WILL ASTONISH
THE WORLD.
An Expert’s Report on the Amer
can Yukon.
William M. Fitzhugh, the well
known English mining rxjiert, who
is a recognized authority on min
eral deposits the world over, is now
in Seattle en route to Eagle. A
year ago Mr. Fitzhugh, nt the in
stance of English capitalists, made
a trip to the Amcrieun Yukon and
furnished them with a report on
the Seventy-Mile, Birch creek. Tun
ana and Engle City country, on
which they have based large in
vestments in all these sections. The
party there now is en route to the
districts where, under the direction
of Mr. Fitzhugh, large o|>eratinns.
employing several hundred men,
will he started soon as the summer
season opens.
When 1 made niv first report in
London on my return from the I
Anieiican Yukon country, said Mr.
Fitzhugh, many of the liest mining
expert:-of England thought I could
not possibly lie right. However,
the report was productive of the
investments, and the future will
show that what I have said is cor-.
reel.
Af :i mining engineer »f exper-1
idler i perdu', .hat the Alaska;
gold hearing gravel will astonish j
the world. The output of Ameri
ran Alaska will last for many
vears to come and will ho hv far
t *
greater than anyone to the present
time has dared to predict. Some
of us will live, to see the time when
the American Yukon, including a
large part of American Alaska, will
produce hundreds of millions of
dollars in gold. It is not the char
acter of country such as the Klon
dike was. It will not give out.
The only trouble is that tl* people !
have not yet learned the way to
work the gravel de|Hisits. and to do
this will take time.
This was the history of Califor-i
|iia. When gold was discovered |
there in 1XfII the miners knew they j
had it. but it was not until years|
later that tjicy learned how toj
work it and get the metal out of
ground. In time they learned,and :
then the California gold output j
increased so as to astonish the
world. The same will 1>e the his
tory of American Alaska, and when ;
this is accomplished there will be!
a permanent output of gold that'
will lie far in excess of that secured
by scratching at the present time.1
In many parts of American
Alaska tbe gravel will run as liigb
as $.'{ to the yard for areas twenty
miles in extent, and in fact there
is no telling just how much there
is of this class of gravel. In time
this will be ascertained and the
people engaged in mining there
will learn how to work it. Then |
the country will lie settled up and I
the new methods will lie employed
in all districts. That is the day
when the output of American
Alaska will astonish the world.
Last year I spent June, July,
August anil Scptcmlicr in the vicin
ity of Kagle City anil the ereeks 1
have mentioned. I also visited
other ereeks for the purjxtse of as
certaining just what the showing
would lie. There was not a place
visited where the proof did not!
exist of the richness of the gravel
and therefore I apply niv remarks1
to American Alaska.
The people I represent this year
will conduct large operations on
Seventy-Mile, Birch creek and
Tanana. They will hydraulic their
claims and the result will lie good.
There is an abundance of water
which is easy of access, and there
is no necessity of then* living any
waste.
I do not think there is another
part of the world that is so fortun-1
ately situated with dejtosits and
means to work them as Alaska,
and that part on the American side
is the liest. The Klondike has
shown (hat it was more in rich de
bits ip places, while across the
jipy t|»e gravyl is |iermcated with
g(*ld al| pier. There wi|l lie a
jsipulatiop ip Alaska some day
that will lie aide to handle
whole country.
While 1 was in l<oudon I learned
thnt the railroad from Voider will
Is* hnilt. . All the money is ready
when condition!) are ri|ie. How
ever, that is n matter 1 am not at
lil*crtv to s|<eak nhnnt. for I am
not interested in the railroad pro
ject. So far as I am personally
concerned the properties I repre
jsent and am interested in do not
! need a railroad. They aw* where
| they can Is* worked anil the pro
duct can he taken out on the lamts.
The railroad will la* for the pur
l>ose of developing another resource
of the country, snch as farming,
stock-raising and such enterprises.
When it is hnilt, of course, there
will las quicker development of the
country, hut so far os a great share
of the mining country is concerned
it is not necessary that it have a
railway. _
'Will Restrict Trading.
The treasury department lias de
rided to forbid oflieers of the reve
nue cutter service to trade with
natives and other persons at places
visited by vessels of tbe service.
