The Nome nugget., 1932-10-29
SOME REMARKS ON GOLD
 MINING IN NOME

are made because they are ignor" ant of the real issues.
 Science and progress have al tered the position in Alaska. That Nome has gold nobody disputes. The government geologist and min ing engineers in Washington have no reason for making false state- ments. And many engineers confirm the U. S. officials statements. There were two or three reas- ons why the gold industry could not up to recently be established
 "1 The perpetual ice or gla- cier ice at a depth from 15 to
 40 feet below ground covering the
 richest deposits of the bed rock could not be thawed. Attempts
 have been made to mine them and go under the ice. To thaw by steam and hot oil, but all attempts were useless until the process of cold water thawing was discovered. With cold water the thawing is so ef- fective that where it is applied,
 the upper ground caves in and the
 buckets of the dredge can reach
 bed rock and lift the richest gold deposits accumulated there from
 ages past.
 ''(2) Radio and airplanes have
 not only brought Nome nearer civilization; but have increased from 90 days to 16O days, the
 working time in Nome. Formerly Nome could only be reached in the middle of June or end of June. Now it can be reached at any time of the year by airplane from Fairbanks and Anchorage. The ice
 Of the upper strata is thawed early in May and the water does not finally freeze until the middle or end of November This gives near ly 6 months instead of months for operations.
 "(3) Nome has a stable govern ment. No revolutions to be feared The laws of the U S are liberal as regards mining and every assist ance and encourag cement can be expected. Most of Alluvial and placer gold mining are at present
 in fever stricken climates and un- der unstable governments. The
 Nome climate is healthy and it is a white mans country.
 ''The one substantial business
 man who has read the Report and says if people could only see the mines, must be an Irishman. Tn. report is made by people who have seen the mines and it contains statements of unimpea chable Unit ed States scientific officials, whose statements of fact no sane man would doubt for a moment
 Being a rude mining man was told by financier that he had lost money in a gold man. My answer was "that if one woman died in giving birth to a child, will all the women of the world stop having children!' I must ap- ologize but is true all the same Another man told me Nome was So far away. Now if Nome would have been near New York or Lon don, would there have been any gold left? People make stupid re- marks when they do not want t, invest money. I have noticed the differnce between the British and American investor. An American would like his investment to be situated within reach of his car. This accounts why the Britishers produce from 80 to 90 percent If the worlds gold. Americans have learned to accumulate like the French, gold to the detriment of their own prosperity because they Keep it out of circulation. America used to be the worlds second larg- est gold producer, but is now dis placed by little Canada, who this year has taken second place as a gold producer. The producer of gold is not afraid to put his gold in circulation, because he is con- hdent he can replace his gold re- serve. It is evident America is