Search for lode continues at Little Squaw; report 7.5 million cubic yards of gold bearing gravel

Little Squaw Mining Co. reported encouraging assay results from 68 of 99 holes drilled this year at Little Squaw Creek in the Chandalar Mining District, about 190 miles north of Fairbanks.

The Spokane, Wash.-based company controls 14,993 acres in mining claims covering most of the Chandalar district on the southern slope of the Brooks Range. This includes 22 patent claims.

A 15,500 foot drilling p...