The Alaska citizen., 1916-04-03
TUNGSTEN IS IN GREAT
 DEMAND
QUERIES RELATIVE TO OISCOV- FRY OF TUNGSTEN ORE IN THIS VICINITY IS BEING RE CEIVEO IN FAIRBANKS
QUOTATIONS ARE VERY HIGH
LATEST QUOTATIONS FOR MAY DELIVERY IS S6O PER UNIT FOR TUNGSTEN COrCENTRATE5 FAIRBANKS BIDS FAIR TO BECOME TUNGSTEN CAMP

Since annoIuccmeut Was made o the world last fall through the local press relative to the dIscoy. cry of tunS~'"n in paying quan'i- ties al the head O. Gilmore creek by Johnson X EWcrs. a continuou. stream of inquiries of every natur, has been received in Fajrhanks Most of the inquiries came to the local banks and mercantile houses but as Johnson X EWcrs have been the only tungsten operator, of particular note 10 date. very lit tie information concernlne tun2 sten, generally spcakins has been available
 Inquiries and request, to! maI- nation on the subject however, hay" now become so numerous that many prospcctorS dropping their search for gold, ha,c started out in th~ hills in search of the less valuable but more plentiful metal In fact the demand for tungsten k so great and the prices paid for 1t so high that. if further discoveries are made in the Fairbanks district. the tung *ten industry promises to bccom, dS Si tdl. NOi SItt'tI. tiIdH the mining of gold here
 The latest tungsten quotation ta be received here came to the AIr orican bank of Alaska last week. in the shape of a wire from the Foot, Mineral company. of Philadelphia, Pa. They state fa their wire that they are olferina *50 per mi; F. c F. Fairbanks for tungsten concen- trates. which is B per unit 9e.ter than any offer previously received here. And they ere said To be a ponsibIc hous" by those who az" familiar with the tungStrn ~uation The quotation is offered for May delivery.
 IL i~ claimed that the Johnson X EWers ore now being milIDI ar Cinema will go from 12 To r. per cent m tm4-t.@. Ij.Wr,rr. as~aH~ made by Paul Hopkins. assayer cI the American bank. show that ,Ia aveI. age ore found in this vicinity will 70 between i've and six per cent in tungsten That howeynr. is con eidered a good shoWin4 for I' mean that ore which goes li}e per cent in tungsten can be c-timatnG as going about $500 to ,ho ton Tn" concentrates after the ore !, mhied go so per cent and up th"rrfor" the value of the concentrates Is ap. prOXimately $%,60o
 It is claimed by those whc know that all indications point 70 deposits of tungsten herc in payna Iuunti. ties The black sand of all of the creeks in the Fairbanks district ear- rics large quantities of schcelitc. or calcium tuugstate one form ot tungsten This fact would indicate thai the black sand ori2inally came from some lode or vein in the hills containing large quantities of tunG stcn WolframItc. another import ant form of tungsten. iS found here but in very small quantities only
 The creeks in this vicinity which show the greatest amount of Schoe- lite are FirSr Chance. a tributary of Goldstream and Little Eldorado Large quantities of scheelitc ar" also found in the black sand which comes from Lillian and Gertrude creeks. in the new ToIoyana minin" district All of which indicates tha' large bodies of ore containing tune sten may some day be uncovered near the heads of hose streams
 Johnson X Ewer~ have already mad" arran2rmente for the ship ment of three tons of tungsten con ccntratcs by parcels post, and part of the shipment iS being sent Out side on every stage The Ott Min ing company, of upper Fairbanks creek, also has about one ton of tungsten concentrates ready for shipment Aside from those two firms. however. no tuu@sDon has been shipped a7 far as can be learned