*"af® nnd Cafe
A "W line Of STET'^nMc
- - :::rsDBRERs
The U,eaf «*»» to e«t«,
Ne^gee and H0j#
Mercerized ®
Flannel
■ I . Madras
Underwear v,0 .
Neckwear ^
rRraKS- VAUS». cases
A. B a
P. E. Kern,
Gold and Silver Smith.
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical
Goods, Sterling Silverware, Fine Watch Re
pairing and Nugget Jewelry a Specialty. Cut
Glass and Lamps.
SKAGWAY and VALDEZ ALASKA
City Market I
NEXT TO THE NISSINA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game. |
CHAS. CRAWFORD,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Flans and Estimates Furnished on Application.
Wharf Buildinq House Moving
Beef - Veal - Mutton
Live and Dressed Chickens
Fresh Eggs
Valdez MarKet
Subscribe For the PROSPECTOR
Are Rails For Valdez ?
Notwithstanding the reports that
the Santa Clara had been with
lrawn from the Valdez run, that
steamer left Seattle on the 2oth for
this place. Officers of the Santa
Ana stated that she would bring
’>t)0 tons of rails to Seward, but we
learn from good authority that
no further shipments of rails
will be sent to Seward this summer.
If the Santa Clara is loaded with
rails are they for Valdez?
A New Clothing Company.
The building on McKinley street
lu iwioiorc known as the Valdez
House will be thoroughly over
hauled and a new front put in.
The interior will Ire handsomely
fitted uj» to receive the large stock
of clothing and gent’s furnishings
of the Valdez Mcichantile Co., in
oorjiorated, of which Mr. E. B.
Wheat will lie the manager. Mr.
Wheat resigned his position at the
bank and left on the Bertha for a
purchasing trip to the states and
expoets t« return with his goods in
about a month. He will have all
the latest and best styles of every
thing needed to cover or decorate
a man from head to foot.
To Investigate Pood Supply oi
Natives.
Lieutenant Geo. T. Emmons,
U. S. N., retired, arrived on the
Santa Ana on a tour of inquiry into
the f od supply of the natives of
Alaska. From here he went to
Seward and will return on the
same boat.
The lieutenant is particularly
well fitted for the task, having been
in and about Alaska for tlie major
porrion of the past ‘22 years, and
while on aetive duty made Sitka
his winter quarters.
During his service in Alaska lit
made a special study of native lift
and wrote several books on the sub
ject, and is now engaged on other;
upon the same subject. Ho is tin
representative in Alaska of tin
Smithsonian Institution.
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MUCH DEVELOPMENT WORK
IN PROGRESS
Ore Shipments Soon to be Made.
At Lnndlock hay, an arm of
Prince William sound, the work of
developing the numerous mining
claims is steadily progressing.
Mr. Dickey, who has a number
of claims on the bay, has qtiite a
number of men at work and is get
ting ready for shipping. lie lias
now a .'argu dump, hut Ims not
yvi completed facilities for loading.
Some of the representatives of his
.company are expected on the next
boat, and on their arrival arrange
ments will be made for carrying on
the work more extensively.
Work Ims again been resumed
on the Williams property. Sever
al men have been put to work un
der contract by Hugh Murray of
the A. P. N. Co. They have made
an easy trail up the face of the
mountain to the properly. Work
will Ik* commenced on the crop
pings which will lie followed down.
In 1899 and 1900, the A. C. Co.,
under whose management the prop
ortyulhen was, spent many thous
ands of dollars in driving a 300 fi.
tunnel about two hundred feet
below the croppings, hut through
some mismanagement it was driv
en the wrong direction and the
lead was not found. Since that
time nothing has f>een attempted
but assessment work. As ore is
being struck all around them it is
more than probable that, under the
present arrangement, they will
strike the lead, as the men who
have taken the contract are famil
iar with every part of the moun
tain and the trend of the ore on
all sides.
The Bourke group of claims,
eleven in number, hag been system
atically and steadily worked for
over a year and is showing up well
at all points. It is admirably lo
cated for shipping the ore, situated
as it is directly over the hay, where
a vessel of any tonnage can lay-to
within 20 feet of the shore.
There are a number of others
opening up claims on this same
side of Copi*er mountain, while on
the opposite side Stevens and party
have opened up a large lead on
Boulder hay and beside this Rua,
Connolly and others have also
opened up a number of large
ledges.
runner in on me mountain ue
tween Galena and Landluek bays
the Mitchell part}* are running a
tunnel to strike the ore at a great
deptlu They expect to reach it
very soon judging from the lay of
the ledges altove them on the
mountain. The ore all through
this section is a sulphide that is
very easy to smelt and is much in
demand at the coast smelters as a
flux in the smelting of the more
refractory ores.
H. Goodell and two companions
have this week located a large lead
on Valdez bay that runs well in
gold, silver and copper. They ara
now perfecting their locations', and
will, during the balance of the sea
son, do considerable development
work.
A few men are now at work en
the Brown basin placer ground on
j Lowe Tiver, getting ready* for exten
! sive operations. Piping has been
| ordered and on its arrival will la:
placed in position and a full force
1 men will 1m: kept busy washing out
tile yellow metaJ until snow flies.
Chamber of Commerce
Appoints Commit ires to Secure
Exbibit for Fair and Data for
Wagon Road. No Banquet
for Hcliie and Caahtr.an.
