EXPOSITION
INDORSED
At u meeting of the Rampart Hoard of
Trade last Saturday night a considerable
discussion was had regarding the Alaska
Yukon-Pacitie Exposition. The senti
ment was wholly favorable to the
undertaking. The matter was disposed
of for the time being by the appoint
ment of a committee who drafted the
following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, It is mutually advantageous
to the people of a new territory like j
Alaska, where the conditions, resources
and products are little known, and to
those of the nation, that knowledge and
understanding one of the other be pro
moted and that the lienetits of one to
the other lie fully comprehended by |
each; i
And whereas, The Alaska-1 ukon-I a
cifie Exposition, to Ite held in the eity
of Seattle in 190!*, promises to bring to
gether large numbers of the citizens of
Alaska and of other and older sections
of the United States, with exhibits typ
ical of all sections of our great and
common country;
Therefore be it resolved—
1. That this board heartily endorse
the purposes and aims of the exposition
aforesaid;
2. That collectively ami individually
we pledge ourselves to labor for the suc
cess of the exposition and for a full and
comprehensive exhibit from our district
and territory at the same.
3. That we earnestly urge, and l>e
lieve the people of Alaska merit, such
action at the hands of the general gov
ernment as will insure a proper building
and other requirements at the exjwsi
tion necessary to place our territory in
a creditable light before the world.
PRICE OF FURS
COINC DOWN
_
A cablegram from London forwarded
to Julius Kalimstorf from New York
says there is a markeil decline in the
jirice of furs all along the line.
Marten are 5 and lynx V shillings
lower than March sales. Mink, weasel
and all classes of fox are very dull.
Bear almost unsaleable, except strictly
high-grade skins.
It will lie noted that the decline af
fects ull the principal furs taken in the
interior of Alaska.
FOUND A BIG LYNX
IN NIS RABBIT TRAP
|.m1 Saturday mtirniiiK A. H Wn«*U found
at !s*r*a 1> n t fiat i»» on* of hit No I «»*•«•!
trail*. «•! for rabbit*, itrur hit rabiu on
fl«>«*:tr A If - Monro* «a* iMtliftal of thr
r*C«»b and «Aiot »b* If it*.
Mr Wotxb bad found hi* tra|ia robbed of
rabbit* *»v»ral urraaioM. It b thought
Ihr If aa #tu«hl and b lllrd a a* not tb# «»r»l*
i n* fuiHy t»f tht tb*ft«
|.y *»#• hrlNf mniawib anmaroua *n«l
rtbhftt tr*m la wan haalihai *b»* »»a» It
i* •ut»t»’*ad tb« fwriMtr ar# hillinf or fright
rHttif Iht iat»«#
Gossip for Prospectors
Rare Minerals.—In the mining pe
riodicals advertisements appear, every
issue, of jiersons wishing to purchase
the more uncommon kinds of minerals.
Among those inquiresl for are crystal
lized gold, molybdenum, tantalum, tho
rium, tituncum, tungsten, uranium and
vanadium. Corundum of different grades
would also find ready buyers. The av
erage prospector would pass up great
values in any of these minerals without
suspecting their nature or worth. The
editor of this little paper frankly con
fesses lamentable ignorance of such
things. To those directly or indirectly
interested in prospecting, however, espe
cially in a new country like Alaska, the
importance of gaining all the knowledge
possible of the other minerals, as well
as of gold, will readily suggest itself.
Corundum.—According to the Min
ing World the blue sjxxde of corundum
is the true sapphire. The ruby is the
blood-red variety. The topaz is another
corundum mineral, and that beautiful
green stone, emerald, is pure corundum.
A superb oriental ruby or emerald is
worth more per carat than pure white
diamonds. Good specimens of the ruby
or emerald are far scarcer than dia
monds. Both emeralds and rubies have
been found in North Carolina within the
last few years. The former are dug out
of pockets in the nx-k at a considerable
distance below the surface. It is from
the gravels of the Cowee valley that the
ruby crystals are obtained, many of
them living of the pure pigeon-blood
color. Attention was first attracted to
the deposit by a few fine specimens
which were accidentally picked up. A
single stone of this kind may easily lx*
worth a fortune. A jx-rfect 10-carat
ruby is valued at a price equivalent to
$700,000 an ounce. To test corundum as
to quality take an equal amount of
known high-grade corundum. Two
weighed piece* of plate glass are then
rubbed together with the sample be
tween and the proeeea is continued until
the grit has disappeared and the plates
no lunger lose in weight from the abra
sion. The amount of loss is a measure
for hardness and abrading jxiwer of the
sample, the lietter grade giving the
greater loss. With the exception of the
diamond the corundum minerals are
the hardest known.
United States’ First Stampede.—
In a recent address liefore the Wash
ington Miners’ Assts-iation, Captain
Hand, the president, said that the first
discovery of gold within the Isiundaries
of the Cnitcd States was made in June,
IMti'.', at Walker's Crossing, on Carrabus
creek, in Carralsi county, Nerth Caro
lina. “It is strange," said Captain
Kami, “that there is no record of this
discovery and its results. The discov
ery stimulated a further search for
minerals, ami many millions were taken
from tlie placer* in the western part of
the stale. Then the government estate
S. E. HEETER,
Freighter and Packer
Good Equipments and
Sendee Unexcelled
F. M. SMITH
HARKY HURRl'SS
SMITH & BURRUSS
Freighters
Packers
Rampart, Alaska
JBOSTON^STORE^
Fresh Meat
Beef, Mutton, Pork Loins,
Pork Sausages, Poultry
Corn Fed. Killed in Dawson
None Better Anywhere
Complete Stock of
CHOICE GROCERIES
and GENERAL MERCHANDISE
BOSTON STORE
lishcd u complete mint at Charlotte
which (or many yearn turned the gold of
the miners into coins. latter mining
development extended into northern
tieorgia ami became of sufficient im
portance to justify the establishment of
another mint at Dahlonega, On. There
seems to In1 no record which states the
amount of gold taken from the mines of
the 1'nited States la-tween the date
of this discovery ami the discoveries in
California, forty-seven years later." Of
course the record referred to by Captain
Hand would lie lost sight of by the gen
eral public long la-fore the present time,
but the Valley News la-livve* it to exist,
nevertheless The statement is well re
incinta-red that in one year the mints
received $7,01**,txiti from tlie great gold
»tani|a-de which spread over portions of
North Carolina, !*outh Carolina, tieorgia
ami .Vlalatma. It is worthy of note that
all of these states except Alabama have
continuous)! pushaed gold in a small
way ap to the present. After the civil
JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
FULL LINE
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Mad the* the YUKON VALLEY NEWS.
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war a $-‘>,(UU investment in mining at
Ituhloncgn yielded average animal prof
it* of 2ft per vent for at U-aat twenty-five
years. An item in the Mining Worlil
say* the mint* were established at I*ah
lonega and Charlotte in 1837; hut that
wa* prohahly after the gold exeitement
had liegun to sulwide. At it* bight the
stampede was the greate*t that had
been known; ami to it wa* due the faet
, that from the very Iwginning of mining
in California the moat skillful placer
miners in the world operated there.