The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-06-15
WORK ON THE BREMNER

At about Mile 50 on the c. R. &
N. w. Railway the Bremner River
runs into the Copper River, and
since the early days, long before the
building of the railway, prospectors
have been looking for placer gold
on the Bremner and Little Bremner
rivers. They have been successful
to a limited degree. But the wan
dering of prospectors has resulted
in the discovery of considerable gold
quartz in that locality. At various
other localities off from the railway
both gold and copper has been dis
covered and many locations made.
In a recent report by Fred H. Moi
fit, of the U. S. geological survey,
the following reference is made to
that locality:
Claims have been staked on
number of quartz veins on the lower
part of Bremner River and on the
Little Bremner. Most of these veins
are small, but a number reach
thickness of several feet and can be
traced for some considerable dis
lance on the surface. The larger
veins show a. slight naturalization
and are reported to have yielded
small amounts of gold when assayed.
No development work has been done
on them.
Several properties between
Chitina and Tiekel were visited by
members of the survey party, but
time to visit all of them was lack
ing. Near the railroad, at Mile 100,
an adit 40 feet long had been driven
to crosscut vein of quartz that ap-
peared in the schist on the surface
above. The vein, which is four feet
thick, strikes N. 10 degrees E., and
dips slightly to the east, carries gold
and small amount of galena. A
short distance to the south is
another property on which assess
ment work has been done. and which
is reported to carry gold in varying
amounts up to $45 ton.
"The property of the Standard
Mines Co., is on the ridge near the
head of Eagle Creek, over 1000 feet
above the Copper. A shallow verti-
cal shaft was sunk on quartz vein
in schist The vein, which strikes
north and dips slightly east, is about
13 inches thick at the surface but
is a little larger below. 1t carries
visible free gold associated with
pyrite and galena. Assays of $50
to the ton have been obtained, as
we'll as much higher values from
picked specimens. Nearby proper
ties show the same sort of surface
groupings, but carry little chalco-
pyrite in addition to the sulphides.
"Other gold-bearing veins nearer
the coast on Copper River and in the
mountains between Copper River
and the Military Road have had con-
siderable work done on them but
have not developed into mines.
During the summer of 1911
considerable number of men were
engaged in prospecting on the west
side of Copper River between the
Chitina and the coast. Collaborating
quartz float was found at various
places and many small gold-bearing
veins were discovered. A few of the
veins give basis for mining projects
but have not yet been opened up
sufficiently to prove their value, al
though more or less work has been
done on them.
"a number of copper claims have
been staked in the mountains be-
tween Canyon Creek and Chitina
River and at the. head of Canyon
Creek. One of them, the Blakney
property, near Taral, is patented.
On three or four others consider
able work has been done, but on the
remainder operations have been re-
stricted to the assessment work
necessary to hold the property"
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