Sewar i Weekly Gateway
111 NO. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 10,1907.
DISCOVER COPPER LODE
200 TO 300 FEET WIDE
Prospectors find Remarkable Deposit Along
Ridge Above Per* opine Bay and Trace
It Two Miles. Adding Another Link
to Extensive Zone.
■ |*rnsiiCOtots stan. H tie ! :ur n
rinlay * he v.c i\\ ot the W-os* e
Ufv'iiw:^! buy. A ied-c of su
traced u* the length of mx claim
•Moo t,, • ae the ridjye !|etw« »n
Porcupine, bay ami Pay'» hay by
twvi, i»j \vh. three represent
,M.r -:s . ! M-e 'ana an \r ’a
•Und tie- "IsV
Mil ' ~ ’
Indicates Copper Zone
■ . - , • • ; ^ . -a i
it add' a other link to a chain of c •*
ini" ! 4 nk** eat 5w found. 1 he '
those m.ssina links. This zone a op r*
ehtly extends almost northerly, fear*
■ ■1
ba\ to tin discover: - recently m:n e
direct Tv eu't of sa-i >* \»r
tHjrderirm-Uesuna-Ctton hay . The m
.in- li ,ks t • hey ex M. he >.etw. n
these h - /es near Seward and those it
the head >i t’oietipine hay.
Pav*> bav. like Resurrection hay. >
an inder at ion into Kenai peninsti a.
and the two are separat. d by a wet.
shaped rid-e ot land which n-* tr»o
: _;-ed mountains 'evera thousand
feJthlsfh with the acute injfle at t ape
Resurrection. The vippwd copi •
zone has now hcen traced from the
Mope east of Seward on Resurrection
bay almost parallel with the summit ©<
the rid ire hut ri-inir to the apex in • s
southerly course and crossing:t ab<>m
opposite Porcupine hay. The >;i' *
outer"!* aLo i> found on Sunny bay.
just below Porcupine.
May be .Much Longer
t >ji!\ further explorations can de
rm ue the extent and continuity of.
till- one. It may extend much far-J
r ■ south than present discoveries
mi dive under the sea near Cape lies- j
irtvetion. and it may reach indefinite
iv northward through tin- coast range
i K« a: *eiiiusuia. I'ln* vital fact is ,
♦ |,a* «u inhale ore of gooil grade and ,
simiiur character, though with local •
Scat ions and variat ions, lias boon
n.-mb in weli-d* lined and usually wide!
’•♦•.iges at !re*im ut intervals for nearly
■ > w Hi the sM*ike >f tlie veins;
placing them in one /one.
i l' ■:«->; who made tin* recent strike j
are \V. I.. Kedr an. < ’. 1*'. Hoggs, Har
imv 11 ettie. Frrtl Jacobson and \\ i 11 .am i
Herman. The latter-three represent )
tin- I o v no in s- A la sk a Development;
C .mpany. w hicii took a bond on the |
Likes property and immediately placed
its t.'vvn men in the adjacent field. Mr. |
Mettle has beet; a prospector and min-1
. r in Arizona. Montana. Ctah and *)tb- j
■ •r great e arner fields, and he asserts I
that none of the great mines in those1
. id' had an outcrop Uke tlie new dis
covery iiere.
Say Ledge is tirowing
\YiH ( lay son. K. P. Pitman. A. C.
mid ami Harry Kllsworth returned!
this morning from an exploration tour!
g several days on the copper ledge I
;.*.,>ve Sunny bay located hist week by
the first three named. They report,
ihat it seems to be of indefinite length
and great width and they had no difli
euity in tracing it by the outcrop.
Tm-y brought hack several specimens
,• which !'>"k good for surface
reck, undoubtedly carving considera
ble copper. The property lies in the
same /one as the discoveries along
the ridge between Porcupine bay and
Day's bay.
RIVAL BANDITS
CATCH RAISULI
>\oroccan f reebooter Taken by
Natives ^bo Agree to
Surrender Him.
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway
Tangier*, Aug. 10-Raisuli was cap- j
turetl today by a rival band of native j
bandits and will l*e turned over to the
Moorish government as soon as terms j
can be arranged. Said McLean, com- j
rnander of tin- Moroccan army, whom
Raisuli recently kidnaped and was
holding for a ransom, was taken with
the bandit chief and was immediately
released by his captors.
ROOSEVELT TO PUSH
CANDIDACY OF TAFT
Washington, D. C., Aug. 8—Secre
tary Taft will return next week from
his vacation in Canada and will go first
to Oyster Bay to confer with president
Roosevelt upon the political situation.
