The Alaska Prospector.
Published at Valdes, Alaska,
,everv Thursday morning by the
Prospector Pcrlisiiixo Co.
H.H. HILDRETH, Qj ill Pcsiier.
W. H. CHARY, In* Slinoeh.
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C. X. Chary.
H. H. Hildhktii, Clerk.
J. (5. Snyder, Treascrer.
Hon. J. W. Lekdy, City Attorney.
Dm. A. VonGcntiieh,
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YALDKZ, FEBRUARY 13, 1MB.
1 iik Alaska Puuspkttou appear*
today without any apologies. Its
publishers not only lielicve that
Valdez is ready for and netils an
other paper, hut that Southern
Alaska especially, and our entire
District needs to he more accurately,
adequately and reliably represent
ed to the outside world than it is at
tin1 present time. Tiik Alaska
Pkospkitok therefore enters the
journalistic held as another rtpre
sentativeof this wonderful country,
with Valdez, the great copjier
country adjacent theretoand South
ern Alaska in the foreground. It
will lie our aim to give our rendt rs
the very latest and most reliable
news of this great Northland, es
pecially regarding its gold and cop
|ier mines and new strikes.
In addition to publishing the
latest reliable information regarding
our gold and copper mines, the
I'lioscKcroit will also keep its read
ers informed regarding the many
other varied resources of this vast
wonderland. Its great fishing in
dustry, its coal mines and oil fields;
its timber and forests and its un
bounded agricultural and stink
raising lands. Its trade in furs
und its fox raising industry.
The Puospkctok will have a num
ber of the liest correspondents in
Southern Alaska in the different
towns anil mining camps who will
keep our readers informed regard
ing their respective localities.
It is also our intention to pub
lish in the near future a manlier
of articles regarding the Alaska
native, his mode of living, his needs
and his many interesting legends.
Stories of the early pioneers of the
country, their trials and adventures
will also Ik* a special feature of the
paper, and many of these articles
will Ik; illustrated.
Tiie Alaska Pkospectok will en
deavor to keep its readers informed
regarding the great resources of
this country. There is untold
wealth in our mountains, valleys
and sens. New strikes are 1 icing
constantly made. New opportuni
ties for the investment of capital
are presenting themselves almost
daily. New anil better laws are
needed for our District. Old laws
nei d to U* either enforced or repealed
Law breakers peed to lie punished.
Easy going officials who ilo not at
tend to their business need to lie
stirred up and occasionally remind
ed iif their duties. We expect to
speak on these mutters whenever it
is necessary.
Mayor .Steele certainly has the
esteem and appreciation of all our
citizens for the gissl work hi; did
Valdez while in Seattle.
fTilK J*nfle>i»wmi? -
out tmray v. illi pack on
buck and pick in band to
prospect in an almost
unknown country. Un
known, Iwcausc the country is so
vast that its resources arc unknown.
But we expect to prospect wisely
and well, and being satisfied that
we arc in a good country, and that
there is plenty of pay dirt. we be
lieve that the cleanup from week
to week will be most satisfactory
to all concerned. We have not
taken a grub stake, our outfit is
our own, and we are satisfied
that with a good use of the pick
and shovel, we can loosen up and
unearth plenty of good rich gravel,
and that our sluice lx>xcs will show
plenty of colors at each cleanup,
which will occur every Thursday.
Many have asked the question,
“can Valdez support two papt rs.!’
We IhTiovc that it earn. 'I lie pco
! pie of our prosperous town and
community cannot spend loo much
money in printers ink. There is
ample room and a good living in
this part of Alaska for thousands
of families, and in order to get them
to come here, we must publish
these facts and send them broad
cast throughout the country. The
| more that we advertise Valdez, the
| greater will be the number of pen
' pie that will come among ns. That
I means that more prospecting will
j lie done. More new discoveries
j mau» . .uuu' uiiiio up aim
I developed. More new business
J houses and residences erected, and
| what is grcullx needed in Alaska
|more new families will come here
land make this rich and icrtilc
'eonntrv their permanent home.
The country adjacent to Valdez,
jtheChesna district with its gold,
the Chittvna, Kotsina and Sound
| di striets with their abundance of
| copper, the Mount Drum district
i with its platinum, the hundreds of
I square miles of agricltuural and
j stock raising country along tic
j Copper river and its tributaries,
and the vast area of unexplored
| country in every direction are capa
| hie of supporting in competence
an immense population.
These facts should bo known and
kept before the pul die and the
! PHosnctTon will endeavor to spread
j this knowhslgc abroad and to keep
I it constantly before the people.
We believe that il will Im‘ U netieial
to the people of Valdez in many
ways to support the Pnosnrj'Tou in
every way they can. and we will do
j all in our power to promote the
|advnnccnicnt of Valdez and this
; part of Alaska.
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President Roosevelt is proving
himself a wise and upright ruler.
