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NOME, ALASKA, OCT. 7, 1916.
1 ue turner i'roaLs are again de
stuuing on the lanu reminding us that
uie periuu ot our liveliest activities
ic. rust urawlng to a close. Within
IBs tiiitit a month we will he again
buui oil by ourselves by the far reach
ing carriers of snow and ice. In look
ing back over the present season with
us development and results one can
not but be impressed with the view
that Nome has made a long advance.
Within the brief season now drawing
to a close we learned much and also
accomplished much and have wit
nessed several developments which
contain considerable promise for the
future. True we have not broken any
records in a mining way and the sea
sonal output will probably be con
siderably. below that of last year. This
Is not due to any absence of resource,
however, but can be laid almost en
tirely to that greatest of all our local
drawbacks, the lack of water. In this
respect the present season has been
one of the poorest of years. An ad
ditional factor in curtailing the out
put is due to the closing down of sev
eral dredges owing to a lack of avail
able ground. The remainder have had,
almost without exception, very suc
cessful seasons. Particularly is this
true of the new machines installed
of which there -were three. All have
done exceptionally well during th#
brief working period after construc
tion was completed. Put, the dredges
are almost nloiu in this prosperity.
Open cut mining has languished and,
generally considered, was far from
being up to the average with respect
to the amount of ground handled and
the number of days of operation.
•Many of the miners state, with ref
erence to their own activities, that
they have been ablo to accomplish
but a fractional part of the usual sea
sonal labor and in several instances
have complained that the working
time and yardage mined were nearly
thirty per cent less than for several
years past. All this has been nothing
short of a blow to the industrial life
J of the district and has been felt In
| every line of endeavor owing to the
close association of all industries with
I the primary one of mining. The
merchant is no less dependent on the
success of mining that the laborer
and the operator owing to the ali
enee of any other source of produc
tion, and a curtailment of mining op
erations means nothing less than eut
tr.g off a portion of the revenues of
every one in the district.
Still, despite the fact that we have
an suaereU more or less as a result
v, me uiuo, couate absence of the
necessary water outing tne mining
seasou, we nave tuucn reason to con
tra! unite ourseives tor other ueveiop
nieiits which wm In tune greatly leim
to render us legs liable to the vagar
ies of nature through the creation of
industries which are not dependent
on the weather gods for success. The
most outstanding of these prospective
factors lu our future prosperity lies
in the great interest digpiayed in
, quartz development. There has been
an apparent inclination to consider
the possibilities in this line with far
more optimism than has been dis
eased for many years, and every
i.idicaiion points to an increasing de
velopment in the immediate future.
Antimony mining, has received an
impetus through the excessive de
maud created by the war and there
:s every reaaon to believe that this
industry has become a permanent
idle. Tin mining nas made no par
iicuiur progress rui vanous reasons
none oi which ale cnaigeabie to a
iuck ot mining possibulies. There
,g plenty uf ttie uuueiai in commercial
quantities and the present suspension
•a in no degree an uidicuuou that this
industry is lacking in some vital re
spect. wu me contrary tue tulure oi
tin mining Is practically assured anu
will probably become the most proin
.nent industry of the peninsula De
rate many years have passed. Copper
has received a boost and copper ore
is at present being extracted In con
querable quantity in the fort Clar
ence section ready for shipment while
the owners of the property have every
issurauce that their property will be
mined to full capacity within a year
or two. wuartz ot every character has
been investigated wiwth an ey to im
mediate development by men who
have come to the country with no
■ther purpoge in view which is ample
indication that we may expect some
thing in the way of development as a
result. There have also been a num
• r of developments aside from min
ing which should in time add to the
general well being of the district. One
of these is the harbor project which
ids fair to become a reality within
a year or two, and the other is con
tained in the really excellent prospect
that the waters of Salmon lake will
lie harnessed during the coming year,
lloth prospects are potential of im
mense benefit to the district. Every
indication points to a general rejuv
enation in many lines all of which
will relieve us from many of the diffi
culties of the present and give us
added benefits in the future. There
are also many indications that Nome
is waking up to the many opportun
ities of development aside from min
ing.
The fishing possibilities are receiv
ing recognition and the establishment
of several other minor industries are
projects now under discussion. The
fact that such matters are being
thought over seriously is In itself an
excellent augury that some beneficial
development will result. There are
multitudinous resources In the great
land Just behind us but their develop
ment Is dependant solely upon our
activity. If we remain apathetic or
regardless, as was unfortunately the
rasp In past years, wo can expect but
little, as suoces is not the result of
Indolence but of hustling achievement.
ALASKAMTES
Jim Ktaklmstl, a Japanese, was shot
and seriously injured by an assassin
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at Juneau, Monday. No cause la known
for the deed.
