Seward weekly gateway., December 09, 1905, Image 1

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TO WORK MINIS
BY MACHINERY
Lane’s Managers Plan to Install
Big Plant on I alls Crook
With Stamp Mill.
Machinery anti a slam!) mil *'•
Falls creek mines Umii* d by (. Ih j
Lane will be installed as soon ns en
velopment shows what is l-e«.t a< apt ■ ;
to working the property. I’lie ore s<> i
tar taken out is free m din v 1 . < :
ning into high values. !i furl her work
shows the entire lode t > o! ;
formation a large stamp mill "’.d
erected in the spring.
If the ledge should run into ba»- < i
refractory ores a ditTeivr: ti<
would Is* required and dd! ’rent m
ohiuery will be installed. i : ' -
probable, as the rule in ^ it
that the ledges gtx»w rie * a** :: «
depth is attaint <1. The* "i »*r« "
to the Tacoma smelter on the Sane
Ana was intended as a test t t the mi
lure of the lode at the |H>in! ot tu»
present working.
This sample ton was tnk*-u from il
body without selection, a: d shor s a
ford a fait* test of the grad at ‘ t ;
point. Numetxnts assays mu •• h.*.-;
made of samples, and rest; t< as :
as Slot to a ton have b. en o >•; •
Theo. Allen, who was sent t?p her* h;
Charles L). Lane to exandt p
erty. is an expert assayer. ;•> well . -
practical miner, and hi' repeated * !
says of tin* ore have cos** need., !
that the property is a bonanza.
Ore Is of High 'oraac
The grade ot the ore is much In.- *
than i> generally supp»sed. VV n •
A. Ingalls, who took the first bond >
the 1 Jetty ami Columbia from Si-;
ami Lechner, went to Seattle witl
description ot the property ami laid
before Charles 1). Lane, ; fiat i;i : •
miner was skeptical, though he km-v
Ingalls to be a competent miner am
reliable man.
Mr Ingalls urged Mr. 1. - to >er.<
some one else up to look at the trim
and Lane sent his son-in v ■
Allen, who came up a month ago .
after an examination deve" ; « i ;• sat
ilar ebullition of enthusiasm. On th
statements of Alien and Inga C. D
Lano took the bonus and se: l.isbr.* 1.
♦ r. Thomas M. Lane, up to sup >
tend development work f<> • a tim<
He will be succeeded in the v ■ ng b
Mr. Allen, who will prohaM.\ hecorm
superintendent of the mine.
The discovery of the r ' (in
mines, although made by * e :.c>
prospectors, wa> to a certain ext* ; m
accident. F. 1’. Skeen and / ' r: ! M
ner. the first locators, camt in • N--t •
last spring impelled by lie r.tvir
spirit which drives prospect > 1 a:
down the land wherever mil mg I
bilities exist. They worked a ilih
while on the railroad, and • • ; !•« ga
an examination of the creeks m ar tfi
line iu search of placers.
Creek Cats the Ledge
The lower end of the creek was a)
ready located and the prospector' pi
cesded farther up. They finally cum*
to a place where the creek cut thro: ;
a well-defined mineral ledge of u hi .v
quartz. It did not look like mia-k <>
anything to them, but in mere et re
ity they hammered off Severn1 pc e« '
and suddenly noticed that one a n
fairly glittered with gold specks.
The prtispectors went n<> further.
They staked out a string of claims ui .
began work. A little drilling oi'ch -ia
the presence of free gold all througl j
the ledge. They wrote of their disco v
ery to Nome, and W. N. Aiii.cc g.
,vho ha»l been with them on the Re* * n*
expedition into Siberia, cane down j
Further development work w,.s com
and u|>on the statements of Sk* en eo:t
cerning the find H. A. Ingalls or.mo t<
Seward. A few days e.vuninut n e >: -
vinced him that the bo's had found a
bonanza. Me took a Imnd upon r uct o
the property for himself and L. V.
Shaw, and hastened to Seattle t<» ge
money for development on a !;irg
scale. The result was the taking ov, *
of sixteen claims by Charles I). hum*
Messrs. Ingalls and Shaw still have ; ,
interest in the properly which they
first bonded. Of future prospects Mr.
