The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-22

region OF the Renal peninsula which
forms the southeasterly shore OF Cook
Inlet. Al Hakutat bay there are aurlfer-
Gus beaches, and also on Kadak Island.
on this island group Of gold quartz
veins are now being explored and tested
The Apollo Consolidated mine Is on t1nea
Island, $50 miles from the Kenai peniusu-
Va. Traces of gold have been found on
the Alaska peninsula, and near Unalas-
IA. The physical condition of the Alas
kan coast Is not unfavorable to mining.
In spite OF the high altitude the winter
Is not severe. The summer Is never hot.
ihe precipitation, however. is very great.
IN the region eastward of the center OF
hadiak timber IS extremely abundant.
making prospecting laborious where IL
Is not fairly impracticabe.
Mr.. Becker deals extensively with tho
volcanic activity OF the Alaskan PENN
sula. lie says the volcanic belt begins
on the Copper river near Mount Wrangeu
ana extends along the penlnsular of Alas
kh ana the Aleutian Islands to beyond
Amchitka Island 200 miles He finds thar
the ores are normal gold ores, except that
calcite Is unusually abundant. There IL
suhcient reason for connecting their gene
sis with eruDtive phenomena The de-
poslts are so similar Ia position and char
acter to those of British Columbia ana
California that they may be regarded as
contemporaneous.
report says, there are many prosnect.
within few miles OF Sitka. most OF them
occurring about Serebmmkof Arm or
Silver bay. The Thetis lies east OF sitlxa.
report is given Of a number of mines
IN thls locality, among them basag the
LUCKY chance which Is $500 feet above the
sea level and far above timber Samples
OF this mines assayed $50 a ton. The
Jhetis IN Billy's basin assayed 81 in gold
The Bear vein on Uyak bay varies from a
few inches "a six feet, averaging about
Two ana one-half feet. The quartz il
usually solid. and free gold Is PANIED from
the groupings. The Dan. Calaveras. Lake
cain, Wanberg. Bayca mines are found
IN this district In the placers OF the Turn
again Arm gold rs found mostly in fiat
tened but coarse and slightly worn grains.
IL - llght IN color about O.74O fine. and
worth from Ni 10 SIG an ounce. Finds
were made late I'm August on Canon creek
ana Mils creek which arc said to be
very rich averaging 800 a day, and many
nuggets. Pay gravel was found on Resur-
rectiOu creek and elsewhere. The COLL
was not enough FOR the rush Of miners.
ana disappointment followed Access IL
diihcGlt and dangerous. on account of stu
pondous udes which are almost as great
as those or the Bay OF Fundy For this
re- son many parties went by way OF
FRI GO william sound and Passage canal.
The Apollo Consolidated mine Is located
miles west OF Dclarom harbor A large
part Of the gold in this mine A. in the
free state. finely disseminated through
quartz one locality in this mine b. known
as the Flour NH because ore can be- shov-
eled ~ a. " IL were meal II averages
about q ton. and four-nfths OF fhe
amount b. obtained from tho platter. The
bullion carries .7@ gold. The sulphurlta
contains about from $50 10 $50 ton Ia
1896 this mine yielded 10000 ln gold ana
$4,000 in silver The King mine a In
the Same locality Gold has been found
at various points east and west OF tho
Apollo as well az TO the north ana there
" said 20 be % belt OF auriferoHs ground
extending throlsh tho iglau- .n thg strike
OF the Apollo
Goidshenring sands are especially abun-
dani around ituya bay 90 Ynkufat hay.
between Us degrees and iis degrees. Gold
washing ia IN progress on the wcat Of
knlink Island at Portage ana Oh me Ava.
kulik river. The source of the gold il
doubtless iu the ranges which ilo several
miles 90 the eastward Of the blum cola
occurs in patches. SIR Becker c0ncmdrs
hir observations by saying that some now
process such lr clanidlng must BE- adonf.
on before iafge profits ran 49, made ffan
any hut eAcepiionaIiY rich beach sands.