A BANJO WIZARD
Speaking of Seward’s Nekefer-;
off’s and other talented Alaskan!
musicans, Kodiak boasts the ‘Eddie
Peabody” of the North in the per
son of Johnny Hubley whose wiz
ardry on a banjo is nothing less
than miraculous. It is known that
Johnny has turned “thumbs down”
on a number of offers from the
states, including broadcast sta
tions and vaudeville.
EASTER CARDS and NOVEL
TIES at the Alaska Shop.
CALL FOR BIDS
Sealed bids wil be received until
3:00 p. m. May 24, 1933, and then
publicly opened, for furnishing all
labor and materials and perform
ing all work for placing approxi
mately 2,000 cubic yards of armor
rock on the existing mound break
water at the t Harbor of Refuge,
Seward, Aaska. Further informa
tion on application to the U. S.
Engineer Office, 412 Federal build
ing, Seattle, Wash.
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PHONE MAIN 132
m warn
Seward 38, calm, snowing;. Divide
32, Moose Pass 30, Haunter 36,
Grandview 34, Tunnel 35, Portage
30, Bird 34, Anchorage 33, Curry
30, all cloudy and calm; Broad
Pass 24, snowing .light south wind;
Healy 22, clear, strong south wind;
Neriana 22. clear, calm; Fairbanks
25, clear, calm.
General situation—High pressure
prevails over the northern United
States and Canada with maximum
30.78 at The Pas. A disturbance is
centered over Texas with minimum
29.76 at Amarillo. The disturbance
in the upper Gulf of Alaska has
nearly disappeared but the one to
the westward maintains its energy
and appears to be centered and
south of the Pribilof Islands with
minimum about 29.20 inches
Moderate hih pressure is indi
cated over lower and middle lati
tudes with maximum probably
about 30.30 inches in 35 north and
145 -west the highest baromater
on the coast is 30.22 at Eureka and'
the lowest 29.26 at Dutch Harbor.1
Winds and weather off Pacific'
Coast—North of Cape Blanco, gen-;
tie changeable winda and fair Fri-j
day. Between Cape Blanco and j
Pont oCnception. moderate north-!
west winds and cloudy or foggy;
south of Point Conception, inoder- j
ate northwest and fair but with;
morning cloud or fog.
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TAILOR SHOP •
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and Co.
High Grade Line of
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
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MARINE, AUTOMOTIVE AND COMMERCIAL
MACHINISTS A NI) ELECTRICIANS
—DEALERS IN—
Buick and Chevrolet cars—Deloo Light
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Seward Light & Power
Light Power and Telephone Service
Contractors and dealers in electrical sup
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10 POUNDS ROUGH DRY. Mini
mum only $1.25
10 POUNDS II. K. FINISH. Mini
mum only $2.00
IF IT IS LAUNDERING, CLEANING,
PRESSING, HAT BLOCKING, ETC.,
WE CAN DO rr.
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REP. JOE. S. HOEMi
WRITES INTERESTINGLY
ALASKA JUNEAU MINE:
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(By Rep. J. S. Hofman of Seward,1
at Juneau) *
The management of the Alaska
Juneau mine invited the members
of the territorial Legislature to
visit thimine and mill on Wed-,
nesday, March 29. Taking advant-1
ago of this offer we called at the
mine office at 9 a. m. and were
taken up the hill on an inclined
tramway to the entrance of the
tunnel leading to the mine proper
which is on the second hill from
the shoreline. I
I believe I can best describe to
you a layman’s impression by
jumping from the entrance to the
bottom of the workings and follw
' ing the ore back.
So we go to the 1050-foot level.
That means we are about 2,000 feet
der the entrance and 600 feet un
der sea level. There are tunnels in
all directions trades for ’ hauling
the ore to a central loading pen.
On these levels they use five-ton
side-dump car, which dumps the
ore in a bunker cut out of solid
rock, and from there it is picked
up in the skiffs of from three to
five-ton capacity and taken up an
incline shaft to the main tunnel.
I noticed on ail the levels great
rooms cut in the solid rock for
hoists, shops, etc., and on the up
per level an office. We climbed
into one of the skiffs and went up
on the 600-foot level, where we
saw one of the great glory holes
we have heard about. This is a
gigantic cavern in the heart of the
mountain about 120 feet long, 40
feet wide and about the, same
depth. I noticed that the roof
was shot in waves, that is, there
were centers hanging down. The
length of these waves appeared
about 100 feet. On inquiry I learned
the reason for this is that they,
leave these chambers idle till;
needed, which may be some time,1
and by shooting in the manner de-:
scribed hope they will cave in and;
save shooting down.
