Seward weekly gateway., September 07, 1907, Image 1

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VOL. IV, NO. I
LIFE LOSS DUE
TO WIRE DELAY
Engineer of Quebec Bridge Had
Telegraphed Order for Men
To Quit Work.
HAD SUSPICION OF DEFECT
Because of Operators’ Strike West
ern Union Message failed fo
Reach Destination.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway
Quebec. S*-pt. - Delay in tending a
Western ITiion message caused the
los* of life in the bridge collapse lien*.
The chief engineer was given retison
to fear that the hoist in? apparatus
was defective and had wired from out
of the city instruct ion* to call off the
men until an investigation could be
made.
This fact was shown today in the in
quiry into responsibility for the
disaster. The operators' strike had
tied up the *epv ice so that all messages
were delayed.
SAYS STRIKE
WILL END SOON
Vice President of International
Union Claims Agreement
l or Concessions.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York. Sept. ~ International
Vice President Beatty of the tel
egraphers' union is authority for the
statement that the end of the opera
tors. strike is near at hand and that
peace will be made on terms honorable
to the telegraphers. President (Jum
pers of the Federation of Labor has
been in communication with l’. S.
Labor Commissioner Neill and reports
that the latter has secured concessions
from the companies.
Will Try To Settle Strike
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Chicago, Sept. - A committee of
forty-five delegates representing the
striking telegraph operators in all
parts of the country will meet in New
York September b to confer with rep
resentatives of the companies regard
ing a settlement.
flay Call Out Santa Fe Operators
Los Angeles, Sept. T Kvery union
operator in the employ of the Santa
Fe railroad may he called out because
of the discovery that the railroad man
agement ha- been loaning operators to
the Western Cnion.
JEANIE MAY BE
TAXED BIG FINE
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Sept, t The steamei* Jeanie
fac<s a heavy tine fur taking JOO lal*or
ers from Kutalla and carrying them to
Valdez although her passenger licen
allows her to carry only titty— x. An
investigation is on, instigated hy the
(iuggenheim interests.
Samly McGregor. \ u — *r of the
Jeanie. resigned today to enter busi
ness in Southeastern Alaska.
Steamer Jeanie Sails
Seattle, Sept. »» Steamer Jeanie
sailed for Seward and way ports last
night.
To Ship From Barrack’s
On her return trip tie* steamei
Bertha will take uOO tons of ore from
the LatoucheCop|>er Mining Company,
better known a> Barrack's, the first
shipment from the mine. The prop
erty lies just north of Beatson's, less
than half a mile from tide water. A
new dock and tram were recentW com
pleted. George Barrack and James
Girdwood are the principal owners.
A mail package containing $20,000
in gold dust was dropped in the river
at Whitehorse but was tished out a
few days later.
PERRY VOLCANO
IN ERUPTION
Peak of New Island Upheaved in
1906 Throwing Out Ashes
\nd Hot Cinders.
GOLD COLORS IN SEDIMENT
Steamer Olympia Reaches Nome
With Decks Covered with Debris
From Flowinq Crater.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Nome, Sept. *i The stearaerOlympia
arrived here today covered with ashes
from Horry island, west of l oaluska*
.vhich was thrown up in the Bogoslov
group by an upheaval in March I'.KKi.
The cone is a living volcano, throwing
ashes and hot cinders over a wide
area.
Cold colors were found in the sedi
ment which fell upon the decks of the
Olympia.
MIKKELSEN AND
PARTY MISSING
Vrctic Explorer and Men Long
Absent Northward from
Herschel island.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Yictotia. B. Sept. *> Advices
from Herschel island state that ( apt. j
Mikkelsen anti his party of explorers
had not been heard from since they left
there seventy days before the day the
news was sent out. Their schooner
>unk there shortly after they left the
craft to go northward on an exploring
trip. It is believed at Herschel island
that the explorers are lost.
Capt. Kjnar Mikkelsen sailed from
j Victoria in the schooner Duchess of
[ Bedford in the spring of ltMHi under
| the auspices of the Royal Geographi
cal and American Geographical socie
I ties to explore Beaufort sea and to
j nlot the “continental shelf” believed
to exist west of Perry archipelago.
He reached Point Barrow in August
lyot*.
LABORERS RIOT
AGAINST HINDUS
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Bellingham, Wash., Sept. •’> Five
hundred laborers started last night to
j raid the Hindu settlement with the
intention of driving the Hindus out of
(town. Rioting continued all night
: and this morning Mayor Black swore
in titty extra policemen. Rioting still
j continue- and the city i- in an uproar.
