The Nome nugget., 1922-07-15

markabe condition due almost entirely to absence of highways during the greater of the decades gold production.
 Despite the deterring conditions under which it labors the Nome District the prosperous Alaska placer mining regions in 1920. It produced gold valued at sl317,S19.0O. compared to a combined total of % from all other placer districts Eighteen dredges about seventy open thirteen deep underground placers operated: about $50 men being employed. Regarding the future placer outlook Dr. Alfred H Brooks Of the U. S. Geolog cal Survey Tt estimated years ago f90S) that the value of the gold in the gravel plain ancient beach and high beach pacers of Seward Penn sula was about $215OOo, ,0O0.00. Substracting the amount of gold that has since been mined these posits leaves the value of the $200 Though the above estimates of the available placer serves may appear extravagant to comparison will be shown that they moderate. 1. With the return normal conditions development has increased steadily in recent months several important strikes have been made result of prospect ing efforts.
 Platinum valued at $34.0s7.o % was produced in AL aska in 1920. large portion being obtained District The bulk of the Nome output mined from the Dime Creek piacers although recoveries consd erabe value made Bear and Sweepstakes and at Willow Creek. Until 1916 effort made to this valuable metal but each succeeding increased output efforts recovery tended. Cun1Sfen bearing lodes developed at Fair banks Nome when war needs led to abnormal de- mand Considerable Tungsten was shipped from these properties between 1916 and Sche
 lite recovered from concentrates gold dredges at Nome In all about S7 tons of Alaska Satellite concentrates have been mined and marketed 1.
 StIO(F bearing are found in many places in the Nome District. The Omalik silver-ead mine on Fish River has produced considerable the past pended operations with the decline in years ago. Promising lodes are located at various other points, notably 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. [ 2.
 HnfimcnV in the form stibnite is one of the most widely distributed minerals in Alaska -. The high price and ready market antmony during the led to development of sbnite at several To- calities in the Nome District The facts In hand indicate that there large antimony ore in this district I I.
 COpper deposits have been found Seward Penin- sula and some of these have been developed small way. A few test shipments have been made sss Copper lodes have been located in several places Nokatak-kobuk region of Northern Alaska. Consider able prospecting has been done deposits Shugnak in the middle Kobuk valley - Were those deposits not isolated they would undoub edy have been mined. B.
 Gin Alaska has produced about 972 metallic tin which has nearly all from the placers the York District at the west end of Seward Peninsula. num- Der of discoveries of lode have been made in the York section. The only development has been at the Lost 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 sufi- ciently developed justify the belief that it will