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Show ISLANDS FULL OF COLD, Vormer Oorarnnr Srrlnefonl, o Alaalcn Tnlka ot Aleistnder Archipelago. A. T. SwlnaforJ, former Governor of Alaska, whllo in Chicago recentlr, eattl: Tho great majority of tliosa who have gono to tho Ynkon country during dur-ing the last year Iiato passed, without knowing it, through what is destined to booome the richest gold mining district dis-trict in Alaska, I mean the Alexander archipelago, and tho mainland from tho southern boundary to Bkngnay and Dyca. In the ezoitemont consequent on the discovery of rich placers in tho interior, the mining valuo of tho islands and coast has been almost entirely en-tirely lost sight of. HUH, it is well known to somo that ono mino in this region has already produced moro gold than this country paid for Alaska, and is just now increasing its facilities facili-ties from 210 to 000 slamps, But after the inereasoitwill not bo ahlo to exhaust tho oro uow in sight for 100 yoars. Moreover, thero aro other equally rich gold-bearing ledgers on the same island. On tho inalulaud, just bank, of Juneau, thoro is n number of producing produc-ing minos, one ot which has a ten-stamp ten-stamp mill, which is turning out dividends onuat to ton por cunt, on Si, 000,000, though tho entlro investment invest-ment was less than SDO.OOU. Tho beauty of it all is that those- quartz lodgos are adjacent to salt water, and to n superabundance of timber. I ox. pect n dozon immensely profitable minos to bo opened iu this rogiou within tho next twolvo months. I regard re-gard southeastern Alaska the most promising Hold that oxists anynhero at this tlmo for tho investment of capital scoklng employment in gold and copper mining enterprises not only on account of tho numerous promising prom-ising ledges which havo bcon discovered, dis-covered, but becauso of tho vastly superior advantages tho country presents pre-sents for economical production as compared with any other known district. |