THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
Published nt Valdez; Alaska, every Thursday by the Prospector
PlfBMSIHNO Co.' PlIONE, MaIKII
Knterni at the Valdes postotlieeas-second dnss-matter;
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Nothing mere has beert beard
•concerning the term of court which
was to have l>een held hero in
November by Judge Gunnison. It
is to be hoped that it was not a
fAlse alarm for we are sadly in
■need of a settlement of the numer
ous civil cases now on the docket,
.and there is little likelihood of
Judge Wickersham having time to
hold court here this winter.
The Presbyterian synod* at
Walla Walla has exonerated Shel
■don Jackson from blame for his
conduct in Alaskan affairs,- and
■roasted Churchill for his report
against Jackson. IIow the presby
•terian of Walla Walla come to be
competent to judge regarding Alas*
jean affairs will be a question with
Alaskans.
Things must be getting rather
slow at Seward when the Gateway
has ceased to send out papers. We
.have not ascertained yet whether
it is the postofhee or the newspaper
that has suspended business.
In another month Ketchikan
will have a cable and every town
of anv importance in the district
will lie connected with the outside
world bv wire.
f-.
j C'iVpt .* Ilealv appears to be
having a1 hard time during the
.past few \ ears with his Alaskan
projects. Tile latest fiasco is- the
Kuskokwim exploration Company,
/which is now in the-bauds of the
receive r.
One good effect that the trouble
•in Cuba has had is to cut out a
large amount of the Russian revo
lution new- from the press dis
patches.
< Although tfie loss of' the
Oregon, Santa Ana and Excel
sior fum this run lias caused
considerable hardship to the
people of this section, it should he
a matter for congratulation that
they should have been put out of
commission without an}-lives be
ing lost. It is to be hoped that
they will be replaced by vessels
which will not he a continual men
ace to the lives of the people who
travel upon them.
Alaska gold shipments for 1006
up to the first week in August
reached $10,502,870 nearly as
much as they did at the close of
last season. A total of twenty-two
shipment's has bc-en made from the
territory. Of these half came from
the vessels sailing from Nome and
St. Michael direct, and gold aggre
gating $161X 000 r as brought by
them. From the southeastern seo
.tion, eleven shipments were re
ctdvt d, totaling $5,5)44.1470.
If delayed assessment work on
an unpatented mining claim has
been commf-need before January 1,
land was continued until the full
$-100 worth had been performed
the claim was not subject to relo
cation, and title still rests in the
Original-proprietor.
Sunrise Will Produce $30,000.
Hydraulic mines- near Sunrise,
on ‘.lie south side of Turnagain
Armt will produce a-'.otal of about
!::<),(M-0 in grid this- season: This
estimate is made by M. II.. Sulli
rtm. superintendcnt of the Elmore
mine at “The Forks,” where Can
yon creek and East Fork unite to
form Six Mile. The heaviest out
put of the legion will be ort St \V.
Wihh ’s property on Canyon creek.
Air. Sullivan puts this mine down
at between *17.000- and *20,000.
1 wo giants are stemmy at worn
and nine men are employed.—
Gateway.
Wealth In Copper.
This country is producing copper
at the rate of more than one thous
and million pounds per annum,
worth about $180*000,000, ami j
with a profit on the operation of j
probably over $80,000,000. These!
are big figures, but the profit this !
country derives from the copper!
industry does irot end with pro
duction.
These thousand million pounds
are manufactured into wire, elec-:
trical machinery and supplies; and
many other useful articles; and
this copper manufacturing indus
try, which is young but growing ■
like a giant, affords good employ
ment to thousands of men, and
profit to many millions of capital*1
This country has, during the
last twelve months, and after sup
plying home needs, exported over
450.000,000 pounds of manufac
tured copper, besides 15,000,0(»0
pounds of brass. For this the con
suming countries paid the United
States a profit not only on the
metal but on the cost of its manu
facture.
Cinnabar Wine Bended.
One of the largest cinnabar mines
in the -rforld, located on the Kus
kokvvim river about 300 miles from
j its mouth, was known of during j
the Russian occupation, being |
about thirty miles distant from the |
old Russian redoubt of Kolmakoff.
The inaccessibility of the property !
has hitherto prevented its-exploita
tion. but recently it has been bond
ed by eastern capitalists for a big i
figure. Kuskokwim river cuts the |
deposit, which looms dp like a
mountain. The ore body proper 1
is gray cinnabar, low grade in j
character,but this is permeated with
stringers of red1 cinnabar ore car
rying rich values, which makes the
whole proposition average well in
percentage of quicksilver.
MEN WANTED
Welch and Company Contractors.
Welch & Co., Spokane, Washing
ton, have taken over construction
work on the Alaska Central and
will push the work during the
balance of this season* All kinds
of labor wanted, machine drillers,
hammermen, drill steel sharpeners,
muckers, etc., either on tunnel or
outside work.
