Douglas Island news., 1920-01-02
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s5H mon. and about 20 wiute. mines employing SD men, pr0 mining Is ou thc waue O, Fairbanks for in I1IS thcre were over 70 doeI mines and iu l9la tbcrc were ont eS AS only Che lcop mines can b, operated I'm Che winter thIs coudi Im ha. resulted Iu a great curiau mont of winter operations and ha madc tle labor problem moro seri mn. tor t s impossible to havo g permanent mining population wher. employment a aurol only for tho
 summer The larger par. ot th, known deen deposits of rich ground .t Fairbanks bos boon worked out and it win probably be impossible ndcr the present cost of operation. .u r.vre ths form ol mining oa a ar.. auI. Th. conditions here however are Improved now chat tho
 mn ar he assured ol moI at rea- .n.h.. cost from tta Nenua coa. .u The best immediate nrospec, .nr ... revival ol placer mining Q, Fairbanks s that of exploiting Che .re. rc.erycs oI uIrferous gravel .hat can he mined by dreIr.s and term ..urer. This gravel win bc mined hy tf. use o. Nemaua coat al- ar Che general conditions are Im- proved bv trc establishment or direct
 H connection vI,h Che coast
 Mining u Che Idarol district eN- .n. ma. done by che dr.le.. Is de- re..nr yoar by year, Much Of Che rich placer ground has boon work. .I out and tle Isolation ol .fc d.s- r.t uth Che oorselau. lrlou'u obtaining labor and .he heh r..eH. rates. has mol encouraged thc exploitation of the n'a.ers O. lower cro- The same .s .rue to a great .1t.nt o. llc To.0sana district where mos. of he mining has he.H done ny underground methods bu. some HauoN r.aecrs m thIs district can h. developed when operating costs
 e reduced
 E1r.r. for Che discovery ol an- .h.- ray.r.at on rooman Creek thor. was uo important advance In .ae Ruby district during 1919. ra..rs uore discovered on the Ho- -a River n he ko,uaak ls r.. in Iala hu. thes have mot vol boon sufficiently developed to de- .mn. hcIr value pa..e arc ..r reported Go have boon discovered m Tho Ur.r Crock basn tributary .0 WHI Eter and also u .he Roy u.us district though He.. reports
 .. mot been verified These nIaoou
 in inaccessible region. and
 ouI tav. To be very rich ta Ius,-
 he.r development under nroau.
 coalitions These reports however, indicate .hat mot an Che Alaska r..n...or have become i.seo1raeeI Ta. gold production from thc Mar ..U district has been maintained by tne ol.ru. of a few mines work. ae comparatively rich p'accrs
 Placer mining In Che ForrvmIe Is.r.. and m Che smaller Yukon districts s being made and under present. economic conditions win b. .nHnuoI principally by mon who H1r. orauf.I In these regions for a Tong Hme te. no doub, a large rer- ..arre o. such mining being 'o.. n. l loss 1T Che owner charged H. own s.rr.ces at present high
 ee. arnust Che cost The sam. T. .ne of the Kobuk Che most in. a...he placer camp of Alaska su.h mining wW however be con. .fnuod br many who prefer Che in. dependence of working their own small mines fo lhe moro substantial reward that they might obnn b, working for others At Ieast haI of thc placer mines operated n 1ol. aere probably of tbH typo and Che, gave employment to perhaps poo O. f0D mon. The value of hc.r out nrt s estimated Go bc between $500. oo0 and f6o0o00.
 Tho only important operation u .ue Kussosvm basin In 1919 wa .that Of Che dredec on Candle Greek which was Installed n 1918. Place mining was. however. continued i h rcr, small way In Che Kuskokwir and GooIuces Bay region. In al .abour 10 or 20 mines were opcrate .u these regions. employing betweo fH and 100 men.
 Seward Peninsula uas Che mos prosperous Of Che Alaska placer mining regions In 1919. It pro