It is understood that the president
has formulated a plan to eliminate ef
fectually all talk of his candidacy for a
third term. Part of this plan i9 to
have Taft go about the country making
speeches with the distinct understand
ing that he is a candidate for the re
publican nomination in 1908 with the
support of the president.
Cummings to Succeed Backus
It is reported that Robt. N. Cum
mings will succeed Leroy N. Backus as
president of the Alaska Coast Steam
ship Company. Under the new owner
ship the stock will be increased to
•1,000,000.
JAPANESE TO 1
RULE IN KOREA
Name Heir Apparent to Throne
But Will Have Control of
Ministry.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seoul, Aug. 8—The youngest brother
j of the deposed emperor, Yi Hiung, was
designated today by Japan as heir ap
parent to the throne but he will not
j be crowned or permitted to exercise
any authority until the government is
1 reorganized under the Japanese pro
tectorate. It is announced that all assis
tants to Korean ministers will be Jap
anese.
TO LOOP CABLE
INTO KATALLA
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Aug. 9 — The cableship
Burnside will leave here this week for
Alaska. It is understood that a cable
loop will be put into Katalla.
8REELY 8AYS WIRELESS
WILL BE INSTALLED
Dawson, Aug. &—Gen. A. W. Greely,
chief officer in charge of the signal
service, is on a tour of the signal ser
vice in Alaska, and left last night for
Fairbanks. He says that the wireless
system will undoubtedly supplant land
lines, especially in the interior of
Alaska.
DEVELOPMENT
ON LATOUCHE
Center of Mining Activity in
Prince William Sound and
Adjacent Region.
NO BLANKS HAVE BEEN BRAWN
Every Prospect Which Has Been
I xtensively followed Has Proven
to Be a Producing Mine.
Latouche island is the huh of mining
; industry and development in I Vi nee
j William sound and all the adjacent
j region. There are nearly all the pro
ducing mines and it i> overrun with
! prospectors. Knight island may have
1 more prospectors because it is much
i larger hut development there is only
I in its infancy. The eastern shore also,
land other islands, are dotted with po
tential mines and alive with prospect
ors, hut the gem of the ocean in I’rince
William sound region is Latouche.
"No blanks have been drawn on La
touche," say the miners. Kvery pros
pect which has been extensively fol
lowed has developed into a mine. Be
ginning with Beat son’s Bonanza there
are now live in a row on the west shore
which are producing or soon will do so.
The Reynolds mine on Horseshoe bay
can produce and ship heavily when
ever the management is ready, but
little will be done until the tram is,
completed. The Blackbird group just
north of Beat son's will begin shipping
about August 15. The tram which
will carry the ore from the mine,
which is less than half a mile from the
water, is nearly completed. This prop
erty is owned by the Latouche Mining
Company, and (leorge Barrack and
.Just south of Heat son’s is Buzard’s
property whose value has been demon-:
strated. and north of the Blackbird is
(t Yntinued on page 2)
NEW STRIKE IN
YENTNA REGION
Gold Found by Prospector Named
Fry Between kaliiltna and
Cliulitna Rivers.
I
A stampede is on in the Yentna
country to a section that lies between
the Kaliiltna and Cliulitna rivers. The
reported strike was made by a pros
pector named Fry, who was on his way
outside. The news was brought to
Seward by Charles \V. Miller, who
arrived from the Yentna Saturday
night. Miller could give no details of
the discovery, other than the mere news
of the strike. He said it was creating
a little excitement on the inlet, and
some of those who were on their way
out, among them Judge Hildreth, had
about decided to join the stampede.
Miller says there is some very rich
ground in the Yentna diggings and
some of the miners will come out with
big pokes.
MANY INJURED
BY EXPLD8I0N
By Cable to Tbe Dally Oataway.
Boulder, Colo., Aug. 10—By the ac
cidental explosion of four tons of dyna
mite this morning more than 100 per
sons were injured, many of them be
ing horribly mutilated, a large num
ber are missing and are believed to
have been blown to pieces. Numerous
houses and freight cars were wrecked
and the property loss is heavy. Many
of the injured will die.
REACH DEADLOCK OVER
JAPANE8E EXCLUSION
Washington, D. C., Aug. 9—Negotia
tions between Japan and the United
States for a settlement of the exclusion
issue appear today to have reached a
deadlock. The president is said to be
much annoyed at the receipt of a curt
note from the Japanese representatives
stating that they are in no mood to
discuss a new treaty.
