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VOLUME 3, Ko"~32 __”" VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1904. " OFFICIAL CITY PAPER,
RAILROAD
TAVOHAULS REPORT OT
ENGINEERS.
To Begin Early Next Spring, late
ness in Season Freventr
Immediate Start.
A survey for a railroad will be*
gin very early m xt season, accord
ing to present nriangements.
K. Rose and IX 1’.. Brown, the
two engineers who recently re
turned from a preliminary survey
of the route, forwarded their rej>ort
to the eastern capitalists by whom
they were employed. report
proved entirely satisfactory and
they received, a few davs since, a
telegram inttructing them to pro
ceed with a regular survey, and
to make ail mecessary arrange
ments for the construction of the
road. Owing to the lateness of the
season the engineers thought it
best to postpone c’-a work until
spring and telegraphed back to
that effect.
Messrs Rose and Jirowr will
leave on the Bertha, but will return
in the spring to take up the work
of laying out a route for the rail
road. on which construction work
will l>e commenced as early as
. possible.
Both gentlemen are thoroughly
| familiar with the country and con
ditions, and will return fully ore
pared for work.
Coal on Upper Shushetna.
Large 1 todies of a very tine qual
ity of coal have this season lteen
found along the head-waters of the
Shushetna. It proved a great la n
I efit to those prospecting or work
: itig claims as it saved them the
necessity of hauling lire wood.
Some of the coal seams are rejiort
i to be 50 to 75 feet wide and is a
semi-anthracite.
_
Murderers Caught.
i Four years ago a murder was
j committed in the Cook inlet di.~
jtrict, and the murderers disap
! peared. This year they were lo
cated and Commissioner Hildreth
; issued a warrant for them. One
(of them was secured by deputy
marshal Dates in his district, who
! delivered him over to the commis
sioner. and deputy marshal Sexton
s cured the oilier. They are both
natives and will be sent here later
for trial.
City Market
NEXT TO THE SIZIXA.
PRICES ARE
RIGHT
Wholesale and
Retail Dealers
GIVE US A
CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
mum
i
TURNS OUT BETTER THAU
EXPECTED
Gold, Copper, Galena are Found
in Paying Quantities.
Billy lielineau, F red Date,
Chauncev Shaw and a number of
others returned this week from the
head-waters of the Shushetnu and
report new strikes in widely sep
arated sections, ami distant from
last year’s discoveries. None nf
them claim to have found an Ki
dorano. hut believe from the re
sults of this seas.m’s prospecting
that they have ground that will
give handsome returns when prop
erly opened up next year. Some
gulches which v.ere prospected
proved very rich, hut will be diffi
cult to work on account of scarcity
of water, (ielineau brought with
him him some handsome speci
mens of copper glance. Ixirnite,
native copper and steel galena,
which lie claims to have found in
abundance, but staked none owing
to the impracticability of perform*
forming the necessary work pend
ing transportation facilities.
Captain Healey Dead.
Captain M. A Healey, who re
cently retired front the revenue
cutter service, l aving reached the
the age limit, died at .^an Francis
co on Aug. 31st of heart disease,
after a few days illness. The Cap
tain hos been for many years in
the revenue cutter service along
the coast rf Alaska and up to the
Arctic ocean. He was well know n
ali along the coast.
“Swiftwater Bill”
“Swiftwater Bill” Gates, who is
well known in Valdez, lias secured
the Hilly claims on Cleary » reek.
No s. 1 and o helow, and is expect •
led to again Ik- on the top of the
! heap, llis enterprise is supposed
j to he hacked hv eastern capital.
Murder At Nur.hagak.
Deputy marshal Bates of the
i Bristol Bay district arrived on the
Dora this morning with two prison
ers charged with murder, commit
ted at Xusliagak on Aug. 5th.
A fight occurred between three
.laps, two of whom attacked one
and cut him to pieces. Two wit
nesses were brought along r.nti all
are now in the jail.
Tramway Machinery Arrives.
