Miners & Merchants
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital, $100,000.00
General Banking Business Transacted Gold Dust Bought and Assayed
Drafts Issued on Any Part of the World
SEATTLE CORRESPONDENT: SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK
OFFICERS:
T. .T. Nestor, President
( 'has- Ross. Vice President
E. G. Lindberg, Manager
JoTin Holmes, Cashier and Assayer
YUKON GOLD GO.
ANNUAL REPORT
The report of O. B. Perry, consult
ing engineer and general manager of
tiie Yukon Gold Company, made to
President S. K. Guggenheim and by
him submitted to the board of directors
at its meeting in New York February
IIP la„t, contained much interesting in
formation regarding the operations of
the company in the Klondike.
The dredging equipment was in
creased during 1911 by the addition of
two seven-cubic-foot dredges, leased
from the Guggenheim Exploration
Company, which makes a total of nine
dredges in all on the company’s
property. The two new dredges rep
resent the latest improvements in
,!i edge construction, and differ from the
ones previously installed in that the
hull is built of sieel instead of wood.
The steel hulls have decided advantages
in the way of strength and rigidity,
and are so designed that the dredges
can be taken down and moved without
any loss of material. The first of the
two new dredges was finished and
starlet:! operation on September 23 on
claim No.U above discovery on Bonanza:
t lie second dre«ge. No. it, was com
pleted and started operation on October
7. oil claim No. 7. Kldorado. The
total weight involved in tiie construc
tion was 1 340 tons and over 53,000
rivets were driven in the construction
of each dredge.
The thawing plants were increased
i n i be add it i f jur bo lers of
standard type, with their steam lines
and accessory equipment.
The dredge operation for 1011 was
begun approximately three weeks
earlier than in 1910. The dredging
season for seven dredges averaged
1711 days, as coir pared with 159 days
in 1010 The dredges started May 6.
average date, and closed down for the
winter October 23. The early start in
Mat was made possible by the com
pletion of the steam driven plant of
the Northern Light, Power and Coal
Company, which enabled the company
to purchase power before its uwn hydro
electric plant was capable of being
operated. The dredges handled 4,151,
249 cubic yards during the season and
produced 82.071. S13 gross gold. This
represents a gain of 27 per cent, in
gross value recovered. The average
value per cubic yard was 64.35 cents,
as compared with 66.18 cents last
season, showing a slight decrease, ow
ing to the fact tha. No. 5 dredge was
digging largely in worked ground and
tailings, which decreased tlie average
grade of material handled by this
dredge, as compared witii the season
before.
The cost increased from 31.09 cents
per cubic yard for 1910, average, to
35 43 cents for 1911. A number of
different factors entered into this in
crease. The May operation was dis
proportionately expensive on account
of the necessity for thawing some of
tl;e ground in April, when the weather
was still cold; the repair costs in
creased somewhat, due to the heavy
bedrock encountered by some of the
dredges, and the (lower costs also were
higher from purchasing power locally
for the early spring and late fall re
quirements. The principal increase in
cost was in the thawing operation, due
to the greater percentage of frozen
ground met within this season's opera
tion which had to lie thawed by steam,
the ratio of frozen ground to cubic
yards dredged in 1911 showing an in
crease of 19.XI per cent, over 1910- The
cost per cubic yard was higher on ac
count of tills increase, although the
thawing cos! nor square yard of bed
rock was lower than in 1910 by about
10 percent. In the dredging cost is
included all thawing charges, pre
liminary stripping operations, gross'
gold tax, selling charges and deprecia
tion. |
The extremely drv season affected
the dredging operation, causing a
-catchy of water for flotati.n. The
length of ihe operating season was
also reduced on this account by ap
proximately three weeks.
Denver, Muv 2s~~Delayed —The
municipal elections resulted in a
complete victory for the citizen-.’
ticket. Henry Arnold is the new]
mayor and Judge Benj imiu Barr
Lindsey was re-elected judge of the
juvenile court.
Dawson, May 31:—The Dawson Board of Trade last Saturday
took action recommending the dominion government to grant a
bonus of $5 a ton on all quartz milled until such time as the young
industry shall have reached a dividend-paying basis. The federal
government of Canada annually grants in bonus millions to steel
and other industries, and the board of trade contends that money
expended along the same lines to the struggling quartz men would
be spent to better purpose and more to the advantage of the do
minion at large.
