Grants Mining Districts of the Western United States: Volume 1

By Jerry Grant

This book provides information on where gold, and silver were mined in the Western United States. The book provides various map references locating the mineral sources, the amount that was mined from each district, what minerals are associated with that district and any history on that district.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664146914

Jerry Grant

Jerry Grant was born and raised in Kansas, served with the 5th Marine Regiment in Vietnam in 1968 -1969,was a graduate of Kansas State Polytecnic in Salina, Kansas in Electronics, worked for AT&T/SBC for close to 30 years as an Outside Plant Engineer. Jerry has been married for over 50 years to his wife Janet and has 2 son's Jason and Aaron. Jerry presently resides in Tecumseh, Kansas enjoying gardening, attending mineral shows, and researching mining history.

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CONTENTS

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

This book occurred because I have been interested in mining and rocks since I was a young boy, so when I had more free time in my latter years of life, I began studying the available information on the subject of mining and found that there wasn’t a main source for general information on gold and silver. If you were an amateur and interested in these things, it was confusing as to where to go to find them. For gold, the best source was a USGS book—Principal Gold-Producing Districts of the United States (Professional Paper 610) by A. H. Koschmann and M. H. Bergendahl printed in 1968—but this only covered the major gold districts, and as for silver, I never could find a good single source. The same shortage of information occurred for an amateur looking for information on the mining laws, assaying, the design of the different mining tools and how they work, mine design, and how and where the mines were recorded. Due to my frustration about the shortage of information, this is my attempt at getting a single source for just some of these topics.

Some things that you really really need to know: First, this book is not perfect. There are many, many numerous errors and inadvertent omissions due to the large volume of information that was superficially looked at and the existing information either being incorrect or duplicated in several districts where there is not a clear picture as to what was right. The information in this book was what I came across in printed matter, which means there is a lot of information still out there that I didn’t know about. In addition, all the money figures on the metals were from the period of that time. This book is just an attempt to get the very basic and most general information on a mining district out to the public, so a beginning miner/hobbyist can get to a good starting point. From there, that person can then delve into more detail on the particular items, districts, or mines of interest to them. Note: There are numerous mines that are not in mining districts, and this book does not attempt to cover them at this time. The assumption I made was that the better areas would be covered by mining districts and would also have better documentation, and I have only so much time left in my life.

If the information was available and I had access to it, the mapping conventions for this book were as follows: First, the mining district’s name with any other names that the district has been called or subdistricts; next, longitude and latitude with elevation; then after that comes the township, range, and section information; followed by the USGS topo quadrant’s name on the 1:24,000 scale map; last comes the DeLorme map information with page reference.

If more information is wanted on mines in a district, the very best source on the internet is located at www.mindat.org, which lists quite a few of the individual mines in each district (BEST AND EXCELLENT SOURCE, CAN’T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO KEEP THIS SITE UP). Another point that needs to be clarified is that when the book says placer site, that could either be placer where you pan for the mineral or where they panned for the mineral, then set up a mine after that.

So having said all that, here is the rest of the story. Enjoy! But remember, take everything in this book with a grain of salt as there are many errors, so do your own research.

One last bit of advice: remember what the little boy said—that when you see a big pile of manure, there could be a pony in it, so keep digging whether it be in this book or in the ground.

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ALASKA

PP 610 P11 Fig 5 in 1968

Gold Mining Districts of Alaska

Cook Inlet-Susitna Region: (1) Kenai Peninsula (2) Valdez Creek (3) Willow Creek (4) Yenta-Cache Creek

Copper River Region: (5) Chistochina (6) Nizina

Kuskokwim Region: (7) Georgetown (8) Goodnews Bay (9) McKinley (10) Tuluksak-Aniak

Northwestern Alaska Region: (11) Shungnak

Seward Peninsula Region: (12) Council (13) Fairhaven (14) Kougarok (15) Koyuk (16) Nome (17) Port Clarence (18) Solomon-Bluff

Southeastern Alaska Region: (19 Chichagof (20) Juneau (21) Ketchikan-Hyder (22) Porcupine (23) Yakataga

Southwestern Alaska Region (24) Unga

Yukon Region: (25) Bonnifield (26) Chandalar (27) Chisana (28) Circle (29) Eagle (30) Fairbanks (31) Fortymile (32) Iditarod (33) Innoko (34) Hot Springs (35) Kantishna (36) Koyukuk (37) Marshall (38) Nabesna (39) Rampart (40) Ruby (41) Richardson (42) Tolovana

Prince William Sound Region: (43) Port Valdez

ALASKA

Gold, the lure that drew settlers from across the wide prairies and into the most remote mountain gullies in our Western states, proved also to be the dominant factor in the settlement of Alaska. This most important mineral commodity of the state was known in Alaska as early as 1848, long before the territory was acquired from Russia by the United States in 1867. P. P. Doroshin, a Russian mining engineer, who made the discovery in the gravels of the Kenai River on the Kenai Peninsula, but there was no great excitement, and apparently, no gold was mined. A second discovery of placer gold in 1865–66 on the Seward Peninsula was by a party exploring for a telegraph route similarly failed to arouse much interest.

Alaskan gold mining began in southeast Alaska. In 1869, miners who had been disappointed in the Cassiar gold district in British Columbia discovered gold placers at Windham Bay and Sumdum Bay southeast of Juneau. In 1870–71, the first gold produced in Alaska, reported to be worth $40,000, was extracted from these placers. At about this time, the first attempts to mine lode gold were made near Sitka. In the early 1870s, extensive copper deposits were found on Prince of Wales Island, but because of the remoteness of the area from transportation facilities, these were not developed for many years. The major lode gold deposits of Alaska were found in 1880 at Juneau, and by 1883, Juneau was the mining center of the territory. Encouraged by the successes at Juneau, the prospectors spread through southern Alaska and made important gold discoveries at Berners Bay and Eagle River on the mainland near Juneau, at Klag Bay on Chichagof Island, at Willow Creek near Anchorage, and even on far off Unga Island, 1,000 miles to the west.

Numerous gold districts, the most important of which are Nome, Council, and Fairhaven, are on the Seward Peninsula. This region was prospected first by gold seekers drawn north by the great Klondike (Yukon Territory, Canada) rush of 1897–98. By 1898, the discovery of the rich Nome placers triggered a stampede to the new area and led to the rapid development of the entire peninsula. Nome, the second-largest gold-producing district in Alaska, was active until 1962. The vast Yukon drainage basin has produced more gold than any other region in Alaska, even though it was the most recent of the gold-producing regions to be exploited. With transportation virtually limited to river travel, the great distances from gold deposits to supply and population centers inhibited any large-scale mining in the early days. The first gold discoveries were made in 1878; however, tales of gold had been circulated years earlier by traders and trappers who set up posts at various points along the Yukon River. Smith listed the earliest production for this region in 1883 from the Fortymile District. The important placers at Fairbanks were discovered in 1902, and by 1910, lode mines were active in this district. The Fairbanks placers proved amenable to large-scale dredging operations, which soon made this district the largest gold producer in Alaska.

As transportation facilities improved after 1900, new gold discoveries were made in the more remote areas, and previously known deposits were developed and mined. This activity extended into the 1930s, and several lode and placer districts in the Yukon basin were activated in this interval. Gold mining in Alaska was seriously affected in 1943 by the imposition of War Production Board Order L-208, which closed nearly all the gold mines during World War II. After the war, the placer mines of the Fairbanks District resumed large-scale operations, and this single district accounted for more than half the total annual gold production for Alaska during 1950–65. The lode mines in Alaska were virtually inactive during 1942–65. Of the total value of $722,122,186 of gold (28,859,718 ounces) produced in Alaska from 1880 to 1957, $504,076,577 came from placer mines. During 1958–59, the gold production amounted to 365,353 ounces, most of which came from placers.

