Markets in the Copper Hirer Valley.
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In another article appearing in tliis
booklet, it is conclusively shown that
cereals ami foodstuffs generally, together
with various vegetables, can be grown in
paying quantities throughout the Copper
River Valley. .This shown the question of
the market naturally follows.
To those not acquainted with the situa
tion it may seem like a sweeping asser
tion to state that the valley itself affords
an excellent market for its products. This,
however, is a fact—the traveled route to
the interior threads its way through the
Copper River Valley for nearly two hun
dred miles, and ns each year the army of
miners must travel this route with their
horses and outfits, going to and from their
mines, it will at once he s«-en wherein a
market is created right at home. For it
is the first thought of the miner to make
his load ns light as |H>s*ihle, and if feed is
procurable at reasonable prices at conven
ient points along the route, none at all will
be taken leaving Valdor.
In the mountainous districts adjacent
to the valley, rich deposits of numerous
metals, more especially gold ami copper,
are found. Here, each year, thriving min
ing camps arc located. The miners of ne
cessity must eat canned goods, ami when
ever fresh vegetables — potatoes, onions,
etc.—or beef are brought into camp, they
are quickly bought up. Occasionally sup
ply and demand reflects on prices, but as
a rule the cost of tr»ns[iort:itinn is taken
as a basis for determining selling prices.
The following prices wete effective in the
dopper River Valley and the mining dis
tricts adjacent thereto, during the summer
of 1903:
Oats, - - - $ .20 to * .30 per lb.
Kolled Barley, .20 “ .30 "
Hav, - - - .20 “ .50 “ lor **""*
Potatoes, - - .75 “ 1.00 “ i "r ns.'w
. i l^r Dir*U
Onions, - - - 1.00 “ 1.50 “
Garden Truck, 1.00 41 1.50 “
Fresh Beef, - .75 “ 1.00 “
The proposed government wagon road
from Valdez to Eagle will, ujion its com
pletion, very materially affect tlie above
quoted prices; yet the demand from the
country opened up by it will more than
make up for the shrinkage in prices.
Homestead Entries la Alaska.
BY T. J. DONOHOB, ATTORNEY.
Homestead entries of public lands in Al
aska may be made under the provisions of
an act of Congress approved March 3,1903,
extending the homestead laws and provid
ing for a right of way for railroads in the
District of Alaska.
This act provides that a citizen of the
United Btates may, under the provisions of
the homestead laws of the United States,
not in conflict with the provisions of this
act, enter 320 acres of tlie unoccupied and
unappropriated non-mineral public lands
of Alaska, that no entry shall he allowed
extending more than one hundred and
sixty roils along the shore of any navigable
water. If any of tlie land settled ii|>ou is
unsurveyed, it must lie located in a rectang
ular form not more than one mile in length
and located by north and south lines run
according to the true meridian and the lo
cation so made tlmll la- marked upon the
ground by permanent monuments at each
_ of the four corners thereof, so tliat the
boundaries may lie readily traced. Tlie
record of said location slmll within ninety
days from the date of settlement lie filed
for record in tlie recording district in which
tlie land is situated. Said record shall
contain the name of the settler, the date of
settlement and such a description of the
land by reference to some natural object as
will identify the same.
If at tlie expiration of the time required
by law the public surveys have not been
extended over tiie land located, the locator
may secure patent for the same by procur
ing at his own expense a survey of the land
which must lie made by a deputy surveyor.
When the survey is approved .bjl tlie sur
veyor general, tlie same procedure is fol
lowed as in soldiers additional^ certified
lights, in addition to which the settler must
furnish the required prooi of residence and
cultivation. Patent may lie obtained with
out the payment of any purchase price or
other charges except tlie ordinary office fees
and commissions of tlie rigister and re
ceiver. Should the settler so desire, he
may commute under section 2301, Revised
Statutes, one hundred and sixty acres of
his entry hy paying in addition to the fees
ami commissions as in final liomesteads,
the price of one dollar and a quarter per
acre.
Slate Creek Mining District.
It WB. FINICAL, SANAUEI CUFflt SITU LPaSES CO.
The Slate Creek Mining District discov
ered in ltfOO is directly tributary to Val
des. The creek does not cut into the Alas
kan range proper but into a group of foot
hills.
The gold from this district yields ft mint ]
assay of $18.40 to the ounce. The output
from the few claims worked in 1902 was
$275,000, and iu 1903 $310,000. The gold
is tine. That which conies from Miller
Gulch, a tributary, is coarse and free of i
nuggets. The mining season in this camp
opens June 1st and closes aUmt September ,
15; affording 100 days work at the rate of i
one dollar an hour. One hundred and
seventy-five men were employed on the*
twenty claims worked during the past sea
son, and it will he ten years at least before
the claims now o|iened will be worked out.
