anaheim-gazette 1911-01-05

MINING IN ALASKA IN 1910 Great Wealth Output from Mineral Storehouse (Contributed to the Gazette) The value of the mineral output of Alaska in 1910 is estimated at $17,400,000; the value in 1909 was $21,146,423. Of this, the estimated value of the gold output in 1910 was $16,360,000; that of 1909, $20,371,078. The copper production in 1910 is estimated to have been 5,600,000 pounds valued at about $740,000; that of 1909 was 4,124,705 pounds, valued at $536,211. The value of the other mineral products, including silver, lead, gypsum, marble, and coal, is estimated at $300,000—an increase over that of 1909. The total value of the Alaska mineral production since 1880, when mining was begun, is, in round numbers, $186,000,000, of which $179,000,000 is represented by the value of the gold output. The decrease in the value of the mineral production is entirely chargeable to the falling off in the output of Fairbanks, Seward Peninsula, and some of the smaller placer districts. Except in these camps and the coal fields, the output from all the mining districts increased. In spite of the decreased gold production and the handicap because of the delay in opening the coal fields, considerable advancements were made in the mining industry. Copper mining was prosperous and much development work was done on copper deposits. More has been accomplished than in any previous year in the development of auriferous lodes. Much work was also done toward installing large mining plants for working low-grade placer deposits. As in previous years, the lack of cheap fuel in the one great hindrance of the industry. This is in part reflected by an increase from 1909 in the production from gold lodes estimated at a value of about $300,000 and an increase in the copper output of nearly a million and a half pounds. More important to the future of the lode-mining industry, however, is the amount of dead work and prospecting accomplished in the various regions. Notable advances were made in the gold lode districts of Juneau, Prince William Sound, Kenai Peninsula, Willow Creek of the Susitna basin, and Fairbanks, and in the copper bearing districts of Prince William Sound and the Chitina valley. There were 13 productive gold-lode mines in operation in Alaska in 1910, one more than in 1909. In addition to this, work was done on more than 50 gold prospects, a few of which produced some gold as an incident to the development work. Of the producing mines, six were in the Juneau district. In the Juneau district, which includes not only the region around Juneau but Berners Bay and the connecting gold bearing area, the season was prosperous and much work was accomplished that will materially swell the gold output in next two years. In this district the mining development on new properties have gone far enough to indicate definitely a large output. There is every reason to believe that when the installation of mining plants now begun has been completed the gold-output from this district will increase enormously. The only gold-lode mines operated in 1910 in southeastern Alaska outside of the Juneau district were two on Chichagof Island, in the Sitka district, which had a prosperous season and a small one on Prince of Wales Island, which was worked for part of the year. handicap because of the delay in opening the coal fields, considerable advancements were made in the mining industry. Copper mining was prosperous and much development work was done on copper deposits. More has been accomplished than in any previous year in the development of auriferous lodes. Much work was also done toward installing large mining plants for working low-grade placer deposits. As in previous years, the lack of cheap fuel is the one great hindrance to the advancement of the mining industry in Alaska. So long as the Pacific seaboard of Alaska and the adjacent portions of the inland region have to depend on expensive coal brought from British Columbia, Japan, and Washington, so long will the industries of the territory suffer. With coal at $8 to $20 a ton along the Pacific seaboard of Alaska, even mines located at tidewater are at great economic disadvantage. Under such conditions only the richest and largest ore bodies can be mined at a profit. Practically nothing was done in the coal fields except a few patent surveys. Most of the small mines which have in the past furnished lignitic coal for local use were in 1910 closed until the matter of granting patents should be finally decided. On the other hand, some new drilling was done in the Katalla oil field. Current reports indicate that some oil properties were leased and preparations made to render the district productive. The railways are at a double disadvantage. In the first place, they are paying from $11 to $12 a ton for coal used in operating, which should cost only $2.50 to $3.50; in the second place, the coal tonnage needed to help support the railways is nonexistent. In spite of these handicaps, the backers of some of the railway projects have shown commendable enterprise in continuing construction work. The Copper River railway completed the construction