Seward Weekly Gateway
Vor.. Ill, NO. :»> SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH !>, 1!>»7._
PRINCE WILLIAM
SOUND COPPER
Expert Opinion of the Great
Mineral fields Contiguous
to Seward.
SULPHIDE ORES PREDOMINATE:
ledoes foand Under Rasty Brown
Capping formed by Oxidization
of Iron Sulphides.
An expert opinion of tin* I Vince!
William Sound copier fields, conti£U-1
•us to Seward, is herewith produced:
The chief ore of lVince William
Sound i» chalcop.vritc ( a sulphide of j
oopper and iron). This is very gener
ally associated with pyrrhotite (mag
netic iron pyrite) and, to a less extent,
with pyrite (yellow sulphide of iron)
and marcasite; these iron sulphides
probably carry small amount of co)>
per. Chaloocite was noted in one
place near Orta. Secondary carbon
ate of copper occurs as a jjreen surface
stain; this is usually malachite and
rarely azurite. The alteration of the
original copper sulphides to form these
carbonotes is a superficial phenomenon,
and they occur at or very near the sur
face or alon*? cracks within a few feet
of the surface. Occasionally small
takes of native copper are found in the
upper parts of the veins; this is evi
dently also a secondary mineral. Oxi
dation of the iron sulphides has jfiveu
rise to the usual rusty brown capping
to the veins, but this exhibition, except
alonsr cracks, extends commonly only
a few inches from the surface.
Lie in Zones
The copper veins now t>eing project
ed are mainly along shear zones. These
usually occur in the greenstones or in
their immediate vicinity. Not uncom
monly a shear zone agrees closely with
the contact bet ween greenstone and a
layer of slate gray wacko. This as
sociation of the ore deposits with the
greenstones is so pronounced that these
igneous rocks can be regarded as the
original sources of the copper. 1 he
shear /rones vary in width from a tVw
inehes to several feet in one case a j
width of eight feet being reported.;
While in a few eases then evidently
w.-re along the -hear zone- open cavi
ties which ha vt* been tilled with metal
lic-ulph ides autl quartz, the general j
conditions indicate that tie* ore miner
al- have rep ace I the country rock,
rather than that they wen* d* i*o-: >d
in -tic 11 cavilie-.
Most of ?lu* prospects show -hear
zone - man • • ** o ra' .net
la‘«efs. one i- a layer of nearly -olid
siiipliid**-. or of th • ’it' " ul oh ides mixed
with -o:u quartz and country rock:
the other t iver consists of -beared
rock, some hues sihcihctl, w ith disse-;
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SALVATION ARMY GENERAL
TO CONVERT THE MIKADO
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
N*"'v York. March •> lien. Booth,
commanding general of the Salvation;
army has arrived in New \ ork from,
hi* headquarters in London. In a
statement to the press the general sn >
the army can and will accept “tainted” !
money, and divert it to gtnxl pur-;
po es. General Booth will proceed I
across the continent to Vancouver, 1>.
C., sailing from there to Japan, his
specific mission being to convert the
Mikado to the Christian religion, as
interpreted by him.
SOLDIERS GUARDING JUDGE
IN KENTUCKY MURDER TRIAL
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Jacksonville, Ken., March o Gen
Lawrence has arrived with state troops
to guard Judge Carnes, who is offici
ating at the trail of ex-judge Hargis,
charged with complicity in the murder
of Dr. Cox. a prominent practitioner of
this city. The citizens are wild with
excitement and trouble is anticipated.
S. A. Heraple has given a bond on
the five mining claims joining the
famous Beat sou mine on Latouche
Island, to Chicago parties for $25,0011.
the first payment to l>e made at once.
He has owned these claims for three
years and the new town site called La
louche is located on this property.
There is no known mineral which
may not be found somewhere in
Alaska.
SEARCHING FOR
LONG LOST LEAD
Prospector Looking for Ledge
Pound by Hunter Near Kenai
River Years Ago.
