) VOLUME 4, HO. 23 VALDEZ. ALASKA, THURSDAY. JULY A, 1905. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.'
We are showing a
nice assortment of
In Light and Dark Colors
and ranging in price from
$ 2 «50 to 5s® 1
AsK For A “Stetson”
You can’t beat them for Style and Wear. j
One of the next steamers is bringing us a large con
signment of SPRING SHIRTS of all kinds-Negligee,
Golf and Percales. Don’t buy, till you see them.
European Plan Pate Reasonable
HOTEL 5T. ELI/15
(Only first Class Hotel in Valdez.)
Headquarters for Mining Men
and Commercial Travelers
■DEBMEg a POOT, Proprietors.
Keystone Ave. Valdez, Alaska, j
OWL DRUG COMPANY
Pure Fresh Drugs
MEDICINE OUTFITS FOR THE TRAIL
Stationery Phone 40 Newspapers, Magazines
City Market
NEXT TO THE N1ZIXA.
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PRICES ARE j Wholesale and GIVE US A
RIGHT | Retail Dealers CALL
Beef, Mutton, Pork
Poultry and Game.
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1* the COMMISSION' B’R COCMT KOK KoRTY-MlLE ■
Precinct, Third Division or the
Territory or Alaska.
Before £. It. Brady, Commissioner and Ex
Officio Jrix.E or Prorate.
In the Matter or the Estaie , Notice
or } to
J.lMKX (». JoHSsT»>N, |1B'E4sE:i. ) C'BEblTltl4. '
Notice is hereby g veil, to all persons hatiug
claim* against the* tn o . i Jam.-t;. ohu-t. u
deceased, to prcseit’ the same, with prop
▼o.o ilers therefor, wituiu six month* irom the
date hereof, to the uuderder-igc, .1. mliuini
Irator of said esta'.-, at hi- r -i.hu. i*.-,
cn k claim numb.' two below dm-overv «>n
Wulker*« Fork creek. Forty-Mile Precinct, Ter
ritory of Ala-ka.
Alexarokk Thompson,
Admluis-raior 01 a* id Estate.
Dated at Wickers., a in. Foriv Mile Product,
Territory of Alaska, this 1st dnv of Ju‘ e. ltki*.
j ale of Hrs*. public tion, July i‘», p*. ..
i ate of last public, tion, Aug. J. pjtft.
Provisions at Valdez \ r'ces witli
freight added. Copper Center Min
ing Sl Trading Co.
I' IONKKS col l FOR Tili:
TERRITORY OF \LASKA. Tl<! Itl> l>!\ 1
SION. AT VALI’KZ. IN FKoRATZ.
Is the Matter ur tut: »
Kstatk ok \ Notice to creditor-.
hl'M. II AN.-KV, lK*C«HSe«l. J
-Not.ce i- her-../ , ■ * .n. that i in* t;..iie:.sij{:i «1
V/HS oil lilt* “Hh .lay of fuiie, IHU», tl 11 y mill vn
la« i y h, |k». Hi i a ■» ao in * n i v * f i -»r of t lie e-tai«*
*.f («us Hansen, t;e-.*ea>e«l. a*nl nil Terli tors <»*•
i*er-oiis buviuE j j -.iiisr • t-t* * a.c
i-.niretl to .*Xlliblt vi *i ill- uer.'Hi I ,•
voucher*. within six months aiu-r the t-rsi
imi. ietatl. il of this nolle**, to me m :ulmi .ls
.r ti r of h ti.l e-iste Him. pin.* of husiuv>* at
tie* town ot ah! • list:it.
l»atf’I this 21# h »'.».• i June, ' . 1?. 1 Ain.
•!o t MI A. IfoCKSwE.
\.Iinl'!i«tr»l<i . I I ,., f.fm.. II.I.IMU
tie*. a «1.
I’ale of first pul lh*ati<.n. J.m UMh, 1tn.».
Onto of last p iblieatio.i, Ji ly jffih, Wu*.
H »*d C«>pjn r Center,
lias enclosed a 10-acre tract of first
das- pasture for the accommoda
tion of its patrons.
Slate Creek
II. It. Leslie, who reached town
From Slate creek Tuesday, reporis
that camp to he in a flourishing
condition. The season opened
about May 20tl>, with plenty 01
water, and every man in camp is
at work. Ten claims on Slate
creek, and all the claims on Miller
?ulch, with the exception of Miller’s,
are being worked with results equal
lo those of the best years, and it is
figured that this season, because of
its promised length and the num
ber of claims working, will show a
larger production than any previous
year. Kramer lias made the largest
cleanup ever made on his claim.
