Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-02-14 | Page 1 | Greater than Ever Dreamed is Mineral Wealth of Alaska

GREATER ThAW THAN EVER YUt DREAMED IS MINERAL WEAl oi Of ALASKA AASA Has lias Already Produced More Than in Gold Alone S W WASHINGTON N Feb Teb H Alaska Maska Alaska which Secretary ry has frequently said saul is iii Americas America's prize package may be bea a It greater prize than man has ever dreamed Recent RE ent Investigations In the district the central valle valley and the I district now partially finished by the United States Stales geological survey Y disclose new placer gold districts which promIse very heavy hea y 1 returns Tile The territory bought from front Russia for in has to the thC prEs prE's present nt time paid In gold alone since 1880 when hen placer mining there began and its resources resources of copper coal and other ot minerals minerals min mm- seem the the power of ot man to estimate The discovery by agents S o of the tho survey i iJ of ot placers C on the small streams e in areas Pr ia t f g which J arc drained into the c y I slid and the lower proves that the tho formations formation of r the Ilse upper Yukon Yukon Jj b Ks extend much farther arthEr than southwest had g generally he been n supposed and the they heart bear 1 gold at ma man fly scattered localities lilies throughout through- through II out their lr S STIle TIle The dl district has har a attracted some seme il attention and oth are all now being e e wl prospects ts pf of f large results result I t n trig o- o onas 1 ha nas s b E thre JQ t le of a la Pal 1 streak nio to tl Uve seit f fet et wide with gold form