VOL. 1. DOUGLAS CITY AND TREADWELL, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1899. NQ? 27.
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
B. M. Behrends
BANKER AND MERCHANT
JUNEAU, ALASKA
If You Need Carpets or House
Furnishings
When in Juneau take a look through our line
we are showing
NEW STOCK AND NEW DESIGNS IN
Body Brussels
Velvets
Moquettes
Tapestry
and
Ingrain
WALL PAPER
Window Shades
All Sizes Made to Order
Lace Curtains
Linoleums
Oil Cloths
Mattings
Rugs and Rug
Fringes
Portieres
We receive new goods by every steamer.
As for prices, we defy competition.
If yon want to make an investment
consult our Banking Dept.
3. M. BEHRENDS
Juneau, Alaska
I NEW MANAGEHENT |
\ The New York Exchange /
y Huh Changed Hands / j
> MAYS & NAPOLEON <
5 are now in charge C i
( A Gentlemen's Resort ^
/ Finest grade of Liquors and Cigars ? |
/ always on hand y
? Come and Soo Us. JUNEAU. V
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FAMILY
RESTAURANT !
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It has recently been
opened by
Mrs. Frances Baker, of Seattle,
IN
Hill on Seward Street,
lieiU S IlcUl, bet. 3d and 4th Sts.
BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK
RATO^R^SONABLE
Alaska Furniture
/-"? Seward Street,
Company j?** ??>cra "?u!,e
Before purchasing, drop in and see
our stock ana get prices on
Bed Room Suits, Bureaus, Chiffoniers,
Chairs, Rockers, Tables, Bedsteads,
Springs, Mattresses, Cook Stoves,! i
Coal Heaters, Air Tight Heaters,;1
Granitewear, Crockery, Tinware, and J
all Kinds of Household Goods.
We will give you good G. A. KNIGHT <
goods and good value manager '
i
Kaufman Bros.
JUNEAU
Are
Se!=
ling
Handsome Black Silk Skirts, /x/v { >
at the nominal price of J J
Black All Wool Sorgo and Lustre Al- | [
pacca Skirts, $C.(X) and $7.00 ^ _ (>
values,at t5#75 ! I
Black Figured Al pacca Skirts, _ . ~ I >
as low as J J
A lino of Plain and Fancy Sailors which | J
milliners would charge you _ < i
$2.50 for, at 1 ? ^ U J |
?l.S-iuch wide Pure Wool Serges and J |
Mixtures, generally selling . _ o
at 75c, for 45^ j |
Splendid Assortment of
Wash Waists
Kid Gloves
Belts
Silk Waists
Millinery, Etc.
Ferry
Ticket
Free
on all
Purchases
of
$5-oo
Kaufman Bros.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH;
Mass with Sermon . - - 10:00 A. M.
Sunday School .... 3:00 P. M.
Rosary, Lecture ami Benediction 7:00 P.M.
Priest, Rev. Father P. C. Bougis, S. J.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH?Rev. Loyal
L. Wirt, pastor. Services will he held every
Sunday at 7:45 j?. m. Sunday School meets at
2:30 p.m. Society of Christian Endeavor
Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Ladies League
every alternate Thursday afternoon.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at Odd
Fellows Hall every Monday evening, except
ing last in month, when the service will lx?
held on Sunday evening. Rev. H. J. Gurr.
FRIENDS CHURCH?Regular services at the
Mission School house.
Sahhuth School - - - - 10 a.m. 1
Native Services .... 11 a. in. j
Evening Services .... 7:4.1,
Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:45
Teachers' meeting every Friday evening at
8 o'clock at private houses.
Any and all arc cordially invited and wel
comed at all of these services.
Rev. C. N. Replogle, Pastor.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-At
Peniel Mission, Tuesday evenings at 7:45
o'clock. Scandinavian services at the Peniel
Mission Friday evenings at 7:45 o'clock.
A cordial invitation extended to all. Rev. C.
J. Larsen, Pustor.
DR. W. L. HARRISON,
DENTIST
Hunter Block, between Front
ami 2nd Sts. Douglas City, i
FRED PAGE-TUSTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in the District Court of Alaska..
Fort Wrangel, Alaska.
A. G. McBRIDE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office with News Douglas City. Alaska, j
T. J. DONOHOE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will practice in all the Courts of Alaska.
Post Office Building, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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JNO. R. WINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, ..... Alaska.
F. D. KELSEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Juneau, ..... Alaska.
C. S. BLACKETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Juneau Alaska.
I. O. O. r.
j Alaska Lodge, No. 1,
meets at Odd Fellows'
Hall, Douglas, on Wednesday eveningrs at 8
o'clock.
Visiting brothers are cordially invited to
attend. J. G. McDOXALD. N. G.
C. A. WECK, Secretary.
First-Class Job Printing at
the Douglas Island News.
, Spooner
-Shack HAINE5
Terms $2.00 per Day
This is where the X. W. M. Police stop.