A man of energy and action such
as wide awake men of today delight
to see and do business with, lie
has been causing much trouble
among the spoils hunters and has
I given great hope to the lovers of
, equity and righteousness. He has
j as keen an eye and as quick a
; scent tor a rascal in oilieo as he has
j for the wild animal in the lnouu
j tains and brings one down as quick
j as the other. He gave notice that
the advice of senators and congress
men regarding candidate.- for oiiic -
would !>e welcome, but that iheir
candidates must be qualified in
every' way. He has ajqiointed
several democrats to office as the
republican applicants fell below his
standard. He removed Collector
Dillon at El Paso and Collector
' Sapp at Louisville because of their
notorious violation of the civil ser
vice law. He also declined to re
appoint the postmaster at Phila
delphia for similar reasons. He
removed Governor Jenkins of
Oklahoma because he asked for and
received shares in a company that
came under his oflicial control.
He showed his independence and
good sense by inviting Looker T.
Washington, the noted colored
educator, to dine with him. Presi
dent Roosevelt is president in
name and in fact, and is a great
man. We only wish that he had
the time amid his momentous du
ties to give a little attention to
Alaska.
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Lronude of Quinine Capsules
cure a cold in one day at Valdez
Pharmacy.
ANOTHER COPPER KING,
llarry Elliott Gets a Write-up in a
Chicago taper.
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It will proliahly In1 news to the •
majority of. our. readers that we
have had a billionaire in our midst;
I for the last year or so. hut il would j
. seem to he a fact if we aeeept the
statements made in the following
' extracts from an article pub
lished in a Chicago pa- j
per. Elliott may he a billionaire,
but when he makes the assertion i
j that he is the only one of the !tSer.- j
that remained in the country, we j
think he is entitled to one of the
three Jas! seats for smokers,
i The following are a few extracts
of the most interesting statements:
."More than 9200,000.000 worth of
i copper ore! And owned by two |
young nu n now in Chicago. That i
is the claim of If. C. Elliott of llO.V
\ incennos avenue and Charles G.
Huhharu of San Diego.
These modern argonauts voyaged I
i to Alaska in search of the golden
ilcece, but found a richer prize in
! the red ore of the CnpjsT River dis
trict. An expert lias estimated the
ore in sight at 9112,U*)0.000at mar
ket prices. Thcniincsareccrlainly
good for twice the amount in sight,
| and by the same token there may
| easily lie 91,000.000,000 worth of;
■the precious metal in those claims.!
Messrs. Klliot and Hubbard werej
! among the prospectors who flocked j
‘m tin. C'opjmr Riverdisfrin in l.S'J7.i
Of tin 1.000 men who went into!
that territory, they are believed'
to !>o the only ones who stuck it out i
for the four years. They werej
‘caught in a scurvy camp, withcom
’ panions dying all about them ; they i
were adrift in a desolate, trackless, j
'unknown country with the thcr-i
ammeter <50 degrees below zero ; I
i they had natives to propitiate and [
j wild animals to avoid. Their vege
table food gave out; that dread |
disease, scurvev oiade its agpeai
anco. Of eighteen men in the
party eight fell victims to the
plague, four of whom died iu the
arms of the Chicagoan. 15y almost
| superhuman efforts the other four
men were dragged on sleds hack to
I the coast. The dead were buried
in the wilderness where they fell,
i and pine trees were usually planted
over their graves, with a simple
Uiard to tell I lie tale of their death, j
in one case the corpse was placed i
1 upon a great rock in the middle of
i the river and protected with a small
cabin, which in turn was buried (
under stones to keep the wild beasts
' of the forest at hay.
I Kliiolt and Hubbard have io
I
eated twenty-two claims along the
i face of the mountain lmidcring!
, Klliott oyeek and extending over a
j distance of almut four miles. They
! think they have the richest large
Imdy of ore yet discovered. It iwi
si.-ts of bornite, black oxide, glau.ee, j
gray copper and native copper.:
Most of it will run 50 to 70 per j
cent copper, and there are vast
I quantities of tree milling native
! copper ore, in other words, almost,
; solidly pure copper. In a creek not j
I far from their claims stands a iedge ;
j or bowlder of pure copper ten feet j
i long and five feet wide. It. pro-1
j trades three feel above the ground.!
; and no one knows how far down it l
I extends.”
Collector For Alaska.
President Roosevelt has appoint- .
ed Lieut. 1). 11. Jarvis as Collector!
1 I
: of Customs for Alaska, vice J. W.;
Ivey, resigned.
Lieut. Jarvis is well known j
throughout Alaska, where he has j
pern engaged in thoRcvcnueCutter'
service for several years. He was I
at the head of the expedition which;
wefu to Point Harrow in 1X98 after!
the sailors who had keen imprisoned
by the ice. He has also made sev
eral trip.- to Siberia after reindeer
for the government, and has ren
dered much assistance to the
starving and needy natives of nor
thern Alask.
We l»elieve that Lieut. Jarvis will
make an excellent official and Ik
speak for him the g.tod will of the
Alaska people.
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for sale by C. X. Crary.
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L. K. RILEY, I»i. D.
Physician and Surgeon
VAI.DKZ,
«>llice ami Residence ALASKA
Cor. Mi Kinlcyand Reservation Sts.
GOODELL & EDWARDS
Lawyers.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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Architect,
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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Mining anil Land Laws,
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A, Von GUNTHER. M. D.
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to all mineral ami other
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