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HERE THEY AR !
Barpiins for • Evervlmdy. in Dry Doods, Clothrhg, Boots aiid Shoes,
<.*■ Groceries, Furniture, Wall I’mjkt, Stoves, Hardware, Hnv, Drain.
Coni, Lund xt. Doors and Windows. Frames, ete. You Will Save
Time. Trouble and, Expense and (Set What You Want by Coining
Here. •
DRY Q22D5
Our Dry (totals Department is Simply Overflowing With Good, Dependable
Goods, That Will (iivt: You Double Your Mmiev’s Worth in Wear,
BOOT/ 225 5H0EJ
It Will l>e Necessary to Wear a Pair of our Famous “Clover Brand” Boots
anti ShtH-s, to Appreciate the Comfort and Service they will Bender. For
Wear, Style anil Comfort, they have NO EQUAL.
CLOTHINQ
Ordinary Clothing is not Good Enough for us to Sell. Come here and voii
will get Something to Is* Dejs-ntled Upon—anti No More to Pav.
GROCERIES
THE TIME TO EAT is aland the same with all. WHAT TO EAT is
governed by different tastes, lteliefs, habits, customs and superstitions.
We-supplv your wants in anything in the Grocery line, because we give
."'i onr whole time ami attention to the one object of pleasing our customers.
HARDWARE
When in need of Hardware, Stoves. Kitchen Utensils, remomlter that we give
More Value for your money than can la- hail elsewhere.
COAL
Our coal makes more heat than any other kind, because it is all coal.
FISH BROS., Valdez, Alaska.
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY
Photo Supplies, Albums,
Printing Paper, Plates,
Films, etc.
‘ n/IQ/IZINES *5? POORS.
Candies, Fine Stationery
Toilet Articles,Perfumes,
etc.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
H. T. WHITLEg, GEO. J. LOVE.
Merchants Cafe
AMD
Bakery.
MEALS AT ALL HOCJ-RS. OPEN ALL MIGHT.
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,
• ‘ ' Spectacles, Snow Glasses,
Silver NoveltiesS il /: r Tableware,
Knives, Forks and Spoons.
li lira; ol Alitterii; Mini; Splendor
BEAUTIF UL, UP-TO-DATE and of the highest
standard of excellence, artistic in design and
workmanship.
PLEASING and APPROPRIATE for Birthday,
\\ cdding and Anniversary Oifts. We can la- of
service to you in making selections. We can
please the most critical and exacting tastes.
... -Visit our store whether you buy or not.
W. C. STULL, VALDEZ
Expert \\ atchiuukcr. Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician.
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
And Accepts the Bid of the Pros
pector for City Printing.
Tin* city council met at the
school house last Mondav evening,
four mem tiers being present. The
most imjiortant business tran
sueted was the awarding of the
city printing, which the Piiosckctok
secured, their hid being about thir
ty jH*r cent cheaper than that of
fered *>y. the News. The represent
ative of the News tried to have the
other hid thrown out, as it did not
suit him, hut the council could not
see why they should pay a high
price for their printing; when thev
could have it done-in a newspaper
of much larger circulation for Jess
money.
Councilman McHie in a short
speech, very wisely suggested that
as Ma vor Steele was away, and as
lie exjH*cted to leave in a few days
for the interior, which would leave
the council without a quorum and
having important business to tran
sact, that the council eleet one of
the incoming council men to till the
unexpired term of Mr. Levy, who
had not qualified. He said that
Mr. Crawford would l>e in town the
entire summer, and nominated him
for the place. The mention of the
name Crawford, acted on the
nerves of Councilman Olson like
an electric shock, and that gentle
man grabbed his hat amlhurriedly
left the room. Why Mr. Crawford’s
name should have such an effect on
Mr. Olson is unknown. At any
rate, the work of the council was
stop{ied for the time being, as the
exit of Mr. Olson left them without
a quorum.
Mr. Crawford will probably he
ejected at the next meeting and
the council will then take some
action in regard to the town patent,
and other matters that need attend
ing to at once.
Advertise in the Pim-CK' mi!.
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RICHEST BODIES OP COPPER
KNOWN.
Mai and Bonanza
! . _
Groups are Being Developed by
Large Companies. Trails
to the Mines.
Tlie rich copper deposits of the
Cliittyna section are now attract
ing the attention of mining men
and capitalists the world over.
The 1todies of ore found in this dis
trict are unequalled anywhere for
size and richness.
Several large outfits are now on
the way to the copper country to
develop their property, and three
different companies are in the field
to huild a railroad connecting the
mines with the coast.
The occurence of these copjier
deposits had been rejiorted for
many years, but no efforts to locate
the ore proved successful until 1898.
In this and the following year, sev
eral prospectors penetrated into the
Cliittyna country, and in July
1899, the Nicolai mine was discov
ered. Since this, many locations
have been made and much devel
opment work done.
On the Kotsina, considerable
pest ami richest body of ore yet
found in the Chittyna country. It
is practically pure ore, free from
quarts or other vein matter, and
there arc several hundred tons ex
cised. although very little develop
ment work has liecn done. An as
say of a sample from this ledge
gave over 70 per cent, of cop|n-r
and 14 ounces of silver with some
gold. This claim isalmut loOO feet
aliove timber line.
This is the projterty which was
was sold recently for $1 .HlO.tXXl to
the Alaska Copper Company. The
company have at the present time,
a large force of men on the road to
this mine with provisions and tools
with which to do development
work.
Many other claims have la-en lo
hnted along this ridge, Isitli on the
Kennicott side and on McCarthy
creek.