The order will apply particularly,
of course, to odieers on the Alaska
station, where it has lieen custom
ary since establishment of tbe ser
vice for odieers to carry a small
stock of trade goods on Imard ship
for the purpose of exchanging them
with tbe Indians and Eskimos for
furs and other articles. Complaints
have lieen made to the treasury
department that this privilege has
lieen abused, many odieers having
traded with the natives as a com
mercial pro]Misition, disjsisiiig of
tbe furs and other articles at a
great profit after returning to tbe
United States. Tbe complaints
have lieen made almost invariably
bv whalers cruising in the Artie
and by fur dealers in Seattle, San
Francisco and other cities.
For Rich Copper Ore.
-
By a recent invention of Prof.
Eliliu Thompson.one of tbe exjierts
of tbe (jeneral Electric company
and the inventor of tbe electrical
welding process, copjier ore that by
any previously known process was
too rich to lie worked, may now lie
handled with immense profit. It
may appear strange thatorejdiould
ever Is? too rich, but such is often
tbe case. In many instances great
Imulders are encountered which
are so pure us to lie absolutely use
less, owing to the fact that they are
too heavy to lie lifted to the sur
face, too soft to lie chiselled and
there is no method of cutting them
to pieces. By the new process,
electrodes are placed in the ore
Issly thus situated and a hardness
equal to steoi can lie secured if de
sired. They may thus lie put into
a condition in which their frangi
bility is a simple projmsition, in
which case the mining of the rich
ore will lie a matter of ease and
profit. When once they are raised
to the surface they may lie demag
netized by a different voltage of the
same electrodes and lie ready to
treat in the furnaces.—Ex.
A Neruda editor lias discovered
why so many men risk life and
fortune attempting to tind the
north jmle. He says: “A Yale
scientist tells us that the remains
of our monkey and ape ancestors
are liuried there—that all life l>e
gan there. Therefore the hunt for
ancestors leads us to hrave the
dangers of the frozen north.
EspUcopal Church Notice.
The lenten season of the Chris
tian year Itegan on -Ash Wednes
day, the 25th, inst., and continues
until Faster Sunday, April 12th.
The Lenten series of sermons for
Sunday evenings will lie as follows:
Jksis opr Fxamci.k—
I. In Temptation.Mar. 1
II. In Braver. “ H
HI. In Work . “ 15
IV. Ill Friendship . “ 22
V. In Suffering. “ 29
VI. Death.April 5
Service every Wednesday evening
ill l*ent, at M p. m. Topic of ad
dresses, “Women of the Bible.”
Fhkh. C. Taylor,
Missionary in Charge.
On your way to the interior stop
and have a g«*»d day's rest at Hotel
Holman, Cop|ier Center. Best of
accommodations.
A hill )>asscd the house on Feb.
lti, extending the coal laud laws to
Alaska.
-i -a _ ■ : —: If
No Agreement Reached.
No agreement has yet been
reached by the conference of tlie
senate and house on the Alaska
homestead bill. The senate con
feree are still holding out for the
provision of the senate bill forbid
ding the entry of soldiers’ scrip
under the terms of the proposed
law. The house conferees are
equally firm in op|Hiaitioii to this
provision, and there is no sign of
yielding on either side.
Despite the lateness of the ses
sion Representative Sulzer has in
troduced a hill to make Alaska a'
territory with a delegate in con- i
gress, and a bill authorizing the
North Ameiieau Telegraph ami
Cable company to lay a cable from
Alaska to Silicriu.
Absorbed In Alaska.
At a recent function in Washing
ton, John W. Foster, the diplomat
and ex-secretary of state, was sent
by Mrs. Foster to get her some
salad. He procured a plate of the
dainty and was returning with it
when some one asked him a ques
tion alsiut the Alaskan Imundary.
Mr. Foster has a fad on that sub
ject. He liegan to talk earnestly.
Then he gesticulated. The result
was that the salad slid gracefully
off the plate ami landed full on the
front breadth of Mrs. Foster’s
magnificent dr»*ss. The conversa
tion alsiut the Alaskan Isiundary
ended right there. Mr. Foster
had more serious things to think
alsiut.—Chicago Chronicle.
Capital.
|)o you need it for developing,
improving, increasing, operating
or installing machinery on prop
erty? If so, write Kdward 1). Snif
(fen, 62 Wall street, New York, who
charge's no advance commission, as
the Trust Cor|>orutions, when the
property is financed, pay him for
obtaining the business. Send him
full partieulars, ollieial statement,
reports, etc., that he may intclli-1
gently present same to the Trust
Companies for their consideration,
promptly advising you of approval.
