Alaska Has Best Coal
Geological Survey Makes Glowing
Keport on Alaska’s
Coal.
, foal of n superior quality lo the
famous Pocahontas of West Vir
ginia, and other coal that compares
favorably with some of the semi
anthracites of the Pennsylvania
fields, has been discovered in Alas
ka. Some of it is far letter than
any other coal found on the Pacific,
coast. The genuineness of the dis
covery is vouched for by the United
States geological survey, and there
seems to be no doubt of the great
extent of the deposits. Referring
to a certain part of these new Alas
ka coal fields, one of the officers of
the geological survey who has made
a thorough investigation, makes
this broad statement:
“There is no coal with which it
is likely to come into general com
petition to which it can be com
pared, for it is higher in heating
power and in purity than any coal
that is mined on the Pacific coast,
either in the United iStates or Can
ada, or any coal mined in Aus
tralia.”
The officer of the geological sur
vey who investigated the Alaska
coal dejiosits last summer is Dr. G.
C. Martin. He says that the im
portance to the whole Pacific coast
of an extensive deposit of good
Alaskan coal cannot lie overesti
mated, and that such a coal is sit
uated from 12 to 25 miles inland
from Controller hay. A good deal
has been said heretofore about
these coal deposits, but there has
l*en nothing authoritative on the
subject. The geological survey
guards carefully against exploiting
any doubtful schemes, and its re
port on the Alaska coal deposits
will therefore attract serious at
tention.
I he fields in question lie behind
the Controller bay oil fields, at the
foot of the Chugach mountains.
The coal and oil were found to he
in two distinctly separate forma
tions that lie in roughly parallel
belts. There is, however, he says,
no necessary connection between
the oil and coal, and it does not
follow that where one is found the
other will occur. The coal area
covers about 85 square miles, and
the northern portion seems to have
a larger number of seams than the
southern. The physical properties
of the coal are much alike in all
the seams, and the coal resembles
the harder bituminous coal of the
east rather than the anthracites.
It is said that if this coal is to used
for domestic purposes it will have
to l>e carefully handled, for like ail
bituminous coal, it crumbles easily.
The most promising coal seen by
I)r. Martin comes from a 20-foot
seam now exposed in the tunnel
on curtain creek. Its composition
shows it to lie a semi-anthracite oi
somewhat the same com|iositi»n as
the Bernice basin coal of Pennsyl
vania, although it is purer and has
a higher heating power. It differs
from the anthracite of Pennsyl
vania and Wales in having more
volatile matter in proportion totl e
amount of fixed carlion. It is al
'Host identical in heating power,
ns well as in Ihe low amoi nt < f
impurities, with the Pocahontas
strain coal of West Virginia, hut
excels this coal hy having a high r
proportion of fixed carlam. Its this
fuel in the 20-:'oot seam which, I)r.
Martin savs, is la tter an any
found in the western part of the
United Slates or Canada or Aus*
tralia.
Money In Tanana.
> It is said that Chus. I). Lnnc.who
has invested heavily at Nome,will
visit the Tanana camp this sum
mer and be prepared to spend
#*2,000,000 or #3.000,(XX) in opening
of placer properties,building flumes
and other enterprises incidental to
the work. TIiis statement was
made by Captain E. T.
Barnette, head of the Northern
Commercial interests in the Tanana
and the man who first secured a
foothold in the camp.
Captain Barnette added: Fair
banks will have several new enter
prises, of which I learned while
outside. One is a telephone line
to lie installed by Captain Fuller
of the Dawson Telephone comfmnv.
Mr. Fuller gave me instructions
while I was in San Francisco to
place order for |>oles for bis lines
as soon as I reach Fairbanks. He
will build up the creeks to Pedro,
with branches to Cleary and Fair
banks creeks, and extensions will
made from these points as demand
el. A bank will l»e opened in
Fairbanks as soon aB supplies can
be landed there. The safe ami
Vault and other equipment has
l»een ordered. It will Ik- backed
by Americans.
The new steamer Tanana. which
the Northern Commercial is hav
ing built for the Tanana, will reach
Fairbanks on the initial trip not
later than Aug. 1. The steamer
will he of the same type as the
Koyukuk, on the Koyukuk river,
only much larger and more power
ful. It will draw only 10 inches
of water when not loaded with car
go. It will be 130 feet long, have
30-foot la-am ami 16-inch cylinder
anil have a capacity of 200 tons of
freight and 30 passengers, and will
Ik* able to shove a laden barge in
addition.
