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The Ever-Changing Skyscapes
By HAROLD SALISBURY
Some regions and localities exist within our land
That glow in splendor with their charms and boast a beauty grand,
Diffusing deft delights within the stateliness of trees
And broadcasting a loveliness in river rhapsodies,
Dispersing fond enchantment in the Summer, Spring and Fall
Of certain kinds of rapture,- like a splashing waterfall!
And there’s a land that’s barren of such waterfalls and trees,
- Barren of the beauty found in mountain symphonies,
- Barren of lush gardens that exhale soft fragrances,
- Barren of the flowers that adorn these premises,
It lies there,- stark and open in its nude reality
As frankly unpretentious as God wanted it to be !
For roses, although lovely, are quite ordinary charms
And shrubbery and foliage go hand in hand with farms,
But where the Arctic vastness is too boundless to surmise
God has bequeathed a beauty in proportion to its size !
And although fuchias may be few,- there blossoms in the skies
More tender tints and sacred shades than a garden ever eyes !
The ever-changing skyscapes in the ever-changing skies
With subtleties of harmonies enchant beholding eyes,
In loveliness,- so luminous,- their sweetness, as it flies,
Invades the soul with holiness,- these raptures of the skies !
And with the spirit leave their joy, for humble hearts to laud.
As eyes, on ever-changing skies, are mutely drawn to God.
Look South in stern Mid-Winter when the sun is bursting free
Between rich folds of gold-splashed clouds above the Bering Sea,
Or North, to view reflections that re-echo color schemes
And paint the pale sky-streaks and clouds in pulsing pastel themes,
We may be void of violets,- but with Celestial Wine
We quaff the vintage of the skies in ecstasies divine !
Look West at the magnificence of coastline,- and the vast
And icy panorama with its power unsurpassed,
The glistening Floor of Winter ! that reflects the tint-strewn sky
With which it tosses back and forth the tones that herein lie,
And stalwart old Sledge Island,- lying stark, austere and proud,
- The Coffin of the Summer,- draped in blue-gray silver shroud -
Look Eastward at the ivory moon that greets the white-washed world
In early afternoon, when Night’s dark tresses are unfurled,
He moves in silent splendor and his broad and generous glow
Translates all to a fairyland of white and purple snow,
And in the North,- and after he has spent the long night out,
He sets,- in morning’s mystic gray, when folks first stir about,
And on a clear, cold night behold the Queen of Skyscapes made,
- The Northern Lights ’gainst ebon skies in glowing escapade,
- The pulsing, throbbing brilliances of magic mist and shade
In scintillating sequences that glow,- apd gleam,- and fade,
- The swing and sweep of color in Celestial cavalcade,
The supreme presentation in Heaven’s heart-beat tones arrayed !
Uncapturable the tenderness,- except with eager eyes,
Unfathomable the majesty,- howe’er a mortal tries,
Uncopyable the symphonies,- of mystic tones and tints,
Undescribable the glory whose delight all souls convince,
Unheralded,- unciphered,- here God’s utmost beauty lies
For Disciples of the Splendid,- painted on the changing skies !
The ever-changing skyscapes in the ever-changing skies
With subtleties of harmonies enchant beholding eyes,
In loveliness,- so luminous,- their sweetness, as it flies,
Invades the soul with holiness,- these raptures of the skies !
And on the spirit leave their joy, for humble hearts to laud
As eyes, on ever-changing skies are mutely drawn to God.
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EXCERPT FROM THE
DEPT. OF MINES
BULLETIN, FEB., 1955
PROSPECTING EQUIPMENT
A Swedish gasoline-powered
portable rock drill of the jack
hammer type was developed in
1950 and appears to be doing well.
- It is known as the “Pionjar”
drill and is handled by V. R. Shil
han, 30 Evelyn Ave., Toronto 9,
Ontario. The drill weighs 86
pounds and is powered with a
6-hp engine.
Its drilling speed in medium
hard granite is reported to be 16
inches per minute with a bit di
ameter of 1.06 inches, and 10 inch
es per minute with a bit of 1.34
inches in diameter. Its drilling
depth is guaranteed to be 13 feet
in granite.
Fuel consumption is reported to
be 0.086 pints per drilled foot. An
exhause hose can be fitted to the
drill to carry the exhaust away
from the working place if desired.
An unusual and desirable fea
ture is a grinding attachment that
is operated by the drill to sharpen
the tungsten carbide bits.