HARD TO GET
PLACER PATENT
- !
Interior Department Makes Mew
Ruling Which Annuls Nearly
All Surveys.
'
CREATES TROUBLE AT NOME
Judge, lawyers and Surveyors Say
Decision Will Throw Out Many
Legitimate Claims.
The general land oilier has promul
gated a new railing concerning surveys,
of placer claims w hich the Nome Nug
get says will make it impossible to
patent nearly all the placer claims on
Seward peninsula, including those;
which have been worked in the utmost ,
good faith, many of them successfully. '
The ruling is stated in a letter from
the interior department to tin Juneau
land oilier concerning a certain placer!
application, which the Nugget prints,!
as follows:
"The claim is situated on unsurveyed j
lands, hut do» s not conform to the sys-'
tern of ‘public land surveys and the,
rectangular subdivisions of such sur
veys,’ being irregular in form instead 1
of m th«» shape of a square or rectangle, j
See 22 L. I >, f"l and ill L. I >. II. The j
shape of the claim and the fact that it j
is shown by the survey to he bounded
on all sides by other placer claims
would indicate that it is not a ‘gulch
place’ as defined on 22 L. I). 2<>2.
•You will accordingly notify claim
ants that they will be allowed sixty j
days from notice within which to show 1
cause wh\ the entry should not he
[canceled, because of its non-con form-1
ity to the system of public land sur-1
vevs. or to appeal, in default of which j
’.’lie Nugget adds:
“The above decision is puriwrted to
be one rendered by the commissioner |
((’ontinued on page 2)
PRIOR ENTRIES i
HELD VALID
Ballinger’s Recent Ruling in Re*
gard to Coal Lands Does Not
Affect Existing Claims.
_
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Aug. 6— Commissioner of'
the Land Office Ballinger has received
' a letter from the department at Wash
ington upholding his construction of
the law that no one acting as an agent
I for others in making coal land entries
, in Alaska can represent more than
four parties.
Entries made prior to the ruling
are held to be valid, however.
IOWA CYCLONE
KILLS TWELVE
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Mason City, la., Aug. 7—Twelve
persons were killed and scores injured
by a tornado which swept the district
surrounding this city last night. The
property damage was very large.
Storm Hits Winona
St. Paul, Aug. 7—Morning advices
from Winona state that the city was
swept by a storm last night which des
troyed buildings worth many hundreds
of thousands of dollars and injured
many persons.
TO SHIP FROIEN MUTTON
NORTH FROM AUSTRALIA
Seattle, Aug. 7 — Announcement is
made today of the formation of a new
British Columbia-Australian line of
steamers especially designed to carry
frozen mutton from Australia to Alaska
and the Yukon. On account of the
cheapness of meat in Australia it can
be laid down in Alaska at much lower
figures than now prevail.
The Nome gold output for 1907 is
estimated at $9,000,000.
FRAMES CALL
| FOR CONVENTION
; Alaska Republican Committee
Fixes Meeting for November
It at Juneau.
FIFTY DEEGATES TO DIVISION
Apportionment Gives Several Towns
The Best of It Regardless
Of Voting Strength.
8r Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Juneau, Aujf. !» This afternoon the
I oflieial call was issued for the republi
can territorial convention to elect six
1 delegates and six alternates to the re
publican national convention of 100s.
It is ordered to meet in Juneau No
vember 11 and tho call recommends
that primaries he held early in Sep
tember. Much judicial division i- al
! lotted fifty delegates.
hr the apportionment to precincts
I Juneau is given 10, Nome Fair
banks 11. Ketchikan «», Skagway •">.
.Treadwell, \V range). Candle and Val
dez J each: Seward. (tampan, ('ircle.
Sitka. Teller and (Council - each: the
remainder scattering.
GET RICH FLOAT
ON FALLS CREEK
Prospectors Trace Fragments of
Remarkable Quart/ Under
bank of Snow.
When the snow disappears in a
canyon near tin* Falls creek country,
I about twenty-live miles from Seward,
I announcement is likeh to be made
| of the richest gold strike yet made
! in this vicinity, if not in Alaska.
I Two persistent prospectors, whose
! names for obvious reasons, are not
i divulged, have found lloat quartz of
fabulous richness in gold, and they
have traced it to a snow bank that
lies on the hill-side of a deep ravine.
They have scoured the hilltop above
the snow bank, but find no goldbearing
ore. It is apparent, therefore, that
the ledge from whence came the rich
float lies within the radious of the now
snow-covered area. The prospectors
must patiently wait until in the course
I of nature the snow melts away, which
i will be about September 1.
