THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
Wished at \ alder, Alusha, every Hnirrilav by the Prospector
Pcbushixg Co. Phone, Main 1.
Entered at the Valdes jiostnflice as second class matter.
Vai.dkzI The most wonderful
town in the United States, ft was
practically.organis'd in 1S!IS, by a
sturdy lot of men and women who
came here from all parts of the
Union, and who had previously
come from all parts of the world.
They recognized the advantages of
the head of navigation, if anything
should later lie struck, and for
three years held up the town against
the most adverse circumstances,
having nothing to support them
but their faith in the country and
money from home. Finally gold j
was found on Slate creek and eoj -
per in the Chittyna country. I
Since then there has been one con-1
tinuous run of strikes, both in the
interior and along Prince William
sound, and the discoveries have
been of such magnitude as not!
only to fully justify the faith of
the early mushers, but to mystify
the outside world. Men of large j
experience in the mining world
admit having never seen or heard |
of such finds as are reported from ]
Alaska; hence the statement that!
is made in Stevens’ copper hand-1
book that Alaska produces a won-;
derful crop of liars. That is pro))-;
ahly the hardest knock Valdez gets:
from outsiders, hut we need pay no
at tuition to that. The greatest
• .*»r I H—J
harm comes from the constant
knocking it is getting from some of
its inhabitants. There is scarcely
an occurrence of real or immagi-;
detriment to_theimvn~luit that a i
highly exaggerated account of tlic
same is sent to some home panel'. |
If some little log cabin, built in !
the bed of a stream, is being washed
out there is sure to he some smart
Alec anxious to see his handiwork
in print, who will take a photo
graph of the s ene and write an !
account of the incident, making it!
ten times worse than it was, and!
this later shows up in some paper j
in the states, under glaring head-1
lines, much to the detriment of the
town. Every little occurrance that
can possibly be contorted into a j
knock is faithfully reported, and
still Valdez continues to do busi
ness and give satisfaction, even to
the knockers, who constitute a fair
percentage of the inhabitants. It
is an easy matter to connect some
of the published photographs of the
late glacier flood with the people
wlio took them, and in*a warmer
climate it would he a case of driv
ing them out of the town, but here,
fortunately, we are very cool i
headed. When one stops to think
of the way in which this little town
has been knocked during the past |
five years, and not only holds its !
own hut continues to improve, is it
any wonder that we consider it
phenominal? As a staunch resi
dent of the town truly stated “If
Chicago the same percentage of
knockers it would, in five years, be
a deserted city.”
In the Copper river section of i
Alaska the mining season for the |
year 11105 is about closed,'anil it
has proved a most successful one
both in the amount of gold taken
out and the development work
done on the copper properties.
In the case of the latter not much
more than aesessment work has
been attempted, and even with this
comparatively small expenditure
the properties are showing up to
6uch a wonderful extent that the
owners loth to state the extent of
the ore bodies lest they be classed
as fabricators. To tbe uninitiated
it not seem strange that such enor-1
mous ore bodies should exist, but
the experienced mining man, famil
iar with the great mines of the
world, when he arrives in Valdez
and hears a truthful, conservative
statement, taken from actual meas
urements, and is shown a sample
of the ore, he feels, thougl/perlmps
too much of a gentleman to say so,
that the man who makes the state
ment is doing pome tall Alaska
lying. Yet that same man of ex
perience, having visited the inte
rior, and seen for himself that the
properties arc even greater than
reported, is in turn classed ns a
doubtful e'mraeter when he relates
to the people who sent him t! e
wonders of what he levs seen
Hence the partly erroneous state
ment made by Horace J. Stevens
in the copper handlxxtk, when he
states 4 It may be said in a general
way that there is much copper in
Alaska. It may also he said that
there are many and aide liars in
Alaska.” The latter pari of the
statement is brought out by the
fact that Mr. Stevens makes a
study of all the known copper
mines, and consequently cannot
bring himself to hr lie re llinn any
thing so vastly superior can pos
sibly exist in Alaska. But.with
advent of transportation facilities,
when the ore is being put on the
market, Mr. Stevens will probably
become familiar with our ores and
statements, and change his mind
in regard to our veracity. I regard
to the output of gold this season
for this section of Alaska, il is not
.vet safe 1o make an estimate, as
the millers are now about leaving
the diggings, hut we have received
assurances from the various creeks
that the output wiil le greater
than ever before. £latc creek, our
ohl standby lias this season proved
the banner year,, while so no of the
other creeks that were previously
condemned have this year shown
up in elegant shape., Men are
eaeli year learning improved
methods to suit the circumstances,
and are adopting them with suc
cessful results.. Of the copper
properties along the sound nothing
more can lie said than to report
progress. While hut two of the
sound properties are shipping ore
t here has been more development
work done on the many other lo
cations this year than was ever
before attempted, and this latter
properties cover a distance of fully
one hundred miles, extending
from Montague island to a point
near \ aldez. Much work has been
•lone along this stretch of country
and will, if continued, produce liig
shipping properties.
