News From Slate Creek
filler Gulch, June 23—Everyoue ar
rived at their home camps here ou the
I'tb of May aud there was lots of snow
,t tbat time All are now at work,
Voicing starting June 1. The water
played out on Miller Gulch June 16th,
and for seven and a half days there
wa? no sluiciug. From the 16th to the
21st there was from two to six inches
of snow fell every day.
Jim Black is working the bench ou
tbe Four Black Dogs; Sanberg is doing
gg-esstnemt work and prospecting; Gu?
Benton is doing some work on the
bench of the Olsou claim; Jim Baker
is working on the slide on the Califor
nia claim and Big Rosy and Bonney
are sluicing on the Humdinger. Rosy
is not quite as fleshy as he was when
be left town
Greenwaia is wonting a one man
shift on the Tacoma claim, aud is get
ting homesick. Newcomb aud Mc
Dowell and Hauan are booming the
ground on their claims, before start
ing to sluice. Looker and Stroble are
working as hard as usual and Looker
is shooting gophers between times.
The Hanan boys are working ou Dis
covery gulch and Scbroeder au>t Gar
ret are sluiciug ou the Cole claim.
They have to wear snow shoes when
they go to work.
Jesse Garver. on the Hurd claim,
had the honor of making the first
cleau-up of the season, but don’t know
how much it was.
The Dutchman is working dr.y and
uight on the 6lide rock cu his Miller
Gulch claim’ but is getting homesick.
He has twelve men employed.
Everyone on the creek is working
heavy gravel on top first and it will be
late in the season before most of the
claims have any good clean-ups.
On the Middle Fork we hear that
Guilky is doing well, but have no defi
nite particulars. Ou Daisy creek
1 >t?mpsey is trying to reach bedrock.
It is believed that be will reach it some
day and be able to bit a Chinaman on
the head.
Dad Nokes is trying to fiud the
Hidden Treasure, but it lias not beeu
uncovered so far.
From Tuesdays Bulletin.
A. G. King leaves ou the Saratoga
for the States He will go east aud
not return to Valdez this summer.
The Toledo is expected Wednesday
with auother load of lumber from
Petersburg.
Julius Siuger and Mr. Wilcox came
up from Kuights islaud this morning
ou business Mr. Wilcox who is de
veloping Hogau bay property for the
Mullens, of Cleveland, has a tunnel in
15 feet, and is much pleased over the
showing. His property joius the Hogan
claims.
E. G. Ames and his sister left this
morning for a trip down the Sound.
The steamer Elsie arrived last night
with a tow of 250,000 feet of logs lor
the saw mill. She left, again at noon for
Laudlnck bay and will return tonight.
Tomorrow she will start for Kuights
islaud, Latouche aud Seward
Thinks Fred Stoll Is Dead.
Harry Ellsworth feels suie that his
partner Fred Stoll, who disappeared
from his claim near Willow Creek,
June 13, is dead. Stoll was armed with
a rifle for a bear bunt. Omer Patten
aud William Johnson were ibe last
men to see him He was a very hardy,
athletic mau aud Ellsworth says if he
was alive he would manage to turn up
somewhere. All the miners of the
region spent several days hunting for
the missing mau, some at great sacri
flee to themselves.—Gateway.
J S. Autonelle, the railroad con
tractor, has secured a contract for
some tunnel work ou Latouche island
from the Reynolds Alaska Develop
ment Co., and is now advertising for
men to do the work. He wishes to em
ploy a number of tunnel men and
laborers here and will seud out foi
ab< u‘ 40 more.
From Wednesday's Bulletin
Tanana Strike Fails.
The miners' strike in the Tanana is
practically ended. Many of the miners
have gone back to work and others
have come from the outside so that
nearly the required force is now at
work. The strike laste i long enough
tocu'tail the output of tlie district as
little work was done when the water
supply was ample aud many dumps are
still visible on the creeks which have
run dry.
We are in receipt of a letter from
W. B. Heidoru, who is now in San
Francisco asking that we publish a
statement of his regarding his Ellamar
property. “It has been stated by some
one that J.W Little beat me out of
my propei ty at Ellamar, and I wish to
state that it is a lie, as Mr Little
bought and paid for everything he got
from me, and never beat me out of a
cent. The man who originated this
report is irresponsible and n > good
and the truth is not in him” W B.
Heidoru, Goldeu Gate Hotel, San
Francisco.
A uovel load for a pi ck horse was
taken to the interior a few days ago.
The cargo consisted of a number of
small pigs, weighing about 20 pounds
each. They weie packed onto horses
in the same manner as sacks of feed
aud will be taken to the camp of the
Great Northern Development Co , at
Kotsina.
The St*ward uateway came one wuu
a scare head the 8th, announcing the
killing of contractor J ^ Antouelle,
in a tight at Katalla. The (iatevvay
has another guess coming for Mr.
