ELLIOTT CREEK MINES
One Of The l argest Deposits Cf
Copper On The In
terior.
The year 190t will see mnch de
velopment work done on many of
the properties located in this sec
tion of Alaska. The locations are
numerous and are all satisfactory,
but lack of money has left many of
them fn the prospect stage, with
nothing hnt the annual assessment
work done.
The locations along Prince Wil
liam sound have up to the present
time received the most attention,
owing to the fact of their being
easy of access. The Ellamar mines
are making shipments on every
steamer, and the Beatson property,
on Latouche island, has made two
shipments of 100 tons each just to
get the dump cleared away, as no
attempt will he mnde to go into the
regular shipping of ore from that
mine until it is in condition for the
best and most economical handling
ofore.
At L.anaiocK nay considerable
activity has been going on all win
ter. A number of properties then
are being opened and up are prov
ing very valuable.
There is much of a similarity in
the copper from all about the sound,
it being of the sulphuret variety.
But as the coast range is crossed
the formation changes, and the ore
is of an entirely different charac
ter and of a far higher value. Most
ot the copper locations of the inter
ior country that have been made
thus far are on the lower tributar
ies of the Copper river,on theChit
tyna and the Kotsina. Nothing
more than assessment work has
been done on any of these, but na
ture lias developed some to a won
derful extent, and probably none
niore so ihnu tbe Hubbard «!r Elliot
claims on Elliott creek. As exten
sive development work will be start
ed on this properly this year a de
scription of it will probably now
be in order, as we prop se, when oc
casion permits, to write up tbe
various locations of this section.
In the spring of 1X98 Charles G.
Hubbard and Harry Elliot, as part
ners, came in with the rush lo seek
gold. They crossed over the glacier
and headed for the Copper river
. which they reached in the spring,
and while nearly all turned up the
river from Copper Center the two
partners turned down, and by
chance went in on the Kotsina.
The country looked good and they
stayed with it, prospecting in a
careful and systematic manner till
they finally ran upon a vast body
of ore on a small tributary, which
they named Elliot creek. The
discovery was made during the
second year of laborious prospect
ing. They were alone at tbe time
so that there was no need for haste
in locating. They settled on the
property and studied it up very
carefully, following the lead and
noting the outcroppings at various
points. They worked diligently
till they understood the exact lay
of the ledge or ledges, and staked
enough claims to cover what they
at that time supposed would em
brace it all. Coming out in the
fall they brought samples from all
the outcroppings and sent them to
the states for assay; the returns
showed the character of the ore to
be a very high grade of bornite,
glance and black oxide, producing
as high as 68 per cent, in copper,
with values in gold and silver.
During the first years of discov
ery they located 8 claims, and in
1900 they were forced to sell an in
terest in these 8 claims to secure
sufficient money to keep up the
assessment work, which has been
well attended to ever since. Each
season's work has added to their
discoveries, and to-day they have
30 slaims of 20 acres each, all join
ed together, covering a stretch of
country four and a half miles long
and from one to three claims wide.
Whjle the locators have each
year done considerable work, it is
but a speck compared with what
nature in its strenuous efforts has
accomplished in by gone days. The
situation of the claims being on the
mountain sides which are rough
and rugged,the erosion in places has
been great, so much so that thp
veins are cross cot in place to a
depth of from 50 to 4<«0 fecr show
ing grand, solid lodies of ore
throughout its entire exj»os»d walls.
This ^condition i» true of a numU-r
of the claims while on others the
surface has been broken off to such
an extent as to show up the ledge
mutter in its full thickness from
wall to wall from 10 to 30 feet.
Taken altogether it is probably the
greatest surface showing of copper
ore that has ever been found in
any country.
The writer happened to stop at
the Hubbard it Elliot camp while
tramping through the country in
the summer of 1902, and through
the courtesy of Mr. Elliot was shown
over the ground. The sight wns
wonderful. Showing out through
the greenstone of the country could
be seen everywhere the vast bodies
of ledge matter.
The mines are easy of access af
ter crossing the coast range from
Valdez. The country all al>out is
heavily timbered, and the water
courses will supply all the power
that will ever l>e needed for the
economical working of these mines.
By the latest mail the informa
tion has reached here that the
claims are now turned over to a
company called The Huhhard-El
liot Copper Mines Development Co.
of Alaska, capitalized at one and a
half millions.
Actual work will be immediately
U'gun on the claims. It is propos
ed to open it up in thorough shape,
and build up large dumps to await
'shipment until such time as tin
railroad reaches the property.
—
Five Railroad Lines.
Speaking of railroads in Alaska.