Most of the lode gold has come from the Juneau District in southeast Alaska, and an unknown but probably small amount has been produced as a by-product of copper ores in the Prince William Sound region. The gold production of Alaska before 1880 is unknown but probably was not great. It was pointed out that the chief lode deposits are associated with Mesozoic granite that have intruded rocks of Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic ages. This belt of intrusives extends from the Seward Peninsula to the Yukon Territory. The lode deposit on Unga Island in the Aleutian Islands is in tertiary andesite. The placer deposits are widespread, occurring along all the major rivers and their tributaries and even in the beach sands in the Nome area, on Kodiak Island, Yakataga, Lituya Bay, and Cook Inlet.

ALASKA PENINSULA REGION

ALEUTIANS ISLANDS REGION

ALEUTIANS EAST BOROUGH

ALASKA PENINSULA DISTRICT (Unga Island, Aniakchak, Chignik, Kanatak, Moller, Pavlof, Shumagin, Stepovak, Ugashik, Unimak) (Also in Kodiak Island Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough)—55°11ʹ16ʺN, 160°39ʹ21ʺW, Elev 298ʹ; T42S, R59W; T42S, R60W; T58S, R75W, Sec 3; Port Moller Quad; DeLorme p. 139

The gold-silver-lead-zinc-molybdenum district is located in the area, drained by the Ugashik River, Dago Creek, and all streams flowing into the Pacific Ocean that is south of Cape Kekurnoi and includes Chirikof Island; Unimak Island; Unga Island, which is one of the Shumagin group of islands; and other islands. Mentioned with this district was Milk Creek. Some mines of the district were the Apollo (from 1891 to 1904—$2,000,000) (116,391 ounces gold as of 1987) located on Unga Island, Altair, Amethyst, Andronica located on the west part of Adronica Island, Ankle Creek, Aquila located on the southeast part of Unga Island, Beach Vein located on Unga Island, Bearskin Gulch located at the head of Bearskin Creek, Bee Creek located on an unnamed creek that enters Dry Creek and 1 mile north of Chignik Bay, Braided Creek (Cathedral Creek, Manhattan) (reserve—107,280 ounces gold, 2,932,200 ounces silver), Chance located on Unga Island, Herman located 2 miles south of Sand Point on Popof Island, Hog located on Unga Island, Ivanof located on an unnamed peninsula between Humpback Bay and Ivanof Bay, Louie’s Corners located near the shore of the Alaska Peninsula at the east end of Ramsey Bay, Mallard Duck Bay located at the head of Mallard Duck Bay and southeast of Chignik Lagoon, Norms located 3 miles west of Squaw Harbor on Unga Island, North Popof Strait Beach Placers (from 1904 to 1905—580 ounces gold) located northwest of the town of Sand Point on Popof Island, Orange Mountain located near Red Mountain on Unga Island, Pook located on Apollo Mountain on Unga Island, Prays located 1 miles southeast of Red Mountain on Unga Island, Ring located northwest of Red Cove on Popof Island, Scarp located on Popof Island, Rex located 8 miles northeast of Mother Goose Lake, Shumagin (reserve—653,270 ounces gold), Sitka located northwest of the head of Delarof Harbor on Unga Island, Stemwinder located east of Coal Harbor on Unga Island, Surprise, and Swan located 4 miles southwest of Zachary Bay on Unga Island. Lode gold on Unga Island from 1906 to 1922 was $2,254,846, Warner Bay, and Windy Bay. Placers were the Bear Creek Placers, Cape Kubugakli Placers (from 1915 to 1925—160 ounces gold), Oil Creek Placer, Salmon Creek Placer, and Trail Creek Placer. Total gold production through 1959 was 107,900 ounces, all of lode origin.

ALEUTIANS WEST BOROUGH

ALEUTIANS ISLANDS DISTRICT (Aleutians)—53°34’02ʺN, 166°53ʹ16ʺW, Elev 1232ʹ; Unimak Quad, Unalaska Quad; DeLorme p. 138, 141

The gold-silver-copper-platinum-zinc-lead district is located on the islands west of Unimak Island but excluding Unimak Island. Mentioned with this district was Unalaska Island. Some mines of the district were the Amaknak, Biorka located south of the Biorka Village on Sedanka Island, Fog located on Steeple Mountain, Mak North located north of the Makushin River and between Broad Bay and Wide Bay, Makushin Valley located on the north side of the Makushin River Valley and inland from the coast of Broad Bay, Mid, Misty Mountain located southeast of Summer Bay Lake, Royal Dutch located near head of westernmost stream draining into Humpy Cone of Summer Bay, Russian Bay, Ruby located on the northwest slope of Pyramid Peak, Sedanka Island, Two Fox located 1 mile east of the head of Stepanof Cove, and a gold lode located near Pyramid Peak on Unalaska Island. Placers were the Makushin River Placers located east of Broad Bay on Unalaska Island.

BERING SEA REGION

BERING SEA DISTRICT (Pribilof Island, St. Lawrence Island, St. Matthew Island)—63°16ʹ14ʺN, 170°05ʹ30ʺW, Elev 66ʹ; DeLorme p. 138, 139

The district is located on Pribilof Island, St. Lawrence Island, and St. Matthew Island. Some mines were the Cape Paguvilak (Powooiliak) on St. Lawrence Island and the West Cape mine.

BRISTOL BAY REGION

BRISTOL BAY DISTRICT (Becharof, Clark, Iliamna Lake, Katmai, Mulchatna, Naknek, Nushagak, Tikchik, Togiak) (Also see Dillingham Borough, Kodiak Borough, Lake and Peninsula Borough)—58°36ʹ36ʺN, 161°34ʹ47ʺW, Elev 32ʹ; T22S, R33W, Sec 31; T2N, R51W, Sec 10-11; T3S, R35W, Sec 21; Ugashik Quad, Naknek Quad, Nushagak Quad, Hagemeister Island Quad; DeLorme p. 49, 48, 47, 46