F. J. Kinghorn of Valdez re
turned on the Santa Clara with all
the parts necessary for the eons: ruc
tion of the Summit Tramway over
Thompson pass, except the cable
which i* being made and will come
up later. The work of building
the towers will begin at the earliest
possible date and all the work will
lie pushed as speedily as possible
so that the snow will be no hind
rance to operations. From pres
ent calculations it is expected that
the whole system will be completed
and open for public service by Dec
ember 15th.
Tin in Copper River Valley.
Some fine specimens of what i
alleged to he tin ore were this week
brought into town hv Charles M.iv
man anil B. von Zeipel. They
have been prospering for the past
two years about the foot of mount
Wrangel, anil this year they suc
ceeded in locating a large ledge, on
which they staked a number of
claims.
ENGINEERS return to
valdez
Building of the Road Now Rests
With Congress.
The preliminary survey of the
' a’dcz-Kagle wagon road was
practically completed on Aug. l->.
and the entire party, which was
divided into four sections, wer<
ready to start for Valdez.
"• -'h Clapp, the engineer in
charge, in planning his season’s
ivo.k. diviv i his party into four
-action- as follows. No. 1. under
A. 1». Lewis; No. 2. \\ . L. (loodwin;
No. .". A. \\ old. and N>>. 4 under
Mr. Hunt. Nos. 2 and 4 were the
middle parties while 1 and 4
started from both ends.
Mr. 1 lapp's judgment in plan
ning the. campaign is testified to
•*V the fact that all the parties
ne t and tied tip their lines on Aug
li. within a few hours of each
other. The work consume 1 tiO
days and represents about (HXL
ni i'5- of transit work. From the
tact that in addition to the regular I
• ine alternate lines were taken for !
:»p .grapliy as well as meander I
iU.es to show direction of stream*.
It iev dopes that the distance from
Vahlcz to Eagle is ahout4_'7 miles,
l’iie partv-Vi.’-1 leave ou the Santa
Clara.
Uev. Clevenger and wife re-i
lined 11 ji~ week from Copper Cei -
ter. where they have spent the past j
two seasons doing missionary !
work among the natives. Tney |
will go to the s tafes for a.iine an 1 j
return to the good work in spring, j
Hunters Return.
( lias. Sc itt of Missi'si|ij»i, ac
companied liy t'lias. Itaxter. ar
rived lure this summer prepared
f >r a hunting trip, decided to go t<
the head of the Tatiana, having
heard of the large game in that
section. -Seven horses were pur
chased for the trip and J. \V. |»avi
went as guide. They made .piicl
time over fh • usual route to Ni/im
and Ih-voiiiI to Sooli pass hut ar
riving they found it too hitc t«
proceed and return* J h-*-.. Mon
day. The will leave for tIn
states on the next out goini
steam*.". Mr. Scot' is well please*'
with his trip as :t lias greatIv im
proved his health an.I In* will re
turn next season hetttr prepared
to secure trophies.
Uusbers.
'rltn . A!a-ka, Sep!. 14.—Tin
Xizina Pankin : a M -'. i::•_ (
patty's pack train will pa.«- lien
Onlay, llazelet in •eharge
Clary brothers ami Mrs. Wilsoi
pas-ed tlii- morning. Mr. am’
Mrs. (ittlrrie are at Tsikheli
i’owi ll and Mr. ar.il Mrs. (tr, gory
wiil Is- along tomorrow. M- erly
pack train will pa.-s in a few days.
M. V. Edwards ramped here. I>o».
Stewart passed yesterday.
•Kina Si»*. 1'—On-gory wifi
and daughter passed here at 10
a.in.; I’owell and Hilly S >:d with
pack train at noon. .Exp-ft ti
make town in tr .> days.
A mai'itifiecut vat cl: foil, - ,'f na
tive wM nu/'.'cts :.<is r* vni'.i
made sit Kern's jewelry stole am'
will l>e sent out on the tie.;- out
going steamer to Senator Knutt
Nel- itl liv the people o* Valdez ar
il-light token of their e?t«Mn f<ft
his aide efforts to secure iieedeii
legislation for AliWKa at the luff
session of congress.
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