Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-08-13 | Page 7 | Alaska District Has Its Gold

ALASKA DISTRICT HAS ITS GOLD GOLDIn In Investigating and reporting on the mineral minerai resources of or Alaska It has been tho the plan of the geological SUC cy to stud study tho the producing districts as rapidly rapid rapid- ly h as appropriations provided b by Con Comm Gr gross gress ss permit In accord accordance nce with this plan tho the gold oI mining district was visited In 1911 11 and the final nal re report report re- re port on this interesting area entitled Time Tho District Al Alaska Aliska Aska b by Stephen R. R Cuppa Capps has just just teen been been issued Issue as bulletin 61 of the United States geological survey sur The Time district re received ro- ro Its Is name from river the Jar largest et tributary of at Susitna river rl which drains a great creat basin in south central Alaska The Tho prospectors who visited this area in 1905 in their search for tor gold may mar maywell maywell well wel have o been impressed b by the scenic scenic beauty of or the countr country into which the they penetrated Indeed according to Mr Ir Capps Cappe low few places in the world have so 50 superb a setting To the northwest the Ule Alaska range with wih its Is thousands of square miles mies of or unexplored territory rises in a Jab labyrinth of or ragged peaks with wih two great domes Mount Foraker feet teet high and Mount McKinley feet dominating the tho whole range with wih their snow covered slopes HU Huge e glaciers which head In In unknown basins push down own the valleys to the very vcr flanks of or the range Although the district Is not one ono of the widely known gold Jold camps and amI its Is gravels cra are aro only of oC moderate richness s it has produced steadily since sinco the tho first year ear of or its Is discovery er and will wl probably continue for man many years cars t to tc ld add to tho the sum tIn of Alaska's gold old pro pro- ducton Even within the last st two years discoveries of oC gold old In old stream channels buried beneath a covering co oj ur of glacial debris have opened a new field for or The Tho description of or the tho geology and mineral resources of or this district bulletin bul bul- letin with wih geologic and topo topographic I maps ma may be obtained free on application to the director of the geo geological logical sur o survey Washington D. D C C.