f-ample No. 1, with coarse gold and m
Sample No. ..
Sample No 4, with coarse gold and in
Assay by (ieo. F. ^ bite.
Sample No. 2 assay was lost, anoi
The foregoing assays, showing an
astounding gold content, were made
from samples—not picked specimens—
from the vein tapped by the lowest
tunnel on the Primrose Mining Com
pany's property, near Lake Kenai.
The vein was tapped one day last
week by a crosscut tunnel 2o0 feet
in length. \\ here encountered, it
shows a width of * feet 2 inches. A
drift on the vein has been run 15 feet,
and in this distance it varies in width,
but at no point is it under b feet, its
widest point being 8 feet. The vein is
solid ledge matter—a highly mineral
ized white quartz—lying between two
smooth, clean cut walls, indicating a
true tissure. J he vein where tapped
is 125 feet in depth from the outcrop.
When the crosscut tapped the vein
last week. Superintendent Tozier was
simply appalled at the mass of high
grade ore revealed, and determined to
>av nothing about it. other than to his
immediate associate, Mr. Derrick
Lane, until fully satLfied, by further
work, that the vein was all it seemed
to he. Not content with assays made
at the mine, which showed extremely
high returns, he sent four samples
fairly taken from the ore body, to Mr.
Sol. Silverman, assayer for the Skeen
Lechner Mining Company, with a re
quest that he test them. Another
sample was sent to Mr. Geo. F. \\ bite,
a Valdez assayer, with a request that
he wire the return. A wire received
yesterday gave a return of $210.7b, as
noted above.
Monday Mr. Tozier told the Gate
* way man that be might have a story
for the paper in a day or so. Hence it
was, that the scribe hailed him upon
his return from the mine last evening.
At the rail wav otfice, Mr. Lane
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called up the Skeen-Lechner Mining
Company to inquire if t he assays were
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etallies.•. $280 00'
. $160 00
etallies. $754 00
. $21075
.her being made
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, made. Mr. Sam Silverman answered
the call, said the returns were ready,
and the Gateway scribe took them |
down as they were tead oft.' as given !
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I above.
“How would you like to have five or
six feet of ore that ran that high?”
asked Mr. Lane.
“Never heard of anything like it,” ,
said Mr. Silverman.
Samples of the ore, brought to town j
by Mr. Tozior. show a highly mineral-1
ized rock. While gold particles are j
| visible to the naked eye, the precious
I metal especially manifests itself when
j acid is applied or when the rock is
burned, thus freeing it from its close
ottiliation with arsenides, or arsenical
! iron. Acid consumes the arsenical
iron, while heat causes It to waste
away in fumes.
If these assays were taken from
picked specimens, their high result
would be of no particular importance
i as implying the value of the vein mat
ter as a whole, which is, of course,
what counts. But they were not
picked samples. They were taken at
random from the vein matter, hence
the returns are a strong index of the
probable value of the vein as a whole.
Messrs. Lane and Tozier are the
I controlling factors, by a large major
ity,, in tlie Primrose Mining corfrpany.
Since taking over the property their
faith in its ultimate value as a mine
has never wavered and they have per
sistently kept at development work.
In discussing the strike in the lower
tunnel, Mr. Lane said: “We con
sented to give this matter publicity
solely for the benefit of the country,
as going to prove that there are great
mines here. We have no stock for
sale.v
The company has expended, in labor
alone, $9,000 in cash since It took over
| the property from Dan Rice.
AVIATOR MAKES
RECORD FLIGHT
Paris, Sept. 17—Aviator Guillaux,
in a biplane, yesterday accomplished
118 miles in 50 minutes, beating all
previous speed records.
All kinds of game bought at the
Commerce Cafe.
Mr. Evans, of the Carstens Packing
Co., will have for specials this week
fresh moose, fresh spareribs, fresh
boiled hams, fresh cooked ox tongue. * ,
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graefs. t
Budweiser beer at the Branch. *
For nine years the leading caterer in Sew
ard, and still in the lead. Commerce Cafe, E,
Levin, Prop. *
NEGRO KILLS
FRESNO OFFICER
Fresno, Cal., Sept. 17—Policeman j
bavis was shot and killed by a negro
whom he was seeking to arrest in the
Oriental quarter of Fresno last night.
A brother officer shot the negro, but
not fatally.