Captain J. J. Healy says:
“I predict that there will be a
road built tip tbe Chiikat river into
tbe Porcupine vonntryjone acros>
front Yakutat into tbe While and
Tanana valleys; a third througi
the Copper river valley; a fourth
from Resurrection bav and a fiftl
t
from Ulianma bay across tlie Sew
ard peninsula. All of these roads
will merge into a grand trunk t<
Bering strait. Either the strait
will be tunneled or some other
scheme employed, giving a connec
tion with the trans-Siberian road
Russia, I happen to know, up t
the time the war l»egan,stood ready
to give a right-of-way for 3001'
miles, with a donation of a strip o:
land twelve miles wide on eithei
side to any corporation 'undertak
ing the Siberian end of the project.
Six million dollars will build i>
line from Valdez which will tap the
Copper river copper belt. Tbe con
struction of that road will mean a
population of 11*0,000 in tbe Cop
per and Tanana valleys. Tbe lat
ter is 400 miles long and 100 miles
wide in places. Tbe Copper valley
is about half tbe length of the Ta
nana and 20 to 50 miles wide.
While I’ve been for the past
three years trying to bring altout
the construction of a railroad from
Valdez to the copper belt, I shal
not now devote further time to it.
The copper people everywhere ar.
lighting the project. The Whitt
Pass ifr- Yukon is opposed to it; Ju
neau and Skagway are not enthus
iastic; Anaconda, the United Verde
-every large copper interest in tin
country has been knocking.
They do not want to see copper
laid down in New York for 5 cents,
as can be done at a profit as soon
as the roadbed is built from Valdez
to tbe interior. This road however
will be built sooner or later.
Messrs. Renner & Michael son,
owners of the celebrated Polly mine
near Sunrise, have dissolved part
nership, dividing the property, ea h
taking half, and each will put hy
draulic machinery on his ground
i this year. They had between them
Itive claims that have proven veiv
rich with the ordinary method ol
si vice 1 ox and shoe). Working
with the new machinery they will
get quick returns.
There has been considerable
trapping and bunting on the Tr.
I nana this winter. One of the trad
ing companies has gathered inorci
5.000 marten skins and many* fox
skins of every color and description
GREER THE COLOR OF HOPE.
Of All fnlora tile Mom Noaifal. ami
la Always IKtatit la
&a litre.
There i* always n mystery ahn-.r
p e» y. It i.x Ireland's r««|« r. t ,«« (I • |
« ' • r. i! >nt j», r.l to i e i
I \ ii» ‘ -in** ivii.tir fa< ...
*« I • is ICg etl Wit II Ml.:: ii.iip . \ j
«>i rh. »r the enlor id t*»
*»i ariiatic spirit; it uecm «-n«
and in .«.<*. ii. and it is e\trcmely u..
*»€■% •• .i: t»» the sallow, says tr.e L mi
»i a rap.lie.
An • ,ui. *• all e«dors it ia the in [
t . :. in the correct tint*. t •
m»« -t i;:d\|-ice for dress. I e pice
It..lot.t.i t.'erlookiug the orchard »*
1 e one t .at lends itself to pleasant
fit wile .!* and agree:-1 de dreams that
?em; to good humor and rep«».~e.
M> lady's boudoir, all hung wit i
gre n. re tdnds one of a rustic bow
er. the g rden room, openirg on to
tKe given*" ar I and the roses, is the
co. ie ; room in the noier.
t ic n - ulwnys r ; t :*i nature; it
jx i n \ w«- |n»or h ii man* who make :i
( meva • { it " :.en we try !«• use it for
the annulment of our bodies. |'l i
du.'k, the muddy complexioned, t’ «
feature.! should avoid it like
poison; but npple green, willow
green, moonlight green—what mar
I 'clous effect* cannot be made out of
| them in ctinuing hands!
t.reen is the color of hope, of youth,
of spring, of love. The wopiun who
can wear green—her own peculiar
shade of green—Is fortunate.
BLUE LIGHT AIDS SURGEONS.
Colored Kara of Kleetrle Sintra
Found of Grr:«t Value lu Their
Uprrallou.
A 9t. Petersburg physician has ex
pe. interned with blue electric iigi.t,
which »i i.wed noticeable results in
many pbusrs of discuses and surpasscti
tie tllicacy of the white electric tig .a
leUaiiy empleyed heretofore.
fir journal. Prof. Mendelsohn’s
Caie of I’ii lit ills, ei llerlin, stairs that
il is possible through the use . f i ,,i... ,
elect tic light to nuke operations |aiu
lets without resorting to other anues
thtlics. lint Us of .lit- akin, and tsi-e- '
daily of the uiucntis II.I tubraiie. are
said to hate mu only bet u rn.oeieu
painless but healed-Non,, re ri piuiy.
