The Alaska prospector. [volume], April 17, 1902, Image 1

About The Alaska prospector. [volume] (Valdez, Alaska) 1902-1908

Image provided by: Alaska State Library Historical Collections

                
VOLUME 1, NO. 10. VALDEZ, A ASK A, THURSAY, APRIL 17, 1902. OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
—- -—--—----_----- - •
HERE THEY ARE!
Bargain* for Everylsidy, in Dry (bind*, Clothing. Hoots and Slaws,
(tnwerie*, Furniture, Wall Paper. Stoves. Hardware, Hay. (train.
Coal. Lumber, Doors and Windows. Frames, ete. You Will Save
Time, Trouble and Expense and (Set What You Want by Cominjr
Here.
DRY QSSDS
Our Drv G<mm1s Department is Simply Overflowing With Good, Dependable
GimmIs. That Will Give You Double Your Money’s Worth in Wear,
BOOT/ SHOE/
It Will Ik- Necessary to Wear a Pair of our Famous “Clover Brand” Boots
and Shoes, to Appreciate the Comfort and Service they will Render. For
Wear, Style and Comfort, they have NO EtjUA L.
CLOTH1NQ
Ordinary Clothing is not GoihI Enough for us to Sell. Come here and vou
will get Something to Ik- Depended Upon—and No More to Pay.
QROCERIES
THE TIME TO EAT is about the same with all. WHAT TO EAT is
governed by different tastes, In-liefs, habits, customs and superstitions.
We supply your wants in anything in the Grocery line, liecause we give
our whole time and attention to the one object of pleasing our customers
HARDWARE
When in need of Hardware, Stoves. Kitchen Utensils, remember that we give
More Value for your money than can he had elsewhere.
COAL
Our coal makes more heat than any other kind, liecause it is all coal.
FISH BRO., Valdez, Alaska.
f Merit will tell
| The truth of this saying has been proven
[ by the wonderful success of
CRARY’S COMPOUND COUGH SYRUP
In all rase' of Coujjh’s ('olds, etc. It is our ab
solutely genuine preparation that
Has merit. .
Buy a bottle of it now. Try it, and if not absolute- I
lv satisfactory to you, the money will lie refunded. 1
THE VALDEZ PHARMACY ]
H.T. WHITLEg, GEO. J. LOVE
Merchants Cafe
AMD
Bakery.
MEALS AT ALL HOU”RS. OPEN ALL MIGHT
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,
Spectacles, Snow Glasses,
Silver NoveltiesSilverTableware, -
f) Knives, Forks and Spoons.
in Array of Qlitteriny Bewitching Splendor
BEAUTIFUL. UP-TO-DATE and of th«* highest .
standard of excellence, artistic in design and
workmanship.
PhEASINU and APPROPRIATE for Birthday,
\\ tHiaiii" ami Anniversary (iifts. We van Ik* of
scr\ ice to you in making selections. UV can
pjease the most critical and exacting tastes.
. ^ isit our store whether you buy or not.
W. C STULL, VALDEZ
Expert W atchmaker. Manufacturing Jeweler and Optician.
%
—
They Want Land Surveyed
Copper Center People Want Land
I Opened to Emigration.
Trail Notes.
Center. April 15— Sum
I n“‘r ** coming fast and tin* prospects
| for a good seasons work was never
brighter. The largest outfits since
; 1 tilts have gone through here this
: spring to the various gold and Top
per camps. People are coining
from all directions to prospect in
the copper country.
A large amount of farming will
be done here this summer. Truck
gardening will be extensively en
gaged in as it will take large
i quantities of vegetables to siipph
! demand at this place alone, to
say nothing of ihc vast quantities
tbat will be wanted at the mining
earnps. This will he a very re
munerative business here some da v.
Large areas will also lie plumed
to grain this spring and much wild
glass will be cut for hay. The past
wnter has demonstrated tlic fact
beyond a doubt that Mock can be
successfully wintered here with but
little care and feed.
This great fertile valley should be
suivcycd immediately and emigra
tion to this section encouraged.
