UNSMELTED GOLD
BE EXPORDED
UNDER NEW LAW
The gold embargo is still in ef
fect, but the exportation of ores,
concentrates, precipitates and un
retorted amalgam containing gold
but not smelted or refined is per
missible, according to a decision by
Frank Dow. acting commissioner
of customs at Washington, D. C.
Reports received at customs of
fices complained that due to high
er market prices, gold was being
illegally shipped to foreign coun
tries.
At San Francisco the Selby
Smelter of the American Smelting
& Refining Company is said to be
working out a plan to purchase
amalgam, concentrates, p r e cipi
tates and gold ore for export to
Europe, paying therefor at the
rate of $20 an ounce of the gold
content and issuing what may be
termed profit-sharing certificates
for a share in whatever greater
amount may be received, after de
ducting certain charges for services
and cost of marketing.
Regulations permitting the ex
port of gold in the form of unre
torted amalgam, in addition to cy
anide preciptates, concentrates and
unsmelted ore, has created great
interest in the- West and Alaska
where a large quantity of gold is
produced in that form.
Amalgam isa combination of
quicksilver and gold. Quicksilver, or
mercury, is placed in contact with
crushed ore or placer gravels and
“picks up” the precious rneta Is,
forming amalgam. The amalgama
tion process is used largely in Wes
tern mills and to some extent in
dredges to catch the fine gold
that escapes the riffles. In the
large mills the amalgam is retorted,
the mercury being removed by va- !
porizing, and the gold melted and j
cast into bars of convenient size.
Cyanide precipitates may also be
exported. The cyanide solution dis
solves the gold from crushed and
roasted ores and this gold in sol
ution is preciptatcd with zinc shav
ings.
United States gold miners have
applied to the Canadian govern
ment for permission to ship their
ore and concentrates into Canada
for smelting and refining. The fix
ed American mint gold price i s
$20.67. The average gold price in
Canada of late has been about
$29.05 an ounce. Alaskan gold in
terests are among the American
applicants and Alaskan gold along
with close-in American gold would
be refined in northern Ontario.
American gold would be refined at
Trail, B. C. Final processing into
pure gold has to be done at the
Ottawa mint.
YOU'LL BE DELIGHTED with a
trip to a Century of Progress
Exposition, planned for you by the
Northern Pacific Railway. Every
detail arranged in advance to suit
your purse and individual desires.
Rail fare, sleeper, meals, hotel room,
sight-seeing trips, admission to the
Fair...all covered in one payment
if you like.
At the low round-trip fares you can ride on the
New NORTH COAST LIMITED
direct to Chicago from Seattle without change.
For fares or reservations, write, cable or call on
KARL K. KATZ, /Alaska Representative
200 Sml\h Tower, Seattle ^
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY <3
Picture framing and enlarging. Developing and printing.
Seattle ice cream. Candies, Tobaccos. Flowers made to order
Sylvia’s
For proper Auto Repairing, Plumbing, General Machine Work, • j
Aceteylene Welding, Steamfitting, Tinning and Auto Servicing J j
let a properly equipped Machine Shop do the work. All Work J j
Guaranteed. Phone Madison 56. j i
SEWARD MACHINE SHOP !
Cameron’s Cafe
THE BEST PLACE TO EAT
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cameron, Props.
Coal
YOU CAN PURCHASE IT FROM
US BY THE
SACK OR IN CARLOAD LOTS
GVAN JONES, Lump, Pea, Nut and mine run coal.
PREMIER Goal, HEALY Lump or Nut
WOOD, COAL, ICE ’£?, GRAIN, and TRANSFERING
Alaska Transfer
Office in Aicade Building Phone Main 81
H. V. HOBFK A. F. DAVJR
Kashega Notes
(By Special Correspondent)
Fishing on the South side c*f
Unalaska Island this year was un
profitable.
The MS. Polar Bear arrived at
Kashega on July 29. and the USS.
Tahoe on July 30. The Coast Guard
ship brought government doctors
and a dentist.
