The Cordova daily times., 1922-01-11
MINING IN ALASKA IS DUE FOR GREAT REVIVAL IS OPINION OF
 COL. ALFRED BROOKS IN REPORT

llSH cost Ol OpeIdLlOll IllcT0SI III CuIS form of mining has greatly declined, and at present attention is being given to the smaller deposits, carry ing ore of higher value /
 Although mining in the Juneau<dis- trict has declined, there is still much systematic prospecting of gold-bear- ing veins in the region, notably on Admiralty Island. The Chichagof mine, in the Sitka district, made about it's normal output during 1921, and there was much active develop ment of auriferous ,lodes in the adja- cent region. Work was also contin- ued at the Kasaan gold mine, in the Ketchikan district. Important ad- vances were made in prospecting gold and silver bearing lodes at the Sal mon River district, in the Portland Canal region. Some small shipments of ore were made from this district A little gold quartz mining was car ried on in the Valdez district of Prince William Sound and in the Hope district of kenai Peninsula
 The Willow Creek district, tribu. tary to Anchorage, priduced about $10O,000 worth of lode gold This came from seven small mines, many of which are equipped with mills more remarkable for their novelty than for their efficiency The lodes of the district occur in well-defined Assures traversing doritic rocks. Most of these veins are remarkably persistent, though some are faulted Within these lodes are rich ore shoots, and mining has been limited to the search for and extraction of the rich ore from these shoots In general the lodes have not been sys- tematically developed to block out an ore tonnage owing to lack of tech mica knowledge and of sufficient cap- ital for the work undertaken. As a consequence most of the mines are being worked on a hand -to-mouth basis. Plans have been formulated for larger scale operations and above all for more systematic exploration of ore bodies. The surface indica- tions more than warrant the careful underground exploration of the lodes already discovered.
 Quartz mining at Fairbanks is still limited to the prospecting of some small lodes relatively rich in gold Incidentally to this work some gold ore taken from five to six diffirent properties was mined and milled Between $30,OO0 and $40,OO0 worth of gold was recovered from these opera tions. The largest developments were on the Smith & McGlone prop erty.
 The Alaska Treadwen Company continued systematic exploration of it's gold lodge mines in the Nixon Fork basin of the upper Kuskokwim region. In connection with this de- velopment work some ore carrying gold, silver and copper was mined and shipped by river and ocean boats. The outlook has been found suffi- ciently encouraging to justify the in stallation of small reducing plant, which is now under way.
 COPPER MINING
 In 1921 the Alaska mines produced about 56,2140OO pounds of copper, valued at $6,971, ,OO0, as compared with 7o,435,363 pounds, valued at $12,960, ,106, in 1920. The total Alaska copper output is now 672,OOO,OOO pound, valued at S135,O00,OO0. In 1921 the copper production was prac- tically confined to the three large mines of the Kennecott group in the Chitina basin; the Beatson-B Bonanza, on Prince William Sound. and the Rush & Brown mine, in the Ketchi- kan district. There was little ex- ploration for copper ore during the year, but some work was continued at the Dickey and Mcintosh proper ties, on Prince William Sound, and on other claims in several districts. It is reported that rich ore shoot of chalcocite was uncovered by J. E. Barrett on the Green property, on McCarty Creek, in the Chitina basin.
 MIScELLANEOUS METALS
 The Alaska mines produced about 742,000 ounces of silver in 1921 and 963,546 ounces in 1920. The silver was produced chiefly as an incident of gold and copper mining, and hence the output declined with that of these other metals Snmn Of the