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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OP ALASKA
Tank gasoline is quoted at
six-bits a gallon at Takotna
and dog salmon at fourteen
cents a pound.
The graduating class of Cor
dova high school presented the
first annual Senior play last
week, “All a Mistake,,r a farce
comedy, and the young actors
gave plenty of laughs to the
theatre-going public.
The recent order abolishing
all passes on the government
railroad has hit a number 01
departments quite hard, as
the bureau of public roads,
road commission, biological
and game wardens must now
buy a ticket when they travel
making heavy inroads into
their funds for the summer.
Noel W. Smith, general
manager of the Alaska Rail
road, stated recently that as
soon as the snow is off the
ground work will commence
on the extension of the Moose
creek spur. This will mean
the building of another two
and-a-half miles of railroad to
the coal mines.
Considerable interest in the
Thnana ice pool is taken in
Seward, Anchorage, Nenana
and Fairbanks. Thousands of
tickets are sold. It is estimated
the pool will reach ten thou
said dollars this year, and that
the breakup will be somewhat
later than usual, although
considerable warm weather
has occurred.
L. J. McCarthy, pioneer
hard rock man of the Fair
banks district, who is develop
ing some promising quartz ou
the ridge between Cleary and
Fairbanks creeks, is moving an
ou;fit to his property and
plans to do considerable work
during the summer.
Ground is cleared and foun
dations are already up for the
two new buildings to be built
by the Pacific American Fish
MAP OF
PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
IIYDER. ALASKA
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THE PORTLAND CANAL MINING DISTRICT
Presents Greater Opportunities for Legitimate Mining Investment than any Mining District
on the Continent. In ^additionto the great Premier, the most Spectacular Silver-Gold Mine
in Existence, with a record ofover Seven Millions, in dividends in Four Years, the Portland
Canal District contains Two Producing Mines; a Half Dozen or More on the Very Thresh
old of Production, and Numerous Partially Developed Properties Which Hold Forth Every
Prospect of Becoming Paying Mines.
The Mineralization is Proved: Only Capital and Intelligent Mining is Besptjred to Make
the District the Greatest Mineral Producing Area on the Globe’.
eries at Bering river, accord
; ng to Raleigh Davis, superin
tendent of the cannery there,
who t rrived in Cordova re
cently on the tender North
land.
The Cache Creek Dredging
| Co. has a crew of seven men
! drilling ground on Peters
creek below the canyon. Sum
ner Smith has charge of the
drilling, which is making good
time in their borings. The com
pany has a crew of twenty
men o,n the way to the prop
erty, and will be very busy
this summer.
Daniel Bean, an Indian, was
killed, and Edward Keegan
and Joe Vette were bruised
and badly shaken up when an
ore train and motor car
crashed oh a curve a short dis
tance from the entrance of the
Gold creek tunnel of the
Alaska-Juneau mine in Last
.Chance Basin recently.
Recent dispatches from Jun
eau says that filing articles
of incorporation, the St. Elias
Development Company, which
takes over claims in the Yaka
taga oil fields of the Alaska
Development Syndicate, it was
disclosed that this company
and the ,Yakataga Oil Com
pany have contracted with the
General Petroleum Company
to drill at least two wells, one
in the holdings of each com
pany, work to be started this
spring.
Receipts for the Chugaeh
National Forest for the nine
months ending March 31 to
talled $8,477.76, as compared
with $6,879.01 for the same
period last year. Of this
amount $3,686.76 was re
ceived from timber sales, and
$4,781 for special use permits.
The total receipts of the Chu
gach and Tongass forests for
the same period were $71,
885.17.
In Memoriam
In memory of William Mur
phy, beloved partner: Laid at
rest May loth, 1924. “Gone
but not forgotten.”
Margaret Lobley.
In The District Court of The
United States. For the ..First
Judicial Division of the Dist
rict of Alaska.
In the Matter of the Hyder
Miner Publishing Company,
Bankrupt.
No. 48 BKCY.
In Bankruptcy
Notice of Sale.
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of an order duly signed
and made of record on the
18th day of April, 1925, in the
above entitled court, the un
dersigned Trustee will sell at
private sale all the assets of
the above named Bankrupt as
shown by the -Inventory-on file
in the above entitled court.
Sealed bids will be received
jy the undersigned Trustee for
any portion or all of the prop
erty of the said estate, as
shown by the said Inventory,
all of whjch may be seen at the
ftffice of the said Trustee in
Hyd§r, Alaska.. All bids re
ceived will be opened at the of
fice of the said Trustee at Hy
der, Alaska, on the 25th. day
of May, 1925, at the hour of
2:00 P. M. of said date.
Chas. F. Sandford
Trustee'.
Date of first publication April
22, 1925.
Date of last publication May
20, 1925.
I NEW MINERAL HAS
STRANGE QUALITIES
j. Of interest to miners general
ly, owing not only to its being
[a newly discovered element,
but also because pf its strange
characteristics, is the mineral
j known as zonolite. Although
'the mineral has been known
for years, it was not until rc
Jecntly that it was placed in the
[category of useful mineral
I forms. The largest known de
posit is located a short distance
from the town of Libby, Mont,
and is said to form a good port
ion of a fairly high mountain.
