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NOME, ALASKA, OCT. 18, 1915.
A retrospective glance over the '
summer just passed leads to the some
what comforting reflection that things |
have developed in a very satisfactory I
manner for the general run of people
in this district in spite of a dry and 11
generally backward season. This ap
plies not only to the Nome section but
also to the whole territory of Sewardj
peninsula. Reports from every section ,
indicate that the majority of the min
eres have done very w’ell and are en- |
tirely satisfied with the results of their j
labors. There have been many new j
developments and several new projects I
have been started on the way to I
what seems na assured success. {
Dredging has continued the prosper- j
ous pace of former years and the out- '
look in this line of mining endeavor is [
fully as bright as it has been at any I
time in the past. Three new dredges j
have been added to the fleet, all of j
which have been eminently success
ful, and the results of the seasons
drilling operations discloses extended
areas of dredging ground in localities
hitherto unknown. Several of the
fleet have failed to operate owing to
a lack of available ground in the vi
cinity of their present situation but
the remainder, practically without ex
piion, have all done fairly well. In
the ordinary forms of mining there
lias been a slight retrogressive tend
ency due primarily to a lack of the
necessary water, but there has been
no indication that the future of this
branch of the mining industry is not
equally as bright as at any time in
the past five or six seasons. Opera
lions have not been so extensive as in
former years and there has been a
strong tendency toward centralization
with the result that there has not been
as broad a demand for labor as In
previous years, but, generally consid
ered, the pay roll has been well up
to the average and the output from
i liis source of mining is but slightly:
less than formerly. Lode develop- [
ment has received a decided impetus j
through the opening up of the anti- |
monv deposits and there is everj in
dication that the extraction of this
..litu-ml has become a permanent in
dustry. Tin lode development has
languished in a degree t hrough the gen
'cral monetary stringency Incident to
the war but placer tin extraction has
ibeen augumented by the addition of
Mine new dredge in the York fields
| which lias done well in the brief sea
ion of operation. The gross output
I from this source is also fully in keep
! ng with previous years and the out
! look for the future is bright. In the
opinion of those who are aware of the
conditions the present delay in the
development of the tin lodes is merely
temporary halt which is in every
1 way beneficial owing to a clearly in
uieated necessity for a weeding out of
certain factors which tend to hinder
. ,uher than develop. There is no
:doubt of tlte extent and value of the
lodes and their ultimate development
a one of Hie surest prospects of the
[future, in a general sense the outlook
tor the future of mining is excellent
[ uid there is every reason to belive
I that a few years will find the indus
try in a far more flourishing condition
than at present. In fields other than
mining several important develop
' inents have occurred, and there are
many assurances that the coming year
1 will witness the addition of several in
jdusiries lu those already established.
I i his prospect is in every way a de
[ elopment of the present season and
I is largely the result of a broader view
■ of the latent possibilities of the terri
! lory. Investigation lias revealed hith
jerto unguessed or unrecognized fields
for commercial endeavor and exploit
I ation and has resulted in a renewal
iof optimism that has long been lack
ling in the business life of the district.
i ids in itself is a development of con
siderable importance as progress can
not be achieved without some firm
ueiief in the future and its possibili
ties.
From present indications, the possi
niiies of fishing in Bering waters
will be thoroughly investigated during
the coming season and, if the signs do
i . fail, the initial move in what is
i,eied will ultimately become one of
tlie most Important industries of «he
uture will be made through an ex
ieri mental plant to be established in
vi inity. There id also a prospect
hat one of the long projected water
lower plants will become a reality
md that the neglected railroad will be
ehabllitated. In both instances de
velopment will have a widely extended
nfluenec of all forms of industry.
Both projects are largely a result of
levelopments of the present season,
tnd whatever effects develop will be
Jlrectly traceable to Influences arising
luring the summer. In a general sense
the season has not only been very j
fair, viewed from the standpoint of
immediate results, but bus also been
productive or effects that are bound to
nave a most wholesome and beneficial
influence on the future of the terri
tory. Although we are slow to rec
gtiize the facts, the majority of us
are due to be identified with the coun
try for years and the prospects of the
future are therefore as much a matter
of interest as are those of the present
hence we cannot but accept the dem
[ .mstrations of the present season as
I other than most hopeful auguries of
jour own future. In finally summing
m the results of the season one can
I not but admit that conditions have
oeeii fairly good from every point of
| \ ii w and that the prospect for the
future is excellently bright.
