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ALASKA (Continued) 

 12c. . Tin deposits of Alaska. 



Mg. Journ., Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 85, 1909, London, pp. 607-608. 

 Describes the manner in which tin occurs at Ears Mountain, Buck Creek, Cape 

 Mountain and Lost River. 



ANONYMOUS. See T . 



13. BEALES, R. L. Tin in Alaska. 



Mg. Sci. Press, Vol. 89, 1904, San Francisco, pp. 395-396, illus. 3, 1050 words. 

 Describes the occurrence of tin on Seward Peninsula; on Cape Prince of 

 Wales, Buck Creek, and Lost River. Describes present method of working. 



14. BELL, ROBERT M. Tin ledges in Alaska. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 76, 1903, New York, p. 820, 750 words. 

 Describes the discovery of ledges containing tin ore in the vicinity of Port Clarence, 

 Alaska. 



15. . Tin in Alaska. 



Mg. Sci. Press, Vol. 87, 1908, San Francisco, p. 351. 



Describes the occurrence of tin deposits. Since 1899 placer gold has been found 

 in nearly all the streams of Seward Peninsula and miners in the west end 

 of the peninsula have been finding stream tin in greater or less quantities in the 

 concentrates. In July, 1903, a party of prospectors discovered and located a tin- 

 bearing ledge on Lost River, 20 miles west of Teller, which promises to carry good 

 value. 



16. BELL, R. N. Tin in Alaska. 



Mines and Man., Vol. 24, 1904, Scranton, p. 328. 



Reprint: Austr. Mg. Stand., Vol. 31, 1904, Sydney and Melbourne, p. 424. 

 An account of the tin deposits on Cassiterite Creek, a branch of Lost River, 

 Seward Peninsula. 



17. BROOKS, A. H. A new occurrence of cassiterite in Alaska. 



Science, Vol. 13, 1901, p. 593. 



Also published in U. S. Geol. Surv. Min. Res. U. S. for 1900 (1901), Washington, 

 pp. 267-271. 



U. S. Geol. Surv. Bull., 213, 1903, Washington, D. C., pp. 92-93. 



Reconnaissances in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900. 

 Special publication U. S. Geol. Surv., 1901, Washington, D. C., pp. 136-137. 



Extract: Mg. Sci. Press, Vol. 82, 1901, San Francisco, p. 203. 



Extract: Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 72, 19C2, London, p. 1375. 



Announces the discovery of stream tin in considerable quantities on Buhner 

 Creek, which enters the Anikovik River from the west about three miles from 

 Bering Sea. A sample of concentrates in one of sluice boxes was examined and 

 yielded the following minerals: cassiterite, magnetite, ilmenite, limonite, pyrite, 

 flourite, garnets and gold. Determination of percentage by weight: tinstone 90 

 per cent, magnetite 5 per cent, other minerals 5 per cent. 



18. . Alaska. 



Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 79, 1905, New York, pp. 16-18. 



An article in which the mineral wealth of Alaska is discussed. Tin is mentioned 

 as having been found in the York region, on Lost River, Cape Mountain, and Ears 

 Mountain, " all of which shows that there is a legitimate field for the tin 

 prospector." 



19. COLLIER, ARTHUR J. A reconnaissance of the northwestern portion of 

 Seward Peninsula, Alaska. 



U. S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Pap. 2, 1902, Washington, D. C., pp. 49-51. 

 Short description of stream tin and the topography of the country, with theories 

 as to the origin of the stream tin. 



