Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts. .
| JAMES NARAY, THE j
SHOEMAKER
has moved to the Phoenix Block
in Keystone Ave. where he will do
BOOT &; SHOE Repairing
in first class order and reasonable.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford'Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
S7 a m to 9 a m
Lunch 12 n» to 1 i> m
e.to 7pm
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Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
RAKFRY *n;connection
1 EVERYTHING GOOD
JACK CALLIN & CO.
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga-'n.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
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CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
"QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
, Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK! for
PORT WELLS and j
Way Porto.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY j
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MILK—MILK—MILK
Fresh Milk andj Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
LAUNCH IDA
Leave* from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
HUGO FELS
Contractor and Builder
Day Work’if Desired
Estimates (Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEORCE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FI R ST CLASS
FOURTH AVI SCWARO. ALARRA
New York Life
Insurance Co,
W. H. CRARY, R«pr,MaUlif,
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
Slate Creek Operator Believes
Distriot Has Possibilities
for Prospectors.
Jim Black,_ the well known
Slate creek operator, arrived in
town this morning with Joe Stan
ton, the mail carrier. Mr. Black
has just returned from a trip to
the Chisana, where he spent a
couple of weeks looking over the
1 country. He speaks well of the
new diggings from a prospector’s
point of view and’ plans to go
back there next spring.
Mr. Black reports that he met
a number of stampeders going in
with horses who were sure to ex
perience trouble. The native
grass has oeen frozen in that
district and horses will not live
on it if being worked. He came
out during the recent cold snap
when Valdez was visited by the
flurry of snow and traveled for
one hundred miles through snow
which was from three1 to eighteen
inches deep. He believes the snow
has since melted but that, the
heavy frosts have rendered the
grass unfit for horses. He reports
provisions short in the Chifana
and states there are about three
hundred people in the district.
They are scattered over a wide
area and it is difficult t<* form
an accurate estimate of the num
ber.
Mr. Black reports that opera
tions on Slate creek were ham
pered during the past summer
owing to shortage of water. The
late rains helped to relieve the
'situation, but were so late in
coming that the output of the
camp was greatly curtailed.
NEW HYDRAULIC PRESS
BUILT IN JUNEAU
The Union I foil Works, of Ju
neau, have just completed a 70
l.on hydraulic press for the Alas
ka-Oaslineau company and are
now giving it its working trials.
In working the press a two-plun
ger pump, driven by belt, furnish
es a pressure of 5,000 pounds to
the square inch which acts as a
ram with a surface area of -8 in
ches, thus giving a pressure of
70 tons. The' machine was de
signed and constructed entirely
in Juneau under the direction of
Fred Stevenson of the Union Iron
Works. The heavy castings were
made in the Enterprise foundry.
It is estimated that the machine
was constructed here at much
less cost than it could have been
It ughl in the stales and ship
lied here.
The machine is designed prin
cipally for use in the1 large shops
of the Alaska-Oastineau company
for driving, on and off axle's. It
can also be utilized for other
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[purposes. As a test, on wood.
|Mr. Stevenson exhibits a piece pi
fir timber 6x6 that was shorten-'
led an inch and three quarters
^through the application of the
pressure . developed. Tpsts are
being made on concrete blocks
•today. Until the new shops of
the Alaska-Gastineau company
are ready to receive it the ma
chine will be kept in the shop-s of
the Union Iron Works—Juneau
Empire.
BA8E BALL 8CORE8.
Sunday, September 14, 1913.
National League.
Chicago 7, New York 0. Pitch
ers—Cheney; Marquard.
Cincinnati 0, Philadelphia 7.
Pitchers—Suggs; Camnitx.
St. Louis 7, Brooklyn 7. Pitch
ers—Sallee; GinelTer.
American League.
No games scheduled.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 2, Spokane 4- Pitch
ers—Mclvor; Covaleskte.5
Second game. Sca'tt|$ 3, Spo
kane 2. Pitchers—Rearjlbn; Pet
ers. . •
Portland 2, Vancouver 5.
Pitchers—Murray; Clark.
Second game. Portland 7,
Vancouver 1. Pitchers—Will
iams; Grindle.
Tacoma 4, Victoria 0. Pitch
ers—McGinnity; Narveson.
Second game. Tacoma 9, Vic
toria 2. Pitchers—Girot; Shea.
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
• Games— Won Lost cent.
New York.90 45 007
Philadelphia ....80 49 020
'Chicago .7 4 59 550
Pittsburg .73 02 54 1
Boston . 57 7 4 435
Brooklyn .58 7(4 433
Cincinnati .59 82 418
St. Louis . 48 92 3 43
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost cent.
Philadelphia .87 48 044
Cleveland .80 57 58 4
.Washington.78 58 574
Chicago .71 07 514
Boston .07 0 4 51 1
Detroit.50 77 421
New York_... .49 82 374
St. Louis .52 87 374
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost cent.
