The Alaska Prospector
And Valdez News.
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Origin of Ore BodiM
T1m» study of the origin of ore de
posits is one of the iuoiI fascinating
subjects of investigation which the
mining engineer or geologist can un
dertake. The results of hit investi
gations are, in most cases, sufficently
indefinite to escape final conclusions,
bat at the tame time they constantly ,
bring together now groups of facte
a id ideas which tend towards defi
niteness and raise* hopes of conclu
sive results.
The uncertainty which hangs over
o tr knowledge of the origin and mode
of deposition of ores is especially
marked in connection with the con
sider.itiun of the veins or lodes, but
fie mode of formation of many placer
deposit* is also not ciearty unurr
stood, and the source and method of
concentration of the gold or other
v iluabie mineral is not clearly deter
mined.
Steamer Jeanie, Captain Mason, ran
on an uncharted reef between Cape
St. Elias and Middleton island Satur
day night, while enroute to Valdes.
The sea was calm and the darkeess
intense, when the vessel struck the
s did obstruction. Apparently na
damage was inflicted and the Jeanie
floated off without difficulty.
The existence and approximate lo
cution of this reef have been known
to navigators, but it does not appear j
on the charts. It is a menace to'
navigation which should be charted
before a more serious mishap occurs.
The Jeanie arrived yesterday after
noon. She brought fifty-two tons of
freight for Valdez, consisting of gen
eral merchandise, dynamite aud pow
der. She sails direct from this poi%
to Seattle.
( haries Petroff, a miner, was froaen
to death recently near the town* of
Nome.
A soldier at Fort Seward shot and
seriously wounded an Indian man
over a squaw at that place on Novem
ber 12th.
Maj. Wood of the Yukon mounted
police reports that an important cop
per strike has been made by some In
dians near Fort Selkirk.
Twelve tons of ore from Falls e.eek
mines near Seward were shipped to
San Francisco where a mill test will
be made. The ore contains gold
values and is free milling.
M ix Manger, a mining man of
Fairbanks, arrived here yesterday,
lie recently sold some mining claims
for a substantial figure, took the
money and bought a draft from the
Fairbanks Banking Company, and
left for the outside, intending to visit
his old home in Germany. On
arrival here he finds that the bank
from which he purchased the draft
has closed its doom, temporarily aC
least.
The most beautiful Xmas goods ever
displayed at Ladies Bazaar.
Steam heated r »oms for rent. Harry
R. Brown k Co. 34
Marmalade jars, Chius, at Stall’s
The Old Sluice Bex
Where the rock* ire gray and the
mountain* steep
And the gulch below looks dark and
deep.
Where* the gnarled pine* in their
rugged pride
Loqae drearily up on either side,
Where the manzanita i» crook’d and
thick,
Where once, waa heard the shovel and
pick,
Where the shadow# fie heavy upon
the recks.
There lies half buried the Old Sluice
Box.
The idle stream through it lazily
glides,
Gently washing it* mouldering aides,
Sides that once were muddy and dim.
From the yellow dirt that was cast
within;
While acres* the stream on the gravel
heaps,
The agile squirrel silently leaps,
And the crested qual fluttering drops
For its evening drink from tne Old
Sluice Box.
Oh! many a day with a weary hand
Have I tossed in it* bed the glittering
sand,
And dreamed aa I leaned on its rot
ting aide,
Raking the depth of ita turbid tide.
Of father’s gray hairs and dear
mother’s smile
Of fond onee at home were waiting—
' the while—
At the days that I toiled at the Old
Sluice Box.
Prom the mos* -green rock on which I
lean
I gase down into the sluggish stream.
The face I see is graver grown
And my voice it seepis has a graver
tone,
And the wanton winds with my hair
at play
ShoV that my locks have all turned ’
«Sy! j
Yet, I long for those dear old days!
gone by, w
When any spirits were light and my I
hopes were high,
II could welcome again the rough
hard knocks
To be mining once more with the Old
81 nice Box.
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Observations of Expert i
Alfred Hulee Brooks, in charge of
; Die government geological work in
j: Alaska, makes the following observa
tions abont mining developments in
this section during 1907:
The mining of copper ore was coa
; kmued ,at several localities in the.
, Prince o* William Sound district, and
; considerable prospecting for copper j
i has been done. There, was great <
activity in the Copper River regior,
especially in theCtiittyna copper belt, i
This region has been rendered more
accessible by placing a steamboat on j
[on Copper river above the rapids.
The operations in this copper belt
have been confined chiefly to making!
surveys for patents and to doing
assessment work. It will be impos
sible to carry on any great amount of
mining until the region is made more
j accessible by the railway.
It is stated the Guggenheims are
: negotiating for the wonderful Warner
property oh Prospect bay, in the
Alaska peninsula. An expert has ex
amined the property in their behalf.
The ledge runs 4000 feet along the
water front, and it is estimated the
elements have mined 8,000 tons of
•opper ore, ready for shipment-.
FRED M. BROWN
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VaMj£Z. Alaska
W. T. SCOTT
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John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counscllor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
W. LINCOLN REEDY
])EN*TIST
EITEL BUILDING
SECOND AND PIKE
Seattle, Wash.
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
dentist
Second Street
Ori Reserfrtt ion \ ALDE.Z
IN THE lT. •. COMMISSIONER’S COURT, FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA I*HE*
riNCT OF VALDEZ. IN THF.
prorate court.
lu the matter of the estate i
of > Notice te Creditors.
