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NEW CONTINENT
FOUND IN ARCTIC i
ABOVE SIBERIA!
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St. Michael, Alaska, Oct. 14—A
Russian explorer, Wilkilsky, reached
here with two exploration ships uuder
his charge today.
Wilkilsky reports the discovery of]
a new* continent in the Arctic ocean, :
lying north of Siberia and to the west i
of Wrangell island. The explorer
expresses the belief that the continent (
is an immeuse landed area. At the
point where his expedition made a
landing, the cliffs rose high and preci*
pilous along the shore line. The for-1
inalion disclosed eruptive rocks, prov
its volcanic origin. A reconnoitering
party sent inland found reindeer ana i
bird life, as well as abundant furred
animals. There was no sign of miner
als or metals.
The oncoming winter and t he
threatening ice flows forced the expe- |
dion to leave Arctic waters.
Wilkitsky says lie will make another
vovage to the new continent next i
year. ______
UNITED STATES
WARNS HUERTA
Washington, Oct. 14—'The United
States department of state today noti-1
tied President Huerta of Mexico not to
harm tlie members of the Mexican j
congress whom he caused to be im
prisoned.
RACE ACROSS
MEDITERRANEAN
Paris, Oct. 14—Eight nations, in
cluding the United States, are repre
sented in the international aeronautic
race from Paris across the Mediter
renean sea. A half million persons :
witnessed the start today. j
SULZER VEROICT
IS DUE today;
—
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 14--The New j
York state senate, sitting as an im
peachment, will make public today
its verdict in the Sulzer case. It is
believed the finding will be adverse to
the governor.
Friends of Sulzer are displeased be
cause he failed to testify in his own
behalf._
H. H. Hildreth reached the' Nel
cbena goldfields September 30.
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch. * *
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
THE GATEWAY’S CORRESPONDENT INTERVIEWS
ORIGINAL LOCATORS, WHO DECLARE NEW
GOLDFIELD NORTH OF SEWARD IS
ONE OF GREAT PROMISE.
[BY FRANK J. COTTER1
Knik, Oct. 3—1 have talked with
meu w ho have in the country for the |
past ten years and who have prospect- ;
ed from Knik Arm to the Delta; L have j
talked with men who have packed in \
supplies for mining companies, for;
themselves and for the government; I j
have talked with the original discov-!
erers of Albert creek and Crooked |
creek and all of the creeks fn the Nel- ;
china district that are at this time the
Mecca of the placer prospector, the
placer miner and the men who follow
stampedes. The oldtimers have told
me that the country where the latest
strike has been made is one of the best
looking sections of Alaska for placer
gold. There is not a creek in that sec
tion but what produces colors. It is a
shallow country, but the ground is
frozen and up in the vicinity of the
present strike timber is scarce. Thte
alone accounts for the fact that a sub
stantial gold discovery has not been
made heretofore. It lias been too iftfli
cult to get wood to thaw down to bed
rock ami ilie men who have prospect
ing have passed on after panning a
few colors on the surface or after pick
ing through the muck as far as it "as
thawed by the sun.
Packers who have been on every
trail in Alaska say that the Knik
route to the Nelchina is the only feas
able one for either winter or summer.
The scene of the latest gold excitement
is about 110 miles by trail from Knik.
The tirst 60 miles is on the govern
ment trail to the Matauuska coal
fields. From this point there are a
number of routes available to the
creeks where the pay has been located.
It is largely a matter of choice with
the individual whether he go in via
Hicks creek, or Sheep mountain, or j
Squaw creek. The distance is much
the same and some prefer one trail and
some tiie other, but in all probability
the most used winter trail will be the
Hicks creek route.
The fact that the government will
be hauling out theco§l thiswinter and
will keep the first 60 miles open, will
be a big thing for the prospectors who
will be io the country.
I have talked with Olsen and Getch
ell, who took out 65 ounces of dust in
ten days, the real discoverers of the
country; with Frank Brown, who was
with the first buueh; with McCormack,
who has been prospecting in that im
mediate country for the passed three
years and who was one ol the first
stakerson Albert creek, and I have
talked with Joe Palmer, who made a
flying trip into the new diggings, pan
ned the works and is now preparing to ;
get back as soon as possible with a
summer’s grub and machinery. With
out an exception, the men who have
Twenty gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s. I
Meet me at the Branch *
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
been in there are satisfied with the
country. They have their ground and
have done the assessment work on the
same and feel sure that in another
year they will betaking out a home
stake.
