Gov. Swineford Makes Denial
The disclosures made in this paper regarding an alleged $500,000 mining j
company which claimed to own fabulously rich ground in Rampart district ;
and on the Cook, Copper and Xanana rivers are so recent as to he quite well )
remembered. In an article from the Vallejo (California) Chronicle reprinted j
May 30 the absurd claims of this alleged company were outlined as coming
direct from A. II. Monroe, vice president and general manager. S. 1’. Robins /
was named as secretary and .1. 15. Wingate and C. II. Ehrhorn were men- ;
tinned as directors remaining at Rampart “to look after the property.” ;
After publicity had been given to such facts as could be obtained regarding <
the matter and after Mr. Robins had been declared insane and confined to i
await transportation to an Oregon asylum, reports were industriously circu- 5
kited to the effect that the company had been actually organized and that j
ex-Governor A. 1’. Swineford was its president. It is now certain that Mr. J
Robins had been led to believe that Governor Sw ineford was connected with i
the concern in that capacity. !
While Governor Swineford was in Rampart last Friday he was asked if <
his name was connected with the scheme, by his consent. “I never heard <
of such a concern. Deny in the most positive terms that I ever <
had anything to do with it in any capacity whatever,” was the J
unequivocal answer. <
People in this district were already aware of the spurious nature of the J
nameless company w ith an alleged capital stock of $500,000, $335,000 of which )
was declared to be “already paid up”; but it is not till the present time that !
Governor Swineford's name is positively know n to have been used without (
the least semblance of authority. i
SOURDOUGH MIKE
TO DO FREIGHTING
“Sourdough Mike’’ F, a gels has bought
eight of lleeter & llurruss’s horses and
is out after a shale of the freighting and
parking business.
His gentle voice will wake familiar
echoes along the various trails where
lie was engaged in missionary work pre
vious to his departure for the great out
side in the fall of litOo. As in the past,
his progress through the morasses and
moraines w ill he punctuated by admoni
tion to his four-footed friends to abjure
inii|tiity and adhere to the straight and
narrow path that alone leads to the
roadhouse w ith its adjunct of new-mown
hay and plenteous oats.
Mike will find plenty of friends to
welcome him hack to his old stamping
ground. _
List of Letters
Keinaining uncalled for in the Postottice
at Kampart July Id. loot;.
Mttiill, s. r.
t»r*>Aii, Mi-- May.
Mt'i'urily, Tliomaf.
ll»*rriri£ton, T. I>.
Limmlrr, John.
Marion, Norman.
IVnr»»l, Janw* I..
Tomhn.^on. Ia*rt.
lln*toii, Jam*** V
Mitilull, .Mi
t ttin, >. < i.
lirivii, It.
Hall, F. T.
Minuril, John.
< Mrom, Thoimui.
Slwriwm, J. F\,
WilKIHT, F. W.
The Hewetts.
Ttw llr*i*tt lamily, tin* «li»»* |n*«»|»U*
hI»*» an* • *»i llntr *u»l tmir \ lank a.
«*rri\»«t at U.ini|>.ir! Kn-l.iy nitflit ainl
it tin* hi i «’*** l that ihvy w-iilil niu* a |*rr*
(••rin.iiiM >aliir«!ny latl« r «*»inr
niii«u(i*l* r«uii4liHg aloiil ill#* i»*i* •*< lb**
hall »U \* h'|««l AH* l lli«* iiinilll w«*nt Mil
•kottn lh«* r»\rr who hiiv *hti»
liar hi «a> Ihriv **i%t#*rfAif»nir lit# art* %«rv
4<m| itwU-fl.
SURVEY PARTY
STARTED THE FIRE
Word lias been received from Fort
Hamlin that the forest lire that some
time ago destroyed the outfit of the
geological survey party headed by 1). C.
Witherspoon originated at the party’s
mvn campfire.
They lost nearly everything. They
returned to Fort Hamlin and replenished
their outfit at Schultz & lCussell’s.
A tent and other accessories which
they had used last year were also at
Fort Hamlin, and were pressed into
service in place of the articles lost in the
fire.
Search for Diamonds.
Never Indore in the liistoA* of the
I'nited States has there been such a
demand for diamond** an there was in
Large quantities were imported,
hut the country produced none. In 1 *.HK>
it produced diamonds to the value of
$50, in 1<M)1 in ltXK) $150, and in
1S00 $;UH). diamonds have lieen discov
ered in tin* I'nited -States in four differ*
ent regions, hut their aetual place of
origin is in every ease unknown. All
have been found in loo*e and sti|»erlieial
de|**»«*its, and all accidentally. It is not
at all iinpr«»l»uhle, however, that some
day the original soiirees of this queen of
gems may l*e discovered, nays tieorge I* .
