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3 I!./TERRITORY OF ALASKA

REPORTOF THE

COMMISSIONER OF MINESTO THE GOVERNOR

FOR THE

BIENNIUM ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1988

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TERRITORY OF ALASKA

REPORTOF THE

COMMISSIONER OF MINES'ro THE GOVERNOR

FOR THE

BIENNIUM ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1938

Juneau, Alaska,l3'ebruary ~3, 1939.

To theHonorable John W. Troy,Governor of Alaska.

Sir:

I have the honor to submit herewith the Re­port of the Commissioner of Mines for the bien­nium ended December 31, 1938.

Respectfully yours,

B. D. STEWART,

Commissioner of Mines.

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CONT'ENTS

LETl'ER OF TRANSMITTAL 2

WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES ., J5Administrative : I,Field Work , 6Assay Off'ices '7

NEEDS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 9Transportation 9Prospecting : \)

PROGRESS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY 13Productive Mining' 13Development Work and Prospecting 15Production 15

Table I.-Summary of increases in the value ofminerals produced during the last twobiennia 16

Table II.-Comparison of values of minerals pro-, duced during each of last two biennia 16

Mining Operations 19Lode Mining , 19Quarries 20Coal Mining 21Drilling for Oil ., 21Placer Mining 22Employment at Mines 23Table IH.-Summary of employment at mines-1914

to 1938, inclusive 24Labor Conditions 25

ACCIDENTS AT MINES 26The Jonesville Mine Disaster 27Summary of Mine Accidents-year 1937 29Summary of Mine Accidents-Year 1938 29Fatalities at Mines-year 1937 30Fatalities at Mines-year 1938 31Table IV.-Summary of Accidents at all Mines, 1935, to 1938, inclusive 32Table V.-Summary of Accidents at Lode-gold Mines-

1933 to 1938, Inclusive 33Table VI.-Summary of Man-Shifts Worked, Fatal and,

Non-fatal Accidents and Time Lost at allMines-1912 to 1938, inclusive 34

MINE SAFETY TRAINING 35LIST OF LODE MINING OPERATORS AND PROPERTIES 36LIST OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL OPERATIONS .48LIST OF ACTIVE DREDGING OPERATIONS 49LIST OF INACTIVE DREDGING OPERATIONS 52LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN

DREDGES, WITH CREWS OF FIVE OR MORE MEN , 53SMALL PLACER OPERATIONS 64

WORI{ OF THE D:EPARTMENT OF MINES

ADMINISTRATIVE

The expansion of the mining industry during the past bien-'nium that is revealed in following pages of this report was re­flected in the increased volume of services rendered to the publicat the headquarters office of the Department of Mines. Duringthis period the Juneau office cared for the needs of 3ti40 vis­itors all· of whom ·were seeking information or assistance on mat­ters relating to the mineral industry of the Territory. Manyof these visitors were prospectors seeking publications or un­published information on districts in which they were interested,or who desired suggestions as to favorable areas for carryingon prospecting activities. Other visitors included many mining'engineers and prospective investors who wished information OIl

particular properties or suggestions as to those which mightwarrant financing and development.

Inquiries received by mail concerning opportunities fmprospecting and mining and seeking advice as to favorable areafl,methods of operation, clc., have greatly increafled in number.Incoming and outgoing fjrst class mail handled by the officeduring the biennium numbered 6,000 pieces.

Government reports on the Alaskan mineral industry are nolonger distributed free, but must be purchased from the Superin­tendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. For the convenienceof the local public a small stock of such of these reports fj.:~

are still I\yailable has been secured and is kept on hand at Juneauf~r resale. The number of publications dealing with the geo­logy, mineral resources and mining industry of the rrerritorydistributed during the biennium was 750. .

Large numbers of geologic and topographic maps were alsodistributed. These included many sketches prepared by the'engineers of the Department of Mines that display the detailedgeologic features of individual mining properties examined bythem, together with development workings and the positions,widths and assay results of samples taken by them on each prop­erty. Prints of such sketches are furnished free to prospector'l

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and owners of the properties examined for distribution by themto interested parties.

FIELD WORK

A material improvement in the field services rendered themining industry by the Department of Mines during the pastbiennium was made possible by the increased appropriation fur­nished for that purpose by the Legislature in 1937.

Every lode property in the Territory on which active workwas being conducted with a crew of men was visited and exam·ined, with the exception of three or four small mines in remotesections that were not reached.

At least 90 per cent of the placer operations of all typesat which crews of five or more men were engaged were also visitedin the field.

A high percentage of the work being carried on by indi­vidual prospectors and small partnership groups in both the lodeand placer fields was likewise examined.

In the course of this field work consultation was had withseveral hundred operators and prospectors to .whom technicaladvice and service was given by the Department engineers when-ever requested. .

Sampling and large scale geologic mapping of individualprospects and small properties under development was a prom­inent feature of the work done by the field engineers. One of theresults of this branch of the work has been the opening andequipping within the past year of one new lode mine which isnow. producing and at which about !W men are continuously em­ployed, and the commencement of development work on severallode and placer properties.

"Within the past two years geologic investigations have alsobeen carried on by field engineers of the Department of Minesin several areas where no previous examinations of the kind hadever been made. Some of the results of these investigations in··elude: The discovery of a hitherto unknown occurrence of themineral chI'amite on Cleveland Peninsula near Ketchikan; thc~

original recognition of the nature of the mineralization of de­posits of zinc, lead and silver ores on Kuiu Island which may

prove to be extensive and of potential importance; the' identifi­cation of hitherto unrecognized ores of manganese in anotherarea of the same region; and indirectly in the discovery of placergold on a stream in the Lower Kuskokwim region that prior tothe geologic examination had been regarded as barren.

The mineral identifications above referred to were made pos­sible by facilities recently installed at the Juneau office for micro­scopic examinations of thin sections of are samples secured bythe Department engineers. During the biennium 170 slides ofsuch thin sections have been prepared and are on file.

During the year 1937 a complete re-examination was madeof the Upper Koyukuk region, on which the most recent pub­lished report is dated 1916, in connection with which work ex­tensive re-mapping of the area was done. Reconnaissance fieldexaminations and mapping were also carried out in the upperdrainage basin of Wild River, an area never before so mapped.An extensive typed report on the results of these investigations,together with a map of the regions covered that contains manyimportant devisions of and additions to existing maps are onfile in the office of the Commissioner of Mines. They have notbeen published on account of a lack of the necessary funds.

ASSAY OFFICES

The public assay offices at Ketchikan, .College aw: Nome,the establishment of which was authorized by the Legislature atits session in 1937, have functioned successfully and. with notablybeneficial results. Funds for equipping and operating these of­fices did not become available for use until June l~, 1937.

J3y an agreement arrived at with the Director of the U. S.Geological 'Survey the public assay service previously carriedon by the Survey in cooperation with the University of Alaskaat College was relinquished on July 1, 1937, and the assaycl'­in-charge at that station was transferred to the Tel':i:'itorial De­partment of Mines. Under the arrangements made with theSurvey the assaying equipment at the College station was madeavailable for use by the Territory without cost. Office andworking quarters, power, light and other necessary services aresupplied by the University of Alaska at a fixed monthly rate"

The City of Ketchikan has cooperated most generously in

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TRANSPORTATION

PROSPECTING

Prolongation of the prosperity now being enjoyed by theAlaska mining industry is immediately dependent on the extent

Ketchikan Nome8-1-37 to 11-15-37 to12-31-38 12-31-38 Total

2,151 479 7,3896'7 10942 6437 604 505 31

5112 27

2 45 6041 11 102

94170 121 553

2,519 668 8,590

True conservation of the mineral resources of the 'I'erritorvin the sense of achieving the maximum ultimate benefit fror:lthem is c10selylinked with the matter of transportation facili­ties and costs. As operating costs are reduced toward a mini­mum,. lower grade mineral becomes minable and reserves arebuilt up. Thus the life of mining enterprises is prolonged andrealization of th~ full economic value of the mineral deposits ismore nearly accomplished. 'rhe Federal and 'I'erritorial road­building agencies and the airways officials are unquestionablymaking every effort to provide adequate transportation servicesto the' mining industry and to lower' transportation costs. Theimportance of encouraging and assisting these efforts is mani­fest. High transportation charges and regulatory obstacles tothe free use of transportation routes are serious hindrances tothe fullest and most beneficial development of our mineral re­sources and hence to their true conservation.

NEEDS OF rfHE MINING INDUSTRYAND

RECOMMENDATIONS

CollegeSubstances 7-1-·37 toDetermined 12-31-38

Gold-silver 4,'759Copper 42Leaq 22Z'inc 23Platinum 46Molybdenum 23Antimony.................................. 51Tungsten 15Tin 13Miscellaneous (*) 50Water analyses 94Identifications 262

5,403

(*) Includes arsenic, iron, sulphur, chromium, calcium, magnes­ium, mercury, alumina, sodium, potassium, silica, nickel, cobalt, tellur­ium, manganese, and cadmium.

During the biennium numerous assays were made for oper­atorsrepresenting non-resident corporations, and for other oper­ators of producing mining properties under emergency condi­tions. For these services fees in the total sum of $970.50 werereceived by the Department of Mines. This amount was depos­ited with the Treasurer of Alaska and by him credited to theassay office fund.

Following is a summary of the work performed at eachTenitorial assay office, since the beginning of operation underthe Department of Mines, up to December 31, 1938:

All of the assay offices have been liberally patronized bythe public and they have served as a definite stimulus to pros­pecting and development work in all of the regions served bythem. They have also performed a very valuable function inenabling the large number of samples taken in the field by en­gineers of the Department of Mines to be, promptly assayed andthe nature of mineral specimens to be accurately determined.This has led to the recognition of new ore bodies and of theoccurrence of mineralized areas of potential importance thatwere hitherto unknown.

supplying quarters for the assay office there. A suitable build-·ing owned by the mllnicipality and centrally located in thebusiness section of the city has been made available rent free,The City also furnishes free of charge the necessary power andlight facilities. '1'he Ketchikan office was put in operation in

. August, 1937.

Convenient and suitable quarters for the assay office atNorne were secured in a building centrally situated on the mainbusiness street of the City. A small rental is paid for this builc1-

. ing and power and light services are purchased from the localprivately-owned power plant. The Nome office commenced op­erations in November, 1937. The services of the assayer-in­charge at Nome have also been utilized in conducting free fieldexaminations and surveys of mining development for the benefitof prospectors and small operators throughout Seward Penin­sula during the summer field seasons. His services have alsobeen loaned to the University of Alaska during winter monthsin conducting mining classes for the instruction of prospectors.

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to which exploratory and prospecting work serves to reveal newmineral reserves sufficient to replace the resources that are cur­rently being extracted and depleted by productive operations.

It is vital to the industry that this fundamental require­ment of adequate exploration and prospecting be provided. Theproblem is difficult and its solution will require cooperativeeffort on the part of all agencies concerned, including the Ter­ritorial Government.

Under existing conditions the random efforts of individualprospectors attempting to operate with uncertain and insufficientfinancial support and with inadequate training will no longersuffice to meet the situation. More advanced methods must beadopted and a better organization and direction of effort andpersonnel will be required. Any measures that offer promise ofsubstantially encouraging, supporting and assisting effectiveprospecting activities are worthy of reasonable trial.

As a means of better directing the search for new minera'Ldeposits there is definite need for more extensive large-scalegeologic mapping of small areas and individual properties. Suchmaps enable the prospector to better understand the local geo~

logic conditions with which he is dealing and to confine hissearch within the most likely limits. Much of this work willhave to be undertaken by the Territorial Department ,of Minesfor the reason that it falls outside the scope of mapping activ­ities authorized by the Organic Acts of Federal agencies.

A promising field for experiment in assisting and directing'both lode and placeI' prospecting and development is affordedby recent improvements in geophysical methods and equipment.Instruments are now available at reasonable cost by the use ofwhich important information may be obtained concerning sub­surface geologic conditions that hiwe a bearing on the occm'l'enceof ore deposits, both lode and placer. In the case of placers thedepth to bedrock can frequently be determined quite accuratelyfrom surface observations. Thus bedrock contour lines may bemapped. Such mapping may reveal the outlines of buried 'bed­rock channels and thus afford an indication at least of the prob­able location of placer deposits. The present personnel of theDepartment of Mines includes an engineer trained in the use ofgeophysical equipment. Under his direction a field party com-

posed of a few University engineering students could con­duct effective investigations and possibly render very valuableservices to prospectors and small operators.

