S. BLUM & CO.
INCORPORATED
BANKERS
CAPITAL $200,000.00.
We do a general banking business.
We sell exchange on all parts of the world.
We pay 4 per cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit
VALDEZ TURKISH BATHS
FINEST EQUIPPED ON THE COAST
Turkish, Steam, Shower and Plain
;353 BATHS
Plain Bath' SOc;ISteam Bath SOc; SteamJand Show
er at, 1.0 I TurkUhliBath withZroom 93.80.
Open Day and Night. JOHNSON-SCHMIDT CO., Valdez, Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
R&kTRY IN CONNECTION
DAacai EVERYTHING good
JACK CALLIN & CO.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford’Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
( 7 II 111 to !> II 111
mi:Ai,s( i.nncti t~ m to i i> in
> 6 In 7 p in
| JAMES NAREY, THE |
SHOEMAKER
has moved to the Phoenix Block
in Keystone Ave. where he will do
BOOT & SHOE Repairing
in first class order and reasonable.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Port*.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
LAUNCH IDA
Leaves from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way points at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
MILK-MIUt-MILK
Fresh Milk uu^Chimb
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone order* to Phone 187
When In Sewari Stop at the
COLEMAN NOOSE
I GEORG £ SEXTON. PROP.
► SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
t FOURTH AVt StWARO. ALAR**
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Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Freih Good»--Rea*onable Price* i
FAST TRIP FROM
NELGHINA GAMP
Chris Peterson and Olaf Fratzen
Reach Valdez in Six Days and
a Half From Camp.
Chris IVtcrsnn ami Olaf Fratz
rii, two prospector^ who made a
hurried trip into the Nelchina
country, reached Valdez yester
day, making the return trip in six
and a half days.
The men went in from tin* Taz
lina roadhouse, following the
Tazlina river to (lie lake and had
hut one river to cross that is not
bridged.
They are hnlli well salisficd
with Hit* prospects found iu the
new camp and will return as soon
as an outfit can lie taken in over
(lie snow. They succeeded in lo
cating claims on Me Dongle and
on Flat Creeks.
Moth men stale that the hesl
route In the diggings is via the
government road to Tazlina then
u[i that river to the camp. The
distance is shorter Ilian any oth
er way, with a good safejrail and
11liinty of i imher. They predict all
the I ravel will In routed via Val
dez and I lie government road.
ALAMEDA HERE
FROM SEATTLE
Has 160 Tons of Freight—Brings
Cordova Citizens For Present
Term of Court.
*
The steamer Alameda, of the
Alaska Steamship company line,
in command of Captain Warner,
reached Valdez shortly after noon
today and will leave at eight
o’clock tonight for the westward.
Captain Warner reports a find
trip north.
The steaer broughl ISO tons of
freight for Valdez merchants and
going south will have a load of
ore from Ibe Bonanza mine.
The following Valdez passen
gers arrived: L. J. Rusk, J. Un
ie, W. A. Eaton, George Winkler,
A. H. Bluer and Mrs. J. Plum, be
•sithts thirty thorn Cordvia, who
came over to attend court.
MMlTILf
Seattle, Oct. 15.—The steamer
Mariposa reached here last night
with one of the largest passenger
lists of the season from the
north. The boat will again sail
north on the 18th.
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«<g«ljscriDe for the Prospector
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STORY or THE
NELCHINA GAMP
Prospector Writes of Experienoe
in Finding Pay—-Giv®s De
scription of Diggings.
In a letter brought to Valdez
by Judge Lee Van Slyke, written
by one of the original locators
and discoverers of the Nelchina
country, much information of in
terest to prospectors is contain
ed, and the letter, being very
long, we are publishing only the
most interesting facts gleaned
from it.
In July, last year, a party of
prospectors became interested in
Alfred Creek and after a few
wedks prospecting in that sec
tion they were compelled to leave
for lack of grub, but the indi
cations received and the pros
pects found were so good that
they determined to return this
spring with larger outfits and
continue the work of prospecting
the ground. On March 2 ilh they
arrived on the ground and staked
a number of claims on Alfred
Credk and by the 30th of April
they had confined themselves
of the value of the ground and
located Hi ebalance of the creek.
The next few days were spent
in hauling wood and sawing lum
ber. At this time the party con
sisted of Messrs. Olson, Oitcliel
and Duncan McCormac in one
party and Kemp and Anderson in
another party.
I lie tei lor i lien si hi i s :
“I then started in In do as
sessment work after locating a
fraction on the west end of No.
1 above: then I began the work
bn No. 3 below, starting a cut in
the center of the claim where the
ground was partly thawed and for
the first sixty feet i got fair pan
nings, until I noticed a change in
1 he gravel, the cut tilling with a
blue-greenish .sand, clay and
frozen much. So 1 moved to No.
2 above, where I panned, getting
live and six cents to the pan on
the surface and f ran a cut for
150 feel, but .hi- frost and blue
clay allowed me to go down mil'
three feet. I was inclined to give
it up. continued for another 150
feel and was rewarded by receiv
ing pans of from twenty to thirty
cents. The gold was partly tine.
Iml some of it was coarse.
.“If lime had permitted me to
continue the work this summer
I am sure I would have gotten
into the good pay, hut the season
was nearly over wnen 1 was get
ting the experience and knew
what M look for. In the mean
lime Olson and Oilrhel were tak
ing mil good pay. I was also
compelled In stop prospecting in
order In do tile required amount
of assessment work necessary
under the law to hold the claims.
