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WILL PISH WORK ON
FALLS CREEK MINES
Bands taken Aggregate Nearly $400,000 and heavy Payments
Already Made Houses lo Be trected lo Board large Force
of Men. and four funnels Will Be thriven all Winter Ore
Shipments fo Begin Soon from Betty Claim.
Homls ntr^iviratiny al*out s4ih*JHH> on
Fall* creek mines are now held hy
t'harh s 1». l.ane ami in- associates,
and work " ill 1>«* pished as rapidly
as experienced mining men know
how to do it. The work will he.
conducted under the direction of'
Thomas M. who will remain
.here all winter, prohahly.
Mrtadv shipping ore has been taken |
out o 1 the tunnel on the Hetty claim.'
» ii.■ the lirst strike w as m.uie last
.l;:h in F. I’. Skeen and John Leehner.
This t. in* 1 is in only aUntt thirty-five
j. ■. . t a;, iat thirty ton* ot otv i>
innv ot iiteiiump and al*out a ton was
s.-nt down on the Santa Ana today
to i ho Tacoma smelter as a sample.
It s unu" iai to strike an ore l*ody
ot Li 'e.. », a.ity 'v. m ar the surface,
hut it., showing a’rady made is so j
f-markahie ti.at Mr. line's represent-,
atives have f.-lt justified in Umdintf
tie* claims for laryjv amounts, and all
i*. uly considerable payments have
h. en made upon them. Several thous
and dollars w« re paid y - sterday to W.
N. Armstrong for himself. Sk< en and
Lechtn r. The exact amount could not
is* learned.
The property taken over 1»\ the Lane
syndicate . inhrae* s sixteen claims.
The principal work so far has lieen
done on the Hetty, where two tunnels
arc lieiny driven. A tunnel will he
started soon on the (. olumhia. and
a fourth will In* driven to crosscut the
vein ot the Texas aud Seattle.
Took Ml Tiny Could Get
Th*' lv u> ami Columbia belong to
sk en and Lechner. who also own
haif of the Texas. The other half of
the Texas is owned b\ William Cra*
ham. now of Juneau, and T. M. I .am
stopped off at that place on his way up
last week to get a U»nd on tirahnmhs
half, which In- succeeded in doing.
Another l*ond has be«n taken by the
Lanes on three churns l*eh>nging to
Armstrong and ten !« longing to the
Hoorah Mining t omjmny.
Arrangement* have already been
mad*1 with Jatues Bartlett to pack ore
down from the mine to tin1 mil road.
He has ten hors-s and has ensfa md :
several men to bedn work at onee.
The tunnel on the Betty is running <1»*,
rectly on the ledye and ore is heiny
taken out all the way.
The work planned for this winter
will require the employment of quite a
lat\ure force of men a> soon as a place
can he made for them to live. 1 wo J
larire hunk and c<">k houses will be '
erected for them to live in. The work ;
will be prosecuted in til* t ec ol some
dittieulties as the snow is already thr* ••
feel deep. This cuts no tiirure with!
tunnel work* hut there :s a yreaf deal
to do before the new t nereis can In
st art wl and the most himlensome work
of all is the task of -ttimr supplies
and timher up the trail.
Obstacles Cut \o figure
All this will he done iv-jardless of
obstacles. The mines ar< between j
h r ami live miles from <!il>ou's tn
camp, on mile-b of the railroad. A(
fair trail v\ as cut out in the tall and
with regular travel the sh*ddin*r will
l»e as ea>\ as a steep climb run ever be.
Before4 spring a lively minim:
camp will he located on Falls creek,
and with the advent of pleasant weath
er tin- ,-cu.le ol operations w ill be in
crease! still further. Other claim own-!
t*r> v ill then no doubt follow suit. 1 . |
15. Clark, another Nome operator,!
some time aifo took a bond or the Sew-|
:i»o nlaini frt.ai Cleoivn -Aire ties. tie (
has worn- outside for the wint r hut it
is understood that he will develop ids
property next year. The entire creek
and hills adjoining have iieeu staked 1
out by numerous persons.
Theo. Allen. sun-m-law or < names
I). Lane, has been here for several;
sweeks. He catne on the represent:!-j
lion of H. A. Imralls and L. F. Shaw. !
who took the tir>t bond on the Hetty
and Columbia, and he promptly de
cided that the property looked like a
bonanza. He will «jo out on the <>ro
«'on but wHl return in tin spring to
. i
assist in the superintendence of work
on the mines.
CltRKS fOR POSTMASTtRS
Department Announces Allow
ances for Alaska Offices.
