Prospector’s Soliloquy.
To siuk, or not to sink, that is the
question;
Whether ’tie better for the projec
tor to sell
The highly inetaliferous croppings
for a song,
Or, using muscle, dig her down—
And thus, by jiersevcrance, strike it.
To sink, to work, no more, igid hv
that sinking ,
Strike lead or gold, or silver, or the
finest
Copper glance that luck is heir to—
Tig a consumation devoutly to he
wished—
To sink, to blast—to blast! per
chance to bust:
Aye, there’s the rub, for at the
depth of ten feet
What base may come when wc have
shoveled off the Uncertain top?
Must give us pause,
There's the respite that, make ca
lamity of a prosjiect hole.
For who cun tell what pinch may
come •
Below the nrgentiferour stuff, com
ponent parts of load,
The decomjiosed conglomerate
eruption of natnrc.
All broken up, ]terchonce, and then
the insolence
Of luckier blokes, when we, the
pros|>ectors,
Might be better off by simply
waiting.
What would we not do but that
the dread of something
Yet unseen, the undiscovered pay
streak, perhaps not there,
Puzzles the will and rather mukes
us raise the monuments
We have than open the ground we
know not of.
Thus doth prosjieeting make cow
ards of us all,
And thus the prospects of a big
bonanza are sicklcd e’er
By some dark and cussed doubt, so
that the prospector,
With this intent, his interest turns
aside
And loses perhaps a million.
Cnpt. Jack Crawford.
Work Has 8tarted.
Nizixa, April 7, 1903.—No. 11
above Discovery, otherwise known
as Kernanville, presents a lively
panorama these days. As time
goes by new mushers are added to
li.2 little hamlet, and it behooves
one to be nimble in order to dodge
stray bullets fired at rabbits and to
escape falling trees.
There is quite a little hunting
for bedrock going on just now, and
with fair results so far as your cor
respondent has been able to learn.
The horses are coming on the
creek daily and there will be “hi-vu
muck-muck” here this season, ap
- parentlv.
We understand nice pay has
been unearthed on Discovery by
Mr. Rowland. They have the pay
steak on No. 9 above, and there is
quite a lot of prospecting being
done on other claims but have not
learned w’ith what success. We
predict a very busy camp here in a
short while now, as the weather is
a “dream,” and preliminary work
can he done very easy previ
ous to sluicing.
»e are tola that there are quitp
a number of numbers on Dan anil
Young creeks, anil some few have
gone up the Chittyna, ostensibly to
get more of the ‘‘strenuous life,”
anil possibly strike a new “)Vhite
channel,” which so niany arp look
ing for.
It is no uncommon fight these
flays to see people gnow-shpeipg
about over the hillsides hunting for
corner stakes anil possibly fjrac;
{ions, of which there mujjt lx;
pianv, as on close observation the
eye can discern mapy alterations
in the lay qf the groupd by the
new stakes that have liven planted
yecently, and your humble servant
prould like the o^ice qf Recorder for
the season for the clean-np receipts.
Dogs are in evidence here aud
jre believe could be had at reason
able prices.
Disagreements between partners
Jiave begun to bubble to the sur
face in a few instances, hut no ser
ious damage done so far as we have
pbeerved. We met one man com
bi.- up the creek with a hump on
—4* lUi.i. uLii Lis iixuus over n, and
on I wing questioned ns .to the
trouble replied that his partners
were trying to throw him out. We
remarked that he certainly looked
ns if they had succeeded.
This is all. Anon.
Object to Japa.
Vim; in Bay, Apr. 23, 11103.
Editor of thf. Prospector;
SrH.—At the request of the na
! tivea and many of the white people,
j I wish to call your attention to
| something that happened here lust
; (Easter) Sunday—u day of glad
| tidings to all men.
The steamer Perry, with a Jnp
at the wheel, made a very forcible
; landing at this place, nearly taking
1 the wharf down in the attempt,
j From here they went to the native
j village of Tatitlik, where they met
| the chief and said they wanted to
give the natives a contract to cut
: railroad ties. After making pluiit
to the natives what was wanted,
j the chief asked what would lie paid
for same and was told that if they
would cut and hew the tics to tlte
necessary size and then put them
in a I loom ready for towing away,
they would be allowed five cents
apiece for them. This made the
j chief apgry, liut, when he was told
I that if he did not comply with the
' order at that price, a gang of
; Chinese and Japuncsc would be
! sent down to do it,he became fairly
\ wild and told the contractor that
he had no desire to quarrel with
the white man, otherwise he would
throw him into the bay for such
a miserable offer and insulting
threat. He also told him that
] they have always been peaceable
1 and able to take care of themselves
j and all they asked from the white
’ man wai^to lie left alone and that
j they would not tolerate the intru
| sion of Mongolians. If they found
I any of them on the sound working
! for such ridiculous wages they
would not allow one of them to
’escape alive,and I know they mean
it and the white men will assist
them.
We believe down here that your
railroad jieople have allowed a fair
price for the ties needed, but the
contractor evidently wants it all.
A Workman.