COAL — COAL
C. AN’. Miller, agent, or Copper lliver
Draying Co.
Notice of Forfeiture
Valdes, Alaska, Aug. 24, 1905
Tof\ Tioskviu and IIkj'.man Meyer:
V‘U iui-i m-li uf you !;• r |j : -by notiiitd that
have exihuded. during the year l‘M, one
lfundr« l Dollars upon ejU h ,,i the hereinafter
nanicd .juurtz milling < i . lm>. in labor and im
provement*, to wit: Hie "Little Bonanza”
lode'Claim, duly recorded in hook t., ut page
•jTo oi muting 1 itions, in the otthe oi the re
corder of the VmM.-z Lee rdiug District, Alas
ka, the "Bull Log 1« do claim, duly recorded
m book o at page To. «f said records; the
••Norway lode claim, duly recorded in book I
a-, page •«. oi said records. All of the above
named minis are situated near the Keimicot
glacier, in the \ ald.-z mining district. ami Dis
irn t oj Alaska. And t at LJamos Mcrarthv. ;
during ihe year l‘o|, in order to hold said
claim - uiri. r tie* provisions nt S- i tion 2324 of i
the lie vise i Statute-* oi the lulled States and j
the auu udniviit- tin reto, eon ti lling annua! ^
labor upon mining claims, beiug the auu unt 1
re«juircd to hold said claim tor the v.*.,r end
ilii; Ik-ember 31>t ltmi. lave expended One
Hundred Dollar* m annual assessment work
up ifi each oi a6o\*t -aid claims.
A,,.‘l i*. wBBin ninny days of the personal!
service of (his notice, or within ninety duv> of .
ti.e publication tl; you fail or refn-c
contribute your proportion ».i „uch expeudi
tuic upon each or uny <>; said claims, your iu
tcre.-t m sal l Claims or in any or ether of them
v. ill become the property of tie >ui-s« riber
hereunto, \ our i |-<iwiitr, tv In* has made Hie
reiitusite expenditure under the tern:s of the
law.
This notice does not pr, d do ciihe- f vou
from contributing >«»:«r p . * ■ i. n • ■» 4 !:\*x
peudlturc \ \»,u .either of ; n. i,:.; j,ii;n*
and preventing a forfeit are o. . r u vst in
either oi said mining claim upon v.. ; . * u h
payment is made.
• jam lb McCarthy.
first dale of publication Aug. t, p.*u>.
Ioi*t date of publieatiou Novc... ’>er 2d, L>jj.
Forfeiture Notice.
Alaska Mining am* Df-velocmemt r< ; \
11 KAljQl'AkTFRS AT Sr. 1 .Cis, .Vo. .
You are hereby notified that ti.c’urib rsigi
has performed your share of om* bus «' e l
lars worth of work for tneh oi «; .• v. .