“After llnishing the assessment
work, 1 ran a ditch up the creek
and thence across toward where
Olson and (Jitehcl were working,
and at the depth of nine feel and
four indies I struck the top of th
four inches I struck the top of the
pay. Tile pay was frozen and the
ditch was narrow and I could
make lud little progress. Later
I sank a bole on the other side
of I lie creek and found good pay.
I am •convinced the pavstreak is
wide and runs the full length of
I he creek, at least as far as No.
7 above enough work bad been
done to demonstrate that fact.
Because.of the short season I was.
compelled to do the work in such
places as the. ground was thawed,
therefore Ihe work was not as
thorough as 1 would have liked it.
till IIIl'K UIC (tlUUIKI wan
all frozen. It is a yellow, green
and black mud or clay, with small
streaks of gravel. We did not
work on this creek, but expect,it
will show up all right, as pan
ning showed good colors.
“Albert Creek is east and west,
Crooked Creek running due north:
Albert Creek enters Crooked
about '.seven miles from its source
and about nine miles from its
mouth. Crooked Creek has a
valley of approximately 1,200
feet; Albert Creek has valley of
approximately 100 feet at lower
end wilh a grade of about' four
per cent,- narrowing on the way
up to possibly 300 feet, and I he
grade decreases up the creek-to
about three feel lo the hundred.
Coinnio'nciiig at- west end of No.
2 above, reading down, I he ground
is line, with no large boulders.
! Mostly granite, diorile. porphyry,
greenstone and sandstone are in
COURT HEARS
DIVORCE CASES
Oas« of Col. 8wanltz Against V. A
Y. ft, R. Sot for Trial When
Alameda Arrives.
Judge F. AI. Brown today heard
the divorce cases of Marion
Grooker vs. William Grooker and
Togor Asbjornson vs. Mary Asb
jornson. Both cases are in de
faull. Xo decision was made.
The case of Gol. Swanitz against
the Valdez & Yukon Railroad Go.
was; set to be heard upon the ar
rival of the Alameda, upon which
Col. Swanitz is a northbound pas
senger.
the. ground. The pay is found in
a yellow clay mixed with gravel.
The bedrock, so far as found, is
a dark blue curley shale, although
the sandstone is plentiful. It is
all Hat and the shale lies under
the sandstone.
“There1 is no doubt in my mind
but that the pay can be gotten or
found by practical prospecting
for the full length of the creek,
although it may. narrow down in
j a few places. In my opinion, it
| will be near to sixty feel wide and
{will average close to four feet
! thick with an over burden of
! from six to nine feet of muck."
! The letter is signed by 1 tun
lean McGormac. one of Hie orig
! inal locators.
Crew of Volturno Saved Them
selves and Left Passengers to
Own Fate is Charge.
London, Orl. 15. — Tlii> crew of
the steamer Yolturno. wliieli. was
{turned al sea with great loss of
Hie. are charged wi'li having
caused the death of mr.'i.. of 111*'
I* e-sengers by their .cue :■ i lie-'.
Til*' crew were mostly Bel
gians ami 'Hollanders. Tile loss
among' the passengers is inueli
greater Ilian among I In* officers
ami crew of the ship.
Vaudeville! Vaudeville!!
liig double program tonight a!
the Orplieum al eight o’clock
sharp. Admission IIfly cenls and
children twenty-live cenls.
Program:
Overture. Chas. Archer.
Moving picture, a beaut i fill
Tharihowscr story. “The l.itlle
Oirl Next Door.” ,
Monologue, “The London Po
lice Court.” “Jest Walk.” “Tramp
Story." "Ikev and the Cold Kish.”
Chas. Archer.
Moving picture, “A Soldier of
Fortune.”—exciting.
Weaver and Archer in black
and white.
Chas. Archer in songs, whistle
and baby organ stunts.
Harry Weaver in banjo, songs
and liegroisms.
Moving picture, "Weary Wil
li’s ltcvcnge."--a good one.
Gall for Warrants.
I' Notice is nereby given that I
will pay all city warrants up to
and including No. 31158. series of
1912, if presented within ten days
from date.. 0. 0. REYNOLDS,
Town Treasurer.
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 7„ 1913.
Leasing Proposition.
Will let a lease on two small
rich quartz leads. Liberal terms.
See R. P. Ferguson.
Now Goods.
New goods 'on every boat al
Mrs. Winter’s.
FOR SALE, rent or lease, a 20
room lodging house;.central lo
cation. A snap. Call al Pros
pector office.
' If you want to sell nr buy any
■second-hand furniture, stoves,
etc., call ui> City Express. Tele
phone 82.
FOR RENT—Two rive-room
houses on Broadway." In: lirsl
njass 'condition..'. Enquire of
Charles Crawford at I he Plain
ing Mill. If.
Marca Rica Cigars
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Satisfaction Guaranteed j
Telephone 66
I Foot Keybioue Ave
Rou^h Dry 10c lb.
Valdez Dock Co. phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENTS FOR
Alaska Sleamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Alameda, S. S. Mariposa
Sail
Oct. 8th, 18th and 28th
For Skastway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
F. B. Tracy, Gen*l Agt- Valdez Dock ,Co., Local Agt.
ALASKA CSA&?
Steamers via the INSIDE PASSAGE calling at Ketchikan. Ju
neau, Yakutat, Katalla, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez Fort Lis
sum, Latouche, Seward, Cook Inlet Points and Kodiak.
S. S. Admiral Sampson
Sailinga'fromj Seattle
Aug. 15th and Sept. 5th and 25th
((SAMPSON calls at KNIK ANCHORAGK each trip, also calls
at Kodiak when leaving Seattle on the 15th of the month.
California connections -Alaska-Pacific S. S. Co.
Ri»rhi is reserved to change this schedule without notice.
B. F. WATSON VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent Local Agent
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