By Cable to Tbe Bally Gateway.
Washington. D. Ik e. 1 The post
office department t*xlay announced the
followin'; allowances for clerk hire in
Alaska post offices:
Fairbanks. $PNM: Nome, $.‘H*20: Skaj;
way. s->04ki; i hena. $.4400: Ka^le. $4400:
Fort Yukon. $4'H»; (lohlwin. $440: Ho
luer, $4»0, .Juneau $7<J0; Ketchikan 300;
Kodiak. 'I v‘>: Seward $'£u: Sitka $-40:
I’nalak. $--*>o; Fnalak, t-oO: Fnalaska.
#7.'»: Valdez. *70u.
SANTA AN4 RtACHtS PORT
Brings Large Cargo Including 2j 0 (
Tons of Steel Rails.
Steamer Santa Ana, Capt. Moore,
arrived ir jx>rt Tu«*sday afternoon,
bringing 270 tons of steel rails for the
Alaska Centra!, and 21" tons general
merchandise.
The Santa Ana met a tierce gale a>
she left Latouche Monday night, and |
turned l*u *k until daylight. Fids was
the cauM* of her delay in reaching
Seward. She brought twenty-one first*
class and thirty-tive steerage passong
ers.
Did Not Knock VNickmham
The cable news from Seattle during
the convention stated that resolutions
had l*een adoptetl at Fairbanks attack-,
in>T Judffe Wickersluun, which were
saiil to have been kept out of the con
vention. The Valdez. Prospector wired
o Fairbanks for the text of the resol
utions. ami received this repl\: "Noj
mention of Wickersluun. No knocks.
All boom.”
Paymaster F. E. Youngs an l hi> as
sistant. F. M. Kelly, returned \V .es
day from their monthly runow. Jie j
line to disburse rash. They went as
far as Glacier creek, on mile “»*, and i
Import poor walking all the way.
STEAMER DORA TERNS BACK
Found Terrific Slorm Outside But
Made New Start Today
Steamer Dora found a tern tie storm
outside Thursday forenoon when she
left the bay on l»er way west ward, and
('apt. Moore derided to turn bark. The
sea was extremely roujjh ami the snow
was blowing so wildly and thirkiy that]
it was impossible to see anythin'/. Tin*
little steamer came back to port at Lkio 1
in the afternoon, ami sailed ayaiu at 1
7:?>0 Friday morning.
The Dora seems to be up against it
lately. On her Isi-t trip she was com-1
pel led to turn back and wuit a day. as
did the SaiiVa ( lara at tlie same time.
On her trip west ward she rode through j
storms eouliuaully.
The Santa Ana started ahead of the |
Dora Thursday morning and it is >up
pos< d that she went so far before the
storm blew up that it was a> easy to,
jret into Prince William Sound tts to j
come back into Resurrect ion bay, a> i
she did not return.
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STEAMER BERTHA ARRIVES
——
Sails Westward and Expects to Ke
turn by Wednesday Night.
Steamer Bertha. t'apt. Knudson.
readied j»ort shortly after midnight
Sunday morning with a small nutulier
| of passengers and a cargo of general
merchandise. She sailed for the west
ward at l*» o'clock in the forenoon.
The Bertha met rough weather all.
the way from Sitka to Prince William
Sound, and head winds impeded her
progress. This accounts for her dela>
in getting through to Vaide/.. She
was twenty-seven hours on the way
from Valdez to Seward, but she had a
lot of freight to discharge at Latouehe.
The Bertha's passenger list was as
follows: H. H. Hicks and .Mrs Hicks.
Mrs. D. Gray, .latues Nicholson, Mrs.
Nicholson. Louis Nicholson, VV. H.
Whittlesey, K. S. Mates, H. C. Mur
phy, W. S. Pay; and twelve steerage,
HYDRAULIC WORK
ON COOK INLET
C. W. Purin^ton Says it is One of
Lew Localities Where That
Method Pays.
“Cook Inlet hits the he>t ttossihilities
for hydraulic mininy 1 know of.” is
tlie expressed opinion of < \\ . I’uriny
ton. the Itonver mininir engineer, who
mad. a report on Alaska mines for the
fjove'i ment las' year. lie has just ,
negotiated the 'ale of tie1 < row t reek
mines to a Host on company and is now
in Seward. Concerning hydraulic
mini ay on the Inlet he said:
•’Hydraulic mininy as it was done on
a yiyantie scale in t aliform a ii It y
wits a;o is almost unknown today. 1
know of only one hiy hydraulic mine:
that is at Caribou, llrilish Columbia.
