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Show PRODUCTION OF GOLD ALASKA Seattle, ash., Oct. ".Tim first estimate esti-mate of the season s gold output from I Alaska, made by the Alaska-Yukon ! Magazine, anticipates a i eduction of more than $5 OOLuim from last year's output of Sl'O.GOO.OOO. The estimate Is $15,000,000. The chief falling off-Is off-Is In the Falrbank's dlatiict. where theio has been a dry season and where the beginning of dredge mining on the low-grade ground has not yet commenced. A considerable decrease of the Nome output is anticipated nl- so. The output by districts, as estl- j mated, follows-. i Fairbanks district. $i.0o0,on.i; South- i western Alaska, including the Tread-well. Tread-well. $4,300,01.0; Nonie ar.J Seward peninsula. $3 000.000; Fdltarod. $."00.-o.iO; $."00.-o.iO; Kobnkuk-Noatak. $200,ooo; Kuf-kokwlm Kuf-kokwlm and remainder of Yukon valley, val-ley, $200,000; Kenal peninsula and Susltna basin. $100,000; Prince William Wil-liam Sound. $100,000; Copper River valley and Nlzlna. $loo o.)0; coast ulae-eis ulae-eis and miscellaneous, $l0.00o. Total $15,000,000. j |