Aerial photography is another field that offers very at­tractive possibilities for valuable assistance in revealing impor~­

ant geologic features, such as major fault lines, mineralizedmasses with distinctive coloration, ancient stream channels, andthe distinguishing features that reveal whether or not a givenarea has been profoundly affected by the action of ancientglaciers or has escaped those effects. Thus valuable guides in,the search for mineral deposits, both lode and placer, could oeobtained and manifestly unfavorable areas could be avoided.Aerial photography has been thus employed with much successfor many years, particularly in Canada where its use has beena factor in the discovery and development of many very import­ant mineralized areas that are now yielding vast wealth.

'I'wo significant experimental programs have recently beenput into operation by the Government of British Columbia thatare designed to assist in solving problems which are identicalwith those now confronting Alaska. The first of these is th,~

equipping and operation by the Provincial Department of Mine.,of a sampling plant at Prince Rupert for use in handling foJ'prospectors and small operators, especially those of the PortlandCanal region, small lots of ores. Milling operations are not con­ducted at this plant but ore lots are sampled and determinationis thus made as to whether their shipment to a smelter is justi­fied. If so, such shipment is made at one-half the rate forfourth-class freight. These and the smelter charges are deductedfrom the returns received. All other service is free. Thus theprospector and small operator is assured prompt and full return.,on his ore and secures funds for further development. The costof equipping this plant was about $16,000, and it is operatedfor about $4,000 per annum. The project of providing one ormore such plants in Alaska, where beneficial results sufficientto justify the cost would appear probable, is worthy of carefulconsideration.

A more ambitious and far reaching experimental projecthas been adopted recently by the British Columbia Governmentin an effort to build up a corps of trained prospectors and com-

PROGRESS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY

PRODUCTIVE MINING

The -records -that appear in the following sections and tablesof this report reveal the rapid progress that has been maderecently in the productive phases of the Territory's mining op~

erations as a whole.

Within only the past two years the number of mechanizedmining plants, from which much more than 90 per cent of thetotal output derives, the number of men employed in operating

Some of the larger mining companies kindly co-operatedto the extent of giving some of these young men jobs inthe mines and smelters after training, which is one ofthe main objects of the plan."

'1'he following additional pertinent information has courte­ously been furnished by the office of the Minister of Mines:

The paid personnel engaged in operating the camps ill­eludes 3 instructors; 1 bookkeeper-timekeeper; ~ cooks; and 1first-aid attendant and sports instructor. Following completionof the six-weeks training course taught at Emory Creek during1938 about half the trainees were sent to the Canal Forks campfor two months where they were tl.1l'ned loose to cl:trry on inde­pendent prospecting work under four instructors. At this campthey do all of their own cooking. 'rhey are permitted to locateand acquire full ownership of any mineral deposit discovered bythem. It is stated that two of the trainees have discovered arebodies that have already rendered them independently wealthy.The trainees are supplied with a relief allowance of $9.60 'permonth, blankets, tools and perhaps tents; and are furnished treetransportation. The total cost of operating the camps and offurnishing transportation and all other items amounts roughlyto $100 per man per season. .

In£ormation obtained from the Territorial Employment Of­fice indicates that at present there are in Alaska several hundredyouths who would be eligible for similar training and assistance.The project of establishing one or more camps in the Territor.vis recommended as being worthy of immediate consideration.

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petent miners from among the unemployed youth of the Provinc(~

by establishing for the purpose training camps operated in amanner similar to our C. C. C. Camps. 'l'he expenses are metby the Labour Department from funds allotted for unemploy­ment relief and the training work is supervised by the Provirl­cial Department of Mines. The follovying brief description ofthis plan is extracted from the report of the Minister of MinI'sfor the year 1937:

"The Provincial Government Department of IJabourcreated in 1935 a plan wherebyunmarried j p11JsicaUy fltunemployed men between the ages of 9H and ~5 year.;were given an opportunity to learl1 placer-mining. In1936 the age-limit was reduced, permitting younger mento enroll. Instruction was carried out under the direc­tion of the Chief Mining Engineer.

In 1937 about ~55 young men lJetween the ages of ] 8and ~5 were given instruction in placer-mining, wood­era{'t, camp cooking, building cabins, whipsawing lumber;etc., during the summer months at the N anaimo and Em­ory -Creek camps.

After the first training period of six weeks, thosewho desired to prospect for gold were given their farcas well as a grub-stake and a special reduced cost onequipmen-t, to certain areas where, in the opinion of theDepartment, there was a chance of discovering gold.

A large number of trainees availed themselves of thi"opportunity, and in the Quesnel area, 'where most ofthem went, the Department appointed an engineer-over­seer familial' with the area to assist them in locatingground, etc. This scheme worked well because the resultsof the plan were reported to the Department by the en­gineer; whereas in former years, the trainees were askedto report, and very few of them took the trouble to do this.

The thorough training in outdoor work fitted theseyoung men to apply for jobs in the mines, of any de,,­cription, as well as forestry, so that the future holds COIl­

siderable hope; whereas beforehand the youths had noidea of any occupation outside of city Jil~ifs.

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them, and the· value of the mineral wealth produced by them)have all increased by ~o pel' cent or more.

The total value of the mineral production of Alaska forthe year 1938 has been exceeded previously only in the threeyears from 1915 to 1917 inclusive, during which the Kennecottcopper mines were yielding their maximum output.

Measured in terms of dollar value the output of gold dur­ing the past year exceeded the previous all-time maximum an­nual output, which was recorded for the year 1906, by about$1,300,000.

According to figures released by the U. S. Bureau of Mines13 per cent of the gold output of the United States in 1938 wasproduced in Alaska. The ~~erritory's gold production for thepast year was exceeded only by that of California and the Phil­iippines. It Was one per cent more than that of South Dakota;it was equal to that of Colorado and Arizona combined; andwithin one pel' cent equaled that M Nevada, Utah and Montanfl,combined.

After having increased substantially for 'three successiveyears the value of copper produced during the past year showeda decline of 40 per cent compared with that of the previous year.Owing to the permanent closing of the Kennecott group of minesin November, 1938, no further substantial output of copper inAlaska can be, anticipated within the near future.

The drop in the value of copper production within thepast year, was nearly compensated, however, by the spectacularincrease in the value of the metals of the platinum group thatl'esulted from the operation of the mechanized placer plants,which included a new dredge, in the Goodnews Bay area. Forsome time to come platinum undoubtedly will stand next in im­portance to gold in the scale of mineral products of the Terri­tory.

The value of silver, lead and tin produced during the year1938 was less in the case of each of these metals than that of1937. This reduced value was due largely to lowered marketprices rather than to lessened quantity of output. The valuelOf the outp~t for the past biennium, however, was substantiallygreater in the Case of each of these metals than that for the]weceding biennium.

The tonnage of coal mined during the year 1938 was 11per cent greater than that mined during any other year in thehist-ory of the Territory.

, The value of ,the .non-metallic minerals shipped from Alaskadurmg '~he past blenmum was 34 per cent greater than the C01'­

respondmg value for the preceding biennium.

DEVELOPMENT WORK AND PROSPECTING

'1'here has been a gratifying increase in the number of lodepr~perties on which mining equipment has been placed and onwhICh .new. development work has been commenced during thep~st blCnmum. Many of these operations are small and almostwltho~t e~ception the deposits ~n which the new developmentwor}\: IS bemg undertaken were dIscovered years a!!o. Neverthe­less this renewal of effort to further develop hitherto idle lodeproperties is encouraging.

"-1'here has likewise been a substantial increase in the extentto which more exten~ive and thorough testing of known place~'areas l:as. bee~ earned ~n by. ~e~ns of the drill, test-pit andshaft-smkmg m many WIdely dlstnbuted sections of the Terri­tory. ,Many such enterprises have been successful, especially inreveahng large reserves of placer material that is minable withthe application of improved methods and equipment and withthe price of gold at its present figure, but which hitherto couldnot be p.rofitably mined: ~ith few exceptions these newlyproven mmable reserves he adJ acent to or in the near vicinitvof properties that have already been productive in the past..

The extent of prospecting for new deposits, both lode andplacer, in relatively unexplored regions continues to be disturb­ingly inadequate. The number of trained and competent menengaged in this vital pursuit is but a pitiful fraction of whatit should be. "-1'he situation demands prompt and vigorous rem­~dial action~ based on an inte~li.gent study of the causes respons­Ible for thIS unhealthy condItIon which menaces the continuedgrowth and prosperity of the mining industry of the Territory.

PRODUCTION

Progress in production from the mineral deposits of Ala~lm,during the biennium ending December 31, 1938, WaS verypronounced.

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Total for biennium1937 627,9401938 667,000

Amount and Value of Gold Produced

FineOunces

..............................469,495

..............; 540,580

According to the most reliable records at present availaLlethe increase in the value of mineral products mined dming thisbiennium over that of. the output during the preceding bienniu111amounted to the impressive sum of $14j449,1~5l\:·. '1'he increase i11value of each mineral commodity dming this period is shown in

the subjoined table.

TABLE I

19351936

$16,432,30018,920,300

..................... ~ $35,352,600$21,977,90023,345,000

Total for biennium ,.., 45,322,900

Increase in value $72,2GO

Increase in value $9,970,300

Amount and Value of SHver Produced

Amount and Value of Lea,d Produced

Tons1935 815 $65,2001936 935 85,000

$206,000360;000

..................................$222,400

..................................$150,200$120,400102,000

................................$566,000$384,000287,000

-.----Total for biennium 671,000

-----Increase in value , $105,000

Total for biennium1937 ~ l,0021938 1,075

Total for biennium

Amount and Value of Coppel' Produced

Pounds1935 15,056,000· $1,249,7001936 39,740,000 3,696,000

Total for biennium $4,945,7001937 36,007,000 $4,741,0001938 *28,780,0002,820,000

Total for biennium 7,561,000

Increase in value $2,615,300

*Figures published by U. S. Bureau of Mines

Total for biennium1937 495,0001938 444,000

FineOunces

1935 286,6001936 468,000

TABLE II

Year1935 $18,836,0981936 24,085,556

Total for biennium $42,921,6541937 $28,618,3121938 28,752,467

Total for biennium 57,370,779

Increase in value $14,449,125

Value of minerals produced in Alaska during the biennia

ending December 31, 1936, and December 31, 1938, respectively:

Value of All Minerals Produced

Amount; (yf :r.n··Commodity crease in Value

Gold $ 9,970,300Silver 105,000

~~rEe~ ..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2,6~~;~8~Tin 1.'01,494Antimony 71,129Platinum metals 1,336,755Coal 136,210Marble and lime rock 40,737

Total increase in value $14,449,125

(*) Statistics on production used 'in this report were obtainedfrom published reports issued by the U. S. Geological Survey, U. S.Bureau of Mines, and U. S. customs Service and from data obtainedfrom original sources by the Territorial Department of Mines.

The recorded production of each individual mineral com··modity for each year of the past two biennia is shown in 'rable II.

Summary of increases in the value of minerals producedin Alaska during the biennium ended December 31, 1938, ascompared with the preceding biennium:

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$ 70,99847,256

................................$118,254$ 72,372

86,619

Amount and Value of Ma,rble ll<nd Lime Rock Produced

Tons........... __ 127,418.................................. 89,078

19351936

Total for biennium1937 129,5441938 --..-- 102,707

$ 45,300103,000

-------.--Total for biennium $148,300

1937 136.2 $202,3001938 , 76.2 47,494

iAmount and Valt.e of Tin Produced

Tons1935 .................•...................... 40.119::'6 100.0

Total for biennium ~ $249,794 Total for biennium $158,991

Increase in value $101,491, Increase in value $40,737

......................................None$44,700

26,429

Total for biennium $71,129

Increase in value $71,129

Amount and Value

Pounds1935 None1936 None

Total for biennium1937 1,060,,5321938 830,000

of Antimony Produced

MINING OPERATIONS

'The marked increase in the production of the several typesof mineral products above recorded was attended by a corres­pondingly pronounced expansion of operations carried on mthe various fields of production throughout the Territory.

Total for biennium $1,913,755

Increase in value $1.336,755C') Approximate only. Complete returns not yet available.

of Patinmn Metals ProducedLode Mining:

During the past biennium pl'o3uc~ive mmmg was carriedon at 57 lode properties. 'The number of men in the crews thusemployed totalled 1,878.

