Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-06 | Page 2 | Prospectors Search for Tin in America

PROSPECTORS SEARCH FOR TIN IN AMERICA Tn view of the Interest In an adequate tin supply for the United States and the discussion of the smelting of Bolivian ore on the Atlantic seaboard, and possibly on Puget sound, the publication by the United States geological survey of a special bulletin on tin mining in Alaska is opportune. Tt is noteworthy, too, that specimens of stream tin were collected by survey geologists In Alaska in 1900. before this metal was known to occur in the territory. Soon after that time prospecting pros-pecting for stream tin became active and two years later a commercial production of tin ore was made. The survey was also closely Identified with the finding of lode deposits of tin. In 1903 two prospei-tors brought to survey geologists in Alaska some specimens of float from txst river which they thought might be tin ore. All the specimens but one were worthless. From this one the geologists obtained tin by smelting it In a teacup on their cookstove. after which both the eeologists and the prospectors went to T-ost river and discovered a vein of lode tin. This lode on T,ost river has since been extensively mined. Pome of the Alaska tin ore has been reduced at Seattle. Wash., within the last two years. The report Just Issued presents a review of other work bv the geological survey and the re-examination of the more important im-portant tin deposits bv Geologist Henrv M. Kakin. Thp total tin produotion for the period inn?-l?U amounted to 526 tons of metal-lb' metal-lb' tin. valued at tSSO.noi.. The Alaskan tin or nave heretofore been shipped for reduction tn Swansea. Wales, and Singapore. Singa-pore. A copy of th. report, bulletin fi?2-R. may be obtained on application to ihe direr- ror. United States geological survey. Washington, I. C-