The Nome nugget., 1922-06-17

markabe condition is due almost entirely to absence
 highways during the greater part the decades l gold production.
 Despite the deterring conditions under which |
 labors the Nome District the most prosperous | Alaska placer mining regions in 1920. It produced
 gold valued at s1s17.S19.O0. compared to a combined
 total of s1.6Sso76OO from all other placer districts
 Eighteen dredges about seventy five
 thirteen deep or underground placers operated
 about $50 men being employed. Regarding the future
 placer outlook. Dr. Alfred H. Brooks the U S. Geologi- cal Survey says Tt estimated ago 9OS)
 that the value of the gold gravel plan
 ancient beach and high beach pacers of Seward sua about s215 .0OO .OO. Substracting the
 amount of gold that has since been mined these
 posits leaves the value of the s2OO
 Though the above estimates of the available placer serves may appear extravagant to some. comparison will be shown that they moderate. l. With the return of normal conditions development increased steadily in recent months and several important small strikes have been made result of renewed prospect ing efforts
 Platinum valued at $340S7.0O was produced in AL aska in 1920. large portion being obtained in the Nome District The bulk of the Nome output was mined from the Dime Creek pacers. although recoveres of consd erabe value made Bear and Sweepstakes Creeks and at Willow Creek. Until 1916 effort made to recover this valuable metal but succeeding year nesses an increased output efforts recovery tended.
 CNn9Sfen bearing lodes developed at Fair banks and Nome when the needs led abnormal mand Considerable Tungsten was shipped from these properties between 1916 and
 lite was recovered from of gold dredges Nome In all about s7 tons of Alaska Satellite concentrates have been mined and marketed. Il. SuUeF bearing ores found in many places in the Nome District The Omak silver-lead mine On Fish River has produced in the past hut pended operations with the decline in silver some ago Promising lodes are located at various other points notably on the Kugruk River where extensive development work has been done during the past two years although transportation difficulties have SO far prevented shipment of ore. | g.
 9nnm0nD ore. in the form of stibnite is one of the most widely distributed minerals in Alaska The nigh price and ready market for antimony during the war led to development of stibne ores at several To- calities in the Nome District The facts in ham,, indicate that there large of anmony ore in this district. |.
 Copper deposits have been found on Seward Peuin- suia and some of these have been developed small way. few test shipments have been made Copper lodes have been located in places in the Nokatak- -kobuk region of Northern Alaska. Consider able prospecting has been done of deposits near shugnak. in the middle Kobuk valley .. Were those deposits isolated they undoubt edly have been mined. B. Gin Alaska has produced about 972 metallic tin which has nearly all from the placers York District at the west end of Seward Peninsula. Der of discoveries of lode tin have been made in the York section The only development has been at the Lost River Mine The best hope of the continuation of Al aska tin mining based the lode tin in the York Dis trict. The Lost River mine is the only property suf ceny developed justify the belief that will soon