of the line as far as Chitina, 131 miles from Cordova, at the end of September and also put a temporary bridge across the Copper at this point. The remaining 60 miles to the Bonanza mines are of easy construction, and the managers report that the line will be completed at an early date. This line will render accessible both the copper deposits of the Chitina Valley and the placers of the Nizina district. The Alaska Northern Railway maintained communication over its 71 very reason to believe that when the installation of mining plants now begun has been completed the gold output from this district will increase enormously. The only gold-lode mines operated in 1910 in southeastern Alaska outside of the Juneau district were two on Chichagof Island, in the Sitka district, which had a prosperous season and a small one on Prince of Wales Island, which was worked for part of the year. A large amount of prospecting of auriferous lodes was done in the region tributary to Port Valdez. This work was stimulated by the successful operation of the Cliff mine, which, with a small 3-stamp mill, yielded a relatively large gold production during the year. Enough prospecting has been done on some other veins in this district to indicate that they are likely to prove commercial ore bodies. It is also a significant fact that this prospecting indicates a rather wide distribution of auriferous mineralization. Of the other quartz prospects in the Prince William sound region, those near McKinley Lake, not far from Cordova, give promise of being of importance. The outlook for quartz mining in Kenai Peninsula is also most encouraging, though no property has yet become productive. Among the important developments of 1910 were those of False and Crow creeks and the Moose Pass district. So far as known, the type of mineralization appears to be similar to that of the Port Valdez region. In the Willow creek district of the Susitna basin is one small productive mine and a large number of prospects on which some work has been done. The important prospects show veins from 16 inches to 4 feet thick, and some of them have been traced for a sufficient distance to warrant the belief that they are persistent. There has also been some lode prospecting in other more remote parts of the Susitna basin. These prospects, while they are reported to have yielded encouraging results, can be developed only if made accessible by railway. The only important advances in lode prospecting in the inland region were made in the Fairbanks district. Here the work of 1910 indicates a rather wider distribution of gold than had previously been known. The work of the lode prospector has been much helped by the erection of a custom mill of 10 stamps at Chee. We all wait and there brass Two more teams quickly, I die dead and cripple in No. 6, but I It was a beast faintest sprang up, railed the placid water heavens were masses of sorrow and the mountain geles, were enchanted Signal Hill, and the "Paloo be dimly seen as the velvet babe, and as he midsummer rose." Someone came rise." The same time before by the clouds above the horrid rift in these shafts of ed gold, stream nating the fracture rift, and for a ner lining of thence the sky tinge of reflected quickly away When the sun shine the cloud rift break, we coul beyond, clear, light. It another world But soon she came a solid day and the rift off day, and there water-laden moons clouds; through sunlight penetrate as Chitina, 131 miles from Cordova, at the end of September and also put a temporary bridge across the Copper at this point. The remaining 60 miles to the Bonanza mines are of easy construction, and the managers report that the line will be completed at an early date. This line will render accessible both the copper deposits of the Chitina Valley and the placers of the Nizina district. The Alaska Northern Railway maintained communication over its 71 miles of track, which connects Seward, the coastal terminal, with the head of Turnagain Arm. By the use of small launches a route of communication with Knik and points on Susitna river was thus established, which is competitive with the older route from Cook Inlet. Some location surveys were also made beyond the end of the completed road. This railway when completed, will lead to the development of the Matanuska coalfield and the Willow Creek lode district, as well as other mining districts of the Susitna basin, besides making accessible extensive areas of arable-land Most of the other railway projects appear to have lain dormant awaiting the settlement of the coal-land question. The completed railways, such as the White Pass, Tanana Valley, and Seward Peninsula, were operated but need no special mention. An important feature of the year was the transformation of much of the Valdez-Fairbanks trail to a wagon road. This new road, besides serving the terminal points, will aid the development of the several mining districts lying between. Important roads and trails were also constructed in other parts of the territory by the Alaska road commission. The marked advancement in lode mining in many parts of Alaska during 1910 is the most encouraging fea- THE BEST BUTTER PRODUCER IN THE WORLD. Cured Sugar-Beet-Pulp from silo $1.00 per ton, loading to car 40 cents additional. LOS ALAMITOS SUGAR FACTORY 12-29-tf For Sale—1 span of mules. One fine driving mare. Pacific Implement Co., Anaheim. 