Antouelle is now in Valdez aud very
much alive. The man who was killed
was one Touy DePascal, formerly an
employee of a restaurant at Valdez.
The steamer Caswali is t>eing re
fitted at Seldovia to be taken to Ka
talla. It has beeu purchased by the
Kogeis company. The Caswell was on
the Yeu'na river last year*
The arrival of material for the com
pletion of the addition to the Public
Sch. ol building has been so delayed
that it will be impossible for School to
open the fifteenth of this mouth as
announced sometime ago. The date
has not been definitely fixed The
date of opening will be announced
later.
Miss Elizabeth Boyle was elected as
the most popular young lady in the
contest at Seward July 4th.
L H. Carvey and wife left la»t night
fo; Cordova on theTbree-M.
Mrs. Fred (luthrie entertained a
number of the ladies of town yester
I day afternoon at cards. Five Hun
dred was played, Mrs. Finical winning
the first prize and Mrs. Fish the
second. The affair was greatly enjoyed
by all the guests.
Jack Curley, of the Tavern Lunch
Koom, left on the Saratoga tor the
States to secure more help for the
restauraut.
We are informed that Nervy Nat was
an outgoiug passeuger on the Saratoga
While at Fidalgo bay inspecting the
Bay view copper property, yesterday,
T. J. Donohoe had the misfortune to
| break a finger. He was brought to
1 town yesterday evening.
Seattle, July 9—Congressman
Humphrey, who has just returned
from a trip through western Alas
ka in an address before the Cham
ber of Commerce last night in
formed the merchants of this city
that they must give full value for
the money to Alaskans if they
wish to hold the trade of the
Northland in Seattle.
Washington, July 9 — Orders
have been issued to immediately
I strengthen all of the defenses of
the Philippines. An expedition
will sail from Frisco on the 23th
with a large supply of mines and
torpedos for planting in Manila
and .Suing bays. Metcalf will ac
company the expedition as far as
Hawaii.
Tokyo. July 8— Baron Havashi
announces that Japan will not
sign the treaty with the Uuited
States so long as the provision ex
cluding Japanese coolie labor is in
sisted upon by the Americans.
Viscount Tani, in an interview re
garding the movement of Ameri
can battleships to the Pacifi * coast,
said that Roosevelt’s confirmation
of the news did not alarm Japan,
j as they believe that the civilized
portions of the States are not
hacking San Francisco’s Hooligans
and barbarians in their opposition
to the Japanese people. He said
that Japan was not as much al
armed over the recent decision to
j move the battleship base to the
Pacific, as they were when I'errv
went to Japan.
Washington. July H—The battle
ship squadron will start for the
Pacific in October. The trip will
take about three months under
favorable condit ions.
Utica July 9—In an interview
tliis morning Admiral Dewey said
that it a pitv the United States has
not enough battleships to keep a
, proper fleet on the Atlantic as well
! as upon the Pacific. He said the
decision to move the -(juadron to
the Pacific was entirely in the in*
terests of peace and was not a fore
runner of war.
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Washington, July 0—The depart
ment has wired the Alaska Steam
ship Co. that all gold sent by n ail
must be accepted by the steamer
provided tin- packages weigh less
than four pounds. The company
has refused to carry this clas- of
mail, causing the government to
interfere.
Hague, July 10—The Japanese
here openly state that the Japan
ese government did wrong in al
lowing the Cnited States to con
centrate its fleet. Thev say that
it Japan intends to tight, the war
should he started before the train
ier of the battleships to the Pacific
can he made.
San Francisco, July 10 The new
cruisers California and New
Orleans, which are in course of
construction here, will he ready to
place in commission in two weeks.
Wasiiington, July 10—Naval
strategists aro urging that a tor
pedo fleet he sent to the Pacific
coasts with the hattleshios. They
are of the opinion that if a conflict
should arise between the Tinted
States and Japan, it wouid be
necesary that a number of torpedo
boats be immediately available on
tbe western coast.
London, July 10—A correspond
ent ol the Telegraph at the 11 agin*
wires to his paper this morning
that the relations between Japan
ami the United States are very
much strained and it would not
he surprising if a conflict was to
start at any time. He says it is
announced authoritively that the
Japanese government has s«*t.t
several categorical notes to the
United States, to the effect that if
the American government i> till
able to control California, the Jap
anese will feel perfectly fre** to act
in any v ay which seems advisable
| against the State of California.
The announcement has caused
j considerable speculation amongst
the members of the local diplo
| matic corps, and the impression is
general that there is good founda
tion for the report.
Seattle, July 10—A contract will
he let by the Northwestern Steam
ship Company in a few days to the
Moran shipbuilding plant for an
other steamer like the Seward, re
cently launched for the Alaska
trade.
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Copper - 2.00
Lead - - * 2.00
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