ItfcjJ, 19U.1, l'>:4 ami IUUj, on tl: pit! i r
claim situated on Slate < • ! . ... i .i'a*
the “St. Anne.” Said claim wut i«». ao-d Julie 22
P*"“. Recorded June >. lt*no, in Rook 1 page 11 i
ChUna Mining Ke* -t*ls, in Alaska, ’.-aid iX
peiiditure wa> made in order to hold said
claim under the provisions of Section 2321 <»f
the Revised Statutes of the lulled States, and
amendments thereto, concerning anmtai work
on mining claims, being the amount reouirod •
to hold said claims uu *1 m- »aber 31st, ltiot*.
‘V,;?*1*\f “ihctv days from
the putdi. ati«m of this notice you iail or rriuv
to contribute your proportion of such expeudi
tu y us « o-owaer. v«»ur interest in said minim'
claim will become the property of the under
signed, A. m. 1 owell. your co-owner who has
made the required expenditure, or paid for the
sam<-, according to the terms c i said >» -Ti* n.
... , ... , A. M. Powell.
rirst publication Aug. 9, lt**».
bwt publication Xov. h. lyuC*.
Notice Dissolution of Partnership.
Noll e Is hereby ;;iven, that the iwrtnen.1 n
i. reimore esSm.-i; lx-live a th. un«UrH*n.
i 1 the Horse 1m s.ilia.u, in Vallez. Alaska. is
tills .l ir iliisolve 1 by in .lual einseut.
All «|ebis iliits from the firm are to b * !
preM.nt.Ml to J. K. MrXtt l for i>ayn« :it, ti • *
^44I1*1 / H M the bafriue.NS.
Dated April lHOj.
IIA UK V ASHLAND.
J. K. McNLfcL.
omGlN OF IHL MADSTONE.
Potent Power Popularly Bettered to
Exist in the Mysterious
Substance.
Where did the loadstone come
from? No one seenis to know. It
1 does not belong to the mineral
ivin d.r.n, nor ean it be assigned to
a • • in geological formations. >
I :.s eojnjHisition is not definite and |
t nuu possibly he found upon any 1
Ii or in any gravel pit. and
:u ;;iy is always equal to the I
f o.i.iud, says the (Chicago Chron- i
icle.
i ; are oven now many of
•In- p;.e-ions talismans in this
1 iiitry. and “the believers in
heir efenry always know where
ne.i-est is kept." One of them
ti e jiroj ertv of nil Ohio
. rid was placed after the
cat'a of the owner in the state li
my at Columbus. There it was
c ently applied to the wound
caused by the bite of a supposedly
ruled dnp. Thedop recovered and
i' • woman to whom it was ap
plied died of blood-poisoninp.
eaused bv the unclean contact.
•
Such a stone wns kept in the
Virplnia state penitentiary for
years and was ojten to allcomers
forapplieation to thebiteof amad
doe or other allied wounds. One
such (perhaps the same) was at a
later d:te sold for fill).
Si ill more famous wns that
brought from Russia in lt<S7 by a
vhysiciun of that country who set
‘led in Nevada. It had previously
I e< n exploited in that eountrv for
at least a century ami a half, a
fa»*t supported by documentary
evidence. The document was writ
ten in native Russian and as no
body concerned could rend it
everybody implicitly believed
what they were told of it. The
owner o fered the stone for sale
for £1.< 00 and a joint stock com
puny w as formed for the purchase.
A number of shareholders ad
voneed 51 each and the balance
was made up by a farmer who be
came its keeper when the pur
chase was completed. Its fame
orill flourishes and it is said that
>a offer of $3,000 has been re fuss d
for it.
Origin of Knives.
