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r VOLUME 5” NO. 28 ” _ VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1906. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
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We Carry the LARGEST and
MOST COMPLETE STOCK of
General
Merchandise
On the Coast of Alaska, being equipped
to handle both Retail and Wholesale
Orders.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
MAIL ORDERS FROM OUTLYING
POINTS
We are particularly strong in Groceries, Hardware,
Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Clothing,
and carry many other lines. We have Built Up Our
Business On Merit. Try Us.
Valdez Cold Storage Co.
Of'!'. A. L. LEVY A CO.
Wholesale Dealers In
(x Live and Dressed Meats, Poultry,
Fish, Oysters, Butter and Eggs,
Produce,
Phone 33 Valdez, Alaska.
Medicine Outfits For The Trail
i Largest Assortment of Snow‘Glasses.)
STATIONERY MINING LOCATION NOTICES
ANgeen& Owl Drag Co. Ph4°one
Call For School Warrsats.
Valden, Aug. 2l>—Jfotice is here
by given that I will ipay School
Warants up to 5>. fi-a, if presented
within IQ days.
Jas. Frsrt,
Treasurer.
N. Gray, who has been commis
sioner at L'nalaska for several
years, has resigned from the posi
tion.
T. B. Tansy is to start an assay
office at Cordova.
Amusements Are Scarce.
A11 Ellison Phonograph will en
tertain you anil your friends, an
Eilison Geld Moulde Record is a
work of art. We carry a complete
line of both. Phonographs, from
$12. up. New Records on every
boat. See Suessdorf Jt Wile 11 :
the Bowling Alley.
Capt~ Hartman returned thi
week from a tour of inspec' ion
of the telegraph lines .in the in
terior.
C A L LEVY & CO
Bankers
Valdez, Alaska
We Do A General Banking Business
Buy and Sell Exchange, Buyand Ship Gold Dust, Accept Deposits
'Make Collections and Loan_Mone_v on approved security at Low Bate'
of IoUW‘;*.t
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The First Spike.
Last Thursday was a great day
fur Valdez and one which will go
j down in local history ns the oc
j easier of the most important event
ever occuring in the place. This j
was the .having of the first spike on
Valdez-Yukon railroad, the first
| road to start laying rails from Val
| dez hay to the interior.
The day was a pleasant one and
' l»v three o'clock nearly all of the
j inhabitants of town were collected
] on and adjoining the wharf where
the ceremony was to he conducted.
| At 3:30 Couonel S wanitz presented
1 the spike to Judge Gunnison, who;
(proceeded with his part of the
| ceremony, driving the copper spike ,
! to its head in the tie at two blows.
II. ('. Elliott, C. («. Hubbard and
H. 1>. Elliott, of the Iluiibard
Elliott Copper Mining Co., Anton
Carlson, Fete Canlunau and C. H.
Golden also participated in the,
ceremony. I lie first spike driven:
was one presented for the occasion
by the Hubbard-Elliott Mining Co.
It was made from native copper.
‘jAnother spike was also used, which
was presented by Carlson, Golden
| and Cushman,
The band was out and furnished
1 music for the occasion, but there was j
no speeehmaking, the ceremony i
; being a most informal one. At tlie -
loon elusion of the ceremony Colonel
. Swanitz made a short statement in i
which lie sail that-irom that time
work would lie steadily continued
on the road, and the regular track
•crew then started on the work of
rail iaying.
Track will be pnt down as fast1
'as rails can be received from the
j States, and it is announced that a t
locomotive will bt received on thej
Santa Alia, which is due the lat
ter part of the month.
Fruits of all kinds at the Val-;
jdez Market. Plume 2!h
Telegraphic It;ms.
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Santiago, Aug. 22—There was a
panic last night owing to the circu
lation of a report, from the observ- j
atorv predicting another severe
shock. The people fled from the
city in thousands, and the police,
losing their heads, added to the
terror. The report proved to he
false. The people are crying for
food, arrival of which is delayed
on account of the railroad tracks
being covered with debris, making
ihe passage of trains impossible.
J'eoria. Aug. 22—The democratic
iconvention here endorsed Bryan in
spite of the protest of hi* friends.
The convention refused to ask Su1
livan to resign from the national
committee bv a vote of 1038 to 570
The convention pronouncedly re
fused to how to any dictation from
Mrvan.
