The Nome nugget., 1922-07-22

markabe condition s due entirely to absence of highways during the greater of tho dscades gold production.
 Despite the deterring conditions under which fl abors the Nome District the prosperous of the Aiaska placer mining regions in 1920. It produced gold valued at $1.317s1s0o compared to a combined total of $1SSS.07soO from all other placer districts Eighteen dredges about seventy open cut mines and thirteen deep or underground placers operated about $50 men being employed Regarding the future placer outlook Dr. Alfred H. Brooks the U S. Geoogi- cal Survey It estimated years ago (1s08y that the value of the gold gravel pain ancient beach and high beach placers Seward Penin sula about $215,oo0.oo00O. substracting the amount of gold that has since been mined from these posts leaves the value of the s20o Though the above estimates of available placer serves may appear extravagant to comparison will be shown that they moderate. 1. With the return Of normal conditions development has increased steadily in recent months several important small strikes have been made result of renewed prospect ing efforts.
 aska in 1920. large portion being obtained Nome District The bulk of the Nome output mined from the Dime Creek plsoefs although eeovefies of consd erAbe value made Bef and Sweepstakes Creeks and at Willow Creek Until 1918 effort was made to recover this valuable mets but each succeeding year wit neses increased output efforts at recovery teaded.
 
 banks and Nome when the to abnormal de- mand Considerable Tungsten shipped from these properties between 1916 and 1918 lite was recovered from of gold drdges Nome In all about S7 tons of Alaska SchelIite concentrates have been mined and marketed l. SjyOtr bearing found in many places in the Nome District The Omalik siiver-fead mine On Fsh River has produced considerable the bas but sus- pended operations with the decline in silver years ago. Promising lodes located at various other points, notably the Kueruk River where extensive development work has been done during the past years: although transportation difcutes 50 far prevented shipment of ore | 2. HnffmonV in the form of stibnite Is one of the most widely distributed minerals in AlaskA sss The high price and ready market for antfm0ny duriAe tic war led to development Of stbnits at ssvefsl N calities the Nome District Tie facts in hS6d indicate that there large of antiony ore in this district. t l.
 CCpbeF deposits have been found Seward Penin- sula and some of these have been developed f small way few test shipments have been made ss Copper lodes been located places ii the Nokatak-Kobuk region of Northern Alaska. Consider able prospecting has been done of these deposits shugnak. in the middle Kobuk vAfIey : . .. Were those deposits Isolated they would undoubt edly have been mined. 3.
 Gin Alaska produced about S72 tons of metallic tin which has nearly all from the pacers the York District at the west end of Seward Peninsula num- ber of discoveries of lode tin have been made the York section The only development has been at the Lost River Mine Tbe best hope of the continuation of Al aska tin mining based the lode tin in the York Dis tric The Lost River mine is the only property suf cienty developed justify the belief that will