The country will furnish homes
lor thousands of famlios. who could
live in comparative ease and com
fort.
Trail News.
Copper Center, Apr. 17. -Dempsey.
I Zcipel and Hebcr Smith arrived
here the evening of the loth via
l the lilaeier trail
Todd, Kaher. Hendricks, Howell,
Hollingsworth, Hunt and Meigs are
camped at Klutena Lake. Trail
from Lake is now said to be in good
condition.
Billy Soule and Stanley Parker are
moving line material up the river
i for Capt. Burnell.
Levroos and Torgenson were re
| ported to l>e at the Clustuehina on
the 18th inst. They must lie at
I the digging by this time.
llazlect A Meals lost a horse in
I the (iokona river a few days ago.
Weather is clear and snow is
going fast.
ran m.
BROUGHT BY THE EXCEL
SIOR.
DAIIBOADTO lit.
Musher Falls Dead on the Trail.
Late Spring at the Inlet.
Rough Weather.
On tin* last trip of the Kxeelsior.
almut a month ago. then* were a
number of men alxiard IniiiikI (or
llliamna ami thenee overland to
the Mulchitna. They all reached
the villiage on the hay in good
season. Among them were two
partners, Messrs. Karelseu and
Kingdald. They had one sled and
three dogs, and in their eagerness
to push ahead, left early one morn
ing cxjiecting to reach the summit
of the divide and get down the op
posite side Indore night. There
was no trail ami their dogs soon
began to give out. Mr. Kingdald
was at the gee jnde and in order to
help the dogs, Mr. Karelsen hitched
on a rope ami pulled in the lead.
Me soon showed signs of weakness
ami complained of being di/.zv, so
they rested for a while and on
starting changed places, Mr. liing
dald taking the lead. After pull
ing this way for a while the leader
have a number of men at work in
the timber cutting ties ami sh*c|iers
for tbe railroad they are preparing
to build from lllianma to Nome.
For next winter they are planning
to keep a force of men sit work on
tile trail and keep it open all ~ea
son. and claim that bv so doing,
they can make the trip from llliam
na to St. Michaels in ti days.
Through the earlier part of the
winter they found it impracticable
to use horses, owing as they claim,
to having started too late, but now
that they have a good trail, they
make a round trip a day from the
bay to the lake, fourteen miles dis
tant.
Very good prospects are reported
from lllianma lake and tributary
rivers. The gold running in sizes
from a pin head to a pea. Sam
ples of quartz from that vicinity
have been sent to Seattle for assay.
It is ladicvcd to Ik* good.
Mr. King, of lllianma, who was
a passenger on the Kxcclsinr. Imund
for Seattle, reports bail weather
ami heavy snowfall at lllianma.
The weather at Cook's Inlet has
ls-cit very bad and tin* indications
that there will Ik* a very late spring.
Ice is plentiful and no sign of a
break-up soon.
Three small cannery steamers
are waiting at Saldovia for steam
ers from Seattle. The Salmo is
waiting for the Harvester, the Jen
nie awaits the steamer Centennial
of tin* A. J\ A. Company ami the
MAH OK THK TANAKA t'OlTKK DItfTKHT.
j felt something jerk ami looking
hack saw Mr. Karclscn hanging
I over the gee jade, apparcntlv life
I less.
The slcil was ipiickly unloaded
and the stricken man taken hack
i to the villiagc. He was still con
scious when they reached the camp
and was made as comfortable as
possible but died lief ore night.
He was buried at the villiagc,
land Mr. Ringdahl, after remaining
at the camp for aland a week,
again started for the interior.
Illiamna Mail Route a Failure.
The latest mail brought up on
the Kxcclsior for the Uliamna-St.
Michaels route is now being taken
: Iwck to Seattle as it reached 11
1 liamna too late to lie taken over
land this season.
>^ix mails have lieen taken in
1 over the trail this winter, hut only
one lias been known to get through
; to St. Michaels. Notwithstanding
' these futile attempts, the men in
charge have every faith in the ulti
mate success of the road. They
have two small steamers, one of
which they will put on Illiamna
lake. At the present time they
lyoonok of the Tvooiiok Packing
; Co., awaits the Occidental.