Washington, Aug. 22—The pres
ident has ordered Fort Brown,
Texas, where the negro trouble oc
curred recently, to he abandoned.
The report of the inspector leads
the president to believe that ill
feeling between the races was the
sole cause of the trouble.
.Seattle, Aug. 23—The Bertha
arrived last night from Valdez.
Cannery Burned At Bristol Bay.
The report comes on the steamer
Dora that on June fi a large fish
cmnery at Koggiung, on Bristol
hay, belonging to the Alaska Pack
er’s Assaciation, was entirely con
sumed by fire, and several per ons
perished in the flames. Six em
ployers were arrested and are now
in jail at Nushugirk, charged with
arson, and will he taken to Valdez
ior trial.
Mining Exchange.
In answer to a call published
Monday about loO of the citizens
of town assembled Tuesday night
at McKinley Hall to discuss the
advisability of organizing a mining
stock exchange at Valdez. All of
the prominent mining men who
were present addressed the meet
ing, expressing the sentiment that
such an organization would be of
vast benefit to this community,
and after a discussion of the
methods to be pursued, a commit-,
tee composed of S. A. Henaple, II.
1). Reynolds, C. G. Hubbard, F. K.
■Burgin, C. H. Golden, Janies Fish,
W. A. Dickey and Colonel Swanitz
was appointed to draw up by-laws,
and nrepare for a regular organiza
tion. They are to report in one j
week. A resolution was adopted
and signed by nearly everyone I
present expressing their approval
of the organization of such an ex-!
change.
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The object of the exchange will
be to spread reliable information
regarding the great mineral re- j
sources of this district and to keep ■
Listed all available data concerning
every prospect mine.in the vicinity
Knight’s Island Copper Mining Co.
Stock wiil be raised to twenty
live cents per sliaije on Sept. 1st. ’
All those wishing to get in on ten.
cent share limit may send in their
•rubscri.ption before Sept.-1st. to .1.
C. f>ieringer secretary, or S. A.
Hernplc president,at Valdez Bank.
. Assessor Appointed.
Sep. 1 is the time for starting
the tax assessment and at the .last
meeting of the Council Chae. A.
Hand was appointed to act as j
assessor, lie has held thk posi
tion for several years. The tax
roll is to he made out during the
month of September and taxes arOj
due ill November.
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Kotglna Copper District.
The following communication
was received last mail from C.' I’.
Smith, who has reoentlv visited
the Kotsina, and gives a good idea
of the work going on in that sec
tion.
Gelincau & Beil have refused to
allow an extension of the bond on
their Rock Creek property. It was
examined by Mr. Grey, an .expert
who is now in that.-section, anil he
was -so ’favorably .impressed with
the ground thc.t he immediately
made a.deal with the owners and
is now-employing dll of the mien
that he'C’.an get at iW u .day and
hoard to develop the .claims. .He
has started a tunnel-on the con
tact between the lime formation
on tin- south and the greenstone on
the north and as far as he has gone
the ledge looks tine, bornite and
copper pyrites improving with
depth.
Another tunnel to tup the U nited
Ver.lc at a depth of -iOO feet will
he startl’d at once ami continued
all winter. Men are now busy
getting out logs for cabins and
timbers for the tunnel. Mr. Grev
will sled in 150 tons of supplies as
soon as the trail is open.
Gelimau iVrvBell have located 12
or 15 claims on Roaring creek with
a good showing • of glance, bornite
and native copper. The latter ore
is fine, the ledge being ‘12 to T4
.feet in-width and running nearly
DO per cent. The ledge has been
uncovered on four claims. '.The
copper is massive but fiierc i*
enough greenstone and cuprite in
the ledge to allow easy working
Mr Grey states that the forma
tion of this mountain, on which the
native copper has been found, and
on which Gelineau A Bell’s Hock
creek property lies, is almost simi
lar and the nearest approach to the
Calumet and Heela, and lie also
said that he would expend a mil
lion dollars developing this moun
tain and 1 expect he means what
he says as he has located about 7b
claims.
Ambrose Bell and Norman Mer
chant have also been exceedingly
lucky as they have located 23 fine
looking claims, one of which
threatens to be one ot the best so
far located in Alaska. It k-native
copper carrying cuperite, not be
ing so massive in native hut what
it can he worked. The ledge is
20-feet wide on top of the comb 'of
the mountain and crops cut at in
tervals for 1 bOO feet along the
strike. They have four claims in
this ground all having rich deposit*
of ore in place. Further east they
have 12 or 14 more, some in native,
some in glance and bornite and
then a short distance westerly they
have another group of the same
ore. All together these hoys have
about the best showing of the sea
son.