Odin Olsen, of Getchell and Olsen,
one of the discoverers, and anoldtimer
of the Dawson Fairbanks vintage, said
to me: “Its a big country and the best
1 have seen in Alaska. Tne formation
is porphyry, sandstone and schale; the
topography is much the same as Fair
banks, with low rolling hills, rauchy
worn, and wide, winding valleys.
The ground is frozen and can be either
drifted or stripped and either hydr&u
licked or shoveled in. There is plenty
of water with a fall of from three to
four feet to the hundred feet. The
pay occurs in a detined paystreak of
gravel that is from three to live feet
thick. It pans as well ou top as on
bedrock, and averages from ten to lif
teen cents to the pan. We stalled a
cut in from the side of the pay and
found it very evenly distributed. We
have all the ground that we want and
all that we can work and have nothing
to 'sell. Next year ray partner and
1 will open up the ground and will do
the work ourselves. We figure on tak
ing out about five thousand dollars
ami then we will know what we want
to do. I like the country, and think it
is the best place I have been in since
l struck Fairbanks.”
The others talk much the same
All of them are planning on going in
in tho spring with the season’s outfits.
Olsen and Getcheli showed me some of
the gold that they brought out with
I them. It is bright, clean looking gold
and what would be called a coarse run
of gold. Most of the pieces will weigh
a cent and the largest slug in the lot
that I saw might weigh four dollars.
I saw* the pans that Joe Palmer took
from the top to the bottom of the pity
streak on the Getchell-Olsen ground,
and they will average better than ten
cents per pan.
I am leaving in the morning for the
new diggings with a pack horse and a
guide who has been on the ground.
[ am taking a limit load of grub and
horse feed and am planning on catch
ing the Sampson at Knik on the later
part of the month. Just, now is the
worst time of the year for the trip. It
is snowing in the hills and there are
no trails broken which will make it
bad going. A month earlier or a
month later would be better, but I am
too late for the first and in too big a
rush for the latter. *
Knik is in shape to handle a rush
with the exception that there is a short
age of hoise feed here. At this time
there has been about 90 claims record
ed here. The assessment work has
been done on some and claimed on
(Continued on page 3)
Meet me at the Branch. *
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *
ALASKA COAST
CO. TO INCREASE
ALASKA FLEET
Seattle, Oct. 14—The Alaska Coast
Com puny announces that, the steamers
Watson and Buck man will shortly be
placed in the Alaska trade, to run in
connection with the steamer Admiral
Samson.
The company has recently purchased
in the East the steamers Admiral
Dewey and Admiral Schley. As soon
as they arrive from the Alantic Coast,
they will relieve the Watson and
Buckman, now on the run between
Seattle and San Francisco.
The White Pass & Yukon Railway
Co. announces its intention to build
two combination freight and passenger
steamers, at a cost of $500,000 each, to
ply on theSeattle-Skatfway run. Pre
sident Dickeson, of the company, says
he is highly pleased with the experi
ment, tried this season, to train a por
tion of the Fairbanks and other inter
ior Alaska trade.
GREAT FEAT OF
San Francisco, Oct- 14—A remarka
ble swimming feat was performed
here yesterday by Babe Wright, aged
12 years, who swam from the OlifF
bouse to Lime Point, at the entrance
of the Golden Gate, in 35 minutes 40
second. The distance is about three
miles. The girl’s mother swam tlfe
entrance in 33 minutes, beating the
former woman’s record.
slidewoTrTes
LOERS
Panama, Oct. 14—The Cucaracha
slide is worrying the Panama canal
engineers. Mud from the sides flows
into the big ditch as fast as it it re
moved. _
FILIPINO WOUNDS
FOUR PERSONS
_ •
Bellingham, Wa^h., Oct. 14—A
drink-erazed Filipino caused plenty of
trouble and excitement here last night
in an effort to shoot up the town. He
wounded four persons before a police
man arrested him.
Field glasses at J. L. Graef’s. *
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. f *
Sun burst pocket flash lamps at J. L.
Graef’s. • _ *
Meet me at the Branco.