The value of this treatment In con.r*
important from the fact that it can
ea.ily lie employer where it is i il.mil
to use other therapeutic remeo.es on
uecount of locution, as in the throat
or deeper down iu the alimentary cu
I mil.
It is also to be noted that the use of
the blue electric light cent! l utes
much in lessening the pains can et by
cancerous growth in a marked degree,
and is said rapidly to effect a ci nipiete
cure of lupus, this very severe disease
of the skill which frequently resist*
^ every other method of treatment. j
FENCE TO KEEP IN RAIN.
*• u liUMIed That Oaa Son Feet
High W ould Am aa Do Mouu
tala Matara.
It is a matter of common knowledge
that in hilly situations the ininlali is
much above the average, and that a
town may lie so situated with regard to
! neighboring elevations that it will re
I cvive two or three times the amount
j "I rain in a year that falls on a place
only a few miles distant, say* l I,am
bers ’ Journal.
A case is quoted in one of Prof. Tyn
dall’s lectures, where the rainfa.fof
one Irish town amounts to ij inches,
and of another to only 31 inches, the
I difference being due to the action of
| the Kerry mountains in fo:. ing the
I moist winds up suddenly to a lit:: litr
| level, where they meet with the cold
1 necessary to precipitate their moisture
as rain.
Hollo Russell has suggested that we
might control the raiui'ail artiticially
by the erection of immense wulis. t x
tendiug for some six or seven mi.es in
length, and from 300 to 400 feet high.
Such walls would act as natural hills
in diverting the path of tin moisture
laden air, and th- clouds would be
forced to yield their treasures.
THE KAISER AS BANDMASTER.
■ssflft tha Bataa far Oaa of His Rrg
with she Air of a
Prafrssloaal.
Fmperor William led the band of the
Cuirassier regiment lately at Neudeck,
near Breslau, one night lately, hand
ling the baton with quite a profes
sional air, says a Berlin report. The
incident took place after a great ban
quet at which the band played. His
majesty, together with i'riuce H end, el ,
tou Donuersmarck. Field Marshal ton i
Waldersee and Ma.j. Gen. von Moltke, 1
pttssed in frontof the niuvidans.
The eiu|«ror asked the band to play
an old cavalry march composed in j
HOi aud called "Steerdebekcr.” which
Von Moltke, himself one of the finest :
amateur musicians in Grrmauy, risar- I
reeled nnd rew rote as a musical curi- I
osity.
l Thereupon his majesty took the
baton aud conducted several old Han
overian marches. He afterwards
handeil the baton to Vpn Mollke, who j
directed several of his own comi«>si
tions. The next day the emperor
visited the band while it was at prac
tice, remaining for an hour, and again
yonducted various numbers.
•■inked risk (■ Ur rasas?.
Smoked fish is a favorite article of
food in Germany. The home supply
is so inadequate that there is a large
import of fresh fish whieh are
amoked or otherwise cured and sold
at large profits. Last year the whole
fish import of Germany was over Ti,
^00 tons,
1
NEW PROCESS
STEAM LAUNDRY,
MrKINLEY STREET.
Finest Work. Prompt IMivery.
Fully Responsible.
For Assn vs Semi Your Ore To
J. H. MORRISON,
Assayer EUamar Mining; Co.
Gobi, Silver ami Copper f.'i.oO
Gobi ami Silver - 1.60
Copper ... 2.00
Lead - - - 2.00
Ki. la.mar, Alaska
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alaska.
Operates the finest trains in the
world every day, in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct eotmeetions with
through trains for nil points East
and South.
As i heap as the cheat1 and the
Lest to he had. For rates or. reser
vations. cail or wrie,
F. \V. PARKER,(leneral Agent,
151 Yesler Way, Seattle.
Muslu-r* do not tail to sue tlie
!*ledsi. jiiekt*. shovels, tents at llrow
Hell’s Hardware Store, before vou
bit v.
Notice to Crcdltou.
In the matter of the Estate of J
F. F. Clark, liecoa-cd \
" Notice i- Hereby given that the undersigned.
F. K Young* was duly upp. in led administrat
or of tue • ‘late of K 1 . f lurk, deceased, on the
■*M day of March. PAH, by fl. H. Hildreth, com
in *-iouer for t'<Mtk Inlet precinct.
All persons having claims against the said
estate arc reunited to p.e-ent the same, with
t le nroj»cr v .u her . within six ninths from
date of tnis notice, to th * tin ler-igned admin
istrator at Seward, «'.»ok Inlet precinct, Alaska.
Dated March 2, RRH.
• '-T! F.%. YOUNGS.
Administrator of the Estate of F. E. Clark, de
ceased.
Do..dell A* Edward*. Attorneys for adminis
trator.
