The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-09
ALASKAN GOLD REGION.
Two Important Papers Issued by the
Govern

| Washington, March s,--rwo papers contain
ing important cont buttons Gu the gold bear
| ing regions of Ala5ka--napers the publication
! Of vbiel, has been awaited WITH great interest
for nearly year-have Just been issued from
the government printing office. They are
both advance chapters from part III of the
eighteenth annual report OF the director of
the United States geological survey. not vet
issued. The papers give the results of the
reconnaissance examinations by survey ex-
perts, made respectively in the summers Of
lSs5 and 1856. or shortly before the outbreak
Of the Klondike gold excitement
The papers are entitled Reconnaissance NJ
tha Gold Fields Of Southern Alaska" a
PAMPHLET of eghty-six pages OF text and
number OF maps aud other illustrations, rec
oFa5 OF observations by Mr.. George T. Becker
II 1923, their publication having been DELAYED
until this time mainly by reason OF Dir. Beck
sr' absence during part of 1896 making
study OF the gold deposits OF the Alskan fields
The principal developments of the coastal
region OF Alaska have been made among the
Islands OF the Alexander Archipelago and on
'th, adjoining shore OF the Panhandle strip Of
southeastern Alaska In this region are tina
fansous Alaska TreadweIl and the AIask,-
Mexican mines. on Douglass island. and a
series Of important deposits on the mainland
opposite and not far from Juneau and tho
= uiters Bay mines, on Admiralty island 10
ny not,h@est are the hernlsrs Bay mines on
tl- eastern shore OF Lynn canal and N tbc
southwest the Sumdum mines on Sunottm
pas' an OF which are in the same generni
us,I OF Astamorphose states and intrusive
w ne thht resemble in a general way the
COZ ntry rocks Of the mother lode in calisornie
aAo arc supposed to be OF the same general I
=, ,esiaaslon' second and more westerly belt
~ shVwh In the mines near Sitka m par,
ron island, which presents similar reaIag,ra,
l,ratutes. Prospecting In this region Is rem
dtieo most difficult by the dense coyerina, a.
l ~, timber and mess which everywhere
covers the surface OF the rocks The niacars
AnH peach sands OF Cooks inlet and the ininas z
y tedtak islands are also described nnd No.
,1ar % occupy similar rocks 10 those of the !
me Aiollo mine, the largest in the qerrttors |
next To the Treadweli. witch Is eruntiyo 49,
ne report OF Mr.. J. E. Spur tsS2 pages q, (
"n maps ara other iilnstrationsl which
.'sAts NANNY OF the valley OF the Yukon. q ~
hore immediate Interest at the present timn
lhfa, although the kiondike region ala M, |
,eine within the limits OF his official work
70 recognized the probable importance ~ ,hs,, |
egion as q result OF his studies Of tho DIS
Fiets OF Forty Mile and Arctic CITY xith,r
snasrlean boundaries. The report IL en,i,Isd
~ 1880 49, o. nc Yukon District Of Alaska,
,naIteI on the History and Condition Of ~.
district TO 1887 by Harold g. Goodrich (. - 'ne
~. sue q me difficulties OF travel ana the
lsVr, season OF work. Mr.. SPUR WAS enah,ad
set oird'seye view OF the broad rensra,
sstlres o. geological structure OF mis- I'M
I ra 50 Interior and 70 determine the position
Wy formations. from the wearing down 20 -
'Ieh ,hs unusually rich placer deposits. NOT
mn M ,, o. me aiready discovered district in
Az. go ,erri.ory. hut also OF those which
Al, borders, wsrs derived. Theso sors
, ,s'g Fs, walsh he dss,snatas as the Hirca
I ;,r,,r sans Ane and Rsr,part series, are
/. ~ t.''s.asIse tnickness and yers old datinr
asS BEYOND the paleozic era and resting ne
'ndsmsntal sranits Of gnslsA ~