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COAL AND WOOD.
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CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
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Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
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HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED
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THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
LEARN TO DANCE.
Latest Dances Taught. Begin
■ ners given special attention. For ap
pointment call at third house from
i C on 6th Ave.
WM. BUNTING.
WOOD COAL
YUKON TRANSFER CO.
General Expressing.
F. A. ACKLES Phone 89-R
740 Fourth St.
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Best pool tables at Peterson’s. 391
The .Mining and Scien*iii.- Press, of
San Francisco, publishes a detailed
report with respect to th ■ subsidence
of the great Treadwell mines on Dou
glas island, and discusses at length
the danger of a general subsidence
!that would result in the flooding of
the properties. In view of the recent
disaster, which was foretold in this
report, it will prove intersting read
ing at this time. The report, in part,
as follows:
Repeated caves in the underground
workings began to show their effects
with increasing distinctness at the
surface, where a number of cracks de
veloped. These became more pro
nounced as time went on, and an
alarming subsidence of the ground
became noticeable near the boundary
between the Alaska Treadwell and the
700 foot mines.
On July 27, 1916, a large crack was
found in the north wall of the.Cen
tral hoist-building and other eviden
ces of disturbance began to be observ
ed in various structures at the sur
face. Numerous cracks appeared in
a concrete retaining wall of the 700
foot bill. Subsidence continued and,
on August 29 the line-shafting of the
mill had separated over two inches.,
The foundations of the buildings and
machinery settled, cracks opened and
closed in the floors, and other eviden- 1
ces of subsidence became , numerous
during the summer of 1916. That
some of these cracks appearing at the
surface extended to points far below
was proved by one developed east of
the Treadwell shaft. This crack was
in greenstone and was four or five
inches wide. A stone dropped into it
could be heard for some time rattling
against the walls of the fissure as it
fell. It was thought to extend at
least to the 440-foot level. When first
noticed, in June, 1915, this crack was
but a,quarter of an inch wide.
While there are many evidences of
horizontal movement and of subsi
dence in places at the surface, and
the Treadwell shaft has been pushed
out of line in several places, the most
significant evidences of movement are 1
to be seen on the various levels of the !
i mine near the Treadwell shaft and
| for some distance from.it. Workings
I have caved, some places have been
! rendered inaccessible, and others are !
likely to become so. The 750-foot lev
el has been the scene of disastrous
caves, and for 100 feet from the
Treadwell shaft all drifts except one
are blocked, and constitute what one
miner has described as a “wild-look
ing country.” It was the bottom of
this level that dropped in 1915, caus
j ing the bottom of the glory-hole to
.sink. Then part of the caved rock
that reached the 750-foot level flat
tened out in the stope like the lower
end of a large rock-slide from a moun
tain side; large boulders rolled into
the drift, and four cars standing over
the ore-pocket at the station were
blown into the shaft. The force of
the air-blast “shook the country
around Treadwell like a small earth
quake”—so says the report.
Underground disturbances have
taken place as low as the 1600-foot
level, and cracks have appeared in
the 1750-foot level, so that it will be
seen that the movement of ground is
by no means confined to the region of
the upper workings of the mine.
What may prove to be much the
most important matter in connection
with this caving is the well-founded
fear that the disturbance has not
been confined to the area about the
Treadwell and 700-foot end-line, but
may have extended north-eastward in
to the hanging-wall region, and under
neath the water of Gastineau chan
nel. The caves in the mine are the
direct result of mining millions of
tons of ore in large blocks while
leaving insufficient support in the
j form of vertical and horizontal pil
[ lars. Over 340,000,000 cubic feet of
1 rock has been excavated. This nat
i
orally has resulted in a general sub
l sidence over a large area and the
formation of an intricate system of
fissures on the hanging-wall side of
the ore-deposits. If these cracks ex
i tend upward to the bottom of Oasti
| neau channel, as now seems probable,
and further movement ensues on the
planes of these fissures, the conse
quence would be calamitous. There is
one serious item of evidence bearing
. on this subject that is disquieting, to
! say the least, and that is that salt
. water has made its appearance in the
korkings at a number of places, al
l though not, as yet, in large quantity.
Natural fissures—those that have
been in existence for a long period
are usually filled with clay or some
other mineral that may have been de
posited from solution, sealing the
crack and rendering it water-tight;
not so, however, a crack recently
made, such as those resulting from
conditions due to causes above de
scribed. Cracks of this description
are likely to afford free passage to
water and if they become numerous,
under the hydrostatic head that would !
develop in the lower levels—1,400 to'
1,700 feet—the water would be likely |
to enter the mine at a rapid rate and :
under conditions that probably could '■
not be controlled.