Kvt-ry mining region has its lust
mine. Many of these are but creatures
of vivid imaginations. Others have
foundation in fact. The story ot the
lost mine of Kenai peninsula is well
known to old residentts of this section.
It is within the memory of men now
living here that the discovery occurred,
and the tragic end of the discoverer is a
matter of local history.
Years ago a young hunter, part llus
siau, part native, set out from Kenai,
on Cook inlet, on a hunting trip. His
quest for mountain sheep led him to
ascend the higher reaches of the
mountains. When in the vicinity of
the Kenai river, far upon a hill side,
the hunter was attracted to a spot
which showed a large outcropof white,
crystalline quartz. He picked up a
piece and found it to ho impregnated
with yellow mineral particles. Not
lH*ing very familiar with gold when
found in the quartz form, the young
man put the sample in his pocket, in
tending to show it to those possessed
of more knowledge of gold. On his
return home, he showed the specimen
to an old trader, who immediately re
cognized it an as exceedingly rich
rook and desired to return forthwith
with the hunter to locate the ledge.
The hunter demurred, however, say
ing he had to go to another village
and would soon return, and then they
would seek the ledge. The young man
jumped in his canoe and pulled away.
In getting out of his boat, on arrival
at his destination, the hunter's gun
was accidentally discharged, and the
contents entered the owner's breast,
from the effects which he died.
To seek for this lo>t mine is the mis
sion of a-bandy pro«p«<»tor, Joseph
Peterson by name, who sailed for the
Inlet last fall, equipped with an outfit
that would suffice for a year's quest
for the lost ledge. Peterson is a hard
rock miner. Prior to his departure he
worked for the Lanes on halls creek.
He had the utmost confidence in the
existence of the object of his search
and claimed to have information which
might serve him in again locating the
rich deposit.
DREDGERS FOR
GUGGENHEIMS
Contract Let for Building of
Twenty-two Huge Placer
Wining Machines.
By Cable to Tile Daily Gateway.
Seattle. March •*> The Buggenheims.
who will operate dredges extensively
in the Klondike, have just let the con
tract for the construction of twenty
two of these huge mining machines.
On account of the car shortage the ar
rival of dredges already completed in
the Kast lias been delayed.
William Leake, representing the
(Juggenlieinis, has purchased several
claims in the Yukon from owners now
here.
ICE BOAT FOR NOME
Northern Camp Plans for Steamer
Service Throughout Year.
Nome, the great placer camp on
Bering sea, is planning to have a
steamer service with the outside during
the entire year. At the present time
navigation closes the latter part of
October, to be resumed about the first
of June. During the winter months
Bering sea is a field of ice, prohibiting
its navigation by the ordinary vessel.
There are, however, in the frigid zones
of Kurope and Asia, steam craft in
successful operation which would ex
perience no difficulty in ploughing
through the six or seven feet of ioe
which covers Bering sea.
A company is being organized in the
northern city to have constructed one
of these giant ice boats. Plans for the
vessel have been secured. The cost
of building will be about $250,000. It
is the intention to run the ice breaker
from Nome to Dutch Harbor, making
connection there with the ordinary
steamers.
ANOTHER STUDY I
OF WICKERSHAM
Assistant Attorney-General Cool
ey Will Visit the Tanana
Coming Summer.
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HOYT’S REPORT UNDER EIRE
Claimed That He Consulted Only
fnemies of Judqe and Investi
gation Was a Botch.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, I>. 0., March ft—
Another investigation of .Judge Wick
I ersham will probably be made the
coming summer by Alfred W. Cooley,
I one of the assistants in the attorney
general’s department. Cooley is a New
York man of high reputation as a law
yer and it. is hoped that his report will
i go far toward fixing the real status of
II he case.
The president had not been in favor
of another investigation until District
Attorney Hoyt of Nome made a report
partially adverse to Wickersham. It
‘ is claimed that Hoyt conferred with
nobody in'he Tatiana except Wicker*
sham's enemies and that he was enter*
i tained in their houses. The Wicker
sham men say that Hoyt’s report was a
botch.
