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VOL. I SEW A I!D. ALASKA, TIIVT1SDAV EVENING, XOVEM ISElf 30, 1005 NO. 100
Cords taken Aggregate Nearly $400,000 and Heavy Payments Already Made -Houses To Be Erected
To Board Large force of Men, and four Tunnels Will Be Driven all Winter
—Ore Shipments To Begin Soon from Original
Betty Claim.
Hond> atrirrewat inw about $400,non on
Kails creek mines are now held by
(’barbs I). Lane ami hi* associates,
and work will be pushed as rapidly
a> experienced minimi men know
bow to do it. The work will b
conducted under the direction o!
Thomas M. Lane, who will remain
here all winter, probably.
Already shipping ore ha> been taken
^out of the tunnel on the Hetty claim,
where the first strike was made last
July by K. !\ Skeen and John Lechnt r.
This tunnel is in only* ahoi t tint yv-tive
feet, yet about thirty tons of ore
now on the dump and about a ton was
>i*nt down on the Santa Ana today
to the Tacoma smelter as a sample.
It is unusual to strike an ore body
- of wood quality so near tin'surface,
hut the showing* already made s >o
remarkable that Mr. Lane's reprv‘>ent
atives have felt justified n hot dim*
tin* claims for lame amounts,*at d all
readv considerable payments have
been made u)>on them. Several thous
and dollars were paid yesterday to \\ .
N. Armstrong for himself. Sk< en and
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L diner. The exact amount ccntkl not
1-p learned.
Tin* property taken over by the Lane
syndicate embraces sixteen claims.
'I’i.e pt incipal work so far has been
done on the Hetty, where two tunnels
riNE PROSPECT EOR SNOW
Show Signs of Sifting Down and
Temperature is Right tor it
Snow began sifting down gently just
before noon, with a tine prospect that
it may be a long time before it gets
tired coming. The thermometer has
been slowly rising since midnight,
t when it was down to 22>. and at neon
i hr mercury balanced itself at. i>2. the
freezing point.
The barometer has risen to .>0.2.
which in barometrical language signi
fies “fair/* It may be that the ham
meter thinks snow is fair weather tlie
last day of November.
Sarts V*3 Sails
The Santa Ana sailed for Seattle tins
morning at T:i>0 with a large list ot
passengers. Several persons are wait
ing for the Bertha, and the chances of
either vessel to heat the other to
, Seattle has been the subject of a good
k deal of chaffing by the prospective
' travelers of each,
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Steamer Bertha i> hourly expected
from the westward,
jarebeiny driven. A tunnel will be
started soon on the C olumbia, and
a fourth will be driven to crosscut the
vein of the Texas and Seattle.
Took A!! They Could Gel
The I Jett \ and Columbia belong to
Skeen and Leehner, who also own
half of tin* Texas. The other hall ol
tin* Texas is owned by William Gra
ham. n >w of Juneau, and T. M. Lone
stopped off at that place on bis way up
last week to yet a bond on Graham's
half, which he succeeded in doiny.
Another bond has been taken by the
Lanes on three claims belonyiny to
Armstrong and ten belonyiny to the
i [oorab M ininy i ’ompanv.
Arrangements have already been
made with James HartUtt to pack ore
down from the mine to the railroad.
He has ten horses and has enyayed
>*.*veral men to’ beyin work at once.
The tunnel on the Hetty is runniny di
rect 1 \ on the led ye and ore is briny
taken out all the way.
The work planned for this winter
will require the employment of quite a
la rye force of'men us soon as a place
can be made for them to live. I wo
Jarye bunk and cook bouses will be
erected for them to live in. The work
will be prosecuted in the face of some
difficulties as the snow is already three
feet deep. I his cuts no liyure with
tunnel work* but there is a yreat deal
to do before the new tunnels can be
TWO MEN TAKE SEA BATH
Step Off the Dock While Walking
to the Steamer
Two men walked otT the passage way
between the two docks hist night and
dropped into the bay, about ten min
utes apart. The first man shinned up
a pile and climbed out himself. A few
minutes late another man stepped on
thin air at the same place and as the
air compressed beneath him he de
scended rapidly to the water, where he
floundered until a line was thrown to
him by spectators.
Doth men were on their way to the
Santa Ana when the .went [overboard.
Several cars were standing on the
track leaving [only a narrow passage
beside them. Tin) light was dim and
the men stepped off without noticing
that they were at the edge.
Steamer Dora Goes Through
The steamer Dora reached port yes
terday afternoon at f> o'clock, and sailed
westward this morning at 8:.T0. She
had several passengers and all the
freight she could carry, destined for
various ports all the way to Lnaluska.
