personalily or charactér Special gift tables loaded with) FROCKS .+ . we suggest you cheese a gift that will say, "choice articles at $1.00 and ':1&" e “nothing less beautiful than this eould express my i [ Christmas greeting to you.” It need not be ex- m""m“n BLOUSES pensive. The most important part—the beauty— is to be found in our very lowest as well as our In Lace, Metallic and Taffeta highest priced items. 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