The Alaska Prospector.
Published at Valdez, Alaska,
every Thursday morning by the
Prospector PurUsiiixo Co.
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Mayor, J. L. Steele
COUNCILMEN.
James McHie. D. S. Osoood.
A. P. Olson. Ed. Wood.
C. N. Chary.
II. H. Hildreth, Clerk.
J. G. Snyder, Treasurer.
Hon. J. W. Leedy. City Attorney.
Dr. A. VonGunther,
Health Officer.
Adam Swan. Pres. School Board.
r.DVERN MENT OFFICERS.
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John Goodell.
Deputy Collector Customs.
('. N. Chary, Postmaster.
VALDEZ, MAY H. 1902.
Tiikhk are now
IM rit actica iile two of the
Schemes most imprac
Kott tic-able schemes
Railhoaus. on foot in Se
attle and other
cities for building railroads in Al
aska. that eo.tild lie well imagined.
That they arc swindles originated
for the pur|iosc of obtaining money
is apparent to everyone who is at
all familiar w.ith the conditions- of
the country through which it is
claimed the railroads are to run.
The scheme to build a railroad
from llliamna to Nome is imprac
ticable for it would go through f>00
miles of country where there has
not lieen a single ledge of copper or
gold quartz or a half dozen placer
claims discovered.
The road from Resurrection hay
would go through equally as bar
ren and unprospected h country,
except of course the Kenai country,
which is a beautiful district and
contains -a number of rich placer
mines, hut not bring to warrant the
building of a railroad,
The idea of spending #30,000.000
in building railroads hundreds of
miles through a swampy, barren
country that has not Wen pros
pected by a dozen men. and of
which nothing at all is known is
rediculous.
There are many legitimate en
terprises in Alaska ami numerous
opportunities for the investment of!
capital whereby good returns will
he received, and fake enterprises:
should lie exposed. They injure i
us in many ways.
The building of a road from Val
dez to Kagle is a different proposi-!
tion. This road will run through 1
a country that has been prospect
ed for the past four years hy sever
al thousand people, and it i6 known {
that there are great ledges of cop
per ore that will pay for building
the road, and large areas of placer,
ground, to say nothing of the rich j
agricultural and timbered country. ■
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A Colorado paper publishes the
following article in regard to hold
ing mining claims hy relocating
them year after year. This is an
other practice, allowed by the laws
of the Unite.d States, which should
l»e stopped. This and the staking
of claims hy power of attorney are
two practices that are a great det
riment to any mining country.
It has been somewhat* the custom
for nun to relocate their mining
claims year after year, thinking
they could protect their title hy.
(Lwt. UUaUfc aud iLtu avoid line
fxja'iise of working the projiertv.
Two men. partners in tlie locating
business, actually held fifty-two j
claims between them and did not
donssessment work on five of them.
At the expiration of each year they
would simply relocate their ground
and thus keep it idle for another
twelve months. Others have adop- j
ted a similar course, but not on
such an extensive scale. That has
had a disastrous effect on the min
ing interest of the district as1
development is what the countrvj
requires.
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It is said that a certain property
holder in this town remarked the,
other day, that “if the railroad did
not come directly to the town of
Valdez he hoped it would not l>e
huilt at all.” Such a man'
must wear a number two hat
and a numtier ten shoe.
It is a narrow, bigoted and selfish
wish, We hope that a railroad
will be built directly to Valdez ami
will do all in our power to induce
it to come here. If the road will
not come here however, we then
hope that it will come to some jioint j
on Valdez bay. A railroad is what!
we want and must have to develop
this great and rich country. If
the road is not built directly to or1
through Valdez, of course it will
hurt our town. If it is not huilt at
all then the great quartz ledges in
the interior might as well he in the
moon for all tin1 good they will be.
A road must la- huilt to tide water
to make these great properties in
the interior valuable.
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M A.mn \\^ R. Abercrombie, in nn
interview with Mr. Geo. M. Ester
lv of this place, at Seattle, denied
that he is responsible for or author
of the statements contained in Gen.
