The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-03

opening and several a. this moment probably producing thousand dollars per day yet only their infancy At Fairbanks at least d prospects of remarkable richness and destined become splenddly paying mines Some doubt will become famous in the history of mining.
 The Chandlar. which there are some ores of astonishing richness The Innoko which a ship, men of ere was made month ago. which was estimated to contain s200 ton Nome where the people erecting stamp mill to test the fine prospecors finding. The koyukuk where galena ore is being worked rich fund in the Bunker hill Sullivan. Even in the newest Cf the placer districts-Ruby-a ledge been found and is being developed in which free gold can be with the naked eye. and with the of promise. Indeed. :he whole Alaska is gold country Six hundred thousand square miles of prospecting ground Placer gold a thousand streams and without doubt ledges from which the pacers came in thousand hills
 There is in the wide world, has not been before. such land of opportunity gold miner
 "Twenty million dollars gold produced per year Placer Id mostly. Within twenty-five years the product will reach hundred millions per year. and it will be mostly quartz gold
 The transportation system of the territory bad. In fact there is practically except the rivers. the quarz ledges be found along the river bo toms. but in the hills The rivers are almost en. tirely useless fer the quartz mines
 Railroads needed Il is curious fact tha wherever railroad has been laid down Alaska. t2ouga here were mines in aNsterae even suspected when they builc quartz mines have de. veloped along the lines with surprising rapdity the White Pass X Yukon and how the copper mines nave opened Whi ehorse and the gold mines al Turragain Arm and Caribou The Cpper River X Norhwestern-see how the gold and copper lave developed along is route. The gold mines Mckinley lake not suspected when the road planned. now promise o become very great gold mines and make a volume traffic sufficient time to make the road enormously profitable.
 The Alaska Northern. formerly the Alaska Cen tral There idea quartz mines along it's roue until it built thus enabled and attracted prospectors to explore the hills along lines Now there several pr ducing quartz mines and great number of promising prospects
 "lt has been estimated that a railroad could built entirely across Alaska and that gold cop per would be opened adjacent to every twentyme tion. And this without regard whether runs east and north south.
 "Ir is probable that railroad built anywhere in Alaska after 10 years allowed for development would be most profitable For mines produce great traffic railroads.
 On he other hand quar,z mines attract railroads AnotAer year at years of development of the Fairbanks quartz mines and railroads will way from the coast them. When the railroads start for Fairbanks, and it probable there will be than one. there will commence boom in the valley of the Panama that will make the placer boom trivial Then nos only the low grade placer grounds will become valuable the quartz mines pour their wealth. but he agricultural lands which little regarded will be eagerly taken up
 K is probably rot known or suspected that a thousand dollars per will be made single crop of potatoes this year the Panama valley Yet it is fact. That rivals the best fruit land the Yakima valley. There literally millions acres Of land just like ii all around which for nothing and few taking f. They say no market for farm products Yet there is probably half million liars worth of hay and potatoes imported in 10 this valley year. Oats and potatoes just good quality be produced quantity home.
 When the Panama canal shall be opened and vessels will land European immigrants ports on the Baltic direct Valdez and CordOva. thousands