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interesting than any previous editions
and will contain many subjects other
than mining—In fact a magazine de
puting the entire peninsula. An in
creased edition will be published this
year and there will probably be enough
for all, but to Insure receiving your
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NOTES
tu'ivurd Gateway: Two insane men
wei-e brought over from Anchorage to
day. One was a white man who walk
ed nuked through the streets of An
chorage in broad daylight. The only
covering on him was a cloth around
the neck and a string around the
v\uist. but hanking to the string was
ii alarm clock.
i he story comes from the Koyukuk
ofthe death of U. S. Dickhurst, a pros
pector, who subsisted for three days
on beans straight, and then ate two
hearty meals within two hours. Dick
tiurat was born at Guiney, 111., and was
about 41 years old. He had worked at
j tiie Treadwell mine before going to the
| interior.
During the month of April the fol
lowing amounts of fresh tish, exclusive
of halibut were received at Seattle
limn Alaska: Salmon, 480,000 puunds;
, at. 0,700 pounds; rocked cod, 400
pounds; black cod, 1,600 pounds and
steelhead trout, 2,200 pounds. In ad
dition the halibut fleet during the same
period landed at Seattle 21,000 pounds
of black cod and 4,000 pounds of ling
cod.
A resolution demanding the en
foreeemtn of an eight-hour work day
and the employment of American cit
izens on all government work was
passed by the Seattle central labor
union recently. The union claims that
violation of the eight-hour work day
have been committed in the prepara
tory work being done by the Alaska
railroad commission and that foreign
ers have been given preference in em
ployment at the Bremerton navy yard.
< *re and concentrate shipments from
the Kenneeott company's mines total
ed over ‘.<,000 tons in July. Most of
this came from the Bonanza mine,
some of which was 70 per cent ore,
the remainder being concentrate. The
Jumbo produces 50 per cent smelting
ore, and 10 per cent concentrating
ore. The Beatson on Batouche island
contributes to the output. The yield
of the properties this year will be
about 70,000,000 pound. The cost Is
said to be below 5c per pound.
The Treadwell 240-stamp mill
started using water power on August
10, the first time for nearly two
months, tin August 12, the material on
which the Alaska Gastineau company's
wharf at Thane was built, slipped and
carried away about 10,000 <juare feet
of the wharf. Damage is about $5,000.
At the end of the wharf there is 30
feet more water than before the acci
dent. The structure will be rebuilt.
Storms have been a nuisance lately.
Officials of steamship companies op
erating to Alaska ports, and cannery
men of the north, have been protesting
.igaint the action of the navy depart
ment in dismantling the government
wireless station at Unalga. About two
months ago, in the middle of the can
nery season, this station was aban
doned, navy department officers ex
plained that a more powerful station
would be erected on St. Paul island, in
Bering sea. With the closing of the
Unalga station the station at Kodiak
is burdened with all of the business
from Seward peninsula and the Aleu
tian islands of Western Alaska. The
large number of messages have caused
the Kodiak station to get from three
to four days behind in the handling
of wireless business eauisng great in
convenience to steamship lines, with
vesels plying to Nome, St. Michael,
Kotzebue sound and ports in western
Alaska.
A Fairbanks paper has the following:
The day of the grizzled stage driver.
Our Smaller Manufacturer |
sized dredges of light power
with buckets drills capable
from V/g foot of sinking 5 In.
capacity to 5 holes 50 feet
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AMERICAN DREDGE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
503-504 PIONEER BLDO P. PERNARC Manftr,p. BATTLE WASH
the hero of so many trips over the
long 100 miles trail between the coast
und interior, is coming to a close. In
I his place " ill come a more dapper and
debonair individual, wearing gauntlet
! gloves and smoking cigarettes—the*
chauffeur. \ ulney Richmond, super
intendent in Alaska for the Northern
Commercial Company, announced that
his company, which holds the United
States winter mail contract from the
coast to tile interior, has decided to
replace the horse stages with auto- j
mobiles. Since 1903, when the first
stake ran over the rough trails be
tween Fairbanks and Valdez, the stage
drivers have been among the most
picturesque figure sof Alaskan winter
life, in all kinds of weather, across
mountain ranges and through over
flows, they have taken the mail, ex
press and passengers. Sometimes they
have saved the lives of marooned
mushers on the trails. Mr. Richmond
announced that the automobiles will
come in this fail, for use during the
winter. Horses will he kept near the
summit in case any emergencies come
up.
Harvest season is at hand in Fair
banks and the farmers are startling to
harvest their crop. This morning P.
.1 Rickert may be seen in his oat Held,
with a real farmer's straw bat on. and
mounted upon his binder, which he
will have working. This year, the oat
i, p throughout the whole Fairbanks
district has been good and Mr. Rickert
says that he will get more oats per
icie than ever before. Owing to the
avy raina and the warm days, the |
rops have ripened well. There are
but two binders in the country, R. E.
ooley owning one, while the other is
wiled by P. J. Rickert. Anyone wish
ing to get pictures of a binder at work
in an Alaskan field may do so today
it the Rickert farm.—Times.
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