'EQUIPMENT OF
,.PANAMA CANAL
SEATTLE Feb. 6.—More than 5,000
tons of railroad equipment and con
struction machinery used in building
the Panama canal will be loaded the
latter part of February in Balboa, Ca
nal Zone, by the steel freighter Turret
Crown and the Barge St. David of the
Coastwise Steamship company for de
livery to the Alaskan Engineering
commission in Cook inlet, Alaska, ac
cording to Seattle advices.
James Griffith & Sons, managing
agents of the Coastwise company,
have contracted with H. P. Warren,
engineering representative of the
Alaska commission, to move the big
shipment of equipment and machinery
from Balboa to Alaska. Announce
ment of the agreement was made by
Warren at his headquarters in the
Bell street warehouse.
In 1915 two cargoes of railroad con
struction material were moved from
Balboa to Anchorage by the Alaska
commission for use in building the
new government railroad.
No Cost for Equipment.
Under the Alaska railroad act the
AJttgca commission gets the Panama
carol equipment and machinery with
out cost, but must pay the expenses of
any repairs as well as the transpor
tation to the north.
“The Turret Crown and the St. Da
vid will load between February .15
and 20," said Warren, “and should
reach Cook inlet the first of March.
They will stop in Seattle on their way
north. If weather conditions are fav
orable, the two vessels will enter Cook
inlet and deliver their cargoes at An
chorage. If ice conditions in the inlet
are adverse, however, they will stop
jfcat Seldovia.
The cargoes to be carried by the
two vessels will consist of one 15-ton
locomotive boiler, four standard loco
motives, 150 flat cars, two steam shov
els, seven narrow gauge locomotives,
and Ledgerwood unloading machine
and one earth spreader, with a com
bined value of $200,000.
Needs More Box Cars.
The equipment and machinery will
be pressed into use with the resump
tion of activity in the building of the
government railroad in the spring.
The Commission will need more box
cars this year as well as a number of
passenger coaches and may also re
quire additional ballast cars, but all
these will have to be purchased in the
United States.
The first cargo of railroad equip
ment and machinery carried from the
canal zone to the Alaska commission’s
northern camps was handled by the
steamship Sinaloa, of C. Henry Smith
Inc., of San Francisco, operating in
the Fuget Sound-South American
trade. The second cargo was carried
by the steam schooner Wilmington.
GENERAL ELECTRIC GIVES
BONUS MONEY TO EMPLOYEES
SCHENECTADY, N. Y„ Feb. 1.—
The second installment of the five
million dollar bonus the General Elec
tric company is giving its employees
this year, was paid in cash to them to
day. The first payment was made late
in 1916 and the other two will be made
June 30 and Dec. 31.
BLIND SOLDIERS LIKE MOVIES.
LONDON, Feb. 2.—Soldiers who
have lost their eyesight are enthusi
astic over moving pictures. Lady
Waterlow frequently conducts small
parties of blinded soldiers from St.
Dunstan’s hotel to cinemas, where she
describes rapidly and clearly the vari
ous pictures as they come on the
screen. The men are especially fond
of illustrated lectures.
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Trial—It was only a trial but I’m
still eating at Cameron’s Cafe. 354
Wood—Phone 40-R.
186
JUNEAU, Feb. 10.—The body of a
man, who is as yet unidentified, was
found this morning on the ice near
the Dickison & Hunter float, lying
half on the ice and half in the water,
frozen to death, although the body
was slightly warm when it reached
the morgue.
When searched, no marks of identi
fication were found on the clothing
and nothing in the pockets except
some tobacco, matches and a regis-|
tration slip showing that a package
had been shipped from Tacoma to San
Francisco by parcels post on Decem
ber 6th, 1916, were found. The re
ceipt for the package was made out
in the name of C. Stoessel, and it is
thought that is the man’s name.
The body was discovered by Wm.
Dickison this morning shortly after 8
o’clock, when he looked from the win
dow of his office on the wharf and
saw the man on the ice. The coroner
was notified and he directed that the
body be removed immediately.
