The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-23
Increase Seen In Activities Among
 Alaskan Mines

Sacram ento, Cal, Aug. 23-By The the Associated Press) s).-Readjustment of wages bringing a close approach to normalcy as applied to mining has resulted in a return of the pendulum toward greater mining activity than has been experienced in the history of Alaska since the boom days.
 While the Alaska railroad was building it was impossible to obtain help for mining operations owing to the good wages in railroad construc--- tion Even now there is a general shortage of miners throughout the territory and every man of experience takes on an entirely different com plexionL than of a few years ago; at tention is being given to gaining ac-- cess to known placer deposits suitable for hydraulic and dredges, and aside from this phase of the placer situa-- tion there is little doing save where old-timers have little piece of ground from which they may sluice out grubStake for the winter, and | who do not care to take out for tune. The other phase of the renaissance. | in mining is confined to quartz, and | judging by the encouraging discover l ies, the apparent permanency of ore | bodies and ability to mine econom- | ically, the outlook for quartz Is ex- | cellent.
 l Additional prospecting in the Will 1 low Creek district has disclosed a
 more extended area, and as rapidly
 as trails and roadways are extended the prospector is bringing commercial properties into being. Sure of the Hills.
 | So great has become the lure of the hills that almost all the populous cen | terS along the railroad are undergo | ing a midsummer quietude, everyone l who has a grubstake, and many en- gagged in other lines of business talk. ing advantage of the ideal conditions
 in the hills to combine a pleasure trip | with prospecting,
 How much does it go to the pan"
 has been supp1anted by What does | it run to the ton," and "how Is the | crop looking?'' - | Even when a big cleanup comes in | there is no excitement. as these things
 are becoming everyday occurrences Alaska at present needs more in terest in quartz mining, especially From outside capital, it is stated, for : local capital is carrying the peak of
 development and the lack of larger capital is retarding rapid develop
 ment.
 Geological survey engineers are now
 making recognizances along the rail
 road belt and the result of their find
 ings is exected to have a tremendous
 and a boom is looked for as soon as
 these reports are made known. :. | Alaska is no place for the wildcat- ter, for the communities are arrayed
 against spurious promotions, and all
 efforts to float such enterprises are
 baked by the public and press. As an illustration of how the Alas
 kans are progressing, group of busie ness men have acquired number of
 oil leases in the Anchorage field and hold them subject to the advent of capital in sufficient volume to drill one or more complete wells, the property being turned over on low royalty basis, all amo1ument being subject to striking oil.
 Anchorage recently Jointly financed l 8 cannery plant by escrowing all sub
 scriptious until sufficient capital was raised, The cannery was launched and this season is operating success fully. It is the policy of Alaskan capital
 Ito pool with outside capital on all le' gitimate enterprises and in this man
 Iner the public, as well as Legitimate
 deyelopers, are protected against buc-
 cancers of finance.