VOLUME 1, NO. 29. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
JAMES FISH & Co.1
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next to merchant’s cake.
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Beef, Mutton, Pork andPoultry
Our Prices arc RIGHT. Give us a call.
NHQQ5T/ Am NUQQET JEWELRY
! Nov. lost Listen!
Your friends in the East are thinking of
you—wondering if they’ll Ik- tin; happy re
cipients of a piece of nugget jewelry made
in Valdez.
DON’T YOU THINK, it h tune to be thinking aiKmt it?
In endless variety for the little
dimpled hands.
□Big ones Are you thinking
too of it?
W. C STULL,
Jeweler, Kxjtert Watchmaker, Op
tician aiul Diamond Setter,
VALDEZ
I
Mil Of 1
FOUND NEAR MT. WRANGEL
ALSO
toother Copper Strike
Discovery Made By A. W. Tibbets
and Party this
Summer.
What is supposed to be one of
the most important discoveries yet
made in the Copper river valley, i.~
that of a mountain of tin ore
located a few weeks ago by A. W.
Tibltets, of this place.
Mr. Tiblietts returned last Mon
day from the interior with some
fine specimens of copper, gold and
tin ore, and while there can lie no
doubt as to the richness of the
copper quartz, it is not known how
valuable the tin is, as none of the
ore has been assayed, but it is l>e
lievcd by many men who have ex
amined the ore, that it is quite val
uable. Should this Ik* the ease.
this discovery will be one of the
most imjHirtant that has lieen made
in Alaska, as a go<xl tin mine is
worth as much as a gold mine.
Small specimens of tin ore have
been found lieforc in the Copper
river valley and the natives have
often been seen with tine samples,
but they would not tell the white
man where they got it. They
called the metal silver.
Mr. Tibliets discovered thisquartz
in July, near Mt. Wrangell. He
found almost a mountain of it and
located 54 claims. The ore is very
highly mineralized and contains
some free gold. Large quantities
of the tin is found native. Pieces
of the ore were roasted over a camp
tire and the tin came out easily and
appears to be of good quality.
The tin ore is found on theChet
aslina river, which Hows into the
Copper about 40 miles above the
mouth of the Kotsina, and is not
far from the celebrated Kotsina
projierties.
Mr. Tibbets also discovert- i
another great ledge or mountain
of copper ore. This is situated m
the Cheshitina river, ten mil.
east of the tin property. The
mountain on which the coppt.
(Coutiuucil uu Kourtu
BBT III HUSH
EXPERTS BACK PROM THE
INTERIOR
tail is All Hi#
They are Greatly Impressed by the
Properties in Chittyna
Country.
The placer mines on the tribu
taries of the Nizina river are prov
ing to l»e one of the richest dis
coveries made in Alaska.
The reports that continue to
come from that locality, not only
verify previous rcjmrts, but show
that the original discoverers had
hut a slight conception of the value
of these deposits of placer gold, na
tive silver and copper. About 500
claims have Wen staked and in
every instance where they have
Wen prospected, they show up well.
Mr. Robert Bleiof New York and
(Jeo. M. Ksterley of tiiis place, ar
rived in town the ‘23d inst. and
they fully confirm the reports that
have Wen published from time to
time in the Pkospkctop.
Their trip was a hard one, as the
appearance of the several members
of the party and their eleven horses
testify. They crossed the Kotsina.
Kcnnicott and Nizina rivers with
considerable difficulty and no little
danger, its they are glacier streams
and were very high. Blei came
near losing his life crossing the
Nizina. His horse got into tin1
quicksand and it was only his cool
ness and presence of mind that
“aved horse and rider from crossing
the river into that great bevond.
Blei is the fortunate possessor of
1-ld claims in this locality. having
lirst acquired an interest through
a party of five men sent in at his
expense last March. After the dis
covery was made lie bought the
other interests, thus making him a
heavy owner in one of the richest
placer camps in the North.
There will lie no development
work done this season, as they are
not prepared, hut they have satis-'
fied themselves by prospecting as
to the value and best method of
working in the future.
The gold is very evenly distrib
uted, running from two cents a pan
at the grass roots to $•>! on liedrock,
at a depth of three and a half to
four feet. Three, four and five dol
lar pans were not at all uncommon.
Reside this small nuggets of native
silver are found and a large amount
of native copper. This copper is
found in nuggets varying from the
size of a pea to chunks weighing
"0 or 40 |M>unds. and an assay
shows it to be very rich, one assay
running over $7,000 to the ton in
gold.