The expert mrnayers of hydraulic
(eities toda\ could prohahly he counted
on the linyers of one hand.
Offers Necessary Conditions
‘•l ook lni*'t appears to me to present
p.cnliar opp'ortunities for hydraulie
lit'iiine in-cause ii- ereeks some of
thei.i at 1»■ :-l present the peeuliar
eonditlou* necessary for saccesslul hy
draulie mininy. One prime requisite
is ;i la rye slow *>l water " ilh a very
snitt desceni. That requirement is
fid i]|ed ;ii i row cr*-ek, and I think on
some others around the Inlet, though
i have not examined them.
•*Hyd -:i die tniniu? is a speetaeuiar
met in >*l. and for that reason appeals to
many who lack the technical knowl
edge t** conduct it successfully or to
jiaiye when successful ope ratio:! is pos
sible. It is an impressive siylit to see
a yroat stream of water teaviny away
yruvel from a precipitous hillside, but
there are lew localities where that me
thod is the most profitable.
“In Nome they have £oiv to enorm
ous expense to build ditches for carry
fl,.* ;»'w* 4• • i’t .iini.it lOH.t t>\it i
they have to resort to artificial means
to obtain th** force necessary, and the
operations have proven very expensive.
I think the steam dredgers which are
coniinjr into use at Nome are more
economical and will he generally eni-1
ployed. I recommended them in my re
port to the government last year.
Gigantic Hydraulic Work
••In California hydraulic mining was
conducted upon a gigantic scale under
conditions which cannot he duplicated,
anywhere in the world. In that state
were found immense deposits on steep
hills, with ample water to wash them
down. To this day Chinamen are
scratching the bottoms of the gulches
for the tine gold which settled there
from the hydraulic operations.”
Mr. l*u ring ton says the formation at
Cm\\ creek is peculiar, and one rare in
gold minin'.' regions. From the creek
i isi a succession of benches to the top
of the adjacent range. The claims of
t in Crow Creek Mining Company em
brace the first-ami second benches on
one side. Operations have been con
ducted chief iy on the first bench. but
sufficiently on the second to show that
it also contains pay gravel. Mr. Pur
ington thinks it likely that gold may
he found also in paying quantities in
the higher benches.
Whole Region looks Favorable
Wlilie hematic no examination of
other creeks on the Inlet Mr. l’uring
tou saw enough of several to lead him '
to the belief that they also present!
great hydraulic possibilities. He says j
that Six Mile looked good to him at
the lower end. aud from descriptions i
give him he is of the opinion that the |
whole region may soon have valuable |
hydraulic properties in operation.
In 1805 Mr. Purington was on the!
Inlet on a government expedition to
ascertain the mining possibilities of
Alaska. A few prospectors were there!
hut only one man was producing any
thing. and that on a very small scale.
The part) found traces of work done
there by a Russian engineer who was
sent to the region in 1840 by his gov
ernment. The engineer appears to
have been run out by the Russian
Ameriean company, which did not
want miners to invade the country, as;
they would have driven out the fur
bearing animals, but lie wrote a hook
on bis work here, which shows con
siderable knowledge of the country. ;
It t> announced that the anthracite
coal miners of Pennsylvania will de
mand a recognition of the union after
April 1. lJHMi, the date when the-agree
ment arranged h^ the-1 looseveIt com
mission which settled the hie strike of
1M-. expires.
Belllingham i-- trying to raise money
to build a railroad to Sooksne
Track Will Reach First Tunnel
About January I. and Boring
W ill Soon Begin.
Korty-to tr miles of track, with a lew
rails more for {food measure, now !
stretch Omni Seward over the Alaska]
Central. Tracklayinjr proceeds slowly
because r few roods ahead of the pre
sent terminus a bridge .'loo feet lontr is
under const rud ion, and just beyond it
lies an expanse <>f rock work which1
will require at least ten days longer j
for coinplet ion.
At the summit, on mile 4(1, and in]
several oilier places are rock obstruct-!
ions which will require considerable
lime yet, and the const rue! ion depart
ment do* s not expect to have track i
laitl ('> the t mine! on mile4t»tintil about |
January I. The rails will not be laid]
unite to »he tunnel hut the track will |
end close enough to it for till practical ]
purposes while t unnelborine isifoin^on. 1
To Begin lunnel Work
Rich A Harris expect to take their J
Meant compressor and other tunnel
driving machinery up to their work on
mile .*»:! within a few days. The snow
is now fully three feet deep from the !
end of the track and is settling and1
hardening so that skidding will he easy
from this time forward.