The gold-silver-copper-platinum placer district is located around Bristol Bay or the area drained by streams flowing into Bristol Bay from Cape Newenham on the west to and including Egegik Bay on the east. Mentioned with this district were Franklin Gulch, Ingersoll Gulch, and Lincoln Gulch. Some mines of the district were the 25 Gold Prospect located at the headwaters of the Koktuli River or 1 mile west-southwest of Frying Pan Lake, 37 Skarn Prospect located 1/2 mile south of the Koktuli River or 4 miles west-northwest of Sharp Mountain, Aukney located on the south shore of Lake lliamna (north of Big Mountain), Beats Me located south of the upper part of the King Salmon River, Bonanza Hills, Cape Kubugakli, Dakavak Lake located 2 miles north of Lake Dakavak, Dicks located near the shore of Lake Clark, Duryea located 7 miles southwest of the village of Pile Bay, Fog Lake, Hagelbargers located near the headwaters of the Katmai River, or 3 1/2 miles northwest of Hagelbargers Pass, Knutson located on the west flank of Knutson Mountain, Kulik Lake located east of the Waltaka Mountains, Lake Iliamna, Mount Kubugakli, Pebble Copper (reserve—65,000,000 ounces gold, 50.6 billion pounds copper, 3.1 billion pounds molybdenum) located 2 miles north of Frying Pan Lake, Pfaff (Battle Lake) located 3 1/2 miles east of Battle Lake, Portage Creek located 4 miles north of the mouth of Portage Creek, Shot located in the southern part of the Shotgun Hills, Sleitat Mountain, Thompson located 7 miles northwest of Kijik, unnamed prospect located 2 miles north of Battle Lake, and an unnamed prospect located on a ridge north of the head of the Nushagak River. Placers were the American Creek Placer, Becharof Lake Placer, Bertha M. Placer located around the Kijik River and Lake Clark, Bonanza Creek Placer (Mulchatna Basin produced 3,000 ounces gold) (has potential), Caribou Creek Placer, Charlie Creek Placer located north-northeast of Mesa Mountain, Chekok Placer located in a tributary of Canyon Creek and 1 1/2 miles west of the village of Chekok, Cottonwood Creek Placer located 3 miles southeast of Oakley Peak, Egegik Beach Placer located along the beach of Bristol Bay and 9 miles south of Goose Point, Elva Lake Placer, Gas Creek Placer located 6 miles southeast of Kejulik Pass, Hagemeister Strait Placers located along the north shore of Hagemeister Strait (north of Tongue Point, or 1 3/4 miles west of Pyrite Point), Keefers Bar Placer located on the Nushagak River and 1 mile below the Scandinavian Slough, Keefer Creek Placers (a south tributary of the Mulchatna River), Kijik River Placer located at the head of the Kijik River, King Salomon River Placers, Koksetna River Placer, Koktalee River Placers (Koktuli), Koktuli River Placer, Lake Nerka Placers located on a small lake between two arms of Lake Nerka, Lamberts Bar Placer located along the Mulchatna River, Long Lake Placer located in a stream just west of Long Lake, Margaret Creek Placer, Muklung Hills Placer (located on a tributary of the Kokwok River on the northeast slopes of the Muklung Hills), Mulchatna River Placers (remote for mining) (162 placers claims in this area), Newhalen Placer located 3.7 miles south-southwest of the Newhalen village, Nix Placer located at the head of American Creek or 1 mile southwest of Oakley Peak, Pass Creek Placer (Cash Creek) (very coarse gold) (a tributary of Bonanza Creek), Portage Creek Placer (1,000+ ounces gold) (which empties into Lake Clark), Ptarmigan Creek Placer, Slug River Placers located on Cape Newenham Peninsula, Stuyahok River Placers located north of the Stuyahok Hills, Sugarloaf Placer located on a small stream 2 miles north of Sugarloaf Mountain, Summit Creek Placer located on a northwesterly tributary of Summit Creek, Sunshine Valley Placers located at the north end of Lake Aleknagik, Tikchik Mountain Placers (which is located in creeks on the west and north side of the mountain), Togiak Beach Placers located on the west shore of Togiak Bay, Tri-Beauty Placer located on a tributary of the King Salmon River (which is north of Whale Mountain), and Upper Trail Creek Placer (which is a large west tributary of the Izavieknik River).

COOK INLET REGION (Susitna River)—DeLorme p. 60, 61, 69

The Cook Inlet-Susitna region is bounded roughly by the Aleutian or Alaska Peninsula on the southwest, the Alaska Range on the west and north, and by the Talkeetna Mountains on the east. The Cook Inlet-Susitna region includes the Kenai Peninsula, Valdez Creek, Willow Creek, and Yentna-Cache Creek mining districts. From 1880 through 1959, a recorded total of 919,532 ounces of gold was produced from the Cook Inlet-Susitna region. Of this, 588,361 ounces was from lode mines, 324,370 ounces from placers, and 6,801 ounces from undifferentiated sources.

ANCHORAGE BOROUGH

ANCHORAGE DISTRICT (Girdwood) (Also see Matanuska Borough)—61°00ʹ00ʺN, 149°04ʹ48ʺW, Elev 488ʹ; T10N, R2E, Sec 34; T13N R2E, Sec 4; Anchorage Quad, Kenai Quad, Seward Quad; DeLorme p. 83, 71

The gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc-platinum district is located southeast of Anchorage around Summit Mountain, Raggedtop Mountain, Mount Alyeska, Jewell Mountain, Barnes Mountain, the camps of Girdwood, and Kern. Another description is between Turnagain Arm on the west, Knik Arm on the north, and on the divide between Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound on the east. Mentioned with this district were Potter Creek, Crow Creek Indian Creek, California Creek, Kern Creek, McRoberts Creek, Jim Lake, Fall Creek, Metal Creek, Winner Creek, Glacier Creek, and the Knik River. Some mines of the district were the Agostino (from 1909 to 1941—4,923 ounces gold, 996 ounces silver) located on the east side of Crow Creek on Jewell Mountain, Bahrenberg located at the head of Crow Creek and north of Jewell Mountain, Bird Point (located just west of that point) ($52.75 gold assay), Brenner located west of Barnes Mountain, California Creek located at the headwaters of California Creek and 1/2 mile west of the summit of Raggedtop Mountain, Eagle River located on the south bank of the Eagle River, Indian located on the east side of Indian Creek, Jessie B located on Peters Creek (which is 30 miles east-northeast of Anchorage), Jewell, Jim Creek located 15 miles east-northeast of Matanuska, Mayflower located on the Eagle River, Peters Creek located 30 miles east-northeast of Anchorage, Strong located 1/2 mile east of Indian Station on the Alaska Railroad, Summit Mountain located west of Summit Mountain Peak, and one unnamed prospect located in the upper Peterson Basin located 5 miles southeast of Girdwood. Placers were the Bird Creek Placers located the length of Bird Creek, California Creek Placers, Crow Creek Placers (4.5 ounces gold nugget) (total production since 1898 was 45,000 ounces of gold), Fall Creek Placer, Glacier Creek Placers, Indian Placer, Jim Lake Placer, Kern Creek Placer, Knik River Placer, McRoberts Creek Placer, Metal Creek Placers (2000 ounces gold) located along Metal Creek and is south of Paradise Creek, Potter Creek Placer, Rainbow Creek Placer, Raven Creek Placer (owner killed in accident in 1929 with no work since), and Winner Creek Placer (total production—400 ounces gold from the lower quarter mile of the creek). Total gold production—188,000 ounces.

HOPE DISTRICT (For description, see Kenai Borough)

PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND DISTRICT—(For description, see Valdez Borough)

BETHEL BOROUGH

ANIAK DISTRICT (Nyac, Georgetown, Tuluksak, Akiak) (Also in Dillingham Borough)—61°03ʹ04ʺN, 159°47ʹ20ʺW, Elev 883ʹ; T8N, R55W, Sec 12; T11N, R59W, Sec 8; Russian Mission C2 Quad; DeLorme p. 131

