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VOLUME 1, NO. 24. VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1902. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.
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We are now established at the corner of McKinley S|reet and Broadway, with the largest
and best stock in the largest and best store in this j part of Alaska.
OKE FEATURED of our modern' store 'will^be'[the completeness of our stocks, and
you will find each department a thoroughly equipped' store in itself in which
Quality and Lowest" Prices will Prevail.
We will carry instock,
Groceries, Hardware, Stoves,
Beets and Shoes. Hats and Caps: Ready to Wear Clothing.
Gents Furnishing Goods.
RUBBER GOODS,
AND HARNESS
Hay Grain and Coal.
Paints and Oils; Wall Paper. Glass, Lumber and windows.
PROMPT AND COURTEOUS TREATMENT.
Merit will tell
The truth of this saying has been proven
by the wonderful success of
CRARY’S COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
In all cases of Couch's Colds, etc. It is our ab
solutely genuine preparation that
Has merit.
Buy a l>ottle of it now. Try it, and if not absolute
ly satisfactory to you, the money will Ik- refunded.
TB1S: VALUE? PHARMACY
H.T. WHITLEg, GEO. J. LOVE
Merchants Cafe
AMD
Bakery.
MEALS AT ALL HOimS. OPEM ALL MIGHT
We Repair Old Eyes.
y Toant Oses Too.
And make them as GOOD AS NEW
By Our
Periect System of Fitting.
Our Fry Spex Have Made Thousnds of
Weak Eyes Strong.
We Repair ami Ml '“aides lo. Hone are too Complicated.
We male all sods ol MET JEUEliT. Send ia Tour
Hazels Will Directions Hov lo Flale op.
W. C 5TULL,
VflUbEZ .
Distinguished Visitor:.
GOVERNOR JOHN G. BRADY
AND GEN .A. W. GREEDY
VISIT VADDE3.
Governor John G. Brady paid
Valdez a short visit last week while
the Bertha was in port. This was
tlie governor’s first visit to this
place and he was much suprised
and delighted to see such a live
progressive town as Valdez. He
has great faith in this part of
Alaska, and believes that it is the
richest section of Alaska and that
\ aUlez will soon he its metropolis.
The Governer will make a trip to
the seal islands if he can get a
l>oat at Kodiak, and on his return
from there will stop heresmd make
a trip to Copper Center, the Kotsina,
Chittyna and Xazina districts; and
will inake a report of the country
in his next annual report to Con
gress.
General Adolphus W. Greely,
chief signal officer of the United
.States Army with his daughter
are now visiting at Fort Liscum.
F!ie General is in Alaska on a tour
of inspection and has been looking
over the work of Capt. Burnell.
He is much pleased with theout
look at Valdez and will make
every effort to have the line to
Kagie, St. .Miclieul and Nome com
pleted as soon as possible. This
week he and his daughter made a
trip through Key. tone Canyon to
the summit.
The General will be tendered a
reception tonight bv the Tillicum
Club. -
-Mr. Oscar Fish returned home
on the Santa Ana from an extcned
trip to Washington City, Philadel
phia and other eastern cities, Eagle
City, Dawson and other places.
While in Washington Mr. Fish
called on President Rouse wit ami
presented him w ith a copy of tin
I’ltoscKcroK and a copper knift
made by the Copper river natives
Hfe
NEW STRIKES ARE MADE
IN MANY PLACES.
The old tirhige, “There is no
knowing what a day may bring
; forth.” is well exempli lied here in
' in Alaska. Every new arrival in
town, either from the Sound or
from the interior, brings in new
! evidence of our vast mineral re
' sources.
| On Tucsnay .F. Me Onrthv. It. ('.
Mauhcim, A. S. Me Xanghton ami
L. II. Crisman, returned with sev
eral horses loaded down with sam
ples of rich copper ore, some of
which will run high in gold. The
samples are of the varieties knov.n
as copper glance, bornitc, aztiritc
gray copper, porphyry capping
with native cupper, and galena,
all of which were taken from the
Kusk; liua and its tributary, Nug
get creek.