As one of the prospectors remarked:
“We find so much rich float in the
Falls creek country that I never bring
specimens to town any more, lest peo
ple will think that I am ‘peddling
dope.’”
BABY STOLEN
BY BLACK HAND
By Cable to The Detly Gateway.
New York, Aug. 8— A baby girl be
longing to a wealthy family named \ al
arde was seized in the family home by
Black Hand kidnapers last night and
they made their escape with the child.
Assaults upon women and girls since
May 4 of this year in this city now
number 216. The chief of police issued
an order today authorizing any citizen
to make an arrest of an assaulter, em
ploying any force necessary.
Crime Rampant in New York
New York, Aug. 0—Five hundred
special policemen have been sworn in
to assist in suppressing the reign of
orime now prevalent in this city. As
saults on women and children are
daily increasing, especially in the con*
gested districts.
MUSSULMANS MASSACRE
MOROCCAN CHRISTIANS
Tangiers, Aug. 9—Every indication
points to a religious war in Morocco.
Several Christian villages have been
burned and hordes of Mussulmans are
on the warpath to massacre Christians.
Seward peninsula has seven mines
whose winter output was above $300,000
each.
OPERATORS OUT
ON NEW STRIKE
Nearly All Quit Western Union
And Postal Offices in
Many Cities.
OTHERS ARE IIKEV TO IOUI.OW
Press Service Badly Crippled In I ast
And Cummer* ia! Messages Tak
en Subject to Delay.
Ry Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Sun Franei-e■>. A ' ,\I| \V. -'em
I nion operate;-. a ■ ( out today fol
lowing 111«• di-elnr.' of tin* chief oper
ator.
Quit Chicago office
Chicago. Aug. *.' Kveiy \V< ’em
I'nion opera :■>!• in thi>eity walk* out
at midnight, ret'o-lng to It ndle tne>
i sage-* sent h<f< froii I,o* Ai.gr! by
'non-union men. <»t:iy a few ehe I- at*
at work today and Om company'-. ser
vice is nearly tiara!;. y.ed.
Only Fifteen Left.
• < hieago. A .. :• < miy lilt. . i r
(( oil! ni’.i'i; or. page J
CRUISERS FOR
PACIFIC COAST
Administration Plans Mobilization
Of Powerful Fleet For West*
ern Defense.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, i). * Aug. ' The ad*
; ministration plan* the mobilization of
a powerful cru>er :loet on the Pacific
coast immedia'* ly. The entire cruiser
! strength of tin Asiatic *ou:ulron will
: sail at once under Hear Admiral Dayton
for the Pacific coast of the states, leav
ing only the battleships, gunboats and
torpedo boats at Manila for the defense
of the Philippir. *
This mobilization is for the purpose
of defending the Pacific coast of the
: United States. Should .Japan resent
! the movement ot the Atlantic tieet to
the Pacific side and send a fleet from
the far east bv way of the Suez canal
j to attack the Atlantic coast of the
i United States Admiral Evans will bo
in a position to dasli bach around the
: Horn and arrive here ahead of tho
enemy. The four divisions of the Paci
fic fleet will assemble otT the California
coast near t to: end of December.
Two Cruisers to Sail
Wasnington, I). C'., Aug. 7 — Tho
cruisers Tennessee and Washington
will sail in about ten days from tho
Atlantic for the Pacific side of the
country. These are the first of the
naval vessels ordered to the Pacific.
Charter Vessels to Carry Coal
New York, Aug. 10— Fourteen large
vessel were chartered today to carry
coal to the Pacific coast for the war
ships which will be sent there.
BOSTON ALASKAN EDITOR
MAKES VISIT TO SEWARD
Miss L. M. Norton, editor of the Bos
ton Alaskan, carae to Seward on the
Bertha and sailed again on the
same steamer. Miss Norton is mak
ing an extended tour of the southern
coast to acquaint herself more fully
with the region which receives especial
attention from the publication she
directs. So far she has traveled on
live steamers in making stops at dif
ferent towns.
The Boston Alaskan is a monthly
paper published by the Boston-Alaska
Society, of which Ex-Gov. Brady is the
head. It has attained a wide circula
tion in New England, where invests
ments in Alaska have attained consid
erable magnitude and are steadily in
creasing. The paper is devoted wholly
to Alaska news. It is printed on
magazine paper, handsomely illustrat
ed, and is written and made up in
superior style.
It is claimed that the Tanana raining
operators are steadily importing strike
breakers.