VOLUME 4, WO. 2 5 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY’PAPER.
We are showing a
nice assortment of
Spring: ats
In Light and Dark Colors
and ranging in price from
$1.5® to 5.00
AsK For A “Stetson”
You can’t beat them for Style and Wear.
One of the next steamers is bringing us a large con
signment of SPRING SHIRTS of all kinds-Negligee,
Golf and Percales. Don’t buy till you see them.
European P4an Rat* Reasonable
HOTEL 5T. ELMS
(Only First Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Wfeadquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
OEBAlEy & ROOT, Proprietors.
Keystonfe Ave. Valdez, Alaska.
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OWL DRUG COMPANY
Fate Fresh Drags
'MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
'Stationery Phone'40 Newspapers, Magazines
City Market
NEXT TO THE NI/.INA.
Prices are
right
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Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
’GIVE US A
CALL
I Beef, Mutton, Pork
} Poultry and Game.
illTHx commissioner s mrnr f>k Forty Milk
Pbecimct, Third Division 6r Yhe
Tkbkitoky of Alaska.
’Before'E. R. Brady. Commissioner Aku Ex
Officio JfcixrE or Probate.
Ik TU Matter op the Estate , Notice
_ OF J TO I
Jamie G. Johnston. Dei eased > ('reditorm. i
Notice*!< hereby givei , hi ail persdii* havinx i
claims against tpe esloli; ol James <i. Johnston, i
dwriued, to present llic same, with proper !
Vouchers therefor, with n six mouths trom the
.data hereof, to the underdersigued, ihliiiiiiis !
tralor of said estate, at his residence upon
,creek claim number two below discovcrv on
WRJkerVPark creek, Forty-Mile Precinct, Ter
Tltory of Alaska.
ALKXANDEfl THOMPSON.
_. Administrator of said Estate. ’
• Dated at Wlckersbam, Forty-Mile Preeiuet,
(Cmtory of Alaska, this 1st day of June, Isjd.
Date otlirst publication, July *, lwc,
Onto oflest publication,Aug. 3, lstiT.
Hotel Holm&n, Copper Center,1
’baa enclosed a 40-acre tract of first
'claaa pasture for the accomnioda-,
‘tm of ita patrons.
TJIE «*<)MMISSION*KK*8 COURT FOR THE
TEIUUTOBY OF U.APKA. THIRD DIVI
SION. AT VALDEZ. IN PRoBATK.
In Yke Matter "07 the »
Estate 5 Notice to Creditors.
Cits. Hansen, Deceased.)
Notice is hereby given that th<; undersigned
was on the 2**th day of June, FJU>, duly aud reg
ularly ai*po;iit.<l as administrator of the estate
nfOus Haus**n, debased, aud all creditors or
persona having claims ..gainst said estate are
required to exhibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months after the first
puhMctathiii of this notice, Jo me as adminis
trator ot said e^ate, at my place of business at
the town of Valdes, Alaska.
Dated this iBtth day « f June, A . D. IMA.
.lo.-U'H A. liOVRKE.
Administrator of ih.* estate of <*us. Hausen
deceased.
I'ale oi first publication, June 2Uth, 1*05.
Date of last publication. July 27th, iyu">.
Notice.
Owing to increased transporta
tion facilities t'.e Co per Center
Mining and Trading Co. will, after
Aug. 1, red.n e tlie prices oi pro
visions twenty per cent.
Will ghip Coal
T. D. Bradford of New York,
president and treasurer of the Tide
water Consolidated Coal Co., with
holdings at Coal bay, Alaska, was
a passenger on the Santa Ana and
changed to the Dora. He will inr
spect the workings at the mine,
where he claims they are now in a
position to ship. Extensive work
has lieen done on the ledges and all
is in readiness for shipping. Mr.
Bradford will attend to the final
details and if necessary the com
pany will put ships of their own in
commission. Their first attempt
will be to supply the coast towns of
Alaska, and to that end are no%
seeking contracts.
Railraoi Survey Party Returaa
J. G. Stephens and Jack Carroll,
who acted as guides for the Mc
Kenzie party on their trip from
Valdez to and down the Copper
river, returned on the Santa Ana
after leaving the party at Orca.
where they have established a tem
porary camp to study up the possi
bility of a railroad from Kayak to
Prince William sound, and thence
up the Copper river to the various
copper mines. Nothing is yet defi
nitely known as to their report on
this route, as after investigating
the' rclute in that direction they
will come to Valdez and study thq
possibilities from this point, though
there is ft'ow a party in the field
laying out a route from here over
the di* ide amt'down the Tasnuna
river to the Copper river, which
makes a very easy and short route
to the interior.
