The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-29
NEW STRIKE AT CIRDWOOD NOT
 OF ANY VALUE
Territorial Mine Inspector Returns from Visit to
 Western Alaska.

from Anchorage, is pure bunk, IS Ire opinion of B. D. Stewart, Territorial Mine Inspector, who has recently re- turned from examining that district,
 "The rumors sent out in regards to the strike at Girdwood were un- fortunate, to say the least MT SOW art said today. There is absolutely no basis for the belief that there will ever be any mines where it was reported. There are only strin5er5 of quartz that are of little value The report of the strike and the fail- ure of the claims makes 1t bad TOT the Girdwood district proper, which is an established camp where good pay is taken out on Crow, California and other creeks.
 Many people stampeded from An chorage and other Alaskan cities when the richness of the strike was reported" Mir. Stewart continued, .1eft their business affairs and in- vested money for outfits. only to find that they were chasing strikc that did not exist. This did harm to the whole district"
 Makes Many Visits
 Leaving here more than six weeks ago, MT. Stewart went directly Co All chorage and from Anchorage to the Willow Creek district, where he spent about a week. He returned from Willow Creek to Anchorage and then went to Girdwood and examined prop critics on California and Crow Creeks and from there he went to the nm ing camps at Hope and Sunrise on Turnagain Arm. He returned to An chorage and from there visited the coal fields, after which he left for Juneau, visiting the copper mina at Latouche en route here.
 Willow Creek
 In the Willow Creek district Mr. Stewart said that examinations that he made leads him to believe that contrary to general belief, the veins there are deep seated, although they are not large This will, he thinks, go towards making permanent camps. He found the Ready Bullion the larg- est producer and other properties working were the Lucky Shot, Milo Kellys. Mabel, the Hatcher property and what is called the Talkeetna mines.
 On the Hatcher property new mill was built this year, and the mine is one of great promise. Poor mining and milling at some of the mines in this district have retarded it's growth.
 Grdwood
 At Girdwood MT. Stewart examined what was supposed to be the rich strike near the railroad and found nothing there to base any claim on it's being a mining camp any time. He was, however struck with the great mining district near GirdwoOd on Crow and California Creeks and found there the greatest placer camp perhaps in Alaska. On Crow Creek, Holmgren and Denhart, old-time Nome miners are taking out lot of gold by hydraulic. There are other properties there that have great merit also in his opinion. On ac- count of this being such a good dis trict, the touting of the supposed strike at Girdwood on the railroad, was a particularly unfortunate thing, according to Mir. Stewart, as it has done the whole district considerable harm.
 Hope and Sunrise
 In the Hope and Sunrise district Mr. Stewart said he found consider able work being done. The Hershey quartz mine at the head of Palmer Creek had a good year and the-e are several more good propositions in this district. There is a company go ing in on Six Mile Creek that is at the present time employing about 20 men and are preparing to go into placer mining on a big scale. lr the Hope district there is consider able mining on Resurrection Creek.
 The Coal Fields
 The Evan Jones coal mine. neal Eska, is now producing good grade of coal and shipping to Anchorage The company has completed a srul track a mile long to their mine ant are able to send coal to points oi the railroad by carload lots. Th' price is $7.50 ton at the pit mouth
 Having mined enough coal for thu use of the Railroad Commission fo this winter, the Eska mine, operate by the Commission, has been close, down temporarily at least. It wal not desired to take coal out and le , it lie outside to become slack. Mos of the miners and their families art remaining at Eska.
 At Chickaloon, where the Commis sion is developing a mine for whicl the money is furnished by the navy work is going steadily ahead. A fin grade of coal is mined here, accord ing to Mir Stewart. and it is planne to use it for steaming coal for tn navy.
 The government coal washing plan at Sutton is neaving completion. Tn power plant is almost installed am the machinery is at Anchorage fo the washing plant. It is planned t not only wash coal from governmen uyiuoa hit for uriyate ones as we'll a