Frank Sargeant took the police auto
and by using a ladder and putting
planks on the ice was able to fasten
a rope around the body and it was
drawn up to the wharf and taken to
the morgue where visitors have been
viewing it- today in an endeavor to
make identification.
There are no marks of violence on
the body, with the exception of an
abrasion on the scalp where the man’s j
head probably struck the ice. The
tide was almost low at the time of the
accident, which must have happened
between 6 and 7 o’clock this morning,
and the man evidently fell. The force
of his fall broke the ice and half of
the body fell through into the water,
the other half sticking on the ice. The
hole made in the ice by the fall rapidly
froze over and as the tide raised the
ice, the body was drawn up with it
and remained on top.
The man was a foreigner, weighed
about 140 pounds, 5 feet 6 inches in
height and very dark complexion. He
had dark hair, an anchor tattoed on
his right forearm and is presumably
Russian. He was dressed in a brown
canvas mackinaw, gray shirt, new
cloth cap with fur-fined ear-muffs,
brownish mixed pants and new red
shoe pacs. He was a man between 30
and 35 years of age.
BROOKLYN PRIEST NEARLY
CONVICTED AS SINN FEINER
LONDON, Feb. 15.—There was a
young catholic priest from Brooklyn,
N. Y., who just wriggled into England
between the inhospitable claws the
British lion has unsheathed to protect
the empire against unwelcome visit
ors. The Philadelphia brought him
to Liverpool from Flatbush, and near
ly took him back. For Father Wil
liam J. Fallon, well-known among the
Catholic clergy of the east, was al
most convicted of being an Irish rebel.
In the spontaneous arguments that
developed in the smoking room of a
transatlantic liner, the “little bit of
heaven” had a warm supporter in the
person of the enthusiastic young
priest. Home rule for Ireland was his
theme, and he upheld it vigorously be
fore the florid Canadian lawyer.
One old gossip aboard, whose elbow
was worn crooked and who, if he
lived in London would be required to
wear a shade over his nose at night
under the Defense of the Realm act,
tipped off Captain Candy that he was
harboring a Sinn Feiner.
When the alien officers came aboard
the story had grown until Father Fal
lon was loaded with dynamite and a
bosom companion of the late-lamented
Roger C. They had him up on the
carpet.
For over an hour the battle raged.
They searched his trunks, scattered
his papers, forced him into damaging
admissions, and got back always as
good as they gave. The climax came
when, to cinch their point, the officers
called in several witnesses. They fi
nally let him land.
UK EXPORTS
JUNEAU—The exports from Alas
ka for the month of January, 1017,
reached a grand total of $2,455,145,
notwithstanding the fact that very
few boats were on the Alaska run, the
further fact that the Bering sea trade
is closed and that the gold and sal
mon shipments have almost entirely
ceased.
The January total is below that of
preceding months but that is to be ex
pected as January is the “low water”
month in business in Alaska.
The detailed statement of the ship
ments from Alaska are as follows:
Animals .$ 850
Bones, hoofs, etc. 160
Copper. 712,587
Curios . 161
Fresh fish. 26,170
Dried, smoked and cured fish 24,856
Pickeld fish. 2,557
Salmon, canned. 101,454
All other salmon . 16,119
Shell fish . 1,404
Furs and fur skins. 211,830
Ivory . 35
Jewelry . 79
Lead ore . 8,483
Oils . 5
All other articles . 976
Total Alaska products... .$1,119,766
U. S. goods returned. 63,450
$1,183,216
| Gold bullion .$ 924,812
Gold ore . 325,840
Silver ore . 20,757
Gold coin returned. 520
Grand total .$2,455,145
Fancy cakes to order at the North
Pole Bakery. 429
Latest War News at Peterson’s. 399
IT COSTS EVERY LITTLE
BOY $10 A DAY TO PLAY
HOOKEY FROM SCHOOL
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 2.—
Every time a little boy plays hookey
from school, it costs him $10, accord
ing to G. F. Womrath, business super
intendent of schools, in a statement to
day. Here’s the way he figures it:
Average annual earning capacity of
educated man, $1000; average earning
capacity of uneducated man, $450;
life earning capacity of an educated
man, $40,000; uneducated man, $18,
000; difference, $22,000; school period
for education, 12 years; total days at
tendance at school, 2160. The differ
ence between educated and uneducated
then, is just 2160 days, which at $10 a
day balanced the $22,000 in the life
earning power of men.