Shaw- says:
“The property is practically past He
experimental stage. It would be un
heard of for such a showing as is now
in sight to fade out into nothing. A
the men who have been interested in
the property agree that the indications
are extraordinary. Men like Ingali j
and Theo. Allen can hardly be mi- J
taken. There is enough in sight 1
injure a big mining esunp.*'
Kenai Mining Company Acquires
Sixteen Valuable Claims
ou Cooper Creek
Hydraulic ttrniay "ill bvi'in on
*
{'•i»r creek mar t 1m* lower rid of,
Ken ti lake as soon a flume anti a
il.tu can be bail; to e nirol ike
waters of t ooper lake.' Tin* Kenai
Mining Company, recently Incur-1
noratotl. t»" ns o-bt acres extendin'; up.
t' * p. * creek from the place where if 1
, ii , ilit i Ken::i river, about live •
mii *> from K<* ai lake. Tiie yravel :
i is p; operl v I .** been worked i n
a small seal*' and pro\* n to t>e rich.
Tin* Kenai Mininy fnmpauv fae* *> j
m ;;n,;<..al ebstacle. thouyli not a1
( u!*’is(ti,;** one. It ins too uiuea
wa;-*.- ia tin* -«>uree of it- supply, and
: .* ..rst development "efK witich will
i . rb.rmed um'er the direction of
d.r ajfcr Kr d liryant "ill bo to drive
■art, of tins water away from (.'ooper
•e* *k.
* , e;* r lake, which is an enormous
•iji:rai :*< -ervoir. i- almost surrounded
*v mountains, htu on one side a
• ivv rid..* , fcatvely fifteen feet Idyll
• t‘ i:t*t more than lifty teet thick, eon-1
: it ■ all which alone pr» rents j
• 1-j.tir** contents <, f the lake I coin J
ib*n. do" u a precipitous d iivity
) a V;t.' ■ V hundreds of fe**t b**!o\y. ,
f. nauyh tiiis wall it is proposed to cut i
i • ‘i*'i ?*> ..rr.lt a part *■’< tin wat rs of
1 :.1 ..*. ,i th ■ ntir idsciiary■ ,
I .nr*; n t he " '..11 e (plait
i . . d f. I* h;. -aul'c purposes '
! * nil in ’. s< a*eas everf'.isws :i larye *
art of ti* * area he ** the by drat. iC j
a m duns wi. i be conquered.
Ccniatily drain lake
Ma' a.er i m tilt e.\ith at r *• -
>f :x uvr. to he abh toh.ijfthr to ce*
* u‘\ i.tclt to tiraio the water surplus
I lie a am ? v. “ . When com
d. tin* ;vi - - ah:’'• ■ U ■
i a -r> ay a lar; •* »|nar‘ of
e he hike * • hi ah, ami a
% ..ah :• amount when the virfaio is
The c en? y prana Ws expert to
ve { <* an . c <ch const? note
i\ rpr r <1 to i in bytl:aulic oper
if.oiis eii a hoar-- scale. Work wiii
> air. at the U w • end of' the claims,
a.he’" : lot: , t he C - k and hvcl-oin*
u/ b- nei.es for Hire- m H\
iraohr work will sin-ply eat a way tin
-.'ami hei! Too; the Sower end of tin
r as lonjj a ■ it is f- •oral to contain
»1».l ir. . ay ;na eiiantity.
tir.... Proven to r.e R.ch
Part of the X omul which the Ken t
Mininjr t ompany has taken over ha*
o are. • a by ha t-o-r li-yan? fo"
„ veral years. II • lu-.s i>. mi minim: in
Sonr.se U...'trjci -hire .*». and an
n a. lit lie sluic ah • ork on < ’oope*
. . . w1111 _ftx»h. rsiilts. Mat * i>tnmi.
■ id a claim there for two or three
::*..Ms, j:nii hr. ill a wine dam to divert
rt of tin water of Cooper creek. Koi
,s' ■ rath i:n« ii !•.»» k out abeiit
in ounce a day.