The Newport after leaving the
! Inlet encountered some verv rough
; weather, and was foreed to put
i hack for shelter. The Excelsior
I encountered the same storm, hi t
got through all right, after some
^ rather rough tossing.
1 Wharf Will Soon be Completed.
The Perry returned from Virgin
i hav Wednesday morning with 250
! piles for the new wharf. The Uml
! was gone several days longer than
1 was expected, as very rough weatli
er was encountered and tlie vessel
; could not steam against it with the
| heavy raft.
J The wharf will now Ik* rushed to
! completion. The pile driver will
j Ik* finished in a few days and then
'flu* music of its hummer will Ik*
| heard in town. Every one here is
j anxiously awaiting the time when
they can walk out to the steamers
on a nice wharf instead of wading
through the mud and water for a
long distance to the waters edge,
and then going out in a small l>oat
and running tin* risk of Wing
l drowned as i> tlie case at the pres
, cut time.
THE CHITTYNA IS NOT TH*
ONLY PLACE
n I ms
And the Tanana is One of Them.
500-foot Ledge Pound at
Head of Tanana.
Kveryone is talking cop|irr.
(tol<l is a second ary consideration.
I'here is no doubt in the mind of
anyone who is informetl on the sub
ject that the Chittyua ewp|ier dis
coveries are the richest and moat
extensive ever found so far. But
since last fall the few vague rumors
which have licen afloat ill regard
to rich Isslies of eo|i|ier on the Ta
tiana. have resolved themselves in
to something more than the idle
talk of garrulous natives.
Karly in the winter a man named
Met'lea ry came to Valdez from the
head of the Tatiana, with the re
|>ort thut lie had discovered a 500
foot ledge of very rich copjier ore
in that section, and that there wad
♦ l.tNHMKMt worth already ex J meed,
lie remained here for two or three
mouths, and then returned for Mr.
A. B. lies, who furnished him with
provisions and is paying him asul
ary for prospecting in the copjier
helt. Mr. lies has also sent sever
al men with horses and provisions,
to that place, within the past few
i la vs.
According to AlcClcury, tin* coj»
|ier deposits of the Tannna promise
to eonipare favorably with tile cel
ebrated Bonanza projHTty on C'hit
tvna. The ground which he.staked
last summer is located in thcXutz
otin mountains, northwest of the
head of Tannna. and between that
stream and the head of the Xuhes
na river. This cop|>cr licit isahout
-in miles long and is thought to be
a continuation of the deposits on
Kletsan creek near the head of the
White river.
From all re|Hirts there does not
seem to lie much native copper in
the Xahesna country. The ore is
mostly pyrite. although colors of
native copper are found in the
streams.
Oil Kletsan creek the natives get
many nuggets of pure copper, some
being as much as o or ti pounds in
| weight. This dejiosit was visited
! in 1891 hv Hr. Hayes and Lieut.
[ Sehwatka, and in 1S!I8 Jack Dal
ton and Henry Brntnolicr made a
trip to Kletsan ereek and procured
copper samples from the placer de
|«isits.
In addition to the places already
mentioned there is copper on the
Shusana. a tributary of the Tatia
na. which it enters from the east
ward. Very little is known of thin
except wlwt the natives tell. They
rejmrt hiyou cliitty in that locality.
The Coo|ier outfit which came to
the country in 1898, searching for
copjier, crossed the Tauuiia and
visited tliis sect ion. His rejiort
was very favorable, but he haa
never returned.
The summer route to the Tana*
un ei>i»|»er country is hy way of the
Ciovcrniuent trail from Vahlcz to
the mouth of the Chistuchina, then
up the Cojijrt to Batzulneta, an
Indian village, located on a creek
of the same name tributary to the
CojijRT river. From tliat (Kiint
there are several trails across the
divide to the Tunana waters. It ia
not a hard divide to cross laung
low and tiiutared most of the way.
Advertise in the 1'uusrgcTOS
t