Historical Records From Coffee Creek Files

            Lohman Mining and Commercial owns the Coffee Creek Mine.  When George Benesch (The past president and largest shareholder of the company) died in 2009, his heirs found several files with past production and drilling records for Lohman Mining. 

 Past Production, Coffee Creek Mining Co.  1936 to 1950

 Production records for A & L Mining, leasers of the Coffee Creek property, 1993 to 1998

 1993        197 oz

1994        345 oz

1995        405 oz

1996        208 oz

1997        286.15 oz

1998        281.06 oz

 1722.79 gross ounces of total RECORDED production by A& L mining on a small portion of the property.  ($1,808,929 @ $1050.oz

             NOTE:  These production figures were provided by Anderson Mining without 2^nd party oversight.  These numbers represent ONLY the gold they cashed in at Oxford Assaying in Anchorage AK to pay their bills and establish the royalty amount.  There is no means to determine how much if any gold production was not reported.   

A three page compilation of earlier records, put together by a company officer in preparation for a stock offering, dated 1975.  Most of the references sited have not been located and may be lost entirely.

.A 1951 letter found in old company records, describing some of the earlier prospecting and mining at Coffee Creek.