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GOVERNMENT SHOWS LACK INTEREST
It is as much a government function for scientific de
termination as to which is best for a half dozen or more
geophysical methods for the development of our various
supposed mineral fields, as it is for the agricultural de
partment to study' the renewal of the strength of the soils
and the adaption of different soils to different agricul
tural products.
We find the Canadian government arranging to
spend many millions of dollars to aid the exploitation of
the great mineral deposits of the Hudson bay country.
We find Sweden taking an advanced position in the
use of the geophysical method—the electric method—in
discovering the hidden riches of Sweden.
We find in our own country, naturally endowed with
rich and varied mineral deposits, taking no steps, so far
as the governmental bureaus are concerned, in bringing
to light new mineral fields by using geophysical methods
in connection with geological data. It is not to be supposed
that geophysical prospecting can be developed to its great
est use by private capital.
The people of the West and Alaska should stand to
gether and insist on being heard as to the necessity of
greater appropriations for the study and solution of the
great problems of mineral prospecting, mineral develop
ment and mineral treatment.
Until they do this we cannot expect this great basic
industry which so largely contributed to our wealth and
prosperity, to expand sufficiently to take care of the
needs of this or the next generation of our people.
That Craig riot where a gang drank extracts and
went wild, was easy for the officers tp get on the scent.
A movement is on foot to reduce crime among our
alien population. Possibly keeping theta from associating
with the native population would help.
An Indiana woman had a cracked skull four years be
fore finding it out. Still, some of these Alaskan politicians
have cracked brains a lifetime and never find it out.
Hickman wants to be burned at the stake. Even tho
California doesn’t gratify his desire, Billy Sunday’s the
ology ought to be reassuring.
The Statue of Liberty is to have a bath this spring.
And the thing it stands for needs a tonic.
Some fellows are so busy trying to uplift their neigh
bors that no time is left for making a living.
Hoover took long chances on the California vote by
throwing his hat in the ring. and then hying himself to
Florida.
To the great delight of the linotypters and proof
reader's, the Voukitchevitch ministry in Belgrade is thru.
The tempest still rages around the Teapot.
HOMESTEAD FOR SALE CHEAP
$2000 3
Worth $5,000
Henry Coulliard Moose Pass
20 acres cleared; 7 acres under cultivation
Includes house and bam, cattle, three head of
horse, 200 chickens, impliments of all kinds; in
fact everything on the farm,
160 ACRES PATENTED IN 1927
Reason: 111 health necessitates this sale
GOLD OUTPUT OVER 50 PERCENT
OF ALL MINERAL WEALTH
YIELDED
The mineral production of Alaska
from 1880 to the end of 1927 was val
ued at $586,003,092, according to fig
ures taken from the annual Customs
report for 1927, issued recently by J.
C. McBride, Collector. Production
statistics were compiled by the United
States Geological Survey covering
from 1880 to 1926 inclusive and the
Custom house figures for last year.
The gold production was the big
gest factor in the mineral out-put, its
value being $365,702,107. Up to the
end of 1926 Alaskan gold mines had
yielded 17,430,000 fine ounces, valued
at $360,308,000, of which $243,679,000
was from placer and $116,629,000 was
from lode mines.
Other mineral fields
Copper ranks second in value in the
mineral field. Its production up to
the end of last year totalled $196,172,
878. For about 10 years it has an
nually exceeded in value the produc
tion of all other minerals.
Alaska has produced $11,214,731
worth of silvery since 1880. Coal,
which is steadily increasing in volume
of production, has been produced to
the value of about $5,500,000. The
lead production, largely a by-product
of gold mines* was worth $1,327,974.
Tin ore and concentrates were valued
at $1,003,886. The value of miscel
laneous medals, including marble, plat
inum metals, etc, was $4,725,000. An
timony, a wartime product, was mined
to the value of $238,000. ,
Output by Years
The output of the Alaskan mineral
industry by years follows:
1880-1890 _......_-.? 4,193,919
191 ...... 1.011,211
1892 ....- 1,019,493
1893 .. .. 1,104,982
. -.t 9 *
1894
1,339,332
1895 . 2,588,832
1896 ... 2,$55,029
1897 . 2,539,294
1898 ....-.-. 2,329,016
1899 . 5,425,262
1900
1901 ...
1902 _
7,995,209
7,306,381
S,475,813
1903 . 9,088,564
1904 . 9,627,495
1905 16,490,720
1906 . 23,501,770
1907 . 20,840,571
1908 . 20,092,501
1909 . 21,140,810
1910 .. 16,875,226
1911 ,. 20,720,480
1912 . 22,581,943
1913 . 19,547,292
1914 .. 19,109,731
1915 _L_. 32,790,344
1916 _____ 4S,386,508
1917 ___ 40,694,804
1918 2___ 28,218,936
1919 ........- 19,626,824
1920 _:__ 23,330,586
1921 16,994,302
1922 . 19,420,121
1923 . 20,330,643
1924 .-.. ..._ 17,457,333
1925 —___i_ 18,220,692
1926 ..-. 17,664,800
..1927 .i___ 15,033,092
Total ..
_$586,003,092
You read it in The Gateway first.
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8 O’CLOCK — ONE SHOW — 8 O’CLOCK
Zane Grey’s
GREAT HISTORICAL SPECTACLE PLAY
“The Vanishing
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A TEN REEL SUPER FEATURE
What the “Covered Wagon” was to the early
settlers, this play is to the American Indian. It
is not of Indians only but tells the fascinating
tale of their downward trend under the onrush
of white men.
A MAGNIFICENT PICTURE STORY
One of the outstanding photoplays of the year To match the
picture a most unusual cast was selected headed by
RICHARD DIX - LOIS WILSON
NOAH BEERY
MALCOLM McGREG0R
And they do very fine work. An epic of the Red
man, showing him in many periods from the
Cave Dwellers down to the present, all staged
in the most beautiful background of Northern
Arizona scenery. A picture that everyone living
in America should see.
Zane Grey has made a thrilling, wonderful
story from historical incidents and facts—both
an intensely interesting entertainment and
an extremely instructive one. If you want to
see something great come tonight.
NOTICE—This is one of the big special productions
and shows at advance prices everywhere but instead
"of charging the usual 75c we are putting the price
at 50c for adults and 25c for kids in the hope more
people will see the play. All children under 12 years
may go in free IF accompanied by both parents or
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