Tlie mayor declar* s that he " ill pro
tect the Hindus at any cost. as they
a: Brit ish vibjt-cis, and it' necessary
he will ask for federal troops.
Hindus Leave Under Escort
i»*:• i 1 inelmin. Wash., Sept. 0— The
Hindus are leaving town. They are
i'>*corted to trains and boats by special
police. Order lias been restored in
the city.
FIGURES YENTNA GOLD
OUTPUT AT $125,000
.Judtre Hildreth says the creeks of
tbe Yentna district are producing bet
ter sine tlie middle of the season than
in the litst half and he estimates tlie
total output of the district this year
at not less than $125,(HR). He says
Cache creek and others which started
out poorly will make a pfood showing,
although he admits that the only bo
nanza creeks so far discovered are
Nujrifet and Poor Man’s. He says
these creeks will probably produce
*40,000 each.
Just before Judjfe Hildreth came out
two men made a discovery on the main
Kahiltna about ten miles above its
mouth, from which they took out an
ounce a day each from the start.
VAST MINERAL ZONE
IS BACK OF SEWARD
The entire eastern half of the Kenai
peninsula and a wide strip of the moun
tains north of Turnagain arm to the
Knik river and beyond to the bead of
theSusitna valley is pronounced by the
Tnited States geological survey in a
recent document to be a zone of gold
I and copper bearing rocks. 1 he doc
ument is officially designated as Bul
letin No. 314, and entitled, “Progress
of Investigations of Mineral Ke
! ourees in Alaska.” It is just olT the
j presses, and therefore embodies all
the latest information gathered by the
geological survey.
In view of tin* many discoveries of
copper and gold quartz near Seward
this summer, and t he numerous veins
recently located on both sides of the
Alaska Central railroad for 200 miles
north, the report is weighty evidence
that Seward is the seaport of one of
the most highly mineralized belts in
Alaska.
On page 115 the document says: j
‘•Gold bearing rocks arc found over
considerable areas in tin* reg.on adja
cent to Cook inlet. A graywacke!
and slate series cut by small quartz:
stringers occupies the eastern part of
Kenai peninsula, extends across I'urn
again arm, and may be seen in the val
ley til the Knik river still farther I
north. The search for placer gold in;
rocks of this t\pe is warranted and
discoveries in commercial quantities!
may be expected where they occur.”
Continues on Northward
l*ngt* 1 !•! font inucs: “North of the
Matanuska river, on the southern
margin of a granite mass, occurs a ,
band of highly crystalline mica schist.
It i> closely folded and streams cutting
it yield olacer gold. To the north-]
west, near the mouth of the Ta’.keetna |
river, a slate schist series, folded, in-;
truded by granite, containing alnin-l
darit quartz stringers, represents the!
gold bearing rocks. Kdridge (U. S. j
geological survey, 1900) reports the
occurrence of similar rocks north of.
the Tanana-Susitna divide.”
The document classes the main mass
of the Talkeetnu mountains, page lOn,
as granitic, ehielly quartz discoveries,
and says: “The importance of these
granitic rocks lies in the possible min-J
eralization which they may have in
duced in adjacent formations as a re
sult of eruptive after effect.”
Continuing, page 107, “The gray-j
wacke-slate series, gold bearing, in
eluding some greenstone, occur on the
south side of Knik arm., and are found
striking into the Chugach mountains
| on the south side of the Matanuska
river. They are a continuation of the
rocks exposed in the Sunrise district
on Turnaguin arm. They strongly re
semble the rocks of Prince William
sound and are regarded by Menden
hall and Moffit as of probable upper
Paleozoic age. They are cut by a
great multitude of quartz stringers.”
greenstone is distinctively a copper
j bearing rock.
F;ind Copper Outcroppings
On page 124 the report describes the
: copper outcroppings and indications in
the belt from Seward north to the'Kas
witna river, of the new discovery
near Knik, it says: ‘'The ore is chal
copyrite, (sulphide of copper and iron)
and is associated with pyrrhotite,
(magnetic iron pyrites). The ledge is
reported to be nearly vertical and has
been traced through four claims, ft.
appears probable that the de|K>sit oc
cupies a mineralized sheer zone simi
lar to those found in the I’rince Wil
liam sound region, both in manner of
occurrence and in the bedrock with
which it is associated. The mountains
between the Knik and Matanuska
rivers, though diflicult of access, are
thought worthy of prospecting.”