HOPE MINING BILL
Rep. Hope <R-Kan> has reintro
duced his bill <H.R. 110 in Con
gress which contains a number of
measures in which Alaskan min
ers should be interested. The bill
pertains only to national forest
lands, and is being pushed by the
U.S. Dept, of Agriculture.
One of its provisions would:
Allow the locator of a mining
claim “to occupy and use so much
of the surface of the land covered
by the location as may be reason
ably necessary,” but he would
not acquire title to timber “now
or hereafter growing thereon.”
The locator would be permitted to
use the timber in the develop
ment and operation of a mine un
til the U.S. disposed of the timber.
TUNGSTEN
Tungsten is one of the impor
tant ferroalloy metals, which are
used in the manufacture of steel.
Its chief use is as a hardening
| agent in high-speed tool steel,
i A common, but much smaller
use is in electric light filaments,
and a use that is on the increase is
that of core material in armor
piercing projectiles.
In view of the unsettled world
STATE OF NEW YORK, SUPREME
COURT, BROOME COUNTY.
VERA CLEVELAND, Plaintiff,
vs.
LOUIS H. BUCKLAND, Defendant.
Pliantiff designates Broome County as
the place of trial. Plaintiff resides in
Broome County.
To the above named Defendant:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to
answer the complaint in this action, and
to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the
complaint is not served with this sum
mons, to serve a notice of appearance,
on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty
days after the service of this summons,
exclusive of the day of service; and in
case of your failure to appear, or answer,
judgment will be taken against you by
default, for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
Dated. December 22, 1954.
BERNSTEIN k GITLITZ
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Office & P.O. Address
604 O’Neil Building
Binghamton. New York
To the Defendant, Louis H. Buckland:
The foregoing summons Is served upon
you by publication, pursuant to an order
of Hon. Daniel J. McAvoy, a justice of
the Supreme Court of the State of New
York, dated the 17th day of January,
1955, and filed with the complaint in the
office of the Clerk of the County of
Broome, at the County Court House, in
the City of Binghamton. Broome County,
State of New York.
Dated: Binghamton, New York
January 17th, 1955.
BERNSTEIN k GITLITZ
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Office k P.O. Address
604 O’Neil Building
Binghamton, New York
Pub. Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, Mar. 7 1»55
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conditions, many of these sources
might be cut off rather quickly.
U.S. consumption at present is
something on the order of 8 mil
lion pounds of concentrates.
In 1953, controls were released
from tungsten which had been in
short supply until then, at which
time domestic production in
creased 20 percent and world'
prices dropped 60 percent. A gov
ernment price support program is
now in effect which places a floor
price of $63 per unit on tungsten
concentrates under certain condi
tions, but the foreign price at
present it $25 to $28 per unit for
concentrates containing $65 per
cent or more of tungsten trioxide.
A unit is one percent in a ton, or
20 pounds of contained Wo3. The
General Services Administration
has purchase depots for tungsten
in the States but shipments to
them must be of a minimum ton
nage.
The principal minerals of tung
sten found in Alaska are scheelite
and woldframite, with scheelite
the most abundant. Scheelite is
calcium tungstate and is a light
colored mineral difficult to dis
tinguish from the quartz or lime
stone in which it may occur. It
can be easily identified with a
mineralight under which it fluo
resces with a bright blue-white
color. It' is much heavier than
quart? or limestone and can be
separated from lighter minerals
by panning. Wolframite is iron
manganese tungstate and is brown
in color.
Tungsten is most likely to be
found at or near a granitic con
tact, the tungsten minerals ex
tending out into the rocks, such as
limestone, schist, and slate, that
are in contact with the granite
type intrusive. Limestone is par
ticularly favorable. In prospect
ing, the light colored minerals
found in the vicinity of such con
tacts should be carefully checked
because scheelite can be easily
missed as a result of its similarity
to quartz. Tungsten is found thru
out the territory in nearly all dis
tricts, and is particularly abun
dant, mostly in small deposits in
the Fairbanks District, Seward
Peninsula, Willow Creek District
and Southeast Alaska. It is found
in many placer concentrates, but
has been saved and sold lately by
only one placer miner to the best
of T D M’s knowledge: Russell
Schaefer, mining in the Aniak
District. Lode production has been
largely from the Stepovich prop
erty in the Fairbanks District and
the Riverside Mine in the Hyder
District.
Tibet is almost twice as large
as Texas.
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