The mercury-antimony-gold-platinum-silver-copper-tin district discovered in 1907 is located along Bear Creek, a tributary of the Tuluksak River, and around Taylor Mountain. Included in this is the area drained by the Kuskokwim River and its tributaries, which are between Bethal and Stony River. Mentioned with this district were Bonanza Creek, Shamrock Creek, Fisher Creek, Cripple Creek, Marvel Creek, Georgetown, Golden Gate Falls, Russian Mission, Kwethluk River, Kiolerulik River, Aniak River, Holokuk River, George River, Crooked Creek, Holitna River, and Stony River. Some mines were the Bonanza Ridge located 1/2 mile east of the head of Rocky Creek, Black Mountain, Cinnabar Creek located at the head of Cinnabar Gulch, Cobalt Creek located at the head of Cobalt Creek, Cripple Creek located at the headwaters of Cripple Creek (a tributary of the Salmon River), Donlin Creek (reserve—28,400,000 ounces gold) located 14 miles north of the village of Crooked Creek, Fortyseven Creek lode located on a ridge at the head of Fortyseven Creek, Gemuk Mountain, Konechney (Mission Creek) located on a ridge at the head of Mission Creek in the Russian Mountains, Owhat (Cobalt Creek) located at the head of Cobalt Creek, Pipe located on a ridge on the west side of California Creek, Rocky Ridge, Saddle Mountain located on a ridge east of the upper Bonanza Creek, Shamrock Creek located on Shamrock Creek (a tributary of Bear Creek), Spruce Creek, unnamed occurrence located south of Taylor Mountain, unnamed occurrence near the peak of Little Taylor Mountain, unnamed occurrence located on Whitewater Creek on Taylor Mountain, unnamed prospect located 15 miles north of Napamute and west of Horn Mountain and Wallace. Placers were the Bear Creek Placers (major), Bell Creek Placers (no significant mining was done on Bell Creek), Bogus Creek Placers, Bonanza Creek Placers located on Bonanza Creek (a tributary of Bear Creek), California Creek (major), Central Creek Placers, Cinnabar Creek Placers, Canyon Creek Placer located on Canyon Creek at the headwaters of Fork Creek, Columbia Creek Placers located at the headwaters of Columbia Creek, Cripple Creek Placers, Crooked Creek Placers (major) located in the basin of Crooked Creek, Dominion Creek Placers (a tributary of the Salmon River), Donlin Creek Placers, Eightroole Creek Placers, Eureka Creek Placers located on Eureka Creek (a tributary of Dominion Creek), Fisher Creek Placers located on Fisher Creek (a tributary of the Salmon River), Fortyseven Creek Placer, Fuller Creek Placer, Golden Gate Falls Placers located on the Kisaralik River, Granite Creek Placer located on a north tributary of the Tuluksak River, Julian Creek Placer (which is a tributary of the George River), Kiknik Creek Placers located southwest of Taylor Mountains, Kisaralik River Placers (Riglagalik River), Lewis Gulch Placer, Marvel Creek Placer located on Marvel Creek (a north tributary of Eagle Creek), Murray Gulch Placer located near Napaimute, Necons River Placer, New York Creek, Nyac Area Placers (major), Ophir Creek Placer located on the west side of Mount Hamilton, Quartz Gulch Placer, Queen Gulch Placer, Robin Creek Placers located on the east flank of Mount Palmer, Rocky Creek Placers located along Rocky Creek (a southeast tributary of California Creek) (was very rich), Ruby Gulch Placer, Snow Gulch Placer (rich placer), Stevens Creek Placer, Taylor Creek Placers (2,500 ounces gold+) (which is on the southeast side of Taylor Mountain), Tiny Gulch Placers (a tributary of on the south side of lower Bear Creek) (1909 to 1914—250 ounces), and Tuluksak River Placer (main) located near the camp of Nyac. Total district production was gold—600,000 ounces. Total district gold placer production from 1917 to 1930 was $894,800. Total gold placer production as of 1987 was 268,757 ounces

BETHEL DISTRICT (Nunivak)—59°29ʹ23ʺN, 161°28ʹ11ʺW, Elev 30ʹ; Bethel D8, D7 Quad; DeLorme p. 131

The gold-platinum-mercury district discovered in 1900 is located in the area drained by the part of the Kuskokwim River below the camp of Bethel and all the streams that flow into Baird Inlet, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay but excluding Carter Bay on the south. Mentioned with this district were Nelson Island and Nunivak Island. Placers were the Arolik River Placers (main); Butte Creek Placers (1911 to 1919—3,400 ounces); Domingo Creek Placers, which is a tributary to Faro Creek, which is a tributary of the Arolik River; Fox Creek Placers; Jacksmith Creek Placer; Kapon Creek Placer, which is a headwater tributary to the Eek River; Kowkow Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Trail Creek (1913 to 1919—1,500 ounces gold); Rainy Creek Placer, which is a tributary on the upper Eek River; Sam Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Kanektow River; Snow Gulch Placer; Trail Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Arolik River; and Tyrone Creek Placer, which is a north tributary of Keno Creek, which is a north tributary of the Arolik River. (OF NOTE: the southeastern part of the district was placer-mined for platinum and gold, but the lodes were never found per Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska p. 94 in 1967).

GOODNEWS BAY DISTRICT (Red Mountain)—58°56ʹ23ʺN, 161°42ʹ00ʺW, Elev 248ʹ; Hagemeister Island Quad, Goodnews Bay Quad; DeLorme p. 46, 54

The platinum-gold-diamond-silver district discovered in 1990 by prospectors from Nome is located in the area drained by the Indian River, Goodnews River, Arolik River, and the Kinegnak River and their tributaries and all streams that flow into Kuskokwim Bay from and including Carter Bay to the north and Cape Newenham to the south. Some mines of the district were the Red Mountain mine where the platinum is suspected to be coming from and Wattamuse. Placers were the Arolic River Placers, Bear Creek Placers (a tributary of Canyon Creek), Boulder Creek Placers (a west tributary of the Salmon River and is on the east side of Red Mountain), Canyon Creek Placer (which is a west tributary of the Goodnews River), Cascade Creek Placers (which is a north tributary of the Wattamuse Creek), Chagvan Bay Placers, Clara Creek Placer (which is a west tributary of the upper Salmon River), Dowry Creek Placers, Dry Gulch Placers (which is a north tributary of Platinum Creek), Fox Creek Placers (Gulch) (1,600 ounces gold, platinum) (which is located at the headwaters of Fox Creek, an east tributary of Slate Creek at Atlakumtsitak Mountain), Goodnews Bay Placers, Kuskokwim Bay Beach Placers, Malaria Creek Placers (which is a north tributary of Granite Creek), Olympic Creek Placers (4,000 ounces gold) (which is a north tributary of Slate Creek, which is a north tributary of the Goodnews River), Platinum Creek Placers, Red Mountain Placers (major platinum), Salmon River Bench Placers (major—650,000 ounces of platinum and 15,600 ounces of gold), Slate Creek Placers (which is a north tributary of the Goodnews River, South Spit Occurrence located along Kuskokwim Bay and 1 mile from the village of Platinum, Squirrel Creek Placers, and Wattamuse Creek Placers (38,000 ounces gold) (which is a northwest tributary of Slate Creek, which is a north tributary of the Goodnews River). Total district gold placer production from 1911 to 1930 was $243,200. Total platinum placer production as of 1987 was 712,454 ounces, and gold placer was 32,906 ounces.

IDITAROD DISTRICT—(For description, see Yukon Borough)

McGRATH DISTRICT (Tonzona) (For description, see Yukon Borough)

SLEIMUT DISTRICT (Sleetmute, Stony River, Chakachamna River)—61°45ʹ34ʺN, 157°18ʹ55ʺW, Elev 874ʹ; Bethel D7 Quad; DeLorme p. 131

The gold-mercury distinct discovered in 1933 is located around the camps of Red Devil and Sleetmute. A mine of the district is the Red Devil Mercury (largest mercury producer in Alaska).

DENALI BOROUGH

BONNIFIELD DISTRICT (Also see Southeast Fairbanks Borough, Matanuska Borough)—64°04ʹ26ʺN, 148°00ʹ14ʺW, Elev 2686ʹ; T10S, R5W, Sec 21; T11S, R4W, Sec 16; Fairbanks B2, B3 Quads; DeLorme p. 114, 115, 104, 105