Although the Rich A- Harris tunnels
are three miles by the projected line
from the first tunnel, which the rail-1
road company will boro, their camp is
1< s- than a mile away,and a crow could i
make it in less distance. The line cork-j
sere" s down hill lu obtain an easy j
grade, making one complete loop and j
curving continually.
During the past week the railroad i
ha ' added a HO-foot addition to the car-;
shed at the edge Of town ilunbling i» ■
length. 'This was necessary to make,
room for the repair work and to house
the engines when two or three of them
are in town at once. A box car was
built in the shed the past week by the
carpenters. Tne box was built upon a
flat car, and was the second that has
been made over that way.
Mom Into New Office
Treasurer Stewart of the company
company moved into the new office
building la>t Wednesday. His office
was the last to move and is not yet
fully equipwed. The whole building
k still incomplete, but the officials
were so cramped in the old building
that they moved as soon as possible and
are taking their chances with the tne
i chanies. Another week or two should
see the building fully completed.
| The painting on the outside is done
and the structure now presents a hand
some ell'ect in light yellow with white
points. Fifth avenue in front, and
Adams street on the south side are be
i ing dug down and leveled, and the
I ground belonging to the company on
| the other two sides will also be cut
j down and leveled. The ground floor of
! the building war placed a little below
■ the surface to conform to the probable
future street grade. When the grad
i ing is complete a pavement will be laid
I on the street sides of the building.
FIND TISDALE’S
BODY IN RIVER
Corpse of Missing Juneau Man
Recovered at New York
With Money Untouched.
r
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, Dec. 1—The body of Janies
N. Tisdale, the missing raining man
from Juneau, Alaska, was recovered
today from East river. It was fully
clothed and his money and jewelry
were in his pockets, which disposes of
the theory that he was robbed and
murdered.
Tisdale disappeared from his hotel in
this city about t wo weeks ago. As no
mot ive for suicide is known it is thought
probable that he fell in the river ac
cidentally and was drowned.
F. 1’. Skeen and John Lechner, the
men who made Falls creek famous by
finding gold there. Ncanu down from
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SETS NEW PRICE
ON SEWARD EAND
W. Yi. Sauers Buys Fourth Avenue
Business Lot From Nelson
Brothers for $2000.
VV. M. Sauers bouylit for *2iMto from
Nelson Brothers last week the lot on
tint west side of Fourth avenue, adjoin
ing Brown iV Hawkins on the south.
'Phis establishes a new record for busi
ness realty in Seward as the hiyhest 1
previous liyure was spinu. The tech
nical description of the property is lot
I*, block lo.
Within a month Mr. Sauers will
beyin tiie erection of a two-storv block ;
upon the lot. The huildiny will he
12'>x72 teet. with ten rooms on tlie |
second tloor, half of which Mr. Sauers'
family will occupy. Work on the
huildiny would beyin at once but for ■
lack <>) material. Mr. Sauers lias a
1 caryo of lumber ordered from Seattle
for bis lumber yard, and hopes that
I some day a steamer will kindly briny
, ii alony.
Buildiny all over town i-> tnukiny
j yood proyress in spite of the woeful
handicap of lack of material, especially
; lumber. Whenever a caryo of lumber
arrives more buildinys- will be emu
| mdiced than are now under construc
tion. but at present several lurye ones
i anti a yreat number ol small ones are
i yoiny tip.
CAME HP HERE EARLY
TO AVOID THE RUSH
H, H. Hicks Says Seward Will See
Big Influx of Immigration
Very Soon.
'
"There will he a big rush to Seward
in the spring/’ said H. H. Hicks, who j
came up on the Hertha, ** and I want
to get in ahead of the rush and have
time to look around."
Mr. Hicks has lived in Alaska eleven
years. For four years he was a post j
trader and copper miner at llliamna,
and when he sold out two months ago
it was with the intention of coining to J
Seward in the spring to go into busi- j
ness. He did not think there would he j
much doing here through the winter so
decided to spend a few months on
the Sound. He went to Tacoma and in
less than sixty days decided to come
on at once to Seward. Y\ hy he did so
he explains:
••1 didn’t like Tacoma very well and
while I was there and in Seattle I dis
covered that Seward i- getting a lot of
advertising that is going to make it
hum next year. I look for a hig rush
early in the spring and I thought it
would he a good tiling to start ahead
of the procession. It is surprising
how much talk can he heard on the
Sound about Seward. So far as J
could learn it is attracting more alien
tion just now than all the rest of j
Alaska. That is one reason 1 hurried
hack. 1 was afraid 1 might missi
something."