The Ch:unl«er of Commerce at its
meeting held last Friday evening
delegated J. Y. Ovslrender,• F. M.
Brown and J. A. Bourke as a coni
milteo to collect and send to the
Alaska huilding at the St. Louis
Fair such matter «« in their esti
mation would he suitable to repre
sent this section of the euuntrv in
tin mineral or other lines. The
people of the Bonanza property
have already sent about ZifiO pounds
of ore from their mines and from
the Copper Center farming station
a selection of grains have l»ecti sent
hut that is all up to the present
lime. The committee is now co!-!
looting representative articles of
various kinds and will ship at an
early date.
In the matter of securing data
as to the traflic over the Valdez
trail to the interior the committee
apjiointed for that purpose was
Jas. Fish, A. VV. Rochford and J.
A. Bourke.
The Chamber unanimously en
dorsed the the intended work of
the Valdez Summit Tramway Co.,
believing it ;o he the one missing
link toward accomplishing easy
winter trawl 10 any part of the in
terior of Alaska.
City Council.
At the meeting of the Council
Monday night a request was made
that the city provide some means
fur crossing the Lake stream, which
is this year very high and danger
ous. Yesterday members of the
street committee made a trip to the
sttw.m and have decided to recom
mend that a Wry Ik- installed, and
that a man be placid in charge of
the same for the next three months,
the expense to be borne by the city*
Experts Return. ^
James McHieani PeteCashman
two noted inushers of this section,
arrived in town yesterday after a
very cxteieM tour through the
Copper River valley and over into
the Shushetna. They claim to
have been out in the interests of
eastern capitalists to secure some
good property. They examined
many of the placer properties being
worked and endeavored to secure
an option, hut their tigurc* were
not large enough. They thus went
from place to place but they were
evidently limited in tlioir as
they slid not succeed in securing
anything. Mr. Mellie staled upon
his return that he was much im
pressed with the agricultural pos
sibilities of tlie country and from
an engineering standpoint he be
lieves that the building of a rail
road from Valdez to Eagle is no
more dillicult than running a
trolly road over some of thu streets
of Chicago.
Upon interviewing Mr. Lashni'Mi
lie stated that he is very glad to lie
back in Valdez and believes he will
settle down and send out for his
family. He likes the place espec
ially since he learned that there
lias in six years l<een hut one death
from natural causes and that from
old age. Mr. Cashman believes lie
will remain and see how long he
can live here Indore he is attacked
with the same disease.
The Ellamar Mining Company
will very soon put in all the nec
essary appliances for an electric
light plant for the use of the mine
■and the houses of the town. They
will also enlarge on the conipiee
! sors fur use in the juinc.
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NOT THE HOT AIR VARIETY.
Mill JlOITt.
Work Will begin This Summer.
News is Authentic.
The Santa Clara with 000 ton*
of rails left Seattle on the 25th for
Valdez direct. It was generally
supposed that the rails were lot
Seward, hut it is well known
that the A. I*. X. Co. have
completed their contract for the
delivery of railroad material* to
the Seward road for this season.
The Santa Clara was. therefore,
withdrawn from the run and would
have l>cen turned to otltcr business
iiad it not hern that the reorgan
ized company which is to build tne
railroad from Valdez to the interior,
wishing to get materials on the
ground this season, have char need
the vcs-el and are sendim.' in the
rails preparatory to beginning work
We have received from an au
thentic source the assurance that
the above is correct and that work
on the road will commence before
Aug 15tlu
The new company under the re
ornanization is known as the Val
dez A Yukon K. U. Co., of whick
Messrs Piggott and Holdri<hje aiw
prominent members.
Hasey Missing.
When Ole Scott and several
others were leaving the Nizina
country on July 11th, former De
puty Marshal Hasey and Oscar
Roseau signified their intention of
starting down ihe Chittyna the
next morning on a raft to reach
the Copper river. They lad all
the preparatiens made for the trip
and it is supposed they started.
They were Uith feeling unwell and
unable to walk and wie doing
nothing to detain them. If they
rafted successfully they should
reach the Copper far in advance of
tlio.se who came out overland. The
latter, upon reaching the Copper
river, nude inquiry hut o<«tOd get
no news of the two im« and noth
ing has been heard rf t'.iem since.
It is greatly feared by many tliat
in their journey down the Chit
tyna they met with an accident.
Several persons were drowned iw
a foolhaidty attempt to navigate
this river last year.
Hull ot Discovery Found.
The small cannery steamer Pa
cific belonging to the Alaska Puck
ers’ Association, whon •*» « trip
along llie coast about 10 days ago.
steamed close to Middleton island
and on the inner side of the island
discovered the dull of the iJl-fatod
steamer Discovery winch was lost
last winter after leaving Vaides
and none of the bodies of the uri-w
or passengers have lieen found
The hull is high up above ordinary
water line and was evidently
'landed there in a storm.
The Griffin Tied Up.
The small steamer liriltin, re
cently put. in conimiosion by the
Kllamur Mining Co. for their own
Utte., is of a size to come within tlo>
law demanding a licensed pilot and
engineer.. It l»eing imjaiesihle to
s cure either they have been run
ning the 'Ixtuil withmil them hut
were hauled up by lh« customs of
ficial ninl are now lied up until the
law is complied with.
Work at Post.
There will lie work for u mine
tier of mechanics at the Post in*
week or ten days, ou the -urn
tkuiliUnws.