The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-01
INTEREST HAS
 INCREASED IN
 COL D MINING
Stewart Finds Prospecting Stimulated by Recent
 Mine Developments

Generally speaking there is a distinct increase of interest in gold mining and prospecting, and the current years production bids fair 10 be the largest for several years, according 10 B. D. Stewart. Federal Mining Supervisor for Alaska. who returned yesterday from a six weeks trip to western and inter- for Alaska Reports of the sear- city of prospectors have been somewhat exaggerated. and there are as many if not more men in the hills than at any time in re- cent Alaskan history, he added.
 Developments in both placer and lode mining have stimulated prospecting and the increase in prospecting for new placer areas is particularly notable Mr Stew art said.
 Airplane Plays Part
 The airplane is playing a part of real importance in the promo tion of prospecting. Il is making if possible for men to reach hith- erto almost inaccessible districts, and a number of prospectors arc taking advantage of the opportuni- ties it offers. The airplanes op- erating out of Fairbanks and An chorage have taken quite a num- Der of prospeetors out during the past season.
 An instance of the advantages Of aerial transportation was cited by Mr. Stewart. While he was in Fairbanks, he had visit from a local aviator at 6 pm. who al 9 o'clock on the morning of the same day had hoped off with sup plies for two prospeetors he had landed north of Alatna. on the divide between the Arctic and Yu- kon river watersheds several weeks earlier By plane he had taken the outfit to the prospec- tors camp, unloaded it. and re- turned to Fairbanks in time for dinner. This, MT. Stewart point- ed out, is but one of many such instances.
 Dredees Are Producing
 Conditions in the Fairbanks district are notably good The pro- gram of the Fairbanks kxplora- tion Company is at least on sched- ule, if, in fact, not well ahead of it. The company has three dredges in operation, two on Goldsiream and the third on Cleary, all of which from a technical standpoint are working successfully. The com pany has not made public any pro duction figures. However, the dredges are continuing to work despite cold weather, operations being in progress with the temper autre standing at five degrees be- low zero.
 Other dredges also have appar- ently had a successful season. On Fish Creek, Fairbanks Creek and Nome Creek adjacent 10 Fairbanks, and on American Greek in the Panama Hot Springs. the big gold digging boats were reported to have done well.
 Quartz on Upgrade
 Quartz development in the Fair banks region is also on the up- grade, MT. Stewart said, and there is good deal of optimism regard ing the probable development of placer tin deposits in the Panama Hot Springs section.
 There are about dozen small properties, operating on high grade quartz deposits in the area around Fairbanks. all of which are said 10 have done fairly well during the past season. This has stimu- lated prospecting interest and there are a number of prospects no win the development stage that Dld falr 10 become producers. In fact. two or three new producers were added to the list this year
 At Willow Creek five outfits car ried on active operations most of the season and three are continu- ing at this time. One of these will operate all winter.
 Production in Cache Creek. while below the peak years. will be on a par with that of 1927.
 The small quartz mines in the Girdwood district reported a fair season and operations at Hope, placer mining on Resurrection and Bear creeks. and quartz mining on Palmer had a good year John Hirshey. who took over the prop erty on Palmer Creek formerly
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