The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-05

unless we are subsidized or protected It is in the York district where the most tin is mined It is only those deposits of easy and economically situated that can made to pay under the existing conditions
 Near Tin City in the Cape York district dredge was operated for the of tin alone has been in disse for many years not because of the lack of tin ore to dig for there vast tracts of it. but the market price of the product did not justify con- inuing its operation. In this district tin has been found in the lode bedrock also. But owing b the great expense of exploration work quartz prospects, especially on metal of such low value prospectors not interested.
 Eastward from the Seward Peninsula is the Ruby Poorman mining district Tin occurs in almost all cf the placer gold creeks in this camp Only in few instances has there been tentative shipments of tin the market There is however in this district many tributaries of the Suatna River that throw more tin than gold and the tin content is of sufficient quan-
 titles to be prolonged producer if the price were right Further eastward again is the Gold Hill mining dis trct Grand Creek and Mason Greek are said to con- tain large deposits These two creeks will soon be in placer-gold production on a big scale. Whether it will justify the operators to the tin it remains to be seen.
 The Hot Springs mining district and the Cape York district have been the greatest units producing ever a million dollars worth of tin for the worlds market In the Suivan-rofty area of this district placer-gold mining is being carried of late with modern mechanical equipment Last season this sec ton was big factor in the output of the Territory Over tracts of placer ground that will be worked drill holes show that the tin content is more constant than the gold The estimate of the tin values in this r'n into the millions Whether the operators will make any special effort the tin or let it be swept away into the tailings is problematical
 The cassiterite pebble occurs in the Rampart dis irlct n the Tolovana and the -Hope-and Charity country Il is found in the Circle diggngs and the Forty Mile country right ID to the international border Between the 64th and 6sth parallels and from olc border to Cape Prince of Wales approximately 800 miles as the crow flies tlrre is embraced vast sfea Of territory that really be called tin belt"
 There arc many other localities outside of this belt
 that give great promise in potential tin resources hsnong them are the Tolstoi in the Ophr mining dis tl7et the Peglagak River in the Kusiokwim detaf and OR Cache Greek and Willow Creek tributaries of the snsitna
 Congress would do well to make substantial ap Dropr,ation for thorough detailed and scientific investigation of the in resources of Alaska. for it may yell ba that Alaska alone can produce all the tin need ed by the nation.
 From reports no tin ore has been found in place r Alaeka except possibly in slight quantities. The Eraker ore is found in relatively small particles or rebbles mixed with the gravels of the rivers ard creeks in many parts of all of that vast region. Where so much broken and water-washed ore is found in the graves it is highway probable that search might reveal the source of the ore in the lodes.
 The amount of money required for thorough prospecting of the region in which the principal tin occurrences are found is relatively insignificant. The possible beneficial results of such examination are well-nigh incalculable