WOODEN PIPE
To Be Used as Water Mains
at Dawson.
WILL IT DO FOR HYDRAULICKING?
Since the earthquake ami fire in San
Francisco last April iron pipe for hy
draulic mining has been high and in
many cases impossible to be had at any
price. This condition was brought about
bv the increased demand for iron and
steel pi oducts to he used in rebuilding
the city and by the destruction of the
works which supplier! most of the hy
draulic material on the Pacific coast. A
gentleman recently from California, who
is interested in hydraulic mining in
Alaska, says it has lieen impossible to
have orders for pipe filled in any part of
the United States in time for the mate
rial to reach its destination the present
season.
In view of this condition of affairs it
is worthy of note that the pipes to be
used in the new tire and domestic water
service at Dawson are of wood. They
are eight to 12 inches in diameter, and
are made of picked British Columbia fir,
free from any flaw, knot, check or other
defect. They are put together in stave
fashion, with the long pieces running
the full length of each section of pipe.
Kacli section is wrapjied firmly with a
continuous coil of wire, put on in spiral
form with machinery. The outside of
the pipes is covered with a thick coating
of asphaltum, which preserves the outer
side. The inside, the makers say, will
keep as clean as glass and perfectly
sweet for many years so long as clear,
fresh water is running through.
In further tlescrining these pipes the
Dawson News says: “Each pipe is guar
anteed te stand a pressure of P’.V,) pounds
to the square inch, hut the required hy
drant pressure which is to lie supplied
constantly under contract with the gov
ernment is only lot) pounds to the inch.
However, Dan Matheson has secured the
agreement with the makers of the pijie
that the pi pea, after installation, shall
lie submitted to a test of Hot) pounds to
the square inch la-fore being put to use,
and that they shall successfully with
stand this test. A lsuid is put Up by
the manufacturers to guarantee this.
After a successful test the bond will la
withdrawn. Each joint of pipe is 10 to
Itt feet long. The wire binding is three
quarters to one inch apart. The wire is
a quarter of an inch in diameter.
“The )leant)’ of tin- wisslen pipe for
this service, says Mr. Matheson, is the
fact that it will stand any extent of
(renting without being harmed. Iron
pi|s*s Would hurst were tin- water to
freest* iu tln-m, lait the w«»s| will |a-rmit
of so inueh expansion, xml a cutting of
the wire lauding Into the w-sak-n side
that Mu- water in the tapes mat free re
soliil without bursting the pipes or ma
terially affecting them.
“While the water in the pipes can be
frozen solid without harming them, it is
proposed to keep them from freezing
even at the coldest time here in the
winter. Iron mains in use here for
years have been kept in service through
out the coldest winters with no trouble.
The only necessity is to keep the water
constantly flowing through them, to
have the pipes encased in an air-tight
lumber flume-like jacket, and, on coldest
days, to pump a little steam in the
i water at the station, in order to raise
i the temperature.”
It is known that mining men have
! been considering the practicability of
wooden pipes for hydraulic works. If
they can be made to serve they might
I 1h- installed at less expense and main
tained with less trouble from expansion
] and contraction, which is quite a serious
matter in this climate.
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THE OTHER SIDE
F. G. Manley has another large cut
groundsluiced on Bnothby creek and
commenced shoveling in the bedrock
yesterday.
Gill it Johnson, Seattle Bar, have a
fine head of water and are now shovel
ing in.
Henry Papin has ojwned a new cut on
his bar projierty and is “rocking the
cradle” constantly.
Diver-Lane-Williams are still sinking
on the North Fork, and, it is reported,
with fair success.
I,. S. Hnlw and seven men are run
\ ning the final survey for the hig ditch
from Hootlanana to What Cheer Bar.
The ditch will l>e close to twenty miles
in length, with a tunnel some 3,000 feet
long through the divide at the head of
Deadwood.
Hehb, (taetz A Kaulhach finished
sluicing their winter dumps last week
and are now hoisting and dumping into
the sluices.
llenry W. Young and James (Mimic
have completed the erection of two fine
cabins for 11. F. Tlmmm on 1‘ionecr la
low .ba‘ Itnsli creek.
Captain Hoaglund is btiihling a fine
cabin on .ha- Hush creek, where he will
spend the winter crosscutting.
It is t-xperted that the Keystone trac
tion drill has started from linker Creek
to tHen, under its own power assisted
t»y •me team of horses, where it will Is
Use«| during the coming winter to pr<at
|es t Baker tl.lts at the fait of tdell
t lakh.
Kumor hath it that work will la- com*
oemed on the tl>*>tlanana tunnel kw
tlie Mg ditch this Mil.
DISSOLUTION
OF FREIGHTERS
The well-known freighting firm of
Smith & McHugh was dissolved last
Monday by mutual consent, F. M. Smith
having purchased the entire interest of
James McHugh in the business.
