The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-02

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 other drodge is to be installed this creek in 1915.
 "Only a few small mining opera tions were carried on in the RampaI district in 1914 On the other hana the adjacent Hot Springs district ha' a very successful season, about plants being operated. The Koyuku placers were worked on about th same scale as in the past. The larges production in this camp from the deep placers of Hammond River, and most of the gold from this stream was taken out in the winter. Develop ment, of auriferous lodes was contlnu3 ed in small way in the chandalay district.
 More Prospecting.
 There was more prospecting in the Kantlshna and Bonniheld districts than in previous years, but the actual min- ing Is stil on q small scale. In the Kantishna much attention was paid to the aurIferous lodes. which were examined by engineers with a view to large developments. X little mining wa5 done on Wilson Creek. tributary to the lower Yukon, near Andreafskl This locality was the scene of con siderable excitement in the summer of 1915 but the discoveries of gold placers thus far have been small
 Some excitement was caused by the discovery of gold placers in the Healy River basin during the sun. mer Of 1914 Healy River is tributary to tho Panama from the north about 200 miles above Fairbanks. The same schists occur in this region which are elsewhere locally found to te aurifer- ous. It is reported that workable placers were found on Canyon Creek. tributary to Healy Lake. The ground is said to be 125 feet deep. Late in the fall of 1914, the discovery of work able gold placers in the headwater region Of the Toloyana was reported. The Toloyana IS tributary to the Tan ana from the north, between Fair banks and Hot Springs.
 chisana District.
 "A large part of the stampeders who went to the Chlsana district in 191S-1914. returned without realizing their expectations in the new camp Nevertheless, some rich placer ground has been found In this district, though the total bulk of auriferous graYels so far developed is not large. The total gold output from the district in 1914 had value of about S250,000 The total gold output from the dis trlct in 1914 had value of about $25O.0OO. It came chiefly from Bon- anza Creek, but there was also a con- siderable output from Little Eldorado and skookum Creeks.
 Ruby District.
 "Thc Ruby placer-gold district en- braces an aurlferous zone stretching for about 90 miles south from the Yu- kon including part Of the headwatey basin Of Innoko River. Preliminary estimates indicate that the gold out put from this field in 1914 had value of about $1,Ooo0O0, compared with $75,OO) for the output Of 1913.
 "The most extensive mining in the dlstrio; was done on Long Creek and its tributaries. where about 15 plants, some of considerable size, were oper- ated. A new development is the ind ing of valuable deposits on the bench claims Of Long Creek There was also considerable mining of the placers on Poornan Creek and other streams In the vicinity. The output from this part of the field is estimated to have a value of $120,00O, which was taken from about IT claims. About 50 placer mines were worked in the en- tire Ruby district during 1914.
 lnnoko-lditarod Region.
 Abundance of water favored placer mining in the Iditarod and Innollo dis -rlcts during 1914. and they yielded gold to the value of about S2,200O00. Two dredges were operated, one on Flat Creek and one on Otter Creek. Most of the other operations consist ed of open.cut work with the use Of steam scrapers or bucket hoists. AS in 1913 the principal mining was done on Flat and otter Creeks. but plants were also operated on Happy, Willow, Moore, Chicken, Black and other ,reeks of the district. In the Innoko district mining was done on Little. Colorado. Yankee, Gaines, Spaulding. Fox, Cripple, and other creeks.
 Kuskokwim Basin.
 According to report of A. G. Mad len Of the Geological Survey, placer ,old mining and prospecting were at nine widely separated of more or less importance n the Kuskolywlm basin during 1914, marking Q zone extending from the 'okotna basin to Kuskokwim, direct
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