GEORGE OSBORNE
The Leading Jeweler and Optician.
We are closing out our entire line of
Gorham’s Sterling silver ware. We
have on hand a complete line in the
two most up-to-date and artistic pat
terns. Don’t fail to take advantage of
the big sale in Gorham’s sterling sil
ver ware. Our stock is complete and
up-to-date. Closing out at cost. 391
3 IN 1 LAUNDRY
AND BATHS
Now Reopened on the New
Premises.
Between G and H on 5th Are.
Next to Harry Cribb.
P. H. RINGSTAD - Prop.
Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
— AND —
HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
150 per cent Advance in Mohawk Shares
ON MARCH FIRST
THE DIRECTORS OF THE MOHAWK COMPANY HAVE AUTHORIZED ME TO ADVANCE THE PRICE OF MOHAWK SHARES FROM 10 CENTS TO 25 CENTS A
SHARE ON MARCH 1st. ON ACCOUNT OF SHORT NOTICE, PARTIES LIVING IN THE STATES WILL BE ALLOWED 15 DAYS EXTRA AND ORDERS FOR STOCK
WILL BE FILLED IF MAILED ON OR BEFORE THE 15th OF MARCH.
THE MOHAWK TUNNEL WAS SAMPLED A SHORT TIME AGO BY MR. C. H. HOLMES, OF ANCHORAGE, A REPUTABLE MINING ENGINEER.
/“|THE VEIN SHOWS A CONTINUOUS ORE SHOOT, FOR OVER 159 FT. IN LENGTH AND STILL RICH ORE IN THE BREAST OF THE TUNNEL AT A DEPTH
OF 500 FEET, AND THOUSANDS OF TONS IN SIGHT.
When I first placed the Mohawk Stock on the market in the mid
dle of November. I had nothing to back me up, not even an assay,
from the property.
All I had on which to base my calculations was what gold pan
ning I had done myseli on the surface croppings of the vein; until
November 25th, when John Aho, one of the miners, came down from
the mine, and brought some samples of ore, which were assayed.
Then a few days before Christmas two of the directors of the
company went up to the mine and brought down more samples of ore.
Now, in my opinion, I was fully satisfied with the samples brought
down by these gentlemen, but all of them were interested parties.
Dozens of people, here in Anchorage, told me that they would
buy some Mohawk stock, if they were sure that the assays were not
picked samples of the ore. So finally I persuaded the company to send
a disinterested party to sample the mine and they selected Mr. Holmes
to go to Willow creek to sample the vein in the tunnel.
Mr. Holmes took 28 samples across the vein, every five feet apart,
beginning 23 feet in from portal of the tunnel. This part was tim
bered, so on that account he was unable to sample same.
Following are Mr. Holmes’ assays, taken by number:
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No. 13
No. 14
.$ 5.66
. 22.49
. 50.17
. 129.69
1 .
2 .
3 .
4 .
5 . 43.10
6 . 30.46
7 . 28.61
8 . 8.76
9 . 17.05
10 .*_ 3.33
11 . 12.59
12 . 6.05
. 3.74
. 8.10
No. 15 . 14.73
No. 16 . 25.06
No. 17 . 8.93
No. 18 . 10.11
No. 19 . 26.20
No. 20 . 19.25
No. 21 . 16.19
No. 22 . 21.85
No. 23 . 21.62
No. 24 . 26.45
No. 25 . 23.41
No. 26 . 22.67
No. 27 . 50.08
No. 28 . SI.16
Has Examined Mines in All Parts of the World.
Mr. C. H. Holmes, C. E. E. M., is a graduate of Frieburg, Ger
many, and also of Harvard and Yale. Was employed as mining en
gineer by De Beers & Rhodes Mining company, and also experted
properties for Buckingham, De Beers & Co., Syndicate, of London,
England, one of the largest mining syndicates in the world. During ]
that time he examined mines in South Africa, India, Russia, Peru,
Chile.
