The Nenana daily news., 1919-02-22
CLUB DISCUSSES
 NENANA'S NEEDS
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 Canyon on the west side of the river, and upon my return to the end of steel I then plan, if condi- tions permit, to make a trip up Dry creek and across in a general westerly direction to the Toklat and Bear Paw river, in the Kantishna district, with view of a recon noissance for a wagon road, and possibly for a railroad From the reports that have reached me I feel quite confident that this particular district will develop large bodies of ore, and other favorable reports indicate that there are immense areas of mparatively low grade placer that will soon be ready for hydraulic or dredging companies to develop now that money is liable to be more plentiful.
 "There are several other districts corresponding to the Kantishna, one of them being quite close to Nenana and opposite and east of Mile BIT, not over ten miles distant from the railroad. This will require some investigation, and I intend to go u9 there also at the earliest oppor- tunity. |.
 In connection with the mining development of the Interior, it ap- pears to me that the mining bureau might do we'll to send out some of their geological and mineral ex- perts to give these various districts. not only thorough mineral surveys, but to further establish, perhaps, bureaus nearby where these re- searches may be compiled, and if possible where lectures can be given and details presented to prospectors and others who are able and willing to go into this country and make search for mineral. These men could do vast amount of good in properly presenting the resources of the country to those who with little resources are willing to take long chances, but there are so many who do not know mineral ores when !, they see them that they walk over perhaps some of the best ores in the country, not knowing that they are doing so.
 If Alaska is to develop at all, it must be along mineral lines as one of the principal sources of de- velopment, and it seems to me that there is no better way to encourage this development. and make Alaska worth while than to have develop ment experts come and report ta; , the people just what they find, aRsffj perhaps help in every way possible . the bringing of these ores to the shelter. Just how these details could be arranged is, perhaps, not to be discussed at this time. but the government has vast empire here that needs development, and 1 1t seems to me to be the province of the government to help. 1 know that the mining bureau is reticent: as to proclaiming discoveries on the: grounds that they will put false hopes intothe minds of the unsoph- isticated. but 1 do not believe that is deterrent to the encouragement that should be given in some means equivalent to the above mentioned. "The Nenana Commercial Club, as well as other similar bodies ir the vicinity, are very anxious to have these roads looked into and built without delay, not that only; the merchants of the towns them. selves depend on these roads, bat the success of the railroad also, and. this railroad is to them very much, as child to it's parents. They want to know, not only that it does not fail, but further that it is a
 
 success. @ T am we'll aware that there is an able technical and practical man in charge of the mining bureau at i Fairbanks, and it is with view Of enlarging, perhaps, his scope Of