The Alaska citizen., April 09, 1910, Image 1

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THE ALASKA CITIZEN
Vo,., \ | I'AIKKANKS. ALASKA. SATURDAY, AIMML U. T.U» Nlmukk f
A New Strike is ^.own on L'hathaa Creek
and a la^e uhi.nrae.i! of Rock i> Now
Enrou'e ft the Fairua ;Ss Mill From
the Crawforti Lea.,t;.
I I h n > ,r i .1 i,. f ■<1 - ii i ■ l 'i n ti
tiii-rou.il!> ' i *11l"i\ .i ni I':in
i>na fill' r;.illoli> o' iiiiOUl :ijri
111»'lit ’* I ->U• • ft>i'> uv tal
as tin- :ni>i. ' ’ i> si• -ioi >.
Anvi -i- v. in» \ i- t> tl.i* mi art/,
tnia-•> ‘> -.ii> 'in- "I aril
ro • k< • r> nil..- ' di-ii- inn r ail
ily s ••• . a i* ... lent
i.. -s in. T a ..a t t'tat t on*
In iayi i ,\»i-ii*t ■«; co.ri'it,' ; ros| ect
im: •• • ■ • a-in*: stline (1 is
t:iii.*i* ■ -i i i.v ml; thr i-\
.]H 111 >' ■> ■ t I"' ' • :n| .Mil' it i? (llll'
sou-'i": ’ .ii I'.nit iiiuous t ootl
sit.-, .vinjv •• '. ’ \ •• ns i> a not n-r.
< in !.'!'• 1 a.- I -t w.-er. 1 air
-banks an i unit • < ks. ijawson,
•S-.h.-.-s * v V.-t i rt.v ire imills
ttrionslv p ng no their exo-p
) i->nal showing of gut-d t|uritz
i-V- vac i ha- ■ luu v ns
! i VOI'k.. till Whig sf :t if (1
ai a tlih-kr -s of six mehe. . is
I" inches ,.ie .it tiie i ettom of
tilt- sllll ft. -'ills is a l ie’ll gi ide
eiarlz. with cousidc-uihle “pic
fur.’ rofk showing. 'I lie bigger
vein i.s still large and carries
good values in iimch finer gold.
Mr. Me 'arty is ipening up ibis
vein while ,vlr rv. icinerseti is
-driving into 11 ► - Jill ’<> tap the
smaller -lie at a do.; fji of lilt
fs }•'. if t!> ■ s'-ou leg :s t len
'-good. a lowe*’ islit v di is. rut to
giv 1 4iM 1» •- of oif above the
tun tit 1 The pa ”t tiers in
corn 'if i" ia . ing ti eir pi >p
eriv i ; • ci ’’ by the t;-is-. ' In
ti t sT : i : r if - ■ ■ al thl'J is if. apt fit
’ f a
A new si ’ f f s .silt ' ll IP: lit
face of I he il iV 11 st n. cross -It!
■.*.0.1 by ll.n rse'h Ac (Won, on
the Pio-ieer Q-iu t . Minin?* couu
nany's ciu m on i nati-ain creek.
!i r 1. si lUl.r. |S fa -f been -ut
htairing tou a *d t in main v -in
and wid ning constant 1; . I* i
t v dent i. ia11jf t untie! ha-, not a -
to go to show up tii-. main ve a.
:ind. if tin- siringeis tlu.t mt *r
siit at e a-iy cciteriei., Mie vt in
si ion 1<1 show .xce lent '.allies.
Tim boys are ahsc driving up
str- ain :o p'oi. up a rich stringei
that show s iu one of tile ilr'lts of
the old workings thas* m- now
under w. iter
No work is on v In op bone in
the i ’• i. - h r . ’*■:ri ■ tiuiu( 1st e,
w!iere Mill a til• - fot-t led.pe
was slum n itj> hi it year. It i'
to be hoped ti.it tins lei’pe may
be Mll’tl iei piw.p -et«"i this SU 11
ilier.
A lar«;e shipmoti ot r/'L from
the Ci'H l, ford lease < n the Rhodes
property s now iv ait m,* rrai >■
portatiou in t_'hete. lit a stitioi.