Mr. Me Carthy has been pros
pecting in that section tor the past
three year inA'ompany with Frank
Hoffman. He was one of the orig
inal locators of the Nicolai group,
and knows the country as well a.
any white man. He and Hoffman
two years ago located some claims
on this same creek, on whic h they
have done assessment work, beside
locating more and richer claims.
It is one of the tributaries of the
Kuskalina that they located a
placer claim for copper only, where
may he found nuggets of pure cop
per ranging from the .-ize of a pea
to several tons.
Mr. Me C’arthy is well satisfied
with this seasons work, hut will
probably take another trip into the
interior as soon as his horses are
rested. He went in over the snow
last spring, and says that he bail
no difficulty in taking 1(100 pounds
from here to the head of the Kuska
lina with one horse.
Mr. II. C. Manheim, of New
York, came hero late in the spring
and went into the Kuskalina, where
he met Mr. Me Carthy. He has
also located a number of rieli
claims. Mr. Maheim is no novice
in the business, though a young
man. He declares this to be the
richest mineralized country lie has
ever seen. He will leave for the
East at the earliest opportunity,
but will return here early next sea
son prepared for more extensive
operations.
Mr Me Naughtan is an old resi
dent of Valdez. Prior to this sea
son he has prospected on the Sound
with good results. He has this
season located over twenty claims
on the Kuskalina and its tributa
ries, among them being a few placer
claims, on the surface of which he
has taken as many as 500 colors of
fine gold to the pan. He will give
the claims a more extended investi
gation next season. He has come
out early this summer in order lodo
assessment work on his Sound
property.
Mr. L. H. Crisman took a trip
up the ^Copper to Slate creek last
i year. This season he thought he
! would try the copper country.
1 and as a result he has staked a
\ number of rich copper claims
Mr Crisman has been engaged in
j mining all his life in Montana and
other sections, hut declares that he
has never seen anything that would
compare with this section of Alas
ka from which he lms just returned
and he only saw the edge ofjit.
Samples of the alx>ve ores are on
exhibition at the store of Jus. Fish
vfc Co.
RAILROAD WORK
PROGRESSING.
F. C. Helm the Chief Promoter
Of Road Is Here
Mr. F. C. Helm of the Valdez,
Cupper River «Sc Yukon R. R„ with
his wife, arrived here on the Ber
tha last week, and lias been very
busy since his arrival in starting
the work of the railroad. He has
personally examined all the pro
posed terminals of the road, has
taken a trip through the Key
stone Canyon where the road will
run, examined the timl>er countrv
outlie Sound where the piles for
the wharves and timid r.- for bridge.
and ties wdl Im- secured, and liu
heen over the surveys as far as
made. In fact Mr. Helm is a
hustler and with a man of such
energy and ability behind tie- Val
dez road there is no doubt Unit it
will he speedily completed. It i
the plan of the company to lini-ii
the road ns far as the summit for
next seasons trallie, as before men
tioned in the Rhosckctou.
Mr. Me Donald, the contractor
and Mr. (iillcte, the chief engineer
of tile road, were expected on the
>anta Ana, hut were unavoidably
detained in Seattle and willarriv.
on the Excelsior. Mr. Helm wiii
leave on the Bertha for Seattle, hut
should lie meet Messrs, Me Donald
iiiiu Ciillctte at Juueuu lie may n
turn with them. The surveyor.
for the road are now working near
Keystone canyon and are pushing
iheir work as rapidly’tvs possible.
Since his visit here Mr. Ileliii is
more impressed than ever with the
wonderful resources of this section
of Alaska He lias seen some of the
line copper specimens from the in
terior and has gained much valu
able information from miners and
prospectors, which satisfies him as
lo tiie mineral anil agricultural re
sources of the Copper River valley,
lie is firmly convinced that Valdez
will be the largest anil best city in
Alaska within the next two years,
and that it will be the capital of
of the district.
Str. JEANIE IN PORT.
