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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1909
TWELFTH YEAR
(By United Press.)
ROSLYN, Wash. Oct. 4? An explo
sion caused by fire damp occurred at
l o'clock yesterday afternoon In the
coal mine of the Northwestern Im
provement company, killing nine men
and injuring several others. Two of
the injured are oxpocted to die.
Flames broke out at 0 o'clock kist
night and another ox plosion occurred.
FHvo of the bodies have been re
covered and others are still In the
mine: It will be Impossible to r?s
cuo the bodies until the flames sub
side.
TAFT HEADED
(By United Press.)
PORTLAND, Ore. Oct. 4? President!
Taft left at 6 o'clock last night for
Sacramento. Cal. The President ded- 1
ic&ted the b^rst Unlversaliat church
01 Portland yesterday.
IS
Valdez. Alaska. ? The Copper River
and Northwestern railroad has been
unfortunate in the operation of its
steamers on the Copper river, and is
now refusing all freight for up river
points, except such as the company
may send for the use of the men
engaged in construction work. The
steamer Chitlna, which made one trip
up the river to Copper Center, ran on
a bar near the mouth of the Tonslna
river and is nearly half a mile from
the main channel. Capt. Peabody, mas
teP of the steamer has sent to Cor
dova for fifty men to dig a chaanel
out to the main stream, but it Is
doubtful if the boat can be moved
before the freeze-up.
H. W. Wright of the American To- j
hacco company arrived on the Dolphioi
from Juneau.
(By United Press.)
GOLDFIELD, Nev. Oct. 4? The Am
erican Mining Congress passed resolu
tions Saturday asking for a repeal
ol the apex mine laws and that a
law be substituted whereby the side
Hues of the claim are the mine limits
when continued down vertically.
Wild cat mining schemes were also
placed under the ban by resolution.
The executive committee of the Con
gress will soon docUe upon the next
meeting place..
six servTon
i STREET GANG
There was considerable celebration
going on in Skagway Friday and Sat- (
| urday nights and as a result of the at
> tendant hilarity Chief of Police Moore
arrested seven men who plead guilty
of being drunk and disorderly before
Judge Draper. The town of Skagway
Is richer by J 13 in real money and sbc
men will serve out thero time on the
streets, putting in an aggregate of
115 days.
Ed Levy of the W. S. Grlmfelder
Cigar company arrived on the Dolphin
| from Juneau. I
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NEW MINING DISTRICT
LOOKS VERY PROMISING
The Gold Mountain mining district
is situated about 2"> miles below the
mouth of the Tanann River. It lies
along tho north side of the Yukon, an I
extends westward from the western
slopes of the volley of tho Tozitna
river to tho higher mountains north
of the United States Military Tele
graph station called "Birches." Tho
Yukon from the; southern boundary of
this district, and Its. northerly extent
is limited in a general way by the
headwaters drainage of the Melozitna
river, the district embraces a region
of over 30 miles oast and west, and
about 25 miles north and south,
covering an aro?i of over COO square
miles.
Tho principal southward flowing
streams on which placer location-.;
1-ave boen made, named from ons:t. to
west as they Join tho Yukon ore
Grant, Illinois and Mason creeks and
their tributaries. During the last sura
raer good pay has boen located on sev
rral claims on Grant creek ami on
one claim which has been cross cut
for over a hundred feet (all In pay)
'very rich pay has been struck. Ten
! outfits (layrnon) are at work on this
crook, and CO mon or more will spend
tho winter on tho crook. This region
is well located for cheap nilnhig, being
on the Yukon river, where supplies
can bo landed directly from the boats
without any extra expense, having an
abundance of cheap fuel (wood), and
at. unfailing water supply which
should insure for it a very prosper
ous development in the near future.
Besides Grant crock all the other
crocks of this section are showing up
Well, and will i-e!p to make a' good
camp, as soon as more development
work Jias been done. Mason creek,
12 miles below Grant, has already be
come a producer under tho excellent
management of Mr. Charles Coulombe
formerly of Mauladon creek and Daw
son, and promises a large production
of gold next year. It is the general
opinion among practical miners from
taifbanka, Hot Springe, and Sullivan
creek, etc., that the Gold Mountain
scctlon will come rapidly to tho front
Jn development and output, and they
are proving their faith in that section
| by taking lays and helping in the
i work of opening up the country.
The following aro the high score*
made on the Elks bowling alleys up
to the week ending Oct. 2. W. C '
BlancharJ, 232; Q. Blancharil, <-'C;
E. F. Pitman, 225; W. J. Seymour,
223: W. B. King. 213; James Rook.
212; Alex Blanchard, 211; Tuck Fla
harty, 205; M. A. Snow, N. E. Black
and E. L. Miller, 201.
