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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, I905.
THE PROSPECTOR.
This is the season of the year
when prospectors are considering
plans for the next winter’s work.
To those who contemplate going
into the more remote and out-of
the-way sections the hardships un
avoidable in such undertakings are
realities that must put the strongest
courage to the test. Unremitting
work—complete isolation, with its
hundreds of chances for irremediable
disaster—the likelihood that in the
spring the old, old problem of hus
tling another grubstake will be
necessary again—these are some of
the discouraging features that con
front the prospector as he lays his
winter’s plans. Is it to be won
tiered at that his thoughts often
wander back to the barroom stove ?
After all, there is abundance of
encouragement in the outlook for
the prospector. The possibilities
are boundless. It is not conceiva
ble that blind luck has directed men
to all the rich spots in this vast
gold-sprinkled laud. Systematic
search has not done it, for search of
any kind has extended to but the
narrowest limits. Another thing
that is immensely in the prospect
or's favor is the increased facilities
that are rapidly being afforded lor
extracting gold. The conditions
that lessen profits year by year in
other pursuit* enable the miner to
produce his gold at less cost It is
a reasonable presumption that these
renditions will continue to add to
lu • of producing mines.
it is no longer essential
•l>if ' rospector depend on striking
an i.‘ 1 Dorado to repay him well for
all the unprofitable labor of his past
j life.
I Many of the best-to-do and most
independent men in the country
were but recently prospectors, la
boring under all sorts of difficulties,
I but they kept eternally at it.
I One thing that should be borne
1 in mind, while the conditions are
I acknowledged to be severe here in
| this great Alaskan interior, com
| pensating circumstances are not
| lacking. The frost here enables
| the prospector to reach bedrock,
whereas in other localities the most
favorable spots must remain un
tested on account of water. Here,
though attended with hardship,
travel is possible, while over vast
areas further south it is out of the
question at all seasons of the year.
The cold can be better provided
against than can the heat and the
intense thirst of the far southwest
All things considered, this is the
most promising field of which we
know, and the prospector, of all
else, is in the best position to take
advantage of it. May he be of
good cheer, and turn his face to
the solitudes with confidence.
It is pleasant to deny the truth
of a dispatch printed in this paper
last week stating that Secretary
Wilson had been dismissed from
the cabinet. The dispatch was re
printed from another paper, which
was probably led into error by the
fact that Statistician Edwin S.
Holmes had been dismissed for
juggling with the cotton report.
The appointment of Mr. Wilson as
secretary of agriculture by Presi
dent McKinley was very generally
approved, his retention by Presi
dent Roosevelt attested the esteem
in which he was held, and his per
sonal honesty has never been
doubted.
An incident illustrative of the
immensity of this northern wilder
ness occurred not long ago oti the
upper river. In the last part of
May two Yukon Territory pros
pectors, Albert Cosaette and Kd
mund Lacroix, arrived at Selkirk
and heard tor the first time of the
Kusso-Japutie.se war. The men had
1 uren for two years on the head
waters of the I'elljr river, and dur
ing all that tiiu< had come in con
tact with no other human being
Their long truest was unrewarded
by any iiti|«>rtaiit discovery.
N. V. HENDRICKS ESTABLISHED 1904
: Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
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We Buy and Ship for you, Only on Commission
Call on onr Agent or write to us
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ONE MORE WEEK
in which goods may be ordered from Seattle for shipment to Rampart,
via the White Pass route, with every assurance of their arrival before
navigation closes. The through freight rate on groceries will average
$100 per ton. Via St. Michael, the freight on the same class of goods
will average $60 per ton. Not so much difference as you perhaps thought.
Better let me send out your order.
G. A.
By Products
of Gold Placers
Some time ago a circular was
sent out asking the placer workers
to send into the director of the ge
ological survey at Washington sam
ples ol the black sands and heavy
residue of their washings. These
are to be analyzed and classified,
and if results justify, government
experts will thoroughly examine
the localities furnishing the sam
ples that show promise.
This plan is designed to reform
placer mining methods. Black sand
usually carries a profitable quantity
'of magnetite. Chromite also occurs.
Gold-bearing prytes are often abun
dant. Platinum is usually found in
quantities more or less definitely
fixed. Small diamonds, rubies, an
occasional topaz or other jewels of
commercial value are not unusual.
Yet all of this precious material has
lieen going and still goes to the
waste dump.
Here is an instance of clear waste:
A deposit of gravel on the Frazer
river that is being worked by a
hydraulic plant for the small quan
tity of gold contained was found to
carry an abundance of black sand.
This sand was heavy and gave the
miners no end of trouble and per
plexity because of the inability to
separate tt from the gold. The sand
carrying the finer gold went off in
the sluicing operations and was
lost. I.aler investigation proved
this sand to !>e present in the gravel
at the relative quantities of twelve
pounds to the cubic yard. A couple
of days' work would handle i.odo
yards of gravel emit titling about sis
tons of this sand, which on analysis
proved to be a high-grade concen
trate carrying high gold and low
platinum values. In other words.
CKOKGK A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart. Alaska
J. BINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF —™
Commissioner and Eecorder
Rooms i and 2, Courthouse
THE MIRROR
Wines,
Liquors,
Cigars.
JERRY FORD,
M. R. DOWNING.
NEW GOODS
GROCERIES of all kinds J
FRESH EGGS, per Steamer Susie
FRESH POTATOES, only $8 per crate
ONIONS, Australian winter keeping
CIGARS, and full line of chewring and
smoking tobacco
Elegant brass-trimmed enameled RED
STEADS
Double-wove Wire Springs, can't sag
Mattresses, Feather Pillows
TENTS, all sires.
Evers thing new and first class
Creek orders solicited.
V. MYKR8, Front St.
the mine, located on a railroad, was
prodiking a big smelter product all
unknown to the owner*. They
learned alter incalculable value*
had been wasted. In this country
men have found riche* *o plentiful
that by prosln't* have been over
looked and despised Exchange
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