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facifio News Ssrvlos, Wash. Buraau.
WASHINGTON.—The origin and
il e natural distribution of the $300,
000,000 of gold that has been mined
from the Tertiary placer grav
els of the Sierra. Nevada, Californio,
iis the subject of a report by Walde
mai Ldndgi"n, which has Jii**’’ b<-eu
p..t>Mshed by the United State? Geo
logical Survey. The natural cause of
the steady decrease in the gold pro
duction of California which up to the
seventies of the last century annuclly
ran high into the millions until at
present the yearly output is less than
$1,000,000 is explained in the report.
In the main the report is a detailed
description of the entire area covered
Including the gold placer gravels, but
Mr Lindgren's general account of the
I tremendous earth forces that built up
Lihp Sierra and of the processes that
.reed the gold from its mother rock
and brought about its concentration
,n prehistoric river channels formed
altogether a most Impressive descrip
tion of a continent building.
Looking backward through incon
ceivable vistas of time in which per
iods covering millions of years sup
plant the centuries by which we now
c<mpute its passage, the geologist
pictures the uplift of a new-horn
mountain range by upward forced
great bodies of molten granite. This
uplift was accompanied or cloudy
fc Mowed by the formation of veins
und seems of gold-bearing quartz and
the resulting high land was then plan
ed down by the erosion caused by
rainfall and thr action of streams of
water.
tracing the long course of this early
3tory, the geologist now finds that
f 'Wards the i ml of what Is known as
Tertiary t me—a comparatively re
cent geologic period—volcunic forces
tiiut had it r.g been quiescent vigor ius
ly reassei ted themelves. Flows of
ihyolite.u volcanic rock, pouring from
many ciatci •>, filled valleys that were
covered with gold-bearing gravel,
deeply Inning the gold and causing
the formation of new stream courses.
The geologic events thus outlined
long preceded the period of human
history in which these metal deposits
■were mined, In 1849 an army of
gnld seekers invaded the Sierra. They
wrrked first along the present streams
but gradually the metal was traced
to the old Tertiary river beds on
the summits of the ridges and to the
quartz veins, the primary source of
all the gold In the Sierra Nevada,
j The total output of gold In Califor.
nia iis estimated at $1,200,000,000 to
$1,500,000,000, about one-fiflh of which
has been derived from quartz veins,
$‘’00,000,000 from the Tertiary gravels
and the remainder from the Quater
nary deposits. The decline in produe
I lion for the last thirty years has been
due to the prohibition of hydraulic
mining and the exhaustion of richer
channels suitable for drift mining.
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ALASKA NOTES
There are 138 children of school
age in Kenul..
On October 31 the thermometer at
Anchorage registered 16 degress be
low aero.
Mrs. George Winston of Ketchikan
fell on the wet sidewalk recently and
broke both wrists.
The Camp Fire Girls of Ketchikan
were hostesses recently at one of the
prettiest and most pleasing dancing
parties given them.
Intense cold weather has been re
ported in the interior, the mercury
reaching 60 below zero at Richardson
and McCarty.
The closing of navigation on the
Yukon left 62 sucks of Fairbanks
mail at Circle which had to' be trans
ported from that place to Its destina
tion overland.
John Kennedy, the popular mi ea
ger of Will Ciuyson's store at Skag
wuy, has purclmsed the business from
Mr. Cluyson und will take possoss on
on January 1.
The Japanese residents of Cordova,
alout 40 in all, celebrated the anni
versary of the birth of the Japanese
emperor on October 31, with appro
priate exercises.
Indications are that Tolovana will
make one of the largest camps In the
Interior. The present season has been
a very successful one, and has dem
onstrated that the pay ground Is ex
tensive.
The Douglas Dramatic club Is re
hearsing the play, "The HeaVt of the
Shamrock,” which they will present
soon for the benefit of the Douglas
Fire Department.
Jullua Gius, one of the prominent
operators on Pedro creek, In the Fair
banks country, has sold out his In
terests and will leave soon for tho
States, where ho will make his home
in the future. ,
Options have been taken and a
townslte laid out for a deal which
will Involve $1,000,000 In case It
goes through and will take In the
whole of the Rainy Hollow properties
not far from Haines.