Tony Barrett and Ed. Young
have been successful and have
about 11 fine bornite claims, which
Mr. Grey was to examine at an
early date.
Dan Sheehan has located some
12 claims some of which are good,
as they were formerly the writers
and he knows whereof lie speaks.
Dan Grenniiig and his son Harry
have located some fine claims at
the head of the Kotsina river car
rying bornite, glance and native in
amygdaloid,.
(Jhas. T'.bbiUtf and Harry Moore
are locating and have some goed
claims.
The Mullen claim on 'Copper
creek belonging to B. F. Millard
has turned out to he of exceeding
richness with a body some 0 or 8
teet wide of beautiful bornite ore.
Scotty Crawford is busy as ever
and reports tilings looking well.
Mr. Hazeltiue is in charge and is
quite a rustler, rain or shine. The
«Laiius are looking fine with every
District Court.
The .principal -ease before (he
(court this week is the Bailey nniF
-der case, which is being argued or.
motions to continue till next teim
of court, and it.is probable that ,ii
-will be continued.
Thos Devine.|ll<»U guilty tc ‘tor
>chirrge of incest nnd'.wae sentioeetf.
to nyewr in the local 'k:il.
Barney Wilson was eonvictet
by tire trial jurv of.assault with at
• tempt to kill, but has .not been
■sentenced.
The-j my acquitted G.F. Larson,
who war. on trial for larceny sqp
jrosed to have been committed at
Seward.
The grand jury'lrasTeturned in
dictmcnts “not true hills” against
W. Koch, who was accused-of try
^ ing to shoot one Gumminger, fore
I nian at tlie-Kliamar mine, and in
■ the case of V. S. vs. Glnis T/itwovig,
; who was held on the charge -of
assault with a dangerous weapon,
the assault was claimed to have
been made upon Herman Movers,
| a year ago.
True billsTvere returned against
E. £.:J)oty for selling liquor with
out a license and against the
twelve Jap poachers on the charge
of killnrg'ftr. -seals.
Capt Curl Hartman was atl
i initted to .practice drefore the Ibar
! in.Alaska.bv the court (hie week,
j In the -civil vases nil motion
taken has beeuiin the mature of
■ preliminary sparring <au motions
I and fbe'only case decided was the
i one of Wright vs. Hubbard, which
j was dismissed
New Trail.
J. li. Crittenden has cut a new
trail from the Chistuchina river for
1J miles this way, making a great
j improvement in the oonte. -Here
| tofore there was a stretch un that
j section which was almost impassi
ble hilt the new trail is dry, all of
■ tlie gullies being bridged.
Wranifell Quiet.
For tin- lirst time gince white
I
| men have lieen in this section Mt.
Whanged is |»erfectly-tjuiet, not a
I particle of -smoke coming from the
j crater. The Indians predict tliat
this is w sure sign of an eruption.
They say •‘Pretty soon kali pi’,”
and are moving their Imbitntioire
from the neighborhood c-f therriv
ers, in anticipation of c flow of
' lava which will melt 'the glaciers
| around the crater am! cause a
I Hooddn the valley.
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| round of holes.
Report has it that’Mrs. Ammon
got lor*t and wandered around two
days and nights finally winding
up at Scotty’s cabin on Fall creed:
in a somewhat exhausted condi
tion. M rs. Ammon billed two
sl*eep this spring.
McCarthy on N ugget ereek has
crosscut his big strike and has
125 feet of beautiful vein matter
' consisting of rich peacock ore.
j This in spite of vague mi mores t«
11be contrary, looks to be a true
! fissure vein almost perpendicular,
' and should develop into tine
| mine.
i The writer located four claims
: rich in bornite and glance and e
I ledge of-native cupper 52 inches
wide.-similar to-Oelincau <t Hells,
on the middle-fork of.Peacock creek.
The.Kotsina country looks to be
t lie'best in the copper-zone and «it
would bemocurprise to sec a 'res
pectable mining camp mo <r
1000 inhabitants somewhere ir.
upper Koisina next summer.
This summer has been something
tierce, rained most every day anti
night, and in face of this the boys
have done exceptionally well.
They all expect to comedo Y’alder
in six pr seven weeks