When you dig my little gravclet
• I pray you dig it deep and tuck
me in quite snugly for my long and
snoreless sleep. For I would be
free forever from the guys who
want to know if think ’twill blow
tomorrow or if there’ll be more
snow. I’m not afraid of bunko
men, or turf or mining sharks, but
plant me deep beyond the reach ol
human question marks.
Tailings which have accumulated
on unoccupied government land
may be appropriated as placers by
la citizen of the United States, and
; they then l»ceome the exclusive
! property of the locator. Tailings
| run uporr^ie land of another be
come the property of the owner ol
i the land. If the tailings damage
the land nr inconvenience the
owner of the lund, the owner ol
the mill is responsible * for such
damage.
Where the locator of a mining
claim allows his title to lapse by
reason of non-performance of re
' quiml annual assessment work,
■ aiul the claim is legally, relocated,
'all improvements made thereon,
! and pppp the claim at the time
I the second locator has perfected
I his location, become the property
I of the second locator. The original
locator lpis the right to remove any
and all iiup|rpyemcnts before the
claim lias finally passed out of his
' possession.—Mining and Scientific
Press.
Now that the yailyoad is an as
sured fact, yop can well afford to
fbuy a nice, clean irqp bed, a ynm;
ypiu spring, and a hi-yu soft mat;
tress from Richards & (Jp., and you
will dream of railroads, corner lots
,and great riches; your troubles
i will disappear like dew before the
! morning sun, and life in Valdez
'will be one continual round oi
pleasure.
R I P A N S Tubules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The 4--ent package la enough (or uaual oroa
: aion. The tainily bottle (60 rent*) ••ontaina a
: Uip| ly (or a year. All dragging aell them.
Worth Finding.
If any of the prospectors while
out on the creeks or in the mount
ains this season should see n few
pmunds of indium lying around
loose it would probably pay them'
to pack it to town and ship it to
> market. It seems to be a good
| thing and is quoted at a rather
fair price. lielow we give a few
quotations from the New York
World ofFeb. loth.
Radium, the newest mineral
known to science, is also the rarest
and most pmwerful. It Is worth
jW,000,000 a pound. The total
j supply in the world is estimated at
two jiounds.
In these two pounds—if gathered
together—there would lie stored
enough piotential energy to swing
the world from its orhit. It throws
off invisible electrons—or infinite
simal particles of matter—at the
amazing rate of 120,000 miles a
second.
It heats nothing; it destroys
nothing. A plate of radium with
a surface an inch square would
shine unceasingly for a million
yefirs. At the end of 3,000 years
it would have produced only heat
enough to raise the temperature of
I one gram of water one degree cen
tigrade.
The energy from one small crys
tal of radium would be sufficient
, to run all the steam or electric
power of Greater New York for a
thousand years.
The flying electrons will whirl
through shectiron with no diminu
tion of spe-d and photograph an
object afterward.
A single crystal will give out its
steady blue light for a million
years without cessation while con
tinuing to hurl forth its electrons
into space and to impart to other
substances the property of giving
off light. This light is entirely de
void of heat. The electrons will
burn your flesh without the usual
sensation of tiame.
Suppose you should hold a crys
tal of radium in your hand with
your face turned to the east. Sup
pose that one of the electrons were
a leaden bullet circling the earth
. to its starting point. You would
| be shot in the back from the west
ward five time before you could
: fall to the ground.
: A radium electron set in chase
of a flying Mauser ball would pass
I through it as though it were stand
ing still.
—
R. Blix, Copper Center guaran
j tees what? That his stock of
j miners’ and prospectors’ tools and
machinery will hold out another
j season.
Money advanced on goods stored
with Richards & Co.
Wellington coal for sale at office
of the P. P. & N. Co.
I Leave your property for rent or
! sale with Mikesell.
Market Price List.
Flour. »2.80 per 100
Corn Meal . 83.23 “ 100
Butler. 35c 44 lb
FkK*. 30c 44 doz
I Sugar. 87.00 “ 100
Rice.84.UO to 87.10 •• 100
I Fotatoea. 3>sc “ lb
‘ Bacon and llam.81300 to 817.UO •• lmi
Coffee.20 to 50c •• lb
. Milk .12*^ to 20 44 can
| (iranulated Potatoes.20 to 25c 44 lb
Dried Fruit. » to 15c 44 lb
Syrup. .81 to 81.50 44 gai
1 Beans, small while. 8<> 00 44 lod
Beans, l.ima.812.50 44 luo
Rolled Oats. 0u 44 lb
Tea.30 tu 75 44 lb
| Tobacco, smoking. M) to 70c 44 lb
' Tobacco, chewing.Soto 73c 44 ib
t K. Wash, double eond. timothy hay 812.30 ton
' Best Whitman Oats.842.30 ton
<•0*1,. 815.00 ton
1 "ood.8» oo cord
Alaska’s Official Directory.
Governor—John G. Brady.
j Surveyor General and Ex-Offleio Secretary—
Win. L. Distiii.