Producing lode properties and the crews employed were dis­tributed as follows during the past two biennia:

Biennium1937-1938

Biennium1935-1936

$265,000312,000

..................................$577,000$ 513,7551,400,'000 (*)

.Amount and Value

FineOunces

1935 _ 8,6851936 _ .

Total for biennium1937 10,4641938 41,358

Total for biennium _ 1,199,810

Increase in value ·.-- $136,210

1,878

Men

1,17~Z

355115~

Mines

19l1

~8

16

571,643

Men

1,l9l~

None436

85

'Totals .. 41

MinesFirst .Judicial Division 1~

Second .Judicial Division . Nonerr'hird .Judicial Division c . 14Fourth ' .Judicial Division 15

In connection with these producing lode properties therewere in operation a total of 39 milling plants-an increase of14 plants over the number in operation during the precedin.::1,'

Amo.untand Value of Coal Produced

ShortTons

1935 - -----.-- 122,0001936 - _ _..__ 137,QOO

$501,600562,000

-----Total for biennium $1,063,600

19~7 __ __ .1 ~3.7g'7 $561.8851938 -- __ 154,268. 637,925

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These developing but non-producing properties were dis­tributed during the past two biennia as follows:

biennium. Of the above, 37 plants were operating on goldores, one on copper-silver ore and one on palladium-copper orc.In addition to the active mills there were noted during the bien­nium several small plants that were operated only intermittently,and 11 mills that were at least temporarily idle.

Besides the productive operations above listed active de­velopm~nt work was being conducted with mine crews and me­chanical equipment at 31 other lode properties during the pastbiennium as compared with 17 properties during the precedingone. The total number of men engaged was approximately thesame.

The only quarry in operation during the bienpium waf>that of the Superior Portland Cement, Inc., at View Cove onDall Isla,nd. A crew of approximately ~~ men is employed seas­onally at this quarry, which supplies raw material for import­ant cement plants situated in Seattle.

The quarry of the Vermont Marble Co. at r.rokeen on thenorthwest coast of Prince of Wales Island has remained idle.During the summer of 1938 a crew of 10 men was employedat the quarry for a short period. This temporary crew wasengaged in maintenance and repair work. Some marble wasshipped that had been mined during previous years. When inoperation this quarry furnishes employment to a crew of from40 to 70 men.

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Drilling for Oil:

During the biennium the intensive ,rH·?gram. o.f drilling foroil commenced durinO' 1936 by the Imskm Dnllmg Companywas continued at thei~ exploratory well on Fitz Creek, a str:amthat flows into Chinitna Bay on the west side of Cook Inlet Justsouth of Iliamna Peak. Operations ceased for the winter latein the fall of 1938, at which time the well is reported to haveaUained a depth in excess of 7,100 feet. It is also I:eported thatthe results of this deep drilling have been encouragmg and thatoperations will be resumed in the spring.

Another important exploratory drilling enterprise was thatlaunched during 1938 by the Standard Oil Company .of Cali­fornia on the Alaska Peninsula approximately U5 mIles westof Kodiak. A ship-load of equipment for road-building, camp

C:oal 1J1ini'ng :

Productive ope;'atiol1s were carried on during the bien-·nium at foul' coal mines, three of which are in the Matanuskabituminous field and one ilf the Healy River section of the Nc­nana subbituminous field. Intermittent development work on asmall scale was also carried on at a fifth property in the vicinityof Houston, in the western section of the Matanuska field, inthe course of which a few carloads of coal was produced.

The mine explosion that occurred in the ~one~ville m~ne .ofthe Evan Jones Coal Co. in October, 1937, whICh dIsaster IS dIS­cussed in the accident section of this report, rendered that mineidle from the date of the explosion until the latter part of MarcIl,1938. In the meantime the neighboring Government-owl~edEska mine was intensively developed from a new adit entry, WItha crew of about 30 miners. r.rhe resulting production served to.furnish the coal supply necessary for the operation. of The .Alas­ka Railroad. A portion or the output was also dIverted to thedomestic market where it scantily served an emergency need.An augmented output from the Healy River mine that was de­livered at a financial sacrifice in the market area normally sup­plied by the Matanuska mines served durin?, the crisis. mater-- .

. ially to alleviate the serious shortage that mIght otherWIse haveocc~nTed in the winter supply of coal for domestic use.16131

Biennium1937-1938

Properties Men10 40

4 '111 946 ~o

164Totals 17

Biennium1935-1936

Properties MenFirst Judicial Division 5 60Second Judicial Division None NoneThird Judicial Division 10 87FO\lrth Judicial Division ~ 11*{

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number from 330 to 357 and the total number of men so en­gaged rose from 600 to 799l.

The distribution of the plants that operated in the varioustypes of placer mining during the past two biennia was a.sfollows:

\7Vithin the 9l5-year period just ended employment in themining industry reached its lowest ebb during the year 1933"when the number of men in the crews engaged at mines of aUtypes aggregated 3,377. Since that year there has been it

steady increase in employment and during the past year themen engaged in the industry numbered 5,759. Of this numberplacer mining operations engaged the services of 60 per cent,lode mines (including two quarries) engaged 36 per cent, coalmines 9l per cent and oil operations nearly ~ per cent.

REPORT OF THE COMM1SSIONER OF MINES

rII

I

I23

486

90999

53

45 1,'Se83

Biennium1937-1938

Plants Men~~ ~02

4 . 3773 670

Biennium1937-1988

Plants Men13 11914 1~8

~6 ~S9

Biennium1937-1988

Dredges Crew~~ 5!e6~3 757

340

610

Totals 9l9l

BienniumHydraulic Operations 1935-1936

Plants MenSecond Judicial Division .9l1 136Third Judicial Division 9l5 9107Fourth Judicial Division 49 9167

BienniumDredges 1935-1936

Dredges CrewSecond Judicial Division 9l1 33~

Fourth Judicial Division 9l0 738

EMPLOYMENT AT MINES

Totals -41 1,070

Dragline and Other BienniumMechanical Operations 1935-1936

Plants MenSecond Judicial Division --- 4 91Third Judicial Division 1 910Fourth Judicial Division 17 ~9l9

PlCicer Mining:

construction and drilling operations, together with large quan­tities of supplies was lightered ashore early in the spring at thehead of Jute Bay, a small exposed harbor that lies about mid­way between Cold Bay and Wide Bay. From this landing place­the cargo was transported a distance of about 3 miles over <1

road constructed for the purpose across a low divide to the drill­ing site near the head of Salmon Creek, which is a. stream thatflows into the southerly end of Becharof Lake which in turndrains into Bristol Bay. During the summer a commodiouscamp was erected at the drilling site that includes comfortableliving quarters for the 60-man crew, office space and warehousefacilities. A modern rotary drilling rig capable of reaching adepth of 10,000 feet or more was erected and before the seasonclosed early in November the hole had reached a depth of ap­proximately 3,000 feet. Elaborate preparations were made bythe Company to control the flow of well-water under pressurethat might be encountered in order to avoid pollution of SalmonCreek and Becharof Lake, which are very important salmon­breeding waters. Material is on hand for laying a '"(,OOO-footpipe line which will carry the well water across the low divideat the head of Salmon Creek and deliver it directly into theocean at the head of Jute Bay.

22 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES

The most pronounced expanSIOn m mmmg operations,equipment and employment during the biennium occurred inthe field of mechanized placer mining. As compared with thepreceding biennium the number of dredges in use increased byfour and the number of men employed at dredges was greaterby 9l9l3. The number of mechanical plants of other types, prin­cipally dragline operations, increased within the same periodfrom 9l9l to 99 and the number of men employed thereat increasedfrom 340 to 909.

'1'his expansion in mechanized mining was attended by a suh­stantial decrease in ordinary hydraulic operations that employed5 or more men each, the number of which within the correspond­ing period decreased from 95 plants to 53 and the number ofmen engaged from 610 to 486. Small placer operations thatwere carried on with crews of less than 5 men each increased in

24 REPOR'l' OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES 25

The importance of the major operating companies in thematter of employment is evident from the fact that of the totnlnumber of men employed at lode mines the crew of the AlaskaJuneau Gold Mining Company represents slightly less than one·half, and of the total number of men engaged in placer opera­tions the crews of the U. S. Smelting, Refining and MiningCompany at Fairbanks and Nome represent nearly one-fifth.

The trend of employment in the mining industry during thepa'st ~5 years is exhibited fully in 'l'able III below. This Tablpshows a greater number of men employed in mining for the year1938 than for any year since 1917.

More complete details regarding the distribution of em­ployment at mines win be found in the sections of this reportthat deal with the progress of mining' operations and with acc]··dents at mines, respectively; and .in the lists of mmmg opera­tions of various types that are appended hereto.

~.rABLE III

LABOR CONDITIONS

On the whole labor conditions in the mUllng industrythroughout the Territory have been very satisfactory during thepast biennium.

Employment has steadily increased in the industry at therate of from 500 to 600 men pel' yeai' during' the past foul'years. 'The total number of men employed in the variousbranch~s of mining during the year 1935 is estimated to havebeen about 4,100. During the year 1938 this number had risento a total of approximately 5,800, which is the largest numberlisted in any year since 19F'/.

'l~he new Territorial Employment Service is to be creditedwith a substantial number of placements of unemployed minersin gainful positions during the short period within which itsoffices. have been in operaton.

\Vage scales for miners have remained at satisfactory levelsthroughout the Territory. Generally speaking, rates of payhave been well adjusted to the varying costs of living thatobtain in the many sections of the Territory where mining oper­ations are being carried on.

I...iving conditions provided by employers to their workmenat mining camps in Alaska are, with few exceptions, all thatcould be expected. The food served in the average mine campmess hall it excellent both as to quality and quantity, as wellas preparation 'and service. Living quarters at some remote andisolated camps occasionally are necessarily crude, but they arcusually comfortable and satisfactorily adapted to the conditionsthat obtain.

Relationships between employers and employees at someof the large mining plants appear to have improved within thepwst biennium as compared with the preceding one, No strikeShave occurred to interrupt the orderly progress of operationsand this has been a sllbstantial factor in maintaining productionat a high level. Intermittent labor disturbances in connectionwith Pacific Coast maritime operations have continued to sel'­iously affect shipments of mining equipment and supplies toAlaska and have thus hampered mining operations and develop..ment in the Territory.

Totals8,0408,4108,\)907,0405,;2974,2474.2304,2314,1013,8514,6534,5614.1034,1414,0114,0483.8203,5643,7543,3773,7254,0774,5775,1855,759

Inclusive

Coal andOther Mines

140160340270400310

. 36040028027017511610811410989987878687989

10592

218

Employment at Mines, 1914 to 1938,Number of Men Employed at:

Lode Minesand Milling

Plants3.5003.8504,2003,.2201,8971.7571,8801,'6811,6231,5001,9781,7451,6631,9301"6681,6051,5021,3231,4961,2461,4511,6651,8671,9572,071

Year Placers1914 4,4001915 .4,4001916 c .4,0501917 3,5501918 3,0001919 2,1801920 1,9901921 : 2,1501922 2,1981923 2,0801924 2,5001925 2,7001926 2,3321927 2,3251928 2,2341929 2,3541930 2,22019~1 2,1631932 2,1801933 2,0631934 2,1951935 2,3231936 2,6051937 ~ 3,1361938 3,470

26 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES 27

ACCIDENTS AT MINES

The method that has been adopted by the U. S. Bureau ofMines in preparing statistics of accidents that will afford a truecomparison of the frequency of accident occurrences at variousmines and at groups of mines in various regions is by use ofthe accident frequency rate. This is the rate at which fatal andnon-fatal accidents are determined to have occurred per million"man-hours" of employment.

In 'rable IV, below, the accident frequency rate for all metaland non-metal mines in Alaska (:including placers but not coal) .is exhibited for each year of the 4-year period just past. 'I'hereis also inserted for comparison the corresponding rates and ac­companying data for all similar mines in the United States forthe years 1935 and 1936, which are based on the most recentfigures available, as published by the U. S. Bureau of Mines.

In Table V similar data for the past six years are presentedcovering the accident record of lode gold mines only in Alaska.

'I'he existence of pronounced hazards in operations at goldlode mines in comparison with those at mines of other types isclearly revealed by a study of the data recorded in 'rabIes IVand V. These tables show that although employment at lodegold mines in terms of man-hours worked during the past foul'years constituted only 37.7 per cent of the total for all mines inthe Terrtiory included in 'I'able IV, approximately 69 per centof the fatalities an.d over 64 per cent of the non-fatal injmiesoccurred in operations conducted at lode gold properties.

