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So. 137 FIFTEENTH YEAR
SKAtfWAY ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1912 PRICE 10 CENTS
TfLKTflONK SKRVH1C I*
XOTICKAH1 <V I*TRO\KD
The Alaska Clonal Rlectrlc com
pany hit completed tb? installation
of a new switchboard of the most
modern kind Tndw the operation
of the rew board the central office
is entirely cat out when two patrons
?re using the Hne. which renders
conversation ar*ola?eiy private
The new switchboard is more com
pact and has labor sarins facilities
tor handling business promptly.
r*trons will ateo notice the im
provement of distinct new with whir
< or v ersat ion is carried on, as com
oared with the displaced board It
will require a few day* for the or
rrators to familiarite themselves
with the changed conditions before
perfect operation can be expected,
?<fter which Ska* war will have a tel
ephone service s?n>as??l by none
Western people will be given a
?surprise at I he Pacific Northwest
I .and Proioets Shoa- in IVrtl.ind
ihis fall. in the demonstration of
? h*t Alaska is producing from ear
ly and crude agricultural efforts
^n?ni the two experiment st at ions
int.Mned by the eove-nment in
Aluka, one at Sitka and the other
.a the Copper River valley, there
will be shown a variety of vegeta
ble* and cereals whirh re idents of
t he Mates never dream can be pro
dueed no far north There wiH pro
bably also be shown garden truck
trtown In the Tanana valley.
The growing season for the nor
thern part of Alaska is short, but
wen the sui d<*? arrive, the days
lengthen. until at some latitude*
t iere is almost 24 hours of sun
tee This continued work of Old
Sol works wonderful effects in the
vegctsM* klngdto t. and plants ap
pear to jump out of the ground. It
has been found that In the brief
summer period ?^?d will germinate
and the . U-.ts rise %nd autorr as
if by magic. In the Tanana valley
it is the custom where fcm?ll gard-j
? ns are planted to put down a bed
<->f manure or other heating element
to check the cold influence of the
underlying fmnt But in the Cop
per River valley, on the islands and
m a portion o the Susitna basin the
ground does not free?e to such a
depth as to defy the sttn during
the warm period
Captain t; K Putnam, contmis
- <mer of the Lighthouse Service for
th?? I'nited States, arrived on the
Mn and has gone to Bennett to<lay
for a pleasure trip. Mr Putnam
h >? h>? headquarters in Washing
ton. I< C. ^
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rmtEE MEN LOST IN MOIIVTAIIVS
Mountains N?ar SM**p Cnek Whet* Men Are
,'ohn Shattuck. aited 21 years, a
student at Oregon State University,
*nJ a brother of Allen aud Henry
' i'hattuck. of Juneau; IH1 l.inwoii.
' Jrt year*. who is employod in
the sawmill of the Alaska Supply
c<?.npany. hnd l.ealie Olliitl, a ?ct-|
enteen year old boy, ha\e been miss
:rtp in the mountains hack of Sheep
i-riv-k sr.ce Thursday evening, at
which time they were expected to re
turn 10 jnneau from a brief hunt fo
ptarmigan.
On Monday, several parties of Ju
neau i luivns consisting of forty men
The steam freighter Moioor sail
?si north from N*n?lmo Sunday.
The Meteor ?* brinicinp coal, lumbr.
pipp and ? xpkwlves ati*l a too h h
nummnt h dredge for Us*>wi. wtoifh
' will he diseharsed at Skneway.
who a i* familiar with the country,
started out in search of the three
i iis> 'ns ;oung n>en, who left Juneau
Thursday morning, promising 10 be
Kick S'hursday night It is recalled
that on Thursday, up until noon, a
.i.-nso fog enshrouded that section
ai d even the jnost experienced moun
taineer or hunter knows the dan
gers that accompany such weather
conditions. The hoy* went to
Shivp creek on the John Nolan
launch. The launch returned the
ftame evening and Mr. Nolan said,
the boys had gone up the Sheep ,
The news was printed in Monday"
Juneau IMspatch that the Alaska-Ju
neau Mining company would start
tunnelling through Mt. Roberts as
1 soon as the power is secured to run
| a compressor. The tunnel through
Mount Roberts will be driven from
I both ends, one end being near the
'entrance of the big tunnel at Snow
slide Gulch and the other will be
started somewhere on the beach be
;'ow Juneau. This tunnel will take
| the place of the tramway that was
"o run along the hill behind the
j'o*n of Juneau and will put the
"nill that is to be built on the beach
in direct touch with the mines in
' Silver How Basin.