Another Mew Townafte
The engineers of the McKenzie
party are ' now engaged in*making
a survey of eight hundred acres for
a townsite ot the head of Cordova
bay, near Orca and others of the
party are taking up adjoining land
which they will scrip. It is fcn el
egrnt site and a first-clasB hatbor.
Some time ago a proposed town
site was outlined at a point be
tween Eyak and Orca, but it has
since been found that the harbor
at that point is not suitable.
Japan States Terms
Will Demand a Billion Dollars Indemnity. Texas Quar*
anteens against Louisiana. Admiral Goodrich
to Investigate Bennington Disaster.
Japs Capture Lighthouse
n asmngion, July »p—it is offic
ially stated that the demands of
'Japan, when the peace Conference
meets, will he a money indemnity
of a billion dollars, to cover the
cost of the war, the return of Man
churia to China, the acknowledge
ment of Japanese control in Korea,
and the transfer of the Manchurian
railroad from Harbin toPort Arthur
to the Japanese.
Houston, July 2b—Texas lias in
stituted a quarantine against Louis
iana on account of the outbreak of
yellow fever at New Orleans.
San Piego, July 20—Admiral
Goodrich, commander of the Pacific
squadron, arrived here today and
will immediately begin a searching
investigation of the causes leading
to the disaster on the gunboat Ben
nington.
St.'Wtersbure, July ‘ifi—A Japan
ese battalion lnnded and captur&l
the lighthouse at AlexandroVski,
seven hundred miles north of Vlad
ivostock. There was a little shell
ing of the station hy torpedo boats
preliminary tv* the capture.
By-Products of Placer Mines.
The geological survey will under
take the promotion of a policy of
education among placer miners,
with the purpose of teaching them
to appreciate the importance and
value of the by-products of tlicir
mines.
Some time ago a circular was
sent out Hsking the placer workers
to send in to the director of the
geological survey at Washington
samples of the black sands and
heavy residue of their washings.
These are to be analyzed and class
ified, and if results justify, govern
ment experts will thoroughly exam
ine the localities furnishing the
samples that show promise.
This plan is designed to reform
placer mining methods. Klack
sand usually carries a profitable
quantity of magnetite. Chromite
also occurs. Gold-bearing pyrites
are often abundant. Platinum is
usually found in quantities more
or less definitely fixed. Small
diamonds, rubies, an occasional
topaz or other jewels of commercial
value are not unusual. Yet all of
this precious material has been
going and still goes to the dump.
This is clear waste. Here is an
instance. A deposit cf gravel on
the Fraser river that was heing
worked bv a hydraulic plant for
the small quantity of gold con
tained was found to carry an abun
dance of the black sand. This
sand was heavy and gave the min
ers no end of trouble and perplex it v
because of the inability to get it
and the gold separated. The sand
carrying the finer gold went off in
the sluicing operations and was
lost. Loter investigations proved
this sand to be present in the gravel
at the relative quantities of twelve
pounds per cubic yard. A couple
of days’ work would handle a
thousand yards of gravel contain
ing about six tons of this sand,
which on analysis pfoved to be a
high-grade concentrate carrying
high gold and low platinum values.
In other words, the mine, located
on a railroad, was producing a big
smelter product all unknown to the
owners. They learned after incal
culable values had been wasted.
Nome has been visited with the
greatest rain storm in its history
and the resulting Hood caused con
siderable damage to the mining
plahts throughout the district.
Hoggatt A Candidate.
In anticipation' of the resigna
tion of Governor Brady, the Juneau
papers and people are putting for
ward tie name of Wilfred B. Hog
gatt of that city as-a candidate for
the office. Mr. Hoggatt is a young
man of considerable prominence in
the miniug world, and is operat
in the Berners Bay district about
iixty miles north of Juneau. He
has been - a resident of Alaska for
the past seven years, ami is a grad
uate of tiie naval academy at An
napolis, having served as an officer
in tiie navy. Ha is a vigorous
young man, of broad, liberal mind,
of fine character and highly re
s pee ten by all who kuop Hint.