The copper of the Kaswitna region,
and that on Lynx creek, fifty miles
north of Seward, are described as oc
curring in similar rocks. The report
speaks in complimentary terms of the
Ready Bullion ore on Lynx creek, de
scrihing it as ’‘chalcopyrite ore accom
panied by pyrrhotite and pyrite, with
much quartz deposited along the zone
of shearing.”
Although no examination had been
made of the rocks surrounding Resur
rection hay prior to the publication of
this pamphlet, and the many discover
ies of copper and gold bearing quartz
near Seward, the Latoucheand Knight
island fields are covered fully. They
are pronounced to beore bearing1 rocks
of proved value.
Show Similar Formation
It is noteworthy that the formation
of the mountains surrounding Resur
rection hay is practically identical
with that of Laiouche and Knight is
land, and very like that described in
the document as lying between the
Knik and Mnatauska rivers.
Those who have seen the copper
properties of Kodiak island describe
th* rocks there as a continuation of
the graywacke and schist so noticeable
at Latouche and Resurrection hay.
The document also includes the
Ventna district in this series, and de
clares it “probably extends far up to
to the headwaters of the Susitna
i valley.”
All of which means that the country
for 200 miles east and west of Seward,
| and 300 miles north, as well as the
I mountains immediately surrounding it,
; are richly mineralized in gold and
I copper. It constitutes one of the larg
j est continuous, mineral zones in the
i world.
With the completion of the Alaska
Central railroad to mile 67, connecting
there with light draught boats on
Turnagain arm and the Susitna, Vent
na, Chulitna and other rivers, embrac
ing more than 300 miles of navigable
water, this immense region in the
heart of Alaska will make an inviting
field for many thousands of prospec
tors. The country will then for the
first time he accessible to the miner
every day in the year, with raMroad
and steamer transportation for his
provisions and machinery in the sum
mer, and railroad transportation in the
winter over that part of the trip which
heretofore has presented an impassa
j hie barrier.
FATALLY HURT
IN CAR RIOTS
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, Sept. •'» -Rioting this
morning between union sympathizers
and strikebreakers employed by the
L’nited Railroads resulted in serious
injuries to several scores and the death
of John Reterson at noon today in a
hospital. He was shot through the
groin.
A large number of arrests were
made.
FIND COPPER LEDGE
NEAR DAY’S HARBOR
A good copper ledge was located ad
I jacent to Day’s harbor this week by
Carl Carlson and Gus Sikki. . The ore
is low grade but the men say the de
posit is apparently of large extent.
The specimens they brought in look
like all the other chalcopyrite found
east of Resurrection bay.
The men were grubstaked by E. L.
VVhittemore and Eri Thompson. They
will be outfitted to go back at once and
do some development work.
STRIKERS START
j $3,000,000 FIRE
I Dy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Antwerp, Belgium, Sept. <> -Strikers
set fire to the warehouse and lumber
district last night and the entire area
was swept over and all buildings and
| property destroyed. The loss is $3,
000,000.
KNIK RIVER COPPER LEDGE
PROVES OF GOOD VALUE
Work on the copper ledge on the
upper Knik river located by A. J. Duffy
and others last fall has developed a
good vein from two to four feet wide,
containing chalcopyrite ore similar to
the ores of Prince William sound, and
of equal value. Development work
has been in progress all summer and
the property seems likely to be a mine
soon.
Find Copper on Chickaloon
Copper was discovered and located
on Chickaloon river recently, beyond
the coal deposits and not far from the
head of the river. Reports from Knik
say the ore is a good grade of sulphide.
FIND ANOTHER
COPPER LEDGE
Vein Starts Near Tidewater East
of Fox Island and Extends
i
Northward.
ORE 5.AWE AS ADJACENT ZONE
—
Clayson, Pitman, Conner and Red
man Responsible for Latest
Mineral Discovery.
—
A copper strike was made this week
half a mile from Resurrection bay,
east of the north end of Fox island.
The discovery was made on the first
bench of the ridge and the ledge runs
nearly north but a little eastward and
up the ridge and probably runs into
the big copper /.ono near the summit
which has been traced a dozen miles
northward from Cape Resurrection.
The ore is similar.
The new discovery was made by
Clayson, Pitman, Redman and Conner,
who were working on their original
strike, the Featherbed group. They
returned Thursday morning bringing
specimens of ore from the new loca
tion. which are heavy with copper.
The ledge is easily accessible from the
water, although the climb to it is
steep, and it can be reached without
difficulty at any time of year.
