The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22

| Fairbanks district. Many of these shipped the ore, in course of mining development. to the custom mills al Chcna and Fairbanks. and il is estimated that over sJO.000 worth Of gold was recovered from this source Late in the summer small stamp mills were installed on the Free Gold and Tolovana i.roperties. in the upper Cleary Creek basin. and
 n the Newsboy. which is located rear the divide between Eldorado and Cleary creeks. Although claimf were staked and more or less pros pecting was done during the year ir much of the Fairbanks district. the most important developments were confined to dsrtain areas. These will be mentioned in gecgrap- iC order from east to west
 A more or less ill-dcfined belt stretches parallel to Fairbanks creek In this belt the most casterly pros peCt reported is on Coffee Dome where a ledge is reported tc be Is inches wide A 50-foot shaft. show irg 3 fee of ore. is said to have been sunk on the Eureka claim Creek ledge. Both these proper ties produced some ore. which was milled al Cinema. A 30-foot shaft in which a ledge 1 foot wide is re ported to have been exposed, was sunk on the Governor claim. sit uaJed in the upper Fairbanks creek basin.
 To the west the Fairbanks creek belt merges with second center divide between Fairbanks and Cleary creeks. An adit tunnel was driven on the Russian Kid claim, al the head of Wolf creek, for some 300 feet tC lntersect ledge which outcrops higher Cn the hill. Though at last reports the adit had not reached the main l dge. a rich stringer was crosscut. On the ad- jacent ReXall claim a vein was cross cut at a distance of 127 feet, then followed for some 52 feet. This ledge is said 10 be from inches To , feet h inches wide. and the ore recovered was shipped to the Chena mill. A new ledge about IS inches wide is said to have been found not far from this locality.
 A third zone of naturalization is that defined by numerous properties located in the headwater region of Cleary creek. Among the import ant developments were those at the Gold Bullion mine, which was op- erated for most of the year Here d 5-stamp mill was installed in September. before which the ore had been treated al the custom mill The Panama Quartz Hydraulic Co.,. is opening what is said to be an extension of the same lead. Here a lo0-foot shaft was sunk and the ore followed by a 2O-foot drift The vein is said to range from 10 inches 10 feet in width A 4-foot vein is also reported to have been strip ped Cn this property. This work, as well as that done on the Free Gold shows that faulting is not un- common. small mill was in stalled at the Tolovana property. which lies in the same belt. An adit tunnel was also driven on a claim near the junction of Rex and Chatham creeks, and a 4-foCt vein is said to have been exposed. Skoogy gulch, on the Pedro creek side of the divide. has been the scene of considerable development work. The reports indicate that the most important advances in this field were those on the Rainbow claim. A 45-foot shaft was sunk on a vein said to be 212 to 3 feet wide. Considerable ore was ship ped to the Cinema mill from this property.
 In 1911 some discoveries of gold bearing quartz were made in the divide between Cleary and Eldorado , creeks. Here the Newsboy prop erty was developed by a shaft 112 feet deep, and the vein followed by drifts on two levels. An air con- pressor and a 5-stamp mill were , installed on this property in the late summer, before which consid- erable ore had been shipped to , Cinema. Some work was also done on claims located near the divide between Dome and Cleary creeks. A 7S-foot shaft was sunk on the Fried , erichs property. A 370-foot tunnel , and 100-foot shaft were put down , by the Reliance Mining Co.,, and l are reported to have opened up a 7-foot vein. The Ryan ledge, situ. } ated near the divide between St } Patrick and Eva creeks in the west ern part of the Fairbanks district : marks a new locality of lode-mining : development. This ledge has been , opened by a 45-foot shaft, said to l have revealed thickness of 3 to