Table VI displays for each year during which records havebeen kept the extent of employment, in terms of man-shifts work­ed; the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents; and the res1.lltsof non-fatal accidents in terms of days of time lost from theiroccupations by the injured persons; at placer, lode and coalmines, respectively.

It will be noted that records of employment, and those cov­ering the OCcurrence of non-fatal accidents and time lost areincomplete for the earlier years included in the table. Thistable affords, however, a good basis for the study of the rela­tive frequency and the severity of accidents in the several typesof mining that are conducted in Alaska.

In the report of this office to the Governor covering thebiennium ended December 31, 1936 attention was drawn to thesplendid safety record theretofore made by the coal-mine oper­ators of Alaska dming the rere-year period within which coal­mining had been carried on in the Territory. Within that pe­riod only re fatalities and a total of 138 lost-time accidents hacloccmred in connection with the operation of coal-mines. Onthe date of the report 9 continuous years had elapsed withoutthe occurrence of a single fatality. The fatality rate during theperiod named was 0.870 per million tons of coal mined. Theaverage corresponding rate for all coal mines in the UnitedStates during the ten-year period 19re7-1936 was 5.648. (*)

(*) U. S. Bureau of Mines.

THE JONESVILLE MINE DISASTER

Unfortunately this really remarkable record, which hadbeen unequalled in any coal mining region in the United States,was sadly marred by the underground explosion that occurred inthe Jonesville Mine of the Evan Jones Coal Co., in the Matan­uska Field on October re6, 1937, and which took a toll of 14 lives.

A thorough investigation of the causes of this explosion wasmade by the Commissioner of Mines as soon as possible after theoccurrence. A complete physical examination of the mine wasconducted by the Commissioner in conjunction with H. B. Hum­phrey, Safety Engineer of the U. S. Bmeau of Mines in Alaska,and Geo. H. Miller, who formerly served for a number of yearsin a similar capacity. Other members of the examining party.were three of the most experienced and dependable coal minersof the district who were employed at the property at the timethe explosion occurred. This examination was supplemented byexhaustive questioning of the survivors of the disaster and mem­bers of the rescue parties, which were made up of miners em­ployed at J onesvillewho were off shift at the time of the explos­ion, as well as officials and miners from the neighboring Eskaand Black Diamond coal mines. Affidavits were secured fromas many as possible of these witnesses.

From the evidence thus obtained it was determined thatthe immediate cause of the explosion was the ignition of a bodyof inflammable gas in the near vicinity of the face of the gang-

28 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF' MINES REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES

SUMMARY OF MINE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED

DURING 1937

SUMMARY OF MINE ACCIDENTS THAT OCOURRED

DURING 1938

Number Number Number Results of Totalof of Men Shifts Accidents Time Lost

Mines Group Employed Worked F'atal Serious Slight (Days)

Placer Mines:44 Dredges ............1,283 299,484 0 27 79 1,16450 Draglines .......... 633 113,940 0 0 0 0

162 Hydraulic ........ 778 77,800 1 3 2 141297 Others ................ 776 116,400 1 1 0 60

553 3,470 607,624 2 31 81 1,365

5 Ooal Mines:Underground .... 89 19,347 0 7 11 394Surface 34 8,397 0 1 1 29

5 123 27,744 0 8 12 423

2 Oil Drilling 95 19,000 0 0 0 0

Mills:33 Gold 3451 Copper 111

2866

292

307100

407

1,64390

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1,733

4,198508

9

4,715

7,Wl

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95

156173

176

292

31

304

322oo

34

102

12

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85

6o

6

137

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151

16

Results of TotalAccidents Time Lost

Fatal Serious Slight (Days)

17,1568~1l1

25,267

547,748

283,92899,72066,90097,200

383,47630,8854,175

418,536

NumberShiftsWorked

90,46839,925

130,393

1,121,944

456

1,501

5,185

48

I"ode Mines:46 Go:d 1,391

1 Copper 851 Non-metal 25

Number Numberof of Men

Mines Group ElYlployed

Placer Mines:41 Dredges 1,26534 Draglines 554

140 Hydraul'ic 669261 Others 648

476 3,136

3 Coal Mines:Underg'l'ound .. 64Surface 28

3 92

34

561

way by a match used by one of the miners in lighting a cigarette.This miner was among those killed.

A contributing cause of the explosion 'Was found to be neg­ligence on the part of the mine officials in their faihlre to prop­erly test the mine atmosphere and thus to recognize the presenceof inflammable gas; and in their failure to prevent the minersfrom carrying smoking materialS and matches into the mine.

Inflammable gas and explosive coal dust was found to lJ,;pl'esent in dangerous quantities in the new workings of the in-,ner section of the mine between Chute No. 40 and the gangwayface. These workings had been opened and developed only with­in a few weeks prior to the explosion and were separated fromthe extensive older non-gassy workings by a fault by which thecoal seam was off-set a horizontal distance of about 50 feet.

Following the explosion, authorization for the 0 :ficials tlwnin charge of the mine to continue to serve in their respectivecapacities was withdrawn by the Commissioner of Mines. Themine remained closed down until approval for its reopening wasgranted on March 9U3, 1938, when a new set of mine officialswith acceptable credentials was placed in full charge of under­ground operations. Written guarantees were also given by themine owners that stipulated safeguards to the lives and healthof the miners, and other necessary improvements in \yorkingconditions would be provided by them.

On June 9l, 1938, following an examination of the mine,mders were issued by the Commissioner. of Mines for miningoperations again to cease in the new inner section of the minewhere a potentially highly explosive atmosphere was found stillto persist. On this occasion failure on the part of the ownersproperly to fulfil the guarantees above referred to was alsonoted. Reopening of the closed section of the mine was laterauthorized after a system of water sprays that had been order~d

installed for allaying the explosive coal dust were in operation.

'rhe mine has been in continuous operation since that time.Gas and dust continue to be present in the new workings.

30 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MINES 31

Lude Mines:47 Gold ............ -. ___ 1,482 430,516 5 84 212 4,282

1 Copper 93 27,900 0 11 11 4792 Non~metal 32 4,560 0 1 0 14

-----50 1,607 462,996 5 96 223 4,775

Mills:38 Gold .-_ ............ -.... 365 102,824 0 6 25 297

1 Copper ...... -,,- .. 99 29,7000 0 1 0 19---.-

39 464 132,524 0 7 25 316----

649 5,759 1,249,888 7 142 341 6,879.

FATALITIES AT MINES

Year 1937:

During the year 1937 there were ~o fatalities that resultedfrom accidents at mines in Alaska, one of which occurred at agold lode mine, one at a copper lode, two at placer operation'lland sixteen at coal mines. In addition to these ~o fatalities, 6men were killed by a snowslide while working on a ditch linenear Canyon Creek in the Moose Pass district for Eureka Placer,Inc. These fatalities have not been recorded as mine accidentsfor the reason that no feature of mining operations was respons­ible for the calamity.

The causes of the above fatalities and the properties atwhich they occurred are as follows:

1. Drowned when tractor fell through ice-Fair­banks Exploration Department, U. S. S. R. &M. COlnpany 1

~. Run over by moving coal train-Healy River CoalCorporation 1

3. Suffocated by run of ore and muck-KennecottCopper Corporation --- 1

4. Struck by run--'away locomotive-New Black Dia-mond Coal Company --______________________________ 1

5. Blown to bits by dynamite explosion-Hydraulicoperation of Patrick Savage near Flat 1

6. Slipped and fell throughore-way-Alaska JuneauMine :. --'_--------------- ..---__ 1

'1. Gas and dust explosion-Evan Jones Coal Co, _, 11!

Total ------ ------------------------ ~O

Yem' 1938:

During the year 1938 there were seven fatalities that re­sulted from accidents at mines in Alaska, five of which occurredat a gold lode mine and two at placer operations. In addition fothese fatalities, OI~e .man was killed by falling down a placel'shaft when. the h~lsbng ca?le broke. He was not employed 'cd:the operatIOn, bemg on Ius way down the shaft for a visit,and for that reason this fatality is not charged to mine accidents.

The causes of the above fatalities and the properties atwhich they occurred are as follows: '. -

1. Falls down oreways-Alaska Juneau Mine :3

~. Fall out of bucket to bottom of placer shaft­Placer drift operation of J. H. Livengood andHenry Spall in the Tolovana district 1

3. Struck by rock from collar of chute and knockedthrough grizzly into oreway-Alaska Juneau Mine 1

4. Crushed between ore cars-Alaska Juneau Mine 1

5. Caught by caving bank in hydraulic pit-Partner­ship lease of Frank Rahn and Peter Sather on An-vil Creek neal' Nome ------------------------------ c_____ 1

Total ----------------------------------------___________________________________ 7

TABLE IVSummary l}f Accidents at All Metal Mines (Including Placers, But Not Ore Mills)

During the P-eriod January 1, 1935 to December 31, 1938Accident

Men Man-shifts Man-hours Accidents Frequency RatesYear Employed Worked Worked Fatal Non-fatal Fatal Non-fatal1935: AlaskaPlacers ..._.....................2,323 499,765 4,497,885 2 116 0.44 25.79Lodes ............................ 1,280 361,898 2,895,184 6 249 2.07 86.00Non-metal ..........."........ 26 4,555 36,440 0 0 0 0

-- -- -Total ........................ 3,629 866,218 7,429,509 .8 365 1.08 49.13

1935: United States (All metal mines, not including are mills)92,314 20,352,372 161,302,671 164 10,206 1.02 63.27

1936: AlaskaPlacers ...................-..._. 2,605 496,370 4,46'7,330 2 89 0.45 19.92Lodes ...."....................... 1,437 389,088 3,112,704 8 257 2.57 82.56Non-metal .........._......... 24 2,353 18,824 0 2 0 108.55

-- -- - -- -- --Total........................ 4,066 887,811 7,598,858 10 348 1.32 45.80

1936: United States100,932 25,209,905 202,358,725 199 14,650 0.98 72.40

1937: AlaskaPlacers ....................... 3,136 547,748 4,929,,732 2 129 0.41 26.17Lodes ....._..........._.......... 1,476 414,361 3,314.888 2 258 0.60 77.83Non-metal.................... 25 4,175 33,400 0 3 0 89.82

-- -- - -- -- --Total ........................ 4,637 966,284 8,278,020 4 390 0.48 47.11

1938: AlaskaPlacers .......................... 3,470 607,624 5,468,616 2 112 0.37 20.48Lodes ._........._............... 1,575 458,436 3,667,488 5 318 1.36 86.71Non-metal .........._......... 32 4,560 36,480 0 1 0 27.41

-- -- -- -- --Total ........................ 5,077 1,070,620 9,172,584 7 431 0.76 46.99

TimeLost

(Days)

1,2504,161

o5,411

1,0143,508

51

4,573

1,7334,706

9

6,448

1,3654,761

14

6,140

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Summary l}f Accid$lts at Lode-Gold MinesDuring the Period January 1, 1933 to December 31, 1938

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1Year193319341935193619371938

MenEmployed

....................1,011

.......- 1,203

....................1,222

....................1,362

....................1,391

....................1,482

Man-shiftsWorked323,594363,478348,723367,411383,476430,536

AccidentsFatal Non-Fatal

7 1566 2076 2338 2321 2305 296

AccidentFrequency Rates

Fatal Non-Fatal2.70 60.232.06 71.132.15 83.512.72 78.930.33 74.971.45 85.94

Time Lost(Days)

2,1703,6213,8703,1924,19~

4,282

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Summary of Man-shifts Worked, Fatal and Nl)n-Fatal Accide-llts, and Time Lost in All Mines in Alaska

Man-shifts Worked. at Fatalities Non-Fatal Accidents Time Lost (Days)

Placer Lode Mines Coal Placer Lode Mine" Coal Placer Lode Mines Coal Placer Lode Mine" Coal

Year Mines and Mills Mines Mines and Mills Mines Mines and Mills Mines Mines and Mills Mines

1912 6 6.~1;;1

1913 10 15 ''"0

1914 5 14 '0

1915 4 19,p;l

1916 ' '1 22 27 736,~

191'1 9 24 11 705 -0

1918 1 12 0 199'''''l

1919 0 13 5 350 5 ~;11920 0 9 0 302 2,831 t:?;j

1921 568,615 103,389 0 12 0 249 3,519 471 '01922 537,180 55,309 0 5 0 0 252 4,344 250 -01923 84,948 618,359 66,927 2 9 0 7 230 42 394 3,991 673

