The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-05
NEW STRIKE AT CIRDWOOD NOT
 OF ANY VALUE

That the reported rich strike of rich ore bearing fabulous values of gold and
 other minerals, at Girdwood, on the government railroad not far from An chorage, is pure bunk. is the opinion of E. D. Stewart, territorial mine in
 spector. who has recently returned
 from examining that district
 "The rumors sent out in regards to
 the strike at Girdwood were unfortu- nate. to say the least" MT Stewart { said There is absolutely no basis for the belief that there will ever be any mines where it was reported. ! There are only stringers of quartz | that are of little value. The report ! of the strike and the failure of the claims makes it bad for the Girdwood ! district proper, which is an established camp where sood pay is taken out on 1 Crow, California and other creeks Many people stampeded from An chorage and other Alaskan cities when the richness of the strike was reported" MT. Stewart continued, left their business affairs and invest ] ed money for outfits, only to find that they were chasing a strike that did not exist This did harm to the whole district"
 i In the Willow creek district Mir. Stewart said that examinations that | he made leads him 10 believe that contrary to general belief. the veins l 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 l Kellys. Mabel. the Hatcher property and what is called the Talkeetna mines
 On the Hatcher property q 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
 At Girdwood Mir 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 per haps in Alaska On Crow creek HoImgron and Dcnhart old-umc Nome miners are taking out lot of gold by| hydraulic There are other properties there that have great merit also lo his opinion On account of this bain. such a good district. the touriur of rlI sup posed strike ar Grdwood ou tb ruII- road. WAS particularly unfortunate thing. according to Mr. Stewart as ir has don" tho whole Iis,r.o. ru Har ab'n harm.
 In thu lrop, and Sunrise dl-lre. N}r Stewart saI he found considerable work being done The Hcr.hrr .m.z. mine at the head of Palmer Cree. had B good year and there are several more good propositions in this district There is a company going in on Six Mile creek that i5 at the present time employing about 20 men and ar. pre-. pairing to go into placer minmv on d biz seal" In the Hope disuic, here is considerable mining on Rosurr,.tjo creek
 The Evan Jones coal mine. uc1r llska k now producing a good radn of coal and shipping to Anchorage. The company has completed spur track a mile long to their mine and arn ab1" 10 send roal 10 points O. rhn railroad by carload lots. Tine pr. is s75o a ton at tho pit month
 Having mined enough c.a m lna use of the railroad commission ro. rn, winter, the Eska mine operated h. rhr commission. has been closed down temporarily at least 1t was not de- sired to take coal out and let if lie outside to become slack Most of tho miners and their families are remain ing at Eska.
 Al Chickaloon, where the commis- sion is developing a mine for which the money is furnished by the navy. work is' going steadily ahead. A fine grade of coal is mined here. accord ing to Mir. Stewart and it is planned to use it for steaming coal for the navy.