ATLIN POST MASTER RESIGNS
Jack Williams, postmaster at Atltn
for eleven years, accompanied by hit
wife, arrlve<l In town Saturday and
viU go south on the Royal. Mr. Wil
liams was also collcctor of inland
revenue at Atlin.' He has resigned
his position and will reside at Van
couver in the future. Mr. and Mrs.
Williams leave many friends in Atltn
who sincerely regret their departure
from the north. W. E. lladden will
succeed Mr. Williams as postmaU,vr.
.
The cable tender Burnside Is work
ing on the Alaskan coble between Sit
ka and Seattle. The cable went out
of commission shortly after noon
which accounts for the shortage of
cable dispatches in The Alaskan to
day.
TELEPHONES III
IDE FAR NORTH
VALDEZ, Alaska. ? The Fairbanks
Valdez Long Distance Telephone Com
pany Is the name of a now organi
>?n."on recently fermed hero for tho
purpose of constructing a telephone
lino from this city to the interior n
long tho government road. Work
on the line was begun *hls this morn
ing and it is expeood to have 'lie new
line finished ;us far as tho summit
of Thompson pass before snow flies.
Next spring the construction will
be pushed as far as Copper Center,
and, it conditions warrant, through to
Fairbanks.
PRINCESS ROYAL IN FORT
Tho Princess Royal arrived in Skag
way nt 9 o'clock last night with 14
passengers, 22 head of cattle and 145
tons of freight. She will sail south
at 7 o'clock tonight.
Capt. W. O. Hughes, who had an
attack of heart failure and paralysis
when tho Royal was las* in Skagway,
l>as been succecdod by Capt. G. I>.
Robertson, formerly pilot on the Ro
yal and one of the most popular of
ficers on the north coast.
Miss AUard, sister of Faiher \llard
of A llln, arrived on the Royal and
left for Atlin this morning.
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CRANBERRIES
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TOMATOES
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preserving 5c per pound
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IN ME OF ION
Alexander Henderson, Commission
er of the Yukon territory, accompan
ied by Mrs. Henderson and their
daughter, Grace Henderson, arrived
In Skngway Saturday from Dawson
and will sail south on the Royal. Af
ter a visit in Victoria and Vancouver,
Mrs. Henderson and daughter will vis
it California, while Commission Hen
derson will go to Ottawa and Toronto
Arthur Wilson, former license col
lector of the Yukon, will act as com
missioner while Mr. Henderson lf<
away.
Commissioner Henderson stated ye
terday lie believed Industrial condi
tions had reached their lowest ebb
and that from now oil business would
slowly but surely increase. He stated
the output from Dawson this year
showed an increase over that of last
season and he was very hopeful over
the prospects for finding quartz. i
The Hartman tunnel on Dome has
been driven about 1,300 feet and the
indications are very promising. Hun
dreds of quartz claims have been lo
cated In the territory around Dawson
and If active quartz mining Is Started
it will cause a decided revival of bus
iness in the north. He is also con
fident that the big undeveloped ter
ritory near the headwaters of the
White river will eventually be opened
up and developed.
Mr. Henderson evinced much inter
est in President Toft's recent remarks
on home rule in Alaska. While not
caring to commit himself as to the
policy of the United States Govern
ment, Commissioner Hendreeon stat
ed that the Yukon elective council
was a success and fully satisfied the
needs of the people. The territorial
legislature proposed by Delegate Wick
ersham is greatly similar in principle
to the Yukon's system of government.
ACQUITTED OF
GRAVE CHARGE
John Cronblad and Ture Hansen,
ilie Atlln men who were charged with
having stolon $700 worth of gold from
a sluice box on gold rim on the night
of July 1 , were acquitted last Wednee
day night by n jury after a three day
trial before Judge Martin.
When arrested the men had several
hundred dollars of gold in their pos
session, but it was Impossible to
prove that tlicy got it from the Gold
Run slulco boxes. They admitted
picking up one nugget valued at $200
from a tailing dump that belonged to
Robert McKay and Louis Clark. Clark
and McKay have laid claim to this
uugget, which is still in possession of
the court.
A. W. Lathrop, of Selkv and Oc.
Seattle, is stopping in to vn having
arrived on the Dolphin.
PRISON WAITS
ATLIN KNIFES
Walter Owen, chief constable at At
Hji, arrived in town Saturday with
Hugo Brickson in his custody. Brick
son was recently sentenced by Judge
Young to serve two years at the Brit
ish Columbia . penitentiary at New
Westminster. Erickson, while intoxi
cated, slashed William Comroy with a
knife at Atlin Sept. 5.
DOLPHIN TOOK MANY SOUTH
The Dolphin arrived in port at 10
o'clock Saturday night with three pas
sengers and 8G tons of freight and
sailed south at 3:30 Sunday morning
with 81 passengers.
W. A. Hichens of the Apsley Rubbe
company came up from Juneau on
the Dolphin.
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