Cooks, waiters and customers
wanted at the Commerce Cafe.
LOST—Fountain pen. Finder please
return to J. C. Tolraan and receive re
ward. _ *
A large assortment of thejatest pho
nograph records just received on the
Sampson. At Gordon's. i
Three meals for one dollar at the Commerce
Cafe. E. Levin, Prop. *
In doing annual assessment work on 1
the Whitney-Case-.Judson-Harper gold
quartz property on Grant lake, Clar
ence Whitney and Frank Case have
demonstrated the possibi 1 it its of the
main vien of their holdings. To un
derstand the situation, when the dis
covery was made only the foot wall ot
the vein was visible. A few well di
rected shots blew off a cap of mixed
slate and quartz, "and there stands re
vealed today as pretty a gold-hearing
vein as one could wi*h. It varies from
20 inches to two feet. The walls stand
well defined, with a talc gouge inter
vening between them and the vien.
On the foot wall there is a six-inch
streak of quartz that is marveloulsy
POLICE INVOLVE
DENTAL SIMON
New York, Sept. 17— Dr. Muret, a
dental surgeon, was arrested here last
night, charged with complicity in the
murder of Miss Anna Aumuller. The
dentist and Fathhr Schmidt, the princ
ipal in the murder case, are also charg
ed with being counterfeiters. A com
plete out fit was found in an apartment
known to have been frequented by the
suspects.
Attorneys for Schmidt announce that
they will enter an insanity plea.
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rich in values, while on the hanging
wall there is a streak that varies from
two to three inches of similar high
grade rock. The whole vein, for that
matter, is high grade as to gold con
tent.
One day Whitney and Case, just to
test the quartz, with a hand mortar ex
tracted two ounces '»f gold.
About three hundred feet above the
vein, on the same creek, another vein
was found, its presence being indicated
by a large chunk of float lying in the
! creek bed above it. Tannings reveal
ed a good gold content.
Whitney and Case came to town yes
terday, highly encouraged at the
developments.
RAILWAY Bill
DP NEXT WINTER
Washington, Sept. 17—The Alaska
railway bill will be considered early
| in the session of the next congress. It
will come up immediately following
! the winter holidays. Its passage is
i assured.
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Johannesburd, Sept. 17—One hun
i dred and fifty thousand British Indians
•employed in rhemCe* and in other
•industries, threaten to go on strsk .
i They have a number of grievances,
among them a change in the itnmigra
! tion laws.
| Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 17—
i Mystery surrounds the finding of the
I k \
body of a woman, dressed in male
attire, on the beach at Cape George,
near here, yesterday. There is noth
ing to reveal the woman’s identity.
Foul play is suspected.
CORONER'S JURY
i HOLDS TRAINMEN
~New Haven, Sept. 17—A coroner’s
jury, sitting in the case of persons
killed in the recent New Haven rail
way wreck, hold Engineer Miller,
Conductor Adams and Flagman Mur
ray criminally responsible for the di
saster.
Mexicans Celebrate
Mexico City, Sept. 17—Mexico’s In
dependence Day was enthusiastically
celebrated in this city yesterday.
Cooks, waiters and customers
wanted at the Commerce Cafe.
Try the new five cent sizes of stand
ard cigars at Gordon’s. Little Tom’s,
Lovera, Baby Webster and Henry
George. They’re the go now. *
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch.__ *
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The best cook, coffee, bread and butter in the
city you find at the Commerce Cafe * i
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PANS SOiFERS
Chicago, Sept. 17—Tom Mann, the
great English labor leader, delivered
an an address before a monster mass
i here last night. He denounced Sam
i' uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, declaring
; him to be a reactionary and the head
'of the American labor trust.
Hilitia May Go on Strike
Nanaimo, (3. C., Sept. 16.—The pro
| vincial militia threaten to goon strike.
They demand an increase in their pay,
failing in which there will be a gen
eral walkout.
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Cooks, waiters and customers wan
ted at the Commerce Cafe.
Lilly’s fly killer at J. L. Graef *s. *
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. _._*
Fishing tackle at J. L. Graef’s. t
Savage 22 High Power rifles at J. L.
Graef’s. * it
Meet me at the Brancn.
Short orders and dinners a la carte jU all
hours, day and nitfht, Coirmerce Gafe.I_