Vancouver .89 03 580
Portland .80 0 4 550
Seattle .81 72 529
Victoria .74 82 47 4
Tacoma . 08 8(4 4 41
Spokane .0 4 89 4 18
Notice.
Members of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, take notice,
assessments Nos. i and 5 for the
months of August and September,
two dollars each, are now due for
relief of the families of the strik
ing miners ill. Michigan. Respond
at your earliest convenience.
CI1AS. McCATXUM.
Secretary No. 188, W. F. M.. Val
dez. Alaska.
Subscribe for the Prospector
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
i
:
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and I I Til/ID CD and Building
Puget Sound L.UmDHI\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
MINERAL OUTPUT “
OF ALASKA 1912
Output For 1812 Is Valued At
More Than Twonty-two Mil
lion Dollars.
The United States Geological
Survey has just issued, as au ad
vance chapter from “Mineral Re
source's of the United States,” a
report by Alfred If. Brooks on the
mine production of precious and
semiprecious metals in Alaska in
1912. Metalliferous mining in
Alaska, says Mr. Brooks, made
important advances last year.
Although the output of gold plac
ers was less than in 1911, the in
stallation of large plants, nota
bly of dredges, in many districts
is encuraging for the future of
this industry. More important
was the progress made in lode
gold mining, the output of which
was greater than in previous
years.. Copper mining also ad
vanced, partly because several
large plants increased their out
put, partly because a number of
small mines were developed on
account of I lie high'price of cop_
per.
The development of I he coal
fields still awaits the establish
ment of a definite policy in re
gard to the disposition of the
public coal lands. The delay in
securing cheap fuel for Hie Ter
ritory has now for many years
caused a stagnation in many in
dustries. Railway construction
and, to a certain extent, railway
operation have stopped and many
mining enterprises have been
hampered if not entirely aban
doned on account of the uncer
tainly as to the fuel problem.
Very few Alaskans have any dir
ect interest in coal claims or in
mining, but the entire population
of the Territory is desirous of
seeing the coal fields developed,
because it is believed that this
will bring about advancement in
many other industries. Above
all, it will encourage the opera
tion and the construction of rail
ways, which are all important to |
the Territory.
The total mine production of
gold, silver and copper in Alaska !
in 1912 was valued at $22,285,
821, against $20,505,(id1 in 1911,
an increase of $1,780,158. The;
value of the gold production of:
Alaska last year is estimated at
$17,1915,51, ' that of silver at j
$310,839. In 1911 the output of,
the gold was valued at $10,853,
250. The copper output of Alas
ka for 1912 was 29.230,191
pounds, valued at 8 1.823.031. an
increase from 1911 of 1,902.013
pounds.
A copy of the report, which
contains of review of the activi
ties of each district in 1912, may
bd obtained free on application
lo thi* Director of the Geological
Survey at Washington. D. C.
PRISONER OF ZENDA
AT THE ORPHEUM
The “Prisoner of Zemlu" lilm
will lie shown at the Orpheum on
Wednesday and Thursday even
ings next. The Him is one of the
greatest ever produced and is ov
er a mile long. Mr. Emmett Har
ris, of the National Cash Regis
ter company, has the Alaska
rights of the film and has ar
rived on the Mariposa. The mus
ic was specially written for the
play. It was produced and stag,
ed by Daniel Frohman at a cost
of $60,000
Notloa of Annual Moating.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders 4»f the Sealey-Davis
Mining Co. will be held at the of
fice of the company in Valdez.
Alaska, on Tuesday, the 7th day
of October, 1913, at the hour of
2 p. in. for the purpose of elect
ing a board of directors to serve
for the ensuing year and the
transaction of such ottjer busi
ness as may come before the
meeting. Transfer hooks will be
closed October 3rd.
SEALEY-DAVIS MINING CO.,
H. F. Siiessdorf, Secretary.
The Pioneers will meet at
Moose Hall tonight at 8 o’clock.
All members are requested to he
present.
Marca Rica Cigars
VALDEZ MjOST . POjPUL'AR SMOKE
INTEQRIDAD’S
BELMONT’S
VAN DYKE S
SMOKEORAFT’S
(L SIDELLO’S
REPREEEKTA’S
OPTIMO’8
LOVERA’8
Direct From The Factory
INGRAM & BUSH
EXCLUSIVE CIGAR DEALERS.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Mariposa Alameda ^Northwestern
Every
Six
Days
For Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gan’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Aft.
ALASKA C8A2S
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
cum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson
Sailings from Seattle
Aug. 15th and Sept. 5th and 25th
^SAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHORAGE each trip, also calls
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections—Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
Rlirht is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEfc DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENTS FOR
Alaska Steamship Company.
Alaska Coast Company
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 06 I I Rough Dry 10c lb.
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