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What is the truth about the Ruby camp?
That is the question heard on all sides in the Iditarod
today, and, as yet, no satisfactory answer has been forthcoming.
Reports have arrived from time to time by letter or telegram,
and also by those who have made a personal inspection of the camp;
but naturally these reports deal with the situation as it strikes the
investigators in connection with their own business. For example,
the miner at Ruby writes to bis friends here that while little has
been found the country “looks good,” and that he will stay with it
and do some prospecting. The merchant, on the other hand,
learns that the camp is a “frost”; that there is no “pay,” but only
prospects, and that he should on no account ship goods.
While these messages are traveling back and forth, several
hundreds—some say thousands—of people are in the neighborhood
of the new camp. Some are erecting buildings and opening
saloons and stores, and others are out in hills prospecting, but the
majority seem to be sitting around, waiting for something to turn
up, and wondering how in hades they’re going to get through the
winter.
Dave Mutchler, who returned to Iditarod Tuesday last, says
that while Ruby has merely prospects at present, he believes they
will have a proved camp by next spring. There is considerable
building activity, about twenty frame houses being already erected
with more in course of construction. At the present time there
are about 1,000 people in the camp. Mr. Mutchler does not pro
pose to return, but Jack Mutchler will put in the winter there.
Charley Erich, formerly marshal at Flat, also returned from
Ruby during the week While there he panned dirt from several
holes, getting only colors. He was refused permission to pan
in the vicinity of the reported pay- He says that the district is
“the same af Fairbanks in 1903.” That is not saying much.
All the would-be stampeders have to go upon at present are
the reported discoveries made by Fernander and Johnson on
Long creek, and Gil Edgar and Mike Laboski on Glen gulch, a
tributary of Flint. Fern under's ground is said to go from 75
cels to $1.20 to the foot; Edgar and Laboski claim 2 cents to $2.50
to the pan. That, apparently, is all there is to the camp at pres
ent, although, of course much more may be uncovered before
many weeks are over. Granting that such will prove to be the
case, and all hope it will, it may still be doubted if a stampede—es -
peeially a townsite stampede is justified.
Apart from the discoveries mentioned above, it should be re
membered that although Ruby is referred to as a “new” camp,
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such description is inaccurrate. Ruby is one of the oldest prospects
in Alaska, men having prospected in the region before Pedro made
his discovery in the Tanana. The district was stampeded during
the latter part of 1907; but although three boilers were on the
ground, the next nine months work resulted in less than $ 1,000
being taken out—principally from a claim upon which Ruby City
now stands. Prospecting was also done on the Solatna, but with
out results. By July. 1908, the camp was almost deserted. Fer
nander and Johnson have been prospecting in the district for
several years.
But when people make up their minds to stampede they’ll
stampede, and nothing in the heavens above or on earth beneath
will stop them.
According to the report of the United States Geological Sur
vey the bedrock of the hills in the Ruby district and and also of
the low mountains to the south comprises crystalline limestones,
garnet-mica schists, and mica-quartz schists with so line a grain
that they might be called slates. The bluff exposures show local
zones of shearing, with quartz stringers deposited along the frac
tures. These stringers are not believed to be very extensive, but
assays showed good values. All of these rocks have been con
siderably changed from their original form by metamorphosism,
hut not sufficiently to obliterate their sedimentary origin and ar
rangement. The formation is generally similar to that which
occupies large areas of the mineral belt between the Yukon and
the Tanana, 200 miles east of Ruby.
The rocks of the district have been intruded to some extent by
dikes of igneous rock. These dikes are of diabasic and aranitic
types.
The alluvial deposits that fill the bottoms of the valleys are
moderate in amount and thickness and appear to be the gradual
accumulation produced by the meager drainage. The rounded
form of the hills and mountains suggest that the present aspect of
the country is the result of a long period of erosion.
Tne layers of fine wash material which are found on bedrock,
are not extensive, nor they very thick. They carry most of the
gold, which is in the form of fine, flaky, light particles, not as
large as birdshot. Owing to this fineness it is hard to save all the
gold in the sluice-boxes.
REST AT EVENING
The day is long and trying, and
heavy is the heat; and often I am
sighing, while dragging weary feet.