MOVE TRANSFER
FROM CAMP 49
Chief Station of Railroad Con
struction One of the Things
That Were.
Rails are now laid to tnile 52 on the
Alaska Central, the bridge gang is
moving to the second tunnel at the
end of 52, and Camp 49 is abandoned,
after twenty-three month existence as
the chief station of construction forces
on the railroad. It was opened in
October 1905, ten miles or more ahead
of the track terminus and has been a
busy camp nearly all the time since.
The slow work of tunnel boring and
trestle building around the loop pro
longed its existence.
The track terminus within a few
days will be at Placer river where a
Howe truss will cross the stream at
the entrance to tunnel 2. Mile 52
ends in that tunnel. Another truss
bridge is between tunnels 2 and 5. and
when that is completed the rails will be
laid around to the 1900-foot trestle
which leads from the foothills on mile
154 totho Placer valley Hat.
MOORS BEATEN
BY WARSHIPS
Many Tribesmen Left Dead on
Battlefield After Fierce
Engagement.
8y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Casa Blanca, Sept. 4—Admiral Phili
bert reports a tierce engagement early
this morning with Moorish tribesmen.
Warships turned their guns upon the
Arabs and drove them back with
terrible slaughter.
Moors Menace Casa Blanca
Paris, Sept. 6—It is reported that
B0,CHK) Moors are ready to attack Casa
Blanca. Germany and Great Britain
will assist France and Spain in defense
of the port.
FIND GOOD DEPOSIT
OF CALCITE ON MILE 6
H. H. Wesseler and Louis Simpson
discovered a large body of calcite this
week west of Bear river half a mile
from mile 6 of the Alaska Central,
and located several claims. The de
posit is similar to that discovered last
week on mile 17.
WILL INSTALL
STAMP MILL
Quartz Discovery of Bartholf
Brothers on I ittle Susitna
Proves Rich.
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PUSHED
Ore Remarkably High Grade and
Assays Sometimes Run as High
as $500 in Gold.
The quartz gold strike made by
William and Eugene liartholf near the
Little Susitna river last spring has de
veloped into such a promising ledge
that a small stamp mill will he installed
to work the ore as soon as it can he
obtained from tie outside. Eugene
liartholf came out this week to send
for the plant.
The ore in this deposit is free milling
and very rich. Specimens running
as high as $500 a ton have been taken
out although little depth lias been at
tained. A well-deiined ledge has been
traced.
Three ledges carrying free gold have
been located by liartholf Brothers and
another by two prospectors whose
names are not given. In all these ore
of high grade has been found, oc
casional specimens carrying several
thousand dollars a ton. Eugene liar
tholf says the average assay of the ore
taken at intervals from the vein in the
(Continued on page 2)
FIND SPONGES
IN DAY'S BAY
Many Specimens of Fine Texture
Picked Ip and Origin Ex
cites Discussion.
Anybody who contends hereafter
that Alaska is not tropical nor semi
tropical will have to explain away the
discovery of sponges and coral in Day’s
harbor and other tide-washed bights
of Kenai peninsula. L. A. l’eel and
Joe Kilardeau brought in this week
several sponges of tine texture from
Day's harbor, and they report also
finding a coral reef there. The sponges
seem to be numerous, and a few had
been found previously in adjacent
bays.
The men were looking for copper
and as they had been informed in their
school days that sponges and corals
are zoological and not mineral they
could not figure out that they were
entitled to locate claims upon the de
posits under the statutes made and
provided for mineral discoveries.
Scoffers at the possibility that
sponge farms exist in the chill waters
north of the sixtieth parallel of
j latitude point with pride of opinion to
the fact that the sponges found were
'all floaters and dead. None were cling"
; ing with glutinou* attachment to sub
marine rocks. Wherefore, argue the
I skeptics, the sponge* are derelicts car
| ried northward by the Japan current
j from tropic seas. But when unbe
lievers are cited to the fact that the
I keratode skeletons have been found in
j only two or three bays of the vicinity
J they have another think coming and
I cannot explain why the whole coast is
1 not strewn with the same stock.
J As for coral, Dr. Baughman says
they may grow here in large quanti
i ties.and he cites the fact that they are
frequently found in Admiralty inlet, he
tween Juneau and Skagwav.
MEAT PRICES
WILL ADVANCE
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Sept. 7 —It is announced
that meat prices will advance several
cents a pound within two weeks. It is
claimed that cattle were never scarcer
on the Pacific coast.
The Treadwell mines have paid div
idends up to date aggregating $11,
367,721.