PST GROWING
IATANUSKA COAL
Reach Outside which
ndiana Expert to Ex
mine the Field
I I of the moit important industries
them Alaska in the near future
e coal mining on the veins which
jeen found to exist so extensively
the Matanuska river and to con
indefinitely into the hills beyond,
vtent of these coal veins is still
;ain but they are known to be
large, and so far as tested, of
\sesof the Matanuska coal by
tunent geologists show a per
o of fixed carbon of Only
>ft coal in the United States has
or percentage. That is produced
I!;lll district of West Virginia
ms slightly over TO. When coal
,ns more than 80 per cent, of fixed
n t is classified as anthracite, so
Matanuska coal may readily be
. •> of extraordinary quality.
• :vs on coal analyses made by
•> rt geologists of specimens of
lU[| nru Alaska coals, in which the
ntage of fixed carbon in the Mat
■x coal is given ut OP.IU, may be
in one of the reports of the
a geological survey issued by the
r department in 1SR>4.
chapter on "foal Resources of
w.wern Alaska” was written by
i V Stone, a member of one of
i - under the direction, of
is bulletin No. -Ti*. It de
- the coal a> follows:
he coal ranges apparently from
e to bituminous. it is bright
m color, has eonciioio.il fract ure.
* friable and will not stand severe
ling. It burns well in an open
ind Jamme says that he made ex
pt coke in a minmt oven. A
1 specimen in the writer's posses
is granular, having a crushed
ranee, and crumbles easily.”
hough only experimental develop*
vrerk has been done so far on the
,u*ka veins the fame of the coal
>d back to the coal regions
< cutes and much inquiry has
rar-.e concerning it. In Seward
r :> • sent time is a coal expert.
. Uaiker of T» rre Haute, lndi
*■ represents a railroad and
« uicate which controls large
-s in Kastern Illinois and
• Indiana, having its general
t hicago.
Walker was sent here to inves
the coal of the M itauuska, and
iv other locality in Southern
In w .i u r. - ; •> ’ >■■ w« - rt h
Iji u A
1 >*• has :i«t) \ •! '■ -n t a»* Matan
at O ickalw n ct .a hr: neh of
Matanuska. titty-live miles irom
rm. The Alaska t entral wili
i neh up to the eoal fields as
| ‘aches the head of Knik
which point t he branch
vest side of Kenai peninsula
r localities along Uook ln
i ning on a small scale has
regress for several years and
ct has always found a local
. The coal is not of as good a
;s that of the Matanuska hut
heating and steaming coal.
Si idovia last summer ll’"> coal
s were located by a party of
1 t men, who promise to develop
tiperty the coming summer.
1 SEWARD CHURCHES
KTHonisT Kims. . »i’.\i, Uev. U IL
b»’>en, paV.or. 1 mg until t ir
f notice every Sunday evening at 7:
clock, prect ded bv 20 minute s< ng
^Hice.
^^B (io>|>el Minion iv:iuing room i->
Ii at all hours. Minion M*rvice>
•y Sunday evening s o'clock.
L. t‘. s‘y, Mis>ior.ar\
l;IKLY WEATHER RECORD
hei record for the week ending
ITk.M . *EK.V TURK.
Max. Min.
i iay l'- 10 Clear
:;i io Snow
h iy 2 ' 10 Snow
i-tay .5.7 20 Bain
nay 25 17 Snow
i > ay 17 12 Clear
*i.v 1- 3 Clear
!■ fr. t delivery has put several
i> r o I urth chiN> iK)stoffices out of
I- •" in th • past year.
r i . S. court in Chicago is still
V '■: gaged indicting packers and
ru cials for tebate jobs.
RAILROAD WILL
AID PROSPECTORS
Construction Toward Interior Ex
pected to Stimulate Search
for Mineral
Prospecting in Central Alaska is ex
pected to receive a great impetus this
year by the building of the Alaska
Central railroad toward the interior.
Although it is not possible to build the
road farther than the head of Knik
! Arm during 1906 because of the im
| mense stretehss of heavy rock work
which intervene between that, point
and Turnagain Arm and cannot be
completed rapidly like dirt grading
; in a level country, the operation of
trains to Knik will practically open the
! way to the interior.
