Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01

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probable, however, that this distribu-
tion may be accounted for by the locali-
cation Of the prospecting rather than
by the actual limitations of the distri-
button of aurlferous veins. But few Of
the richer veins 80 far discovered are
more than one or two feet in width,
and the gold is, as a rule, confined to
the vein itself. In some places, how
| ever, gold has been found in adjacent
mineralized country rock. In general
the results obtained by the work of the
year have been satisfactory No large
veins have been discovered but large
number OF small ones have been found.
The development has been largely car
ried on by local capital and most of it
has been well advised
Lode Mining in Other Districts.
The influx of prospectors into the
lnnoko- 1ditarod region during the last
two years has stimulated the search for
lode deposits, but little has yet been
accomplished in actual development In
1872 an auriferous- quartz deposit was
opened on Gaines creek, and a small
mill was installed. This operation has
been successful and is an indication of
the possibilities OF lode mining. More
| important is the fact that many other
lmetalllferous veins have been found
and that the geologic conditions are
favorable to their occurrence in consid-
cradle areas of the Innoko basin and
adjacent portions of the Kuskokwim
basin.
| The Apollo mine. on Unga island
continued on lode prospects In the lii
ANNA region, notable on the Duryea
silver-lead deposit.
There was but little advance In quartz
mining during 1912 in Seward PENN
sula. Some prospecting was done, as
well as assessment work on a large
number of claims. The New Era Min
Ing company opened a quartz lead near
Snow guleh, where a four stamp mill
has been installed. Considerable ore
was also treated at the Nome custom
mill. Plans have also been made to
install stamp on a property located
near Bluff, 60 miles east Of Nome.
Copper Mining.
The increased copper production of
1912, compared with 1911, is to be
credited 10 the Chitina and Prince Will
liam sound districts, The rise in the
price OF copper led to much prospecting
and dead work In these as we'll as In
other districts.
The Jumbo and Rush & Brown mines
We're the only considerable shippers OF
copper ore in the Ketchikan district.
Il appears that the Mount Andrew
mine was idle for most Of the year, but
plans have been formulated for sys-
tematic development. Developments
were continued on the 1t, the Red
Wing, the Vittory, and the Lhote &
Sanford properties, and steps were ia
ken looking 10 the reopening of the
/ Copper Mountain mine Some work
was also done on copper-bearing vein
at sum Dunn, IN the Juneau district.
The Kennicott- Bonanza mine is the
only one in the Kotsina Chitina dis
trict from which shipments were made
| In 1912. but large amount OF devel-
/ opment work was done on other prop
critics. The concentration installed In
/ 1911 at the Bonanza mine was operated
during 1872. At the east end of the
| field work was continued on the Moth
er Lode. Nikolai and Westoper proper
ties and also ON u property located on
an island in the Kennieott glacier.
Prospecting ard developing We're espe-
/ cially active in the vicinity Of Kuskm-
lana river. Here the largest opera
/ si9ii' NNse ttAflSt I'll tie trFthI Northern
| 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 RAJ
rus group of claims. The Alaska Uni
ted Copper Exploration company con-
tinued work on the Blackburn group of
claims. located on Porcupine creek. In
1 pdHitia51 70 40 oil 10, ,t.,,-
of claims were being opened In the
/ Kaskulana region during the summer
of 1912. This field is now readily ae-
/ has been surveyed which would permit
the shipment Of ore.
| on Prince William sound shipments
were made by the Ellamar Mining COM
pany, the Threeman Mining company,
the Lanalocked Bay Copper Mining
company and the Beatson Copper COM
pany, located on Latouche island In
addition TO productive properties, there
were a large number of claims on which
] development work was carried on, some
of which gave promise Of soon reaching
a shipping stage A notable advance
was that made on the solomon guleh
property, near Valdez. where force
of men was engaged during the year
in opening chaleodyrite ore body.
But little advance was made in cop
per prospecting in these inland dis
tricts which are far from transporta-
| tion. About % men are said to be
carrying on prospecting and assess
ment work in the White river region.
and there are also some in the Nabesna
district. Prospectors report the finding
1of copper ore on Sheep mountain. In
the Matanuska valley Some copper
ore has also been found on a tributary
of the MeLaron river, in the headwater
region of the Susitna. A little devel-
lepment work was also continued on
! the copper prospects of the Hanna
Iregion. in southwestern Alaska.
Tin.
The dredge which was installed on
+! Buck creek last year was operated
| throughout the open season of 1872.
| Il is currently reported that the output