Wickersham Reappointed
Washington, D. March 5—Presi
I dent Roosevelt today signed the com
mission of James Wickersham to be
! judge of the Third judicial district of
: Alaska.
A bitter fight has been waged against
Wickersham by Senators Nelson, Me*
v'umber and others, but the attorney
general. who has immediate supervis
ion of Alaska judges, insinted that the
Tnnnnn judge ’a tccore •.ns .'.bote re
proach, and recommended that he
be re-appointed.
BIG FIGHT ON
FOR HARRIMAN
Interstate Commerce Commission
May Try to Break Up His
Combination.
Dy Cable to T'ue Dally Gateway.
New York, March v -It is rumored
and generally believed upon what [
seems good authority that the inter-!
state commerce commission will soon !
oflicially direct the separation of the |
Southern Pacific From the Pnion I*a
cilie. which are now practically under
one management in the Harriman j
combination.
It is understood that, rivals of Har
riman in the railroad world art' in the
move against him. and it is promised j
that another light, is on like that j
against the Northern Securities Com
pany, in which .lames,!. Hill lost out!
on his holding corporation to control
three railroads. Harriman will tight
the attack uppon him through the
supreme court, and Wall street is much
1 interested.
GANS AND NELSON
TO FIGHT JULY 4
By Cable to The Dal^y Gateway
Goldfield, Nov., March 5* Tex llick
ards announced today that he has
signed Joe Gans and Battling Nelson
to fight July 4 in Ely, Nevada, for a
purse of $:w,0()0.
SANTA CLARA ARRIVES
Brings Lumber for Railroad and Gen
eral Merchandise for Merchants
Steamer Santa Clara arrived from
[Seattle Monday evening at 8. She
I left Valdez for Seward at 4 o’clock
Sunday afternoon, but a heavy snow
storm compelled her to lay-to at La
! touche during the entire night. The
Santa Clara’s Seward cargo consisted
of lumber for the Alaska Central and
general merchandise for local mer
j chants. She sailed for Seattle at mid
! night Tuesday.
The Hubbard-Elliott people have
twenty-seven men employed at their
copper camp on Knight island. A
wharf is being rapidly constructed.
“ELIJAH” DOWIE
DIES IN ZION
Noted Adventurer Never Recov
ered Health After Deposition
by His Church.
REFUSED ALL MEDICAL AID
Educated for Ministry and Served in
That Profession Before Becom
ing Religious Fakir.
By Cable to Tba Dally Gateway.
Chicago, March 9 Alexander Dowie
died this morning at <S o’clock in his
house in Zion City. Following the
theory of his religious faith and teach
ings he refused to accept medical
treatment and no doctor was ever sum
moned for him. The cause of death
is believed to have been blood poi
soning, followed by dropsy.
It lias been known that Dowie was
verv weak ever since his return to
Zion the last time but bis actual con
dition was kept a secret and only a
few intimate followers were admitted
to see him. He had been failing
steadily ever since the war in the
church which lost to him control of
the church property and the church
leadership. After his first collapse he
seemed to rally for a short time but
nevsr recovered his former vigor.
Dowie was a native of Scotland and
was educated as a minister. He was
a pastor in Australia for several years
and then came to the United States.
He located in Chicago and in turn
operated as a “healer,” real estate bro
ker, newspaper proprietor and manu
facturer. He founded a lace-making
industry near Waukegan, north of
Chicago, which developed into “Zion.
Therp. h,* nroe.Uumed himself to be the
prophet Elijah reincarnated. He was
a very able man, though a fakir.
BLOOD SHED AT
DOUMA SESSION
Czar’s Soldiers Ruthlessly Ride
Through Crowd of People
Injuring Scores.
