Coal Creek

The Coal Creek is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Coal Creek
Secondary: Ernest Wolff
Secondary: Coal Creek Mines, Inc.
Secondary: Boulder Creek
Secondary: Slaven Association
Secondary: Mcdonald-Forrest Association
Secondary: Coal Creek Hydraulic Mining Assoc.
Secondary: Adamic-Emily Association

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Circle District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Gold Capital
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Del Booth
Home Office: Florida
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: John Mason
Home Office: Oklahoma
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Richard Philbrick
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Rush Varm
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Jim May
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: W. W. Lomerson Sr
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Ernest Wolff
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Au Placer, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: W. L. Lomerson
Info Year: 1979

Production

Year: 1958
Description: Production Limited
Year: 1949
Description: Idle
Year: 1945
Description: Gold 3500 Troy Ounces Ore
Year: 1941
Description: Gravel Handled 318200 Cubic Yards
Year: 1940
Description: Gravel Handled 356000 Cubic Yards
Year: 1939
Description: Gravel Handled 393700 Cubic Yards
Year: 1938
Description: Gravel Handled 430000 Cubic Yards
Year: 1937
Description: Gravel Handled 300000 Cubic Yards
Year: 1905
Description: Value Of Gold 15000 Dollars

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1901
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

Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Production): E.N. PATTY PROSPECTING AREA. DREDGE BEING BUILT. THIRTEENTH LARGEST PRODUCER IN STATE. OVERBURDEN STRIPPED IN PREPARATION FOR DREDGING. ELEVENTH LARGEST PRODUCER IN STATE FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER IN STATE. FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER IN STATE. FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER IN STATE. FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER IN STATE. DREDGE WAS MOVED TO WOODCHOPPER CREEK.

Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: AU PLACER, INC. 708 CONTINENTAL LIFE BLDG. FT. WORTH, TEXAS 76102 OWNER ADDRESS: AU PLACER, INC. P.O. BOX 80255 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99701

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION THROUGH 1957: 94,493 OZ. OF AU, 9668 OZ. OF AG (USBM AFOC FILES). GOLD PLACERS INC. CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS AND BEGAN DREDGING IN 1936 EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: 2 D9H DOZERS; 2 966 FEL TOTAL MONTHLY OPERATING COSTS: $149,501 TOTAL PERSONNEL REQUIRED: 15 MEN TOTAL MONTHLY SALARIES: $59,744 TOTAL MONTHLY EQUIPMENT OPERATING EXPENSES: $26,484 TOTAL CAMP COSTS PER MONTH: $22,500 ------------------------------- MILL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT $ 50000 OWNER ADDRESS: COAL CREEK MINES %ERNEST WOLFF--- COLLEGE AVENUE FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99708 PRODUCT SHIPPED TO REFINERY AT ROCHESTER, NEW YORK-ZIP 14604 PGQM-600 SERIES FROM PRIVATE STATUS REPORT BY DR. E.N. WOLFF NO MILL BUILDING COSTS - BENEFICIATION BY SLUICEPLATE NO MINE BUILDING COSTS - ONLY TRAILER OR CAMPER REQUIRED.

References

Reference (Deposit): B917A pp. 47, 74

Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 61

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 3

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 42

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1937a p. 227

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1938a p. 177

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1939a p. 195

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1940a p. 174

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1940* p. 185

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1941a p. 189

Reference (Deposit): B213 p. 48

Reference (Deposit): B295 p. 23

Reference (Deposit): B480j p. 172

Reference (Deposit): B538 p. 76

Reference (Deposit): B542j p. 213

Reference (Deposit): B592r p. 360

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1942a p. 229

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1945a p. 228

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1946a p. 1013

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1947b p. 1294

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1948b p. 1386

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1949b p. 1362

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1952 p. 87

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1954b p. 105

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1955b p. 107

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1956b p. 101

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1957b p. 100

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1958 p. 99

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1950b p. 1380

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1951b p. 1401

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1959 p. 101

Reference (Deposit): BM YEARBOOK 1974 p. 68

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 051-003

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WALLACE MINER 841018 p. 3

Reference (Deposit): B314n pp. 202-203

Reference (Deposit): B379b p. 54

Reference (Deposit): B520k pp. 201, 208-209

Reference (Deposit): B933A pp. 40, 67

Reference (Deposit): P530 p. 109

Reference (Deposit): I573

Reference (Deposit): MF390

Reference (Deposit): OF508 p. 66

Reference (Deposit): B1374

Reference (Deposit): BMOF98-76 p. 19

Reference (Deposit): OF77-168D

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 81, No. 83

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE MINER 841018

Reference (Deposit): B642c p. 63

Reference (Deposit): B816 pp. 165-166

Reference (Deposit): B868A p. 39

Reference (Deposit): B880A pp. 42-43

Reference (Deposit): B897A pp. 49, 71-72

Reference (Deposit): B897C pp. 251-254

Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 49, 76

Reference (Deposit): B926A pp. 43, 70

Reference (Deposit): B917D pp. 246-251, 254

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