12-22-tf DUCK SHOOTING IS SPORT How the Boys Get the Birds in the Peatlands J. A. Graves of Los Angeles writes an interesting article in the West Coast Magazine under the title, "A Morning With the Ducks." He tells the story of a day's sport at the Westminster gunclub, from which the following is taken: We were to be called at five o'clock. I went to sleep at once upon retiring, and it seemed but a few moments until the keeper rapped up on my door. Up I jumped. We were soon in our hunting togs and at the breakfast table. The night before we had selected our blinds. No. 7 fell to me. Breakfast over, each man took his gun and shells and "hiked" out in the darkness to his blind. Reaching mine, I put out my decoys, arranged my shells for handy use, got into my blind, and awaited the call of "time". This is done by the tolling of a bell hung on the top of our barn, which can be heard for miles around. Just thirty minutes before sunrise, the tolling of the bell broke the stillness. Usually at this hour the air is full of ducks, startled from the ponds by the hunters going to their blinds. This morning there was not a duck in sight. Not even a mud hen cluttered away in hurried alarm. South of us the surf beat upon the ocean's shore with a dull roar. Chickens crowed, geese cackled, turkeys gobbled, the cows lowed, and the horses neighed at all the surrounding farms. In the shooting line—"nothing doing" Piff. A poacher on the road shoots at something. Bang. Someone on the Blue-wing grounds gets a shot. Then someone on our grounds takes a long chance at a "sky-scraper" hurrying to the ocean. Presently a teal the glad figures of eight big sprig, headed my way. They were far beyond gunshot, with necks outstretched, looking for a landing place.Would they ever get to me? The question was answered by a shot from some idiot in the road south of us, who could only hope to scare them. How they scurried up into the clouds, wildly scattered for a few moments, then gathering into a black bunch, they wheeled around, and were off in the direction whence they came. Now I got a widgeon, then a teal, then another teal, and finally a sprig. A few drops of rain fell, and I thought we were surely in for a soaking. In a long lull in the shooting I went out and gathered up my kill. Nine I found. Sixteen more to make the limit. Would I get them? Coming from the north, high up in the air, I saw a band of sprig. They were so high, no one shot at them. Just as they came over me, I selected a leader, held well ahead of him and pulled the trigger. To my astonishment I saw him waver. I swung to another, and crack went the gun. He, too, followed, and both of the crippled birds came whirling to the water. They were only crippled, and I took no chance of losing them. Away I went, through the mud and water, and soon I had wrung the necks of each of them. They were magnificent birds, and raised my count to eleven. I had, in getting them, stepped in to a hole, going over my boot top, and my right boot was full of water. Getting back to my blind, I laid down on my back, stuck my foot in the air and got rid of most of the water. Fortunately it was a warm morning, and I suffered no inconvenience. Turning my head I saw a very large sprig coming toward me, close to the water. He was already too ed away in hurried alarm. South of us the surf beat upon the ocean's shore with a dull roar. Chickens crowed, geese cackled, turkeys gobbled, the cows lowed, and the horses neighed at all the surrounding farms. In the shooting line—"nothing doing" Piff. A poacher on the road shoots at something. Bang. Someone on the Blue-wing grounds gets a shot. Then someone on our grounds takes a long chance at a "sky-scraper" hurrying to the ocean. Presently a teal flying low, almost ran into me. As he veered off, ducking, darting, turning, twisting, I reached him with my right barrel, and he fell, quite dead, a crumpled mass, the light of his joyous life gone. We all waited, just a shot here and there breaking the stillness. Two more teal hurtled by. Rising quickly, I dropped one good and dead and crippled the other. He fell in No. 6, but I never got him. It was a beautiful morning. Just the faintest sort of an east wind sprang up, raising little ripples on the placid waters of our ponds. The heavens were enveloped in dark gray masses of somber clouds. Catalina, and the mountains north of Los Angeles, were entirely shut out of view. Signal Hill, north of Long Beach, and the "Palos Verdes" hills, could be dimly seen. The air was as soft as the velvet cheek of a new-born babe, and as balmy as the breath of a midsummer morning. Someone called, "Look at the sunrise." The sun had really risen some time before, but was shut out by the clouds. About ten degrees above the horizon there was a circular rift in the cloud mass. Through this shafts of sunlight, like burnished gold, streamed, brilliantly