* * * *
Harry Jacobsen has returned
from Raven Bay to make his home
in Kashega.
* * * *
Harry Swanson arrived at Kash
ega on August 10 with his boat, the
Kanaga Native. He brought John
Rankin and supplies. Pete Olsen,
from Makushin, was also a pass
enger for Kashega.
The weather at Kashega. up to
August 18, had been cold and rainy.
Announcement was made late
today by the local Railroad office
that a Brill car will leave Anch
orage at 1 p.m. Saturday for Sew
ard and will leave Seward at 6
p.m. for Curry. The regular train
for Fairbanks will leave Seward at
7:30 a.m. Sunday.
Next Monday Sept. 18, will again
be one-half PRICE SPECIAL DAY
for Dry Cleaning. Send your “dry
clean” to the Seward Steam Laun
dry on that day and have it done
perfectly and to your entire satis
faction at one-half the regular
price. Remember, next Monday!
Paulsteiner’s Market
* Armour’s Quality Meats
l Blue Ribbon Poultry
Hams, Bacon
J Fish and Oysters
{ Fresh Eggs and Butter
! PHONE ADAMS 56
EXPERT
BARBERING
Harry Bowers
NEW SHOP
Next To Offender's
DRINK MILK FOR HEALTH
PURE BREED STOCK
PRODUCES ALL OP
MILK and CREAM
•Seward Dairy
DIVIDEND
PAID SEMI-ANNUALLY
We recently distributed a Semi-Annual Dividend
of $3,000.00 to our Savings Depositors. If you
were not one of the fortunate ones why not open
a Savings Account and profit by your thrift?
We pay 4% on Savings Accounts.
Bank of Seward
ESTABLISHED 1905
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
• From the Alaska press)
Steps have just been taken by
Commissioner Frank T. Bell, of the
United States Bureau of . Fisher
ies, to curb the pollution of her
ring spawning waters. A new regu
lation, just approved by the Sec- I
cretary of Commerce has been i
written by the Commissioner. It j
prohibits the dumping of dead]
herring and offal in all bays which I
herring spawn.
* * * *
The Superior Fisheries Company,1
operating at Tenakee, paid out ap- :
proximately $60,000 during the cur- I
rent salmon season to fishermen
and cannery workers, largely In- |
dians. it was made known in the j
Juneau Empire by J. T. Tenneson, 1
President, who came to Juneau
with 2.000 cases of salmon for
Juneau unemployment relief next
i Winter.
-—«
I The regular passenger train will
| be on time tonight. There will be
i no train North until after the ar
■ rival of the SS. Northwestern.
Next Monday Sept. 18, will again
be one-half PRICE SPECIAL DAY
for Dry Cleaning. Send your “dry
clean” to the Seward Steam Laun
dry on that day and have it done
perfectly and to your entire satis
faction at one-half the regular
price. Remember, next Monday!
REEVE AIRWAYS
R. C. REEVE, Pilot
Air Service to Any Part of
Alaska—Freight and Passenger
Transportation at Reasonable
Rates
NUKA BAY
Transportation
Company
ms rolfh hi
Capt. Pete Sattaer
Twice monthly sailings on
15th and 30th
Inquire at Seward Drug Co.
For Hire or Charter
SEWARD WATER SUPPLY
Seward, Alaska
“Good water a necessity in every home”
Wayne Blue, Agent
Office, Arcade Building—Phone, Main 81
Van Gilder Hotel
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY
ROOM—STEAM HEAT
J. S. Badger, Prop.
Premier Coal
Unwashed, so you are not buying moisture.
Lowest in ash, so you are not buying
Foreign matter.
Highest in Heating Units, so you buy
more Heat
SEE GOVERNMENT TESTS.
Save on your fuel bill. Premier Costs no
more than other coal.
WE GUARANTEE RESULTS.
Alaska Matanuska Coal Company
A. H. McDonald Resident Agent Anchorage
ORDER THROUGH ALASKA TRANSFER
Seward
Pacific Alaska Airways,
Inc.
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Running On Regular Schedule
and
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