Mr. P.rvnn; found tha* o; -rations
•nusi be ex.ensive in order to make the
r p rt y pay a d lie interested •tern!
milr-vio men in t! property, with tie
• salt of oraaiezinsr tin Kenui Mining
Company. F. Ii. Stewart, treasurer of
he Alaska Central, is president,
ieor^fd K. \V inter.- has as*,: taut, n
secretary, and 1’aytnasu F. fr!. \ out tip
is one of the directors.
Manager Bryant has had considerable
xperienct* in hydraulic mining. Lie
employed on tie Crow creek mine
» .d a!»jut a month ago. ami regards
:.e Corner creek properly* as very
m at* in formation and consequently
it tiie methods re,.piired it* Work it.
Calls forestry Convention
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Cau
a lias ealleii a frestry congress to
noet at Ottawa. including among those
nvited the ofheeis of the Cnited States
• nau of forestry, the American For
cin' Association and lilt state forestry
■ureaus and associations throughout
he country. Fort s.ry i xperts on thL
-.ide of the line have heartily co-oper
ated with the Canadians in former eon
> rmet s, and it is expected that many
- ia will aiteud tin* coming con
gress at Ottawa. _
' Alhumenized milk is a most nourish
ing dt’ink f'-rau invalid, and in hot
weather, taken at intervals of three
a ui - bet we- t. breakfast and ad o’clock
dinner, would be all the nourishment!
** que ed by a person in health. Drop (
ne white of oue e rg in a glass, add j
■ wot birds of a cupful of milk, cover i
and shake until thoroughly mixed. |
train into another glass aud .serve.
Reiterates Belief is National Rcju'ation of Railroad Rates and
Life Insurance- fsives Much Space to Alaska, Urging
ttective Relegate for Territory and Citizens!]!?
Rights for C.'vi.ized Indians.
Ey Cn )!o to The Daily Gateway.
Washington. !>. t lee. f. I'n si
dent Ri .sev dt's annua) messa/c to
Ponirress was read yesterday afternoon
in both houses. It* marked features
si re discussions of special subjects upon
which the President 1ms heretofore
taken a posit i\\ -laud.
The President read ruts his adher
ence to ;h«* policy of eulatminif and
sirennihenitey the powers of tlie inter
state commerce commission, ^ivin^ it
authority to regulate railroad rates.
At the same time the Pressideut dis
avows any sympathy with the
nov m olt for public ownership of rail
roads.
The me-v -. e takes up tin- life insur
nee seat - :: is ai 1 Uf.es the extension
4;t ,4 ,1 au’inmity over tie* insurance
imsiia-ss. The . ’resident reeonmicnds
t im^r. -sional attention to the results
i-eee i;f** it:-uranee investigations.
Id d' ii.-tuH-is corporate contributions
to political parties in entnoaians.
Ti e treaty with San t omintfo, which
drtuaily uivt s tin P.vii-d States «rov
a protectorate over the Ro
,ii,: treasury, to pay outside debts
■ cuiate i soon; lures, is fav< red
1,-. the lb. shorn! at id he recommends
i;> ratification by the Senate.
The i . —a -v in-vs tin* utitram
i> . , , adti:: a this country of all
v . i .es- IH.t voolie*. and ask- increased
a; p;..printn i s for tin stale depart
t ' in outer to enable it to stimulate
ci'iuiueti iti! interests abroad.
Ret ;.."i tr.cn Js .iauk.t Doit gate
Tin! I mt recon.n <nds that
A bisk a be c: veil a territorial delegate,
>a. t.d: "I earnestly recounted that
\hiska i’f .iveil an elective delegate
*, ( i. «—. Seine cr.-oii should he
. , wo.. i .i i *-i.mk w it A ui.ttiority
.»r the territory at.d in support <>i its
• .rods. Ti:-e -o\ . rumont iiotiid aid
tjjo .• ;>t; ..elion of a railroad ' otn the
(Juir of Alaska to tin* Yukon fiver
over American soil all the way.
“In my hist two me-sages 1 have
advocated curtain additional actions
in hehalf of Alaska. I shall not now
' repeat these recommendations hut
shall lay all my stress upon the ree
o'"memlation of giving to Alaska some
one authorized to speak for it. 1
should prefer that the delegate be
made elective, hut if tins is not
■deemed wise then an appointive rep
resentative should he provided for.