A test run was made with the
primitive appliances at hand, viz:
four lengths of leaky sluice Imixcs
and three men working four days,
of ten hours each, cleaned up 91
ounces of gold. This included the
time consumed in cleaning up.
Messers. Keller and Blake, two
mining exports representing Mr.
DeLamar, of New York, were pres
ent at the clean up from 1 spinning
to end and say that taking every
thing into consideration, it is cer
tainlv a wonder.
Hie benches show up fully as
well as the creek l>e<l and are esti
mate to lie just as valuable as the
creek claims. Chittitu creek.
White gulch, Blei gulch, Rex gulch
Young creek, Calamity gulch, and
Dan creek are all very rich. Rex
gulch is the favorite and Dan creek
a close second.
Two men Koppus and Reman
who own No. 1 on Rex are sluicing
in a small wav and will bring out
from $20,000 to $;t(),0tt0.
Another party sent out by Blei
have located a bunch of 21 copper
claims on the Kennicott. and min
ing experts who have examined
them have pronounced them very
rich. A good find has also been
made on the Kuskalina and a num
ber of placer claims have Wen lo
cated.
Blei. in company with Mr. C'- hen
.lint other exper's, will lea-e tithe
Vxeeisior for Sea'*lc. Houston,
Texas. New York ami London, re
turnhig here :>lHi ;• fan. to, with a
large vooplyof provision-., etc.
I C ii!l.:u*l is T ur*i
IN REGARD TO LICENSE
Merchants May Start Business and
Pay License Later.
Hon. Janie* Wickersham, Judge
•of the U. S. district court for this
district, will Ik- in Valdez in a few
weeks, and several of the officers of
the court will Ik- here next month
to make necessary arrangements
for ]iermanent headquarters and
the opening of court at this place.
In answer to a communication
sent hv the Pkospkctok to Judge
Wickersham, the following letter
was received;
Kagle City, Aug. 8.
Editor Alaska Pkospwtok,
Dear Sir:—1 am requested by
Judge Wickersham to sav that lie
is in receipt of your letter and tel
egram of July‘ioth. He instructs
me to say that merchants, saloon
keepers and others requiring a li
cense for the transaction of business,
shall continue in the conduct of
their business until my arrival in
Valdez some time in Septemlier.
at which time such matters will be
attended to.
It is the expectation now to hold
a term of court in Valdez about
mid-winter, but that matter will be
more definitely determined upon
the arrival of District Attorney and
myself in September.
A. II. IIkii.m, Clerk of Court.
The following telegram was re
ceived after the completion of the
telegraph line:
Eagle City, Aug. 2t>.
Editor Pkosckctok;
Clerk will conic1 to Valdez next
month with instructions regarding
collecting of licenses and he will
make arrangements for court. 1
will come after short vacation out
side. J\MK* WlCKKKSIIAM.
Council Meeting.
The council met last Monday
evening in the city hall, hut did no
business of particular interest. Two
ordinances were introduced, one
regarding the collection of taxes
and the other in reference to duties
of the health otticcr.
Mr. A1 White took his seat as a
mem her of the council and during
the meeting offered some good sug
gestions regarding eitv affairs.
The council will probably take
some action regarding a patent for
the town at the next meeting. The
matter has Wen at a standstill for
sometime as the City could not af
ford at the time to spend the 1750
necessary to secure the same.
This matter has l**en overcome
however by the liberal offer of A1
White and Jas. Fish, who offer to
put up the money with which to
have the surveys made ami expense
of having the patent obtained.
James Fish and Co., have pur
chased from Oscar Fish, his con
tract for carrying the United States
mail Wtween this place and Eagle
eitv and his entire interests in min
ing and business.affairs in this sec
tion. It will lte the aim of Fish
k Co. to make the all-American
route the best in Alaska and they
will do it. They will double the
munW-r of men and relays and will
demonstrate to the government
that this is the most practical route
for all mail to go over to the nor
thern jHtrtion of the district and
will also endeavor to impress upon
the jMi.'taldepart . ent the advisabil
ity of putting on a weekly service
over this route.
Work on the railroad terminal
and their townsite is progressing
quite rapidly. The following gen
tlemen, engineers of the V. C. R. it
Y. Railroad arrived here on the
Santa Ana. Messrs A. R. Lewis.
W. L. (ioodwin, F. L. tloodwin, W.
lVpner, F. T. Bradley and S. W.
Dalton. They have la-gun active
operations surveying for a wharf
and will lay out a townsite and do
I other necessary work preparatory to
the commenen'icnt of actual work of
railroad building. Mr. Millard has
oat out for laborers and lias a
I number of men out getting piles.
