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(Juneau Empire)
John H. Mackenzie, one of the big
factors in the Alaska Juneau mine, is
so well known in this neighborhood as
an associate of F. W. Bradley and as
a former manager of the Stratton
properties at Cripple Creek, of the Le
Roi mine at ■ Rossland and the Gold
field Consolidated, that it is not re
membered by all that he was one of
those who joined the Klondike rush
and that he made over $100,000 in two
years’ connection with mining there.
The story of Mr. Mackenzie’s connec
tion with the Klondike rush is briefly
told in an interview with T. A. Rick
ard, editor of the San Francisco Min
ing and Scientific Press, already quot
ed in The Empire.
Mr. Mackenzie was manager of
the Stratton properties at Cripple
creek and a director in the corporation
which controlled the Portland mine
when the Dawson rush came. There
had been a good deal of trouble among
the owners of those properties, and
Mr. Mackenzie says the directors at
tended directors’ meetings loaded with
guns, and he was constantly expect
ing a shooting scrape at one of these
meetings. He was detailing this sit
uation in his interview when Mr. Rick
ard asked him why he left the Port
land mine. In his answers to that and
other questions, he told his Klondike
story. He answered:
“On account of these rows and
bickerings. My engagement was only
for a year, so that when the year
elapsed, I went to the Yukon. That
was in 1898, the year of the big stam
pede. Stratton was interested with
me in the venture. I took six assist
ants with me, and sent them ahead
over the ice to Dawson, following
them myself in the spring gf '99 on
the old steamer Leelanaw. She was
torpedoed recently by the Germans.”
“That must have been an exciting
episode?”
“It was; a mob of people were going
to the diggings. Most of them did not
know what they were going to do. I
went by water to St. Michael, and up
the Yukon to Dawson, so that I miss
ed the horrors of the White Pass. Ar
riving at Dawson I saw a great crowd
of people camped on the river, a town
was being built rapidly, warehouses
were going up—the usual excitement
of a mining camp—but I did not
stay long in Dawson. I went out on
the creeks and stayed there for near
ly a month, tramping around and in
vestigating. Finally I bought some
claims on Bonanza creek, between Fox
and Monte Cristo gulches, and ex
tending down to Bonanza. I also start
ed a survey up the creeks, with the
idea of building a railroad. 1 had
sent men up among the diggers to
check off the amount of freight that
was coming in, to find out what it was
costing. The profit to be made on 60
days’ freight would have paid the cost
of a narrow gauge railroad. 1 took
the plan to Ottawa, but I could not get
a charter without giving the greater
part of it away to political grafters.
It was two years before we got the
charter, and by that time the interest
that was left to Stratton and myself
was only 36 per cent, 64 per cent hav
ing gone to Ottawa lobbyists. I re
gret to have to say that at that time
Canadian politics was thoroughly rot
ten.”
“Did you return to Dawson?”
“From Ottawa, yes. I went in over
the ice from Skagway with a dog
team. That was in March 1899. At
that time Dawson had become more
settled; they had built better trails
up the creeks; the claims were being
worked systematically and with in
tense energy. I worked my claims
two years, and then sold them at a
profit of $66,000, of which Stratton
was entitled to half, but he refused to
tpke any of it, thanks to his generos
ity. I sold because I had decided that
I did not want to live there. The win
ters were too cold and the work re
quired too much supervision. Inci
TALKEET1
TALKEETNA, Feb. 26.—Rev. Mc
Bride, of Anchorage, and Rev. Hughes,
of Matanuska, arrived here Friday, en
route to Dead Horse hill, where serv
ices were held Sunday morning. Fol
lowing the services the ministers made
the 22-mile trip, by dog team, in five
hours, holding evening services here.
Services were held in Peter Richlin’s
hotel, men coming from near-by
camps to attend. Mr. Richlin invited
everyone to remain after the services,
to exchange greetings with the visit
ors. Our people hope to see them
again in the near future. They visit
ed the native families in this vicinity
and found them to be in a healthy con
dition.
Indian Nicholai killed a black fox
last week, about two miles up the Su
sitna river from Talkeetna. Those
who saw the skin say it is a perfect
specimen.