The Northern Commercial ca'
culates on putting 5,000 to 7,000
tons of freight into the Tananti
country this summer. I under
stand another big company intends
to place 2,000 tons in there.
There will be a change this year
in the management of the geodetic
survey in Prince William sound,
heretofore carried on by H. P. Rit
ter. Mr. Ritter will this year at
tend to office work for the depait
ment, as he has not fully recovered
the use of his leg, which was brok
en about a year and a half ago.
Ilis place on the Taku will he tak
en by Mr. Denson, who was here on
tiie work in ’99, and is a very clever
man in the profession.
Jas. Fish, Sk., licensed real es
ate agent, McKinley st., Valdez.
Telephone 13. Properties iur sale
or rent.
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WATCH OF GOLD NUGGETS.
I be Cralt Met at Fuhlnati lata
Cum, l»lal and Hands br a
Klaadik* alatr.
A. L. Delkins, a Nome jeweler and
miner, who recently arrived in Seattle
ou ti.e Oregon, brought with him
what are undoubtedly the finest
curios ever produced in Alaska. As
a miner Jar. Deikius dug out a great
quantity of gold from Ids claims on
\S dlow creek in the Council district,
ami as n jeweler he worked a part of
that gold into a chatelaine bag for
his wife, and into the most hand
some gold wntch and chain imagin
able for himself.
The *.ag, which ia a work of art and
beauty, is composed, counting the
chain and all, of no leas than 3,000
colors. The hag proper is composed
of little solid gold squares, linked to
gether with solid gold rings at each
corner and covered with countlesr
little gold nuggets. The chain ia
very long and the effect altogther is
dainty and beautiful.
But the watch carries off the plum
when it comes to workmanship nnd
beauty, says the Seattle Times. It is
lk-si/e. and. with the chain, weighs
no leas than 13 ounces. The chain,
a fob. hangs in the form of a triangle
and ia mnde of big, solid, flat nug
gets. The watch case is all of solid
gold. The metal wot melted by Mr.
Delkins nnd then hammered out into
the required thickness and shape. He
•lid nil the work by hand, and then
covered the case with hundreds of
nugg ts. which give the wntch a fin
ish that is not only startling, but ab
solutely beautiful.
The dlnl is also of solid gold, with
carved raised letters, while across the
top are found the words: "Made by
A. I,. D-Ikins. Nome. Alaska.” The
miner-jeweler also mnde the hands,
which are solid gold and carved
daintily.
A* Mr. Delkins says:
“I don't suppose you could find two
such curios in this world. They are
- riceless siinjdv hpcause they are not
for sale. I suppose I am the only
man in the world who has dug nnd
mnde his own tlme'dece, for I cer
tninly did dig the gold, nnd I certain
ly spent n good many longhours work
ing it up into a watch."
NEW DOUBLE STARS.
*Uiy Pairs Recently Discovered
Wfclefc Are Actually Associated
Together.
Lick observatory reports the dis
covery recently of over 100 pairs of
double stars. These double stars ap
pe r to t’ e naked eye as single stars
but through the telescope their
binary character is seen It is known
that in Jo- rases t! ese double stars
ar» n d so ly two stars fluit lit in
ti e i;.i:e ... vetinu and appear to t' e
eye to : ♦ lose together, while in re
alily Icing far apart; but they are
actii.*.li; »iiated together, and re
vo|\e round each other. In some
cases four or five stars are so
grouped round a single center of
gravity. The periods of revolution of
many of the double stars hate b -en
noted. These periods run generally
from 25 to inn years, and the relative
positi< n < f r>e two stars changes so
slowly that observations covering
many years, and sometimes several
lifetimes. ’ ave to be made before full
data c: • ad. For a long time ii
bad been : iiowti that the (liant '•tB!
on Sun >i: i’i. • eriodieallv moved n-idc
a litt’e. just as if lie wer. swinging r.
small companion in the t\ It-.--1 i
dance. Th»* Washington 2!’-ineh tele
scope was pointed at Sirius and it
was plainly seen that lie did indee •
ha\e a mate, which, however, is much
smaller than himself.
When Lies Are
“I sei That some of the college pro
fessors have been discussing tbt sub
j ct of lying. Now, honestly, do you
hi. k there is ever a time in any man's
lift when he is justified in telling a
I: . •>»*
i.e .
