The daily Alaskan., 1911-12-08
FIRST
 TN SHIPMENT

Laden v3Jh placer tin mined by the nr4 dn dreige on the Western hemi- paa-e the steamship Corwin is now e-Use 3o seatae from Nome The aa comes from Buck creek. Alaska, located obot uftoen miles from York oa Che Arctic side
 a. IT, NcDonald, under whose sup susiou. the creek was prospected for ua. is al shc Frye Hotel waiting ae arrival of the an cargo. The d-edze vh5oh mined it began opera tons Sept 10 and closed down Oct l4 DtviBg 3his time the dredge had 5l 1arat of s2.g9 tons, valued at
 gJo
 Tnat vast deposits of placer or s-ae0 Gn exist in the vicinity of Cape York has been known for many yeas b-t il was not untA this sum uar Chat succoss6ol mining operations earc bcgaa on a biz commerisl scale Buck creek was located in 1909 for #n n laol che AmerjJan tin min uE Cwnany operated on the creek 0H made purchases tin having been
 ' fa commercial quantities. Mr. r-aorra1J. representing the company, rs~eese5 tHe creek with pick and
 rs 1 1908. and continued such nrosae-tiug each year untl lsI0 talk .r- au. enough t}n each year Co pay an n~oSpeca1E expenses. During these s-s venluowu mining experts hom
 va~.s c the world examined and rer-Eet upon the creek. their est- E.es running nom tventy-Bour Go Grs- five pounds per cuhC wand Of
 Several plans for excavatinE .rr u were tried, but none proved
 ~rN, aI'y sGocavsful untn this when .ee fra5E- was construct cd
 a 5reIee was designed and buiB rr che Union construction Company
 F-a-esco F S. peake and
 HE Johnson. and operated by the NrN n0e= Company. of which M W Johnson Is president The
 -- sfe-Tf vas huiE in thirty days
 naas Tor g were completed.
 -raG s said to contain the
 placer un deposits in the r Tests have shown the tin ore r-rs r7 ea per cent pure tin. #.--aE. is considered that Un ore run
 nar eont tin fs classod as
 pure frr commercial pu7- 0rs- are value or the Alaska deros-
 .av Ha readily seen The York 7rr #n Ir combination with a #r quantity ef sEoa iron and a
 rehr.eafy known as wolfemite as -re prevent time the company
 oE aho-t three and one S las oT these rich deposits on rE ere-z There are also r5ob de r-s r- a creek below Buck creek, Known us GrCrse creek. where enoth-
 -0arr 5s now organizing and
 r lHr5 similar dredges Go wek next season.
 T. rre5ra which worked so suC-- trfs season is constructed
 ara general lines OE u1c big gold -as Nrh tha exception Chat chem are Eva s'uioevays. into which lr. material from the revolving screen drums #s dumped. Then. instead os Hc.-e nassed over mats as n the E E-aElaz Is washed in the zravsvs over rifles as ordinary
 The drum screens are --erf uH roIes two inches in dia-
 and a- tha Jumps of placer tin
 haa these holes pass out with r. rar-zz gravel, The designers are now work planning larger screens sa that more of the tD can ha saved
 nzes- or stream tin. as it is more commonly kUovr is familiar to many ~ rol5 miners in the north, r- tE-0ueh hte trouble st causes them As the place tin Is almost as r-z rs e''d H collects in the rit- Ess and F-e1Her-7v oaHses trouble in aFa Ha-r1s This has been noted sl number ot Che placer mines in Che Fs'rne~Es country. and placer tin also is f-esuar,ly encountered by the -5 ---fess fn Che KlondtSe So Far, however it is only at the Cape York mines that lt has been found
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