II M SUPERINTENDEN!
Mr. A. M. Robeson 111 Charge
of the Ready Bullion, Mex
ican and Seven
Hundred.
GOLD AND DIAMONDS
When Capt. Mem came to Douglas
Island a few weeks ago he brought with
him Mr. A. M. Robeson, of New Jersey,
and installed him as superintendent of
the Mexican, Ready Bullion, and the
New Seven Hundred mines and mills.
A News man has been after Mr.
Robeson for more than a week, but not
until last Saturday was he able to get
I him in such a shape that he couldn't
escape. When the writer suggested an
interview ho commenced "shieing" and
for a time it looked as if we would get
but little of the much we expected.
Like Mr. Corbus, Mr. Robeson is given
more to acting?to doiug?than he is to
talking, but by using our best persua
sive powers and explaining that our
readers must know something of the
new men who superintend the greatest
mines iu the world, Mr. Robeson con- J
sented to give us some of the informa
tion wo desired.
' 1 A Aff f 1\1 vf V !
JUIT* 1VUUOBUU lO til tnwou vuui/j-piA
; years of age and a native of New Jer
I sey. His first experience in mining
, was at the Scrantou, Pa., coal mines
j and steel works where he remained for
three years. From Scranton he went to
Venezuela, and entered the employ of
; the Treadwell people. His was first
; employed in that country by Captain
! Mein and Mr. Perkins. The prop
erties were called the El Callao with
120 stamps and the Venezuelian-Aus
tin gold mines, having 40 stamps. The
! ore was free milling and no concen
; trates were saved. It was a very rich
grade of ore. He remained in Venezuela
for four years and during the greater
; portion of that time he was in the
! employ of the Treadwell people.
it rum mure lie ?cu.u tu tvn uuivi
attended a Technical school for the
purpose of studying professional sub
jects, and while there he was offered a
position with the Do Beers Diamond
mines in South Africa, which he ac
cepted and remained in the employ of
that company for five years. He en
tered the employ of the De Beers Co.
as mechanical engineer and when he
left was assistant general manager, and
j during the last six months he was act
ing general manager during the absence
in America of tho general manager Mr.
Gardner Williams of California.
From South Africa Mr. Robeson re
turned to New Jersey, and ho was ten
dered a position at Treadwell which he
accepted.
The News mail became interested in
Diamond mining, a business so little
understood and yet of such great inter
est to evoryone.
"Please give the readers of the News
a little information concerning these
great diamond miues," said the scribe.
"The De Beers Co.," said Mr. Robe
son, "own all the really good paying
diamond mines except one?the Jagers
Pontine?situate in the Orange Free
State. The three mines of the com
pany by which I was employed are
called the De Beers, Kimborly, and
Premier, situated in Capo Colony, right
on the border of the Free State.
"The capital stock is about 8204000,
(XX), and annually pays a dividend of
forty per cent. They control the price
of diamonds by limiting the quantity
produced. About 2,(XX) whites are em
ployed at these niiues, and 7,OCX) natives.
"'I1'"* .-v.if.-nif rfiinnnticlj ia nPnnf
J. lit" U L VilUlUUiUtU i*^.wv%v
8,000 carats per day, necessitating the
handling of about 8,000 tons of ore,
which is taken out of three shafts.
"Mr. Cecil Rhodes is chairman of this
company and to his great ability is due
the succes of these groat mines. His
great wealth comes from the mines and
they have furnished the money with
j which he has accomplished so much
; good in that part of Africa."
j "Now," said Mr. Robeson, "with this
| preface, I will give you a few facts con
j cerning diamond mining."
"The ore or earth which contains the
diamonds is called 'diamondiferons
ground' and occurs in pipes or craters
that may have beeu old volcanoes.
It is of a bluish gray color
I and contains diamonds, pebbles,
garnets, magnatite and several other
minerels. This ground or ore is mined
by what is called tho caving system.
After being taken out of the shaft it is
deposited on 'floors' or large lields, as
they are called, in layers of twelve in
ches deep. It remains on the ground
for one year through the rainy sea
son. The action of the weather on
thisgrouud breaks it up or disintegrates
it, thereby releasing the diamonds. This
disintegrating process is also assisted
by ploughing and harrowing it two or
threo times during the year with steam
ploughs.
"One of the mines operated by the
i De Beers Co. has lloors 1200 yards wide
and from three to four miles long.
"After the ground has been laying
out in these fields for about one year
I and become thoroughly broken up, it is
sent to the rotary washing machines,
each of which handle about 250 tons of
ground per day. These machines con
centrate from 100 tons to one ton and
of course that ono ton contains all the
diamonds. These concentrates are
then taken to jigs where they are fur
ther concentrated and washed and
brought into condition for treatment
by the automatic sorters, which by the
way are wonderful machines, the in
vention of an American, and they are
. more accurate in discovering and re
| tabling diamonds than human beings,
and then they also possess the addition
al advantage of being free from the de
' sire to take and retain the diamonds,
i "The diamonds are then assorted in
to various grades and sizes and sold to
representatives of large London dia-;
mond houses.