Chief Clerk—Geo, Rtowell.
l\ 8. Judges Melville C. Brown, Dlst. No. 1,
, seat at Juneau: Judge Moore, Dist. Nn. 2, scat at
Xoine; Janies Wiekershain, Dist. Xu. 3, scat at
! Eagle.
! l\ 8. Attorneys— R. A. Friedrich, Dist. No. 1;
' F. Griggshy, Dist. No. 2: N. V. Harlan, Dist. 3
1 Clerk—District No. 1. W. J. Hills, Disi. No. 2,
Geo. Borscheuiiis, Dist. No. 3. A. R. Heilig.
| l\ 8. Marshals—James M. Slioup, Dist. No. 1;
] Frank L. Richards, Dist. No. 2; G. C. Perry,
: Dist. No. 8.
Commissioners—Edward de Grot, Sitka; H.
1 H. Folsom, Juneau; F. P. Tuytin, ft. Wrangelf;
; L. R. Woodward, Cnalaska; P. Gallagher, Ko
; diak; J J Rogers,Skagway;C EClaypnol,Circle
| City; L. fi. Shepard, St. Michael; Sol Riplnsky,
Haines Mission: E. Stack pole, Ketchikan; G. M.
■ Irwin, Douglas; J. II. Brownlow, Sunrise; John
. Lyons, Valdes, Carl M, Johauson, Eagle; 8. M.
(■raff. Forty Mile.J Dudley Green, Rampart;
D. A. McKenzie, Coldioot; C. II. Klcgg, Xuyh
i agak; James K. Saunders, Cbisna.
C. 8. Laud Officers—Register, John W
Dudley.
Receiver—P. Mullen.
Deputy C-8- Marshals—Dist. No. 1, special,
W. 11 McNair, J. W. Snook, Skagway; J. p,
Campbell, Sitka; E. F. Kelly, Juneau; Win. D.
Grant, Wrangel; W. Hill, D mg Us island;
. Cbas. Dreibilbls, Valdez; Leals L. Rowers,
Kodiak; Peter Xisson, Porcupine; A. Slioup,
i Ketchikan; J. P. Kcynoldson, Eagle. J
I Zuboff, KilUsnno, John k Richards, Cnalaska
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Endeavor Cong. Chirtii—Cor. j
(Jlarier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Rev. D. W. Cram, Pastor.)
Services every Sunday at 10:80 a.!
m. .and 8 p. m. Prayer meeting;
Wednesday night. Christian En
deavor Society meets Sunday even-;
ing at 7 o’clock. Melvin Dempsey, j
President. • I
Cftt’RCH OF THE EPIPHANY—Cor. I
fJlacier Avenue and Hobart i
Street. Services on Sunday at 11 :
a. m. and 8 p. m. Rev. F. S. Tay
lor, Rector.
Order of Alaska Moose, Pioneer;
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own'
nail on Kcser- i
vation Avenue,
every Thursday
evening at • 8
o’clock. A. J.
Adams, Ruling
Spirit; (.’has.G.
Wulff, Keeper
of Wa Wa.
Kjiigh'’^ or Pythias Cu b—\V.
A. Rvstrom, Pres., W. K. Bouschor.
Sec. "Sleets 1st and 3d Monday of
each month in club rooms over
Shaw $ Williams.
Vai.dkz Masonic Cm'B—
‘Meets every Wednesday ev- :
eniriR at rooms over SJiaw *
(V aiMiunis, ni is ociock. J.
Leetlv j*res. John Lyons, sec.
Brotherhood ok Alaska Pioneers J
Arthur Rohiral, Chief, VV. J.'
McDonnell, Secretary.
Heatlqnarters, Afognak. Alaska.1
Valdez Odd Fellow’s
Clpb—Meets every
Friday evening in elul>
rooms, a. rt. ticuig, rre*.; r. ».
Hunt, Sec’y.
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particulars see Denver Ed., or call
at this oflico.
Guy F. Cameron,teacher of banjo,'
mandolin and guitar. Music* fur
nished for all occasions. Foe les
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French or German language classes.
Schneider Sisters, Broadway.
Valdez -House
Newly and Elegantly Furnished. First-Class
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To Miners and Prospectors.
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On Mar 1st The NIZIXA TRADING COMPANY
will erect a large handsome store in the rich Nizina
Mining Camp, containing a #00.000 stock of General
Merchandise, Hardware, etc., which they will dis
pose of at the lowest possible figure, as their
freighting train, consisting of 100 horses and sleds,
will enable them to tuke their goods into the
interior at a very small cost.
For further particulars see M. Hass, at the
Valdez House.
Nazina Trading Co.
Herman Meyer,
General Manager
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TARAL ROADHOUSE
AprU 1st we will open a comfortable Inn and Roadhouse at Taral -
at the head of Wood’s Canyon, near the mouth of the Chittyua, and on
the new short cut summer trail known as the “Safi” trail to the Nizina
upper Chittyua, Tana and Bremner country. Leaving the government
trail at Kimball pass, it strikes the Copper'river at Taral. Good trail.
Good boats to cross the river and good trail up Hanagita valley.
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