Sv Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Si Petersburg. March •"» Tilt* ses
>ion of the second douma opened ihi>
morning. A vast crowd assembled iu
front i f the building in which the
douma has its sittings. The troops ap
peared and rode through the surging
mass of humanity, injuring scores of
people. __
STRIKE OF 1500 MEN
CLOSES LUMBER MILLS
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Portland. March 8 Six of the larg
est lumber mills in Portland shut down
today because of tin* strike of l.KX) em
ployes for higher wages.
The lumber companies have agreed
to resist the demand and other mills
will probably be closed by a walkout
within a day or two.
TO PROTECT FORESTS
Secretary of Interior Withdraws
Certain Lands in Alaska
On January 28, 1!H)7, the secretary
of the interior withdrew the vacant,
unappropriated public lands within
the areas described below from all
forms of disposal under the public
land laws, except the mineral lands
laws, for the protected Chugael Forest
Reserve in Alaska: All the mainland
area between the sutnit of Chugael
rango and the ocean, between Copper
river on the east and the divide be
tween Port Wells and Turnagain Arm
on the west and all of the lands of
the Prince William Sound region be
tween Copper river on the east and
Cape Puget on the west. This does
not effect any claims legally entered
prior to this date, and properly held
in the future.
Henry Deyo, chief engineer of the
Copper River & Northwestern Ry, has
resigned his position and wiil devote
his time exclusively to his interior
mining properties.
JEROME SAYS
EVELYN LIED
Claims Stanford White Was Not
in Studio Night Girl f ixes
as Her Ruin.
By Cabla to Tb« Dally Gateway.
New York, March !» Jerome expects
to prove by a letter written by Stan
ford White at another place that it was
impossible for him to be at his Twenty
fourth street studio the night Kvelyn
Nesbit Thaw charges her ruin by
White in that house.
It is stated today that the < ountess
of Yarmouth lias said that in the event
| of her brother’s acquittal of White’s
murder her family will demand that
! he abandon his wife.
Defense .Closes Case
New York, March 8— Del mas an
nounced for the defense this morning
that they rested their case. At the
request of Jerome an adjournment was
taken until Monday, when the state
will begin its rebuttal. No objection
was made by the defense.
May McKenzie, Kvelyn Thaw’s
friend, will be the first witness called
by the prosecution. Mrs. Thaw her
self will also be put on by the state.
Thaw’s Hother Collapses
New York, March 6—Mrs. Thaw,
mother of Harry Thaw, took the wit
ness stand in her son’s behalf this
afternoon. She laid her soul bare,
telling of her son’s heriditary insane
tendencies. The strain proved too
great for the mother, who is well ad
vanced in years, and she utterly col
lapsed, and had to Ik* removed from the
courtroom.
STEVE ADAMS
JURY DISAGREE
1 After Long Deliberation Are Dis
charged Because Cannot
Reach Verdict.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Wallace. Idaho, March 8 The jury
in the Steve Adams case disagreed
and was liinally discharged last night
by the judge, as it was apparent no
j verdict could be reached.
It is believed that tin- ease will
eventually be dropped as it i- thought
j doubtful whether a conviction can
ever be secured and Shoshone county
can hardly stand the expense of an
other trial. Adams will probably be
tried on another murder charge in an
other county.
SARATOGA REACHES PORT
Brings Small Cargo This Trip and
Sailed South Today.
Steamer Saratoga arrived in port
j from Seattle yesterday at ll:l">a. m.
She brought only nine passengers and
about forty tons of general cargo. She
i left bridge timber on the dock in Seat
tie because the cars could not be
| brought in close enough to transfer
I She also had a heavy cargo for the
! Tanana, including seventy-two steers
! which had been shod in Seattle tc
i drive over the trail.
On the Saratoga from Seattle were
I H. A. McClure, formerly of the Alaska
! Central and now superintendent of con
! struction for the Kutalla railroad, with
fifty-six engineers and other employes
for the new line. The sea was sc
rough tnat the lighters could not come
out and after waiting a few hours
Capt. Moore brought the entire outfit
to Valdez, where they were transferr
ed with their baggage to the Santa
Clara, to be taken back to Katalla.
The Saratoga sailed for Seattle
this afternoon at 12:30.