Beyond Knik the railroad will run
! for 200 miles through an almost level
! valley, and the railroad company has
! determined to build a trail ahead of
. the grade through to the Tanana river.
This will require little work beyond
1 Knik except the bridging of large
\ streams. When that is done travel
j will be easy between Seward and Fair
: banks. Before the end of 1906 passen
| gers and freight can go by rail to Knik
j and over the trail the remainder of
I the way.
The construction of the road and
| trail will make the transportation of
freight in large quantities a simple
matter. Prospectors can go in and j
out without difficulty and in a short j
time. Regular communication will
be established in many regions which
are now almost unknown. This is ex-j
peeted to induce thousands of prosper- j
tors to explore the creeks and hills ol
Central Alaska, where already several
hundred hardy adventurers are at
work and are reaping the reward of
their enterprise.
The biggest gold strike of 190f>, the
Kantishna. Tilthougli in the Tanana
district, is close to the further end of
the projected line of the Alaska Pen
tral railroad and when the line is in
operation will furnish part of its busi
ness. Farther south but in the same
general region is the Yentna camp
where a strike was made a year ago
and a small number of miners worked
until late in the summer when some
: of them came out with pokes which j
started 200 men into the region in the
| fall.
This camp is in the Mount McKinley
region which till old prospectors of
'Central Alaska have always insisted
presents all the external indication*
of being rich in gold but which has i
bfcr explored very little becau*e of it*
remoteness trom the sea and the diffi
culty of acce*s. it lie* to the west
ward >c th** proposed railroad lino, but
'In rat.ife-of hill* lying eastward of
i ii,. ]in,> have al*o been prospected
'ceil titly to demonstrate that they
j,,., ai'c rich. Roth copper and gold
irt.nsiw of great value have been
. . oi that re_ ion.
')'! . . ill ing of the railroad past the
-ot < nk Inlet will also stimulate
t h, dovt-kerntent of the hydraulic and
, , , ing >io t c ■ * which line both
-idc* of these Hilaries. Kverv creek
•low ir._ it.io Tun.igain and Knik Arm*
in'- b n wot ked with profit for gold.
i in d* Ifa at their mouths all con
; ijn fit!i tii pe*it> of ttic metal. All
-e hydraulic and dredging area*
ivo b« i'ii located In t some have not
n worketi because capital i* requir
ed to operat them with large profit,
and only since the railroad began to j
build that way has it been possible to
attract capital to the region.
Today eastern capital controls the
famous Crow creek trotn its mouth to
its head and on two properties expen
sive machinery is employed in washing |
out gold by the hydraulic process. On 1
Willow creek, fifty miles north of Knik
\rm. a Boston company is working
hydraulic property and taking out
steadily large amounts of gold. During
the pa*t summer and fall all the dredg
; ing' hinds not previously taken at the
! mouths of the creeks flowing into the
Inlet were located and several will be
worketi by expensive machinery this
year.
Besides the interest in placer gold
mining which has been directed to
Central Alaska the prospects for quartz
mining', which have received little
attention in any part of Alaska, are
h« iieved to be equal to the chances in
placer mining. 1 he discovery of the
nch Falls creek quartz mines only
thirty miles from Seward, containing
ore that sometimes runs as liig'h as
a ton in gold, and the fact that
.•very creek of Kenai peninsula con
tain.* gold deposits, leads mining men
to In lieve that quartz gold or great
value may be found through the entire
region.
Sinhalese medical books of the sixth
century a *e stated by Sir Henry A.
Blake, governor of Ceylon, to have
described sixty- seven varieties of mos
quitoes and 4-4 kinds of malarial fever
caused by mosquitoes.
Mineral veins and deposits that are
known, but not located, are reserved
front townsite patents. Such may be
located and patented the same as veins
in the unappropriated public lands.