He submits no proposition for less
than $.">(),000. An unusual plethora
of money at present time is seeking
secured investment. S
BROWN <a
_HAWKINS.
Wholesale and Retail.
Outfitting for (lie ininox n
SjKM-ialiy. Coffee Ten* anil
Sjiiee* nre the Bext Select
Stock. (iuarantiiil Frexh
Kggx Alwnv* on Hnml. Froxh
Vegetable* in Abundance.
Fresh Eastern Oysters.
Eastern Canned Fruit and
Vegetables of the Best Quality.
The Best Brands of Butter,
Cream Cheese and all Brands
of Cream. Rex Baeon and
Ham.
Everything Yon Want To Eat.
(live me a Call, nml see the
New Store and the Complete
Stock of Freeh (Irnccries.
McKinley St., on the Reser
vation. next to .fas. Fish, Sr’s
residence.
USE CRESCENT BAKING POWDER.
CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.
Endeavor Cono. Church—(’or.
Glacier Avenue and Hobart
Street. Rev. 1). W. Cram, Pastor.
Rev. G. L. Hosford, acting pastor.
Services every Sunday at 10:.'#) a.
m. and X p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Christian En
deavor Society meets Sunday even
ing at 7 o’clock. Melvin Dempsey,
President.
Church ok the Epiphany—(’or.
Glacier Avenue and Hohart
Street. Servii-es on Sunday at II
a. m. and X p. m. Rev. F. S. Tay
lor, Reetor.
Ordeh ok Ai.aska Moose, Pioneer
Tent No. 1. Meet in their own I
Hull (III Keser
vat ion Avenue,
every Tlmreday
evening at H
n’eloek. W. H.
Crury, Killing
Spirit; (Mine. (!.
Wiilff, Keeper
of W'a \Vu. i
Kxioiits ok Pythias Ci.ru—\\\
A. Kvstrom, Pres., \V. K. Honschor.
Sec. Meets 1st nml ;t<I Moinlny of
eaeli month in elnh rooms over j
Shaw «V Williams.
Vai.uk/ Masonic Ci.cn
'Meets every Wednesday ev
ening at rooms over Sliaw
& William’s, at K o'clock. .1. W.
Irftilj’ pres. .lolm Lyons, sec.
BiioTHKitiUNtnoK Alaska I’ionkkks
Arthur Rnhgal, Chief, W. J.
McDonnell, Secretary.
Headquarters, Afnpnak, Alaska.
Yai.ukz Oni> Fki.low’s
i Cun—Meets every!
Friday evening ill club j
rooms. A. IS. Pros.; I*. S.
Hunt, Stw’y.
All kimls of rul>Imt. fell ami lea
ther shoos at the Lion store.
Valdez -House
Newly and Elegantly Furnished. First-Class
in Every Particular. Best Heated House in
Alaska. Office, Reading Room and Parlor in Con
nection. P. P. A X. Co. Office in Building. IT. S.
Telegraph Office next door. Half Block from
Post-office.
J. H. Fielding,
■
Prop.
New Process Steam Laundry.
Fine Laundry Work
A Specialty.
Third St. West of Alaska Av. Valdez.
I s
V. DEBORI) J. GRIFFITH STEPHENS
Copper River Trading Post
AND FERRY.
at the Junction ol Copper River and the Tonsina River. ROAD
IIOUSF. Prospector’s Supplies and Storage. The most ccntrslly 1«»
cated Roadhouse and Supply Post in the CopjsT River Watershed"
The Wayside Inn t :
At hoot of Si mi 111 i t on Route to Interior. Rest Ac
comodations for Man and Beast. Freighting to all
Points Contracted for. Address Valdez,
21 Miles From Valdez.
WILSON, DAVISON A- L1TTLK. PKocimmus.
Notice
To Miners and Prospectors.
On May 1st The NIZINA TRADf.Nti COMPANY
will erect a large handsome store in the rich Nizina
Mining Camp, containing a $i>0.000 stock of (iencral
Merchandise, Hardware, etc . which they will dis
Ilose of at the lowest possible figure, as their
freighting train, consisting of UK) horses and sleds,
will enable them to take their goods into the
interior at a very small cost.
For further particulars see M. Hass, at the
Valdez House.
Nazina Trading Co.
i
Herman Meyer,
__General Manager
Tourist Lodging House.
Warm, Comfortable Beds, also
1* irst-Class Hunks. Next Door
to Theatre Building, Third and
Alaska Avenue.
W. A. McA El LEy,
Proprietor
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