'.~1924 117,545 468,890 51,398 0 16 0 30 327 6 560 4,882 75 ~

1925 405,000 592,326 34,353 0 6 0 0 303 5 No report 5,639 109 H

1926 418,744 563,992 51,398 1 6 1 90 365 10 1,042 5,308 75 UlUl

1927 418,235 555,155 34,915 2 7 1 178 259 13 3,267 4,819 445 H0

1928 445,707 559,081 32,766 3 6 0 152 302 2 2,048 5,981 19 Z1929 420,249 524,836 25,525 5 9 0 142 255 6 1,657 4,301 197 1;;1

1930 484,301 486,515 30,101 0 7 0 123 271 7 ,1,096 3,979 221 ~

1931 437,573 425,201 22,129 0 6 0 92 167 5 1,251 2.668 101 0

1932 441,335 445,876 22,267 0 5 0 67 163 14 765 2;630 250 :";1

1933 437,267 403,021 19,805 1 7 0 90 177 2 1,077 2,381 9 ~

1934 478,908 443,265 20,514 0 6 0 95 220 7 1,313 3,784 201 H

1935 499,765 458,440 23,571 2 6 0 116 266 12 ' 1,250 4,372 291 Z1;;1

1936 496,370 515,105 27,285 2 8 0 89 284 '8 1,014 3,780 149 Ul

1937 547,748 548,929 25,267 2 2 16 129 298 14, 1,733 S.,007 407

1938 607,624 595,520' ,27,744 2 5 0 112 .351 20 1,365 5,091 423

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Acme Mining Co., Chisana

Adams and Erickson, Hollis

Adler and Creavy, Fairbanks

Admiralty Alaska Gold MiningCo., Funter Bay

Alaska Chichagof Mining Co.,Chichagof

Alaska Oonsolidated Mining andSmelting Co., Sulzer

Alaska Dano Mines Go., Funter

Alaska Empire Gold Mining 00.,Juneau

Alaska Enterprise, Inc.,· Fish­hook Creek, Wasilla

Alaska Exploration and MiningCo., Inc., Talkeetna

Alaska Finley Go., Valdez

Alaska Gold and Metals Co.,Ketchikan

Alaska Gold King Mines, Ltd.,McCarthy

Sulzer, Horsfeld, White River White River

Puyallup or Hope Hollis Mine KetchikanPrince of Wales IsLand

Royal F'lush, Ester Dome Fairbanks

Peckovich property, Funter JuneauBay

Bez property, KIag Bay Sitka

Jumbo Mine, Sulzer, Prince Ketchikanof Wales I.

Nowell-Otterson Group, Ad- Juneaumiralty Island

C. Williams property, iHawk JuneauInlet, Admiralty Island

Rae WaII.ace or Rosenthal, KnikFishhook Creek

Denali and Timberline Pros- Chitinapeets, Valdez Creek

Ramsay-Rutherford Mine, ValdezValdez Glacier

Salt Chuck or Goodro Mine, KetchikanKetchikan, Kasaan Bay

Williams Peak property, Dan McCarthyCreek

Diamond Drilling 7

Gold Lode development, 2 :;0t9small mill '"d0

Gold Lode Development 3 :;0>-3

Gold lode with mill Idle 0I:Ij

Gold lode Idle >-3::r:t9

Former producer of Idle 0copper ~Intermittent dev,elop- Idle ~

Hment of gOld lode m

mGold quar,tz with mill- 17 H

0ing equipment Z

t9Gold lode development 3 :;0

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Gold lode with mill Idle t9m

Palladium and copper 8lode with millIntermittent develop 3ment of Antimony Goldlode

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Kensing,ton and Gomet Mines, JuneauBerners Bay

Mayfield Mine, Columbia ValdezGlaeier, IShoup Bay

Wyoming Mine. Cleary Creek Fairbanks

Independence, Free 00ld and KnikJap properties, Willow Or.

LllekylStrike, Yellowstone, KnikHomestake and Opal groups,Reed and Archangel Creeks

Windham Bay properties, JuneauWindham Bay

Smuggler Cove propertY,KetehikanCleveland Peninsula

Gypsum-Camel Group, Iyou- Sitkakeen Cove, Chichagof '1.

Alaska Handy IProperty. Ghi- Sitkachagof Island, Klag Bay

Alaska Hills property, Nuka KenaiBay

Megan and Sommecrville prop- Cape Nomeerty, Bluff

Alaska Juneau Mine, Juneau Juneau

Name and Address of Operator

Alaska Gold. MOlIDtain Mines,Ltd., Ketchikan

Alaska Gypsum Co., Juneau

Alaska Handy Gold Mining Co.,Juneau

Alaska Hills Mines Corp., Sew­ard

Alaska Homestake Mining Co.,Nome

Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.,Juneau

Alaska-Kensington Gold Mines,Inc., Juneau

Alaska Mayfield Mines, Ine.,Cordova

Alaska Mining and J:)evelo'P­ment Co., Inc., F·airhanks

Alaska - Pacific ConsolidatedMining Co., Anchorage

Alaska Willow Creek Mines. Inc.,Anchorage

Alaska-Windham Gold Mining00., ,Windham Bay

Name and Location of Mine P1'ecinct Type of OperationApprox.

Crew

Gold Lode Idle:;0

Development of gypsum Idle t9'"d

lodes 0:;0

Gold lode Idle >-30

Gold lode with millI:Ij

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Gold lode development Idlet;;l

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Gold lode with mill 980 ~~Hm

Gold lode Idle mH0

Gold lode with millZ

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Gold lode with mill 50>:l:J

~Gold lodes with mills 100

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Gold lode development 9

Gold lode with mill IdleC.¢~

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American GoM Mining CO., Ju­neau

Apex~El }:"::Cdo Mining Co., Ju­neau.

Aurora Nickel Go., Juneau

Baranof Mining Co., Ketchikan

Bartholomae Oil Corp., Fair­banks

Btttner, P., Fairbanks

BlaCk Brothers, Wasilla

Boland, M,e'tzgar and Farvin,Fairbanks

Bremner Gold Mining Co., Mc­Carthy

Brown, C.. Valdez

Cameron-Johnson Mine, Valdez

Case and Sande, Moose Pass

NaIne and Location of Nfine

McKallick properties, KlagBay. Chichagof Island

Apex-lEU Mdo o.v.runJe, Lisian­ski Inlet, Chichagof Island

Sea Level and Snipe BaYproperties. Chtchagof andBaranof Islands

Halleck I. property

Ryan Lode, Ester Dome, Fair­banks

Hirshey Mine, Palmer Creek,Kenai P.eninsula

Ready Bullion Mine, CraigieCreek

Bluebird Mine, Ester Dome,Fairbanks

Br,emner Mine, Bremner dis­trict

C. Ellis property, BoulderCreek, Tiekel

Cameron - Johnson property,Shoup Glacier. Shoup Bay

Case and Sande property,Moose Pass-'Hope !Highway

Precinct Typ,e of OperationApprtl'X.

CrewSitka Gold lode development 2

~Sitka Glold lode with mill 9 t?;I

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Sitka Intermit1Jent develoI>- Idle~>-j

ment of nickel lodes 0"9

Sitka Gold lode development 5 >-j:r:

Fairbanks Gold lode development 18 t?;I

with mill Q0

Kenai Gold lode development 4 ~with mill ~

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Knik Gold lode developmen.t 3 m.m.

with small mill H0

Fairbanks Gold lode 6 Zt;I~

McCarthy Gold lode with mill Idle 0"9

~Valdez Gold lode development 2 H

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Valdez Gold lode with mill 5

Kenai Gold lode development 2with mill

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LIST OF LODE MINING OPERATORS AND PROPERTIES

Name and Adidress of Operator

Century Wnes, Inc., Hyder

Chandalar Gold Min,es, Inc.,Chandalar

Chatham Mining Co., Fairbanks

Ohichagoff Mining Co., Chicha­gof

Olea,ry Hill Mines, Inc.. Fair­banks

Cliff Gold Mines, Inc., Valdez

Cobol Mines, Inc., Chichagof

Conwest Exploration Co., The,Luckyshot (See Willow Creek

Mines)

Crow >Creek Gold >corp., Anchor­age

Crown Mines Syndicate, Seward

Crown Point Mining Co., Seward

CuIrass Island Mining and Mill:..ing Co.. Valdez

Name and Location of Mine

Daly AlaSka PI'operty, SalmonGreek, Hyder

Sulzer property, Chandalardistrict

Burns pr.operty, ChathamCreek, Fairbanks

DeGroff and Mills property,Klag Bay, Chichagof Island

Rhoads-<.t!all or' Free GoldMine. Cleary Creek

Oliff Mine, Valdez Bay

Sl.ocum Grunter property,Slocum Arm, Chichagof I.

Willow Creek Mines, CraigieCreek

Monarch and Jewel Mines,Crow Creek, Girdwood

Primrose Mine near iSeward

Kenai-Alaska property, ~en.ai

La~e

CuJroos Island property, Gul­ross Island

Precinct

Hyder

Chandalar

Fairbanks

Sitka

Fairbanks

Valdez

Sttka

Knik

Knik

Kenai

Kenai

Valdez

'type of' OperationApprox.

Crew

Gold lode deveopment Idle~

Intermittent gold lode Idlet;I'tl

development 0:;tf

Gold lode development .3 >-j

with mill 0"9

Gold lod,e with mill 80 d;J.;

Gold lode with mill 16t;I

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Gold lode with mill· 10. ~~:

Gold lode development 5Hm..(ti:H·

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Crew

Ebner Gold MLTling 00., .Tuneau

EI Primero Mining and MillingCo., Valdez

Fairbanks E~loration Comp.any(see U.S. Smelting, Refiningand Mng. Co.)

Fern Gold Mining Co., Wasilla

Fern Gold Leasing Co., Wasilla

Flagstaff Mining Co.., Ketchikan

Folwarzny. J. and Associates,Ketchikan

Freeburn Development Co.. Ket­chikan

Giant Gold Mining Co., Anchor­age

Gold Cord Development Co.,Wasilla '

Gold Cord Mining, Milling andPower Co., Wasilla

Golden Zone Mine, Inc., Anchor­age

Ebner property, Gold Creek .Tuneau

Granite Mine, Port Wells Valdez

Fern Mine, Willow Creek dis-- Kniktrict

Fern Mine, Willow Creek dis- Kniktrict

Tl'e-asure Group, Karta Bay, K·ekhikanPrince of wales Island

Gold Standard, -Helm Bay Ketchikan

Bugge-Rogers property Ke'tchikan

Marmot Group, Archangel KnikCreek

Gold Cord Mine, Fishhook KnikCreek (Willow Cr. Dist.)

Gold Cord Mine, Fishhook KnikCreek (Willow Cr. DistJ

Golden Zone Mine, Broad TalkeetnaPass

Intermtttent gold lode Idledevelopment ~

GOld lode, with mill Idle

Mine under leaSe toFern Gold Leasing Co.

Gold lode, with mill 3,7

Gold lode development, 12with mill

Gold lode, with mill 3

Gold lode development Idle

Gold lode development Idle

Gold lode, with mills 12

Property under lease toGold Cord Dev. Co.

Gold lode development, 38Mill under construction

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Name and Address of Op,eratoir Name and Location of Mine Pl'ecinetApprox.

Type of Operation Crew

Fairbanks Gold rode, with mill 13

Knik Gold lode development, 2with mill

Sitka Gold lode with mill 48

Fairbanks Gold lode with mill 16

Juneau Gold lode, with mill 4

Skagway Intermittent develop- Idlement. of galena lode

otter Intermittent develop- Idlement of gol<i lode

Valdez Gold lode, with mill 2

Ketchikan ,Gold lode, with mill un- 3- der lease

Knik Gold lode development 3with mill

Gold lode development, Idlewith mill

Grant and Mutchler, !Fairbanks

Greenback Mining 00., Gird­wood

Hammond Consolidated Gold­fields (see U.S. Smeltin?;. Re­fining and Mng. Co.)