Mr. Robeson is a pleasant gentleman |
and will no doubt bo well liked by the
men under him. Ho is a married man
and brought a charming wife with him.
They are housekeeping near the Mexi-.
i can mill.
The Literary Society.
The subject for the evening at tho i
last Thursday night meeting of the
Douglas Literary Society was James
Russell Lowell, and all present found
many things of interest in tho papers
that were read. The society is rapidly !
taking higher ground and each meeting
j is more interesting and instructive!
than those have gone before. For the j
j next meeting "Greek Art and Litera-1
ture" is to be discussed and tho session ,
cannot help but be interesting.
Glad to See You.
D. W. McMillan, of Seward City, lmt
I formerly of Douglas Island, was in evi
j deuce at Douglas and J uneau. last;
week, shaking hands with his friends,\
and there are many of them. Mr. Mc
; Millan became a subscriber to tlio
J News when it first started and he has
said many kind things of it. He was a
' caller last Thursday and renewed |his
j subscription for a year. We much re
gret his departure from the Island and
hope he may again find it profitable to
! return.
Captain Crockett.
The genial captain of the Wolcott
returned to Juneau last week. He
made one trip to Sitka and Uualaska
and return, which took him 29 days.
When he returned to Sitka he was hap
pily sui prised to meet his wife and two
daughters, Lou and Clara, waiting for
him. The Captain was ordered over to
Juneau with his boat for inspocton and
we understand she is again to go onto
| the Skagway run. We hope this is j
true. Our people like Capt. Crockett
and his boat and will extend to them a
hearty welcome.
He Is All Right.
Mining Record.
Deputy Prosecuting Attornoy Daly,
who is one of the hold-overs from tho
Cleveland administration, is not a i
hold-over under a political idea but is
a hold-over for the honest and efficient
manner in which he has officiated,
j There have been several efforts made
to remove Mr. Daly, and had they been i
made for political purposes?as to the ;
victor belongs the spoils?there would j
have been no protest but by a few nar- ;
row-minded people, who, from a selfish ;
standpoint, would like to see Mr. Daly ,
removed. The citizens of this district j
have the utmost confidence in Mr.;
Daly's ability as a prosecutor, gentle
man, and lawyer.
Last Thursday we received tho Record !
of May 3rd, 10th and 17th all in a heap.
COOK'S INLET.
Prospectors Returning to That Country.
The U. S. Mail stoamer Dora left
Juneau for Cook's Inlet and way ports
on the 15tk inst, and she carried a num
ber of passengers who are going to
that country to develop their claims
and further prospect that part of
Alaska. Among those who loft on the
last trip of the Dora was Mr. S. W
Wiblo, of Bakersfield, California, who
is making his second trip to the inlet.
He first went to the couutry in June of
last year and came out in August. lie
has some claims there and will look for
some more. The News man met Mr.
Wible on the Orizaba and he stated
that in his opinion the placer claims in
that part of Alaska were valuable, but
that no work had been done on any of
them except in the creeks. He seemed
to bo satisfied with his prospects thero.
He will return to California next fall.
A wormy J'romouon.
Mr. J. P. Corbus has been made
superintendent of the Alaska Trcadwell
Gold Mining Co., which include the old
Treadwell mill with 240 stamps and the
new Three Hundred with 300 stamps.
Mr. Corbus has boon assistant Supt.
for a long time in name only, for ho
has had complete control of the whole
Douglas Island plant. This promotion
is deserved. Go where you will und
you will not find a more thoroughly
competent mining expert than Mr.
Corbus. As a gentleman and business
man he is pleasant and affable. lie don't
do a groat deal of talking, but when
he does talk, you can bank your last
dollar on what he says. His men like
him because he is just and never breaks
faith with them. The Indians raako
him the most trouble and the boys tell
several good jokes about his way of
getting them to do as ho orders. We
will report some of these stories in a
future issue. Our readers can form an
idea of the kind of man Mr. Corbus is
when we say that he is less than forty,
is the the Supt. of the two largest mills
in the world, handles millions of dol
lars every year and yet is as plain and
unassuming, as free from conceit as tlio
most common,every day business man.
This can truthfully be said of Mr. Cor
bus.
When the Wolcott wont to Sitka to
take a northern run, there was a tall,
thin young man on board of her. His
name was, and still is Baker, and ho
was purser of the ship. As soon as it
became known that the Wolcott was
really to go north, Baker commenced
getting thinner, and by the time
he left, he was oven thinner than
the "thin man from Dayton." Purser
Baker is back again and now that the
Wolcott is to remain in this part of
Alaska ho is getting to be himself
again. He has helped to make the
Wolcott one of the most popular boats
in Alaska and we are glad to note his
return and that he is again happy
among his friends.