Appiv Treasurer’s Otlice, Seward.
Alaska. oik
C. C. BERG,,
Furrier and Taxidermist
1425 First Ave., Seattle.
Send me your skins, state your wishes and I
will return you perfect work at reasonable
prices.
What There Is In It
No More — No Iiess
Colorado Assaying & Refining
Company
DKXVBK, COLORADO.
Hold, Siiicr, Lead, (’upper, "»0c. Each
( hart oi Analysis of loo Minerals FREE if
you mention this paper.
HOTEL BILLER.
Headquarters for Valdez people. 1*20 rooms.
Rates f«o cords, *1 and fLOTper day. Firstclas?
] Rrstaurant in connection. Free Hus. Opposite
1 F. S. l'ostofliee.
| Cos. First Av. Fniversity st., SEATTLE
i-“-*
New York Life Insurance
Company
! Ordinary Life, Annual Divi
dend or Endowment Policies
W. H. CRARY, Agent
I
J Phone i Valdez, Alaska
Freight and Passengers to
all parts of the interior
General Trucking.
ED. WOOD
d- Kiiiicy St. Between Broadway and Keystone Ave.
Notice Of Meeting Of Board Of
Equalization.
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council will sit as a
Board of Equalization between the
hours of 2 o’clock p. m. and 4i
o’clock p. in., on the 8fh. 9th
and 18th days of October, HXH> for
the purpose of equalizing the
assessment of property for taxes.
All parties complaining will then
he heard.
W. H. CRARY,
Town Clerk
Hand & Holdsworth
ASSAYERH and CHEMISTS
Consulting Mining
And Metallurgical Engineers
009 Opera Pi.ace, SEATTLE,
Renr 214 James St. WASH.
Hotel ARLINGTON
W. G. POTTS, Prop.
European Ulan. Kemmlellcnl hi«1 Newly f>ir
111,he<l. Telephones III Kaeli Room. U.H. P. O.
in IliilhUliK, llnl anil Cnlil Water. Rale* SOc
loW.a). CpottlS
1st Avx A University st. JvalllV*
If You Want
To Look Well-Dressed;
Have your suit cleaned and
pressed. Trousers bagged at
the knees denote a slovenly
man.
Guy F. Cameron will Clean,
Press and Repair your clothes
on short notice.
Clothes Relined.
SAN 5 RS
PAINTING
PAPER HANGING
DECORATING
5i;ns I Spall)
.REMODELED.
Rainier fad Hotel
SEATTLE
New Manaokmkn't Popular Prices
European Plan Central Location
Finest Cafe and Bar In The City
Wlliton it White1!'!)., Props. Clias. Perry, Mgrj
TACOMA
Is the natural outlet and the best mar
ket for the products of Alaska.
The*TACOMA HMKLTEK reduces more
ores of gold, silver, lead and copper
than any other smelter the* Pacific
Coast,
The West Coast Grocery Company of!
Tacoma receives on consignment and
sells at public sale the largest share of
Alaska furs' haudled by any single
house.
The fisheries of-Taeoma ship millions
of pounds of Alaska to h—fresh, frozen,
cured, dried, smoked and piek’ed to
the* markets of-the Curled Sta%w ami2
Europe
Tacoma v In desale i- 'and ■jobbers stipj
piy a large and constantly increasing
trade in’Alaska
Tacoma is the western headquarters'
and chief Pacific C»*ast terminus of the
Northern Railway and the headquart
ers and western terminus of theTaeoma
Eastern Railroad.
TlnHCfii*utgo, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railway, the Cnioii and Southern Paei
fie and the Great Northern are now
building to -Tacoma.
The population* of Taeonm ha " in
ereused from :»7,7l l in P.hki to* 8-7.001) in
19! kb
Taeotna real estate is the safest and
surest investment on the Pacific Coast.
Watch Tacoma Grow!
For further information and descrip
tive literature, address
Secretary of Tacoma Chamber of
Commerce and Board of Trade.
•28 TACOMA, WASHINGTON
^ ifmai
ON YOUR^^3i^^
HUNTING TRIP
i He sure to be pr>perly eiulppei—o’.rtam the STT-V*
[ I NS an*l Jou CANNOT to V. KuNti. We make
RIFLES . ■ . from $2 25 to $160.00
! PISTOLS . . . from 2.00 to 00.00
SHOTGUNS . . from 7.50 to 35.00
| Ask yourdrnleran lInsist Seivl f< r i-i"-pa;?e illus
, on «>!.r i* -j'ui ,r make. It tiutui cat If inter*
l youtjuu tobnin, v cslilp e»t- l in SltooTlNO.^-ou
> dire, t, carri.t^c charset c*u^htt > hate it. Maiie i
^ref-aiil, njK»n receipt of fur f ur cents in stamps to
\ ataluj pric e. cover posture. ^
* Uur attra- tjye three»co!ry AIuMiinum Han rer will l-*e
s uit anywhere for 10 cents in stani!*s.