Mr. Micks brought lumber with him ,
to build a house for a residence. He i
lias bought a lot on Second avenue
near Lowell creek and will erect a
house as soon as he can get it done.
As soon as he can settle upon a loca
tion he will buy a business lot and
erect a large block upon it.
STLAMIR PORTLAND SAILS
Oregon Reaches Seattle and Santa
Clara Will Start Friday
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 28—Steamer Portland
sailed last night for Seward with a full
cargo and a small number of passengers.
The Santa Clara will sail next Fri
day by the inside passage.
The Oregon arrived this morning,
having made a fast run on the outside
from Ellamar. She has a cargo of ore
for the Tacoma smelter, and will re
quire several days to take on cargo
hero, when she returns. It is expected
that she will sail northward again
about Sunday.
Steamship Oregon was in Ellamar
last Friday afternoon when the Bertha
came through, hut was expecting to
leave that evening. She had turned
hack twice because of snow-storuis, not
wishing to venture in them through
the narrow channels along the islands
Members of Congress at W ide
Variance but Commission Pro
ject is Most in favor.
By Cablo tc The Daily Gateway.
Washington. I). <'.. Nov. L’K Much
speculation is rife over the various
projects for radical or comprehensive
schemes of Alaska legislation to b<
proposed in Congress ui the session
which will begin next Monday.
All mcmhois who made a trip to :lie
territory last summer agree that some
thing should lie done for the district,
hut each individual member lias a dif
ferent idea as to what is needed. Sev
eral believe that the district is toy
large for a territorial form of govern
ment, because* of the diversity ol inter
ests and the dillicullics of int. irorn
munieation. For the same reason they
believe that one delegate cannot satis
factorily represent the whole territory
in < 'ongress.
On the whole it is believed that both
the project for territorial government
and for territorial delegate have re
ceived a setback and that nothing "ill
he done in either direction at this ses
sion. It is pointed out that the Alaska
newspapers are not united upon the
subject of territorial government, and
that a deplorable lack of harmony
among tlie different sections was evi
dent at the recent convention.
Representation Not Important
Delegate representation is not con
sidered to be tin- most important tiling
for Alaska, although it is conceded
that it would have the advantage of
dispensing largely with the self-con
stituted spokesmen for the territory
who conn* herewith knives in their
noeket.» for every office-holder in tie
district.
f ora beginning' ongressman I w m y
has recommended a commission to
govern the territory, and a special
Alaska committee of three members
each branch of Congress, which is the
present plan for the government of the
district of < 'olumbia. The Alaska com
mission would be composed of three
members and would send in an annual
report, recommending appropriations
and changes in legislation regarded as
likely to be beneficial. This report
would be referred to the Alaska com
mittees of Congress, which would hear
evidence upon the matters in question.
The commission idea is growing in
Congress and is likely to be strongly
supported.
Washington. D. C., Nov. 2R—Con
gressman Cushman of Washington
called upon President Roosevelt today
and stated that it is his intention to
introduce a hill allowing Alaska a
delegate in Congress. The bill will
be the same as he introduced in the
last congress.
Authorize Ryan to Represent
Seattle. Nov. 21) -R. S. Ryan of Nome
named by the Alaska convention :s
delegate to Congress from the Second
judicial district of the territory, has
been authorized b\ the other two del
egates to go to Washington to present
the convention memorial to Congress.
He will leave for the capital next Sat
urday.
Ryan say- he is opiiosed to pushing
the demand for a territorial form of
government for Alaska at this time
lor the reason that it might discourage
capital from investing in the territory.
He thinks it better to wait until Con
gress devises some equitable form of
government which will insure stable
conditions. The first thing which
Ryan will take tip and urge will he the
proposition that Congress appropriate
$1,000,000 foa road building in Alaska.
All the Alaska delegates are favora
ble to the government of thu territory
by a commission if the members are
chosen by election. They agree that
the residents of the district are tired
of np|K)intive officers. They will also
ask that a special Alaska committee
he named in each house of Congress to
which all Alaska matters shall he re
ferred.
Nushaqak Marshal in Seward
Russell S. Rates, deputy (\ S. mar
shal at Nushagak, came to Seward on
the Bertha on official business and will
go out to Seattle on the same boat, He
will be back this way in a few weeks.
Mr. Hates was recently appointed post
master of the newly created office of
Dillingham, about six miles this side
of the old town of Nushagak, on the
eastern side of the river.
Leonard Seibert, who built the first
Pullman sleeping car died recently at