PUNS TO CONDUCT
LUMBER YARD HERE
Northwestern Steamship Company
Directs Seward Agent to Ob
tain Location
The Northwestern Steamship (Com
pany has instructed its Seward agent,
S. P. Brown, to secure a site for a
lumber and fuel yard. A letter from
J. I). Trenholmo, secretary of the com
pany, received on the Bertha, an
nounces the intention of the company
to enter tlie lield here, and adds that
it will sell lumber, building material
of all kinds- and coal, at Seatt le prices,
plus freight charges, or possibly a
little less.
The intention of the Northwestern
Company to enter the lumber and fuel
business here is understood to he due
to its suspicion that otherwise nearly
all the freight of that class will go to
the rival steamship company, as all the
local lumber yards are controlled by
men who do most of their shipping by
the Alaska Commercial Company’s
Iwats. The Northwestern has resolved
to get a share of this business if it has
to go into the retail business to dis
pose of its cargoes.
fRLD RASMUSSEN DIES
Variety Theater Man Succumbs
Suddenly to Pneumonia
Fred Rasmussen died vest erduv even
ing of pneumonia after a short illness,
aged -12 years. He was sick for a few
days but thought that he had recover
ed, and on Tuesday went to a barber
shop and took a hath. Immediately
afterward he went to bed again and
pneumonia developed, which ended bis
life in little more than a day.
Mr. Rasmussen came here a short
time ago front Juneau to open a variety
theater, a business which he had con
ducted successfully in Juneau for sev
eral years, lie had just begun the
erection of a building. Prior to com
ing to Alaska he lived in Seattle. He
was a native of Denmark. The re
mains will be taken by Mrs. Rasmus
sen on the Oregon to Seattle for inter
ment. She will abandon the theater
project here.
GRAND JURY FEBRUARY 14
Meeting of Inquisitorial Body
Postponed Three Weeks
The grand jury in the P. S. district
court will not assemble until February
14, instead of January 22, tin* date
lixed for the opening of the special
term of court at \ aide/. A message
to Deputy P. S. Marshal Wybrant this
morning announced the change and he
notified the men summoned from Se
ward accordingly.
As no further information was con
tained in the message it is assumed
! that no change bad been nude in the
court program aside from the session
j of the grand jury.
Not <(* lo heckly S.i'j cribcrs
I!cr. af(er all regular subscribers to
| the Weekly Gateway will have their
copies mailed at the post office instead
| of delivered as heretofore. All compli*
I an ntnry copies of the Meekly have
be.n discontinued.
The Seward Weekly (lateway is now
i the best paper issued in Alaska and
everyone at all interested in Seward
or the Ala ka Central should subscribe
for it. Though the paper has been
greatly increased in size tin* price re
mains as of old, only $.4 per year in
advance or $1.50 for »> months. Single
copies may be purchased at t he news
stands or at this office for 10 cents’
FILE LOCATION NOTICES
Papers for Mineral Claims Come
in Numerously
Not ices of location of mineral claims
are coming in numerously since Janu
ary 1. Several locators hustled Com
missioner Hildreth out of bed shortly
after midnight at the beginning of the
new year to get their claims on file for
record. The list so far for this year
follows:
Jan. 1 W. P. Henry. Fraction quartz
claim on hay adjoining Seward.—j
(’has. Tecklenberg, Utica claim on
hay adjoining Seward. Horace
Leach, Texas claim on hay adjoin
ing town of Seward.—A. Laviosa,
Mammoth quartz claim adjoining
town of Seward. -A. Laviosa,Baby
quartz claim, on hay one mile
southwest of Seward.—A. Laviosa,
Utica quartz claim, adjoining town
of Seward. A. G. Gould, Center
Star quartz claim, adjoining town
of Seward.
Jan. 2 A. Hiroela, two quartz
claims on north side of Lake Kenai.
K. E. Kofman, two quartz claims
on north side of Lake Kenai.—
Everd Peissa, two quartz claims on
north side of Lake Kenai.—Saker
Niemi, three quartz claims on
north side of Lake Kenai.
Court Term Postponed
The special term of the U. S. district
court at Valdez has been postponed
from January 22 to February 14. All
jurors and witnesses are to appear on
the latter date instead of the former.
