The Alaska Prospector
Pvbltahed at Velde*. Aleak*, every Tkerwdey
by the FMoracroK Publisbiot Cb.
Phoitb Maim I.
•Catered at the Velde* PoatolBee as {*eooad
eiiuut matter.
Subscription |S per veer. *2 for *1* W»atha'
ginele Coela* 19 eonts.
A dispatch to the Gateway
dated Jan. 11th, says that Pistrict
Attorney Hoyt, of Nome, has been
removed from the race as a candi
date for an Alaska judgeship by
th- president appointing him to
assist in the prosecution of land
fraud rases in Oklahoma and
Indian territory.
The Seward paper, reciting the
reasons why a prospector should
buy his outfit there, savs that if hi* |
is so inclined he can go to church
in their city everv Sunday and
hear a good preacher and a good
church choir. That is an induce^
ment which will appeal strongly
to the average prospecior.
Judge Wickersham has ap
pointed Ern«st I. Foster a commis
sioner with powers of recorder for
the Kantishna district in place of
Lee Van S yke, resigned Mr.
Foster’s office will be at Glaeier ■
City. _
T'»e Cordova Alaskan reports
the disappearance of a man known
as the 4 French Kid,” who started
out with Ed. O’Connor to do assess
ment work. The men had a disa
greement and Kid started back to
town, according to O’Conner. He
has not been seen or hear of since.
A rich strike is reported at the
lower extremity of Eyak lake, near
Cordova. Bornite ore of the best
quality has been found in good
quantities. Six men are now en
gaged in opening up the property,
whi^h is owned by the Emerald
Mining Co.
Old Indian Frozen To Death.
Matanuska, an old Indian who
had lived around Knik for many
years, was found fjozen to death
a few miles from that place re
cently. Near by was a heap of
wood arranged for a fire, and a box
of saturated matches. The old man
had evidently attempted to build
a camp fire and failed because his
matches were wet. Finding that
death was certain the stoical old
Indian sat down under a tree,
< leaned his hack against it, folded
• his arms and passed into uncon
sciousness. He was found in that
position. _
Strike At Boulder.
The report comes from Boulder
bay that a seven foot lead of good
ore has been struck on the Rey
nolds-Alaska property. They have
been prospecting with a diamond
drill on the property for some time
and a few days ago struck the ore
in No. 3 drift.
You cannot mistake the place
We are the only RED CROSS
&RUG CO.
Vault Creek Case.
The Ellaino association claim on
Vault creek is the subject pi a suit
filed ip the district court by F. M.
Brown, G. C. Hazelet, L. L Brandt,
and L. B. Clough against Thomas
CrowLey, J. E. Doherty, Thomas
Cale, D. Mears. E. Clione, J. War
ren, John Vernetti, V, Carroll and
J. Sola.
The plaintiffs claim that they
are the owners .of the claim that is
described as ISO acres on the right
limit of Vault creek.
Girdwood Hotel Burns.
James M. Moore’s building in
Girdwood. which was occupied as
a lodging honse by Mrs. Watson,
was burned a few days ago with
.all the contents. The cause of the
fire is understood to have been;
an over heated stove which com
municated fire to woodwork in the
building. A small building ad
joining was torn down to prevent
a spread of the fire. The tenants
of the Moore building lost practic
1
ally everything.
The following incorporations
were filed at Olympia Jan, 10th:
Alaska Copper Corporation of Seat
tle, $1,000,000, James A. Haight
and Sydney Livesly; Knight’s Is
land Alaska Copper Co., of Seattle,
$1,000,000, W. R. Bell, A. W.
Tibbitts, W. R. Bobeson.
It is reported that the little
steamer Corsair, which left Puge»
Sound for Catalla in charge of
Captain Stewart some time ago, has
been condemned by the inspector
of hulls at Ketchikan. The ves
sel’s engines were too powerful for
for her hull and she was practi
cally shaken to pieces on the trip.
Production Of Copper.
One hundred years ago accord
ing to the Copper Handbook, the
mines of the globe produced an
average of about ten thousand long
tons of copper yearly—less than
the present yearly output of either
nickel or aluminum—while in 1906
production is at the rate of 15,000
long tons per week, and there is
much talk of a copper famine—to
which color is given by the present
price of tne metal, which is higher
than for twenty-five years past.
According to Copper Handbook,
just issued by Horace J. Stevens,
of Houghton, Michigan, in 1905
there were fifteen individual com
panies each of which produced
more copper than all the mines of
the globe combined produced in
1805, and two mines, each of which
made as much of the metal last
year as all of the mines of the
world made during tie first five
years of the Nineteenth Century,
the two mines in question being
the Calumet & Hecla, of Michigan,
and the Anaconda, of Montana.
Castile soap is good for the skin
these snappy days. Get it at th
Owl Drug Store.
Washington, Jan. 23-rA com
promise measure intended to set
tle the matter of changing the
hearings of appeals from Alaska
from San Francisco to Seattls, has
been introduced by Representative
Humphrey. The bill provides for
having the appeals h*-ard by the
court of appeals in either Seattle*
Portland or San Francisco at the
option of the appelant. This bill
will probably be adopted.
Seattle, Jan. 23—The daughter
of Mrs. Fuller, who died here yes
terday from pneumonia contracted
on account of the lack of coal, is
also dead, having lived only a
few hours after the death of her
mother. Many such oases are
feared if there is not a cessation of
the cold weather and shortage of
coal.
. Austin, Jan. 23—Senator Bailey
has been re-elected to the U. S I
senate. The resolution recently
introduced, providing for an inves
tigation of the charges made
against him, and containing a pro
vision that if they were true he
should resign from the offce, was
tabled indefinitely.
Notice of Forfeiture
To F. H. Cook and George McNeer:
You arc hereby notified that the under
signed has expended *200 id labor and im
pjovumentH on the claim known as Bench
Claim B, which runs parallel with claims 1,2
and 3, Rex Gulcn, a tributary of Chititu Creek,
in the Nizina mining district, Alaska, said
bench claim being on the west side of Rex
Gulch, in order ti hold said mining claims un
der the provisions of See. 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United 8tates, being the required
amount to hold said mining claims for tho
years 1906 and 1906. ending Dec. 31st, 1906. And
if within ninety (90) days from the service of
this notice* or the complete publication there
of, you fail or refuse to contribute your propor
tion of said expenditure as co-o#ner, your one
eighth Interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned under and pursu
ant of said Section 2321 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th day of Jan
uary, 1907.
A. F. Hoffman
Date of first publication January 10,1907
Date of last publication April 11. 1907
Roadhouses.
We are nowjn a position to fill
your wants in the line of fresh
Beef, Mutton and Pork. We have
a large stock on hand to select
from, and would be pleased to
have you call. Wa assure you the
pri« es are right. Alaska Meat Co.,
Valdez Market.
D. BERGMAN & CO.
Established 1867
St. Paul, Minn.
Largest Dealers in the Northwest in
RAW FURS
Ship Direct to Ua. Write for Price Liat*
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RESIDENCE
Keystone Ave. Phone 2 Valdez
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
C. C. BERG,
Furrier and Taxidermist
1425 First Ave., Seattle.
Send me your skins, state your wishes and I
will return you perfect work at reasonable
price*.
The A. Van der Naillen School
of Civil, Eleeirical Mining Engi
neering. Established 1864
SAVED—Apparatus, Instruments, Ac, Open
in all branches. Great demand for ex-students
tn all lines. New student* should enroll at
once. Address ilOO Telegraph Ave- Oakland.
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