The caBe of R. H. Virch, a member
of the llaincs city council, charged
with touring down a fence, which has
been before the court at Juneau for
some time, was decided against the
defendant, and he was lined the suni
of $26.
Captain \V. C. Bibrell of the light
house service, who was recently
married in California, has returned
, from tiis honeymoon trip, and tho
nappy couple have taken up their
\ residence in Ketchikan, where the
! captain's headquarters are.
j An annual linen 3hower given by
the* ladies of Juneau to the St. Ann
hospital of that place, was held re
cently. The institution was the recip
ient of a large supply of towels, pil
low cases, sheets, bed spreads and
other necessities.
The Anchorage Times pays a trib
ute to Capt. A. E. Luthrop for his
part in securing the new lot for tho
Habor Hall now being erected at An
chorage to replace the one burned.
Thp Captain is credited with having
donated a lot to the union which cost
hllm $3,600.
| Gustav Vos, 28 years of age, an
i employe engaged in work of con
; structlng the Alaska Gastineau mill
near Juneau, was instantly killed re
cently when a number of steel plates,
which were being drawn up the tram
on a car slipped and fell upon him.
His back was broken, his chest badly
crushed, and he was otherwise in
i
jured. When taken from beneath
the plates life was extinct.
O. C. Palmer of tho Wrangel Eight
plant is building a scow which will
be used as a fuel oil carrier for the
plane The scow will be 35 feet long
16 feet wide and four feet deep and
will receive the oil direct from the
boats.
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During tho past summer excellent
prospects have been found on Nolan,
Eureka, Porcupine, Mnrlon and Slate
creeks, in the Koyukuk district, and
some of the prospectors have taken
out considerably better than wages
while prospecting their ground.
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CARTAGE COSTS MORE
TO DELIVER FROM
GROCERY THAN FARM
Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON.—Pointing out that
cartage and hauling Is a very big ex
pense, larger than is commonly sup
posed, in the cost of distribution of
goods, Secretary Hcdficld has inn
slructed Director Rogers of the census
bureau to take a census in Romo town
lo obtain cost figures. Some repre
sentative town will bo taken, but it is
not known where it will be.
Some surprising results will be
shown, In the opinioon of the seere
tary of commerce, for people do not
realize what a big item the cost of
cartage figures up In the final cost
of products. There always Is much
talk of the high cost of freights, but
nothing is said about the co3t of
hauling, whereas it is higher propor
tionately than the cost of freight. For
Instance, he said, it will cost more to
deliver n peck of potatoes from a cor
ner grocery than It cost to bring the
same product 500 miles from a point
of origin.
NATIVE CHINESE
BANK ADOPTS
ADVANCED METHODS
! Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON.—A recently ei
j tablished native bank In Shanghai
has made the new departure, for a
j Chinese banking institution, of issu
I mg half yearly reports prepared in
foreign style and having them audit
i ed by a firm of British accountants,
! according to American Commercial
Attache Arnold, at Peking.
The bank is a small one, but Is
paying dividends at the rate of 5 per
1 cent per annum, the report 3tates. In
the past It tuts been largely the lack
of such statements on the part of na
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tive banks or of any safeguards in
the way of auditing thut has pre
vented even the large native Institu
tions from taking any considerable
part in the financing of foreign trade,
the consul reports.
If the precedent now 3et Is followed
It may mean the beginning of a
! process whereby the Chinese bnnks,
like the great Japanese institutions,
will begin to take part In the flnan
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NEW DESIGNS FOR
HALVES AND QUARTERS;
WILL ISSUE SOON
Pacific New3 Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON.—New designs
; have been adopted for the 25 cent
piece and the half dollar, both of
which will shortly be ready for re
lease through subtreasuries, It whs
. learned today at the Treasury De
partment, following the recent new
dimes being put Into circulation.
The changes were made In conform
ity with a statute providing that the
j designs of coins may be changed
: every twenty-five years. The coinage
of the dimes, quarters and half dol
I lars which have been In use twenty
five years ha3 alread been discontln
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