STEAMSHIP OREGON
ARRIVES IN PORT
Brings Twenty-three First-class
and Sixty-one Steerage
Passengers
Steamship Oregon, Capt. John A.
O’Brien, docked at 2 o’clock this after
noon. She brought twenty-three first
class and sixty-one steerage passen
gers. Her Seward freight cargo was
241 tons, which will require uneil to
morrow to discharge. The Oregon
will probably sail on her return trip
tomorrow evening.
The Oregon reached port a little
more than seven days out of Seattle.
She ran into some rough weather
which impeded tier progress. She loft
Seattle December 2b at 11 in the fore
noon. She sailed from Valdez last
night at 8 o’clock.
Mothing new regarding the Portland
was brought on the Oregon and she
had no news of any special interest.
The last report from the Portland be
fore the Oregon sailed was that taken
down by the Santa Clara, whose mas
ter, Capt. Schage, stated that in his
opinion the steamer was a total loss,
and this was cabled to the Gateway at
the time.
The tirst class passenger list of the
Oregon was as follows; Anna Means,
R L. Cochran, Julius Blum, Felix
Kookow, Jas. St. Arnand, Fd. St. Arn
and, Mrs. Kdwin St. Arnand.
Fd Keller, S. White, Del Clark,
F, Kearns, ,J. White, F. Webber,
II. Oiisam, F. L. Lewis. A. Canute, F.
Vittone, W. J. Stone,.). II. Gridley,
ll.Let s, J. Gasper, G. F. Dickinson,
Miss V. Hiutz
TEMPERATURE DROPS
TO 6 BELOW ZERO
For the first time in two years the
mercury dropped below zero last night.
If reached zero at 0 o’clock in the
afternoon. At midnight it was 4 lie
low, and between <‘> and 7 this morning
it had fallen to 6 below. Shortly after
ward it began to creep upward and at
2 this afternoon had reached 2 above.
The barometer is falling and the thaw
ing point may he reached tomorrow.
It is worth while to compare this
minimum Seward temperature, the
lowest ever known here, with the mini
mum of the Southern states, as shown
bv the government records. The fol
lowing are minimum temperatures in
eities below latitude HOMO.
Montgomery, Ala.,r> below.
Mobile, Ala.1 below.
Fort Smith, Ark.la below.
Little Koek, Ark.12 below.
Atlanta, < »a.8 below.
. hreveport, La.•> below.
Vicksburg. Miss.1 below.
Memphis. T.*nn.0 below.
LI i \i-o, Texas.7 below.
Other cities in the gulf states show
minimum temperatures below zero or
lii'le above it. In the border states
the minimum is si ill lower. I lit1 min
imum record in Washington, I). t . was
1.7. In high altitudes itt New Mexico
and Arizona lower ininimtims than
tint of Seward are recorded. Hose
burg, Oregon, not far fi;om the coast
and with an altitude of about 1000 feet,
lias recorded the same minimum as
Seward. (> degrees below zero. Olym
pia, Washington, lias a minimum mark
of 2 below.
Improvements Cause Delay
The Gateway is compelled to apolo
gize to its readers this week for the
delay in its issuance. The installation
of a cylinder press and a gasoline en
gine to run it has sidetracked every
thing else but the daily paper the past
two or three days. The new press will
greatly improve the mechanical ap
pearance of the Gateway.
Plating iron objects with cadmium
is tlie interesting new metallurgical
echivement of a German chemist. The
hath is prepared by dissolving cadmi
um chloride in water, precipitating
with sodium carbonate solution, and
dissolving t lie washed precipitate,
while still moist, in a solution of potas
sium cyanide in water. Cadmium
anodes are used, with a current of 4 to
5 volts. The deposit, after buffing,
has the same color as tin, but is
harder.
The Municipal Ownership League
has incorporated as the Independence
League to conduct a national propag
anda in favor its principles. _
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT. THIRD DIVISION. TERRITORY
OK ALASKA.