The board also adopted a resolution favoring a wireless system
for Yukon, and recommended the adoption of the Gamewell fire
alarm system by the city.
Flat City
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All Hours Alike in This House
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SPRING IS HERE. CLEAN UP !
Pillows, Carpets, etc., etc., Washed and Renovated
Cascade Steam Laundry
LIST OF BEAUS HID PETIT JURYEfl
Fairbanks, May 29. — With Fied Heilig as jury commissioner the
following were drawn to seive on the grand and petit juries for the
Iditarod term of the district court:
Grand Jury (to report July 8): Iditarod—N J Brown, Henry Weir,
H F Keys, W O Suudei bruch, Herman Miller, J II Smith, 1 I, Mur
phy, John A Nelson, G B Weseb, Tom Nestor. Otter Creek —Percy
Maynard, Frank Pfeifer, Tom Kil!a>, Harry IJsccmbe, Carl Carlson.
Flat Cdeek— K W Major. Herb Waterlin, Bennett James, Grant Mur
dock. Ophir—John Steigler, Jos Stone, Fred Byers. 'I'akotna—Hugh
Joaquin.
Petit Jury (to report July 15): Iditarod—J W Kemp, T) Mutohler,
John Strelic, J Mutehler, K G Lindherg, G G Geraghty. Chas Knit
zinger. J B Bradley. C I' Cheslev, W F Lasker, C Frantzen, Chas
Knell, C B Pearson Flat---W R Mailing, Alex I/uson, Frank Murphy,
I',mil Johnson, K M Spaulding W II Crawford, Harry Moss, Jack
Keller Otter — Leu Groner, Chas Chronister, Will Folley, J is Bishop,
A Iveaus, Saul Bates. Diskaket- -Max Simel, K D Kelly, 'i'akotna—
A K Thompson
MARSTON
Last Tuesday afternoon everybody who admires effective work
by good horses was interested in a big load started out to Discov
ery by George Mutchler. It was the new EiL-ton boiler that came
in on the Evelyn for Riley & Marston. The heavy load was
mounted on runners and the 16 big horses that walked away with
it had plenty to do. It was a tine bunch of animals, and they
pulled as evenly and steadily as if they were used to handling such
loads every day.
Nearly 50 tons of material arrived for Riley & Marston alto
gether, inclusive of huge Bagley scrapers, buckets, T rails, cable,
etc. The boiler was carried out Willow street, over the wagon
road to the Summit roadhouse, and thence to Otter creek by way
of Boulder. The Mutchlers have the contract for moving all the
material.
OF
I was asleep, and the night was perfectly clear.
I was awaketied by a long, grinding sort of shock. It was not a
tremendous crash, but more ns though someone had drawn a giant finger
all along the side of the boat.
I awakened my husband and told him that I thought we had struck
something.
There was no excitement that I could hear, but Sir Cosmo went up
on deck.
lie returned and told me that we li i 1 hit some ice, apparently a
big berg, but there seemed to be no danger.
We were not assured by this Sir Cosmo went upstairs again. He
came back and said:
“You would better put your clothes on, because I heard them give
orders to strip the boats ”
We each put on life preservers. Over mine I threw some heav\
furs I took a few trinkets and we went tip to the deck.
There was no excitement at that time. Tire ship had listed slighth
to port artd was down a little at the head.
As we stood there one of the officers came rushing up and said:
“The women and children are to go in the boat.-:1’
No one apparently thought there was any danger.
We watched a number of women and children and some men going
into the lifeboats.
At hist one of the officers came to me an i said;
“Lady Gordon, you bad better go in one ol the boats.”
I sail! to my husband:
“Well, we might as well take the boat, although I think it wiil be
only a little pleasure excursi in until morning.”
The boat was the twelfth or thirteenth to be launched. It was the
captain’s special boat.
There was still no excitement.
Five stokers got in and two Americans -A. I, Solomon, whose ad
dress is 245 Broadway, New York, and O.ul Stengel, of Newark.
Besides these there were two of tIre crew, Sir Cosnro. myself and a
Miss Frank, an K iglish gi'l
There were a number of other passengers, mostly men, standing
nearhy They joked with us because we were going out on the ocean.
We were slung off and the stokers began to row us away.
