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FASHION HINT
For the past two years or more, the wooly-bears
have cried “Wolf,” sundry beasties have grown thick
winter coats and even the humble oyster, in waxing
fat, has deceived us . . . the winters remaining as open
as the face of pumpkin pie. Hence, this writer will
offer no predictions as to the severity of the seasons
to come . . . other than to remark that it’s about time.
We are prepared, however, for a ring-tailed peeler.
We have equipped ourselves with some of that new
anti-freeze underwear — both the oldfashioned, long
handled type for mushing when all transportation is
halted, and the chopped-off model for ordinary, mine
fun blizzards. And when we call it “anti-freeze” under
wear, that’s what we mean, because it’s made out of
Dynel, mixed with cotton, and Dynel is made out of
the same stuff as the Prestone you put in your radia
tor to keep it from freezing! Perhaps we should men
tion that it’s not only anti-freeze but non-itch too!
Equally remarkable is the fact that this weather
proof lingerie was originally developed, not for warmth
but to protect workers in the dangerous areas of the
Oak Ridge atomic energy plant from radio - active
emanations, and to provide a material that may be
easily decontaminated. The discovery that this stuff
keeps out Jack Frost too, will, we suspect, be a lot
more important to a lot more people.
And, of course, if you should be prospecting for
uranium in the far north, you can now be triply pro
tected — against goose-pimples, radiation and the
winter-longies itch. Little by little, science is getting
around to most everything.
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
Scientists report a mysterious decline in the bat
population. The question, then, is where did they go?
We’ve known for years where they came out of. And
fast too.
Young people do not have to copy the examples
of their parents, fortunately.
Sometimes we have an urge to throw a party
... a certain party.
When a man gets too old to set a bad example,
he starts giving good advice.
Review of Mining
Potentialities Of
Seward Peninsula
By HOWARD LYNG
Territorial Senator
Alaska’s Seward Peninsula or,
as it is commonly called, The
Nome Country, is the largest con
tinuously mineralized area on the
North American continent. This
land mass projects 200 miles from
the center of western Alaska, sep
arated only by the Bering Strait
from the Siberian mainland 56
miles away.
North and south this peninsula
is 140 miles across the broad por
tion, while the southern boundary
stretches 300 miles along the Ber
ing Sea coast and the shores of
Norton Sound. The northwest por
tion is bounded by the 150-mile
long Bering Strait and on the
northern perimeter by Kotzebue
Sound, an arm of the Arctic
Ocean.
Since the great gold rush of
1900, Seward Peninsula has been
noted for its production of gold,
running into many millions. Gold
is found in varying quantities in
every section of this vast area,
and its production is slowly re
covering from the lethal blow
given to the gold mining industry
when the War Production Board
in 1942 arbitrarily shut down gold
mining throughout the nation.
The planet Earth, on which we
live, is composed of 92 elements,
including 20 native metals, and of
these latter, many have been
found on Seward Peninsula, either
as native metals or in their min
eralized forms. These range from
gold, antimony,. iron, silver, lead,
graphite, mercury, platinum, tung
sten to uranium, tin and bismuth.
While as yet no concentrated
search for uranium has been in
stituted, several finds have been
made in the course of other pros
pecting. Placer tin has been
mined for many years, and the
only lode tin mine on the North
American continent is in opera
tion 75 air miles from Nome.
Thirty-five miles north and
west of Nome is located the only
native bismuth mine, not just on
the North American continent, but
in the entire world. Millions of
tons of iron ore lay a few miles
up the beach within sight of
Nome. An estimated million tons I
of graphite have been located
along the Tuksuk Channel in the
Imuruk Basin section of the Teller
district about 80 miles from Nome.
In addition to the untold miner
al wealth of this richly endowed
section of Northwest Alaska, sur
veys made over the years estimate
the hydroelectric potential of
Seward Peninsula to be in excess
of 250,000,000 kilowatt-hours of
firm energy each year.
Seward Peninsula has just two
recording and mining precincts:
1) the Cape Nome Mining and Re
cording Precinct, with headquar
ters at Nome and 2) the Fairhaven
Mining and Recording Precinct,
with headquarters at Candle up
on the Arctic Circle. The Nome
Recording Office embraces ap
proximately three-quarters of the
peninsula, the Candle office the
remainder.
The mining activities of the past
season in both of these districts
will be reviewed in future articles.
NOTICE
The ferries at Safety and Solo
mon will operate through Wed
nesday, October 21, after which
they will close down for the win
ter.
John Cooley, ARC
Seattle, Portland In Tug of
War Over Common Rates
'Continued from Page One)
Chamber of Commerce, echo’ed
Seattle demands but asked Ta
coma inclusion in briefs “to avert
misunderstandings.” Tacoma is
vitally interested in Alaska’s wel
fare, too, he said.
Adm. Gordon Rowe, president
of the Seattle Port Commission,
testified the city intends to ex
pand Seattle-Tacoma airport fa
cilities. He said Seattle has dem
onstrated it is the hub of Alaska
service.
Robert A. Baird, manager of
Sears-Roebucks’ Anchorage store,
told the hearing of 35,000 custom
er orders from Seattle, about 20
per cent by air. He said the firm
favors certification at present
strength.
Three delegates from the Nome
Chamber criticized the present
double carrier transportation to
Nome, and asked daily single car
rier service. They said costly de
lays result from double carrier
service.
Attorney Wendell Kay asked
each witness if a non-subsidized
carrier could be brought in at a
profit, would be approved. All
answered “Yes.” Kay represented
Air Transport Associates, a group
ordered by the CAB to halt Alas
ka service last spring.
Robert Maloney, representing
the Portland Chamber of Com
merce, said he was asking both
for the “common rating” with
Seattle between Portland and Al
aska and for direct airline routes
between the Oregon City and
Anchorage. Both would result in
a competitive market, which
would be healthy for Alaska’s ec
onomy, he declared.
CAVOTA'S STORE TO BE
MOVED NEXT SUNDAY
TO EAST-END LOCATION
The new concrete foundation
for Cavota’s Store, at the foot of
Steadman Ave., just east of the
M & M Bank, is now completed
and contractor Gillis says the
move will be made Sunday. Fred
Cavota says the store will be
open for business as usual, only
at the new location.
The new foundation, of water
proof concrete construction will
give Cavota’s Store a full base
ment for storage and furnace
room.
Six Million Surplus In
Alaska General Fund
JUNEAU, UP) — A surplus of
nearly six million dollars was in
Alaska’s General Fund at the end
of September.
Territorial Treasurer Henry Ro
den listed the exact figure at $5,
948,561. The net cash balance was
$11,529,601, but about 5Vfc million
of that total represents special
funds which are not available for
general operations of the territory.
N O T I C E
Bids will be accepted until the
2nd day of November, 1953, 2:00
p.m., on Lot 16, Block 30. Infor
mation as to size of lot can be
obtained at the City Clerk's office.
The undersigned reserves the
right to reject any and all bids
Lester D. Bronson Box 598
N O T I C E ~
Sales tax reports on retail sales
and services for the quarter end
ing September 30, 1953, must be
in the City Clerk's office by Octo
ber 30, 1953.
Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk
Publ. Oct. 21, 26 28, 1953.
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