The streets of Fairbanks are being
graveled and otherwise Improved.
Forest tires are reported raging In
the vicinity of Fish lake, one at each
end.
The Chichagof mines wer« closed
five days last week for the Installa
tion of improved electrical machinery.
Gov. Strong has announced his in
tention of going for a hunting trip In
toe vicinity of Seward, In October.
Recent rains In the Tolovana coun
try hnve caused a resumption of min
ing operations, which had been held
tip by dry weather.
'William D Wallace, known to all
Alaskans by the eognoman of "Scot
ty," was recently lined in Juneau for
the alleged cutting of a tent owned by
one Jerry Poole
Victor Hefdeman, an old timer, died
at St. Ann’s hospital in Juneau last
v • ek. from quick consumption. He
hod traveled every trial in Alaska.
P. V. K. Ivory, a magazine illustra
tor, accompanied by his wife, recently
paid Dawson a visit. They are from
Wilmington, Del.
Juneau bunkers have decided that
they will uul attend the meeting of the
wnerlcan Bankers Association, which
convenes in Seattle during the tlrst
part of September.
Ten thousand tuns of ore every
. weniy-four bouts will be crushed and
the gold extracted at Thane, beginning
December 1. Broken ore reserves esti
mated ul 2,500,00(1 tons will also be
< stublished.
J. t . itoss, one of the oldest pioneers
ot the Fairbanks region, left for the
states lust week, where he will pick up
an old partner, Chris Nelson, and make
i tour of the states.
All’s. Bee, the Indian wife of a Chi
naman living at Hot Springs, commit- j
ted suicide by shouting herself with u i
22-caliber rifle.
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Patrick T. Kelley, a resident of thi i
ortlt since 1898, has been declared
insane at Idltarod, and was taken to
the Mornlngside asylum last month
lie was prominent in mining circles
•• the territory and at one time was
quite wealthy.
By order of the commissioner of
the general land office, the Chena
townsite application has been denied
and the holders of the lower river
town are only squatters. This action
however, does not deprive the Chena
people from applying for a townsite
at future times.
Airs. Henry Wilcox, of Harper
Springs, Mich., has requested the
press of Alaska to try to locate her
son, Albert Burton Peterson, usually
called “Burt.” He was last heard
trom in 1908, whei^ he wrote from
Cordova saying he was going up the
Copper river.
Father Duncan has lost his Indian
village at Meelakahela, the govern
ment taking charge last week. The !
property had been in dispute between
the priest and the natives for some
time, when the government stepped
in. Father Duncan was allowed to
keep only his personal effects and the
natives got the balance.
VV. F. Eckhert, un Alaskan, Is held
prisoner by the Germans, he having
been taken with the steamer Port
land, on which ship he was first offi
cer. when that vessel was captured
recently. He is a brother-in-law of
Lome McAllister, customs inspector
at the Summit, and his mother re
sides in Fairbanks.
The Flfteenmile relief cabin on
the Totatlonlka river was recently
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Our Smaller
sized dredges <
with buckets
from V/2 foot ;
capacity to 5
foot capacity,
lead all others.
We design,
build, Install
and operate for
a period of 30 jj
days.
Dredges de
signed and
built to suit
conditions
under which jj
they are to
operate
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of light powor
drill* capable
of sinking 8 in.
hole* 50 feet
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Our special
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saving devices
installed on
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| destroyed by fire, according to reports
Prom miners in that district. Travel-,
.•M are warned that they must take a
' camping out fit with them, as there
no otlier relief station untH tho 35
| mile post Is reached.
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1 While traveling from iron creek to
Skagway, Hoert Cox, a prospector,
found a bottle in a pile of driftwood
! on the shores of Lake Lebarge. con
taining tho names of ten Whitehorse
plcknlckers. The bottle had been con
signed to the Whitehorse Rapids, says
the Whitehorse Star.
rive young Californians, who have
been prospecting on Iron creek, a
tributary of the Nasutltn river, emp
tying into Lake Teslin, arrived In
Skagway on the 25th. They left for
the states, but will return In'the spring
with a big outfit and machinery to
develop their properties on Iron creek.
According to the statement of the
consulting engineer of the Alaska
Juneau Gold Mining Company $2,600,
000 will be spent In making the prop
erty one of the biggest producers in
Alaskn. One million dollars will be
spent in developing the ore bodies,
one million on the plant for reducing
the ore. and $500,000 for a power
plant.
Only a few short days ago fresh
| meat was running short ort Mike Hess |
j creek, says an exchange, and pros- ,
pectors were changing their menu
cards to read "bacon and beans
straight.” when a couple of accom
modating moose made their appear
ance at the rear door of C. H. John
son's capin and wer killed, it being
open season.
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