Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-07

probably be large offices for the off,
Gals and clerks. There will be ma
chin" shops for tho roads and ware
houses and depots for the Matanuska
coal. which will be sent here for ex-
port. There may also be smeltcrs and
factories OF one kind or another
During my stay at Anchorage I have
learned about tho country through
which tho railroad will go. from Thorn
AIS RIGGS. Jr.. who has charge OF much
of the work throughout tho interior
and who ha" personally conc again and
again over every foot Of the ground
lia tells me that the most of the re-
2ion has not yet been fully proSpectcd
The land IS covered with moss and
other vegetation which so hides the
rocks that II is hard to toll what there
is. 1t Is known. however. that the
road Will give easy access TO many
rich gold deposits. and that mining
camps will spring up horc and there
all along the way from Seward to Fair
banks. There is quartz gold near tho
line Of the Alaska Northern. and there
arc quartz ami placer mines I'm other
parts of the lIcuai Peninsula AS much
as Si50.oN0 IN gold were taken out Of
the pcuiusuln in 1914.
Goiuc north OF Anchorage at Mile ls5
from Seward Is Willow Greek. This Is
forty miles north OF Anchorage and II,
should lac reached by the railroad this
year. Willow Creek has three quartz
mines. with n irn-stamp mill 1T pro-
duccd gold last summer to the amount
of SSi!0on. The mill ia about twenty
miles from the end of the tracks now
bcin,: laid.
\ little further north is the Talkcct-
ia River where there is good farming
land That part of the country Is open
II is made up OF plains and valleys
spotted with groves and covered with
grass y short distance 10 tho west
Of II are the Yetua and Skwetna min
ing districts. where many prospnctors
ar" working. They are taking out
placer gold. Some OF tho men are
nish the money getting half OF the
findings
GREAT MINING FIELD
AWAITS DEVELOPMENT
ono OF the most promising mining
districts along the new railroad is near
Broad pass, where the road crosses the
mountains at mn altitude of 1900 feet
above the sea. The pass is about five
miles In width. and there are noun
iains OH each Side Of IL 5000 or 5000
feet high. off to thc west can he seen
Mount Mckinley. which Is sixty-fvo
miles away. and on the east are tho
Cathedral mountains aud Mount HAYES
IN" latter is almost as htrh as Full
ya'na or Pixies peak. Mount Mckinley
Is over 2n,ono feet high: II is higher
than any peak on the North American
continent. having It's equal only in the
liimalayas and the Andes
To the west OF Broad Pass discover
les OF large low grade quartz gold arc
reported. Tho gold is of 4 refractory
character, running from 81 to SIS per
ton. u will probably develop con-
siderable traffic. Further over in the
foothills OF Mount Mckinley Is tho
kantishna mining district. which has
gold, antimony ana other metals. There
arc siNiy-od miners and trappcrs there
now. and some OF them are doing quite
we'll one company has taken out 900
tons Of antimonv which will be sent
out as soon as navigation Is opened
The way has made that metal exceed
lncly valuable
Another mineral which Is now being
mined In Alaska may he found in that
same region IT Is known to exist
near Fairbanks. where they are mining
II and shipping the concentrates by
parcel post This mineral Is sheclito,
high grade tungsten, used for MAX
ing communion. The concentrates sell
for S3,5"o a ton.
Going further along the railroad YOU
reach the Ncnana coal fields and then
come 10 the Tolovann gold region.
which lies not fac from the route be-
tween Ncnana and Fairbanks. This Is
= new district, where something like
300 men are now prospecting. They
took out s6o.00o worth OF gold last