There is a well defined pay streak from
two to four feet iu width, and it is only
seven to fifteen feet to bedrock. Only the
lower part of tlie creek has been thoroughly
prosjiccted. The benches on the right limit
are known to he marvelously rich in gold,
and when capital can lie induced to put in
hydraulic machinery millions will lie taken
out every year. The camp is in the in
fancy of its development.
Agricultural Possibilities In The Copper
River Valley.
BY B. BUZ.
The Copper river valley is estimated to
contain at least 50,000 square miles of ag
ricultural land. The time is near at hand
when thousands of lioines must l-e estali
lislied there. Here are brood acres of al
luvial soil capable of producing vegetables
and grain crops of untold values. Here
an* heavy forests and acres oi rich grazing
land only awaiting the advent of the dairy
herd.
A number of farms were located Inst
summer in tlie vicinity of Copper Center.
The government has a experimental farm
tinier operation, where all kinds of hardy
vegetables, oats, barley, and a dozen varie
ties of grasses were fully matured. Owing
to the manifold resources in this and other
lines of development the Copper river val
ley offers greater opportunities for the man
of moderate means desiring to make a
home for himself and to liecome self
supporting than any section of the Pacific
states did twenty years ago.
The development of tlie vast mineral re
sources which has already begun on a
large seale provides a practically inex
haustahle market for all tlie hay, grain and
garden produce that will lie raised in tlie
valley for the next twenty years, at higher
prices than can be secured in any market
in the United States. The settler will upon
the advent of the railroad and wagon roads
find himselt in ]>ossession with a perfect
title from the government of a piece of
valuable land and a home, and income suf
ficient to render him financially independ
ent.
Strangers who know nothing of the pos
sibilities ol tlie country may scoff at these
statements, just as thousands scoffed at
similar statements concerning the agricul
tural possibilities of tlie country compris
ing the great empire of Western America.
But to tiiose who have been through the
country tliese possibilities are too well
known to require sulistan tint ion. In my
opinion tlie backbone of the settlement of
this mighty valley is its agricultural re
sources.
The Valdez Route To Tanana.
HY Y. M. BROWN, ATTORN BY.
Aland 100 miles above the mouth of the
Tanana river, a recent discovery of rich
placer ground has been found, which bids
fair to rival the Klondike district in value
and permanence. Like nearly every dis
covery in Alaska, the first reports were in
some instances exaggerated, causing thou
sands to stampede there; a large propor
tion of whom were poorly equipped with
either provisions or money, and came away
without giving it a trial. Then followed
the conservative element, who by intelli
gent prospecting have shown beyond doubt
that it is an immensely rich placer district
that will yield an increasing production of
placer gold- for many years.
"here are thousands of acres, yes tens of
thousands of acres of filacer ground along
the Tanana River nnd its tributaries, and
in nuinlierless places between this town and
the Tanana River that will yield from 93
to 910 )>er day to .the man, which it is dif
ficult to work at a profit at the present
time on account of tlie cost of transporting
supplies into the interior. From Valdez
which is situated on the southern coast of
Alaska, and about the central ]K>rtion, the
War Department has constructed a trail
over which pack horses can travel in the
summer, and sleds with either dogs or horses
may travel in winter. A weekly mail ser
vice is maintained over this route. The
present cost of transporting supplies to the
Tanana is from 50c to 91 per pound. From
Valdez to the Tanana River, due north, is
about 300 miles, and by means of the pro
jected government wagon road, thousands
of men will find profitable employment, in
working the immense area of placer ground
that now lies undeveloped. The climate is
no more severe than in any of ttic northern
States, but men expecting to work at placer
mining should be strong men and able to
stand hard manual lahor.
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STEAM LAUNDRY,
MrKIXLEY STREET.
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For Assn vs Send Your Ore To
J. H. MORRISON,
Asaayer Ellamar Mining Co.
<k>ld. Silver and Copper 13.50
Oold and Silver - 1.60
Cop|)er - - - 2.00
I-end - 2.00
Kllamah, Alaska
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec-.
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alaska.
The northwestern line
Operate* the finest trains in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St Paul,
Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through trains for all points East
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and tlw
best to he had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write,
F. W. PARKER,<ieneral Agent,1
151 Yealer Way, Seattle,
Dissolution of Partnership.