Mob Coles, Jacobson, Garrett and
Pulley have found pay on a bench
claim above Miller gulch. They
are using but two boxes, and their
first cleanup, after two days work
was forty-two ounces. Reports
from Wildhorse and other creeks in
that vicinity, which were staked
last year, are to the effect that pay
has been found, and the outlook
for a good camp there is bright.
Frank Steele, formerly of • this
city, anil who left here to accept a
position as jailer at Rampart, has
gone to Oregon with three insaiu
prisoners. The Forum of that
place says: “After delivering his
prisoners at the asylum, Mr. Steele
will visit his family at Denver,
t'>»lo., and on his return will go into
business at Fairhanl s, severing hi.
connection with the marshal’s office
with the delivery oi Hie prisoners.”
The largest diamond ever discov
ered iias been found near I’reinra.
The stone weighs 3,tKiZ carats and
is said to tie :: pure white diamond
of good quality. !t is valued there
at ld,50iJ,‘ O f to IN,000,000.
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I Depew Also Involved
(Equitable Scandal Embraces Chauncey. President Con
sults with Labor Leaders. Negro Murders
I! Passengers and Crew Witte to
Reprosent Russia.
I New York. July 12—Senator
Chauncey M. iVpcw is seriously
entangled in the Equitable Life
Insurance company scandal. As a
result of the revelations made by
the investigating committee before
State Sujierintcndent of Insurance
Hendricks, I)ej>ew lias been asked
to resign from tin directorate of
the company. As a further result
of the disclosures Yale men are de
manding that he withdraw from
the governing body of that institu
tion.
-.
Oyster Hay, July 12—Samuel
(lumpers, president of tlie American
j Federation of Labor and several
other prominent labor leaders are
here for the j urt *se of discussing
with President Roosevelt the t hi
i • iesc exclusion act and the eight
i hour law.
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New Orleans, July 12—Robert
! MeOill, a negro,armed with a rilie.
! killed twelve of the crew and pns
j sengers of the South American
schooner Olvmpia, scuttled the
ship and made the mainland with
such valuables as he was aide to
s cure fmm ! he ship and passengers.
I he only survivor was a >1 ss Els ie
Morgan, whom the negro took with
him.
St. Petersburg, July 12 — M.
" itt*- has been appointed to suc
ceed M. Mattravicff, as head of the
Russian |<vaee commission.
Alaska Tin
Recent development of the Alas
kan tin deposits is exhaustively
treated in an article by Arthur J.
Collier, appearing in the annual
report of the progress of investiga
tions of mineral resources in the
northern territory, just issued by
the United States geological survev.
Mr. Collier’s article is considered of
such importance that the compiler
■•f the report has seen tit to call
special attention to it and has
recommended that the njmrt be
published in a bulletin.
Mr. Collier says:
“ Fhe tin deposits of Alaska which
give j lomise of some economic im
portance arc situated in what is
known as York region, which com
prises the western end of Seward
1‘eninsula. though in small quanti
ties is more largely distributed.
The tin ore of the York region
occurs in both lodes and placers,
distributed over an area of aooul
-lot) square miles. Stream tin was
discovered in the gold placer minc
in tht- Anikovik river, near York.
.11 l'.'OO. since which time prospec
tors have found the ore at mam
oilier localities. these depo.-iti
ll.ive already been described by tin
writer in some detail, so that onl\
a brief statement of the geological
conditions is here required.
“During the season of 15HJ4 tin
writer examined many specimens
of tin ore and collections oi miner
als at Nome, made by prospectors
who were searching ior tin in vari
ous parts oi Seward peninsula, and
later spent a few days at Cape
mountain and Lost river, the two
points where systematic develop
ment of tin-bearing lodes was in
progiess. The tin placers of Luck
creek were not again visited, though
considerable mining was in pro
gress there during the season.
It is the purpose of this paper
merely to describe the development
since lUO.'i.
“The prospecting and develop
ment of mineral-bearing lodes is
necessarilly slow and exjrensive as
compared with the rapid develop
ment of the placers, and it is
scarcely reasonable to suppose that
the work which can be done in a
short Alaskan season will lie suf
ficient to demonstrate their value.
On the other hand, lode deposits
have the advantage over placers
that they can be worked throughout
tire whole year in Alaska as well
as in any other part of the world.
During a part of the season oi
UM)4 development work on tin
lories was iu progress ai Lost rivtr
and Cape mountain, and new dis
coveries were repotted a. brooks
mountain, Lar mountains, and in
lire Darlry mountains, all in Seward
peninsula.
‘‘Lost river, which enters Hcrin |
sea twentv-tive miles east of Cm .
