WHITE COAE
FOUND NORTH
BY NATIVES
Tbe expei ieuces ».f prospectors
whose venturesome spirit impels them
to tie the van guard in the expluita
lion of the remotest regions of this
great uortheru territory, are necessar
ily replete wish interest it.g facts and
unusual occurrences in natuie, local
iu origin, peitainiug to sections sel
dom visited by white men
Tbe fiudiug, therefore, <>? a mineral
having tbe elements of coal, iu that it
burns aud gives forth heat, white in
color and resembling kaoline in many
characteristics, is neither surprising
nor beyond the possibility of belief.
George W. Williams, at piesent re
siding in Valdez, has spent eight long
years in pro-pecting tor mi .eruls m
tbe country north of Nome to Point
Barrow aud from thence eastward to
Icy (.’upe, which projects into the
frozen waters of the Arctic ocean. Iu
one of his trips, accompanied only by
na ives of the Point Barrow section,
iie vi.-ifed tbe region immediately
>o;.itheaat ')f i 'U it barro\, in ni ik
ing a tire one eT uiug. i.t tne end of a
lo ig mush, he used a few slab? of a
wM-e. k •.<!'. ■ «* appearing substance,
wire's is • f >u.. i ri'iillriPi by, as a tire
place. . It o lighting ?’ut'il wii
lows. \V<l!i m Hitit s i.ttn. dr
lance for a pnl of -.v-»t*• . 0 i return
log, he W ;-i S.Jl'pi l?e 1 To fj d that til,
substance had bee--me ignited and was
burning wit j the intensity and ?t*-a n
tie.-s of c •;»! with a g- odiy aunmiit of
fi.xeil carbon. The substance gave
forth a blueish flame, aud iett but fittle
ash. Williams is an assaver and a
i
do. e student of geology, but this
was a revelation to him. investiga
tion showed a deposit of th° white
coal, and questioning elicited the fact
that the natives, on the r incutsions
into that country after game, had be
come familiar with it? tnei properties,
and called it -fire rock "
On another trip, near trie head
waieis cf the Cclvtie river, which,
flows into the Arctic, Williams found
the remains of a peh'storie animal
known a-a mammo n Ibis monster1
lived and had his being dining the
tropical period of this part of the
earth’s surface. Tne mammoth has
long since been an i x i ct specie of
annual tile, huiI the finding of their
iemams i? i he a.ire evidn ro ot their
I
former *xi» nme s e insmn.o h
differed fr*<m tne un.-t-i.t •. i tint he
lived p<n t la51\ Moi w -a ii - -•• • gave
fot 1 h, wbtie i lie .lost ■ i li ' ? e.-se: -
tially a 1 C1 I i < 1 H I • i i 1 ri i Tne t.ea-ts wine
very similir in loi in I’i:-* mam ii*p!i
was thelarg-r, hav t g tu-ks which
1 ,/ere almost straight, while the tusks
of the mastodou are curved.
This valuable relic found by Wil
liams was imbedded in the tuudra, the
huge tusks lying or. top of the ground
indicating the presence of the remain
der of the skeleton beueath the sur
fcice. A little excavating revealtd the
hairy hide of the creature The tusks
were eleven feet in length aud meas
ured twelve inches in ciroumferer.ee
at the root.
Auother euiio found by Williams
near the Xoatak, aud about th irty
miles from Bering sea, was he skele
ton of h sperm wh ile 1 yi ;g in a small
lake. The preserved portion showed
an approximate ieugth of eighty feet.
\\ illiaru*. found gold ou many of his
trip®, especia ly on those la i »g in the
Franklin aud Eudicott mountains, but
nothiug which would justify the heavy
transportation cost to land necessary
miniuc equipment on '.he ground.
Lessons gi\en in shorthand. For in
formation apply to Mrs. Minnie A.
Kelsev, Whaling building, rooms 9
and 3.
Valdez. Cord Storage Co., wholesale
dk't ihii'inc agents for Morgan
Ovstei' C«>.
REG
Teels
S Blum i<> E (’ Daitor., lor 1<>
together with buildings 1 hereon
.1 T Carcdl to Mary \ Debt.er,
power boat Helen and equipment.
Edmund Smith to Fred .J. Slack, 25
feet on McKinley street, let ween Ellis
and Fish property.
M. F Collins to L. E Hanger, one
half interest in Good Grade group on
Fidal o bar.
Thomas Lynch to Alaska-Northwest
Copper Company, the Anna, Briggs,
Briggs No 1. Parrot, Parrot No. 1,
Hendricks and Black Bear lode claims,
on Likina river
M L Thoi tiusen toT J Donohue,
cne fourth interest in Copper Queen
in Landlock bay
Big Four No. 2, B;g Four No. 3 and
Big Four No -i group lode claims, all
on west side of Prince William sound,
opposite Chenaga island .
D.eot3_F. j. King: et ttx to Charles
Rudolph, 25 foot frontage on McKin
Pv street Extension, with cabin
thereon.
.V ■ on ■ Aiv-r-:\ executor of the
,.v1 a o Albnv White, to Eioise R.
J .'on r, the Biocktieid property’.
1.. Vv. Adam* el ux to C. C. Ru
do'nh, iot on M ■KinDy street be
t veon 0. Fish and C. J. l'artlett
property.
Simple Banking
It is very easy to have a bank
account even if a i A O 1/ A
you do live in ALAuixM
We have hundreds of customers liv
ing in Alaska who send all their
deposits to us by mail. If you
would like to keep vour money in
the Oldest Bank in Washington,
write us about it.
DEXTER HORTON & CO.
capital-surplus Bankers
$1,000,000
Can’t Confuse Orchard
| Boise, Dee. 18—Attorney Darrcw,
! after a searching cross-examination
! of Harry Orchard, on the witness
stand in the Pettibcne case, failed to
confuse the witness in regard to his
former testimony in the Haywood
ease and his confession.
Seattle, Dec. 16—At the first signs
of the big storm Friday night the
vessels at the wharves sought safety
in the open sound. They were buf
feted by the winds but all are reported
safe.
Philadelphia, Dec. 16 — Jack
O’Brien knocked out Bill Hevrnor,
i the english champion, in one blow in
i a fight here Saturday night.
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