Douglas Island news., 1920-12-10
OF WORK
 IN KUSkOKWIM Livingstone Wemecke Returns After Spending Nine Months at
 Nixon Forks


 . Kusfotwm country for tho pa' mine months in speaking Of Che lod. mines that are being developed. said that tbcy are situated at Nixon Fork 80 miles cas,crly from Mc- . Gmth and n miles northwest from . Che forks of Che Kuskolwim uar . lhc heads of Hidden Ruby and rlys tery creeks
 NcGmlh a situated 570 mile. above Che mouth of Che Kuskol,wim .rycr and 70 miles below Che june uon of Che North and south fora Che head ol navigation on Che r.rcr . Ocoan-eoIue veaois. drawing fifteen feet or less of watcr cm travel lo Bethel 1O miles above Che mouth of Che river Prom thcro supplies must be transferred Go lighter dmurht vessels to be taken to Me- Gath
 m describing Che zoology Of thc country Mr. WcuocEe ad. "Thc claims are located a,ous tbc margin . of @ granite stock about three miles la diameter which uuudcs a pclc- 1o.c Times .ono An Ono ore bodies Go Iatc have boen found n Che lime
 stone. although .omc mIucra'-bc8r- iue veins occur In Che granite The muora|nuou seems Go bo closely a#ocatol with certain uorphyry dkes when they occur at or near Ono imo-ruuitc contact The posI- uon. shape and occurrence of thc orc bodies ore lrrcsu'ori some uc. along bedding planes in the l'mc others along fractures In Che lmo and some Immediately at One cone tact"
 Ue a.d chat Che average assay Of bo orc that wll bo mined win do. pond somewhat on Che costs Of ou- eraunr and Che efficiency of One. milling urocca At he present umc. Inc sated. one orc body which has defined walls win average about s60 a tom. another s50. and s,ul au- otbcr ssO For Che present. Che. tonnage nat can bc produced H inc definite
 Summing up Che prospect work 
 that h.s been done to date by Ono radwoU company Mr. Womcese said hat hrcc shafts have been
 sunk ou Che claims Che past m- mor to depths of 50. % and l00| oct From Che shafts 500 feet Of. IrIuH eroa.uu and res have been driven Deeper sinking was. prevented by tho lack O. hoat.ue equipment On account of the early rae.c-up Che arrival of gasoline for. he comnrossors and ho.aa was dc. Iayod and tha winters work win bc somewhat slowed up ou Chat ace count
 m addition Co Che mde-rouud work donc. 732 pits and trenches uore dug through from three to. eight feet of soil and bedrock to de- tcrmuo Che nature of thc bedrock belov A permanent camp wos cs- ubuebcd. with two frame buld.nm completed for a bunk house and mc house. as wuIl os a frame ware house and power house at BwyH Handing on Che Kussosuim Two log barns an aaay oncc. fore mans c1lu and log hoIs. and compressor house hayo also been constructed tha summer Thry- one mon was tbc largest number cm- Woyel during tho summer and this force has boon ut down Co % dur- ing the winter Charles Houcr formerly Of Trcadwou. Is now fore. man in charge. with Lloyd BulIard as asayor and surveyor and Frank pusioh. blacksmith
 Twelve sacks Of orc from che caims have been shipped to Tread- well for mcauurr'cal tests to de- tommo a suitable process for rccoy- cru- One gold. silver and copper Unf of Che experimenting win be done ot Kellogg. Idaho. 10 is also planned to ship between Zoo and 5oo tons of Che sorted ore next spring to determine hc ro'sht and shipment chueo and me'ter discounts to make comparison between sh.p-
 ping md producing bullion on tho ground iH comparison with Che tos.s Hr Wcmocko also said Chat lhcr. was mo reason for anyone stamped. me to the district witch Che eNpoc,a uou of finding bonanza ore. no.,ho. Is horo anything thero chat war; rants production on a low grad. basis Ue mId that Che future o ! Che Nixon ucd win bc determine. ! by Che work chat win be done thi winter and ucNt ummcr