I The U. S. Geological survey
[has classified the mineral as a
j “phyogophite mica.” It has
been found by experiment to
be a remarkably useful mater
ial when subjected to various
I forms of treatment. It is valu
able as an insulating material,
I for decorative purposes and
for fire proofing. Mixed with
[wood pulp, hemp fiber and
other inflamable materials and
I pressed into boards or sheets
jit has the quality of making
{them fireproof. It has^equal
f not greater efficiency as a
iheat insulator than any other
(Product and can be produced
at much lower cost. It also has
| a wide range of usefulness for
[decorative purposes. It makes
| a splendid wall plaster, and
can also be mixed with water
and applied like kalsomine,
giving a rich golden color. It
can also be tinted and makes
a superior finish for flat walls.
It is a dark heavy material in
its natural slate but undergoes
remarkable changes when sub
jected to heat. Upon the appli
cation of fire, the mineral be
gins to swell rapidly, frequent
ly to 15 times its normal size,
and turns a beautiful golden
hue. Subjected to greater heat
it changes to a light flaky sub
stance made up of myriads of
tiny flakes or leaves each sep
arated by a microscopic air
space. By varying the process
of treatment it can be made to
take on a brilliant silvery hue.
Tests have demonstrated that
after its expansive capacities
have reached their limit, heat
no longer affects it and it be
comes fireproof up to 2500 de
grees Fahrenheit. This is a
temperature high enough to
melt a majority of the known
metals. Analysis shows it to be
composed of silica, magnesium
and aluminum oxides in a sili
cate form that is impervious to
most acids.
Orders have been given for
thirty-nine machines, including
35 Ford one-ton trucks, three
j Ford runabouts and one Wher
| grader by the Alaska Road
j Commission, for delivery at
| Seattle. The machines will be
| shipped to Interior and west
ward points, 18 going to Chi
tina, six to Anchorage, five to
Fairbanks, five to Valdez and
one to Nome. The runabouts
! will be shipped to Chitina,
i Valdez and Fairbanks, and the
j Wher grader will be shipped
!to Fairbanks. Besides these
i orders the Commission has or
dered two five-ton Best trac
tors and two small gasoline
shovels with a half-yard ca
pacity:
| Inquiry has come to the Gov
ernor’s r.ffice for informaion
concerning Phillip Long Wil
son, born and raised in Far
mington, Missouri, now about
50 years of age, and thought
to have come to Alaska about
the year 1917. Information is
desired by his aged mother.
Any facta concerning him
should be sent to the Govern
or’s office, Juneau Alaska.
-o
Registers are to be placed at
the end of the Evak Lake road,
the Moose Pas3 road and the
| Seward-Kenai Lake road by
the United States Forest Ser
vice for the purpose of deter
mining the extent to which
these new highways are being
used, says the Cordova Time.1:,
; for statistics of this nature in
order to ire them as a basis
for figuring maintenance esti
mates. Cordova companies op
erating taxis for tourists will
be asked to keep a record also
as a means of co-operating on
the special census..
| Clam diggers who ignore
'the bureau of fisheries regula
tion requiring all clams turned
in to be at least four and a half
| inches long will not go unchal
lenged by the authorities this
season. For the first time in
the history of Prince William
Sound a regular clam patrol,
similar to that carried on dur
ing the salmon season, will be
established, providing suffi
cient funds can be obtained in
Washington to finance the en
terprise.
Noo Kud Lah, the Ponds In
let Eskimo who was impris
oned in Stony Mountain prison
for ten years for the killing of
a trapper named James, has
been notified by the Canadian
authorities that he v/ill be re
leased in time to take a steam
er home. When Noo Kud Lah
was first arrested the mounted
police took off his fur gar
ments and* clothed him in the
habiliments of the white man.
The Eskimo cried and begged
for his furs but to no avail.
They were lef! with his squavr
at the Inlet.
John Krieger arrived in
Ophir on the 24th of March
from Tolstoi, bringing news of
the death of Peter Mohrdock,
I at Madison creek, Tobtoi, on
i March 21. Mr. Mohrdock was
j found lying unconscious m
I front of his cabin by W. P.
Jones on the 18th of March.
It was thought that Mohrdock
; had fallen down into a shaft,
l about seven feet deep, on
: which he was working at the
time, as his body was badly
bruised on the right side and
also the right arm.
LOCAL STOCKS
(Vancouver Quotations)
May 8th.
i B. C. Silver
I Indian Mines
.Silver Crest
I Dunwell
! Glacier Creek
_Independence
i Premier
«Rufus
Terminus
L & L
Lakeview
DalyAlaska
Bayview
Forty Nine
Bid
1.45
.0‘)
.15
2.35
.12
.34
.24
.36
.19
.10
.30
Asked
1.48
.iov2
.19
4.15
.30
.20
2.39
.50
.25
.24
.13
.36