The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-06
MINING NOTES
FROM ALL PARTS
Of TERRITORY

be in the Good News bay distrc, this
summer.
Tom Aitken. on Candle creek, forty
miles from Tokotna, is working a full
crew. operating a dredge.
Johnny Beaton and Harry Donnel-
ley. on No l below discovery on Otter
creek, in the Iditarod are working
their dredge. and employ force of
l forty-fve men
The Guggenheim dredge, on Flat
creek, in the Idittrod. is employing
about 100 men This is slightly in
excess of the labor employed by them
last year.
John F. Coats. consulting engineer
OF the CRANKY interests, has been Sc
lected by the directors of the Tjose-
Wig kennecott company to make the
Independent examination and report
on the property.
The CRANKY Consolidated Mining,
Smelling and Power Company has de-
clared a dividend of $374,962 for the
quarter ending June l. This Is at the
rate of % per cent Payment was
made on August l.
The production OF copper by the
kennecott Copper Corporation in May
amounted to l0,l62.0OO pounds, OF
which 3.+O4.00o pounds were from
Alaska and 6.75SO0O pounds were from
South America
Mining operations are very quiet in
the Ruby district the only operations
of particular note being those on
Spruce creek. 1t is said that earlier
predictions for this creek were not eX-
aggerated. and that it is good for two
or three years at its present output.
The Venus mine, in the Conrad dis
trict, near Whitehorse. shipped 700
sacks of concentrates on the Tutshi
to Carcross for reshipment from that
point for the smelter outside. At that
time there were $500 sacks OF con
centrates at the mill.
An encouraging strike of free gold
mixed with galena and black jak" in
the tunnel at a distance OF 200 feet
was made at Windham bay, in South.
J eastern Alaska, recently The strike
Is said to be very encouraging, and
: workmen are breaking out six feet OF
!: ore per day.
:: Two outfits are working on Boulder
!: creek, in the Iditarod, this summer.
!: Considerable work has been done in
!: this district but many miners are
!: leaving on account of prohibitve
/: prices for supplies and transportation.
!: II. Armstead. manager OF the cop
:: per mine near Sumdum, reports
;: splendid showing on the copper prop
4: critics in that vicinity. A shaft 200
3: feet in depth has been sunk, with
): drift of 100 feet, ledge of ore six
+: teen feet wide being encountered.
(: The Copper King mine, at White
:: horse. Y. T. recently shipped 500 tons
:. OF copper ore from It's ouiho'S "
3: Skagway The assay values have
s: been uniformly high on the product
{: of this mine, running from 40 to 60
!: per cent.
(: A. G. Mosier, operating at Gypsum.
:: Is In Juneau endeavoring to secure
i crew to resume operations on this
5 property. The gypsum mined on this
{: property Is the richest In the world,
+: and a manufacturing plant has been
5: handling the raw product at Tacoma
:; 1t is the intention OF the company to
{: develop some OF the water power in
:: the vicinity OF the mine.
!: James w. Mcdonald. who has spent
s: forty-five years In the mining game In
4 the territory and various parts OF the
5: United States, says that Alaska has
!: no peer in mineral deposits, and there
/: is as much chance for placer mining
I: In Alaska as there Is for quartz min
J: ing When the war Is over, Mr.. Nc
!: Donald says, there will be rush for
/ the mineral deposits OF this country
) that will break ali records. ~iS
|; Reports from the Gsod News bay
I diggtngs. which are said 70 be about
|: ninety miles from Bethel, are TO the
: effect that Curly Smith and Joe jean,
: mining men from the Marshall dis
: trict, have made a deal with Butch
Smith and partners and are going to
!: work about four or five claims in this
!: district during the season. They are
!: reported to be on the ground. aver
aging about SO to 81 per foot
Recent arrivals from Nixon fork.
about thirty-five miles from McGrath,
: on the kuskokwim. state that consid-