SURVEY MAPS
FOR PUBLIC |
READY SOON]
During the fiscal year ended Junej
oO. 1916, all field and oftke work in
connection with the coal areas in
Matanuska, Bering river and Xenana
coal fields was completed in time for
opening the coal lands under the (
leasing act. Flats of township sur
veys, approved by the surveyor gen
eral and sent up for acceptance,
amount to over ftf>0,000 acres, which
is about one-half of the total, are of,
surveyed land in the territory. The
secretary of the interior, in his last
annual report, recommends that an
appropriation of $.>0,000 be made to)
the prosecution of surveys in Alaska
this year, and the continuance of the
policy of group surveys under the
present system of investigation, selec
tion and execution. i
Formal announcement of the open
ing of the coal fields of Matanuska
and Bering river to leasing privilege*
was made May 8. 1916. resulting in
six applications in the Matanu*ka anti
two in the Bering river fields, pro
posing a maximum investment of
nearly $3,000,000.
Under section tO of the coal leasing
act, which authorizes free permits to
mine coal on small tracts for domestic
use, 15 permits have been issued.
The estimated annual output under
these permits is 142,700 tons.
The new United States map shows
the extension of public surveys dur
ing the fiscal year to an area of 8,
855,724 acres. The issuance of a gen
eral map of Alaska during 1917 is an
nounced by the commissioner of the
general land office, which will show
all recent work in the public and coal
land surveys, also the line of the
government railroad anti the se\etal
towns located thereon.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday, Feb.
15.—’The yacht Cyprus, built and
formerly owned by Col. D. C. Jack
ling. the mining magnate, has been
sold to the Russian government for
$650,000. She will be turned into a
scout cruiser.
Col. Jackling sold the yacht recent
ly to a New York automobile manu
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facurer.
The news of her sale to Russia was
received in a telegram from Captain
George l/ewis who took the yacht to
New York. The Fore River Company
has been given the contract to con
vert the vessel into a scout cruiser foi
$1)0,000 and she will be used in the
Baltic or on the Pacific.
All - Alaska News
Cordova Lodge No. 3, Knights of
Pythias, recently installed the follow
ing officers: W. J. McDonald, chan
cellor commander; Price Nettleton,
vice-chancellor; Norman J. Rice, pre
late; Chas. Goodell, master of work;
Charles Game, master of finance; W.
J. Shepherd, master of eschequer;
George Stewart, master-at-arms; E!
O. Norgren, keeper of records and
seals; James Smith, inner guard, E.
J. Schultz, outer guard; Ed Pike,
L. Fillinger and C. P. MickelsonJ
trustees.
A. J. Dennerline has been appointed
postmaster at Haines.
Peter Bruseth, an employee of the
Gold Bullion mine at Willow creek,
was brought into Anchorage recently
suffering from an attack of paralysis.
The office of the Pacific Steamship
company at Juneau, which for many
years has been located on Main street,
has been moved to the new Pacitto
Coast Company’s dock below Kerry
Way.
The Border line Transportation
company, operating the steamer
Al-Ki between Southeastern Alaska
points and Seattle, has called off
its agreement with the other com
panies and has announced a reduction
in rates.
Craig Miller and A. J. McGowan
have purchased the Swift-Armour
Crosby Company salmon cannery and
will double its capacity. The new
machinery will be installed this
spring before the run of Ash com
mences. The cannery is situated on
Hecate island in southeastern Alaska.
As a token of respect to the late
Sam Blum public services were held
by the citizens of Cordova in the Em
press theatre at the time the services
were being held in Seattle.
A! Johnson, a photographer of
Fairbanks, while engaged in cutting
wood recently, caught the axe in a
clothesline while making a stroke.
He’s minus several teeth.
Oliver Winton and Miss Nora Ross
were seriously injured and several
others more or less bruised when a
bob sled jumped the track on Newton
Hill at Ketchikan.
J. F. Dethlefson, a watchman in
the employ of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission at Nenana had all the
fingers of both his hands amputated
in the hospital at that place as the
result of freezing.
Long distance phone at The Branch.
ANTON JOHANSEN
Seldovia, Alaska
First-class merchandise at rea
sonable prices, prompt service.
AUGUSTINE & KYER CANDIES
A fresh supply arrived on last boat, also a big shipment of
EL FIRMA CIGARS
Clear Havana. Special attention given mail and phone orders.
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OINES FIRE WAS
STOPPED WITH
TONS OF SNOW
Messages received two weeks back
I that Olnes, near Fairbanks was burn
i ing, were not followed by details but
the following by mail shows that the
miners checked the fire % 4
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 28. — A weird
i battle with flames which threatened
to wipe out the mushroom town of
Olnes, on Dome creek, Saturday night
! was won by the handful of miners af
ter they literally buried building af
ter building in snow and shoveled
tons of snow on to buildings already
on fire.
The mercury, or more properly,
spirit thermometers, registered an
even 40 below zero when the fire
broke out in a miner’s cabin. Dome
creek was frozen solid and the only
water in camp was a small quantity
obtained by melting snow or Ice.
Mining Notes
Clarence Dorminger is reported to
have struck pay on Livingood creek,
in the Tolovana country, 500 feet
farther down the stream than any
previous discovery.
Fairbanks reports a small stampede
on to Silver creek, a tributary of
Coldstream. The creek has been
located for its entire length by the
stampeders, but nothing definite could
be ascertained as to the cause of the
stampede. Nothing in the way of pay
has ever been located on the creek so
far as known.
Stassford, McCandish & Co., of the
town of Brooks, have purchased a
large plant and will thoroughly pros
pect Lucky Culch, a tributary of Liv
ingood.
The Harper syndicate which recent
ly took over the Westlake interests in
the copper property at Moira Sound,
have commenced operations on the
property and have installed an ore
crusher and concentrating machinery.
They are employing about 15 men.
J. L. Steele, mining engineer for
i the Alaska Standard Copper com
pany, which is engaged in developing
the Standard copper property on
Landlock bay, reports excellent pro
gress with the w'ork, and expects co
have the property on a shipping basis
! within a short time.
Tales of fabulous deposits of native
copper have been brought to San
Francisco by Captain C. T. Peterson,
of the Stefansson expedition. The
explorers found the Eskimos sewing
clothes with needles made of copper,
on Banks Island, w'hich is about
550 miles due north of Great Bear
! lake. This story recalls the finding
of native copper in the Coppermine
river country by Samuel Hearne m
1770, by others since and finally the
expedition of Mr. George M. Douglas,
1 who iin 1911 and 1912 penetrated in
to this remote region and made a
careful investigation as related in his
delightful book, “Lands Forlorn.” He
, and his friend, Dr. August Sandberg,
j a Swedish geologist, found copper !n
the amygdaloidal portion of basaltic
\ flows and in beds of conglomerate, re
sembling those of the Lake Superior
country. No rich ore was discovered,
' but samples brought home suggested
possibilities of large-scale exploita
tion in days to come. Similar copper
finds have been made on Bathurst in
let, on the west side of Hudson’s- bay,
500 miles to the east. Evidence ac
cumulates to indicate a wide distri
bution of copper in the Arctic regions
of this continent, and we do not doubt
that some day a thorough exploration
will be made in search of ore bodies
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rich enough to warrant mining on a
large scale. Among those that are
making millions out of the current in
flation of copper shares there should
be two or three willing to find the
money required to equip an expedi
tion to explore the territory between
Hudson's bay, the Coppermine river
and Banks Island.
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