Kiln/ in a report to tin* Tinted States
ireohigtcal Survey. The high price of
diamonds has made recent search for
th*-*’ |>r«rtoiiM tlniiM in tin* I nit**»l
>tat»* iifl t amnia k«rmT than t*\*r la—
('•rv. A rarvhil wulrli l«*r «liauiMinl* %*a*
k*pt (itiriiitf th«* ¥Yiiii»timtt«>n l*y th«*
I state* • •eohafhat Hwrvry ul many
-.‘lul l.- ami |4atitnui» *amU al
the I.* v%»- ami I lark rsi««itttiii in
html. On- \ U» k-att t**r • ham<>mU ha-*
al*** hrvtt k* |*t hy a nmnU-r *-| |-|*U
mI»*> have Nftn • Ir**(>/t11if t«»r g«»kl • •»» an
• «t« lam- ««*aU* in tin* n\rr« .*Oal»h«rnta
In neitlmr t-a*«* ha.« any Uinta l«*r»> fv
pultnl. >lit»ii»K \V«»vM.
8. E. HEETKK.
HARRY BURRUSS. =
HEETER& BURRUSS,
FREIGHTERSand PACKERS
Freighting and Packing to and from all Creeks.
Good Equipments and Service Unexcelled
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“WINDY ARM’S”
THEORY UPHELD
Trappers all over Alaska ami Yukon
Territory niaile very Small catches of
marten last winter. From the Kusko
kwim, the Koyukuk, the Porcupine, the
Stewart, the I’ellv, the McMillan and
the White rivers the same story came—
marten very scarce, hut lynx" unusually
plentiful.
Before the snow was gone Allen Crane
—(“Windy Arm” to those who are not
particular in their designation of the
units that make up the sparse whole of
humanity in this country of protracted
shadows)—was to the front with a solu
tion of the unusual state of things. He
said the lynxes had eaten up or driven
away the martens, and he was promptly
laughed at.
11. II. Pitts, from Selkirk, recently
corroborated Crane’s view to a certain
extent in a talk to the Dawson News.
He said:
“All the trappers have returned from
their winter’s work on the Polly and
McMillan rivers.
“Lynx have been plentiful, but very
few marten were caught, less than 100
coming from the McMillan.
“Opinions differ as to the reason of
their scarcity. Some trappers attribute
it to the lynx; others say the country
has been trapi>ed out and poisoned out.
“John Barr, a veteran trapper and
prospector, the dean of the trapjiers'
corps, says the lynx have run the marten
into the mountain ranges above the
tiiniH'i- line, where the lynx <l<> not go.
“The lynx are of migratory habits,
traveling through a vast extent of ootin
try. They have lieen unusually numer
ous the past two winters, coincident
with the <lisai>|>earanee of the marten,
which lemls color to Harr’s theory.
“It is known there are marten above
the timta-r line. All Indians unite in
saying 'marten come hack.' ”
Hardest Substance Known.
A new sul>stauee lias imole its up|»'ar
aiivo which, if it can lx* obtained in
sullieient >|uantity, w ill proWit.lv replace
the •liamoml alike in the operation* of
• trill Wiring and in the lapidary* work
shop, for it i* harder than diamond—*o
bar*l, in fact, that the only effect pr»»
• luce.I by a diamond .trill, w..rk>.| .lay
a ml night f..r three .lay* . >n a sheet of
this siilwtanee one twenty-tilth >.( an
inch thick, with a spcl »l .1,iMi revolu
tions pi minute, was a slight .lint iu
the sheet ami the wearing ..lit of the
liamoml This substance is pnrw me
tallic tantalum. Tantalum ia m-t a
F. M. A. L. i
SMITH & COLLINS, j
Proprietors ^
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FIRST-CLASS
Wines, Liquors and
Cigars.
CASE GOODS
A Specialty
/ knr VH11onc °i ,*iose people who v
' Ant I UU seldom write home? 1
They will know you are all right if you ]
, send them the YUKON VALLEY NEWS. J
S Mail yours or let us send one weekly, f
common metal; yet it is not one of the
rarest. The Mining World says an in
teresting occurrence of the mineral has
recently been discovered in a feldspar
quarry at llenryton, Carroll county, Ma
ryland. Near Glastonbury, Conn., an
old feldspar ipiarry is Ising investigated
as to the quantity of columbite or other
tantalum mineral that maybe found. A
mineral from Tinton, S. 1»., gives an
analysis 41 per cent, of tantalic oxide
and 35 |s*r cent, of niobie oxide.
Tantalum combines extreme hardness
with extreme ductility When red hot
it is easily rolled into bars and sheets or
drawn into wire. It melts only at the
highest attainable temperatures, and is
therefore well fitted to serve for fila
ments in incandescent lani|>s being
much stronger than carbon.
Looking Around Glen.
Kwen Morrison, an old-time Ihtwson
mining broker, now of Fairbanks, has
been hs-king into conditions in the vi
cinity of • ilen lately, lie will return
by wav of linker Creek.