By this your readers can see
how well these people figure every
advantage.
Before we return to the main
tunnel a few words on the forma
tion by one who doesn’t know any
thing about it.
The general appearance of the
ore bodies makes one think of a
gigantic chimney shot through
with large and small kidneys of a
glassy white quartz. This is where
the values are. These kidneys lay
in a kind of mica schist. There!
are no veins as we are used to in
our part of the country. The mat
ter in which these pockets occur
is a very fine rock for blasting, no
timbering being needed, and it
seems to shoot on a chalk line.
Now back to the main tunnel.
The ore here is loaded into 10-ton
cars and hauled to the mill in
trains of 40 cars each.
At the mills they have a very
simple system of unloading. They
put four of these cars in a drum
which is open on the upper end,
and the cars just fit in these drums.
The drums turn and the ore is in
the bins below.
From the bins the ore goes on
an endless belt to the sorting ta-1
bles. They have two such. On j
each table there are four men
who pick the ore from the waste.
They pick everything that shows
quartz. In throwing out the
quartz it drops right in the crush
ers an on down by gravity to the
ball mills. From the mill it goes;
right onto the tables. I under
stand they run the ore four times
over the tables. In between each
table run the ore goes through an
other milling to grind it fine. At!
the last table the gold was plainly
visible.
The wiiole proposition is so
tremendous that to a layman it
looks more like a fairy tale than
an accomplished actuality.
In closing, just a few figures I;
have gathered to give you an idea
what a modern wonder this mine i
is: They handle about 12,000 tons
of rock daily, of which about one
half is pay ore; the rest goes to
the waste pile.
They now use 50-pound steel on
their tracks, w'hich they are
changing to 7.0 pounds, or as heavy
as the Alaska Railroad. Their av
erage consumption of electric juice
is 4,150 kilowatts per hour. One
of their main air-compressors uses
4,000 cubic feet of free air per min
ute. They are operated by elec
tricity, the larger one 2,300 volts,
three-phase, 60 cycle, 750 horse
power.
Most of their current is used at
2,300 volts. They have a 23,000 j |
/olt line to transformers.
Dr. A. R. Roberts, Seward den
tist who has been at Valdtz for
the last two weeks, returned on
;he SS Yukon.
LOOKS GOOD
An old shoe will look good if
the heels are kept trim and
straight.
Try the New Goodyear Heels, j
They are soft and resilient. ,
and very tough. j
Seward Leather Works, i
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BARBERING
Go to
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Shower Baths
THE PALACEj!
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SEWARD, ALASKA
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Brushes, Squetgies, Paint and Kalsomine Brushes all sizes.
Mops, Mop Sticks, Mop Heads, ChoTe Boys and Chore Girls,
Climax Wall I a per Cleaner, Buckets, Dish Pans, Wash Basins,
Soaps and Soap Powders, Bon Ami, Boraxo, Scat, Insto, Clorox,
Dutch Cleanser, Blueing, Ammonia and Lye.
For Interior Painting, we recommend:
Fullers Decoret Quick Drying Enamel.
Also Outside all-weather paints, Floor paints, Roof
paints, Stains, Shellac, Varnish, Flat paints, Lin
seed Oil, Turpentine, Dry paints and Kalsomine.
O’Cedar Oil, O’Cedar Mops, Waxglo, Rub-less, Dri
brite Wax, Caloi Liquid Gloss.
Phones connecting all departments
Brown & Hawkins Corp.
Seward
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Alaska
Van Gilder Hotel
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY
ROOM—STEAM HEAT
J. S. Badger, Prop.
Seward Meat Market
Featuri ng
SWIFT’S FRESH CHILLED MEATS
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PHONE MAIN 91
SEWARD WATER SUPPLY
Seward, Alaska
“Good water a necessity in every home”
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Office, Arcade Building—Phone, Main 81
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You Don ’t Need A Fortune Teller
To Advise You of Your Future.
It’s in Your Savings Account Book
The man who can look back and realize that what
ever the demands of the moment may have been he
has made ii an invariable practice to save regularly
is the man who can face the future with confidence.
BUT IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO BEGIN!
We pay 4 per cent interest compounded semi
annually on all savings accounts.
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