The Nome nugget., 1931-02-28
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 HOLD PUBLIC MEETING
 WHICH WE'LL ATTENDED,
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funds 10 develop the placer gold fields pf this section, and stated that if we were to got anywhere with road construction we needed more funds than ordinary mainten- ance needs
 Harvey Grant next spoke of the necessity of more appropriations for road work in the Kougarok section. Al the present time the cost of ton of provisions landed in the heart of that section is ap- proximately $15o per ton and was almost prohibitive, even at that some of the miners were able to pay the bill and still make a pro- ht. The Kougarok iS big min ing section and it is estimated will produce more gold than even the Nome section, when proper trans portation facilities have been ex- tended.
 W. F. II. Cremer, deputy mar shal in the local office, but man who has followed mining most of his life, spoke of the possibilities of mining on large scale in the kougarok and KoyuA sections and is strong in the belief that soon quartz mining win take the lead and become the big mining factor in this section.
 On the matter of future harbpr activities. Thos A. Ross, chair man of the Harbor Committee, bore out the conclusions printed in last Saturdays issue of the Nome Nugget. that more substan- tial work could be accomplished in the extending of the jerties dur ing the winter period than dur ing the short summer season. witch is accompanied by stormy weather along the coast. Messrs Polet, Hartford, Swanberg and others were of the same opinion, and that it would be worth trying.
 It is the opinion of the publisher 'of the Nugget that q pile driver of the present type used during the summer months. can be used in the winter months, the only thing necessary is a little steam hose to be used for -hawins the and cutting the ice ahead of the pile driver. equipment used being somewhat the same as uSed by miners in winter thawing opera tions, only piece of pipe with numerous holes drilled in same. can be used to do the cutting of the ice as work progresses. Steam thawing and cutting of ice by steam has been in use at Nome for many ears, so that the nature of the wolk is not an eIperim ent. but is ill reality recognized i northern winter activity. We are willing to admit that while some Quainted with this matter, the ma jority of the higher executives have not had personal experience and can not be blamed for this. because it is more or less of an experiment from the government engineers standpoint. On the con- trary the sourdouehs opinion should be given some considera- tion it is he who has found the | paystreaks. it is he who has paid ! in money and years of labor try l ing to overcome the Arctic ele- l ments. With the gOyernn ent en- gineers experien and with the | sonrdoughs life If experience with |, the elements, between the two 1 they should be able to work out 1 suitable program for needs in | this section. Both should give and take and aim al q happy med | ium for the benefit Cf the com munity or sections 10 be benefitt- ed We have seen officials come l and so and new ones take their place, but just about the time ! that the officials have learned the | requirements of Alaska, they have been removed and assigned to oth- CT jobs. far removed from Alaska. | Ii then hecompS n matt er of going l