The Nome daily nugget., 1914-03-26

Whereas. the wise and far seeing recommendations of his excellency. President Wilson. in regard to the ap- propriation of $S5.O0O.OOO for the building of railroads in Alaska have been followed by congress. and
 Whereas, Congrsss has left it t0 the discretion of his exceilency, the pl esident, as to the location of said reads and
 Whereas, his exceliency in his wis dem desires to construct said roads where they will result in a maximum of development and increase of the mineral production of Alaska, and
 Whereas, Seward peninsula, which has increased the worlds production of gold over 365.OOOOOO. is without adequate means of transportation to the interior, through the closing down uf the Seward Peninsula railroad the orly road 10 the heart of the benin sula, and
 Whereas. it is impossible to mine the enormous low grade deposits of the Kougarok and interior of said peninsula without cheaper transport ation facilities.
 Therefore be 1t resolved. by the business men, miners and operators of the Seward peninsula, that We re- spectfully ask his eXcellency. the president, to cause an investigation of the necessity of acquiring the Sew | ard Peninsula railroad and extending same to Taylor Alaska, or construct ing another railroad from some point on tide water to Taylor, which Is the center of the interior mining section ot the Seward peninsula.
 Similar resolutions were passed by the Pioneers of Alaska, the Chamber oi Commerce and the common coun- cil of the city of Nome.
 IT. H. MOLLER, President of the Meeting.
 JAS. P. DAILY.
 Secretary of the Meeting. Statement of the mineral resources ii Seward peninsula Alaska. and of the necessity of transportation facili- ties to the interior.
 Mineral Resoureea
 The gold placers of Seward benin sula are best and most reliably de- scribed by our able and efficient corr Of Ceologists sent out by the United States geological survey. such men a. Collier, Hess. Smith, Brooks and many others.
 We quote these men from Bulle- tin No. 32S 1908. of said survey. Fore yard at page 10 is well worth reading in which MT. Brooks says: This reg ion Steward Peninsula) now increases the wealth of the world yearly by nearly s,0OO,OOO" (Since thIs statement vas written the production has fallen off to some considerable extent. Again at page 135. MT Brooks estimates the auriferous gravel deposits of Seward peninsula to be about 21O square miles or 65O,4S6.000 square yards. the depth at one yard. making $50. .4s6, ,O00 cubic yards of gold bearing Eravels, estimated at fifty cents per yard, valued at $s25.24S.OOo.
 Again at page 136. MT. Mofit, Mfr. Collier and MT. Hess estimate the un- worked streant gravele tof Seward peninsula at 1S.400.0O0 cubic yards, valued at $5.sS to S5.9s, based upon the production of seventeen different streams. divided by the mined yard age
 They wish to be conservative ana estimate the unworked yardage at s2.50 or about $5O0O0,O
 At pages 13s and 1Ss. MT. Brook, says in summing up "that an estimate ct $250. 100000 to s325. 100000 for the placer gold resources of Seward pen irsula Is conservative and that if min ing was carried on to the limit of oul water supply on Seward peninsula, it would take 25 to 40 years to exhaust cur gold bearing gravels."
 Several members of this committee being practical miners and having q g"od knowledge of various parts oi Seward Peninsula, believe the forego. ing statement of these gentlemen tt be very conservative.
 Referring to the map of Seward peninsula herewith attached you will note that the Kougarok mining dis trict is in the center or middle part and that the proposed extension o the railroad. as laid down on said map will pass through nearly the centc, of said district. Nearly the entir, length of this extension will pass through country that will produc, ] :., Al.