Douglas Island news., 1920-01-02

|may yet bo discovered. Meanwhile. |tho boat hopc of Che continuation of Alaska Um mining buaI on Che ! lode Uu 0I Che York district The ] 'Lost Rivor mine n thIa district n Ono only property sufficiently dogc'- opcd ,o justify Che belief laal .t win soon become Q producer yet nero are othoa u tho district which deserve pro.poolue
 Some platinum was recovered in Tho mining of placer gold m Che Seward Peninsula To'slo. and chi
 ,ochIna districts I'm 1919. mt Che quantity h unknown Tho mining ot copper ores at ho salt Chuck
 uno in Che Kc.ch.han district which cary platinum and palladium was continued. as in previous yoau There was no production or uue-
 fon. auumony or cbromito in 1919. and development work on properties
 carrying thosc minerals was uac- ucuy stopped producunye mining was continued on Che quicksilver do- posi-. on Che lower Kustotwm
 Coal and On
 The most Important features of Che Alaska coal-mmne Industry in l9i9 aro CD Che continuation Of system. auc mining In Che Matmusa nc.d by Che Alaska Engineering CommI- ..ou. D2l Che systematic prospecting of Icase hold In thc Boring Rvor Held. and lD no beginning of che mining of Che Nnaua I'euitc coal.
 Mining and underground oyniora- lion was carried on throughout tho year by ho Alaska Engineering Comm .ou at .hc E.Io and chIcka- loon mines. in the Nannwha doid. Coal production from tucc mines was advaedly limited to tho needs of Che Commission and ucm-by Io- cmmw Al Che Esba muc. which s bmm.u0us coal ol low muh aboul 100000 tons Of coal have bocu blocked out and somo evidence has been obtained nat there a am ad- duoual reserve of about Ioo00Oo tons At this mine Che coal beds are mot greatly folded but aomc large faults have complicated tho oswc- Hon of Che coal Al Ch.cEa'0ou. whore hcrc Ia very high grade biummous coaL Che beds are in- tenseiy folded and much auIted . These conditions uoroaeel greatly The cos. Of mnnr The work of Che Commission has resulted m h.ook- . Irr out about lOo.O0o toms O. coal .
 No details are yet available about tho developments made on tHo I.as. . hold iu hc western wrt ol Ono hcr- Inr R.vcr fod bu. extensive and . yslemaue underground work ha been done. and uae rcmIta appear to. have encouraged tho lessor. lo oon- Hruc Thc coal ot tha iooIIY Ia. bHmuoua somo de- volonmcuH wore also continued In . 1919 ou a patented claim m ho. part ol Che 0c.d where Che cont H anthracite \ une ooa' . has boon mined at tha loaU'v md !. marketed at CorIava The mine .s. connected witch barge navigation ou Boring Wyor bv a marrow gauge railroad
 The connecting link Of One has" . railroad between Farbmt. and the. . Ncuaua coat Gad was completed In . 1919. and Che Nmana uerto F.. thclo.ore now available lm .. in. Che Fairbanks district and N'Hd .
 stimulate thc gold mining industry Several thousand tom. |. iimtcvcc . produced at "Mue ac6 m.re' and other developments m tho doId arc under vay
 Small iim.H. eorl mine. were op- . catel u 1919 at number Q. widely .
 separated IoeaIuo n A'a.W and thc.r product was consumed locally . About 5s.O0o tons 0f ooal of which . II00O ton. wore Hm.te. wore mined . in I9l9
 The petroleum produced .n Alaska . In 1919. as m prar.ous ycHr# was
 limited .o tbc only patented oI land . oi Che Territory which .a in lhe ka-. uua fcii The ou.pu. was inc. creased and drilling continued In. view of Che probable early emmett . ment ol en ou-aud leasing law che. utores. In One AaaN petroleum fields has revived and after lhH law has been enacted there win m-