The Alaska prospector., 1908-05-14
KODIAK OFFERS
 MUCH 10 MINER
Correspondent of Prospector Writes of Mineral F0rma-
 tion of Country.

criptivc than technical, of the miner al belt in the Kodiak mining district is necessary that the general public may more fully understand the in duccmcnts that this section of the country offers to the prospector and the mining industry in general.
 1 This belt as a whole begins some
 fourteen miles north of Kodiak, near Ozinka running in southcrly direct
 ion on through to Red river on the south end, and covers all the west ! side of Kodiak island including Ugan- 1 ic, Raspberry, Whale and Dry island
 with Shclkoh straits as the western
 boundary. It will average from five | to twenty miles wide and gcologically ! speaking the country rock iS made up of states schistS, QuartZitcS pGrphy- rics, intrusive dikcs of dioritps and greensboro.
 The hanging wall of this belt is a high range of mountains. is intrusive in character and of later origin than the country rock, making up the min cral belt, and the intrusion of this granite range was responsible for the tilting of the slatCS and older beds in their position, thereby forming the fractures which gave the opportunity for the ore deposition to occur. EX- animation shows that this fracturing is more or less extensive throughout the entire belt. The character of the ore deposits is somewhat dissimilar as to the formation in which they lie and as to the mineral in the veins. | and too, there is q similarity through out, and in some cases there are de- posits which are exactly similar.
 On the south end of this belt and q short distance from the contact near the head of tyak bay is located the Dan Dougherty property on which a twenty stamp mill is being installed. On this property development work has been going on for three years. The ore on this property is essentially ire" milling, concentrating with the usual small percentage of mineral, and carrying comparatively high value, and large percentage of free gold. The mineral is made up of py- rites of iron, chalcopyritC and q small percentage of galcna.
 Continuing north from this mine prospects and on the west side near what is locally known as Miners Point, lying in the same position in relation tO this contact, is the Put man property. The development work on this consists of two tunnels thoroughly developing the ground on the surface, and showing that there are two veins running parallel through the property, one three and the other six feet wide. The mineral of both veins is made up of pyritcs of iron, galena, d small percentage of copper, lead and some antimOny, and from it's weight and general appear anco is of good commercial value.
 Lying across Uganic bay on the west end of Uganic island, but wholly within the doritc is the group of claims known as the Wonder property, but this is essentially q copper proposi- tiOn carrying good values in gold. Tunnels and shafts have been driven on this property which shows it to be q very large lead.
 There are numerous lodcs in this vicinity all of which show the belt in this section to have been very consistently and extensively fractured. Lying immediately across LhelikoT straits to the west, and parallel, but wholly within the diOJitc, and close to the granite contact on the west arc at least two great veins viz: The Mides and Shelikoff, these properties are strictly copper. The development work consists of tunnels exposing wide leads of high grade orc The mineral is made up of iron sulphitca, chalcopyritos, some bornitc and native copper.
 One shipment of copper from this property proved to be n very high grade orc, and being located SO con viently near q deep landlockcd har- Dor, the Midas group of claims is per haps one of the most promising mines in tho district and one that should make great producer with reasona- blc amount of money spent in dcvcl- opmont f1d equipment.
 Just ndrth few miles is the Dry island mine. This property is another free milling proposition carrying values in gold which run up in the hundreds. A large sum has been ox. pended for labor and machinery in developing this mine, and the outlook Is very promising as is the case with