The sun is burning o’er me; there
is no grateful shade, the rows stretch
out before me, and I must hoe and
spade. Hut when the sun lias wend
ed his pathway to the west, iny
weary toil is ended, and evening
brings me rest. Then comes the
kind word spoken by loved ones at
the door; then comes the sleep un
broken, until the night iso’er; then
comes the tuneful passage of restful
twilight hours; then comes the mys
tic message of winds among flowers.
The day may treat me meanly, and
rob my life of zest; but evening
comes serenely, and evenings bring
me rest. And life is but a longer,
sadder summer day; the weary heat
is stronger, and rockier the way;
the watchword is “Endeavor.” and
till the day is done the laborer may
never escape the glaring sun. And
thus the harsh world grinds him
against its rugged breast, till star
lit. evening brings him rest.—Walt
Mason.
Physical Body's Aura
Pronounced a Fake
Recent demonstrations in Chicago, at
which it has been claimed the aura
from the human body was made visible,
are branded as “not worthy of investi
gation” by the Journal of the American
Medical Association.
The spectators were prepared for the
demonstrations. Etch person was pro
vided with a double glass slide filled
with a blue fluid. E tch looked through
this for five minutes to “saturate the
eyes with rays.” The room was then
darkened and the model brought out.
Those present were given another slide
containing a weaker solution of the
fluid.
The demonstrator then announced
that a band of light emanating from
the body would he seen close to the
skin and extending outward eight or
ten inches. The Journal states that
the phenomena said to be observed can
be accounted for in two ways—by self
deception, or by optical illusions, well
known in physics, and can easily be
demonstrated on inanimate objects such
as books.
Otto Partridge Strikes It Rich
The many friends of Otto Partridge,
of near Carcross, who is mining in Brit
ish Columbia in the Taku country,
which is reached by steamer from Car
cioss or Atlin. will rejoice with him
over having struck a new ledge in his
mine which assays in gold and silver to
the value of $230 to the ton. Mr. Part
ridge is working a force of twenty-one
men and will continue indefinitely. The
property is one of the most promising
in the country so far as developed.—
Whitehorse Star.
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Some three weeks ago it became
the Pioneer's duty to put into cold
type the story of the untimely but
apparently certain takingoff of Toni
Steffensen, former organizer for the
Western Federation of Miners at
Fairbanks. The taking off was
supposed to have been done through
the agency of a Tatiana river
sweeper about the 12th of June,
while Steffensen was navigating
a raft against the advice of Dad
Martin.
The story was treated at length,
for the Tanana seldom gives up its
dead, and at the moment it looked
like the chances of making good
copy out of poor old Tom were
nearing a close. Before the paper
could be put to press, however, it
was defi litely and positively ascer
tained that Steffenseu was very
much alive in the Troublesome
j country, between the Tanana and
| ' he Yukon. The story was ncc :d
| ingly remade and its funereal as
! pects transformed into a morc
cheerful composition.
Now it is pleasant to be able to
set Mr. Steffenseu right before the
world yet one time more. Comes
to hand the Fairbanks News-Miner
and quotes Herman Barthel, who
had been here, as saying Steffenseu
is in the Iditarod "and can be
found at any time hanging around
the Miners’ Home saloon.” The
Pioneer’s sleuth can get no evi
.lence of the man in question being
here at all, and believes he was in
the troublesome Troublesome dis
trict at the time Mr. Barthel said
to the contrary.
Tom McMahon, the Flat City mer
chant, was a visitor in Iditarod during
the week.
Dave Mutchlear returned from Ruby
Tuesday.
Dr. I. H. Moore left for Ruby Sun
day last.
Jos. H. Smith, the gun store man,
started for Fairbanks last Wednesday
on a business errand. He will return
before the close of navigation.
Mrs. O'Brien left to join her daugh
ter at Fairbanks during the week.
Mrs. Walter Riley, accompanied by
“Shy” Riley, left for Seattle yesterday
morning, where site will spend the
winter with relatives. Walter Riley
will probably go out over tlie Seward
trail after the freezeup.
Andrew Nerland, of Anderson Bros
& Nerland, arrived from Fairbanks
Tuesday and will remain indefinitely.
The Tana brought a few letters from
Ruby, none particularly jubilant.
M. E. LeBlanc, the insurance man,
left for Nome enroute to the Outside
Thursday. He wrote $100,000 of insur
ance during bis stay in the Iditarod
district,
M. A. Mahoney, of the firm of Ma.
honey & Rich, operators on Fla* creek,
was a visitor in the city Wednesday.
Fine weather for a steam bath.
