Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-02 | Page 2 | Assay Office Gets $11,193,000 in Gold |

Type	issue
Date	1917-09-02
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK	ark:/87278/s68k83c2
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k83c2

Article Title	Assay Office Gets $11,193,000 in Gold
Type	article
Date	1917-09-02
Paper	Salt Lake Tribune
Page	2
OCR Text	Show ASSAY OFFICE GETS $11,193,000 IN GOLD SEATTLE, Sept. 1 The United States assay office in Seattle received during the fiscal j-ear ending June 30 gold bullion from Alaska and Canada valued at $11,193,000. The, district sending the largest amount was Nome, with $2,790,000. The Iditarod district 'sent $1,552,000, and was expected to make a larger showing during the pros- W ent year. Yukon territory sent $1,441,-000 $1,441,-000 to the assay ofiice, mostly from the Klondyke, where dredges are operating. oper-ating. Southeastern Alaska sent $1,302,-000. $1,302,-000. , A rich strike is reported on Farris creek, in the Kuskokwim country. All the Alaska gold seekers are excited over . the prospect that at tlie close of the ' war Siberia will be opened to American prospectors. The country is known to contain much placer gold.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k83c2/14871418