The gold-silver-antimony-lead-platinum-mercury district discovered in 1903 by prospectors from Fairbanks is bounded on the north by the Tanana River, on the south by the crest of the Alaska Range, to the east by the Little Delta River and its tributaries, and to the west by the Teklanika River and its tributaries, 13 miles southeast of Rex Dome and Rex, or northeast of Healy. Another description would be the area drained by the southern tributaries of the Tanana River between and including the Little Delta River and Teklanika River. Mentioned with this district were Wood River, Teklanika River, Totatlanika River, Nenana River, Mount Deborah, Hess Mountain, French Gulch, Gagnon Creek, McCuen Gulch, Mount Hayes, and Murphy Canyon. Some mines of the district were the California (Danzinger) (259 ounces silver assay) located in the canyon of California Creek, Chute Creek prospects, Elsie Creek prospects, Eva Creek prospects, Glory Creek, Kansas Creek, Liberty Bell (reserve 250,000 ounces gold) (potential around mine per Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska p. 202 in 1967) located 5.6 miles south-southeast of Rex Dome, Rambler located on the north side of Cody Creek (a tributary of Moose Creek), Rex Creek prospects, Roosevelt Creek, and Spruce Creek prospects. Placers were the Alaska Gulch Placer located along Alaska Creek, which is a tributary of Healy Creek (lode source from the Alaska Range); Antler Creek Placer, which is a northeast-flowing tributary of the Nenana River (lode source has not been identified); Bonnifield Creek Placer; Caribou Creek Placer, which is a northeast tributary of Dry Creek; Cody Creek Placer; Daniels Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Totatlanika River; Dexter Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Totatlanika River (lodes have not been found); Dry Creek Placer; Eva Creek Placer; French Gulch Placer; Fourth of July Creek Placer (from 1910 to 1911—$10,000 in gold), Fox Creek Placer located with the junction with Homestake Creek; French Gulch Placer located 1/2 miles to the junction with Healy Creek; Gagnon Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Healy Creek; Gold King Creek Placer (major); Gold Run Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Healy Creek; Grizzley Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Wood River; Grubstake Creek Placer (major); Healy Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Nenana River; Hearst Creek Placer; Homestake Creek Placer; Iceworm Gulch Placer, which is a tributary of the Nenana River and 2 1/2 miles upstream from the camp of Moody; Last Chance Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Moose Creek; Lignite Creek Placer; Little Moose Creek Placer; Marguerite Creek Placer located 2 miles east-northeast of Jumbo; McAdam Creek Placer, which is a tributary of California Creek and 9 miles southeast of Rex Dome; McCuen Gulch Placer, which is a tributary of the Totatlanika River and 1/2 mile upstream from Needle Rock; Moose Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Nenana River; Needle Rock Placer; Newman Creek Placer (lode source unknown) located at the mouth of the creek, which is also a tributary of Dry Creek; Platte Creek Placer; Popovich Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Lignite Creek; Portage Creek Placer, which is an east-flowing tributary of the west fork of the Little Delta River; Rex Creek Placer, which is a tributary of California Creek and south Rex Dome; Sanderson Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Lignite Creek; Seattle Creek Placers (lode source not known), which is a tributary of the Nenana River; Sunday Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Savage River; Totatlanika River Placers; Wells Creek Placer; Windy Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Jack River; Winter Creek Placer, which is a tributary of California Creek; Yanert River Placer (unknown lode source), and two unnamed prospects. District total from 1903 to 1960 was 50,000 ounces gold. Total district gold placer production from 1905 to 1930 was $434,500. Total gold placer production was 49,378 ounces as of 1987.

KANTISHNA DISTRICT (Kantishna Hills, Mount Eielson, Copper Mountain) (In Denali National Park)—63°32ʹ34ʺN, 150°56ʹ45ʺW, Elev 1896ʹ; T15S, R16W, Sec 24; T16S, R17W, Sec 4; Mount McKinley Quad C3, B3; DeLorme p. 103

The gold-silver-lead-copper-zinc-antimony district discovered in 1903 around Chitsia Creek is located around the camp of Kantishna and in the area drained by the Kantishna River and its tributaries, or straight north of Mount McKinley. The north boundary extends southward from the Tanana lowlands, and the southern boundary follows the crest of the Alaska Range. Mentioned with this district were the camps of Diamond and Glacier, the Toklat River, Bearpaw River, McKinley River, Birch River, Mount McKinley, the Kantishna Hills, the camps of Stampede, Nineteenmile, Glacier, and Kantishna (where lodes were). The best-known areas for lode deposits were around Friday Creek, Eureka Creek, Stampede Creek, Slate Creek, Caribou Creek, near the head of Slippery Creek, and on the north flank of Mount Eielson and extends 4 miles from Glacier Creek. Some mines of the district were the Alpha; Arizona located on a minor northwest tributary of Eldorado Creek; Banjo (main) located at the head of Lucky Gulch, which is a tributary of Eureka Creek; Blue Bell; Dalton Group located on the north fork of Quigley Ridge; Francis; Glen Creek; Glen Ridge located 1 mile east-northeast of Glacier Peak; Gold Dollar (76,120 ounces silver, 159 ounces gold) located on an unnamed gulch east of upper Friday Creek; Golden Eagle; Gold King (has potential) located near the top of Quigley Ridge and at the head of Iron Creek; Greenback (has potential—tens of millions in low reserves); Hardrock; Humbolt located on a ridge above the east fork of Glen Creek; Keystone; Last Chance (Caribou); Lena located on the southeast flank of Spruce Peak; Little Annie (from 1919 to 1921—117,305 ounces silver, 75 ounces gold) (reserve 200,000 tons as of 1933) located on Quigley Hill; Little Maud (has promise); Little Moose Creek; Magnet (Old Sourdough) located at the head of Iron Creek; McCall located near the Sushana River; McGonogill located in McGonogill Gulch, which is at the head of the north fork of upper Glacier Creek; Merinser; Pennsylvania located in the canyon of Iron Gulch, which is a south-flowing tributary of Eureka Creek; Pittsburg located near Iron Gulch; Red Top (major) located on Quigley Hill near Friday Creek; Silver Pick (300 ounces silver per ton assayed) located on the southeast flank of Quigley Ridge; Silver Wires; Spruce Creek (9.73 ounces silver assay); Stampede located on Stampede Creek; Sulphide located in a canyon on Eureka Creek; Taylor located on Slate Creek; and Tugboat Annie. Placers were the Bear Paw River Placers; Chitsia Creek Placers, which flows into the Kantishna River and north of Chitsia Mountain; Crevice Creek Placers (750 ounces gold), which is a northwest-flowing tributary Caribou Creek; Crooked Creek Placers (1,000 ounces gold); Eighteen Gulch Placer; Eldorado Creek Placers (1,000 ounces gold), which is a northwest-flowing tributary of Moose Creek; Eureka Creek Placer (major); Fifteen Gulch Placer; Fifteen Pup Placer; Flat Creek Placers (reserve—2,600,000 cubic yards gold); Friday Creek Placer (10,000 ounces gold) (reserve—25,600 ounces gold); Glacier Creek (10,000 ounces gold); Glen Creek Placer (10,000 ounces gold); Kantishna Hill Placers (62,000 ounces gold); Lee Bench Placers (reserve 81,700 ounces gold); Little Moose Creek Placer (350 ounces gold) located on the upper part of Moose Creek; Lower Caribou Creek Placer (reserves—15,960 ounces gold); Lucky Creek Placer, which is a west tributary of the Clearwater fork of the Toklat River; Marten Creek Placer (Javhola), which is on a southeast tributary of Crooked Creek; Moose Creek Placers (5,000 ounces) (reserve—75,480 ounces gold); Myrtle Creek Placers, which is a tributary of the Clearwater fork of the Toklat River (240,000 cubic yards, moderate potential for gold); Rainy Creek Placer (5,000 ounces gold) (reserve—5,000 cubic yards, high potential for gold); Slate Creek Placer, which is an east-northeast tributary of Eldorado Creek and is on the southeast end of Brooker Mountain; Slippery Creek Placers; Spruce Creek Placers (1,000 ounces gold), which is located on the south flank of Spruce Peak; Stampede Creek Placers (rich in silver) (reserve—8,400 ounces gold); Twentytwo Gulch Placer (Wickersham Creek, Pup) (1,000 ounces gold), which is a tributary of Glacier Creek; Upper Caribou Creek (main—30,000 ounces gold) located below Kankone Peak; Willow Creek, which is a tributary of Moose Creek (reserve—500,000 cubic yards low-grade gold); and Yellow Creek Placer (1,000 ounces of gold) (reserve—900 ounces gold), which is a north-flowing tributary of Glacier Creek. Total district gold placer production from 1903 to 1960 was 50,000 ounces. Total gold placer production from 1905 to 1930 was $475,100. Total gold placer production was 98,756 ounces as of 1987.

