The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-19
THREE VIEWS or
 FAIRBANKS AS 4
 QUARTZ DISTRICT

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 The Fairbanks Times presents three views of the Fairbanks region as a quartz distrlct-one by the "Optimisl one by the "Pessimlst" and one by Impartial Observer" They follow:
 The optlmist
 In reply to the question. "Will the Fairbanks district make quartz sec tion?" The Opumlst replied
 Make quartz camp; why 1t al- ready is a quartz camp. This IS one of the richest quartz countries in the world Several men will make a for tune this summer if they can get their ore through the mill. ! nave been a hard rock miner all my life and | never saw better looking quartz country than the country right around Fairbanks creek. And all the surface indications are that the ledges are not going to pinch out I've been to all the properties around here and J tell you that there is not single one that is not going to make good quartz mine The boys are working hard, and everyone is satisfied with the outlook. and that shows that they have the goods. When the railroad comes in Fairbanks will be one of the richest quartz camps in America: I've been all over the States, and l have never seen a better looking quartz country than this one Is. This sum mer is going to see more activity than ever before in quartz around here, and expect to see old Fair banks creek produce a million dollars in quartz within the next year
 Tn three years. placer will be thing of the past Every quartz ais. trict has boom. then Quiets down, and then proves whether or not 1t ia worth staying with Well. quartz in this district had its boom, Quieree down and has already proven that it is worth staying with. What more can you want than that?"
 The Pessimist
 The Impartial observer asked Tho Pessimist this question. "Will Fair banks make a quartz camp?'
 The Pessimist answered that i. would not. The Pessimst was certain that there was no chance of Fair. banks ever being a quartz camp. Per sonally for the last nine years he had been a quartz prospector, he had sunk shafts and driven tunnels. he had dis covered prospects. and he had done his assessment work regularly. and with his partner had worked steadily and earnestly Therefore he ought to be in & position to know. His con- clusions were that Fairbanks would never have quartz in paying Quanti- ties He told the Impartial Observer that he had refused to have his claim bonded for one hundred thousand dol lars. and that an English Syndicate had offered to do five thousand dol lars worth of work month on his claim for a year. but as the corpora tion would not pay enough money down, The Pessimist had refused the offer. But still he works away trying to uncover something that does not exist. struggling with ceaseless energy to find that which according to his own words is not to be found in this upart of Alaska
 The Impartial Observer
 The Impartial Observer is not al quartz expert. he is not even a miner but he nodded all the stories he heard and everything he saw in the quartz belt together and reached this con- clusion;
 Fairbanks has excellent quartz prospects. Experienced hard rock mio- CTS say that the quartz belt has all the appearances of turning out well There are many strlngers that csr be and are being worked at a profit No quartz miner believes that the Fairbanks quartz district has been given fair test A mill with larg CT capacity is essential to successful prospecting. The men who are giv- ing their time and spending theiT money believe that this will ultimate ly be a quartz camp. but that much more time will be required to prove that 1t is. There is not a single shaft deep enough to definitely show wheth- CT the lodges are lasting With the proper equipment for handling the ore. Fairbanks creek would produce