The business heretofore existing under the
firm name of Woods & Kowlio at Howard, Alas
ka between OiHiWood>and James Font lie is thi«
day dissolved by mutual consent. Hew. H.
Woods continue* live business, and collects and
fays all b!41« of the said firm of Woods A
owlie.
James Fondle.
, *tii. 14. H’sud&
Dated Jan. 11, 19W. 2
Notice oi Forfeiture.
Values, Alaska, Jan. 1, l'JOJ.
To Walter L. White and K. F. Willis:
You are hereby notified that the undersigned,
A. II. I'tley, has expended during the year
1903, four hundred ($400) d dlarsju labor
the Lost Chord, the llcleu, the Hold hollar and
the Black Hear mining claims situated on die
benches of Slate Cre-k and Miller Hidch.in
the Chisiia mining district. AJaska. in Val
dez Recording hiatrlet, the lucaii*n iioUctw
of which claims are now of r«r »rd in the
office of the Cnitud State* Commissioner at
Valdez, and to which notice* reference i* made
fora more* |»arMcular description thereof, in
order to hold said claims under provision of
Section 2324. Revised Statute* of the Fuited
States, and the aiucudiucBt* relating thereto
concerning annual lau|«*u mining claim*,
being tin- amount required to bold said claims
during the year Mitt, ending Deceuit*r 31,
19»:!. And tf ut the expiration oi ninety
day* from the publication of this notice, you
fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of!
such expenditure, your interests in said claims
will become the property of the uudnsipnd, ;
your co-owuer, who ha* made tiie required ex- :
(•enditure by tiu: terms of said section.
A. II. ITLKY. !
First publication Jan. 7.
hast publication April 7.
RIPAN* Tabult*
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A good |>rescri|)tk>u
For mankind
The 5-eent package is enough for usual ore*
sion. The family Untie (fin cent*) "amain* ft
supply for a year. All druggist* sell them.
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E. E. Caine, President
Ci. ^or VALDEZ, by tbe outside route, ever/
W JjS MOm 15davs
“VIIUI First sailing Feh. 5.
From Settle for Valdez. Cook Inlet und
Str FYffklur may Jwrl«sJ*tof each month. From Vat
• L kUHH dez for Seattle and way ports. 16th of each
__month.
i From Seattle fur Vaklez, Cook Inlet and
^fr Qinfi AflO J wa-v l*or'» Hltli of each month. From Val
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_( month.
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Qfr NfWIUtrt j 2(Uh of each month, connecting at Valde*
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without notice.
Seattle Office—618 First .A v«l J Martin
Agent.
PHOTO 14.
A. B lies, Pres. F. M. Brown, Treas. F. J. Kinghom, Sec.
Valdez Dock I! Warehouse Company.
may be ahippeil in nur rate ami IWt In warehouse till
«allv<l f»*r. Parties going to Hie interior will find Uiouven
lent to leave with us to be forwarded to such
fadiits and at such time as they may direct.
Our storage is safe, being i-4th mile from nearest building
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All w«k will receive prompt attention. Higb •clao*
blw-kemi tiling made a special feature. Give us a calL
Cor. Kf.ystove and McKinley. Value*
Home Restaurant : •
Keystone Aye. Opp. St. Elias Hotel.
Meals At All Hours From 6 O’clock A.M_
to H O’clock P.M. Regular Dinner From
5 to 7. 43uadnv Dinner A Specialty.
IceCreamandSodaWater Parlor
HRS. E. H. ALLEN.
C. E. BOQdRDUS
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $ 1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
60 Columbia St., Seattle, Wash.
"10 YEARS STANDARD”
RUBEROlb
{Trade Mark Rostered.)
Has demonstrated that it is tlie most durable and efliciewt ROOFIXft
for all sorts of buildings, weathers and condition*. Made of the strong
est, best wool felt, thoroughly saturattd with Lbe well-known RuU roid
Compound. Proof against beat, cold, water, steam, acids, alkalies,
gases, fumes, etc. Outlasts metal. Fire-resisting. Contains no tar or
paper. Will not melt, rot or tear. Easily laid. Booklets, saniph*
and prices upon application. A large shipment now on hand .at
SHEFFER & BORTON,
McKinley Street.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Ca.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Similes, Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kindsof electrical work. Phone 39.
Where Do You Stop? Why of Course at
MINERS’ HOTEL.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
McKinley st. and Keystone a? C. J ohnson, Prop
McKinley -Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart Sc.
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
Receptions, Banquets, etc.
Dates Booked With
A. M. EDWARDS, White Block.