VALDEZ CREEK DISTRICT— (See Matanuska Borough for description) (Also in Southeast Fairbanks Borough)

YENTNA DISTRICT (In Denali National Park)— (See Matanuska Borough for description)

DILLINGHAM BOROUGH

ANIAK DISTRICT (For description, see Bethel Borough)—61°03ʹ04ʺN, 159°47ʹ20ʺW, Elev 883ʹ; T8N, R55W, Sec 12; T11N, R59W, Sec 8; DeLorme p. 131

BRISTOL BAY DISTRICT (See description in Bristol Bay Region)

FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH

CIRCLE DISTRICT—(For description, see Yukon Borough, and also in Southeast Fairbanks Borough)

FAIRBANKS DISTRICT (Richardson, Salcha, Nabesna, Tenderfoot, Salchaket) (Also in the Southeast Fairbanks Borough)—64°18ʹ57ʺN, 146°20ʹ45ʺW, Elev 772ʹ; T3N, R2E, Sec 18, 20; T7S, R7E, Sec 10; Fairbanks D2, Livengood A2; DeLorme p. 115, 116, 114, 125

The gold-silver-lead-copper-antimony district discovered in July of 1902 by Felix Pedro on Pedro Creek is bounded on the south by the Tanana River, on the north by the area drained by all streams flowing south into the Tanana River from and including the Chatanika River, which is a tributary of the Tolovana River, on the east by the Shaw River, or in the area drained by the Chatanika River and the north tributaries of the Tanana River from Minto to and including Shaw Creek or is located around the town of Richardson. Mentioned with this district were the camps of Fairbanks located on the south side of the Chena Slough and Chena; Fairbanks Creek, which is tributary to the Chena River; Chena River; Little Chena River, a tributary of the Chena River; Salcha River; Little Salcha River; Banner Creek, Tenderfoot Creek; Hinkley Gulch; Dome Creek; Blanche Creek; Goldstream Creek, which is tributary to the Chatanika; Yellow Pup Creek; Vault Creek; Treasure Creek; and Gold Hill. Main areas of lode production were around the Pedro Dome-Cleary Creek area (113 claims) and the Ester Dome area, with most of the production being north of Fairbanks. Some mines of the district were the Ace Creek, which is located along Ace Creek, which is a tributary of Saint Patrick Creek and 2 miles northeast of the town of Ester; Alaska (Jupiter Mars), which is located on a hillside east of Chatham Creek; Alaska Flyer located between Dome Creek and the lower tributary of Seattle Gulch; American located between Victoria Creek and Pearle Creek; Anderson located on the south side of Tungsten Gulch; Anna Mary located between Chatham Creek and Tamarack Creek; Antimony Ridge; Banner located at the head of Wolf Creek; Barker and McQueen; Bellows Creek; Big Blue; Blue Moon (2.4 ounces per ton) located on Chatham Creek; Bondholder located at the head of the north fork of Saint Patrick Creek, Mohawk Group; Bunker Hill; Burnet located on the east side of Twin Creek; Butler and Petree located on the west side of Chatham Creek; Camp Bird located on the west side of Eva Creek and 1 1/2 miles north from the town of Ester; Campbell-Monroe (8,000 ounces gold) located on Banner Creek; Charles (Sunnyside) located near the head of Walnut Creek; Chechako located at the head of Cleary Creek (reserve—150,000 ounces gold); Christina (from 1950 to 1970—20,000 ounces gold) located on a divide between Chatham Creek and Wolf Creek; Cleary Hill (main—100,000 ounces gold, reserve—100,000 ounces) located east of Bedrock Creek; Clipper located 1 1/2 miles north-northeast of Ester at the head of Eva Creek; Coffee Dome located at the head of Walnut Creek; Colbert and Wormbold located at the head of Tamarack Creek; Cottonblossom located on a ridge between Ready Bullion Creek and Willow Creek; Crown Point located on the east slope of Eva Creek; Cunningham; David located west of Skoogy Creek and 1/4 miles west Golden City; Deep Faith (potential); Democrat (reserve—1,000,000 ounces gold) located on Democrat Creek 3 1/2 miles north of Richardson; Dolphin (reserve 600,000 ounces gold) located on a ridge between Willow Creek and Bedrock Creek; Dome View located at the head of the west fork of Last Chance Creek and 1 miles northeast of Pedro Dome; Dorothy and Dorice located on a ridge south of Happy Creek; Eagan and Eagan located at the confluence of the two headwater forks of the Kokomo River; East Gate located southwest of the headwaters of Independence Creek; East Scrafford; Ebbert located at the head of upper Wolf Creek; Elmes (6.89 ounces gold per ton assay, reserve—18,000 ounces gold) located on the south side of Happy Creek; Emma (1.8 ounces gold assay) located near its head and on the east side of Willow Creek; Emma Creek located 3 miles west-southwest of Ester; Excelsior located near the head of to Nuch Gold Creek, which is a tributary of Fairbanks Creek, Lookout; Empire Group (Foster Hungerford) (1.9 ounces gold assay) located above Chatham Creek; Eureka located on a ridge between Ginger Creek and Walnut Creek and 1 1/2 miles north of Alder Creek Camp; Excelsior located at the head of Too Much Gold Creek, a tributary of upper Fairbanks Creek; Fair Chance located at the head of Saint Patrick Creek; Farmer located near the head of the west fork of Ready Bullion Creek; First Chance located at the head of Saint Patrick Creek; Flagler; Flat Creek; Fort Knox (1,113,137 ounces gold as of 2000, reserve—5.04 million ounces gold, largest gold mine in Alaska) located between Monte Cristo Creek and Melba Creek; Frederich located 5 miles north of Fox, Freeman and Scharf located near the head of Fox Creek; Gale located on a south-facing slope 3/10 mile east of Moose Gulch; Gilmer located on the east slope of Vault Creek; Goepfert located at the mouth of Skoogy Gulch and 8 miles northeast of Fox; Gold Stream Creek (major) located 9 miles northwest of Fairbanks; Goodwin located on a slope north of Big Eldorado Creek; Governor located on a ridge between Too Much Gold Creek and Fairbanks Creek; Grant (12,000 ounces gold, 5,000 ounces silver); Green Mountain located on the west side of Rose Creek; Harris and Brown (6.3 ounces gold assay) located at the summit of a ridge between Chatham Creek and Wolf Creek; Hegan and Lefebre located east of Eva Creek and 1 mile north-northeast of Ester; Henry Ford Group (26,800 ounces gold) located at the head of Fairbanks Creek; Herschberger located along Willow Creek, a tributary at the headwaters of Cleary Creek; Hess and Thomas located 1 mile north-northwest of the town of Ester; Hi-Yu (major from 1912 to 1940—35,721++? ounces); Hidden Treasure located on Last Chance Creek; Hindenburg located on a ridge between Little Eldorado Creek and Spruce Creek; Hinkley Gulch, a northwest drainage that flows into Buckley Creek and 1 mile north of Richardson; Hirshbeger and Zimmerman located around Twin Creek and 8 miles northeast of Fox; Hoel Brothers located near a divide between Wildcat Creek and Vault Creek; Homestake Creek, which is a tributary of Charity Creek; Homestake (22.7 ounces gold assay) located at the head of Wolf Creek; Hoover located along Granite Creek; Hudson located around the mouth of Moose Gulch and 1 1/2 miles west-northwest of Ester; Independence located southeast side of Twin Creek and 7 miles northeast of Fox; Irad located near the head of the east fork of Eva Creek; Irishman; Jackson (5 ounces gold, 2 ounces silver assay) located near the crest of a spur between Bedrock Creek and Tamarack Creek; Kellen located on Fairbanks Creek; Killarney located at the head of Saint Patrick Creek; Koegley located on the eastern slope of Moose Gulch and 1 1/2 miles west of Ester; Last Chance located at the head of Saint Patrick Creek; Leidy located on the north side of Gilmore Creek; Lepose located on a ridge northeast of Nugget Creek; Lincoln; Lookout located on the west bank of Emma Creek; Macomb located on the north side of Saint Patrick Creek; McCarty Group (major from 1911 to 1942—60,000 ounces gold) located at the head of Fairbanks Creek: McDonald (2,500 ounces gold) located on a ridge east of Eva Creek; McGrath; McQueen; Michley; Mizpah; Mohawk (9,676 ounces gold as of 1931); Moonlight located on a hillside southeast of Twin Creek; Mother located on a ledge just east of the west fork of Nugget Creek; Munzie; Nabesna (from 1932 to 1937—$1,204,210) (58,548 ounces gold as of 1987) located on White Mountain near Jackson Creek; Newsboy (major—43,431 ounces gold, reserve—21,875 ounces gold) located just south of a saddle between Cleary Creek and Last Chance Creek; Newsboy Extension located 1.3 miles northwest of Cleary Summit; North Star (Skoogy Gulch) located on the lower part of Skoogy Gulch; Ohio located north of Fairbanks Creek; Old No. 2; Parker (Blue Bonanza) located on a saddle between Nugget Creek and Sheep Creek; Perrault; Pioneer Group (from 1904 to 1931—677 ounces gold); Plumbum located on the west side of Too Much Gold Creek; Prometheus; Queen located on a divide between Crane Creek and Alder Creek; Quemboe Brothers located on a divide between Chatham Creek and Wolf Creek; Rainbow (10.26 ounces gold assay) located on a point of a ridge between Twin Creek and Skoogy Gulch; Rambler (reserve—21,775 ounces gold); Ready Bullion