The cribbing of the river bank at
camp 227 is about completed.
The weather conditions are ideal for
the prospector who is on the trail, get
ting his supplies into the hills for his
summer’s prospecting trip. K. G. K.
AT THE EMPRESS.
A Vital Drama of Modern Passions
and Weaknesses.
“Wormwood,” a photoplay of vivid,
pulsing action and heart-touching
charm, together with a most notewor
thy cast, is to be the feature at the
Empress theatre this Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 6 and 7.
John Sainpolis, who enacts Gaston
Beauvais, the “absintheur,” one of the
principal and most striking characters,
is known all over the country for his
work in David Warfield’s “Return of
Peter Grim,” in .which he played Mr.
Warfield’s part during the latter’s en
forced absence from the stage. In
New York the critics placed Mr. Sain
polis’ work on a par with that of War
field himself and devoted much space
to his praise. His work in "Worm
wood” may be classed among the most
brilliant of his successful career.
Beauvais affords him splendid oppor
tunity of which he takes full advan
tage, resulting in one of the most
striking bits of dramatic portraiture
of recent times.
In the cast supporting Mr. Sain
polis, are Ethel Kauffman, Chas. Ar
thus, Edgar Davenport, Steven Grat
ten, Philip Hahn, Lillian Dilworth,
Frank DeVemon, Caroline Harris and
Bertha Brundage. Altogether no
photoplay so far produced has been
accorded such a powerful cast as has
this magnificent production of “Worm
wood.” 558
dentally, I may say that I was one of
the first to recognize the usefulness of
steam thawing and to use. After sell
ing my claims, I came out to Seattle
and bought all the small boilers I
could find in Seattle, Tacoma, Port
Inad and Vancouver. Altogether, I
got about 35 small boilers, some small
hoists, thawing tools, pipe, and so
forth, and shipped them to Dawson.”
“You made money over that?”
“Yes, I cleared about $50,000 out of
that deal.”
“Speaking of thawing do you refer
to the use of steam points?"
“Yes. At first the people on the,
creeks used to take empty gas tanks,
the kinds used for charging soda wa
ter. They were about six inches in
diameter inside, and about five feet
long, standing a pressure of probably
1,000 pounds per square inch. Then
they drilled dozens of little holes about
%-inch all around them, cut off short
pieces of pipe, about a foot long, weld
ed one end, cut a thread on the other—
so that they played the part of a tub
ular boiler—and screwed these short
pieces into the boiler; then admitted
feed water near the bottom and drew
steam at the top. The tank or mini
ature boiler was set on end, enclosed
in stones cemented in mud, and a fire
was built at the bottom. The steam
thus generated went to the ‘points,'
which were steel pipes with a solid
piece of steel welded at the front end
so that they could be driven into the
ground like drills.”
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The Parent-Teachers’ association
held their regular monthly meeting
Friday afternoon, Mrs. Beeson presid
ing. The puplis of Mrs. Wagner's
room gave an interesting little exer
cise on “The Cycle of Wool.” Mrs.
Hilton sang delightfully. Dr. Ross
gave a very practical talk on the care
of the teeth. This was followed by a
short business meeting, after which
coffee and cake were served by the
refreshment committee.
Last Tuesday evening the High
school girls went up against the Com
mission girls team and held them to a
score of 8 to 11. In view of the fact
that a substitute had to be put in we
consider the score fairly satisfactory,
but in tomorrow’s game we hope to
do much better.
The science class is taking a short
course in geology to supplement their
phyisical geography.
A panel picture of the American
poets is a new feature of the English
room. This is the first of the class of
pictures which we hope to have in all
the rooms.
The High school class enjoyed an
other one of Dr. C. C. Benedict’s in
teresting talks on “White Plague.”
This is the second talk of the series
that Dr. Benedict has given.
The seventh and eighth grade his
tory classes were busy preparing an
Indian exhibit last week. Many curi
os from all parts of the United States
and Alaska were collected and looked
at by the children in Miss Clark’s
room.
Arrest—You may rest assured that
the best meals are at Cameron’s
Cafe. 354
All the good things in the baking
line at the North Pole. 429
Watch A. L. U. space. Something
brewing. 548
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