Randall’s report to the war depart
ment, and states that the people of
Valdez should know by this time
that lie is too much interested in
Valdez and the great copper coun
try, and knows too much of its
richness and the need of the gov
ernment trail to make such a re
port. Major Abercrombie has now
recommended to the war depart
ment that an annual expenditure
of ♦oU.UOO a year he made on the
road. We hope that our supposi
tion that the report cmcnated from
him was incorrect.
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Tiie importance of having a gov
ernment coaling station station in
western Alaska is beyond question.
The following clipping gives one
instance where a vessel was saved
much trouble and loss of time bv
being able to get coal on our west
ern coast.
“The Queen Mary”.5,600 tons, on
her way from Java to Vancouver
with a cargo of sugar, came in port
March 25, looking for coal, which
she was fortunate in finding, as she
had hut a day’s supply left.—Wood
Island News Letter.
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There has been a large influx of
people into the Cook Inlet country
this spring and we may confidently
expect a large output from the pla
cer claims of the Snnrise and Hope
mining districts, and also much
development work on its great coal
mines, quartz ledges, oil wells and
other properties. The fishing in
dustry of this section is assuming
large proportions and the agricul
tural possibilities are great.
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A number of men have been pros
pecting on the Matanuska river for
the past year, and last fall they
found some pans that ran as high
as $2 and one pan that went over
j 19. But rich pans are very scarce
and the streaks of pay are too much
scattered to make mining profit
able.
( J. B. Brewster, one of the mana
gers of C. D. Lane’s interests in
Nome has stated that it is Lane’s
intention to extend his Nome line
across and connect with the Golo
fin bay railroad. He says that the
result of the fight against Judge
Noyes is one of the best things that
ever happened to Alaska.
Recertified Government Script
for sale by C. N. Crary.
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Incorporated for $30,000,000.
Following tin* incorporation of
tlie Alaska Central Railroad Com
panv by Senator Turner, Kx-Gov. j
Metiraw. J. W. Goodwin and other
prominent Seattle business men,
with a capital stock of $30.UU0.tt00.
one of the largest ineor|x>rations
ever recorded in the State of
Washington, comes the American
Mining Development Company,
with a capital stock of $30,000,000.
It is la-lievcd that its purjsise is
to develop valuable mining claims
around Rampart City, where the
new railroad will have one of its
terminals.
Uneven Exchange.
Send us three dollars and we
will send you the Phosi*k«tok for
one year. This is not an even ex
change. You get much more than
your money’s worth, yet we lose
nothing.
OFFICIAL GUIDE.
For Copper River Valley, Prince
William Sound and Valdez
Alaska.
With four new and complete
maps, thirty half tones showing
all characteristics and conditions
and full information about resour
ces and possibilities of the country,
sent by mail to all parts for 50
cents. Address Copper River Min
ing. Trading A Development Co.,
Valdez, Alaska.
“I say, Adam,” exclaimed Dar
win, as they met on the golden
sidewalk one morning, "how about
that pet hobby of mine; did the
original man have a tail?”
"He did,” replied Adam, “bu
not the kind you alluded .o in Ty
ing to make a monkey of yourself.
It was just an ordinary everyday
tale of woe. See?”
Hammond will carry a full line
of groceries at his Slate Creek Store.
Parties going in light can depend
on getting plenty.
Store your trunks at the Miners
Hotel for safe keeping.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
('iiited States of America i
3rd IMv., District of Alaska, i * *
Public notice is hereby given, that by virtue
of a writ of Fieri Facias (or execution), dated
April 9th. A. J>. 1902, issued out of the district
Court, of the I'nited States, for the Third Divis
ion, District of Alaska, on a judgment rendered
in said Court, on the First day of August, A. D.
1901, In favor of F. W. Taylor, and against (J. t;.
Berg. I have, on this 14th day of April, \. D.
1902, levied upon the following described real
estate, situated in the 3rd Division of the Dis
trict of Alaska, to-wit: An undivided one
third iuterest in and to* placer mining claims
Nos. Light and Nine above lower discovery on
Jack Wade creek; ail undivided one-third in
terest in placer mining claim known and de
scribed as “Fraction I” of placer mining claim
Numbered Eleven above lower discovery on
Jack Wade creek; and an undivided oil e-third
iuterest in placer mining claim numbered One
on Taylor creek, all in Jack Wade Creek Min
ing District of Alaska, and that 1 will accord
ingly, offer said real estate for sale, at public
vendue to the highest and best bidder, for cash,
on the 25th day of Julie 1902, A. D., at two
o’clock p. m., at the front door of the Court
House in the town of Eagle, in the Third Di
vision of the District of Alaska.