Several buildings are now being
ere--ted for the accommodation of
: the engineers and employees.
Messrs Lewis and (ioodwin are
accompanied by their wives. Mr.
Lewis was formerly chief engineer
of the White Pa. s road.
WE ARE NOW CONNECTED
BV WIRE
First Message Sent By the Pros
pector. Congratulations
From Eagle.
Valdez is in “civilization.” The
people are congratulating them
selves and receiving congratulations
from all over the country. A great
burden is lifted from the minds of
the people, for they are now in al
most instant communication with
the whole world.
The telegraph line was completed
to Kaglc, Sunday Aug. 24, at 4 p.
m.. and that time marks an c|>och
in the history of Valdez and tho
Copper river country.
At 4 o’clock on Sunday.Sargeant
.Murphy, chief operator of thi*
ofliee, informed the Pkoxpkttor
that the government telegraph line
was completed and that communi
cation eouid he had with any part
of the civilized world. The I’hos
I’kitoh immediately sent the fol
lowing message to Dawson;
Valdez. Aug. 24.
Vt kon Si x. Dawson, Y. T.
The Ai.aska I’kosi-kc tor extends
greeting to the Sun and the people
of Dawson liv first telegram over
Valdez telegraph line, wishing
•hem continued prosperity ami
Imping for the complete recovery of
i ioveiTior Koss.
II. II. Hu.MtKTii. Hditor.
The following answer, the first
over the wire, was received ill reply:
Haw.-on. Y. T.. Aug. 25.
Alaska Pkosit.itor:-Your gener
ous greeting over your new tele
graph line riccived hv the Yukon
Sun, and most heartily reciproca
ted. We feel proud to he honored
with the first dispatch and see
through it you have the typical
enterprise of the West. Your touch
ing reference to Governor Boss and
desire for his recovery shows us
that the same ldood Hows through
us all. Wishing the prospectors of
Alaska.and their wide a wake organ,
•he Alaska I’uosckitok, the fullest
measure of success, we are ever
yours. H. S. Conoton.
James Fish & Co. sent the first
commercial dispatch to Seattle, or
dering 50 sacks of potatoes, and J.
G. Snyder sent the first dispatch to
New York, ordering a bill of gooda.
The first press dispatch was sent
by the Prospkctou to the Seattle
Times and the Associated Press,
confirming the news of the strike on
Nizina and reporting the arrival of
Bobt. Blei, the copper experts sent
in by Capt. Delamar and their re
port on the country.
The two ojierators have l>een
kept busy ever since Sunday. On
that day they sent 22 messages
and received three.
A telegram of congratulation was
received from the mayor of Kagle
City and answered by mayor Steele.
Arrivals.
The Santa Ana reached port Sun
day evening with the following pas
senger list.
Win I>ovcn*t»ire. \V E Botiseher, \V W Arm
strong. K W Craw'lord. H II and Mrs hotigla*,
Juneau. E II Turner, M II Strong, 4i S i'leveu
g«*r, lM* Hr».u nell, N i Biaok, Cha-Walker,
Mr- Annie Walker, .1 K Itoinl ami wife, J K Kiee
and wife. Max Emlhams, W II St 4'lair, H
laHi-ii, .1 \\ iHiruer-. Ilenrv, John ami Mis*
Mary Sehaefot . 1.4 Wilkes, Mr- 4* tircenwrald
amUhild. Mr-Marie Kirk. Willie Kirk. L A
Harrison. »» E Koin, W K Hoot,.I l'arker, W A
Hell, M 4» hiekey. .las Bar« lay. K O Sylvester,
Skagwray. F. Arelier, h 11 lloideti, Louis Wal-b,
F 4* Bradley, s W l>all< n. M Laml F LHoodwin,
Win Pep|H*r. \ H Lew i- and wile, Hen L Agger*,
F h Steele, W II ilate-. T Chapman. Mrs T K
Sullivan. 4 hri-t lieineeke. M W Mike-ell and
wife, h Alley ami wife, K K Vernon, E K Coy,
' c llanuon ami wife. 4' ?*. Smith. W P llelfer
man. M Ka Snail. W. Middlecui. Mrs V K Tur
ner, Thus Kioliardson, W A hiekey, Frank Nel
son. Fred So ha 4tpp.
The noted Wra. II. (dates or as
lie is familiarly known, ‘“Swift
Water Bill” is in town. He is in
terested with Ben Bennett of this
place in some copper projierties at
the lie; d of White river and will
start in a few days to examine the
pro[ieri/.