The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-12-04
Mining Congress Hears
Many Addresses and
Opens New Station
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PsTTsBCRG. Pa, Dec. 3.-Pieas
for greater safety in mining, for lare-
er conservatism in the coal mining
industry. formal opening of the gov
ernment's station for the inyestiga-
tion of mine explosions which was es-
tablished here recently, election of
three directors, addresses by James
II. Garfield. secretary of the interior
and DIR. J. A. Holmes, chief of the
chronological branch of the United
States geological survey, an address
by President j. T.. Richards, of Idaho,
and speeches by well known mine
owners and mine officials were some
of the features of the convention OF
the American Mining congress i'm the
second days session here today.
Apparently the whole convention
has concentrated its efforts ON Inn
try. In his address. former Gov
ernor A. b. Fleming. of West Va,
director of the Monongahela Co
mines, said: = wonder sometimes II
there is such thing as too much
ventilation in mines. The American
Mining congress has recalled that IN
all recent mine explosions the mines
were the best ventilated in the
world One of the most important
actions today was the intrQduction
| or a resolution providing For half
cent tax on every ton of coal from
the mines. the fund thus realized to
be held to provide pensions and other
relief in mine accidents.
An address which was listened to
with great interest and which gave
the congress some new ideas as to
the future prospects of Alaska and
as to some of the great difficulties
which have been contended with
there to this time by mining men,
was delivered by DR.. A. II. Brooks.
he spoke as follows:
Three years ago Alaska mines pro-
duced Is Y millions of dollars. In
1907 the mineral output was nearly
21. 100000. The gold deposits of
Alaska are for the most part asso-
ciated with certain belts of altered
sediments. One skirts the southern
coast of Alaska and finds its contin-
uation in the Prince William sound
and Kanai peninsula. A second belt
lies in the central portion between
the Tanana and Yukon rivers and
within this belt are the most valua-
BILE Alaskan placer deposits.
A third belt of metamorphic rock
occurs in the northern part of Alaska
and its continuation is found I'm the
Seward peninsula. Over 81 per cent
of the value of Alaska's mineral pro-
duction has come from these three
belts of metamorphie rocks.
The most important centers of
placer mining are the Yukon--Tanana
regio and Seward peninsula. These
two provinces have an annual pro
d. stion of nearly SIC. eco 900. Some
"a Hapoi,s are being sorked in .sis
district.
The gold ana siiyer lodes are con
iined. for the most part to southeast
ern Alaska. The productive copper
leposits are confined to two districts.
The central portion of Prince of
Wales island and on Prince William
sound, 500 miles northwest. There
is also a copper belt which follows
the northern slope of the WrangeI
mountains. There are two important
coal fields that carry bituminous and
anthracite coal; one is near Control
Ter bay and the other 200 miles to
the west on the Matanuska river.
Bituminous coal is found on the
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