Group (reserve 1,232,636 ounces gold) located on a hillside between Moose Creek and Ready Bullion Creek and 1 1/2 miles west-northwest of Ester; Redline located on a ridge between Treasure Creek and Eagle Creek; Rexall located on the east side of the upper part of Wolf Creek; Rhyolite located at the head of Nugget Creek; Ridge; Rob Roy located on the divide at the head of Too Much Gold Creek; Robinson (Creighton); Rogach located between two forks at the head of Nugget Creek; Royal Flush located in the Happy Creek Valley; RV located on the divide between Cleary Creek and Last Chance Creek; Ryan (1987 to 1989—19,220 ounces gold, 14,330 ounces silver) located on a ridge between Eva Creek and Saint Patrick Creek; SS located on the west slope of Skoogy Gulch; Saddle (reserve—78,107 ounces gold and 971,060 ounces silver) located on a divide between Wolf Creek and Fairbanks Creek; Sanford located on the summit of a ridge between Sheep Creek and Happy Creek; Scott Reese (Rex) located on lower Chatham Creek; Scrafford located north of the southeast fork of Eagle Creek, which is a tributary of Treasure Creek (largest producer of antimony in the district); Shamrock Creek located 7 miles northwest of Richardson; Silver Dollar located on the west side of Ready Bullion Creek; Silver Fox located on a divide between Fox Creek and Flume Creek; Sky High; Social Security located near a summit on a small hill 2 miles west-southwest of Ester; Soo (from 1912 to 1914 and 1925 to 1931—7,500 ounces gold) located at the head of Dome Creek; Spruce Creek located near the head of Spruce Creek; Saint Paul (reserve—359,992 ounces gold as of 2000) located on the west fork of Eva Creek; Silvertone located 2 miles southwest of Pedro Dome; Stay located on a ridge east of Eva Creek; Stepovich located on a ridge west of Pearl Creek; Sunrise; Tamarack located 1.2 miles northeast of Cleary Summit; Tanana located on the northeast side of Tungsten Gulch, which is a headwater tributary of First Chance Creek; Thompson and Burns located on the south side of the west fork of Skoogy Gulch; Thompson located at the head of Last Chance Creek; Thrift located 4 miles southeast of the Chatanika River; Tolovana (reserve—150,000 ounces gold) located along Willow Creek; Too Much Gold (reserve—104,902 ounces gold) located on a ridge between the upper part of Too Much Gold Creek and Fairbanks Creek; Treasure Creek (from 1907 to 1910—14,068 ounces) located north-northwest of the mouth of Wildcat Creek; Treasure Creek Occurrence located at the confluence with Eagle Creek; Tungsten Hill located on the southwest side of Tungsten Gulch; Twin Creek Placers; Tyndall and Finn located east of Ready Bullion Creek; Voght located near Melba Creek; Vuyovich located near the head of Ready Bullion Creek; Uyovich located on a ridge between Ready Bullion Creek and Eva Creek; Wandering Jew located on the upper part of Saint Patrick Creek; Whitehorse located just north of the confluence of the Too Much Gold Creek and Fairbanks Creek; Willow Creek, which is a tributary of Cleary Creek; Woodpecker located on the west side of Rose Creek; Woods located near Davidson Gulch; Wyoming located on the east side of Bedrock Creek; and Zimmerman located 1/4 mile northeast of the mouth of Twin Creek. Placers were the Alder Creek Placers; Banner Creek Placers (105,000 ounces gold, 24,000 ounces silver) located 2 miles north of the town of Richardson; Beaver Creek Placers, which includes Pine Creek and Emory Creek; Bedrock Creek Placers; Big Eldorado Creek Placer (2,579 ounces gold as of 1910), which is a tributary of Goldstream Creek; Brumfield Placers located in the valley of Hill Creek, which is a tributary of Gilmore Creek; Buckeye Creek Placers (Moore Creek also), which is a tributary of Banner Creek; Butte Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Salcha River; Canyon Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Tanana River and 4 miles west of the town of Richardson; Caribou Creek Placers, which is a tributary of the Salcha River; Charity Creek Placers; Chatanika River Placers (from 1907 to 1910—70,658 ounces gold) located near the village of Chatanika; Chatham Creek Placers (from 1903 to 1910—17,700 ounces gold); Cleary Creek Placer (from 1903 to 1924—1,129,650 ounces gold, 13.51 ounce nugget); Colorado Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Chena River; Crane Creek Placers (Gulch) (1706 ounces gold in 1908), which is a tributary of Fairbanks Creek; Cripple Creek Placers (major) located south-southeast of the town of Ester; Deep Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Fairbanks Creek and 1 mile east of the camp of Meeham; Democrat Creek Placer (Democrat Gulch), which is a tributary of Banner Creek and is 3 1/2 miles north of the town of Richardson; Dome Creek Placers ($4,000,000+ gold as of 1973) located at Dome Camp; Emma Creek Placer; Engineer Creek Placers (from 1907 to 1910—96,256 ounces gold), which is located around French Gulch; Ester Creek Placer ($4,000,000 gold as of 1961 with unknown production up to 1990) located just south of the town of Ester; Eva Creek Placer (24,000 ounces gold as of 1912—all in one year) located 1/2 mile east of Ester; Fairbanks Creek Placer (from 1903 to 1920—380,115 ounces gold with unreported mining up to 1990s) located around the camp of Meehan; Faith Creek Placers; First Chance Creek Placer located 2 miles east of the camp of Fox; Fish Creek Placers; Flume Creek Placers, which is a tributary of Pedro Creek and 4 miles north east of Fox; Fox Creek Placers (1905 to 1910—1,500 ounces gold), which is a tributary of Goldstream Creek; Gilmore Creek Placers; Gold Creek Placers, which drains into the Salcha River; Gold Hill Placers (major) located 2 1/2 miles east of the camp of Ester; Gold Run Creek Placers located 12 miles north of the camp of Richardson; Goldstream Creek Placers (from 1923 to 1924—750,000 ounces gold and considerable gold from that date to today—$15,000,000) located near Fox; Happy Creek Placer; Hill Creek Placer; Hope Creek Placers; Junction Creek Placers located 3 1/2 miles north of Richardson; Kokomo Creek Placer located 1 mile north of Coffee Dome; Last Chance Creek Placer located at the headwaters of Last Chance Creek; Little Eldorado Creek Placers ($2,414,000 as of 1924); Little Nugget Creek Placer located near the confluence with Goldstream Creek; Lost Creek Placers located on Lost Creek, which drains into the Salcha River; Monte Creek Placer (Monte Cristo Pup) (part of Fort Knox Mine); Moose Gulch Placer, which is a tributary of Ester Creek; New Years Pub Placer; No Grub Creek Placer (major), which is a tributary of the Salcha River and is around the camp of Caribou; Nugget Creek Placers; Nugget Discovery Placer located on Nugget Creek, which drains into the south fork of the Chena River; O’Connor Creek Placer located 7 miles west-northwest of Fox; Our Creek Placer located 7 miles southwest of the camp of Olnes; Pearl Creek Placer; Pedro Creek Placer; Paldo Creek Placer, which drains into the Salcha River; Pasco Creek Placer (major), which drains into the Salcha River; Pearl Creek Placer; Pedro Creek Placer (major from 1903 to 1910—70,701 ounces gold, $1,250,000); Pine Creek (Pyne Creek); Ptarmigan Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Chatanika River; Ready Bullion Creek Placer (from 1907 to 1914—25,000 ounces gold); Redmond Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Salcha River; Rose Creek Placers; Saint Patrick Creek Placer (1910—971 ounces gold); Sargent Creek Placer; Serpentine Creek Placer, which drains west into the Salcha River; Sheep Creek Placer (major), which is a tributary of Goldstream Creek; Slippery Creek Placer; Smallwood Creek Placer; Sorrels Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Little Chena River; Sourdough Creek Placer, which is a tributary of the Chatanika River; Steamboat Creek Placer; Steel Creek located near Chena Hot Springs; Tenderfoot Placers (major), which is a southeast tributary of the Tanana River and is 4 1/2 miles east of the camp of Richardson; Treasure Creek Placer; Twin Creek Placers (1903 to 1910—6,752 ounces gold) located near the confluence with Skoogy Gulch; Van Curlers Bar located on the Chena River; Vault Creek Placer (from 1906 to 1924—132,994 ounces gold, $2,749,000); Walnut Creek Placer, which is a tributary of Fairbanks Creek; Wildcat Creek Placers; Willow Creek Placer; Wolf Creek Placers (in 1903 and from 1908 to 1910—1848 ounces gold); Yellow Eagle located between the mouth of Eva Creek and the southern part of Ester Creek; and Yellow Pup Creek Placer. District lode gold from 1910 to 1937 was $4,078,282. Total district production from 1903 to 1960 was lode 239,247 ounces gold; placer 7,550,000 ounces; lode gold, and 39,078 ounces of silver. Total district gold placer production from 1903 to 1930 was $80,960,500. Total gold lode production from 1910 to 1937 was $4,078,382. Total gold placer production was 8,394,260 ounces as of 1987. Total gold production was 11,840,000 ounces gold.