(Continued on page 5)
sr KM A RINK IS
AID TO SPAIN
MADRID, Spain, April 11.—What
ever the submarine scare may have
done to the trade of Spain with Eng
land, France and other belligerent
countries, it has not hurt the trade
between Spain and the United States
hut has even improved it. There is .
a decided boom in American goods on
the Spanish markets, due to the en
tire cutting off of German goods
which formerly dominated the mar
kets here. American automobiles and
trucks, American electrical supplies
and American machinery are sudden
ly taking the place of the German !
makes. A lively competition is going I
on among dealers who used to handle >
German autos and trucks, to get the !
agencies of similar types of American i
vehicles.
Along with this boom of American
goods, Spanish goods are being ship
ped to America in greater quantities
than ever before. While the great
port of Valencia is in a panic over
having her fruit trade with England
cut ofT, more Valencian grapes are go
ing to America than before the war.;
The cork groves of Andalusia and the 1
south are also sending more cork to :
America.
One of the most remarkable chan
ges wrought by the war is the substi-:
tution of Spanish antiquities, tapes- j
tries, paintings, etc., for articles of;
this kind which America used to buy i
in France and Italy before the war.j
The shipments of this class have sud- j
dently increased forty-fold. King
Alfonso has shown marked interest
in this awakening of American taste
for Spanish art, and personally has
loaned the famous collection of royal
tapestries for exhibition at New York.
These precious royal possessions have
not been out of the country, dating
for centuries back, including the
Moorish period, and from the days of
the Toison de Oro, or fleece of gold.
SECOND LAUNCHING
FOR ALASKA SERVICE
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BELLINGHAM, April 4.—In a
downpour of rain hundreds witnessed
the launching of the wooden steamer
Firwood from the Pacific American
Fisheries shipyards this afternoon.
The Firwood is a sister ship to the
Redwood, which the same company
launched last January. The Redwood
arrived today from Seatle where she
was equipped wtih engines. The boats
are each 235 feet in length. The third
boat of the same company is well un
der way and the keel for a fourth one
wil be laid this week. The last two
will be 250 feet in length. All will
go on the Alaska runs for their own
ers.
Read The Daily Times and be an
anchorage booster.
Cameron threw his key away. Open
night and day. 736
WAR NEWS
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s. 444
Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
Ice Cream,
Light Lunches
And—
Home-Made Candies.
ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRESH MILK
Palace of Sweets
FREIGHT AND DAILY AUTO
PASSENGER SERVICE
WASSILLA TO WILLOW
( REEK MINING DISTRICT.
Pack and Saddle Horses for
Rent.
H. T. S H O U G H & CO.
HOWARD WILMOTH,
Wassilla, Agent.
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Store and Roadhouse!!
MILE 31»2. KNIK
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WILLOW CREEK ROAD.
All Necessary .Supplies for
Miners and Prospectors.
SAM McMELAN, Prop.
FREDERICfeNELSON
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for
such items in FURNITURE and
DRY GOODS as cannot be readily
supplied by the merchants in your
own community
All such orders received by
FREDERICK & NELSON receive
the prompt, personal attention of
an expert shopper, and Parcel Post
shipments are sent POSTAGE
PAID to any point in Alaska.
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of
MINERAL WATERS, SODA
CIDER, SYRUPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
Anchoraiit* - - Alaska
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OPPOSITE EMPRESS 1
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NOTICE TO PARENTS.
Youths’ and children’s clothes just
arrived. C. Me Felix. 793
FOR SALE
CRESCENT
HOTEL
COR. FOURTH AND C.
ALSO 24 x 130 FEET
ADJOINING HOTEL.
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FRATERNAL ORDERS.
MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club
meets first and third Thursday
in month. G.C.HAMMOND, Sec.
L. 0. O. M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock,
at A. L. U. Hall.
JAS. L. CORT, Sec.
BILL’S CLUB.
J. T. WESTERMANN. Secy.
Meets at Club Rooms every
Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
DANISH CLUB
HAMLET ♦
Meets Every Friday, 7:30 P. M.
2nd and East B..
NOTICE
To all Carpenters: United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, Local No. 14 7 i» III ret s at the
Anchor Club rooms, 4th and II St ev
ery Tuesday evening at 7:10 p. m.
J. S. BALDWIN, See.
Get your eyes examined free at
George Osborn’s, the leading jeweler,
by Fred Carlquist, graduate optician.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 260
Having bought our Wall Papers
previous to the advance in prices we
are in position to sell at the old prices,
which means a saving to you of 25 per
cent. Our line is new and complete.
Our stock of Paint is the largest and
best in Anchorage. Our work is al
ways done right. We are practical
Painters and Paperhangers. See us
when you want a good job.
4th Ave. Near H.
EVANS FRANTZON CO.
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BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
; HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS. :i
PHONE 76R.