I’rof. W. J. McGee has lately
undertaken to trace back to its
origin that useful invention, the j
knife. The tlrst knives, lu* be
tieves, were fractured stones that
happened to have a sharp cutting
■*dge. But the vegetable kingdom
also furnishes very keen cutting
edges in the leaves and stalks of
certain plants, which might have j
been availed of before artificial
knives were made. The fractured
stone knife easily suggested the
shaping of flaked stones, like (lint,
into the form of blades. Among
the Seri Indians on Tiburou j
Island, in the Gulf of California,
the primitive custom of utilizing
fractured and water-worn stones
foi\ knives still exists.—Youth’s
Companion. ,*
No Use for Paintings. •
Pigment—I saw you at the art
exhibition last evening. I sup i
pose you are very fond of paint
ings? •
Gamboge—Oh, dear, no! I hate
them.* I'm an art critic, you know
T»<*cton Tr;?nfu4rnit.
COPPER CENTER CLU3 ;
CHAS. CoWi'LL, Prop.'
i' ine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.!
Mai:<ji-ettk Kyi:. L.v kv ;r j
Walnut Hill Hoik on, Oi.y pa1
Li.lk, ami I’kixcik i>k (Iaus, Yki
i>.ui and other leading hr; n Is of
Cigars.
KV hl’\ THING FIRST—CI.A8S
\\ il! he opened up early in the!
Spring w ith .a Complete, First-1
( la.-s stock of Hoots, Shoes,
Everything needed by the Mi-;
ner and IV..specter v.iIi ire in
stock ail summer.
Freighting Lone
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
P. M. 3GYLE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
l’hone 30 VALDEZ,
Ollices: ALASKA
Fish Building. McKinley St.
Dr. C. A. WINANS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Ollice: Boom.-* 1 and 2,
Swan Building Phono 19
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist.
Fiidi
Building. Vai.hkz.
Open evening., Bnndnp ex. i f lofl. 7 :.B> t a.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
U. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
GOODELL So EDWARDS
Lawyers
VALDEZ. ALASKA
FRED M. BROWN,
Lawyer
Minins «ml Land Laws, Specialties.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Cecil II, Clegg,
, Attorney ai Law,
Notaky Public.
Office Com: House, Vaijh:/..
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez.
T J DONOHGE,
Attorney at Law,
VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and CoanseUor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Menibor of
Alaska i!ar. OREGON
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Ami CONVEYANCER.
COPPER CP. NT Eli, ALASKA.
ARTHUR J. WARNER,
A33AYER
an>1 ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.
77-78 Sullivan Bldg. Seattle.
R‘I‘P‘A'N'S Talmlos
Doctors line!
A good }jresciii>tion
For mankind
The 5-cent package is enough for usual ocve
ku-n. The family butlepii . . . •.!;.i t ;
buppiy for a year. All «lr lfgij-: il them
For A.-.-ays Send Your Ore To
Eiiamar Mining Co.
Gold. Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copj r ... 2.00
Lead ... 2.00
Ellamak, Alaska
fcM&IJL* CO YEARS'
■H& EXPERIENCE
'■' -ZsJ&:?;T
a rs d ’few «J9
j
Trade fC'■-r.ua
~ De9:cns
r/rfS’)'* GeRYRiCHra &c.
Anvora »-<Vi ?i .* a skoti-h and dPac* ?- u 7
rntc«ly as *.: *1 < :i.* r.immc jpjj h* . ;, r ..j
invert ■ ti 11 • !• 1 ir! *v i -;1 • »a.. fmi ; i- ' >
lion*strict •«•».:■•■.• . .al ii .i. u: »
sent fre e. < : *t f . v.n-uruut p :.t 1 .
Put i.ta Uikon (Lrocucb Mui;1 i Co. JcctlTt
»pt« ill notice, without cl n0. iuUi>
SdtiHifi?