This oi'e till be pit rii rob pi
the mill .it i-'airl .i'll-1'in tin item
future, and n il. be followed
shortly after by a sbipn.ei't fro n
tlie vein ala < • t o<) > fee* fnrtli-u
into the ill. I'Yt.in the 'act that
the ledpi* own* u >y Rhodes V
Hall shows such pood values fta
*a lenptli i f a'.V fe* t, s,.u »-• jdt a
ran be cibta.mol is r. the po -
sibilities el rl * o-dpes in tli s
distric t. \! K mil i . snippir.u
she second lot a. u doe- net a'
tie,pate that res ll’s will i e 1>
low tin* mill ri.n of * its i fail
Another instance where poll -
tn arinp 1 edp< s have *>sp.t foun 1
while drifting out olruer peoun :1
is cited '.'in the tpoe1 ;nt"t i f Po
dro. \ n s foot led pc vaidrif
•<1 iidu las’ i i. i '.iui a I<*>iiIcJt /
Miners and Prospectors Waste Their Substance
in Senseless Stampedes to Distant Parts,
While Limiiiess Wealth Beckons
Them to the Bonnifield
Tiie greatest ir,inerii!tiFod .zone
on the face of the earth is that
pact of the Tanana valley which
. lio; between the -IvnatjKhna and
the Delta rivers, being bound
ed on the north Ay the Tanana
river and on tin* south by tin
Alaskan range. This is what is
generally known us JLhe. Uoiini
tick! country, :inf there is not
the least doubt tint the mineral
wif-lth of this region will one
day excite the wonder and the
envy of the civilised world.
A mere enumeration of the re
sources of this district is suffi
cient to stagger tie- imagination,
and make one wonder whether
it is possible for such fabulous
ric-hes to )e gat) ic red in one
spot. And yet the most optim
stie writer can give hut a poor
idea of what actually exists in
t his veritable storehouse of treas
ure.
Mr. .1. ('. lingers, who is u
.prospector c#f Id yours experi
ence ill t lie western -states and
Alaska, has unbounded faith in
tbs> futui'e .of ttiie T»onnitield
country, and is prepared to '.ouch
i for the statement*! contained in
this article.
in copper aloie there «.r*' lit
"erally millions «if tom- of '.lie
; richest ore already in sight,
much of it ’I'T.nnittg to very high
values.
There are millrems and 'Bullions
id tons of lignite coal of the
very highest quality, spread over
more than a thousand square
'miles. Tie-re aiv also extensive
hang walls of petrified wood.
There are vast quantities of
sulphide of iron.. ,wind'd is found
in the same forniLtion with azur
iti> of copper. One mine alone in
the district lias oxide txf iron for
over lii'O f/-et.
Lead ore is very plentiful,
and antimony of enormous rich
ness has bet n uncovered.
•Silver ore has been found in
considerable quantities. Gold
placers and quartz are "being
worked, while enormous quanti
ties of gravel suitable for hy
draulicing will be treated ir the
near future.
The finest marble c’s distrib
uted over the district. Slate of
all grades has been found.
tv>ui 1 e recently a valuable iind
of tungsten ore has been made,
*
- --i ~ -
cinnabar lias also been found,
although, so far. latter has not
boon of very high grade.
In fact, there is scarcely a
mineral known to science that
lias not been found in this mar
velous distriot. There are more
ore outcroppings in the Bonni
field thill! L'r.ve ever been met
with in any area of similar size
in the whole world, including
Nevada, Colorado, California,
Arizona and Wy oming.
Tim country simply teems
with game—caribou, moose,
I mountain cheep, birds, etc.
There is an abundance of wa
ter everywhere. The rivers con
tain pk-nty of lisli. Timber is
plentiful up to k.aPO A el. and
consists mainly of spruce, birch
and some cotton wood flood
i grass is found at -'>,000 feet.
The principal drav'bgek to the
' Bonnifield is difficulty of access.
Although so near Fairbanks
there Is no road suitable lor
Bieavy traffic in the summer
months. There is a fairly good
, trnil for sixty miles
A telephone ;* ml telegraph sys
tem into the Uonnitield are urg
ently needed. Ai present the
operators and prospectors in tilt
district Jia.vo to go several miles
below Nem.na to send a letter
or message to Fairbanks. Much
\ aluabie time i < thus iost, as it
! is almost as .far to Xenann t.s it
is to Fairbanks. A ]>ostoftice
should i>e established or. Wood
ri vet*.
A .wood road would make all
the difference imaginable to the
! >01111'.In id; a ml a railroad t h rough
the country would be an im
! inen.se aid to development The
district is being retartk*d by the
heavy cost of freighting sup
plies into it under tin* • ..Fisting
condit ions.
