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CLINTON GRAY .•,. Production Manager
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
REVALUATION IN MINING REPORT
Anchorage Daily News
A change in Alaska’s mineral complexion was very
evident in the latest report of the commissioner, of
mines for the territory.
No longer is the color of Alaska chief mineral yel
low. Instead it is changed to a lustrous and shiny black.
It is true that gold still leads in money value of
minerals produced in Alaska, but coal is running it a
close second and may someday surpass gold, which at
one time made Alaska the most famous land in the
world.
The commissioner of mines, in his report for the
past biennium listed the value of gold produced in 1952
at $8,169,000. He did not give the value of coal pro
duced in Alaska for ’52, but listed the tonnage mined
at 648,000. This, he said, was a 35 per cent increase
over the previous year. Since the value in 1951 was
approximately three and three-quarters million dollars,
some quick mental calculations places the value of last
year’s coal crop at close to five million dollars. And
the demand for this new “black gold” is growing year
ly. It is estimated that by 1954 the call for coal will be
954,000 tons- ✓
This news is not hard to take. The commissioner’s
figures indicate that Alaska now has valuable basic
industry of which it has had only too few.
But what of the gold mining industry? Can it be
brought back to its glorious days of the early century?
Despite its decline since its heyday of 1916, when
it employed 8,250 people, the gold mining industry is
still the heaviest employer in the basic industry field
in Alaska. Last season when production was at the
lowest ebb with the exception oLthe war years, Alaska
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lode and placer mines employed 1500 persons as against
400 for coal mines.
This valuable industry should not be allowed to
slip through our fingers. Can it be brought back?
Mr. Holdsworth, the commissioner of mines, thinks
so and by these methods: 1—Incite the curiousity of
economically minded prospectors by subsidizing and
underwriting them with money, food and supplies.
2—Initiate worthwhile incentive to investment of cap
ital to attract its interest in the territory’s mineral re
sources. This, specifically would be a tax incentive to
mining development, both old and new.
Canada is pointed to as the outstanding example
of a country bringing a dormant natural resource into
prominence. It has done it mostly by the double incen
tive method pointed out by Mr. Holdsworth.
And as he concludes: Alaska’s mineral resources
arp comparable to those of Canada. If it works in
Canada it should work in Alaska.
EASTER CHURCH
SERVICES
Communion Service
Community Methodist Church
Thursday evening, 8:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY SUNRISE
SERVICE AT SCHOOL GYM
A Community Sunrise Service
will be held in the High School
Auditorium on Easter Sunday
morning at 6:30 o'clock.
Members of each of the Protes
tant churches will participate in
the order of service. Special mu
sic will be rendered. The pastors
will conduct the worship and Rev.
R. C. Havens, Jr., will give the
message.
SPECIAL CATHOLIC SERVICES
HOLY THURSDAY — Mass at
7:30 a.m.. Holy Hour at 7:30 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY—Mass of Pre
sanclified at 7:30 a.m. Stations of
the Cross at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
MISSION COVENANT SERVICE
A Community Good Friday ser
vice will be held during the noon
hour at the Mission Covenant
Church on Front St.
The Protestant ministers will
each conduct a 10-minute period
of devotion from 12 noon until
1 o'clock, during which time spec
ial music will also be given.
All people are welcome to come
and leave at any time most con
venient during the hour.
It was formerly believed that
wool was a modified form of hair
but many students now believe
that wool is the simpler form and
that hair has developed from it.
Snakes have no eyelids or ex
ternal ears. »
McCarthy Asks Dulles To
Meet and Settle Question
Of Trade with Red China
WASHINGTON, UP) — Sen. Me- j
Carthy said Tuesday he has asked
Secretary of State Dulles to meet
with him to settle the controversy
over ways of cutting western
trade with Red China. McCarthy
said he’s sure he’ll get President
Eisenhower’s support if the Presi
dent “is given the facts.”
