184 
ALASKAN MINERAL RESOURCES IN 1906. 
above various stations. Table 3 gives the minimum flow for streams 
rising in the foothills and in the mountainous regions. These tables 
not only show the amount of water available in the area under inves 
tigation, but also give a basis for estimating the possible water suppl 
to be had in other similar areas. 
Table 1. — Mean weekly water supply, in second-feet, available for use back of Nome, 1906A 
Date. 
July 1-7 
July 8-14 
July 15-21 
July 22-28 
July 29-August4 
August 5-11 
August 12-18 
August 19-25 
August 26-September 1 
September 2-9 
September 9-18 
September 18-30 
Mean 
Maximum 
Minimum 
Available 
for use at 
elevation 
250 to 275 
feet, Nome 
River low 
level. 
31 
110 
36 
29 
22 
26 
34 
:,.x 
'.it 
48 
33 
51 
ll(i 
22 
Available for use at elevation 400 to 450 feet. 
Nome 
River hi.u'li 
level. 
45 
ill 
58 
49 
42 
45 
53 
84 
L28 
73 
53 
lis 
74 
Ml 
42 
Upper 
Grand 
Central 
River, 
Thompson 
Creek, and 
Gold Run. 
153 
343 
179 
156 
101 
108 
91 
138 
202 
101 
68 
250 
158 
343 
Nugget, 
Copper, 
and Jett 
creeks. 
Sinuk 
River, 
Windy and 
North' Star 
creeks. 
173 
90 
79 
50 
lit 
42 
62 
94 
51 
36 
L25 
78 
173 
Total 
Table 2. — Mean run-off at various gaging stations on Seward Peninsula. 
Station. 
Drainage 
area 
(square 
miles). 
Mean run-off (second-feet per square mile). 
July 
1-31. 
July 1-4 
and 
11-31. 
August 
1-31. 
Septem- 
ber 1-30. 
Septem- 
ber 1-18. 
Grand Central River (North Fork), eleva- 
lion 750 feel 
Grand Central River (North Fork), eleva- 
tion L.030 feet 
('.rami Central River (West Fork), eleva- 
tion 860 feet 
Grand Central River (West Fork), eleva- 
tion 1,010 feet 
Crater Lake outlet 
Thompson Creek 
i rrand Central River below the forks 
Grand Central River below Nugget Creek.. 
Kruzgamepa River at outlet of Salmon 
Lake 
Between Grand Central River below the 
forks and Kruzgamepa River stations 
Nome River at Miocene intake 
5.4 
2.8 
1.8 
2.5 
14.6 
3.43 
a 7. 53 
L0.3 
9.64 
10.8 
8.20 
8.36 
2.71 
11.9 
6.02 
4.96 
6.56 
6.64 
5.84 
a 4. 42 
3.20 
2.62 
3.36 
5.63 
4.29 
5.85 
9.65 
4.72 
2. 8! 
3.04 
4.25 
3.36 
3 05 
2. 79 
a Approximate. 