In s pite ol these drx win;< ! s the
Ikmiidleld is being steadily •'■x
-plorcd and its limitliss wealth
laid ban*. The number of out
tils wot Kin>* there this year will
be emitter titan ever before,
i About thirty non outfits will
make this region ’lnur headiji’.ar
! tors'!his season., and at least laO
men will be engaged in prospect
ing. etc.
The largest outfit is, of course,
the Berr,y-Jlamil. Others work
ing in the district arc the bus
1 tiivason hi'otliers, John llarlca
son. < ook K' M uj'i>1 i.v . .1.Y\ Sher
man. ami Johnson. Stoll & Co.
The Harry iV Hand! company
arc doing things on a -very large
scale. The implicit confidence
they have in the Honnitield coun
try is proved by the tact that
they expei t to spend over i?:l(M.i,
UOO before their property reaches
the ]iroducing stage.
They.have moved nearly u00
tons of supplies into the coun
try during the past winter. They
have been working their saw
mill for several months, cutting
lumber Toj several houses
which they intend erecting for
their s' a IT. Hums ha ve been lniil t
along the trail every lairniesto
head<|i:r.rters on (fold King. The
present summer trail being im
passable. Messrs Kerry .V
Hum'll w’il build their own road
from the head of navigation to
• fold King, a distance of lil or
or (it1 miles. 'Over fifty men aim
l':’ horses vvi! be employed
throughout the summer building
this road and furthering the de
v'i h•mnent of the pi'opertv .
A iiev ar*‘ immense quantities
of gravel ready for hydraulic
ing. Tlie g:oun-.! is .‘.vp *> cl to
. nn Jr (vnts to the \ aril, and die
cost of v orkir.g viil avr.ige if.
cents to tie yard, liven when
worked on a large scale there
is .-iiiticieiit ground to keep ;he.
i-ntor] wising proprietors busy for
the rest of their lives.
Owing to the abundance of
! lisli and game, and Its prox
i in' t y to Fairbanks, pros
. peering can be carried on in the
lUmnitioJd i:t small expens-it
has been.estimated that with the
aid of ids gua prospector's ex
[lenses should not exceed 7>U
j cents a day. Tlierefore, 8a00
* would be sufficient to buy an
outfit and keep a man in the
! field for over a year.
Jn view of the facts above
stated, it is surprising that men
| will persist in joining sense
less sturapedes to every likely
and unHkoly corner of Alaska
Why should Fairbanks people
,ehase the rainbow to the Idit
a rod, file Kuskokwim, or tin
Ivoyukuk.when boundless wealtl
lies-neglected at their very door'
It is more than The Alaska Citi
zen can explain or understand
Hut tliKnit is reckless insensate
folly is certain.
of (|r.;fiAz as big as it windlass
bucket/sent on top. This showed
free g/tld on being broken and
several claims were staked.
Motiving has beet? done since.
In some places all that is need
ed is the ground to prospect,
and all veins found are eagerly
staked and exploited. It must
be said of this district that many
veins have/been located without
extra ex]*mse, and still lie idle
most of them not even being
adorned with stakes.
If operators realized that a
vein could easily produce in
time as much as the placer
'ground on the claim, no doubt
they would at least mark them
for future reference.
HARRY PRATT WILL W£D
Whetj Harry I’ratt, the young
Fairbanks attorney, left town for the
outside a few weeks ago, it was an
open secret that he would not come
.back alone. Harry has gone to
Kansas City, where he will marry
Miss Mabel McDonald, formerlv ot
, the city of Denver. The two have
i known each other since they were
—only so high. The Citizen ex
tends its hearty congratulations to
Ilarrv ltis prospective bade
Herman Anderson, of the firm
of Anderson Bros. Xerland, has
invented and is busy constructing
an aeroplane. If lie is as success-j
till as lie hopes and deserves to be, |
another article will be added to the !
already formidable lisl of things
‘‘made in Tatiana.” A Citizen
representative called upon the An-;
del-on brothers to inspect the ma
chine, and from what could be
gathered from the reluctant inven
tor (who like his companions in in
dustry, the Brothers Wright, is of,
very modest disposition), there is
everv reason to believe that a flight
will be made -over Fairbanks at an
early date.
The body of the machine, which
is of wood, is already constructed.
It is five feet long and about four
feet high. It has a place for the
operator to sit and control the ma
chine. and will have a profiler
about 17 feet The length over
all will be ?b(-u’.' jk> fret lac iiie
motive power will be electricity.
With rm Alaskan making aero
planes, half the troubles of the
stampeder will disappear, and the
trip over the trail to Valdez will
be a question cf hours instead of
days.