HaWkins, Cliff M., Fairbanks

High Grade Gold Mining Corp.,Anchorage

Hirst Chichagof Mining Co.,Kims'han Cove

Hi Yu Mining Co., Fairbanks

Husky Mining Co., .Tuneau

Inspiration !Boint Mining Co.,Skagway

J.ohnson, Gustus and Associates,Flat

Johnson, Ted., Valdez

Kasaan Gold Co., Ketchikan

Kelly Gold Mines Corp., Wasilla

Happy Creek Mine, EsterDome, F'airbanks

Brenner pr,opetty, Crow Creek,Girdwood

Soo Mine, Fairbanks

High Grade Mine, FishhOOKCreek, ,Wasilla

Hirst Chichagof Mine, Kim-shan Gove, Chichagof I.

.Hi Yu Mine, Faitbanks Creek

Husky pl'operty, Canyon Cr.

Inspiration PIOint propertyWhite Pass

Golden Horn Mine, otterCreek, Flat

Venus Group, Mineral Creek

.Tulia, Dun""lJOn or Hartis CreekMine, >Harris Creek

MHo Kelly property, WillowCreek, 'Wasilla

Fairbanks

Knik

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Name and Address of Operatoir NaJlle and Location of Mine Pirecinet Type of OperationApprox.

Crew

Ketchikan Gold lodedevelopm-ent 3

Ketchikan Shipping ore from ,oop- Sper-gold lode

Kenai Gold lode development 2-with mill

Sitka Gold lode development 2

Knik Gold lode with mill op-ti,oned to Malbel Mines,Inc.

Knik Gold lode, with mill 20-

Knik Gold lode, with mills 11

Cape Nome Gold lode development, 3prospect mill

Valdez Intermittent develop­ment of copper ibde

Wade HamptonIntermittent develop-ment .. 00pp:er-gold lode

Nome GOld lode,. with mill

Kennecott Copper -Corp., Ken­necott

Knights Island Copper Co., Val­dez

~onechn-ey, 30e, iN'Yac

Lane Investment Co., :Nome

Libe, Bert., Ketchikan

Lindeman, E., Kasaan

Lindsay, G., Moose Pass

Lisianski Mining -Co., 3uneau

Mabel Mining, Milling and Pow­er 00., Anchorage

Mabel Mines, Inc., Anchorage

Marion TwIn Gold Mining Co.,Wasilla

McDuffy, R and Associates,Nome

Kenne00tt, Mother iLode,3um­bo and -Erie Mines, Kenne­cott

Hubbard-Elliott property,Knight Island

-Mission Creek, Russian Moun­tains

Big Hurrah Mines, SolomonRiver, Nome

POrtland Group, Helm Bay

Shepard J\1:ine, Kasaan BayPrince of Wales Island

Or-ade EXitenston, Moose Pass­Hope Highway

Luck"j ,strike, iLisianski Inlet,Chichagof Island

Mabel Mine, Reed Cre-ek(Willow Creek mstrict)

Mabel Mine, Reed Creek(,Willow Creek district)

Marion Twin and Gold MintpropertLes, Little Susitnaand Craigie Creeks

Silver Creek, tributary toSnake River, Nome

McCarthy Copper lodes with mill­ing plant-

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Name and Address of Operator

McGOwan and Lind, Medfra

McKinl,eyLake -property, Mc­kinley Lake, Cordova

Merrill Mining Go~, Valdez

M-espelt and Go., Medfra

MohaWk IvIining Co., Fairbanks

Moira Copper Co., Ketchikan

Monarch Minihg Go., Anchorage

Mother Lode Ooa:1ILtioln :MinesGo., Kennecott

Mount Andrew Mining Go., Ket-:chikan

Mountain View Gold iMining Go.,Ketchikan

NabesnaV...ining Gorp.. Chitiha

Ntational Nickel OOil"p., Juneau

Name and LOcation of Mine

Mc-Gowan---'Mespelt pr~erty,

Nixon Fork, KuskokWlIU R.

McKinley Lake Gold Mines, IDe.,Cordova

Merrill property, Bettles Btay.Port Wells

Nixon Fork Mine, Nixon li10rkof Kuskokwim tRiver

Henderson Mine, Ester Dome

Moira Sound, ,Prince of WalesIsland

Monarch Mine, Crow Creek,Girdwood

Mo:ther Lode Mines, Kenne­cott

Mount ;Andrew iMine, Kasaan. Pen.. Prince of Wales Island

Mountain View property, lFishCrook, near Hyder

Nabesna Mine, WhithamGroup, Nabesna River

Bohemia and TasmaniaGroups, Yakobi Island

Precinct

Mt. McKinleJl

Cordova

Valdez

Mt. McKinley

FairbankS

K-etehikan

Knik

MeCarthy

Ketchikan

Hyder

Chitina

Sitka

-Approx.Type of Operation Crew

Development 0 f gold 2and oopper lode

Gold lode devel6pment 4

Gold lode development, Swith mill

GOld lode, with mill 7

Gold lode, with mill 9

Copper lode Ldle

Property under leaseto Grow Creek MiningCo., :Lode with mill

Copper lode. operatedby Kennecott CopperGorp.

Copper lode, (formerly Ldleproductive)

Gold lode development Idle

Gold lode, with mill 3:6

Nickeliferous lod-e de- Idlevelopment

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Crew

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Nelson and Tift, Ketchikan

New Chichagof Mining Syndi­·cate, Juneau

New Hope, Inc., Seward

Nickaloff Mines, 'Inc., Fairbanks

Nukalaska Mining Co., Seward

Oracle IMine, Moos·e Pass

Patsy Association, Anchorage

Peterson, Wixon and Arwick,K·etchikan

Point Astley Mining Corp., Ju­neau

Portage Gold Mines, Ltd., Val­dez

Prospect Mining Co., Nenana

Rae Wallace Milling 00", Wasilla

Rapp and Till, Luckyshot

McLean Arm, Prince of WalesIsland

New Chichagof property, Pirr­. ,ta Bay, ChIchagof Island

R. Hatcher property. PalmerCre,ek, Hope

Elmes, or NickaloH property,Happy Creek, Ester DJ!me

Nukalaska Mine, Nuka Bay

Oracle property, Moose Pass

Patsy property, ArchangelCreek

Black Bear property, BearLake, Union Bay

Ahrensted property, PointAstley, Snettisham

Dominick Vietti property. PoeBay, Port 'Wells

California Creek, BonnifieldDistrict

Rae Wallace or Rosenthalproperty, Fishhook Creek

Gold Bullion, 'Craigie Creek,Willow Creek district

Ketchikan

Sitka

Kenai

Fairbanks

Kenai

Kenai

Knik

Ketchikan

Juneau

Valdez

Fairbanks

Knik

Knik

Gold lode development 4

Gold lode development Idle

Gold lode development 5

Gold lode, with mill 3

Gold lOde, with mill 19

Gold lode, with mill 7

Gold lode development 3

Gold lode, with mill Idle

Copper, silver, gold lode Idledevelopment .

Gold lode, with mill 10

Silver, gold, copper lode Idledevelopment

Gold lode development,under lease

Cyanide plant, tailings 9from Gold Bullion Mine

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Name and Address of Operator

Ready Bullion Mining Corp.,Fairbanks

Red Top Mining Co., Fairbanks

Rogers and Bugge. Ketchikan

Ruff and Tuff Gold Mining Co.,Valdez

San Antonio Metals Go., Wran­gell

Sanford, J·ess, Fairbanks

Short, Frank, Mine, Fairbanks

Shotter, Mork and Ronning,Lisianski

Silver, La. W., Nome

Sleeping Beauty Mining 00.,~etchikan

Smith, K M. and ASsDci.ates,Fairbanks

Smith, Herb. C., Fairbanks

Name and Location of Mine

Eva Quartz, Hudson or Boro-­vich and stevens Mine, Es­

ter Dome, Fairban~3

J. Quigley pI'operty, FridayCre,ek. Kantishna

Free Gold proper,ty, Helm Bay

Ruff and Tuff property, Col­umbia Glacier, Shoup Bay

Galvin property, Baker Island

Ester .Dome, Fairbanks

Eva Greek or Liberty BellMine, Eva Greek, Ferty

Paramount property, Lisian­ski Inlet, Chichagof Island

Shamrock Mines, SOlomonRiver, Nome district

Stensland or Beat Lode, HelmBay, Gleveland Pen.

Billy Sund<:ty and Fair Chancepmperties, Ester Dome,Fairbanks

Ester Dome, -Fairbanks

Precinct

Fairbanks

Fairbanks

Ketchikan

Valdez

Ketchikan

Fairbanks

Fairbanks

Sitka

Cape 'Nome

Ketchikan

Fairbanks

Fairbanks

Ap,prox.Type of Operation Crew

Gold lode with mill. Un-der option to Barthol-

~omae Oil Corp. [:l:j'U

Gold lode, with miJl 14 0:;0>-3

Gold lode development Idle 0":1

Gold lode, with mill 10 >-3:r:Molybdenum and gold

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Qlode devoelopment 0Gold Lode development ~

~Gold Lode, with mill Idle

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Gold lode with mill 8

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Name and Address of Operator Name and Location of Mine PrecinctApprox.

Type of Operation C1'ew

Solar -Development Co., Ltd.,Juneau -

Solo Mining Co., Ketchikan

Sonny Fox Mining 00., Seward

Southeastern Alaska MiningCorp., Juneau

stay, sam., Fairbanks

strong and Black, Hyder

Superior Mine, Inc. The, Valdez

Texas Creek Gold Mining 00.,Hyder

Thorpe,: C., Wasilla

None at present

Electrum Group,' Hyder dis-trict - -

Babcock and Downey,,~kaBay

Jualin Mine, BernerS Bay

Little E'Va, First Chance, etc.,Ester IDome, Fairbanks

. "IRiverside Mine, 8almon"R;

Little Giant, Rose, Star, BigFour, and Blue Fox,

Mineral Creek

Texas Creek Mine. TexasCreek

Thorpe property, OmbstakeCreek

Hyder

Kenai

Juneau

F'arrl::Janks

Hyd.e1:,

Valdez

Hyder--

Knik

Operating subsidiary ofConsoliated Mining and

-Smelting Company ofOanada

Gold lode development 3

q-old _lode, with mill 4

Gold lode (Formerlyproductive -- --Idle

Gold lodes, intermit-tent development

-- :Lead, 'sllver, gold· lode_with mill Idle

Gold lode, with mill 10

Silver, _lead lode Idle

Gold ;lode, with mill 3

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Tolovana Mining and MiUing 'Tolovana Mine, Pedro Dome,CO., Fairbanks Fairbanks

Treadwell Yukon 00. Ltd.,Juneau

Fa~r:p.g,~ks - 'GQld.lode, w~t4,:mill. In­termittent

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Name and Address of Operator Pl'ecmctApprox.

Type of Operation Crew

Threeman Mining Co., Valdez

United Mining and Develop­ment Co., Moose Pass

U, S. S. R. and M. Co., Fairbanks- Fairbanks Department (For­

merly Fairbanks iExp1OrationCOmpany)

Whalen, E. M., Medfra

Willow Creek Mines,Luckyshot

Wycoda Mining Co., Ketchikan(Formerly The Evis Mining

Co.)

Yellow Band Gold Mines, Inc.,Chitina

,Dickcey property, Rua prop­erty, Knight rs1:and

Gilpatrick property, SlateCreek, Moose Pass

Henry :Flord Mine, FairbanksCreek (iL. 3. McCarty prop­

" erty)

Whalen Min,e, Nixon Fork,Kuskokwim River

Luckys:hot,War _ Baby andGold Bullion properties,Craigie Creek (WillowCreek District;)

Goo Goo and Sea Level prop­erties, Thorne Arm

Yellow Band, Chick Nelsonand Bremner

Valdez

Kenai

Fairbanks

McKinley

Knik

Ketchikan

Mc,c:arthy

Interxnittentdevelop­ment,of copper lode

Gold IQde dev·elopment

Gold lode, with mill

C!Old lode development

Gold- lodes. with mills

Gold lode development

G61d lode development

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10

10

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LIST OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL OPERATIONS ~00

'-Name and Address of Op,erator Name & Location of Property PrecinctApprQx.

Type of Operation Crew

standard Oil Co. of California, J1ute Bay operation, Alaska K'odiakJute Bay Peninsula

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25

35

LimestDne quarry, sup- 22plying cement plant inSeattle (Seasonal)

Marble quarry (opera-tions intermittent)(Seasonal)

Drilling. con.structionwork, etc.

Drilling, con.structionwork, etc.

