The H.E. Ellis is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3 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
Elevation: 3 Feet (1 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.1228, -146.56110
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H.E. Ellis MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: H.E. Ellis
Secondary: Diane No. 1
Secondary: Chugach Gold Mines, Inc.
Secondary: Mystery 1-3
Secondary: Parallel 1-2
Secondary: M.S. 1036
Secondary: Cliff Mine
Secondary: Mystic 1-2
Secondary: High Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cliff Gold Mines, Inc
Company ID: 5001509
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1926
Owner Name: John E. Hughs
Company ID: 5001509
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1915
Owner Name: Cliff Mine Co.
Company ID: 5001509
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1909
Owner Name: WGM, Inc. (Watts, Griffis And Mc Ouat - Expl. Contractor)
Company ID: 5001509
Info Year: 1986
Owner Name: Ida Ellis Bush Estate
Company ID: 5001509
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: H. E. Ellis
Company ID: 5001509
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1906
Production
Year: 1984
Description: Total Recorded Production - 1910-1949 8153 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Total Recorded Production - 1910-1949 51740 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1949 Clean Up 1 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1949 Clean Up 4 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1915 68 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1915 919 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1914 468 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1911 7981 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1910 9 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1910 10745 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1914 2339 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1913 1601 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1913 7996 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1912 2394 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1912 11242 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1911 7 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1916 1183 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1939 20 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1939 138 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1938 175 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1938 833 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1937 168 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1937 783 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1918 40 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1918 226 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1917 288 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1917 1520 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1916 81 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1940 145 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1942 360 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1942 1695 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1941 713 Oz. Ag
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1941 3459 Oz. Au
Year: 1984
Description: Recorded Production - 1940 677 Oz. Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
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: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS PRIOR TO FLOODING IN 1914 (UNPB TDM PE 86-9) M.S. 1036 ISSUED 1928 ON 90.56 ACRES. PAT. NO. 1021749 (KX 86-47). Workings consist of the following: Hughes vein level - 231.6 m. (?) Whalen vein level - 36.6 m. (?) Prospect level - 182.9 m. (?) Intermediate level - 24.4 m. (?) 30.5 m. level - 487.7 m. 61 m. level - 292.6 m. (?) 91.4 m. level - 317 m. (?) 121.9 m. level - 292.6 m. (?) 152.4 m. level - 274.3 m. 167.6 m. level - 274.3 m. (?)
References
Reference (Deposit): B592k p. 237
Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B622j pp. 152-156, 170-172, plate 8
Reference (Deposit): B642g pp. 143-144
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 39, 52
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 44
Reference (Deposit): B662h pp. 190-191
Reference (Deposit): B692g pp. 149-150
Reference (Deposit): MIRL 27 p. 27.
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V-48).
Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 33
Reference (Deposit): B722a pp. 14, 40
Reference (Deposit): B520h pp. 108, 112, 116-118, 121-123
Reference (Deposit): B542c p. 35
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 63
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 086-046
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 086-047
Reference (Deposit): B442h p. 165
Reference (Deposit): B443 pp. 73-75
Reference (Deposit): B480c pp. 29-31
Reference (Deposit): B480d p. 62
Reference (Deposit): B520c p. 27
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-79
Reference (Deposit): SR31 p. 22
Reference (Deposit): SR33 p. 12
Reference (Deposit): OF79-1241 167 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MR32
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): BMOF83-81 229 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B622i pp. 131-139.
Reference (Deposit): OF78-1E 45 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B692b pp. 11-42.
Reference (Deposit): B963B pp. 47-80.
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 26
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 26
Reference (Deposit): B989E pp. 304-307
Reference (Deposit): P542C p. 30
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 72
Reference (Deposit): B1246
Reference (Deposit): P610 pp. 31-32
Reference (Deposit): MF438
Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A
Reference (Deposit): B797a p. 11
Reference (Deposit): B864A pp. 23-24
Reference (Deposit): PE86-9
Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B894 p. 127
Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 24
Reference (Deposit): B910A pp. 27
Reference (Deposit): B917A p. 27
Reference (Deposit): B917C p. 197
Reference (Deposit): B783a p. 8
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