In any ease Congress should give
1 Alaska some person whose business it
shall he to speak with authority in
■ her behalf in < 'ongress.
“.The natural resources of Alaska
are great. St me of tile chief needs ol
the peculiarly energetic, self-reliant,
i typically American white population
'of Alaska were set forth m my last
annual tm ss.i to Congress.
brges Indian Bights
" I :ti-o ask your attention to the
ne eds of the Alaska Indians. All In
dians who are compete ut should re
ave the full rights ol American cili
hip. It is. for distance, a gross
;i:id intleb n able wrong to deny tosuen
,,ani-s < "king, decent living Indians a
tin Metlakaht las the right to obtain
licenses as captains and engineers of
-n am vt -> is; the right to enter min
i,g claims ami to prolit by the home-(
...-cad laws, lhe.se particular Indians
an ci\ ii/.eei and competent, and are
entitled to he placed on the same
ha-1. \.g■ n the whili men around !
t iie:u."
Imposes Territorial Government
Washington, 1). <Dec. ('» ('ongress- ;
man dom - ol Washington introduced a
hill into the House today providing for
a icrrilorial government for Alaska,
it carries, like all laws for territorial
organization, a cut. so giving the terri
11;t*\ an elective delegate in Congress.
ripSLifl
SJfSSfifcK BTC SH.R
|4iLo&> si!'£*3 L ij C*
•talfcur Out, ki;£ Asks Campbell
Dannermau to Form Liberal
Ministry
27 caM? to T..e Daily Gateway.
London. i Ve. •’ Flic Halfour l on*
servalive cabinet re-u^nod in a body
t day, ar.d lh\nder iediour retires to
orient* !»fe. The bin;; has iiivdeu Hir
:t ;;i:i:ilM*!l-i’amifti::an to form a
i .;!>•, ral . v, ith himself as head.
Tin* resignation of tin* Labour eubi
at tIds tin* was a surprise, as it
v. a- understood t hat I labour was await
ing an opportune, time for dissolution
of parliament and an appeal to the
country. The <;overninont lias been
heater. twice on test vnlos’but contrary
to precedent Halfour refused to resign
foilowiny the defeats, or to dis
solve Harlianu nt. on the ground
iHut the vote in each case was very
small and not a real test of the senti
ment of the House of (Commons.
Millionaire Palaces
Tin palaces of the millionaire, like
| t!u* Hast Side tenements or the subur
I Pan cottages, liave been built directly
[for the market. The modern Fifth
Avenue mansion has become almost a
Maple article of merchandise. Five or
1 six years ago the builder who risked
his capita! in a $.10,000 or$40,000 house
was regarded as a very venturesome
;r>! sen. In t tie last six years, however,
a single New York builder has erected
louses at a cost of from $100,000 to
>>00,000 on a purely speculative basis:
and lias, moreover, sold them. Whether
the purchaser1* contentment with tiie
ready-madi article, however, is owing
to the lack of ideas or an Indecent
haste to establish thee-elves on
America's greale t residential thor
oughfare, is not determined.—Metro
politan Magazine.
1 Unknown Miscreant Hurls Four
Pound Plumb Bob Through
the Car Window
3y Ca' lo to Tac Daily Gateway.
Washing on. 0. D*»e. 4 An iron
plumb bob wpi^hinr' four pounds was
thrown through tin* window of Presi
dent Koosewlt's special train Satur
day at North Philadelphia. The tnis
! >i!f barely missed Webb Hayes, son of
■ t ho lau Pi esident Haves, who hears a
slight resemblance to i’resident Kou.se
velt. The man vviio threw the iron
i was not detected.
The 1‘resident was on his way to
West Point to see the football £ame
between the teams of the military and
naval academies, the latter of Annap
olis. The score was a tie. (» to (i.
No v>joid lor five Days
At the head of the gulf of Bothnia
there is a mountain on the summit of
which the sun shines perpetually dur
ing the five days of June 10. 20. 21, 22
and 2.5. Every six hours during this
season of continual sunshine a steatm r
; leaves Stockholm crowded with visit
j ors anxious to witness the phenome
non. At the same place during winter
the sun disappears and is not seen for j
weeks. Then it comes in sight again!
for ten. fifteen or twenty minutes, j
gradually lengthening its stay until
finally it stays in sight continuously j
for upward of 120 hours.