It is the intention of Mr. McHugh to
spend the winter with relatives and
friends on the outside. He will return
next spring, and there is an understand
ing whereby he may resume his former
business relations if he so elects at that
time.
Everybody in the district knows Jim
McHugh. None of the numerous sour
doughs who are preparing to spend the
winter outside will leave with more
hearty good wishes for a pleasant season
and a sure return than he.
Under Mr. Smith’s management the
business is sure to thrive and keep
abreast of the increased activity in the
camp.
ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM SLATE CREEK
One of the old creeks on this side that
but little has been heard of lately is
Slate. With the increased confidence
that is being manifested in the different
parts of the district Slate creek may yet
have an agreeable surprise in store.
Messrs. Pearson & Nelson, who have
8pent.the summer months on the creek,
came in Monday with an amount of dust
that is highly encouraging under the
circumstances. After washing up their
winter dump on Little MinOok they
went to their claim, K above, Slate.
Lumber was whipsawed for sluiceboxes
and a lot of “dead work” was done; and
yet they cleaned up between $1,^00 and
$1,300, among which is a nugget weigh
ing over ten ounces. In the meantime
they did the representation work on 1
above, la-longing to Julius Kahmstnrf,
and t«sik about $br>U from that claim.
Fortune seems to la- coming Messrs.
Pearson & Nelson’s way. They are
heavily interested in quartz proja-rtv in
the Atlin (B. C.) district, which has
lately laa-n bonded for a large sum.
Mr. Pearson will 8|>end the summer
outside.
ROBERT R. WRIGHT
HAS NOT IMPROVED
It. II. Wright, of Tbank«KivinK rrcrli,
recently niTivnl» letlrr from liix family
in Mexico, Mo., xtatinj; flint liix non
Robert It. ix conlilMxl to liix U .l on ar
rmint iiijiiriex xtixtainnl in »n Mri
ilvnt on the creek a year »i;o hixt winter.
Since going oiitxiilf in tin* xnniiner of
Pain ItoU-rt hax twice Ix-en o|x*ntteO on
at tin' ln«x|>itxl at St. Ixmix ami wtrnil
|ii«-i'x of linin' were removed fr**ni liix
liH; Imt tin' will III I hax f.nl,'. I to h«*ul
ami liix com lit ion ix m*w xinli that hix
removal wotiltk fa* Uh.xufr, xo lir ix Ix’llt)/
treated at Itomr. The lx it hax many
Itiemix iu Ihix ilixlricl alto ln>tx* to lour
of hix ultimate rwu(*f]t.
tilth* Mi*x \lmki Wright. »h"
wax
..General Merchandise..
.... OUTFITTING ....
MINERSSTORE
In the Postofflee Building
Mike Engels
(Sourdough Mike)
FREIGHTING
and PACKING
To all the Creeks
g FRANK STEVENS’S
GLEN ROADHOUSE
REOPENED BY
DAD FOSTER.
ACCOMMODATIONS for HORSES
born here and went outside with her
mother and Ivobert last summer, does
not take kindly to Missouri and sends
word to her father that she is heartsick
for her old home again.
Mr. Wright will spend the coming
winter with his family in Mexico.
A Handsome Home Site.
F. M. Smith has bought the lot on
Front street adjoining his residence on
the east and it is laing grulihed and will
be plowed and prepared for gardening
next year.
The cabin at the corner of t lie fence
will Ik* removed to the other corner of
the lot and the fence extended so as to
include the newly purchased ground in
the enclosure around the residence. The
ground is very fertile, and next summer
this w ill la* one of the handsomest home
sites in the camp.
The Laugh Is On Dad.
Ihnl Karahnrr, of tlit* justly famous
liukrr Mot Springs, rorrlitly exhibit***! at
Kairlttinks Uiuititul *^i< snuiii)' s}*viim*us
of tl»t- ti'luuT'i plant, whit'lt hi* is verv
promt to haw thrown on his fairy~lun«l
rum h. Fairbanks paj**r«* pruimsl lh»,r*
toUivo crop ami wen* |«irti«ular in toll
ing of its *ri*iit hitfht an*I tin* perhstion
• »f its hhmins. Soim* |s oph- lately from
the sprites, who are familiar with the
way they raise Mwvoin Mis*.*uri, takr
rmil • hlivrht in telltntf how pl» :i-«-*l I hi-1
was whvii his ♦ Top hurst into rtow»r an*!
thiii* n*stire*i its sorrow! It wottM hav**
lawn a |rtty to «miftt» «t to him that tin*
plants shout* I lunr t*eeh “toManl** ami
"*m ti*rr*r ami thus pr*>vetite*| from
rearIt inn their fit!I-Mow it *torv.