[started and the most burdensome work
of all is the task of getting supplies
and timber up the trail.
Obstacles Cut No Figure
All this will 1m* done regard k*<s of
obstacles. The mines an* between
four and live miles from (bison s tic*
camp, on inik*l!dof the railroad. A
fair trail was cut out in the fall and
with, regular travel the sledding will
be as easy as a steep climb can ever be.
Before spring a lively mining
camp will be located on Falls creek,
and with the advent of pleasant weath
er the seal ' of operations will he in
creased still further. Other claim owi
ers will then no doubt follow suit. F.
B. Clark, another Nome operator,
some time ago took a bond on t he Sew
ard claim fromCeorge I'urcbes. lb*
has gone outside for tin* winter but it
is understood thal lie will develop bis
property next fear. The entire creek
and bills adjoining have been staked
out by numerous persons.
Theo. Allen, son-in-law of Charles
1). Lane, has been here lor several
weeks. He came on the representa
tion of H. A. Ing.tils and L. F. Shaw,
who took the first bond on the Betty
; and Columbia, and he promptly de
cided that the property locked like a
bonanza. He will go out on the Ore
gon hut will return in the spring to
assist in the superintendence of work
on the mines.
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Hertha: sailed westward -dth: due
returning -.*th.
Poil-lamI: sailed from Seattle' -7th:
due in Seward 7th.
Santa Clara sails from Seattle 1st.
Oregon: sails from Seattle 4th,
Santa Ana: sailed from Seward ,40th.
Mexican Football
At the end of the first half he rose in
his seat and lighted a cigar.
“Mexican football," he said, “is not
j like this. It is called gomae. The
hall is of wood, and weighs live pounds.
The course is three miles long and
eight vards wide.
“Three players, each with a hall,
start simultaneously from one goal,
and the man who kicks his hall first to
the goal three miles distant wins tin*
game.
“it is.an exciting game and a fast
o’ame. Three mounted surgeons follow
the players, for, kicking so heavy a ball,
it frequently happens that a toe o';* an
ankle is broken.
“Hut in gomae. of course, the surgeons
! don't have so much to do as in our kind
of game."
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Seattle Operators Want Lots of^
Time to La1 Turkey—Office
Closed Most of Day
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No cubit* news today for renders of
the Gateway because the Seattle opn
ators want to eat turkey like anybody
else, and a holiday has been declared
in the Sound city office until d o’clock,
which is o'clock in S« ward.
\\ her; fore Seward people who art* in
| t lie hab:t of surfeitinv t hrmselve-. wit h
iK*ws over the wire will he coin*>•■'!<<I
to fill the achimr void with a litih
| more lurkc-o and pumpkin pie. or if
their tastes run t bat wa;.. an addii iona i
urn of Tom and Jerry or claret punch
at the nearest factory.
To Work iliamna Mines
Dr. (i. W. Dutton sailed for I Kanina
on the Dora, to superintend develop
ment work on his copper mines there.
He came to S ward on the Santa Ana.
■ after a few weeks on tie out .-.ice to
purchase supp'ies. Sixteen mm are
working on the Dutton property, which
I is considered to be an excellent pros
pect.
Hotels Turn Men Away
The hotels as usual set a lot of men
| into the street who applied for rooms
the night after the Santa Ana arrived,
and again last ri ght, as tin re were
numerous arrivals over the railroad*
Die departure of the Santa Ana and
Dora relieved the pressure .'lightly,
but there are still no rooms to spare.
\V. X. Armstrong*, who lias hon ied
his interests in the K;d!s creek mines
to the Lane syndicate, and who ir
! reived a healthy payment on account
: vesterdax. went out on the Santa Ana
(this morning*. He will spend the wiu
jtei in the eastern states, hut will re
turn about May seeking* more worlds
to conquer.
The Thanksgiving bi ll given b\ the
Seward dancing elub in Moeiv's hall
1 last night drew a big attendance.
A notable feature was the large* num
ber of strange faces, showing* the re
cent arrival of new residents who will
tie'll re in social events.
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M. E. Davis, the Hope mining man.
sailed on the Santa Ana, on bis way to
Ins home in Worcester, Mass., which
be has noi, seem for a year am! a hall,
j He started from Hope by way of Sei
! dovia more than a month ago.
Paul Buckley, of the Crow Creek
: Mining Company, sailed for Seattle on
j the Santa Ana, leaving several of hi>
j partners waiting for the Bertha.
F. p. Skeen and John Li elmer. the
men who made Falls creek famous hy
finding gold there, came down from
! the mines last night.
The Port-lanil Telegram says *\ship
j pers arc desperate * because of tue
shortage of freight curs.
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