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July 12, 1938
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Spokane mining man Earl Clifford heads to Peters Creek Mine in Alaska, where non-miner John McDonald joined two years ago and boosted gold production 400% using construction skills, following a $240,000 season last year.
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PETERS CREEK
MINE MAN ON
WAY TO WEST
Rich Placer Ground Is
Brought Into Production
by
"Non-Miner"
Earl Clifford, Spokane mining man interested in the Peters Creek Mining Company, passed through Juneau on the Columbia this morning, on his way to the operations, flying in from Anchorage.
Clifford said the two-yard drag-line on the creek is expected to produce even more money this year than last, when a season's total of $240,000 was realized.
The story of the Peters Creek Mining Company's success really began only two years ago, Clifford said, when John McDonald, New York construction man, joined the company.
McDonald's introduction to the mining business and his resultant success is an interesting short story.
Fresh from big building projects in the East, and knowing nothing of mining in the least, McDonald watched the Peters Creek dragline operations one day two years ago. Finally he stepped up to the superintendent of operations.
"Is that all there is to this gold mining—moving dirt?" he asked.
"Right," replied the superintendent.
"Well, you're all wrong," McDonald is understood to have replied. "If I couldn't move twice as much dirt as that outfit is moving, I'd lose money on any contract in the East for digging basements!"
McDonald's bluff was called, and it is understood he bought into the company and took over superintending the mining—"digging" to him.
"The first year he increased production four hundred percent!" Clifford laughed today as the Columbia sailed.
Mining-construction man McDonald sold out, however, and went
MINE MAN ON
WAY TO WEST
Rich Placer Ground Is
Brought Into Production
by
"Non-Miner"
Earl Clifford, Spokane mining man interested in the Peters Creek Mining Company, passed through Juneau on the Columbia this morning, on his way to the operations, flying in from Anchorage.
Clifford said the two-yard drag-line on the creek is expected to produce even more money this year than last, when a season's total of $240,000 was realized.
The story of the Peters Creek Mining Company's success really began only two years ago, Clifford said, when John McDonald, New York construction man, joined the company.
McDonald's introduction to the mining business and his resultant success is an interesting short story.
Fresh from big building projects in the East, and knowing nothing of mining in the least, McDonald watched the Peters Creek dragline operations one day two years ago. Finally he stepped up to the superintendent of operations.
"Is that all there is to this gold mining—moving dirt?" he asked.
"Right," replied the superintendent.
"Well, you're all wrong," McDonald is understood to have replied. "If I couldn't move twice as much dirt as that outfit is moving, I'd lose money on any contract in the East for digging basements!"
McDonald's bluff was called, and it is understood he bought into the company and took over superintending the mining—"digging" to him.
"The first year he increased production four hundred percent!" Clifford laughed today as the Columbia sailed.
Mining-construction man McDonald sold out, however, and went
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Peters Creek Mine
John Mcdonald
Gold Mining
Production Increase
Non Miner Success
Alaska Mining
Dragline Operations
What entities or persons were involved?
Earl Clifford
John Mcdonald
Where did it happen?
Peters Creek, Alaska
Story Details
Key Persons
Earl Clifford
John Mcdonald
Location
Peters Creek, Alaska
Event Date
Two Years Ago
Story Details
John McDonald, a New York construction man with no mining experience, joined the Peters Creek Mining Company two years ago, took over operations, and increased production four hundred percent in the first year by applying his digging expertise.