The Nicolai mine is located on a
creek of the same name, tributary
to McCarthy creek, from the east.
It is alamt KXX) feet alaive timber
line, hast year and the year In
fore there were men at work devel
oping the property, and the results
have lieeit very encouraging.
In addition to these much-talked
of properties, there are many loca
tions made on the upper Chittyna
and the various tributaries.
There are several trails into the
Chittyna copper districts. From
Valdez, pack trains take the gov
ernment trail 77 miles to Tonsina
MAI» OK P1HTTYXA t'OPXTHY.
good ore 1ms l>een found. Near
Elliott creek, a tributary of this
stream, Messrs. Hubbard and El
liot own' a group of rich claims,
which will be developed this season.
On the southeast side of Rock
creek are the Warner claims. They
are located at a low altitude and
within easy reach of Kotsina trail.
On Copper creek, a 1 tout three
and a half miles from Kotsina riv
er, there is some property from
which good assays have been ob
tained. Some specimens from this
ledge gave over 80 per cent copper,
two ounces silver and some gold,
(iood prosj>ects are also rcjiorted
from Clear creek and other tribu
taries of Kotsina.
voiumeniDte prospecting has
been done and some claims staked
oil Strelna creek.
On Nugget ereek and the Kus
kulana there is an abundance of
good float, but no great amount of
development work has been done.
It was here that "Red” Hoffman
loeated the massive boulder of na
I tive copper this spring.
The Bonanza claim is located
upon a ridge between Kennicott
glacier and McCarthy creek. It
! is about six miles from the foot of
! the glacier and eight miles west
of Nicolai mine. This U the lar
bridge, at which point they branch
off and continue down the Tonsina
to the Copper. There is a road
house and ferry across Copper river
at this place. From the ferry there
is a trail down the river to Koi
sina, and the Met'leilan party have
cut one through the timber, which
strikes the Kotsina about eigiit
miles from the mouth. It then
crosses the river and cuts across to
Strglna creek, and thence along a
timliered plateau to a ford about
two and it half miles below the gla
cier on Kuskulana river, and then
across a rather difficult pass to the
foot of Keunicott glacier, which is
crossed on the moraine, and un
McCarthy to Nicolai creek.
There is also a trail running up
Chittyna from the mouth, and an
other. known as the Hanagita trail,
which runs from Taral, up Hana
gita valley, across Tehay, Kin ami
Charina rivers, to the Tana, which
it strikes a short distance from tlu
junction with the Chittyna, from
here it runs northerly to the Nico
lai mine. This route is compara
tively oj>en, with good forage for
horses.
The cheapest insurance is pre
caution. Get tile pipes and projtcr
stove pi|M‘ at Fish’s.
RIVER POINTS WILE SOON
ALL GO OVER
jtll-kra Route
Post Office Department Decides
not to Continue Skagwajr
Route.
The Yukon mail will nut go
| through Skagway ami Canadian
I territory after next June, hut the
| entire winter mail and most of the
I summer mail will come directly
to \ alder, ami go over the All
American route to the Yukon ns it
! should, for this route is the liest,
j <|uiekest ami ehea|iet>t. The con
i' ract for carrying the mail from
I here to the ^ ukon has I icon award
ed to Messrs Kish Bros. of this
place.
1 here is at least one dc]mrtment
of the l nitcd Sttttes government
that recognizes Yaldez as living the
gateway to the American Yukon
district, and the action of the Kust
odiev department in awarding a
semi-monthly service lietween Yal
dez and Kagle. is a matter of great
U-nciit to both these points.
I p to the time the Yaldez route
was established, all mail for offices
i on the Yukon river was supplied
by the route starting from Skag
way and running through Cana
dian territory until Kagle was
reached. The Kost office depart
ment was therefore very much in
terested in the Yaldez route, and
now that there is no longer any
doubt of the superiority of this
route, have decided that no Ameri
can service is necessary via Skag
way, and will not renew the con
tract, which expires on June 30,
ISM >2.
I he through service as now ar
ranged, is from Valdez to Kagle,
Kagle to Tanana, T:mana to St.
Michaels, with a side route to Nome
I'itv. During the period of open
navigation on the Yukon, mails
will also he sent up the river from
S\ Michaels on stcaiulmuls.
Tlte people of Valdez are all
glad that our fellow townsmen,
Messrs Fish Bros, have secured this
contract. They are enterprising
merchants of this place and are in
terested in and are doing much
i ;o wards the development of this
country. Then they have made a
signal success of carrying the mail
over the government trail and we
know they will continue to make a
success of it. This is what the peo
ple of Valdez want. Should stran
I gers have secured the contract,
i there would have liecn some douht
j as to their ability to make it a
j success.
! Antone Hide returned last Satur
day from a month's trip down the
j sound. Himself and his pardner,
I-I. Fielder. sj»ent most of the time
I at Boulder hay. alxmt three miles
licvond Virgin l«ay. While there,
they located what they consider is
the real ledge intended to lie cov
ered hy the Boulder claim.
This claim was located in 1K97
l»v Ripstcin and Hunt, and later
j restakcd hy Mr. ('has. Rue. who
! sold it last year to a Mr. Heinze,
| who represents a company in the
| States, for $0000. In making the
J original location, no development
j work was done, and the result is
! that the claim only covered some
Imulders of float, while Kale and
Fielder went further up the hill
and discovered the main ledge.
They report that the vein has a
width of twenty-five feet, and is
only 1200 feet from tide water. The
ore is nearly solid copper sulphur
ets and runs quite high.
A new line of chairs at Fish’s.