Bituminous coal 23

Bituminous coal, with 40washery

Sub-bituminous coal, 45with screening plant

Bitumino,us coal 3

Bitumin:ouscQal 8-10with washery

COAL :MINES

QUARRIES

View Gave quarry, Dall Island Ketchikan

Tokeen Quarry, Prince of KetchikanW.al-e.s Island

Eska Mine, Eska Knik

Evan Jones Mine, Jonesville Knik

Suntrana Mine, Healy River Nenana

Houston Knik

Rawson, or Wishbone Hill KnikProperty, MOOSe Creek

OIL OPERATIONS

Iniskin Drilling Co., Anchorage Iniskin Bay, Cook Inlet Iliamna

Alaska Railroad, Anchorage

Evan Jones Goal Go., Anchorage

Vermont Marble Go., Tokeen

Healy Riv-er Coal Oorp., HealyFork

Houston Coal Co., Anchorage

Moose Creek Coal 00.,Anchorage

Superior Portland Cement, Inc.,View Cove

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LIST OF ACTIVE DREDGING OPERATIONS

Na~.'CandAddress of Operator

Alaska Sunset Mines, Inc., Nome

Alluvial Golds, Inc., F'airbanks

Alneriean Creek Operating Go.,Fairbanks

Arctic Circle Exploration, Inc.,Nome

BarthDlomae Oil Corp., Nome

~rry, G.J. Dredging Co., CircleSprings

Boundary Dredging Co., JackWade

BristQ1 Bay Mining Co., Good·news . .

~a de iPaga Gold Co., Nome

Council Dredging 00., Inc.. Nome

Dea!i\Wood Mining Co., Fair-bank,s

Dime. Creek. Dredging C0" (Val-entine' and Porter) Haycock

Pry. Greek. Drerlging .. Co., Nome

Ftlrsgren Dredging Co., Deering

Frox Bar Dredging Co., N<Jme

Location of Operation

SUll.;·3 t Creek

Woodchopper Creek

American Creek (Tofty)

Candle Creek

Gold Run Creek (Teller Dist)

Mastodon Creek

Cany-on Greek

Wattamus Creek

Monument Creek

Niukluk River

Deadwook Creek

Dime Creek

Dry iCr-e:ek

Inmachuk River

Upper Kougarok River

Precinct

Cap-e Nome

Circle

Hot Springs

Fairhaven

Port Clarence

Circle

Fortymile

Beth-el

Qg,l)e Nome

Cape Nome

Circle

Koyuk

Cape Nome

Fairhav-e:n

Cape NDme

Number of Approx.Operations Crew

1 14

1 25

1 30 ~'tl0

2 132:;0o-:J

01 15 "':l

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1 28 ~~

1 15 Hmm

1 10az!:;t.:;0

1 10 01 9

~

1 11l5::H

~.1

m;6

1 9

1 15

1, 113 ....(0

LIST OF ACTIVE DREDGING OPERATIONS <:n0

Approx.Crew

6

42~

15 l';j"tl0

16 ~1-:3

9 0- "':130 C

018 is::

~8 51

~37 02;l';j

20 ~

0"':1

32;s::HZ9 t?:1m

6

9

16

1

1

1

Innoko 1

Council 1

Cape Nome 1

Fortymile 1

Number ofPrecinct Operations

Cape Nome 1

Innokd 1

Bethel 2

Cape Nome

Inn-oko

Otter

Council' 1

otter 1

Council 1

Circle 1

Bethel 1

Location of Operation

Niukluk River below OphirCreek

Kougarok River

Otter Creek

Ganes Creek

Fish Creek

Little Greek

otter Creek

Upper Gan,es Creek

Tuluksak River

Salmon River

Solomon'River

Wade Creek

Melsing Creek

Coal Creek

Name and Address of Operator

Puntilla, Waino F., Takotna

Riley Investment Go.. Flat

GlassDTedging 00., Council

Gold Placers, Inc.. Fairbanks

'Goodnews Bay Mining Co., Plat-inum

Holky Dredging' Co., Takotna

Inland Dredging Go., Nome

Kougarok Consolidated GoldPlacers, Inc., Nome

Lee Brothers, Nome

Matheson and Savage, TakotnJ.

New York Alaska Gold Dredg-ing OoTp" Ny,ac

North American Gold Dredg­ing Co., Flat

North American Mines, Inc.,Jack Wade

North star Dredging Co.,(Gumm, Mebes and Steiner)

Council

Osborn Cr·eek Dredging Co., Osborn CreekNome

LIST OF ACTIVE DREDGING OPERATIONS

~..~.- I

IName and Address of Op,eratoil." Location of Operation Precinct

Nmnber ofOperations

Approx.Crew

Shaw and Cook, Bonanza

Tweet, N. B. and Sons, Teller

Ungalik Syndicate, Bonanza

United states Smelting, Refin-ing and Mining Co.(Fairbanks Dept.)(Nome Dept.)

Vibe, N. J., Takotna

Ungalik River

Dese Creek

Ungalik River

Vicinity of FairbanksVicinity of Nome

Yankee Creek

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st. Michael

Port Clarence

st. Michael

FairbanksCape Nome

Innoko

1

1

1

63

1

10

10

9

41380.,300

9

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Name and Address of Operator

Alaska Gold Dredging Gorp.,Chicken

Ophir Gold Dredging Co., ,cOUll­cil

Walkers Fork 'Gold Gorp., .TackWa<le

Location of Operation

Mosquito Fork

Ophir creek

Walkers Fork

Precinct

Fortymile

Council

Fortymile

.

N1llllber l)fOperations

1

1

1

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LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, WITH CREWS OFFIVE OR MORE MEN

Name and Address of OperatOll." Location of Plant PrecinetApprox.

Type of Operation Crew

Tolovana Drifting from shaft 11

Fairhaven Hydraulic with dragllnefor tails

Cape Nome Bulldozer and pumping 6plant

Port Glarence Hydraulic, pump and 7I scraper

Bethel Dragline with washingplant

otter Dragline with washing 12plant

Tolovana Drift mining 5

Cirele Hydr-aulic 7Eagle 5

Pumping plant; dragline 15

Meclh'anical and M!ills 25

Alaska ~ploration and MiningGo" Talkeetna

Alaska-Sunsb.ine Gold MiningCo., Haines

'Alaska Taylor M'mes, Taylor

American Tinfields, Inc" TinCity

Anderson and Peterson, Fair­banks

Arct:ic Citrcle Exploration Go.,Candle

Arctic Cr,eek Mining Association,Nome

Arctic Mines, Inc., Teller

Awe and DuR:and, Flat

Awe Mining Company, Flat

Bany. A., Fairbanks

Bartlett, Ida, Miller HOUSe

Bauer, R., Nation

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Bird Creek

Kleheni iRiv,er

Kougarok River

Tin City

Uv·engood Creek

Candle -Creek

Arctic Greek (Kougarok)

Sunset ICr,eek

Marvel Creek

Flat Creek

Livengood Greek

Independence Greek

Eagle District

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Talkeetna

Skagway

Gape Nome

Port Glarenc€

Hydraulic

Placer ,development

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LIST OF ACTIVE I~LACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, WITH CREWS OFFIVE OR M ORE MEN

OI>!>-

Name and Address of Operator

C.J Berry Dredging Co., CirdeSprings

Berry Holding Co., Circle Springs

Blake and Larson. Chatanika

Bock, Adolf, Tofty

Bodis, 'George, Nome

Bostrom and Go., Fairbanks

Bower, R., Eagle

Buck and Sjoberg, Cantwell

Butte Creek Mining Co.. MillerHouse

Cache Creek Mining Co., An­chorage

Carlson, J. E., Gulkana

Carlson and Co., Nome

Central Development Co., .TackWade

Chicken Creek Mining Co., Flat

Chicken Hill Mining GO., Chick­en

Location of Plant

Mastodon Creek

Eiagle CreekMastodon Forks

Chatanika River

Deep Creek

Dick Creek (Kougarok)

Fish Creek

Fourth of July Creek

Vald·ez Creek

Butte Creek

Nugget Creek

Valdez Creek

il'on Creek

Wade Creek

Chicken CreekLost Chicken Creek

Appl.'ox.Precinct Typ,e of Operation Criew

Circle Hydraulic 8~

Circle Hydraulic 9 "'"'tlCircle Hydraulic 12 0

~

Fairbanks Drift Mining 9 8

Hot Springs Drift Mining 11 0":I

Gape Nome Hydraulic 8 Q0

Fairbanks Dcrift Mining 6 ~~

Eiagle Hydraulic 6 I-lmm

Chitina Hydraulic 7 I-l

0Oircle Hydraulic, dmgline and 5 Z

t;1bulldozer ~

0Talkeetna Hydraulic 12 ":I

Chitina Hydraulic and drift 23' ~I-l

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Cape Nome Pumping plant 6 m

F'ortymile Hydraulic and bulldoz- 10ing

otter Hydraulic and bulldozer 16I"ortymile Hydraulic and bulldozer 5

LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, 'WITH CREWS OJ<'FIVE OR ]\-10RE MEN

Name and Address of Operator

Cleary !Hills Mines bo., Fair­banks

Coffee Creek Mining Co. Nome

DeVault and Hamberg Assoc.,Talkeetna

Dora Gold Mining Go., Fair­banks

Chititu Mines, McCarthy

Cirde Mining Go., Circle Springs

Clara Creek Mining 00., An-chorage

Clark Brothers, Hope

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12

5

washing 29

Hydraulic

Dragline18

12Dragline with washing 18plant

Two 'HydraUlic Camps 8

Approx:.Type of OperationCl"ie'W

Drag scraper with wash- 15ing plant

Bulldozer, pump and 10­hydraulic elevator

Drift mining

Dragline withplant

Pumping plant

·Dragline

HydraUlic

2 Draglines and wash- 16ing plants

Hydraulic 8

McCarthy

Circle

Bethel

Kenai

Precinct

Hot iSprings

Cape Nome

Nulato

Innoko

Cape Nome

Circle

Fairbanks

Talkeetna

Talkeetna

Coffee Creek (Kougar-ok)

Location of Plant

Palmer and ResurrectionCr·eeb

Sullivan Creek (Tofty)

Nugget Creek

Poorman Creek

Cripple Creek (Folger)

Dahl Creek (Kougarok)

DeadWOOd Creek

Camp Creek

Rex and Ohititu Creeks

. Bortag·e Creek

Clara Creek (Goodnews Bay)

First and Dutch CreeksCo.,

00., An-

Co., Nome

00., Fair-

Mining

Coyle, Dennis, Ruby

Cripple 'Creek Miningchorage

Dahl Creek Mining

Deadwood Miningbanks

Dutch CreekTalkeetna

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LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, WITH CREWS OFFIVE OR MORE MEN

, OtOl

Name and Address. of Operator

Eilingen, Gasper, Fairbanks

Ellington and Go., Wise!llan

Enstrom !Bros. Mining Co., Cir­cle ,Springs

Erickson, A. S., Girdwood

,Erickson and Bennett,Marsha.ll

Faith Creek Mining Co., Fair­banks

Falls, Bentley, Livengood

Fisher and Fisher, Fairbanks

Forno, Theobaldo,Poorman

Frank, 3. R., and Go., Hot, Springs

Flrasca, John a+nd Go., GircleSprings

Gilmore Mining :Co.. Inc., Fair­banks

Glen Gulch Mining Go., Fair­banks

Location of Plant

Fourth of July Greek

Myrtle Greek

Ketchum Creek

Crow Creek

Newon Cre,ek (Marshall)

Faith Creek

Rut,h CreekLillian Creek

Grant Greek

Poorman Greek

Pioneer Creek

Independence Greek

Gilmore Creek

Gertrud'e Greek, (LivengoodDistrict)

Precinct

, Eagle

Koyukuk

Cirde

Knik

Wade­Hampton

Fairbanks

TolovanaTolovana

Fort Gibbon

Nulato

Hot SprLllgs

Circle

Fairbanks

Tolovana

Approx..'fype of Operation Cl'iew

,Hydraulic ,6:;0

Shoveling-in 5 't':!'!'tf

Dragline 10 '~~

Hydraulic 7 ~Hydraulic 'With washing 15 ~O

plant 0~

Hydraulic 7 "~

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Hydraulic-m

5 0Hydraulic 3 ·ZHydraulic and dragline 6

t9:;0

Drift mining 7 0"':1

HYdraulic 7 '~,....Z

Hydraulic 8 't;lm

Dragline and :bulldozer 15

Hydraulic and bulldozer 9

LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, WITH CREWS OFFIVE OR M ORE MEN

Name and Address of Operator Location of Plant Pl'ecinctAppro'X.

