Wilbur Creek-Tolovana River

The Wilbur Creek-Tolovana River is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 597 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wilbur Creek-Tolovana River
Secondary: Bently Falls
Secondary: Hess 1-5 Wilbur
Secondary: Rybachek 1-7 Bench
Secondary: Radak, Bloom, Reed
Secondary: Lindstrom-Falls
Secondary: Healy and Magnusson
Secondary: Misc. Tolovana River Claims
Secondary: Lenont, Mcdougal and Brown
Secondary: Bostrum and Wickstrom

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rybachek, Stanley
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Bently Falls
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976

Production

Year: 1958
Description: 14,500 Yards Processed. 94 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 39 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 3,100 Yards Processed. 138 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 792 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 5 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1953
Description: 43 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 58 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1953
Description: 12 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 316 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 67 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 159 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 29 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 50,000 Yards Processed. 125 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 16 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1945
Description: 59 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1943
Description: 35 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1943
Description: 120 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 110 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 322 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1941
Description: 86 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1936
Description: 37 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 104 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 122 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1933
Description: 62 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1931
Description: 104 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1930
Description: 69 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 2,700 Yards Processed. 406 Troy Ounces Gold

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1960: 4249 OZ AU, 946 OZ AU (USBM FILES

References

Reference (Deposit): B824a p. 36

Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 36

Reference (Deposit): B844A p. 35

Reference (Deposit): B857A p. 34

Reference (Deposit): B864A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B868A pp. 39-40

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 44

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 52

Reference (Deposit): B910A p. 53

Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 53

Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 49

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 46

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 30

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-041

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-052

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-062

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-106

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-162

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 049-366

Reference (Deposit): B642j p. 208

Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B739a pp. 6, 31

Reference (Deposit): B755a p. 37

Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 21

Reference (Deposit): MF413

Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 98-99

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