“I do. The man who lives next door
to me has his second wife, and wh.n
' • "e:- him in a corner and v.utits t<»
I now wh tfc r be doesn’t care more
r her hi'.d’than for nl! thrie of the
i.ti. wh have only a eiepti.o b
• r. ! till you it's al! ri ’h; f r him to
io I' d to lie hard.”—Chicago itecord
ileraid.
Wcr*-‘ ft fK*» ? of.
Ths-r"*! th* wnmnn with a m??Flon,
the wciti r w!*h a fed;
E. »•. : Ti.tkcfc :h.- th p vto wtdi her
\ i>h : ih' p? he tie vc r had.
But .: : *or?‘ than - the others
O 11*1* !! infi ttfd aye
I« '.hi ' old x-w;. vi l o imagines
Eh tor. tii v?.tc the a luge.
—Ch.tssgo D.-.iy Kiwi.
CAISU A5KD EFFECT,
“The l-at y at your house is awfully
small for its ape!”
“Vts, In: i’ Y mistress insists on
briej ii;• - t up on condensed milk!”
—ilv„{*. ndorier iilactter.
1i»'- ! iMrashfd.
Thh anarrhl.t rt*p it* no laws,
X r ! 1. .i . rr.. tcp#.
Pc»h j> t. icui- Usiith tliu* btcauia
*‘V * • . ifctxt** so-p."
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Gold; Silver and Coj\per 93.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Cojijier - 2.00
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Application.
r. 3. |.«uii tm.ee, Juneau, Alaska Mar. 7, Itmi
S’ldltv is hereby given (bat:
I, Carl N. Crary, «>( >’ald**x. Alaska,
.-signe--of Thompson Oardetilner. being etui
d to th** benefit s of Section 2-itf* oi the Kevi* .
a’utesof the United Mates, granting addi
oiial land* to Mildicn and sailors who serve*
i the War of the Rebellion, do hereby appl>
• enter C. S. Survey No. £17, containing 1
.* o and more particularly described at* fo!
*ws, t*i-wit:
San* survey No. :M7 is situated within th*
tide* Recording Histriet, I’rin e Willi.n
»u d d.-eribed bv metes mid bourn's, eour*
id .is..j.uce«, us lol.ow.-:
‘ e,inning at Corner No 1, which is 18 !
•ui.is N. u deg. E. iront Corner No 1 of Vald*.
wnsite. and l'».TJ chains X II deg. :io min I
m the initial moiinineut of U. s Surv y No
•. th'-n. e N. 28 deg. XI mill. V . lb.2b elmins t.
rner No. 2; thence X. b| dee. 27 min. b. i».k.
.ulus t** Corner No J; (lionet S 28*1 g. iEtmii;
lb..ti ehain* to Corner No. 4; then »-s.«'l*l •;
min. W. chains to Corner N -. I ll.e plae
: beginning. ( outaining lit acres. Vanatioi.
« l g. >7 min E.
As additional to his ordinal homestead o*
• N. 1of the NE See • T Hi N U 2b W
.*lch ,.e . rt i e*i on tin- 27lh day of January.
*, |h- homestead entry No !*>7'»a» lie* Unite
le- iotiid Office at Clark ville, Arl insas.
Noli e ;s hereby given to any and all parti."
imiug adversely any portion of the above
•scribed tra -t. t*» file with the K *gist»*r *»f th
. S. Laud (Mb e at .liinean, Ah aka. an adv i>e
o.hu in «u*cordai:«*e with law during tlie p* r
d ul publication oi v.ihin 2.) d.*\s the realter
CARL N. CK \itY.
Assignee of Thompson cardenhier.
1, John 'V. ]>udley, Register of t ie U. S. lain*!
Ur e, at Jum-aii, Alaska, do hereby order that
copy of the Notice of Application «»f Soldier’s
dditioiial Homestead of t arl N. Crary, l*. S.
rvev No. £17, be published in tlie Alaska
< .-FKCTOk, a weekly paper, publish' *i in Val
*1 •*, Al^ka. for a period» f sixty lilt days, or ten
| l*J consecutive weeks.
JOHN W. HURLEY
Register
oodell & Edwa’du, Attorneys 7
Wellington coal f 15 per ton or
1.25 pt-r sack, delivered. J.C. Mar
ti, agent, or Copper River Drav
ng Co.
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G18 First Ave.. Seattle, Wash.
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