School Teachers Visit Alaska
Tin- steamer Santa Ana hail on
hoard a number of school inarms
from the central states. They are
j enjoying the trip immensely, as
j everyone does who trys it, and are
imbibing some wonderful knowl
I edge of Alaska that they will be
able to pump into the kids upon
their return. A large number of
j touchers came to tiie Pacific coast
j hut not all of them hail the courage
! to ihruw up everything and try a
sea voyage, though most of .the
trip is over a pleasant inland sea,
probably the most picturesque in
the world. When notes are coni
j pared the ones who remained will
envy tiie ones who look the trip.
Visit Mines.
While on their way down the
Copper river some of the parties
connected with the McKenzie out
fit visited the properties of the
Hubbard A Elliott Co., and also
the ISIakcncy location near Taral.
They were greatly surprised at the
wonderful showing on each, and
actually walked on the ltlakeney
ledga of rich sulphide ore for a
length of several hundred feet.
Speaks Welt of Fairbanks
A1 White, of Valdez and Fair
banks, is again in town. He went
to Fairbanks last fall and estab
lished a concern that is now in per
fect running order. Mr. Wiiite
[ returned to Valdez to attend to
business here and will keep busy
looking after both ends of his en
terprise. He speaks very highly
of Fairbanks, and claims that it
will prove to be the greatest min
ing camp in the world. He states
that the decision of Judge Wicker
sham, which compels every locator
to prove the presen e of mineral, is
one of the great factors in making
the camp a good one, as it started
work on every claim and wiped
out the possibility of holding land
in idleness for speculative pur
poses. The decision referred to
has made the judge tiie most popu
lar man in Alaska. Immediately
upon its being rendered everyone
got busy.
J. L. Parker, of the Brown Alas
ka Mining Co., operators of the
Hadley smelter, arrived here yes
terday to look over some of the
mining properties oi Prir.ce Wil
liam sound. He left on the Dora
for a short stay at Lalouche island.
He is desirous of securing some of
the ores of the sound and is open
for business witli anyone holding
copper property in this vicinity.
This Time Sure
H. I*. Elliott, of the Huhhard4arid
' Elliott copper mining company
! states that prior to leaving Chicago
he had a business interview with
John Kosene, who was on his way
1 to New York there to close up
deal for the construction of a rail
road from Valdez to the interior.
They were to meet again hut Mt.
Elliott left Chicago Indore the re
turn of Kosene. On arriving at the
coast, however, lie received word fo
the effect that Mr. Kosene hud se
cured capital sufficient for the coin
I pletion of 70 miles of railroad, the
work or. which will !*e begun iiii
! mediately. Later dispatches coh
1 firm this statement,and Mr. Kosctie
will arrive here on the Santa Clafa
to start things in operation.
Within the next forty days the
people of Valdez will doubtless see
the long-looked for railroad begun.
The Hubbard and Elliott com
pany have gur.anteed to the rail
road people a shipment of 500 tofts
of ore daily as soon as they are in
a Position to receive it.
Professor A. E. Seaman of Hough
ton, Midi., who several weeks ago*
left here iirthe interest of Thomas
Lawson, of Boston, to look at some
cupper properties that Were located
last year on the Lackina and Chtl
tystone rivers, met his party of four
men at Tonsina Bridge and from
there accompanied them in to the
locations. Judging from the sam
ples taken from the ledge it is1 a
very rich body ol ore, with native
copper disseminated all through
the rock.
The professor is prepared to give
the claims a very thorough exami
nation before returning. He is also
as a side issue, collecting data for
the Copper Handbook.
By referring to our advertising
columns it will be seen that'Capt.
Charley Day, with his staunch little
craft “The Flirt,” is making a hid
for a share of the trade on Prince
William sound. His headquarters
will be at Valdez,from whichr'|>oint
he will take passengers or ireignt
to and from any point on the sound.
He is o]>en for engagements at'any
time, and in order to establish ka
sort of system that people in Valdez
or other points can depend on ‘he
will leave here Tegularly every Sat
urday and make the rounds to
deliver or piak op at the tegulariy
established places, and will stop at
intermediate points on request.
Tomorrow tnorning Mrs. Higgih
son, Miss Montgomery, Miss Stev
ens, accompanied by Oscar Fiih
and other ntale escorts will ftave
for a trip over the divide in order
to see the country along the trihl
and get a birdseye view of the
future farming section of Alaska.
Mrs* Higginson will be loaded dp
with Alaska ideas by the time she
returns to Whatcom.
The Valdez school will open tor
the season next ’Tuesday.