Bertha Sails Southward
Steamer Bertha arrived from Seattle
Sunday afternoon. Stoppage at way
ports delayed the steamer several days
longer than the trip ordinarily con
sumes. She sailed for Kodiak next
morning and returned Thursday, sail
ing the same day for Seattle.
Alfred Lowell will open up his placer
ground on Lowell creek as soon as he
returns from the mail trip to Tyonok.
From Cape Prince of Wales, Amer
icon soil Asia can be seen across only
thirty-two miles of the Bering sea.
GREAT NORTHERN
LINER WRECKED
Steamship Dakota Runs on Reef
Forty Miles South of
Yokohama.
PASSENGERS TAKEN ASHORE
Weather Was Clear, and Cause of
Mishap Assigned to Currents
Changing Vessel’s Course.
Special to The Sally Gateway.
Seattle, March 4 The Great North
ern steamer Dakota was wrecked last
night, forty miles south of Yokohama.
Japan. She struck on a reef, sprung a
leak and immediately began to fill.
The passengers were quickly taken
ashore, without confusion or undue ex
citement. The vessel i-» in a danger
ous position, and if a storm arises
before aid reaches the big liner, she
will be pounded to pieces against the
rocks. The weather was clear, and
the cause of the wreck is assigned u>
swift currents veering the vessel from
her set course.
The Dakota sailed for the Orient
from Seattle February 17, in command
of Captain Emil Francke. She had
nine-four passengers on iKiurcl. among
whom were several foreign and I’nited
States army oltieer*. th»* latter i-nroute
to the Philippines. II. A. Schoenfelu,
a Seattle business man, and his brother
and sister were also on l>oard.
Will Be Total Loss
Seattle, 2 p. in. March 4 Late re
ports} from Tokio, Japan, state that
the steamship Dakota will be a total
loss. Heavy seas are running and
pounding the vessel on the rocks, and
the steamers sent to her relief are
unable to render any assistance.
Dakota Pounding to Pieces
Seattle. March 5 Latest reports
from the scene of the Dakota wreck
state that the big liner is pounding to
pieces against the rocky leef. All at
tempts to release the vessel are futile.
DAKOTA SEEMS LOST AND
WILL NOT BE REPLACED
By Cable to TUo Dally Gateway.
Seattle, March S Dispatches from
tlii’ Orient to tin* (ireat Northen
Steamship Company state that tie
steamship Dakota is resting on foot
roek>. with big hole*-, dented in her
bottom and that »h<' is likeh to break
to pieces soon.
It is announced Irom St. Paul that
James .1. Hill has said le* will not re
place the vessel it she is lost, as tie
j business done by her and tie* Minne
sota has not readied expectations.
ABANDONS DAKOTA TO
INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS
By Cable to Tbo Dally Gatoway.
Seattle, March 9 The (ireat North
ern Steamship Company formally
abandoned the steamship Dakota to
the insurance underwriters yesterday
evening. James ,). Hill settled with
the insurers for $2,500,000.
BOAT GOING TO KU5KOKWIM
Alaska Coast Company will fiend
Steamer with .Miners in April
The Seattle Times says:
Believing there is a future in the
unexplored country bordering on the
Kuskokwim river in Alaska Capt.
i Omar J. Humphrey, president of the
Alaska Coast Company, announced
this morning that he would dispatch a
vessel from Seattle, about April 15, for
the river ports of Quinhagan and Beth
el.
Prominent mining men throughout
the country have had their eyes on
the Kuskokwim district for several
years but no regular steamship service
has been offered. The vessel to be
sent North by the Alaska Coast com
pany will make one round trip, and
Capt. Humphrey said that he had sev
eral raining parties booked for the
voyage. The steamship to engage in
the new trade will be of sufficient
capacity to carry what freight will be
offered.
The Yukon, one of the largest rivers
on the American continent, is navi
gable for 2,500 miles. It carries as
much water as the Mississippi. Its
mouth is ninety miles wide.