The railroads will carry pas.iong< rs
lathe G. A. It. grand encampment
at Minneapolis next summer for 1 cent
a mile where that rate exceeds $5.
Unfortunately h r progress, a ste;> in
the right direction is nearly al\>a.,s on
somebody’s toes. Puck.
The omperor of Chi. a will make a
European trip next year.
All Railroad Officials Move in
and Only Interior Work
Remains Incomplete.
All the departments of the Alaska
I Central Hail way Company are now
, permanently located in the new office
, building at tho corner of Fifth avenue
land Adams street. The building is
I practically finished except tie- attach-,
mi nt of a few inside fixtures which are
not in place because they have not yet.
arrived in town.
I In its completed state the rail toad
i < Hire building is the most pretentious 1
structure in Alaska. It isf>Oxlg*> feet
on the ground, and the middle section
is three stories high. The wings are
two stories. They are of frame but the
middle section is of brick, with
lire proof walls, to lessen the danger
from lire. The vaults are all in the
i brick section. The latter is framed on
■ tho outside to correspond with the re
mainder of the buiiding. Trie cost of
the structure was about $4o,*JiK).
j The building is not yet completely
j furnished, as part of the furniture is
somewhere on the way. but it is siif
; licieiitly equipped to enable the raii
| road officials and their assistants to
transact business as rapidly and eom
l I'oriubly as they can when they have
1 oior; elaborate furnishings.
Majority on Set or. J f.oor
A majority of the offices are on the
m cond lloor. In the nortii end of tins
floor art; the rooms occupied 1h Cenerai
Manager and Chief Kugincer Poland.
Tiie suite includes three root, s across
the end and one on the east side. Ad
joining is the room of Master Mechanic
Van* leve.
Next are two rooms occupied by Mr.
Kyi.*, engineer of surveys. The entire
i-asi wing on the second floor isottcupied
hy tlie draughtsmen um or Mr. Kyle.
Thi- room has windows on every side
which admit all the daylight available
at all times. The west side of the
middle section contains the lavatory
and a room which has not yi t been as
signed. The third Moor of the middle!
section is intended to be used as a blue !
print room, although for the present it ;
is unfinished and all that work is done;
in the general draughting room.
Arrangement ol First Fiaor
On the ground lloor Mr. Cameron, I
engineer ed construct ion, occupies four
rooms on the north end anil east side,
directly under the suit** occupied by j
.Aii*. Poland. 'Hie middle section is the !
treasurer's department. A long rail
ing and counter, with windows in the
railing like a hank, partitions the room
nearly in half, separating the. mployes
from the public. Adjoining the gen
era! room, in the north wing, is the
private office of Treasurer Stewart.
The lavatories, one on each lloor in
the north wing, are equipped with
modern plumbing. On the second
lloor is a bath room. The entire build
ing is heated hy steam arid will be
lighted by electricity.
The entire ground lloor of the south
wing is designed for a bunking room.
It is one large room with a vault in
the brick or middle section. For the
present it will remain unoccupied hut
it will be leased later to a banking
; house. It fronts on both streets and
like the draughting room above it, is
lighted on three sides.
Construction Proceeds Well
Construction work on the line is pro
ceeding well in spito of cold weather
and short days. Tracklaying has been
at a standstill for two weeks, awaiting
the completion of a bridge on mile 43.
This xvi 1 ] In- Jinislied the coming week
and rails .vill then he laid to tin* next
mile. Other bridges and some rock
work farther along, will also check
tracklaying and the little that remains
to he laid this side the tunnel on mile
lit, will he done without haste, as the
tunnel will stop that branch of work
for several months. The end of the
track will be on mile 4!) for the winter.
Rich <& Harris took their steam com
pressor this week up to work at n ile
32, and will begin boring the tunnels
within a day or two. They have about
123 men working and will soon double
the number. The railroad will have
work on the tunnel on mile 4!) under
way within a short time.