Type of Operation crewGodfrey, .cooper and Clough, Henry Creek (Kougarok) .cape Nome

Nom·e

Half Dollar Mining Go., Circle Hali Dollar and Bottom Dol~ CircleSprings lar Creek

Hard, Uotilla and Hanson, Ta- Bear Greek Innokokotna

Harris Creek Mining 00., Teller Harris Creek (~ougarok) Cape Nome

Giold roing ML.'1diD.g Co., F'air- Gold King Creek Nenanabanks

Goodnews Bay Mining Co., Platinum and Fox Greeks BethelPlatinum

Gregan, "fiT., Poorman Poorman Greek Nulato-

Gustaffson and Sweedman Oregon' :Creek Cane Nome~~ -

Hydraulic elevator 5

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6

5

6

5

7

washing 12

Dragline, bulldozer and 14washing plant

Bulldozer and pumping '7plant

Bulldozer, scraper and 10pumping plant

2 draglines and wash- 45ing plants

Drift mining '7

Hydraulic 5

Hydraulic

Hydraulic

Hydraulic

Dragline andplant

Hydraulic, bulldozer

Hydraulic

Kenai

Tolovana

Fairhaven

Bethel

Circle

Inmachuck River

Resurre'ction Creek

Olive Greek

Butte Creek

North F'ork oi Harrison Greek

Huff, J., Platinum

Harrison Creek Mining Co.. V.Jl-leI' House

Hogendorn, R., Deering

Hope Minhlg Co., Seward

Hudson, N. R., Livengood

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LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, WITH CREWS Of'FIVE OR MORE MEN

<:J1co

Name and Ado.:ress of Operator Location of Plant PrecinctApprox.

Type of Operation Crew

25

'5

6

and 15

Iditarod Mining Co., Flat.

Independence Mining 00., Cir-cle Springs

Johnston and Blando, Fairbanks

JohD...son and Hard, Talmtna

Johnson, Helmer, Fairbanks

Johnson and Johnson, HotSprings

Jones, Ray, ~oyukuk

.Kanari, Laurin and Carey, Nome

Keenan, J. and Co., Nome

Kelliher, J. and Son, Taylor

Kelly, ,J. F., Miller House

Ketchum Creek Mining Go., Cir-. cle Springs.

Klery Placers, Inc., Kiana

Kokomo :rv1ining Co., Fairbanks

Willow Cl'eek

Independence Creek

North Fork of Harrison Cr.

Ophir Creek

Cleary Greek

Glen Guleh

K:oyukuk River

~ougarok River

Kougarok River

Kougarok River

Miller Creek

Ketchum Creek

Klery Creek

Kokomo Creek

otter

Circle

Circle

Innolw

Fairbanks

Eot i8prings

Koyukuk'

Cape Nome

Cape Nome

Gape Nome

Circle

Circle

. Noatak­Kobuk

Fairbanks

DragIine, hydraulic and 1'5washing plant

Hydraulic and slack- 9line scraper

Dragline 8

High-li;ne scraper 8

High-lin,e scraper '5

Hydraulic 8

Pumping pi-ant

Pumping plant

Bulldozer, pumpdragline

Hydraulic 6

Hycl.raulic. bulldozer '5

Hydraulic and slack- 6line excavator

Dragline scraper withwashing plant

Cablewayexcavator andhydraulic .

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Name and A<ld:ress of Operator

Kow Kow Mining Co., Platinum

Lammers and Fitzp3.trick, NOD1'3

Laurin Brothers, Taylor

Lilliedale and Go.

Livengood, J. H., Livengood

Lache and Co., Chatanika

Long Creek MirJing Co.,Fairbanks

Lowe, Grace, Livengood

Mahon, W. G., Livengood

Martin, Charles,

Mastodon Mining Go., MiilerHouse

McGee, L.,

IvIisCDVich and Rodman, Flat

Miscoyich, P., Flat

Location of Plant

Kow Kow Creek

Buz'6ard Creek(Kougarok)

Mf'c'7lin Creek(Kougarok)

Gold King Creek

Livengood Creek

Chatanika River

Long Creek(Ruby)

Gertrude Creek

Livengood Creek

Jack Wade Creek

Mastodon Creek

Indian River(Koyukuk)

Julian Creek

otter Creek

Ap,p-rox.Precinct Type of Operation Crew

Bethel Dragline, washing 15plant, bulldozer :;0

Cape Nome Bulldozer and pumpingt;g

5 "Cplant g

Cape Nome Hydraulic and bulldozer 8 l-3

0"':1

Nenana Hydraulic 5 Q

Tolovana Drift Ivlining 8 0~

Fairbanks Drift Mining 5 :s:I-lrJ.l

NulatD Dragline 13 02I-l0

Tolovana Bulldozer, Hydraulic 10Z·t;g~

Tolovana Drift Mining 100

Fortymile Hydraulic 5 "':1

Circle Dragline 15 :s:I-lZt;g

Koyukuk Dragline 12 rJ.l

otter Hydraulic 8

otter Trencheau, hydraulic 12and bulldozer

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LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, WITH CREWS OFFIVE OR :MORE MEN

0>o

Name and Address of Operator Location of Plant Precinct Type of OperationApprox.

Crew

Montana Mining Co., Hot Omega & Alpha CreekSprings

Moose Pass Placers, Inc., Mills CreekJuneau

Nelson Mining Co., Chisana Bonanza Creek

Nicolai Placer Mines, McCarthy Dan Creek

Northland Development Co., Willow CreekFlat

Olsen and Co., Flat Happy Creek

Osmess and Johnson, Marshall Willow Creek

Parker and Son, Fairbanks Crane Creek

Paulson, S. R., Ophir Colorado Creek

Polson, A., Nome Center Creek

Porcupine Mining Co., Miller Porcupine CreekHouse

Powers, J. B., Fortymile Dome Creek

pyne Creek Min. Co., Fairbanks Palmer Creek

Quigley, E. W., Solomon Solomon River

Rainbow Mining Co., Nome Black Cr. (Kougarok)

..~ ~

HotSprillgs

Kenai

White River

McCarthy

Otter

Otter

Wade­Hampton

Fairba:nks

Innoko

Cape Nome

Circle

Fortymile

Fairbanks

Cape Nome

Cape Nome

Dragline, hydraulic

Hydraulic, bulldozer

Hydraulic, bulldozer

Hydraulic

Dragline and washingplants

2 draglines, washingplants

Dragline

Hydraulic, bulldozer

Hydraulic, bulldozer

Drifting from shaft

Dragline, hydraulic

Hydraulic

Hydraulic

Hydraulic

Pumping plant

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15

9

6

18

5

12

7

5

10

7

6

5

'1

8

5

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FIVE OR MORE MEN

Na;n1e and- A(]4ress of Operator

Rainey Creek Placers,Anchorage

~andal1, Juneau

Roberts, C. 0., Nome

~yan; Lee, Jack Wade

~vage and Matheoon, Takotna

ScannEMl, T. C., Ruby

Schropshire and Anderson,Poorman

Seward Mining Co., Hope

Seward Mining Develop. Synd.,!lrfrme

Shaw, T. J., CouncilShield, C. F. and Co., Fairbanks

Skain Mining Co., Nome

Slate Creek Placers, Inc.,Valdez

Spokane, Peters Creek, Inc.,Talkeetna

stev.ens." Dick, Poorman

Stewart and WOOds,Circle" Springs

Location of Plant

Rainey Creek

Silva Creek

Hurrah Creek

Wade Creek

Spruce Creek

Long Creek

Moose Creek

Resurrection Creek

Mascot Gulch(Kougarok)

Ophir CreekNo Grub Creek

Wonder Creek

Slate Creek

Peters and Cache Cr.eeks

Timber Creek

Deadwood Creek

Approx.Precinct Type of Operation C:vew

Bethel Placer development 5!;d

Juneau Placer development 12 fi1Cape Nome Pump and mechanical 7 g

l-3Fortymile Ground-sluicing 5 0

Innoko Dragline, Washing plant>:;l

QNulato Drift mining 14 0

Nulato Drtft mining 10 m~

02

Kenai Hydraulic 6 re0

Cape Nome Bulldozer and pumping 8 Z!;I

plant :;0

Council Hydraulic 8 ~Fairbanks Hydraulic, bulldozer 10~

Cape Nome Drifting from shaft 15 ~

~Chitina 2 hydraulic operations 32 02

Talkeetna Dragline, washing plant 2,1,bu:ldozer

Nulato Drift milling 5Circle Hydraulic 5

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LIS'!' OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES, "'iVITH CREWS OFFIVE OR I\fORE MEN

mb:>

Name and Address of Operator Location of Plant Precinct Type of OperationApprox.

Crew

strandberg and Sons,Anchorage

Stuyahok Mining Co., Marshall

Tacoma Placer JlJlining Co.

Taylor, Carstens and Taylor,Circle Springs

Thomason, Quam and Anderson,Hot Springs

Three Miners, Inc.

Topkok Chief Mines Co., Bluff

Torrence, L. E., Poorman

Triple X Mining Co., Ferry

United States Smelting, Refin­ing and Mining Co., Fair­banks Operation

Uotilla and Hard, Takotna

Uotilla and. Ogriz, Flat

Uotilla, Ogriz and Keturi~, Flat

Van Hook, 1. H.

."'",..

Candle Creek (Takotna)

Flat Creek

Butte Creek

Ketchum Creek

Boulder Creek

Esperanto Creek

Daniels Creek

Flat Creek

Moose Creek

Cripple Creek

Ophir Creek

Slate Creek

Moore Creek

Lost Chicken Creek

Ir:moko

Wade­Hampton

F:airbanks

Circle

Hot Springs

Innoko

Cape Nome

Nulato

Nenana

Fairbanks

Innoko

Otter

Otter

Fortymile

Dragline, washing plantand bulldozer

2 operations, draglinesand bulldozers

Dragline

Dragline and hydraulic

Hydraulic

Dragline, washingplant

Slackline cableway

Drift mining

Hydraulic, d rag lin epumping plant

Dragline, washing plant

Dragline, washing plant

Dragline, washing plant

Dragline, washing plantand bulldozer

Hydraulic

14

30

5

5

15

25

6

13

12

12

11

5

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LIST OF ACTIVE PLACER OPERATIONS, OTHER THAN DREDGES WITH CREWS OFFIVE OR 1\fORE MEN

....~

Name and Address of Operator Looa,tion ofPlant Precinct Type of OperationApprox.

Crew

Vibe and Schwaesdall, Takotna Spaulding Creek

VUicich, W., Poorman Flat Creek

~ Ward, Hanson and Keating, Chatanika RiverC.hatanika

Warwick, A., Livengood Wilbur Creek

Westenvik, Lars, Miller House Bonanza Creek

Whitehead and Co., Hot Spring:;: Pioneer Creek

Wickersham Bros., Cantwell Valdez Creek

Willow Creek Mining Co., Willow CreekMarshall

Wilson Creek Mining Co., Wilson CreekAnchorage

Vlindish, Bergman & IsaaesOll, Eureka CreekHot Springs

Wolf Creek Mining Co., Wolf CreekFairbanks

Yukon Mining Co., Marshall Kako Creek

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Zimmerman, A. A., Fairbanks Sourdough Greek

Innoko Dragline, washing plant

Nulato Drift mining

Fairbanks Drift m'inL'1g

Tolovana HYdraulic, bulldozer

Circle Hydraulic

Hot Springs Hydraulic, bulldozer

Chitina Hydraulic

'vVade- Dragline scraperHampton

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Hot Springs Hydraulic

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Miscellaneous unlisted placer operations of various types,with crews of less than 5 men; including small hydraulic, shovel·ing in, groundsluicing plants, etc. :

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ApproximateNumber of Men

1951098063

11660

623

ApproximateNumber of Men

187087

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6030135

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SMALL PLACER OPERATIONS

REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF MINES64

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Type ofOperation

Number ofPrecinct OperationsBethel 8Cape Nome 32Chandalar 3Chitina 2Circle 7Eagle 8Fairbanks 22Fairhaven 8Fortymile , 11Hot Springs 21Innoko 9Kenai 10Koyuk 6Koyukuk 37McCarthy 3Mt. McKinley........................................................ 4Noatak-Kobuk 1Nome Beach 60Nulato 15Otter 6Port Clarence ..................2Rampart 7Talkeetna 12Tolovana 7Valdez 1Wade-Hampton 4White River 6

312

Number ofOperations

Hydraulic 8.7Gr.ound Sluice 49

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