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VOLUME 4, NO. 28 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY TAPER.
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Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
H«lel Holman, Copper Center. I
has enclosed a 40-acre tract of first
clast- pasture for the accommoda
tion of its patrons.
The contract for carrying the
mail from Casey’s cache, at the
bead of the Delta, to Fairltaiiks
and Fort Gibbon has Wen sublet
to the Ciough-Kiugliorn Co., of
Fairbanks. The price i- suppo-cd
to be about forty thousand dollars.
Tbi- company will abo carry on a
papt-ctiger and ex press service over
the same route. * •
Streams Bridged
Foot bridges were this week i
built acrrss ail the streams between
town and Xo. 1 by Col. Swaiiiiz, ]
and m up hers may now come into
town dry-shod. A sign will lie
placed at the east end of the traii,
n«-ar t»e-.rgi Brown’s cabin to show
liie incomers where to branch off.
'i he A|hjI!o mine is l».-imr worked \
with a ft;il force of men on double
-liif;. Tiu-y are ilrdtMi^ to get the,
ieu^e.
Additional Locals
The 3,000-ton steamer Edith.
Capt. John O’Brien, arrived Thurs
day last with 500 tons of freight
for Valdez, including prepared
piles for a new wharf also a hunch j
of cattle for the local market.
\V. L. Johnson of Arizona, after
a short stay, left Sunday evening
on the Santa Clara for his home
He came to investigate some inter
im copper properties, hut concluded
it was too late. He will return in !
the early spring and remain in
Alaska during the summer.
The Santa Clara, after complet
ing her trip to the Westward, left
for Seattle on Sunday evening.'
taking a number of |>cop!c from
here and the Westward. A delay I
was made to await the arrival of ,
the Bora from the West.
The piles and wharf lumber
brought up by the Edith, was made j
into a ratt and on Monday was :
towed l»y the Dora about -ix miles
down the bay to the proposed i
townsite. On the same day an!
order was placed with the Valdez
mill people for a’ out a million
feet oi heavy wharf lumber osten-1
siblv for two wharves, one to Is
erected at the extreme upper end
of the bay.
P. J. Hickey, a mining man oi;
Spokane, Wash., lias been looking
over some of the mining properties!
of the sound with a view to acquir
ing title to some. He will decide;
later as bis time was limited. Ill
icit on the Excelsior for Sunrise,
where he has seine men at work on
a very promising quartz ledge.
Railroad work is progressing ni j
a small way. Col. Swnuitz has a !
small force of nieu in - be held jus!
outside of town, and tieorge Has
let has a small party at work near
the Canyon.
l>e. ItY-Ti;o'd. dct. .si, returned
on the Excelsior hut will leave:
again for the Westward on the
i*ant;. .-ti.., ahoi . '...1 -_ 'll . kn lie
meantime in i.-. prepan 1 to Htlend
to all wlio need liis rvicis.
Sound & Coast
Items of Interest from All Along
the Shore
The Bristol hay tanneries have
all clone well this summer.
On the south end of Lntouche
island Jim Betties has set some
men at work to open up his claims.
The Karluk cannery has not
put up as large a pack this season
as usual.
The Orca fish park. consisting of
35,000 cases, is about completed
and the cannery will soon shut
down.
Mr. Beatson of Lntouche, has
stocked the island with Belgian
hare. They are doing well and
will be of future use.
Mr. Button of Iliamna, is mak
ing a great showing on his copper
ledge and will send out on the Kx
ceisior a trial shipment to the
smeller.
Mr. Brown of Unga, has located
a large ledge of gold quartz, which
he believes is the source iroin which
the Sand Point gold placers come.
According to latest report the
Chignik cannery had 58,000 cases
ui salmon put up and needed hut
-.000 more to complete the pack.
The Uvak cannery, notwith
standing its damage by lire, lias
succeeded in putting up a lair
pack, fen thousand cases were
lost in the tire. *
Two miles below the Reynolds
property on Laiouche island Wells
and Anderson have located 20
claims and are now opening up a
leuge at least 20 Icet w ide.