Elite Baths. Caribou street.
ABOUT WOMEN
Mrs. Champ Clark and the late Mark
Twain wore warm personal friends.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth cherishes
aerial aspirations.
Miss Celeste Parrish, leader in edu
cational matters in Georgia and writer
for educational and psychological jour
nals, lias sold her brain to an institute
of medical research for examination
and analysis after her death. The
price is $10,000. Miss Parrish is noted
for her remarkable powers of mind.
She can repeat a chapter of ordinary
length after reading it the first time.
Pool, solo, and the best clear Havana
cigars at Johnstone’s.
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Liquors and Cigats
Tel: “Summit Roadhouse.”
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE
United States of America, Fourth Divi
sion, District of Alaska, ss:
Public notice is hereby given, that by
virtue of a writ of fieri facias (or execu
tion), dated Augusts, 1911, A.D.,issued
out of the District Court, of the United
States for the Fourth Division, District
ol Alaska, on a judgment rendered in
said Court, on the 31st day of July,
A.D., 1911, in favor of Henry Schneider,
and against Abe Wallace, I have, on
this 9th day of August, 1911, A. D., levied
upon the following described real estate,
situated in the city of Iditarod, Alaska,
to wit:
The northerly twenty-five feet of lots
numbered eleven (n) and twelve (12) of
block one (I) east of Hie Town of Idita
rod, in Otter precinct, Territory of
I Alaska, Fourth division, the said lots
fronting on Willow street, ill said town
of Iditarod, and extending back there
from one hundred (100) feet toward
11 :<ek street in said town, and that I
will, accordingly, offer said real estate
for sale, at public vendue to the highest
and best bidder, for cash, on the 2nd
day of October, A.D., 1911, at 10:00
o’clock A. M., at the front door of the
Marshal’s office in the Town of Iditarod,
Territory of Alaska.
Dated this 9U1 day of September,
A.D., 1911.
H. K. LOVR,
U. S. Marshal Fourth Division of Alaska.
1'y II. P Sheppard, Deputy.
Chas. PI. Taylor, Plaintiff’s Attorney.
NOTH i; OF FORFEITURE.
To SAM RISTILUOMA and AI.I X JOHNSON.
YOU and each of you. your heirs and assigns,
are hereby notified that the undersigned "has
expended in labor and improvements the sum
of one hundred dollars—fioo—for each of the
years of 1009. 1910 and ion upon placer mining
claims known as and called Violet Bench, Ida
Bench and Number One Finn Gulch, situated
on l'iun Gulch, a tributary of (lane creek, and
on Gane creek, a tributary of Innoko river, in
the Innoko mining and recording district, dis
trict of Alaska.
Notices of location therefor being of record in
Vol. 2 at page 41, Vol. 7 at page 2. Vol. 2 at page
36 of the records of Innoko minir district, dis
trict of Alaska.
You are further notified that if at the ex
piration of ninety—90—days after the last pub
lication of this notice, you fail or refuse to con -
tribute your proportion of such expenditure
your interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-owner,
under section 2324 of the revised statutes of the
United States.
ULIVKR LaRUKK, Co-Owner.
First publication .Sept 2. 1911.
Last publication Dec. 2, 1911.
FOR FI:IH’KK N'OTIC K.
Vo FRANK KITZMAN—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that you or
any to whom any interest lias been transferred
are hereby notified that I. W A Dikeman,
have expended in labor and improvements
the sum of $100.00 onthe K. 1’ M. asso
ciation placer claim, in the Otter Recording
and Mining Precinct, Territory of Alaska
Fourth Division. Said work was performed
in !Qog and 1910 to hold said claim
under the provisions of section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto approved January -2nd,
itfSo concerning annual labor upon "mining
claims, being amount required to hold said
elaims for the period ending December 31st,
iuio as named above, and within ninety days
from the personal service of this notice or
within ninety days after the publication thereof
you fail to contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co-owner, which amount is
$25.00, of the labor expended on claims, your
interest in the claim w ill become thepreperty
of the subscriber, your co-owner, who has made
all the required expenditures by the terms of
said section.
Dated at Iditarod this 24th day of June A.D,
1911.
WM A. DIKEMAN.
ByJ. I). SCHWARTZ. Attorney in-Fact.
First publication July >, 191:.
Last publication Sept. 30 ,1911.
For Information Apply Launch Office
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W. C. ABENDROTH, AGENT