Dated this lt'ith day of April, 1902, A. D.
NATHAN V. HA KEAN, tiEO. li. PERKY.
Plaintiff’s Attorney. I. S. Marshal,
3rd Div., District of Alaska.
By E. E. Kcynohison. Deputy.
First pub. May 9; Last pub. May 29.
Notice of Forfeiture.
Valdes, Alaska, March Ctb, 1902.
To R. BEIX :
You are hereby uotifleb that I have expended
$'it> in labor ami irapr vemeuts on your one
twenty-second interest in the Dawson Compuny
Claim, located above the canyon, on Chisna
river, in Chisna Mining District, Alaska, in
order to h* Id said claim under the provisions
of section 2321, Revised Statutes of the I’uited
States, being the amount required to hold >aid
claim for the year ending Dec. 31, 1901. If at
the end of ninety day* fr< in date you refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expendi
ture. as co-owner, your iuterest in said prop
erty will become the property of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
HANS TORiiERSON.
Miners Hotel.
Furnished Rooms with
Boardif Desired. Com
fortable Quarters, Light
Airy Rooms.
MRS. JOHNSON,
Professional
Cards.
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L. K. RILEY, 1*1. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VALDEZ,
Office and Resddewe ALASKA
215 Keridnne A veilin'.
A, Yon GUNTHER, 1*1. D.
Physician and Surgeon
City Health Okuckk.
4H) Sherman St. VALDEZ.
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GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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FRED M. BROWN.
Lawyer.
Mining ami Land Laws,
Specialties. 12 Years Ex
perience in Mining and
Lund Laws.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez.
A.JUDS0N ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL AND
LAND SURVEYOR.
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Next dcor to Merchants Cafe.
H. H. Hildreth,
Notary Public and
Conveyancer.
Prospector Office.
B. F. Hillard
Is Prepared to Ex
amine, Take Options on
and Purchase Mining
Properties.
Mints M*n (Tint to.
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Complete abstracts of title
to all mineral and other
claims in the Valdez Min
ing district, including the
Prince William Sound,
Copper River, Chistuchi
na and the Chisna dis
i tricts.
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Abstracts Furnished to Valdez
Town Lots.
Valdez, Alaska
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Thos J. Coles
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Carriage Making,
Blacksmithing,
General Jobbing
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GLACIER Sr. andMcKINLEY Ay.
The Keystone
WINES, LIQUOR
AND CIGARS.
BEST QUALITY.
Hall Adjoining. Music.
Cor.McKinley St. and Keystone Ave.
The Steamship Santa Ana
New Modern Woollen Steal in Ship, Electric Lighted and Steam Heated.
Sail-from ARLINGTON STREET DOCK, SEATTLE,
on the loth of each month, for
Sitka, Yakutat, Ellamar,
Valdez
AND
liliamna.
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The Santa Ana is under Contract with the government
to make regular monthly trips by a schedule not exceeding
Seven Days between Seattle and Valdez, thus affording tjuick,
Safe and Comfortable service.
SAILING DATES;
Leave Seattle on the loth of each month northlmund.
Leave Valdes on the 2nd of each month southlxiund.
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FISH BROS, Agents.
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Blacksmith Shop.
All Kinds of Iron or Steel Work
Done in the Best Manner.
HORSESHOEING_ SLEDS
AND PEER SKINS
McMillan fur t& wool co.
EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS.
200-212 First Aye. North, Minneapolis, Mihh.
IWWrito tor Our Circular and Soo the Prioes Wo Piy.H
J. J. YdKSMdW,
Valdez Sheet Metal
and Plumbing Shop.
Metal Work of all Kinds. Camp Stoves and Air
Tijjlil Heaters.
ConxKit (ji.At Hat St. ami M.-Kiniky Avk.