The Nome nugget., 1922-07-01

markabe condition due almost entirely to absenee of highways during the part the decades of gold production.
 Despite the deterring conditions under which it
 abors the Nome District prosperous of the Alaska placer mining regions in 1920. It produced gold valued at s1317.S19.0O, compared to combined total of s1.66So76O0 from all placer districts Eighteen dredges about seventy open 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. Geolog cal Survey says Tt estimated years ago 9Os) that the value of the gold the gravel plain ancient beach and high beach pacers Penn- suia was about s215OOO OO0.OO. Substracting the amount of gold that has since been these de- posits leaves the value of the reserves $200 Though the above estimates of the available placer serves may appear extravagant to some, comparison will be shown that they moderate 1. with't the return normal conditions development has steadily in recent months important small strikes have been made result renewed ing efforts.
 Platinum valued at $34.0s7.o0 produced in AL aska in 1920 large portion being in the Nome District The bulk of the Nome output mined from the Dime Creek placers although consd erabe value made Bear and Sweepstakes Creeks and at Willow Creek Until 1916 effort was made to recover this valuable metal but each succeeding nesses increased output efforts recovery ex tended.
 CunqSfen bearing lodes developed at Fair banks and Nome when war needs led to abnormal de- mand :" Considerable Tungsten was shipped from these properties between 1916 1918 and Sche
 lite recovered from gold dredges at Nome In all about ST tons of Alaska schellite concentrates have been mined and marketed. 1. SnOeF bearing ores found in many places in the Nome District The Omak silver-lead mine on Fish River has produced considerable in past but sus pended operations with the decline silver some years ago Promising lodes are located at various other points, notably on the kugruk River extensive development work has been done during the past two years; although transportation difficulties have so far prevented shipment of ore. t 2.
 8nfiMonV ore in the form of stibnite is one of the most widely distributed minerals in Alaska sss The high price and ready market for antimony during the war led to development of stbnte at several To- calities in the Nome District The facts in hand indicate that there anmony ore in this district. l.
 Cooper deposits have been found Seward Penin- sula and some of these have been developed small way few test shipments have been made |" -" Copper lodes have been located in places Nokatak-Kobuk region of Northern Alaska Consider able prospecting has done these deposits Shugnak. in the middle Kobuk valley Were those deposits isolated they undoubt edly have been mined. 8.
 Gin Alaska has produced s72 tons of metallic tn which has nearly all from the pacers the York District at the west end of Seward Peninsula. num- Der of discoveries of lode tin have been section The only development has been at the Lost River Mine The best hope of the continuation of Al aska tin mining is based the lode tin in the York Dis trict, The Lost River mine is the only property sui cienty developed justify the belief that it will