The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-01-23

> feet In width and the gold. is as
; rule confined To the vein itself. Ii
some places. however, gold has beer
rock. In general the results obtane,
by the work of the year have beer
very satisfactory No large veins have
been discovered, but a large humble
development has been largely carried
on by local capital and most Of it ha!
been well advised.
Lode Mining in Other Districts.
The influx of prospectors into tn,
lnnoko- ldtarod region during the last
two years has stimulated the search
for lode deposits, but little has yet beer
accomplished in actual development
In 1912 an auriferous quartz deposit
was opened on Gaines creek. and O
small mill was installed. This opera
ton has been successful and is an in
dication of the possibilities of lode
|
that many other metalliferous veins
| have been found and that the geologic
conditions are favorable to their oc-
currence in considerable areas of the
of the Kuskowim basin.
The Apollo mine on Unga island con-
tinued in 1912 to be the only product
i've lode mine in southwestern Alaska.
Some work was continued on lode
prospects in the Hanna region, not
ably ON the Duryea silver-lead deposit.
There was but little advance in the
quartz mining during 1912 in Seward
peninsula. Some prospecting was
done as we'll as assessment work on
a large number of claims. The New
Era Mining company opened quartz
lead near Snow gulch where a 4stamp
ore was also treated at the Nome Gus
tom mill. Plans have also been made
to install stamp on property locat-
ed near Bluff, 60 miles east Of Nome.
Copper Mining.
The. increased copper production of
1912 compared with 1911 is to be cred
tied to the Chitina and Prince William
sound districts. The rise in the price
of copper led to much prospecting and
dead work in these as well as in other
districts.
The Jumbo and Rush & Brown
mines were the only considerable ship
pers of copper ore in the ketchikan
district It appears that the Mount
Andrew mine was idle for most Of the
year, but plans have been formulated
for systematic development. Develop
ments were continued on the 1t, the
Red Wing, the Vittory and the Lhote
& Sanford properties and steps were
taken looking to the reopening of the
Copper mountain mine Some work
was also done on copper bearing
vein at Sum Dunn in the juneau dis
trict
The Iicnnicott Bonanza mine is the
only one in the kotsjna -Chitna dis
trict from which shipments were made
in 1912. but a large amount of devel-
opment work was done on other prop
critics. The concentration installed in
1911 at the Bonanza mine was operat-
ed during 1912. At The east end Of the
field work was continued on the Moth
er lode, Nikolai and Westover proper
ties and also on a property located on
an island in the Kennicott glacier.
and developing were es
pecially active in the vicinity of Kus-
kulana river Here the largest opera
tions were those of the Great North
ern Development company, which COM
pleted about 5000 feet of development
work The Alaska Consolidated Cop
per company carried on development
work on Nugget creek and on the Ra-
rus group Of claims. The Alaska Unit
tinued work on the Blackburn group Of
claims, located on Porcupine creek. 1r
addition to the above, large number
Of claims were being opened in the
Kuskulana region during the summer
If 1912. This field is now readily ac-
,essible from the railway and a
branch has been surveyed which would (
permit the shipment of ore.
On Prince William sound shipments /
we're made by the Ellamar Mining I
the Thrce-man Mining com
Dany the Landlocked Bay Copper Mi !
hing company and the Beatson Copper (
located on Latouche island /
n addition to productive properties,
here were n large number of claims
N which development work was car
led on, some Of which give promise of
soon reaching shipping stage. A
notable advance was that made on the
solomon gulch property near Valdez,
where force of men was engaged
Turing the year in opening a chalcopy-
lite ore body.
But little advance was made in cop
'er prospecting in those inland dis
riots which are far from transporta-
ion. About % men are said to be
arrying on prospecting and assess
nent work in the White river region
nd there are also some in the Nabes-
a district. Prospectors report the
pling of CONNER orc on Sheen ,