Karleson has commenced work
on ids claims on the southerly side
of Latouche island. These are the
claims that the Hein/.e party un
dertook to do some work on last
year.
The Wain Brothers, with Brown
oi (Inga, have opened up what
proves to he a large ledge of free
nulling goid ore at llnalaska, and
they will ship, by the next boat,
several tons ior a mill test.
A couple of weeks ago the Star
of Russia w ith ISoJJlJO cases of sal
mon aboard, ran on a reef near
Koitiak and it was feared she
would wreck, hut upon the removal
oi 1U,000 cases she was success
fully floated oft and taken to Kar
luk for repair.
Joe Little and John Wilson have
been working ail summer on their
four claims adjoining the south end
of the Bonanza mine on Latouche
i-!aial. They have stripped the
surface and have found croppings
at many points.
The schooner Evie, used in Cook
Inlet for carrying freight from the
steamers to points further north,
recently ran ashore on half tide.
As the water receded the boat
listed over and the incoming tide
filled her, damaging most of the
cargo that was sadly needed by a
number of men working at the j
mad of the Inlet.
The claims on Latouche island
formerly owned by Mike Cilad
hough and known as the Black
lid is claims were tor some time in
dispute Between J. D. Meenacb and
the Reynolds Development Co. Tin
difference bus finally been settled
and the Keyuoliis Company are
now the undisputed owners with
out any recouise to law. Max
.Sauers, with some men, has been
working on the claims for the pas;
two months and have made new
and valuable discoveries of ore
about two uidis south from the
Beatson property at a point alsmt
a mile from tin lieaeh. Since then
B. Stevens, manugcrtfor the com
pany. has put a force of men at
work on the ledge.
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Landlock Ore.
The first sht|>inent oi ore from
Lamilock bay, consisting of about
100 Ions v. is taken on the I i»t out
going trig of tiie I’or. an.i to be
iletivered to tbe smtiur. It i.« from
tlie Murray |>ro| ertv mar tbe bent!
oi the i«av am; a;.- -iiijg 1 tn or«l«-t
to make room for the hai.it'ing oi
Uiachit ery about to lie in- alietl.
Opening Alaska Coal Mines. |
The opening of the coal mines at
Coal IIar!*or, Alaska, on a large
scale will have an important hear
ing upon the commerce of the
Pacific, la-cause they will add very
largely to the already superior
economics of the northern great
circle between Puget Sun id anu
Asia.
Much of the coal which has Wen
discovered in Alaska is of a very
high grade. Some of the coal from
Coal Harbor, under analysis, has
shown itself to W somewhat better
than the Wsl Pocahontas coal,
which is the standard for use on
American naval vessels. The coal
is particularly valuable for steam
ing purposes, especially on vessels.
1 lie lual tielus of tlie Aleutian
islands are within a very short dis
tance of the route already followed
bv the steamship lines plying l><
tween Seattle and Asia. It would
require but a slight departure from
the shortest jKjs.-ihle route of travel
to touch at Coal Harbor, either in
going to or returning from Asia.
A coaling station enroute so easily
to )k' reached and where coal oi a
superior quality could be obtained
at a low price, would make it un
necessary for vessels to till their
hunkers at either end of the route.
They would have that much more
space to devote to cargo, and on
arrival at Coal Harbor could re
place the coal used on the earlier
part of the voyage.
In the fierce competition which
is coming for the trade of the Ori
ent, ail of the economies which can
he practiced will count and count
largely. The cheapest route will
get the business. So far as con
cerns transportation between the
I'nited States and Asia, the north
ern route, starting front Seattle, i
by long odds the cheapest, as it i*
the shortest, and there is already
cheaper fuel available here than at
any other port on the Pacific coast.
The opening of mines of a tine
quality of coal, near tide water in
Alaska, and just off the steamship
route to Asia, gives this one addi
tional advantage and will cheapen
the operation of steamship lines
between Seattle and Asia by a per
ceptible amount.