With large crews working on both
cuds of the new tunnel it is thought
tiint the tunnel' will be completed as
socn as the Snowslide Gulch tunnel
s <"rtven to the Basin and that there
will be no delay in consequence.
creek trail. That was the last seen
of the party.
The Peterson left Haines this
morning at 9 o'clock with 25 sol
diers to join the searching part'**
at Juneau who are out In the hills
in quest of the three young men.
Acting Governor Distin requested
assistance from Col. McClnre, com
manding officer at Fort Seward, and
that oficer immediately ordered the
Peterson with aoldiers to go to the
assistance of the Juneau parties.
When the May arrived in Skag
While in Seattle the other day.
Andrew L. Chrlstensen, chief of the
Alaska and field divisions of the in
terior department, was notified of
new rulings regarding the surveys
of lands in Alaska, under which
fishing companies have been enabled
to secure water sites without patent
says the Cordova Alaskan.
I'nder the ruling all rights un
der present surveys will cease un
less the persons holding them file
with the register and receiver of the
land offices a declaration of proof
of ownership. In making the new
ruling the interior department
claims that fisheries companies have
surveyed valuable landing places
and fishing sites on the Alaskan
coast, holding them under the sur
veys without taking out. patents,
and that while actual title was not
held by the companies, they could
not be dispossessed. Surveys will
way this morning, the chief engineer
reported that one of the searching
partie* had found the abandoned
camp which h?d bum used by the
hunting party, but everything was
rold and indicated that they had left
the place several hours previous.
The People of Juneau have offer
ed a reward of five hundred <Jol
: lars for the recovery of the boys.
J whether dead or alive. The money
is payable at the bank of the B. M
in-h rends * Co . at Juneau. The re
ward Is offered for the purpose of
'stimulating the search.
! now be cancelled and application!! re
jected ?nles8 the survey* are patent
ed within sixty days after the sur
vey has iK-en approved by the gov
ernment.
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WITH DEPTH OP VEI*
Then? is a Ion* standing belief
among many miners and prospectors
that mineral-bearing veins grow
richer as depth is attained, says the
Mining World. This belief with them
is so firmly fixed that It is consid
ered a general law of v^Jn depos
its The theory has been proven
erroneons, however. In fart, quite
the opposite is known to be the role
rather than the exception. This
Fu u-ment must not be construed as
i ppl;. I.ir nnlformly to e*ery foot of
a vein from the surface down, as
near the surface where atmosphe ic
agencies have acted, and down to
the bottom of the xone of secondary
enrichment, the vein has not its
normal composition. In the weath
ered portion at and near the surface
there may be enrichment in free gold
if the original vein carried gold; at
tie samp time if the vein contained
copper or other minerals, which are
converted into valuable compound#
by atmospheric action, these become
leached out and defend, becoming
r? deposited lower down In the zone
of secondary enrichment. Thus, in
the case of gold-bearing veins, the
i.'r .est portion is at the surface, and
with veins carrying copper mine.-?!.-,
rhf richest portion Is in the xone of
s?condar.v enrichment. Below this
point experience has shown that, as
,t rule, Ta! nej steadily decrease as
depth is gained.
This delusion of increase! v?l im
with depth Is still made iiiifair use
of by unscrupulous and mi.lnformel
promote, s as an inducen~e.it for In
vestment In doubtful ( rope tie% In
' <*tora should bear in mind that low
er values may In general be expect
ed as depth Is gained, also at the
*.>me time workiug and pumping
expenses increase It Is ;?ever safe
to invest in a mining property
irfrely on the assumption that val
ues will increase indefinitely with
depth. The safest plan 1* to be
tn imikmt invest
r.ients by the report of a reputable
mining engineer.
T. Sakamota, a Japanese doctor.
got Into trouble at Haines laat week
and was bound over to the *randi
jury on charges of peddllnj? liquor
to Indians. Sakamota made his
headquarters at Chilcoot cannery
He furnished bail of 1300 for hia re
lease. Horn Sin*, a Chinese tan
nery hand was arrested on the same
rharjce and pnt up $100 for hia ap
pearance when wanted ? Juneau I>i?
patrh.
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