Fairbanks should congratulate
itself upon having such a genius in
its midst.
MPT. AfiGErlSON IN SEWARD
Writing from Seward under date
of Match 2q,.Capi. I„. Ik Ander
son states that'the town of Seward
is in anything .but a flourishing
condition at present. The expected
rush to the Iditarod via that port
has failed to materialize, the ma
jority of intending -stampeders pre
ferring the IDawson route or the
Fairbanks-Valdez trail route. Prof.
“Voting Batchy” and Frank Cot
ter are also located in Seward, al
though rt is not clear whether they
intend staying there or not. Cap
tain Ar.derson says that he is going
to ccaftne his attention to quartz in
the future. He believes that the
K.enai peninsula has a great tuture
before it in ibis branch or the gold
mining industry.
Prof. Casper Fischer is back from
Iris trip.to the outside
TONI NORDALE TO
OE MAYOR
At Last Night’s Meeting Was
Elected Unanimously
J, l CLARKE TO BE CLERK
With a Parting Shot from Dan Callatrai
the Olr! Council Goro Out and the
New One Takes the Qat'i Accordi©
io the Law.
L?.s> evening 1h*
which lies conducted dlcviff.iu*:
of tin- city fertile past Mvi-i.v»
months net for the Last *7110.
'J'lie liio<‘tiiie was railed ;*
orihw hy Mayor Sabin shortly
aider The urinates beino read,
tile reports of tile chiefs <>f tU**
deparlliierds'r.i|;j» np l«/r rnllsjd
era tii *a
Tic* puyu cut «f in. s'iii« >.■;
sio t ) J)an i iTlrien lor ser\ iiv
iin ‘I'M-iion di \ \vt.s »tconely op
I)oscd Ie < *i■ t:j» ;ilie' < \i lla!i.i.n,
who stated that n’Urien was tin
only per?-.m lsr« alv'ni” t: w peaer
on that dat-o. Or. brine- purs
i tioned uboul t he mutter the rhibi
; of poiie. ad lie t ted (lot ( • Klim.
! had ene:i”s d in a tiyd'.t on elec
|!ioll day. hut lie stated tier.'; lire
; lieilt (lid Dot tale- place wilib
! <) ttrieu w.i.s in tl.e pay oV fin
couth'il. but alter l’hc money
was (toil’re,'i to he paid. Id an pro
post hur.
'Tin1 question cti patnirnt I'm
£umitutv acrylic cit.vu'itices thin
! arose It .appears t b_u tlie pres
lent office equipment or tlie
| greater ]w.rt ol it. was tin* per
lson.il property of fin* former
cleric. E. Tn.vior and hup cm
Iii.- cteivotut,** lor the lilitaroil
j lie 1 isn't dlfei oil the furniture ti>
to tlic city coo it* i! ct a low rale.
Tin* propos-.t1 hud Je-vn-e o"*pt- (1
1 by the mayor on .hohalf.of the
city. hit: him < nil.ilran stronply
| objected to 'le. c'ty nayiap for
the same. Jlis objection was
| overruled, however, which
! eau.vd Dun to remnrf sarcastic
ally that Urn councillors were
i “keeping up their recovihto ,fbe
I last.
i Aft >r payment of warrants had
1 been approved and a few minor
tilings disposed of tin* council
rose-.
At >' :4T; the new!*, elect eh
| members assembled and were
j duly sworn.
The meeting was valleil to or
i ilor; by .MeJ St:bin, as. temporary
chairman.
It was proposed by Councillor
j Gardner and seconded by Coun
cillor Callahan that A. I. Nor
j dale be elected mayor for the
j ensuing year. The motion was
j put and carried unanimously
Mayor Nontale then tori a tin
i chair.
It was proposed by Councillot
I P. S. Gordon, and seconded bv
Councillor Gardner, that J. E
] Clarke be elected city clerk.
The motion was put and car
j ried unanimously
I A letter applying jot the po
i sition of city clerk was ordered
j to be placed on tile.
The council then adjourned.
PASSED AWAy QUIETLY
The Citizen issorry to have to an
I nounce the death of Hendrsejohn
son, who passed away at bt. Jo
seph's hospital on Wednesday'last.
'It will be remembered that ti»e.de
ceased met with an accident on
Vault creek some weeks ago.
i From the first there was little hope
of recovery, although the young
man made a gallant fight for life
The immediate cause ot death was
pleuro-pueumonia. The Citi/.eo
extends its keenest sympathy te
the bereaved relatives. The iiina>
al takes place tomorrow