Hugh Murray, deceased, i
Notiee it hereby given that all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of Hugh Murray,
deceased. are req sired to present their claims
with proper vouchers, within six months irom
the date hereof, to Ralph McTimmonds ad
ministrator with the will annexed, < f the
estate ef Hugh Munay, deceased, at Valdez.
Alaska, at the office of F M. Browr.
Dated thlafth day of December, HOT.
RAi.rn McTimmonds,
Administrator with will annexed,
of the estate of Hugh Murray, da
e*ased
Date *f First Publication Dec. 12, 1907.
Date ef I*ast Publication Tan. 2. 1!*>8.
Application For Homestead.
Application for Additional Entry UndarSec
tion 2806 Revised Statutes,
U. t. LandOflha at Juneau, Aim: a.
November 22, I9t*7.
Nritica is hereby given, thst Oeorge J. Love,
whose Post Office address, is Valdez, Alaska.
Assignee ef Nathaniel K mi hall, and «V infield
Scot* Evans, being entitled to the benefits
of sec'ioh 2906 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, granting additional
lands to soldi#™ and sailors who served in the
sraTof tha Rebellion, does hereby apply to
enter tha lands embraced ru U S. Survey No.
456, attua’A near Valdez in the District of
Alaaka, latitude 61 dee. OS min N. and long!
tud»146deg. 14 milt. \V., nd more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at corner >o. i ui saiu *urvev i>o. ;
4|§. a greenstone 18x6x6 marked 8.-455 Co'. I
L. 8. Loo. Mon No. 455 bear* S. 56 deg. 46 min.
K, 16.24 eh*. Cof. No 4. 0. S. Survey No. 314
bears S 57 dag, 85 min. E. 58.25 eh*, distant;
thence N. 87. deg. 04 min. W. 40 chs. to Cor. No.
T, at SuiVey No. 45o; thcuce 1. 62.19 chs. to
Cor. No. 8, of Mid Survey No. 455; thence south
11.91 cb*. to Cor. No. 4, of Mid Survey No. 455;
thence we*t 38.68 eha. to Cor. No. 1 of said
•urFev No. 455, and the place of beginning.
Containing 159,98 acre*. Magnetic Variations
28 degree* 57 minute* East, as additional to
their original homesteads which the said
Nathaniel Kimball entered on the 24th, day of
April 1868 per homestead No. 85, at Stevens
Foiat, Wisconsin; and which the said Winfield
Seott Evan* entered on the 17th, day of June,
1*73, at Harrison, Arkansas, j*cr homestead
No. 1776.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of tha abovt described tract of land are
required to file with the Register an t Receiver
of the U. S. Land office at Junean. Alaska their
adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the
period of publication or within thirty days
thereafter or they will be barred by provis
ians «f th# Statute'
Ceoboe J. Love.
Assignee of Nathaniel K mball
and Winfield .Scott Evans.
It is hereby ordered that the notice of the
foregoing application be published in the
“Prospector,” a weekly newspaper, printed and
published at Valdez, Alaska, for the statutory
period, and I hereby designate the same as
the newspaper published nearest the above de
scribed land.
JOHN \V. DUDLEY, Regis er.
Date of first publication, December 12,1907.
Date af last publication,.February 18, look.
John I,rose,
Att-ornay for Applies at.
The wireles* fiend* are working
•▼ertime these day*. They have
married off two well known Valdez
eouples, now on the outside, and just!
to show that there efforts are not
eonfined to event* matrimonial, last
Bight closed down work on the Cor
4ora railroad, j
IC. C. Rudolph
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U. S. Postofflce. ■
Co». Eirat Av. <t University at.,
IN THE 1-ISTRICT COURT FOR T;IK
TORY OF ALASKA, T.1IKD 1 l\
S. A. Hftliri.S, Plain.iff. 1
V». Nod* d
TheV lmiBrewinuCo., . F«r* i"**"
A Coporation, Defendant. ' hi
anh
S. O. Matthews, intervenin' .
Notice is Hereby giver, that by *irIU'‘“t|
judgment of foreclosure and sale iu !•>'■ .
entitled action on the 20th day of
and an execution islued en said nidgrat’1‘. ,
the subscriber, the United State?
the Third Judicial Division, Ter itorv
ka, for that purpose appointed. wl‘ , ,
public suction at the lromt door of u i ,
house, in the Territory of Alu-»«
Valdez, on the 7th day of January D®•
nour ef 2 o’clock in tne afternoon ot tti» :
the real estate and mortgaged premi?e?»•
ed in the said division and territory s *,^
rected in said judgment and *«“ „
to be sold, ana therein ‘i'"“ rn, el>n
follows, to-wii: Lot seven (■) *• j.-t
(») in Block one or “A” of Jbe '' j(1A
tlier Addition to the town oi '
together with the compute , ,ji
thereon including all maehinfrv. P , ,..
casks. The sai'* \ou Gunther ..
tlier known as the Soldier’* Add ti"1*' > v
stead Survey No. 336, or so wiuon u .gi
mav lie sufficient to satisfy said -ni
cosis, amounting in all to three
hundred eighteen and 6‘J-IOO (> >•.!’' •) ; ,i:;
with interest thereon from the ‘ H r
judgment with all accruing cos’-j'f , **•
Dated at Valdez, Alaska. thi« »h-wy
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United ~,r*Vvvb*s>t
By W. I1
Edmcni* Smith.
Plaintiff's Attorney.
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