| Show MINING ACTIVITY AT CHITINA london exploration co appropriates five million for mining operations special correspondence correspond ence chitina chilina Ch itina alaska august 15 1911 this place is steadily becoming the headquarters of gold quartz and copper prospectors some five hundred of whom are scattered up and down the copper river and its various tributaries tributa ries samples of gold quartz continue to be brought in and now that the railroad is in operation next spring will see one of the greatest quartz mining movements ever known to alaska this will extend from one end of the railroad to the other near mile on porphyry mountain bloomquist and iverson have cut a fine lead of that carries high values in gold they are now building a road from the railroad track to the tunnel and expect to be making some high grade shipments of sacked ore in the near future john barrett has returned to mccarthy creek from the kizina with the news of a new strike of free milling gold quartz ore on dan creek mountain the samples have been pronounced by geologists as being better than any of the surface ore taken from the cliff mine barrett reported that mr krum has started a tunnel that will give him considerable depth on his gold bearing stibnite ore he discovered this rich float two years ago and last year made the location on dan creek mountain the esterly hydraulic plant has been moved from creek to rex gulch and as he has already made one or two cleanups clean ups begins to look like a banner year for this well known alaska miner ed young the contractor at the nikolai mine has just brought into mccarthy creek camp some fine samples of ore he is continuing his development work on this property herman keller consulting mining engineer of new york has just completed his examination of the mother lode mining property which adjoins the bonanza of the company the development has shown and opened large ore deposits of copper ore averaging over 60 per cent L A levensaler Laven saler has active charge of this property with a large crew of men the mine expects to start shipping high grade ore to the tacoma si this fall the shipments to be taken over the snow the railroad has just completed its survey for a spur to this property which geologically speaking seems to be an extension of the ore deposits mr keller is now at the copper mountain property of E P gray making an examination for new york capitalists the copper river northwestern rail way is also running survey lines for a branch into the mckinley lake mining district where four or five valuable groups of gold bearing claims are being developed E F gray has developed an immense body of high grade copper ore at copper mountain on the Kusk ulana river mile on the railroad mr grays last tunnel which is driven over 1000 feet cuts his ore body 1100 feet below the outcrop he has also developed his porphyry property and it promises to become an immense steam shovel proposition probably rivaling the nevada consolidated property which was developed and nursed through its infancy by the same E F gray he will install a ton leaching plant for his copper ores this fall and the railroad has just completed a survey for a spur to the mine this property is controlled by james phillips jr and associates of new york the lon london don exploration company is developing its copper property four miles east of mr gray s mine on the Kusk ulana this company has just appropriated the sum of five million dollars for development work and for the purpose of acquiring adjacent properties the american mining company a corporation po ration formed for acquiring and developing properties is now working on its valuable claims in the vicinity of the copper mountain on the Kusk ulana two miles from grays property the fact that this american mining company is composed of alaska miners and railroad men who have been in the country for years speaks very well for the outlook in the district the latest reports from various properties in prince william sound are as follows mining operations at latouche are well under way more than men being employed and the th e beatson is shipping at the rate of 1000 tons of ore per month diamond drills operating on this property aro are developing immense immense quantities of copper ore averaging over 6 the barrack property adjoining the beatson has been bonded by the alaska syndicate and has a crew cre w of men at work developing it on fidalgo bay seventeen miles south of ellamar two large ore bodies have been encountered present development work has already progressed to such an extent that over 1000 feet of tunnel has been completed and this property has joined the others as a steady shipper of high grade copper ore to the tacoma smelter it is said it will rival the beatson in total tonnage W H dickey of the three man mining company on day bay has met with encouraging results his development work for the season has blocked out over tons of 10 copper mr dickey has just opened the mason gleason property also on fidalgo bay during the past year development work on prince william sound has been somewhat backward owing to the discovery of gold quartz in the copper river country which has attracted all the prospectors and miners from that section to the interior knights island copper company is developing ve loping an immense body of concentrating ore the ore body at present developed is feet along the strike of the lense and over feet wide |