J. STEVENS ARMS AND TOOL CO.,
| r. o. liux 40*16
Chicopee Falls, Maas., U. S. A. t
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
F. M. BOYLE, n. D..
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 30 VALDKSS,
Offices: ALASKA
Post Office building.
Dr. C. A. WINANS.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office: Rooms l and 2,
Swan Building* Phorte 26
E. C. DALTON. M. D.
Physician and Sumo eon
Office
Phoenix Hotel Phone 83
br. C. THOMPSON,
Pii\srian and Smkgbon,
Office Vaidez.
Post Office bld’g. Phone .'50.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Dentist..
Pish
Building.- Valdez.
Open evening*,^Sunday excepted, 7:;W t ».
Mrs .M. M. PATTON,
Graduate Nurse
RESIDENCE
Keystone Aye. Phone 2 Valdez
John A. Carson,
Attorney, and Counsellor-at-Law.
• SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
R. B LIX.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And CONVEYANCER.
[COPPER CENTER, ALASKA.
E. R. KING,
Assayer and Chemist
Keystone Av. near Wharf,
VALDEZ.
A. JUDSON ADAMS,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
If. S. Deputy Mineral and Land
Surveyor.
Broadway.
BROWN & SMITH,.
Lawyers
Mining and Lund Uws, HpenaltieM.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
LEEDY & KELSEY,
Attorneys and Counselors..
Swan Bldg. Valdez.
D0N0H0E & OSTRANDER,
Attorneys-at Law,
VALDEZ
JOHN F. RICE,
Attorney-At-Law,
Cordova, Alaska
ALFRED B. ILES,
Mining Engineer
Vabb-z, Alaska
Mine Examinations and Reports
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Vyp Beautifully located in Portland. Oregon,
offers unsurpassed facilities (6r the cul
ture and education of young women. Special
opportunities in Music. Art. Languages and Liter
ature. Well equipped Physical and Chc-mical Lab
oratories. Herbarium and Mineral Cabinet! The
largest and oldest Ladies' Seminary in the Pacific
Northwest. it;enjoys a national reputation for im
parting the best physical, mental and moral train
ing and developing true womanhood.* Equips
socially and educationally frr the most erased
station. Confers Academic and Collegiate Degrees
by State Authority. Interference with convictions j
of non Catholics is scrupulously avoided. Academy*
is ideally located, amid inspiring scenic advan
tages. Social opportunities such as affe available*
in no otherrcit> on the Coast. Buildings iarce ai d
commodious, well-lighted. heated and ventilated:
dormitories and private rooms supplied with all
modern conveniences. The institution is lib* ral |
and progressive without sacr.(icing the charm i«*r'
and traditions of age and achievement, lb rms
modest. Satisfactory references required. Write (or
announcement booklet. Board and tuitionIS'lSO per
year. Address Sister Superior. St. Muff**'Academy
PORTLAND, OREGON; U.S.A
Camp Comfort Roadhouse.
On the trail to all interior •. >r. *. hnrpe com
fortable quarters with every accommodation tot
man or ben st. Garden product* in -ens'ort
Fresh Milk and Home Grown Veaetables
C. C. ROBERTS, Proprietor, l*J Mile- From Valdez
workman’s Road House
MRS. E. E. DOTY, Proprietor.
First roadhouse built on Government
Trail. Can accomodate 50 people, lias larg*
warm bam for 20 horses and good quarters
for dogs. Good meals and everything the
musher desire (.
Twenty Miles From Valdez.
Ptarmigan Drop Roadhouse
Mrs. E. DOTY, Proprietor
Best accommodations between Faithanks and Valdez.
All kinds of provisions, as well as horse and dog feed
for sale. Good accommodations for horses and dogs.
Freighting contracted—Passengers and freight trans
ported over the summit.
First-Class Bar In Connection. 30 Mes From Valdez
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for innu and Ix-a-t. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Dog -Feed. \l! the latest?
improvements-. PRIVATE ROOM.*5
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor,
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
D. G and G. B. RORKR, Proprietors.
118 MILES «)N FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ' AND EAGLE TRAILS
Hoyt & Smith, Proprietors
Best of accommodations- for the traveling public, and com
fortable quarters for howes or dogs.
This hotel is the largest and best equipped Lou.-" between*
Valdez and Fairbanks-, ami is situated on the Gulknna Cut-off
Trail, which saves four miles of travel on the Fairbanks trail.
128 MILES TO VALDEZ' 26 MILES TO COPPER CENTER
VALDEZ LIGHT & TELEPHONE CO.
Incorporated.
Wehave on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, C.'alJ Hells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kindsof electrical work. Phone -It).
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YOU write a letter to Jones
enclosing a statement of his
account. The letter should be in
purple copying ink, the statement
in black record, the credits in red.
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will do it all with one _ sbon j do
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T>„. machine permit* not only the use of a three-color ribbon, but also
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