First publication. Mareh 10.
East publication. May .*».
Notice oi Forfeiture.
Valdes, Alaska, Jan. 1,190J.
To Walter L White and K F. Willis:
You are hereby n>.titled that the undersigned.
H. I tley, has exja*r d *d during tlie v^ar
l‘>W. f >ur hundred (JM «') d liars in labor upon
lie Lost Chord, the Helen. tlie Gold Dollar and
Hie Black B ar mining claims situated on the
uelichen of Slate Cre-k and Miller (iulch.it
the Chisiiu mining district. Alaska, in Val
dez Recording District, the location notterg
•t which claims are now of reo »rd in the
otMce of tlie United State* Commissioner a'
aldez, and to which n-.ti. es r-ference is mad
or a in:*re particular description thereof, iu
»nler to hold said claims under provision of
section Revised >fcatutes of the United
-.lutes, and the amendment* relating therct
•onceruing minutl labor upon mining claims,
oeing the amount required to hold said claim*
luring the year i>U. ending December 31.
And if at the expiration of ninety
lays from tlie publication of this notice, yo*
ail or r-fuse to contribute y.»ur proportion of
>uch expenditure, your interests iu >aid claim*
■vill become the property of the undersigned
your co-owti-r, who ha* made the required ex
penditure by tiie terms of said section.
... .. A. H. UTLEY.
First publication Jan. 7.
Last publication April 7.
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SUUZCR1P l'iOJ DO A YEAR
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Tha Enj*«tcriB< and Kiitiif Journal
a* now In its 37th year, iu 2000th con
recutiv» number w‘Ji be l;>i:ed shortly,
torn c tarter of a century it ha becnpre
eminently the Indint mininji t Sodical.
with v.orld-wi.iecinrulUion. F.di. »ri«!ty
tie* paper is pcrfi'tilaiiy strong and ; :nau
traa jo- inbtrTipUotts uu begin at any Ume.
Sm.nAc e*>',*ic* Jree„
_/id'0*riUh%4 rules on application
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Ma Pacific Natation Company
Carrying U. S. Wall and Express.
E. E. Caine, President.
O. mi*
Str. Excelsior
Str. Santa Ana
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Str. Newport
From Seattle for Valdez. Cook Inlet and
1 way ports, 1st of eaeh month. From Val
1 dez for Seattle and way ports. 16th of each
month.
From Seattle for Valdez. Cook Inlet aud
way ports 10th of eaeh month. From Val
dez for Seattle and way ports, 1st of each
s month.
From Valdez to Unalaska and way porta
20th of eaeh month, connecting at Valdes
with S. S. Santa Ana
Company reserves right to change steamers or date of sailing
! without notice.
| Seattle Office—618 First Ave. J 2. Martin
Agent.
none u.
A. B lies. Pres. F. M. Brown, Treas. F. J. Kingliorn, Sec.
! Vie; Dock i Warehouse Company.
Good* may be shipped in oar cure and lef* in warehouse till
cal'. (1 for. I’Hrtie* going to the inferior will And it conven
ient lo leave consignments wit: iv *o r*c i »rw*rded to such
Points and at such line as ti.ev may direct.
Our storage is safe, being i-4th mile from nearest building
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All work will receive prompt attention. High class
blacksmithing made a special feature. Gi\e us a call.
Cor. Keystone and McKinley. Valdai
Home Restaurant t •
i
Keystone Ave. Opp. St. Elias Hotel.
Meals At All Hours From 0 O’clock A.M.
to 9 O’clock P.M. Regular Dinner From
5 to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specialty.
IceCreamandSodaWater Parlor
MRS. L. H. ALLEN.
C. E. B0QARBU5
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
t»0 Columbia St., Seattle, Wash.
“to YEARS STANDARD"
RUBEROlb
% (Trade Mark Registered.)
Has demonstrated that it is the most durable and efficient ROOFING
| for all sorts of buildings, weathers and conditions. Made of the strong
jest, liest wool felt, thoroughly saturated with the well-known Ruheroid
I Compound. Proof against heat, cold, water, steam, acids, alkalies,
gases, fumes, etc. Outlasts metal. Fire-resisting. Contains no tar or
paper. Will not melt, rot or tear. Easily laid. Booklets, samples
and prices upon application. A large shipment now on hand at
. SHEFFER & BORTON,
McKinley Street.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Co.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone 39.
Where Do You Stop? Why of Course at
MINERS’ HOTEL.
COMFORTABLE QUARTERS.
WcKinley st. and Keystone av C. Johnson, Prop
McKinley -Hall
#
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart St.
I
Suiable for Balls, Parties, .
Receptions, Banquets, etc.
Dates Booked With
A. M. EDWARDS, White Block.