McCarthy clashed with Mutual
Security Director Harold E. Stas
sen Monday after Stassen said
agreements McCarthy’s Senate in
vestigations subcommittee signed
with Greek shipowners was “un
dermining” the administration’s
efforts to deal with the Red trade
problem.
At one point, McCarthy told
Stassen his subcommittee has “ac
complished what you and Dulles
couldn’t accomplish.”
He said too, that he would go
right on signing agreements with
shipowners unless it could be
proved he was hurting the XJ.S.
program. Stassen didn’t show this
was so, McCarthy said.
Tuesday McCarthy said he had
decided to take no further steps
until after meeting with Dulles.
He said the meeting would be at
Dulles’ convenience, both as to
time and place. There was no im
mediate comment from Dulles.
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NOTICE
All petitions circulated for can
didates for the City Council and
City Offices in this forthcoming
election, must be in the City
Clerk's office by 5:00 o'clock p.m.
April 1. 1953.
Carrie M. McLain.
City Clerk
Small But Strong
Atomic Device Set
Off In Nevada ‘
LAS VEGAS, UP> — An atomic
explosion, relatively weak as
judged by veteran observers here
but packing a strong wallop at
the Atomic Energy Commission’s
proving grounds 75 miles north
west, flared over the Nevada des
ert at 5 a.m. Tuesday.
The flash was less brilliant than
either of the two preceding shots
of the spring test series. The
usual fast-rising white cloud from
the blast, almost always seen
here, was not visible. And no
shock wave was felt here, also
unusual.
But the AEC reported the de
vice, touched off from a 300-foot
tower gave observers at the Yucca
Flat test site the most severe jolt
ing they’ve had this year.
Two strong shocks were felt,
and there were continuing rever
berations after the blast, the AEC
said.
The AEC did not describe the
device detonated Tuesday and
gave no explanation for the ef
fects noted in the control tower
and the lack of effects noted here.
The AEC has explained pre
viously, however, that explosion
effects, as felt at a given time
and place, are dependent on at
mospheric conditions of the mo
ment. Shock waves skip freak
ishly, sometimes hitting harder at
distant points.
There were no troops in fox
holes on the proving ground this
time.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
ATTENTION
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
Maundy Thursday exercises
will be held Thursday evening,
April 2, 7:00 p.m. at Masonic
Hall. Attendance obligatory.
Donald Lyle, Pres.
Mediator Seeks To End
Wildcat Railroad Strike
PITTSBURGH, UP\ — A federal
mediator sought Wednesday to
bring an early end to a railroad
strike which has forced closing
of four big U.S. Steel Co'rp. plants
in the Pittsburgh area and idled
some 35,000 steelworkers.
Warren Lane of the National
Mediation Board, armed with in
structions to do everything pos
sible to settle the walkout, ar
rived here from Washington and
opened exploration talks. There
was no immediate indication of
any progress.
About 1,500 members of the
Railroad Trainmen’s Brotherhood
struck the Union Railroad Com
pany Monday night over the sus
pension for 10 days of two con
ductors accused of leading a slow
down. Pickets soon idled 3,000
other railroad employes.
Search Under Way For
Two Elmendorf Jet Planes
ANCHORAGE, UP)—Search was
resumed Wednesday for two' Air
Force flyers who parachuted from
their F-94-B all-weather jet fight
er north of here Tuesday.
The missing men are a pilot and
radar observer. They had radioed
a distress call at 1:40 p.m. Tues
day saying they were abandoning
ship.
Air Force officials also were to
resume the search foT another jet
fighter plane which has failed to
return to its base. The plane—
also an F-94-B jet—was last re
ported about 40 miles north of
here.
The wreckage of the crashed
jet was spotted Tuesday some 82
miles northwest of here. No sign
of life was seen at the wreck
age. A helicopter from the 10th
Rescue Squadron at Elmendorf
landed at the scene and its crew
radioed the pilot and radar ob
server definitely had bailed out.
The colored dot on the forehead
worn by many women in India
is not a caste mark, being merely
a beauty spot which may change
color with the wearer’s clothes.
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