The President of the United States to the
People of the Third Judicial Division, terri
tory of Alaska. Greeting:
You and each of you will please take notice
that >\v an order of the above named Court,
made and entered on the first day of Novem
ber. 1005. a special term of the United States
District Court, in and for the Third Division,
has been called and will be held at the Court
house in the town of Valdez, beginning on the
twenty-second day of January, A. D., HXX>, at
the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon and
continuing as long thereafter as the public
business may require. _
Witness, the Honorable James Wickersham.
Judge of the above named Court, and the Seal
thereof afllxed this 14th day of December. 1V05.
Iskai ] EDWARD J. STIER.
Clerk. U. S. District Court, for the District
of Alaska. Third Division.
By S. A. CBAMDAU* Deputy Clerk.
Seattle Headquarters
All Alaskans going to Seattle on
business or for other purposes are cor
dially invited to have their mail ad
dressed to themselves in care of the
Industrial Bureau of the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company, Lumber Fix
change Building, Seattle, Wash., and
make the Bureau their headquarters
while in that city.
♦ Alaska Central Railway Co.
FOX ISLAND FOR SALE
Ten miles from Seward. The island
is two miles long and one mile wide.
I will sell ray squatter’s claim and 423
foxes, whose skins are worth an average
of $20 each, for $2500. which is less than
one-third of the value of the skins.
Offer is made because I wish to go up
the Susitna to prospect for a year.
Alfred Lowell,
Third avenue, Seward. *
MEN WANTED
By l\ Welch A Company, contract
11ns on the Alaska Central at Turn
igain Arm. Station men. rock men.
i ax men and laborers. Steady work
•ill through winter and next summer.
Top wages paid.
PIKE STREET WHARF
SEATTLE, WASH,
Forwarding Agent. Wharfage
Storage and Shipping
Can save you time, trouble and expense
on all shipments from Seattle
Represent Lloyd’s Underwriters
Write for Particulars at Once
Seward Water & Power
Company
JOHN. A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Third and Washington streets
Seward Assay
Office
Chemical Analyses and Assays Made
Price List for Assaying
Gold or Silver...... $1.50
Gold and Silver. $2.00
Silver and Lead. $2.00
Gold, Silver and Lead $3.00
Copper. $1.50
Gold and Copper— $2.50
Gold, Silver and Cop
per . $3.50
Gold, Silver, Copper
and Lead. $4.00
Prices for other metals and min
eral on application.
Gold and silver bullion refined,
melted and assayed or pur
chased'.
H. E. ELLSWORTH, C. E.
&--— V
HOTEL McN I LEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonalbe Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
- .-- ._
The MeNEILEY CAFE
Under New Menagement Belt of Home Cooking
NEXT DOOR TO MeNEILEY HOTEL
Short Orders Day and Night
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
• CHRISTIENSEN L LAUBNER. Proprietor*
Pianos and Safes Moved Spcplal «»««■>"
Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Seward. Alaska I
ASHLAND HOUSE
AND BANK SALOON
Wines, Liquors and Cigars .. First-class Furnished Rooms
Fourth A ve.,Opposite Alaska Central Commercial Co.
WALLACE 4 THOMPSON, Proprietors
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
S. E. Cor. Fourth Are. *o<J VVaaliinrton St.
SEWARD - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Rrown A Hawkins’ store
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
■
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Fourth Avenue, - Seward. Aka.
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
i Ollice and Residence (';ir>t• IJniie
in^. Foufth avenue.
Ollice Hours 2 to I |>. tn., and when
ever not otherwise enya^red.
E. R. GRAY
N OTA I! V CL' KMC
SEWARD - - ALASKA
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H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mini in; ami town
property furnished Examination and
reports made on any property.
SEWARD - - ALASKA
A. C. BAKER
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
COLEMAN HOUSE
SEWARD - ALASKA
J. L. REED
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Richards’ Bldg Seward. Alaska
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Suite 2-4. Cara tens’ Building
F. E. YOUNGS
."NOTARY PUBLIC
SEWARD - ALASKA
I. O. O. F.
RELIEF ASS CATION
J. S. SLATER, President,
E. W. YOUNG, Steretary-Trea*
Meat* erary third Sunday afternofm
in each month.