In the United States he has examined properties in Montana, Ida
ho, California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Alaska.
In Colorado he was one of the first mining engineers to make a
report on Stratton's Independence mine of Cripple Creek.
The mine was later sold to an English syndicate for $9,000,000.00.
He also reported on the Clark Copper Consolidated mine of Ari
zona.
Such is the record of the mining engineer who sampled the Mo
hawk tunnel, and says he believes that further explorations would
result in the discovery of important ore bodies.
These assays show beyond a question of doubt that we have the
making of one of the largest and richest mines in the Willow creek
gold camp.
Just think of it, a continuous ore shoot, already exposed "for over
169 feet, and rich ore still in the breast of the tunnel. And a depth
on the ore body of 500 ft. at the breast
Mr. Holmes says the assays will average 90 per cent gold and
10 per cent silver, and no other metal in paying quantities.
He further says that the geological horizon for several miles in
any direction from the Mohawk mine is composed of granite rocks,
alternating with grandiorite, and quartz diorite, and that the vein
system cuts the formations at right angles, and the veins occur as
fissure veins there are frequent porphyry intrusions through the ore,
and often several inches of talc, and kaolinite selvage on either wall.
The evidence given, therefore, points conclusively to a true fissure
origin of veins.
The slick and well-defined wall of the vein evidence extensive
plane faulting.
The strike of the vein, as determined in the tunnel is N. 22 de
f rees W. and the dip is 41 degrees W. The elevation of the mine is
,185 feet above sea level.
40-Ton Mill to Be Installed by July 1st.
The manager^of the Mohawk Mining company has authorized me
to state to the public that the 40-ton Mohawk mill will be installed,
and in operation, by July 1, 1917, or not later than August 1, 1917.
A 40-ton mill should grind out a lot of gold bullion daily. The
first seven assays taken in the tunnel show an average of $44.00 per
ton, for a distance of 35 feet. This part of the vein I know is free
milling, as I panned some of the rock myself, given to me by Mr.
Holmes. In fact some of the richest ore panned over $100 per ton.
With such rich, free-milling gold ore, the possibility of the Mo
hawk, as a bullion producer may astonish the mining world.
Running the mill 24 hours per day, with ore milling $44.00 per
ton would be a gross daily output of $1,760 per day; that would nearly
equal the output of the Martin mill Best Run.
At any rate should the mill run successfully, in this grade of
ore, the Mohawk may produce over $50,000 per month.
I am now placing on the market 100,000 shares of Mohawk stock,
part of which will be offered for sale to the public at 10 cents per
share for a few days only. The price March 1st will be 25 cents a
share.
With all these assays taken by a reputable mining engineer, every
five feet on the ore shoot, proves conclusively that we have something
worth while to sell stock on.
Mohawk stock is cheaper today at 10 cents a share than it was a
month ago at 6 cents.
Over 57 feet more of ore has been opened up in the tunnel, and
the assays taken are conclusive proof that we have rich ore in the
mine.
Anyone who has a $10.00 bill, may become a stockholder, and get
100 -Shares. Everybody has this chance now. In a few days the stock
will cost 25 cents.
$10.00 Buys . 100 Shares
$20.00 Buys . 200 Shares
$30.00 Buys . 300 Shares
$40.00 Buys . 400 Shares
$50.00 Buys . 500 Shares
$100.00 Buys . 1,000 Shares
$500.00 Buys . 5,000 Shares
$1,000 Buys . 10,000 Shares
Now is the time to get some of this stock. Don’t delay, but come
and see me, at my office in the Campbell building, at 4th and F street,
or if you cannot spare the time to visit me now, write me a letter,
stating how many shares you wish to take, and enclose check, payable
to George Anderson, Fiscal Agent, or currency, to cover the amount
and I will have the stock issued to you in your name, and forward
same to you, bv return mail.
A blue-pri'nt showing how the vein was sampled by the engi
«eer, can be seen at my office.
GEORGE ANDERSON, Fiscal Agent,
Office Hours From 4th and F Street,
10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Campbell Building,
Anchorage, Alaska.