I’rince of Wales, rises near Hrook
| mountain, about twelve miles from
i the const, ami ilows southward,
j The tin lodes of the Lost river
I basin are on two tributaries known
■ as Tin creek ami Ca--iteri:e creek,
which ilows into Lost river from
the east side. Most of the develop- i
tnent work has lieeu done on /'a--1
siterite creek. The country rock
of (lie whole basin i« limestone,
w ith some intruded dikes and stock
of granite and granite porphyry.
Tin ore was discovered here in It Kit 1
in connection with h granite-por
phyry dike which extends from tin
hillside aluivu Cussiteritu creek
across the mountain to Tin creek,
a distance of one mile.”
l lie group of claims located along
this dike, according to report, was
bonded in l!Mk‘> to capitalists. At -
live development was carried on
for only a month. Numerous other
lodes of ore have lieen exploited.
1 lie general result of the work
done on Cassiterite creek,” the
report continues, “during the last
last season is 10 demonstrate that
there is an ore body, about sixty
fby fifteen feet, in the west end of
he dike known as Cassiterite lode.
This ore body was svstematically
sampled, but the exact average of
the assays made have not licen
reported to tiie writer, ami its ex
tent in depth has not been tested.
ICast of this ore shoot the dike
probably does not contain enough
tin to lie of value. The limestone
surrounding the west end of the
dike contain several small but well
defined veins of very rich ores, and
in places are so tilled with minute
veins as to becon/e practically a
stock-work ore body. The liond
under which most of the work was
done last summer covered only
part of the ground on which tin
ore has been found, and work was
surpemled because the bonding
price was too high in the light of
these developments. The ori; i a I
locators who remained on t: e
! ground worked on one of the small !
i veins late in the season and pro- i
duced and shipped to Seattle twelve !
* tons of ore, estimated to carry from
10 to 12 per cent of metallic tin.
Two men working on the croppings 1
of this vein, and a third hauling!
with a wagon and team oj%hree
horses, were able lo n ine, sack and
haul to the beach one ton of ore a
day.
I “ 1 in ore of the same general i
character as that at Cassiterite
creek has been found on Tin creek,
and prospectors report that the
croppings of the lodes have been
located, though nothing more than
assessment work has been done,
and this merely to hold the ground.
Tiie locality was not examined by
the writer.
“Tlie whole ri ^.ion :iroiiixl Lost
mountain has lxm thotighly
searched for croppings of tin hear
ing ledp. s, with the result that a
nuii!her of pnrpliyriiic dikes, some
of whieh arc mineralized with
galena and arsenical pyrites, have
been found ill the region southwest
of C assit< rite creek, tire from one
of these is rc| oricd to ycihl an assay
of lliteeli ounces of silver per ton.
‘‘Cape mountain is situated ill
the extreme western end of the
penisuta. and takes its name from
Cape Crim e of Wales. It is css n
tin.ll v a granite boss surrounded by
time-tones and slates, in which it
isinlrtided. Investigations made
during !«• pas. season show that
the contact of limestone and gran
ite are wry irregular and that
around the margins masses of lime
stone are often included in the
granite, while the granite often
penetrates the surrounding lime
stone in a fringe of porphyrilic
dikes.”
Whraves to be Improved.
As soon as the piles can lie
brought up from the sound the
Kinghorn wharf will he thorughly
repaired and extended about twenty
feet to deeper water. The extension
will lie in the form of a triangle,
w ith its base at the southern end of
the wharf. This extension will
give ample depth of water for any
steamer coming here at any stage
of the tide, and will permit of ves
sels leaving without the necessity
of warping out the how. I alter the
new w harf will bo extended along
its entire front for uiiout twenty
five feet.
Riggs-Baldeston.
A quiet w< dding took place at
the home of Judge an Mrs. (). P.
Hubbard, on Monday, July 10th,
when llonryS. lialdeston and Elea
nor Lee Higgs were united in mar
riage by Rev. Win. liuruett of the
Congregational Church.
The bride is and adopted daugh
ter of Judge Julius Thompson, for
some time a prominent lawyer of
Colorado and for several years a
leading citizen of Nome, and an
intimate friend of Judge Hubbard.
Mr. lialdeston is a young English
man of good family and has large
mining and oil interests at Yaka
taga and Yakutat. The young
couple will leave on the Excelsior
for Yakataga where they will make
their home.
The visit ot the American Insti
tute of Mining Engineers to Alaska
nex month should he a great thing
(or this country and the Yukon. It
is said that within a year after
their visit to Mexico, and directly
traceable to it,$13.000,OCOof Ameri
can and European capital was in
vested in the mining interests of
that country. It will be strange if
great things do not follow their trip
to Alaska.