SUSLOTA PASS DISTRICT (Miles Pass)—62°45ʹ35ʺN, 143°27ʹ59ʺW, Elev 3828ʹ; Nabesna Quad, Tanacross Quad; DeLorme p. 98, 99, 109

The gold district is located between Mentasta Pass and the Nabesna River, between the head of the Copper River on the southwest and the Tanana River on the northeast, or east of Slana. Mentioned with this district were Platinum Creek; Suslositna Creek, which is located 3 miles west of Suslota Pass; Moose Creek, which is a tributary of Tuck Creek; and Suslota Creek.

HAINES BOROUGH

JUNEAU DISTRICT (For description, see Juneau Borough)

JUNEAU BOROUGH

Mentioned is the Juneau Gold Belt, extending for 100 miles from a point just south of Windham Bay (in Petersberg District) to a few miles north of Berners Bay where more than two hundred lode deposits occurred and where 8,000,000 ounces of gold; 2,000,000 ounces of silver; 30,000,000 pounds of copper; and 250,000,000 pounds of lead were recovered. Placer production was 125,000 ounces of gold. Another description comprises the mainland of Southeastern Alaska from Windham Bay (which is 45 miles southeast of Juneau) northward to the head of Lynn Canal.

ADMIRALTY DISTRICT (Also in Skagway Borough)—58°14ʹ03ʺN, 134°52ʹ15ʺW, Elev 1ʹ; T42S, R64E, Sec 13; Juneau B3, A3, A2 Quads; DeLorme p. 32, 33

The gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc district is located around Funter on Admiralty Island, which is straight west of Juneau, the Brothers Island, Swan Island, Tiedeman Island, Grand Island, and other small adjacent islands. Lodes are in the Funter Bay-Hawk Inlet area on northern Admiralty Island. Some mines of the district were the Admiralty-Alaska (15,000 ounces gold) located on the southeast shore of outer Funter Bay, Alaska Dano (War Horse) located 1 mile southeast of Funter Bay, located 2 miles northwest of Snowy Mountain, and 1 mile southwest of Mount Robert Barron, Alaska Empire (had glory hole from 1931 to 1937) located 1 mile northwest of Hawk Inlet and 3 miles west of Young Bay, Gambier Bay, Greens Creek (Big Sore) (major with large reserves) located on the south side of Greens Creek, Kloss, Mammoth, Mansfield located just east of the head of Funters Bay, Nowell-Otterson located on Mansfield Peninsula (located 2 1/4 miles southeast of Funter Bay), and President. Placers were the Bear Creek Placer; Prospect Creek Placer, which empties into Hawk Inlet; Rosetta Placer Hawk Inlet, which also empties into Hawk Inlet; and Zengar Placer located on a south tributary of Bear Creek.

JUNEAU DISTRICT (Berners Bay, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Porcupine, Rainy Hollow, Gold Creek, Port Snettisham) (Also in Haines Borough, Skagway Borough)—58°52ʹ06ʺN, 135°05ʹ24ʺW, Elev 1084ʹ; T41S, R68E, Sec 19, Juneau B2, A2 Quads; DeLorme p. 33, 28, 32, 31

The gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc-platinum district discovered 1880 by Joe Juneau and Richard Harris is located around Juneau and in the region north of Tracy Arm, south of Sawyer Glacier, and east of a line from Mount Fairweather to Cape Spencer. It also includes Douglas Island, Pleasant Island, and numerous small islands. Mentioned with this district was the town of Comet, Canyon Creek, Shelter Island, Lincoln Island, Port Snettisham located 30 miles southeast of Juneau, and Sheep Creek. Some mines of the district were the Admiralty Island prospects (from 1882 to 1935—$98,441), A. F. Parker located 1 1/2 miles southwest of the Lamplugh Glacier, Ascension (Ibex) (reserve—34,400 ounces silver) located on the north side of Sheep Creek, Alaska Chieg located on the west side of Glacier Bay, Alaska-Endicott located at William Henry Bay, the famous Alaska Juneau Group (Groundhog) (major from 1882 to 1937—$54,149,990; 3,809,160 ounces gold, 2,084,457 ounces silver) located on the southeast side of Gold Creek between the Ebner Group and the head of Icy Gulch or 3 miles southeast of Mount Juneau, Alaska Washington, Anderson, Aurora Borealis, Bear located 2 miles east-northeast of Point Sherman and 1 mile southeast of Lions Head Mountain, Berners Bay (from 1882 to 1920—$1,403,679), Berners Tunnel located on a north tributary of Johnson Creek or 3 1/2 miles south of Lions Head Mountain, Bessie (reserve 19,000 ounces gold) located between Bessie Creek and the south fork of Cowee Creek, Big Boulder located west of Big Boulder Creek and across the river from the camp of Porcupine, California located on a north tributary of Davies Creek and 1 mile east of the head of Echo Cove, Churchill located around Reid Inlet, Clark located along Sawmill Creek or on Carlson Creek, Comet (Kensington) (from 1894 to 1900—22,485 ounces gold) located on Lynn Canal or 3 miles east of Point Sherman, Crystal (from 1899 to 1905—2,000 ounces gold) located near the entrance of Port Snettisham, Cumberland located on Lynn Canal