A han-l»o»i'ei7 illustrated wc*’ lr. T «r »o?t cir
cuUtu>n -•! any rejectoJ« • •! - a
rear: lour months. $L teoM bytai tiow-.j lu-rs.
ftiUHN & Co.s6i8r«*.a/. Hbw York
Bnaob Offlec. tS» K St4 Wa.-huuctun. U (.
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior joints, i.ar, coni*
fortahle quarters with every accommodat ton tor
until or 1 >east. Oanicn product a in season
Fresh Milk anc! Home Grown Vegetables ^
i C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor. 1*2 Mi- s From Valdez.
Workman’s Road ouse «■
P. MAGNUS80N, Proprietor.
First roadhouse huilt on Govern mi nt
Trail. Can accomodate 30 people, has large
warm ham for ‘JO horses ar.d good quarters
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
musher desires.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
i_ _ ____
A U Meal-Tty It A Cuod 3cd--Enjoy It
hite Hou^H
a-» , MIKE* l ROM VAI.UK7
UVS. Mail and Stage Station
Trie Last Place I. fore Crossing Thompson Pass
Freighting Coniracted Feed Fur Sale
; T. M* Daniels, Prop.
43 M'ies From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best*of arcoimnodntions for man and hi :•<=;. Fre-li Meat,
. Poultry aii.i \ egetahh-..- always on Land.. ^lh'stjftTdingJground
for horses on the trail.
_ Mrs. Ed Wood, Proprietor.
v / T-- {
( v a y a Vv. i. * 9 J
( T
, : •• l!' r. : '• i * . flu* r< • • ti> Fairbanks, £
ition Co., 4
will be found to .. - ■ ^
I BBAYER DAK Roadhouse #
41 Miles From Valdes. \
s *4.00 ] BILLY KAUFFMAN, Manager r
GAEONA Roadhouse j
135 Miles From Valdez i
At Junction of the Eagle and Fairbanks Trails J
Rates: Meals, $1.50, Beds $1.00 4
GEO. B. RORER ^ MANAGER *
CHIPPEWA Roadhouse !
150 Mi!»-s From Valiloz r
At Trail Crossing of the Gakcna River i
0
JOHN GILLESPIE MANAGER J
^ ^ 'V -■k. -va. -»*. Tt ■>... -*5, T» -<!■ -»> rv ' > «■ ™ _. <k
HOTEL DjLLER.
HcR<!:^’.:r;crs ; *•■. \ • < i* t. I. • r * ■ i - .
dQ<>. >'.:<» jvr«! y. ; i.
r^ui i*'W It‘i■>. «•
r. fe*. e
\\ . G. VOrl rs, Malta
Cos. First A v. <k L'uivei *ty si., SEATTLE
S >iOul vl <)].. r ■ V«fc!
Practicsl M!r -;?f OvU Wechai, I, EiwC
trical, E;:?ineerln?, Hetallu. .
Cyanide Process.
Surveying, A re i ltd u,r.\ f;r. . icraii- v
Ing. A‘*.«;.iak n in fg»; i:».r ! •
iunliuu A»-ity, i lovi ij v* A . 1
Allying, $*4).
(or circalftr.
A. VAN DER NAILED, F .si ;>J.
113 Filll-.'U S lVi-t, >u!i r l;t lie* M •, r-1. ij. < ;
k w « -t l it \ lin’.i.
Operates the tinest trains in tin
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicgc,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct contnvticns ith
through trains for ail .points East
and South.
As cheap a •' stand th
last to la- had. For rans or r
vat ions, call or write,
F. \\ . PARKER,<i -nerttl Agent.
131 Verier Wav. Seattle. *
SANDERS
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING
i
I
Ellamar
Mining
Company 4
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Pros; actor.
GENERAL MERGEANMSE
Prices Reasonable.
EUr.niar. Alaska
^ rds u
, m tho
ravers I>] l Knglish
1l i it . . nvita• inns and
M-, f.ir card pities. Th#
r«OM*K;T»K. 1 hone