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SURFACE EXPRESSIONS OF MINERALIZATION EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. 

 THE GEOLOGISTS ASSURE US THAT THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE MANY 

 MORE OF THESE ELEPHANTINE DEPOSITS FOUND IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA 

 OVER TIME. AND THIS IS NOT TO MENTION THOSE DEPOSITS WHICH 

 DO NOT HAVE AN OUTCROPPING. HOW MANY MORE ARE JUST TEN OR 

 TWENTY FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. 



THERE IS ONE OTHER POINT TO BE MADE ABOUT THESE THREE 

 DEPOSITS AS WELL. OF THE THREE, TWO HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED 

 WITHIN THE PAST DECADE AND A HALF. ALTHOUGH PROSPECTORS AND 

 GEOLOGISTS INCLUDING MY OWN GRANDFATHER HAVE CRAWLED OVER 

 SOUTHEAST ALASKA FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER SINCE LORD 

 BARANOF WAS THE GOVERNOR, THE FINDING OF THE MINERAL WEALTH 

 WHICH WE ALL KNOW EXISTS HERE A HAS BEEN A PAINFULLY SLOW 

 PROCESS. BUT WHEN A DEPOSIT IF FOUND IT TENDS TO BE A BIG 

 ONE. 



BUT DO WE WANT MINING IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA? ONLY THE 

 REACTIONARY AND ILL-INFORMED WOULD UNHESITATINGLY ANSWER 

 THAT IN THE NEGATIVE. MINING REPRESENTS NEW WEALTH TO 

 AMERICA. IT MEANS RAW MATERIALS, IT MEANS JOBS, IT MEANS 

 CONTINUED PROSPERITY FOR THE STATE AND THE REGION. MINING 

 IS LABOR INTENSIVE, AND THE PAYROLLS WHICH ARE GENERATED 

 CIRCULATE IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY OVER AND OVER AGAIN. MINERS 

 WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREENS CREEK MINE ARE LIVING IN 

 THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUTING DAILY TO THE MINE. BECAUSE OF 

 THE LOCAL HIRE POLICIES OF THE MINE, THEIR FAMILIES ARE A 



