The Alaska daily empire., 1926-07-29
PARKS REPORTS
CONDITIONS IN
INTERIOR GOOD
Mining Industry in Best
Shape in Years : Has
Sen. Phipps as Guest.

There is more activity in the min
ing industry of the interior and Sew
ard Peninsula this season than there
has been for years and conditions
generally are showing reflected inn
provement, said Gov George A.
Parks today He has just concluded
a so day trip which carried him as
far as Nome
There are more extensive opera
tions in progress, more development
activity and a greater amount of
prospecting for new ground this sea-
son than for many years, the Govern
or said He was highly encouraged
over mining conditions generally and
said it was expected that the pro-
duction of gold in the interior and
on Seward Peninsula this year would
show substantial increase.
Escorts Senator Phipps
For several days past, the Govern
or has acted as host to Senator Law
renee c. Phipps, Colorado, Mrs.
Phipps and their two sons. He met
them at Seward about ten days ago
and continued with the party until
it reached here last night. The Sen
ator and his family visited with Gov.
Parks at the Mansion a short time
last night and proceeded to Seattle
on the Alaska.
The Senator was actively interest
ed i'll every phase of Alaskan life
and all it's industries, said Gov
Parks He and Mrs. Phipps ex
pressed themselves as enjoying every
minute of the trip and the Senator
said he hoped to come back north
in the not distant future and make a
more extended visit.
Rain Jinx Pursues
A rain jinX pursued the Senator's
party from the time it got to Sew
ard until it reached here last night,
and followed it out Of here. Rain
clouds and fogs hanging low, OBJ
scured the mountains of interior and
coastal Alaska so badly that not
single good view of them was OBJ
tanned Although on two sides of
Mt Mckinley, it was completely
shrouded in clouds and the party
left Alaska without having had so
much as a glimpse of this highest
North American peak. When the
party passed through Isabelle Pass
on Richardson Highway, low lying
clouds hid the tops of the Cathedral
Mountains and nothing but the walls
of the pass was visible. Mt. Drum,
Al II nt har c
to be seen to good advantage from
Richardson also were hidden. ut
got to be such a regular thing for
us to see nothing but foothills and
the bases of mounatins that Sen
ator Phipps finally laughingly con-
cluded that Alaskan mountains had
no tops" said the Governor. De
spite these handicaps the party had
a fine trip and enjoyed it, he added
Saw Mining Development
Gov Parks took Senator Phipps
out over the ChatanikaCircle road
as far as it was completed. This
enabled him to view the big mining
development program under way in
that district by subsidiary of the
American Smelling & Refining Co.
He also visited some of the dredges
In operation in the district, the Alas
ka College, the Agricultural Expert
ment Station at Fairbanks. and went
through the agricultural district He
showed a keen interest in the rail
road and in road and trail work, as
well as in conditions generally.
At Cordova, Senator Phipps and
Gov. Parks were guests at dinner
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Four Days at Nome
= The Governor spent four days in
and around Nome. He found people
there greatly encouraged over the
mining outlook. The Hammond in
terests are expected to have a big
year and their dredges were operat-
ing successfully. The success OF the
cold water thawing process has sim
plified their problems materially, 1t
was said. A new dredge is being
installed on Solomon River and
dredges are operating in the Council
district. A substantial increase in
the gold output was predicted for the
Nome region.
The excitement of the reported
strike on the beach at Bluff had