For two hours we ct vised around ft did not seem to he very cold.
There was no excitement aboaid the Titanic. We were piobabiy
a thousand feet away.
Suddenly I clutched the sides of the lifeboat. I had seen the
Titanic give a curious shiver.
Almost immediately we heard several pistol shots, and a great
screaming arose from the decks.
1 lien the boat’s stern lilted in lire air, and there was u tremendous
explosion.
Two minutes after this there was another great explosion. The
whole forward part of the great liner dropped down under the waves.
I he stern rose a hundred feet, almost perpendicularly. The boat
stood up like an enormous black finger against the sky.
Little figures hung to the point of the finger and dropped into the
water.
The screaming was agonizing. I never heard such a continued
chorus of utter despair arid agony.
The great prow of the Titanic slowly sack as though a great hand
was pushing it gently down under the waves
As it went the screaming of the poor souls Lett on board seemed to
grow louder.
It took the Titanic perhaps two minutes to sink after the last ex
plosion. It went down slowly, without a ripple
Then began the real agonies of the eight. For a moment an awful
silence seemed to hang i.vei all mil Mh-ii f ru the \ ater all aronn
where the Titanic had been aiO' a > iT iai .t a;ie. ri -
[i was at least an h it; SHY •• . 1. j •
I iciu. inner the very 1 c • .« •. .
iug loudly, "My Goo! My God!"
He cried monotonous!, in a dull, nop d s, wav
Fresh cabbage and onions from the Select Outside Lumner, cm rugated
Outside, line and toothsome. Crowley i .n and roofing paper a Ru- Nes
1 & Porter—the House ol Quality. , tor’s.
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for Alaska:
Ball Band Boots and Pacs
OUR SPECIALTIES
Fresh Petaluma Eggs Hills Bros.’ Teas and Coffees Peerless Cream
Bodega Butter-l-8s, l-4s, l-2s bbls Sealtite Ham and Bacon
M ission Brand Canned Fruits and Vegetables
LET OS FIGURE ON YOUR OUTFIT, ALL GOOdFgUARANTEEO
A romance which had its origin several years ago culminated in
the mat riage, just before noon last Monday, May 27, of J, F. Monkman,
the well-known mining man of F at c.eek.and Mi<s Margaret O'Meara,
an accomplished young woman of Modesto, Cal The wedding cere
'nonv was performed by Judge E M Stanton at the home of Mr. and
Mis Henry A Weir, witli a few Fiends of the bridegroom present as
invited guests, who joined the couple in a dainty wedding breakfast.
Shortly alter noon Mr and Mrs. Monkman boarded the Iditarod tram
for Flat City
On reaching the depot the happy couple louud a handsomely d'co
rated car awaiting them, and they departed in a shower of rice and old
shoes hurled by more than half a hundred men and women who had as
sembled to wish them godspeed 011 the j nirnev of life.
At Fiat City the car was surrounded by men and women aimed
with tin pans, liiams and all kinds of noise making instruments, who
treated the bridal parly to a characteristic chirivari. Later in the eve
ning there was a reception at A. 15. Hall, followed bv a dance.
Firm tb.e hall Mr. and Mis Motikman proceeded to their future
residence on Fiat creek. Upon ariival there they found that friends
had de orated the house with evergreens and bunting—a surprise no
iess to Mr Morktuan than to the biide, for he had left it looking like
any other miner’s home when he started to Iditarod to meet the bride.
Mr. Monkmau and Miss O'Meara became acquainted live years ago
on shiphoaid while bound for New Zealand. The young ladv is a na.
live of Australia, hut even their had become a patriotic Yankee and
had gained local lame as a musician at her adopted home in California,
where she was engaged as a teacher. She has traveled much, and to
her o'.her accomplishments has added an intimate knowledge of botany
She came from California to be married. Mushing over the ice of
Lake Lebarge, she made a fine collection of plants and flowers, and
captured some young rabbits which were her especial delight. O i the
way down from 1/ barge sire entertained her fellow travelers on the
piano and acted as a juror in a case at kangaroo court which decided
rgainst a defendant now in I li'arod, and narrowly escaped arrest aj
Dawson in coi-necti. n with the money it cost the defendant to settle
the judgment ne Must him Of all her travels, none has been of equal
interest to the j«urne\ just completed, and the friends she made on the
nip are legion.