The English walnut is said to be the
most profitable of all nut bearing trees.
When in full vigor, they will yield
about 300 pounds of nuts to the tree.
The nuts sell on an average at about
fourpence per pound. It only twenty
seven tre;s ate planted on an acre, the
income w u!d be ab ut £133 per acre.
—London Answers.
'
CALLS BLliff Of
NEW YOM EffE
Tanana Man Refuses Policy Be
cause of Scandals Although
Threatened With Action
By Cfiblo to Tho Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Dec. 1 -Thomas Donohue of
Fairbanks will be sued by the New
York Life It sura nee Company to coin
pel him t ) accept a paid-up policy for
$0(101) and pay $15000 for it. Donohue
had entered into a contract to tak«- tin*
policy last spring and had given the
company’s agent an order on the Seat
tle assay olllce for the amount.
Before the transaction was complete
the iris.urai.ee scandals became known
and Donohue refused to take the policy
and warned the assay olllce not to pay
over the money. The assay office is
still holding it and will continue to do
so until directed by order of court to
pay to one of the parties. Action for
the recovery of the money will proba
bly be instituted by the insurance com
pany in t lw* fnited Mates circuit court
' In this eitv. as both Donohue and the
*
1 rnonev are here.
Donohue is a Tatiana mining man.
He made the application for tie- policy
n Fairbanks last sprin..- and can •; out
side short.\ afterward, li st as the m
-
suranec agitat :-in (.ns.-ios*d ugly facts
regarding the ina'a-ig.tm-t.t <>i Die big
’com pawn -. !:• promptly I' po .iated
hi- contra'-t and says lie wi'l light it
out to tie- court of last resort if neces
sary before he will pay.
WINTER COMES AT TEST
Mercury Drops to 2 and Continues
Below Freezing.
Winter has linally managed to tint!
its wav to Alaska and the mercury last
Monday had pinched back to 7 degrees
above zero, the lowest mark <>i last
winter.
The thermometer went down to 2 de
grees above z.e;o Thursday night at 11
o'clock. Shortly afterward it began to
edge upward and at 7 o'clock this morn
ing stood at !•.
It is just cold enough in Seward now
to make the inhabitants rejoice that
they are not in Montana. Heston,
or Oshkosh. Wisconsin. Still it would
he pleasanter if the wind would not
come so fast. People like a little
breeze to tempt r the heat but they
don’t want it hurry like a painter try
ing to lit.Nli a job before his paint gives
out. If it keeps up its present lick it
will blow the Japan current down to
the Mexican coast, where they don’t
need it.
out on the railroad line below zero
weather is reported, with less wind.
; Some town people say they would
rather have more weather and less
wind, hut then the same persons criti
cised the heat last summer and the
rain in the fall.
The drop in temperature cut otf the
snowfall which seemed imminent, and
the little that fell last week is no longer
i able to hide the ground except in
patches.
FISK JURY CHARGES MURDER
Finds Evidence That Me Was Kill
ed by His Partner Murray
The coroner’s jury impaneled by
Commissioner Hildreth last week to
held an iucjuest at Seldovia over the
hotly of .lames Fisk, whose skeleton
was found at Halibut hav a short time
ago with a rifle ball in iIn* vertebrae,
returned a verdict eharj'injf his part
ner. John M. Murray, or Moreira, with
murder.
Judge Hildreth found some new evi
dence pointing to murder, although he
was in Seldovia only two hours. 1 lie
men who visited the scene state that a
new cabin had been built halt a mile
from the old one which the two men
had occupied together. It was near
the new cabin that Fisk's body was
found. His personal belongings were
inside, while a lot of Murray's prop
erly was found in the old cabin. This
is taken as evidence that the men had
quarreled.
The witnesses say also tiiat the blood
on the razor found inside the cabin
was not on the edge but daubed on the
back. The blood on Fisk’s clothing
was not inside the garments but
smeared over the outside, showing
that it was not from a wound hut from
an external source.
The director of the U. S. geological
survey has sent out a circular invitiug
the co-operation of placer miuers in
the search for platinum, lor which
there is an increasing demand.
The price of wheat is slowly declin
ing in Chicago.