1 lie introduction oi quantities or
a high grade coal into the Pacific
coast markets will also bu oi large
value to manufacturing establish
ments which are located where
they can secure supplies of that
coal at cheap rates of transporta
tion. Northern Alaska itself will
profit the most by the opening oi
the new industry, which,aside from
its importance as an industrial
agency, will furnish the Alaskans
with an abundant supply* of fuel,
cheapening the cost oi living and
also the cost of mining operations
during tire winter months.—P.-l.
Preparing for Winter Travel
Mr. Jas. Fish, of the Valdez
Transportation Co, a company
organized to carry mail, txprc.-s
and passengers'to and from Fair
banks and intermediate points,
arrived on the .Santa Clara utter a
a time spent in the states where all
arrangements - were pt rfecled fur
the future of the company’s busi
ness. He brought with him ten
elegant draft horses and harness to
be used on the route, and a number
of cattle to ix- distributed at tin
various roadhouses maintained by
the company, and a very large
quantity of supplies. An order was
placed with the- Siiidebaker Wagon
Co. for a number of stage s.eds
whit- arc to lw- fitted up in lie- most
substantial ami luxurious manner
and to reach here in ample time
fur the opening of the sitaldtng Ma
son.
Dy the lame slunV i;« 1- th •'•>n.
nj E all ready !3i buiintti
and will start at the earliest pos
sible date.
The company has contracts to
carry all the winter mail between
Valdez. Fairbanks and Fort (iib
l«>n. which w ill include the mail
for Nome and intermediate point*.
Every mail contract awarded to
these people li is bevn faithfully
carried out, and it is safe to sav
tiiat they will continue to make it
a success, a- each year additional
facilities arc lieing incorporated to
expedite the work. This winter
Fairbanks will receive two mails a
week and Nome one.
Heretofore winter traveler
going «o or icft®1^*> Ala»««..
was forced to foot ic,ui u *<
carrving his bed and lioard, while
now he may take a comfortable
seat behind a fast team and have a
house to sleep in every night. The
Pullman will come a little later.
As=ay Ofuce for Valde*.
L. 11. t umphcll. of Ellamar, was
a passenger on the Santa Clara
for the Slates- .vit*-:- .1 short stay
in Seattle lie will return ami enter
into the employ of J. I, i’arker, of
the lladley Smelter, with head
quarters at Valdez. It will he his
duty to test tlm ore- and investi
gate the many miiu rai locations
along the sound in the interest of
Mr, Parker.
Nearing A Crisis
Portsmouth, Aug. lti—A crisis
in the peace negotiations is rapid
ly approaching, and the end of
this ek should witness either a
complete settlement of the terms,
which now appears most improb
able, or a deadlock which will dis
rupt the conference and result in
a prolonged continuation of the
war.
Improvements At Latauche
On her * trip the Excelsior
took from Latouche island about
two hundred tons of ore, and the
steamer before that also took a
cargo. The shipments are not
large and are only moved in order
to get the ore out of the way, as
Mr. Beatson is engaged in making
extensive improvements upon his
property, preparatory to making it
a hig shipping-proposition. When
the improvements now under way
are completed it will be, without
exception, the le-st equipped mine
in Alaska.
(jne of Mr. Bcatson’s principal
objects is to provide for the com
fort of the men in his employ, tie
i.- now erecting a boarding house,
w ith a dining room large enough
to accommodate two hundred men.
The kitchen and storehouse will
occupy a portion of this building,
which, when completed, will cost
about fifteen thousand dollars.
This quildiug wili l>e followed by a
bunk-house about two hundred
feet long, which will contain bath
rooms, billiard room and club
rooms ami other means of recrea
tion for ttie employees wiil ue add
ed, but no liquor will 1m- allowed to
be sold on the property. It will
prove an ideal place for employees
and a source oi wealth and pleas
ure to the owners.
Two thousand and forty acres of
placer tin gmuiul in the Cape York
rrgion have recently been bonded
to English capitalists ior $.>,000 (JOi),
Dick tieiiueau. Tout liurrelt and
A. i>. ilioiup-on left to-day with
pack liorses for a ’.rip to Ko.sjna.
tielineau and Thompson will re
illrn in ais.iut twen.y days, while
Tony may remain in the interior
aii winter.