GET PROSPECTS
ON HOHOLITUA
I?e; t Buckley nn.i Mickey Su'li
vau arrived at Flat a week ago
front the Hoholitua liver country,
where they have been prospecting
and trapping. They bring news of
Lawrence Thornton, who left Flat
last fall in company with Bob Hen
derson, an Outside native. Thorn
ton claims to have found very en
couraging prospects and plans do:ng
some sluicing this summer They
expect to be in Georgetown in
August.
Lawrence Thornton is the son of
Mrs. Lottie Thornton, of Iditarod.
The Hoholitua is a large river
flowing into the Kuskokwim from
the sout!>, opposite the Indian vil
lage of Sleetmut and some 70 or 80
ntdes above Georgetown.
0PHI2 GIF? VM T1KIN5 HORSES
William Gray, of the firm of Edwards
& Gray, Ophir City, who had been in
town for a week, started fur home Iasi
Tuesday morning. He took with him
the pair of tine horses recently pur
chased from Ira Wood and a lot of
| fresh eatables for the old diggings.
I The launch Alaskan is taking the out
| lit and expects to go at least as far as
i the North fork. The horses are it
; tended for use in soowing goods up to
| (>phir.
William Sehnierla, who came from
i Ophir with Mr. Gray, started back
| across country in company with Ira
I van Orsdale on Monday. They also
carried two horses and are packing
over a few perishables.
Gold Seal Hues STdO and H. B ns.
j clothier.
The first boat will soon arrive.
D!RESS UP
and make a hit with the chechacoes.
2 1 THE PiONEER
WW 116 Tailor
ami we will do ihe rest.
We clean Panama Hats just like
Outside.
At Our Old-Time Location
ON THE SUMMER TRAIL
SUMMIT
ROAD IIOUSI-;
Meals All Hours.
Liquors and <'iirars
Tel: “Summit Iioadhousf."
Films Developed
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
MiSS TJERNSTROM, MCDONALD HOTEL
ADMINISTRATOR S NOTICE
In the Probate Court for<Hter i
einct, Territory of Alaska. Pout J.
Division.—In the Matter of th* Ks
tate of Judson D. Schw artz. Deceased
—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administratrix of the estate of
Judson D. Schwartz deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers within six months after the date of
this notice, to me, the undersigned ad
ministratrix. at the office of my atti r
neys, Messrs. Wickersham & Rode, at
Iditarod, Alaska.
MRS. A LICK SCHWARTZ.
Administ ratrix.
Dated at Iditarod. .Alaska, the 4th
day of May, litlti.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
N '
caitl.
You ami each of you are hereby m-tiffed that
during the \ ear 1911 we have expended not less
than one hundred dollars in Fiber ami improve
incuts upon each of the following described
placer mining claims, situated in the G.i
News Mining District. Alaska, to wit
Fox association claim on Fox v - • k, tritv 1
- Aralik river: Gap association claim on AraF.k
river: Mayhood association claim on F 11
: n k. tributary to Aralik via : H> ■ flT::.<n ass,
ciation claim on Trail creek, tributary to Aralik
river.
And you. Fred A Nichols, or anyone claiming
by. through or under you. are hereby notified,
that unless von pay your proportion ut said ex
peuse incurred on the said Fox i-s.-.ciation and
Gap association: and you. J. A. West by <>r any
one claiming by, through or under you. are
hereby notified that unless you pay your share
of such expense incurred on said Mayhood as
ciatiou; and you.S.T. Kincaid, or anyone claim
ing b\*. through or under you, are hereby nc t
fied that unless you pay your proportion of sue:
expense incurred on said Hoffman association
within ninety days after the la-t publication 01
this notK e, your interest in s.iid properties will
become the property of tlie undvMgned amler
the provisions of section 2,324 Revised Statutes
of the United States of America.
1*. J. 14. LeHLANC
IF FITS HOFTM \NN.
VVM. I.OISFFT.F
I ate of first publication March ;o. 1 12.
Date of last publication June 29, 1912.
NOTICE
Ail persons indebted to the estate of
tin- late John S. Harding, deceased, are
requested to make settlement with the
m .--rsigned. so that claims against tho
said estate may be liquidated.
HENRY RODEN.
Administrator, estate of
Juhn S. Harding, deceased.
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