illuminating the frayed edges of the cloud rift, and for a few moments the inner lining of the clouds, which darkened the sky, assumed a purple tinge of reflected light, which faded quickly away as the sun ascended. When the sun had completely passed the cloud rift, through that little break, we could see the sky, miles beyond, clear, brilliant, radiant in the light. It was like looking into another world, another atmosphere. But soon the sullen cloud-blanket became a solid mass of frowning gray, and the rift of light was gone for the day, and there hung all around us a water-laden mass of rough, touzzled clouds; through which not a ray of sunlight penetrated. magnificent birds, and raised my count to eleven. I had, in getting them, stepped in to a hole, going over my boot top, and my right boot was full of water. Getting back to my blind, I laid down on my back, stuck my foot in the air and got rid of most of the water. Fortunately it was a warm morning, and I suffered no inconvenience. Turning my head I saw a very large sprig coming toward me, close to the water. He was already too close. I banged away at him and missed him. Up he mounted, and trying him again, saw him gasp, but he mounted higher and higher, and finally sped out of sight. Here I am, fifty-eight years old, following the game as I learned it in my younger days. I cannot see a letter in a page of coarse print without my glasses, but I could see a duck even in that darkened atmosphere, miles away, and name the family to which he belonged. The day wore on, now a hit; now a miss. Now long waits, then some sharp, rapid shooting. A fine mist was falling, just enough to make things soggy. I made another round-up, and my count was twenty-three. I saw the keeper pick up one of mine. I wanted one more. I got another teal, and shouldering my gun, started for the house with six sprig, about as many widgeon and the balance teal. Those ducks were heavy enough before I got in. To my surprise it was twelve o'clock. Chanselor joined me at the gate. He also had the limit. We took our cold shower and had a modest drink of good old Bourbon. By the time we were dressed, Leeds, Swartz and Klokke came in, each with the limit Gates and his brother were still shooting. Then came a good hot lunch, and which we made the return drive to the city. There had been just enough rain to settle the dust. We came back tired but refreshed. Let those who wonder why we do it try it once, then they will understand the fascination and the joy of it. DENSITY FIGURES Rhode Island Leads With Population of 508.5 to Square Mile Rhode Island has 508.5 persons to the square mile, thus, according to census bureau figures, leading the list of states in the matter of density of population. Nevada, with only seven-tenths of one person to the When the sun had completely passed the cloud rift, through that little break, we could see the sky, miles beyond, clear, brilliant, radiant in the light. It was like looking into another world, another atmosphere. But soon the sullen cloud-blanket became a solid mass of frowning gray, and the rift of light was gone for the day, and there hung all around us a water-laden mass of rough, touzzled clouds; through which not a ray of sunlight penetrated. We sat and waited. Not fifty shots had yet been fired on our grounds. How the memories of the past surged through my brain. All the joys of my life, and they have been many, were quickly reviewed. All my sorrows, and there have been enough, quickly followed. All my successes, and my triumphs, my defeats and my failures, passed in quick review. The cobwebs of the brain were brushed aside, and the history of the past stood out clearly, bringing memories of pleasures past, of pain and sorrow, grief and woe. The whirr of swiftly-beating wings brought me back to the living reality of the present moment, and I missed a pair of sprig, which hurried on with frightened speed, to be bombarded by other guns along the way, until they disappeared towards the ocean. The ducks were coming a little better now. Over in No. 8 I saw Chanselor pick a black speck from the very clouds. Klokke and Swartz, Leeds, Gates, and his brother, were burning powder with varying success. The surrounding clubs kept up a pretty fusilade. Then all would be quiet for quite a time, when another small band of feathered wanderers would again arouse us to rapid action. Far off toward the south I saw understand the fascination and the joy of it. DENSITY FIGURES Rhode Island Leads With Population of 508.5 to Square Mile Rhode Island has 508.5 persons to the square mile, thus, according to census bureau figures, leading the list of states in the matter of density of population. Nevada, with only seven-tenths of one person to the mile, finds a place at the lower end of the table giving these facts. Second in the density list, Massachusetts supports 418.8 persons to the square mile; New Jersey 337.7, Connecticut 221.3, and New York 191.2. The other states possessing more than 100 to the square mile are Pennsylvania 171, Maryland 130.3, Ohio 117, Delaware 103, and Illinois 100.7. 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