The steamer Jennie, Capt. Mason
in command, put into this port yes
terday, on her return trip from
Nome. As has been previously re
ported, she and the steamer Port
land were caught in the ice pack
in the Bering sea and helplessly
carried north, going as far as Capo
Lishurne, which is about (it) degrees
North Latitude.
They were many times in eritiea
positions and constantly in anger
ox being crushed. Boon after en
ter ing the pack the rudder was
unshipped and could not be putin
position for fifteen days during
which time they were simply drift
ing with the ice.
The two steamers were within
sight of each other all the while
and each rendered assistance to
the other on several occasions.
Great uneasiness prevailed among
the passengers, but the boats finally
got clear of the ice and turned
h ick ti> Nome where all were land
ed in safety.
l'he Jcanie is now on her round
to the canneries and stojied here
for clearance papers and provisions
WHAT JTn® BOYS RUN UP
AGAINST ON THR.TRAH,.]
A Good Idea*of The Way Miners
Travel up^Coppcr River.
Slate Creek. July 3rd.—We left
\ aides on the morning of the 2nd
of June and got to the I^tke stream,
three of ns, Jake Stead, Ambrose
Beil, and yours truly, each with
his own horse. In crossing the
lakestrcam. Jake’s horse was turned
lose and positively refused to be
caught. He started for town on a
jump, -pilling his puck as lie went.
No mistake, lie had splendid action.
W e unpacked the other two horses,
picketed them and started after the
runaway, gathering up small [>or
' ‘Oils of Jake’s out fiit on the wav.
A ‘11 finally, that evening at nine
0 clock, we captured the horse with
a line hydraulic outfit attached—
"cait 300 feet of hose, ail lose and
't ig' ing. The next morning at
-i>: oYloek we started again and
picked up our packs at the lake
. cam. had dinner at (’amp Com
!l 'mC.iiiI -' irted through Keystone
'■anyott, which was in far l>etter
1 nditinn than I have ever seen it
**' ore, a'.-olutely dry and dusty,
i oi water-fall was a beautiful
.-ight. We had lunch at Work
man - at six o’clock anil got to Mrs.
H. Roberts’ roadhouse at seven,
'•••'■re we stopped for the night.
■ he next morning, our horses hav
ng hit the hack trail, we had to
to]'.i v the n and, thanks to Mr. C.
t . Holier! •, we found them tieil up
at his roadhouse, where we enjoyed
uinner as mother used to
make. That night we arrived at
M rs. J. I*. Roberts’ for the second
:i?ue. I took the horses up around
*vv point and carefully hobbled
them. They staid there until one
o’clock in the morning and thea
started for town hobbles and all
but having liells on we heard them
coming, caught them and tied them
up. The next day wc started
early and triumphantly reached
No. 3, distance about 11 miles,
hut it was a hard trail-quite
a good deal of snow in places.
The following day we reached
1'eikhell City and stopped with Leu
i’honip.-on, who is always the same
merry host. The horse feed along
there is splendid. The next day
we passed the magnificent ruins of
Icikhell City, destroyed by fire in
’99, and camped that night at the
Kurncstine divide, where Davis
and Nelson are erecting a good log
house, and meanwhile are doing
business in a tent. The mosquitos
lieeame rather annoying there.
Tonsina bridge was reached the
next day, and we stoped at I. H
Loomis’ roadhouse, where the cook
ing and accommodations puts
mothers in the shade—the best
along tlie hue. \\ e had a concert
that evening, which relieved the
monotony of the trip wonderfully,
l*otl» Mrs. Loomis and her sister be*
ing splendid vocalists.
The gardens at Tonsina seemed
to be just as far advanced as those
at \ alder. Peas, lettuce, cabbage
onions and radishes all peeping
through the ground and looking
healthy.
We left Tonsina at 8.30, and went
over the new trail, which follows
the right bank of the big lake and
runs along the top of the quaking
ash ridges, lie tween dozens of small
lakes, and finally comes out on the
Copper river eight miles below the
Center. It is a splendid trail aud
(Coi.iiuueU uu Fourth 1'ugu.J