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Civil and Mining Engineers
U. S. Deputy and Mineral
SURVEYORS
Juneau, Alaska.
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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF TK» TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Two black bears were recent
visitors in Fairbanks, walking
through the residence streets
and jumping fences according
to their whim.
According to the Dawson
News there has been a plenti
ful run of salmon in the upper
waters of the Yukon this seas
on. The Indians have put up a
good supply for their winter
use.
Sixty pairs of foxes were re
cently shipped from the
Ketchikan district for the
Sheffield Fox Farms, of North
field, Mass.
Charging serious personal in
juries while loading salmon on
the steamer Yukon at Sawmill
Bay, last July, through the
negligence of employes Allen
T. Aitkin has filed suit for
$30,000 against the Alaska
Steamship Company.
Mr. Wong, one of the Chin
ese interested in the Hirst
Chichagoff mine, is quoted by
Milwaukee and Chicago pap
ers that his share of the mil
lions that it is believed the
mine is destined to produce
when regular operations be
gin, will be given to deserving
charity.
A report from the Willow
Creek district is to the effect
that Ed. Holland has located a
3-foot vein of high grade
quartz carrying big values in
gold. He has a good thing,
and this winter will build an
arrastre for crushing the ore.
Sheep and goats in the Mat
anuska valley are increasing
rapidly according to M. D.
; Snodgrass, of the government
jal station. The White Brothers
at Palmer have about forty
'head of Angoras, and the herd
is increasing rapidly.
William Oakden, who went
to Dawson with the first con
tingent in the early days, died
there recently at the age of
59 years. He was a native of
Ontario, and so far as known
had no relatives.
Noel Wein, Fairbanks avi
ator, has made twelve trips
from Fairbanks to Brooks,
eight of which were made
within a week. While on his
last trip he reports he saw
thousands of caribou. When
they paid no attention to the
plane Wein swooped down to
within a few feet of them,
scattering them in all direct*
ions.
The Cleary Hills Mining Com
pany, operating on the former
Rhodes-Hall properties, has
sent in to Fairbanks a very
satisfactory cleanup following
a few days mill run. A consid
erable amount of good ore has
been blocked out, and the old
mine will soon be back among
the heaviest producers of the
hard rock properties in that
district. t
Forty pairs of blue foxes val
ued at $200,000, arrived" in
Seattle recently from South
eastern Alaska, consigned to
George Goshaw’s fox farm at
Shismaref.
Reports from the Fern mine,
in the Willow Creek district
say two tunnels have been
driven, the upper of which is
836 feet in length. Assays of
the ore show it to run $960,
$940 and $408 per ton. In the
lower tunnel, which has been
driven 865 feet, the ore is of
very high grade. Five tons tak
en out recently ave'raged
$1,360 per ton.
Mary Agnes, the 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Ritter, of Juneau, was
drowned recently in the Fras
er River at New Westminster,
B. C., according to a message
received by her parents. The
girl had been attending the
St. Ann academy in the Canad
ian city for two years. The
day of the accident the girl
left the academy and went to
a bridge across the river
where she sat on the railing.
She was warned to move, but
failed to heed the warning,
and prabably lost her balance. |
The three year old son of
James Stash of Ketchikan, was
almost instantly killed recent-!
ly when he fell into the fly
wheel pit on the gas-boat
Southern. The little fellow at
tempted to pass by the engine
to reach his cousin who was
looking out of the engine room j
hatch, when the rocking of the
boat threw him into the fly-1
wheel where he was crushed I
to death. His body was so
tightly wedged against the
flywheel that the engine stop
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Another cleanup from the
Mabel mine in the Willow
creek district, arrived in Anch
orage recently, amounting to
about $3,600. This was the sec
ond cleanup of the season at
the mine, working under lease
by Bartholf and Homing.
Suit has been started in the
District at Juneau by Dan Kat
zeek, a Haines Indian, for $30,
000 against the Alaska Steam
ship Company for alleged in
juries inflicted by being struck
by a broken sling while the
native was watching the un
loading of a big boiler from
the steamship Cordova at the
Haines Packing Co. wharf
near Haines.
The Valdez Miner reports one
of the most unique races ever
staged. A big bear tried his
speed against Roy Hodgkins in
a Ford car. Roy was taking a
load of passengers to Peninsu
la Point when bruin was sight
ed alongside the front wheels
of the car. Fearing the bear
might become entangled in the
wheels on the narrow road,
Roy speeded up in an attempt
to pass his competitor. But the
bear declined to be beaten by
a Ford and also stepped on the
gas and sped ahead of the car.
He was going great but so fast
he was unable to negotiate a
sharp turn in the road and cat
apulted down onto the beach.
F. B. Vaughn arrived recent
ly in Valdez with a huge gold
en eagle which he ran over on
the trail, and thereby hangs a
tale, according to the Valdez
Miner, which says: When just
the other side of the summit
Mr. Vaughn came upon the
eagle In the road battling with
a small cub bear, which he had
attempted to carry off but was
unable to lift. As the car ap
proached the scene of the con
flict the eagle became fright
ened and tried to get away,
but was so worn out, apparent
ly from the fight with the cub
that he was unable to rise and
was struck and run over by the
car, having one of its wings
'broken. The cub took advan
tage of the respite to escape.
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HYDER BOY HAPPY
IN MOOSE HOME
Richard (“Dick”) Traversy,
son of the late Charles Trav
'ersy and former Hyder boy, is
I getting along finely at Moose
heart, the great Moose home
! for orphaned children of mem
bers of the Moose order in Ill
inois, according to a letterrfrom
M. P. Adams, superintendent
of the home, received recently
by the local lodge, through the
efforts of which the child was
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Tentative plans for the con
struction of a standard-guage
railroad from tide-water at
Hyder, up Salmon River to the
Alaska Canadian boundary
line at 13 Mile, with a two
mile branch up Texas Creek,
are outlined in articles of in
corporation of the Terminal
Railway and Power Company,
filed in the office of the Ter
ritorial Secretary, according to
recent Juneau press advices.
The statement says:
“Alaska soon will have an
other railroad, according to
articles of incorporation filed
here by the Terminal Railway
& Power Co., of Hyder, Alas
ka. The company plans to
build a standard-gauge line
from Hyder up the Salmon
river valley to the Alaska
Canadian boundary line, a
distance of 12 miles, and a two
mile branch from the main
artery leading to the Texas
Creek mines.”
Inquiry develops that the
project is sponsored by James
Keifer, a Seattle attorney, P. R
Backus, the well known civil
engineer and J. A. Hall, pres
ident of the Salmon River
Banking Company, of Hyder.
The plans of the corporation
are still in a somewhat nebu
lous state. As reported in the
Juneau article, the road is
planned to extend from a
terminus at tide-water a short
[distance below town, along
the east bank of Salmon River
to the boundary line below the
Premier. A branch line will
extend up‘Texas Creek from
the vicinity of 9 Mile to a point
as yet undetermined. It is stat
ed by the local representatives
of the company that the pro
ject is aimed at providing an
adequate means for transport
ation of ore and mining sup
plies as soon as sufficient ton
nage is assured to warrant
construction. In the meantime
the company will proceed with
the necessary preliminaries,
surveys etc. in preparation for
future activities.
admitted to the institution.
Mr. Adams states that Dick
is getting along fine and ap
pears to be happy in his new
home.
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CLAIMS TO BE LOST
MGR. ENGINEER MINE
Claiming to be Capt. James
Alexander, former manager of
the famous Engineer mine, an
inmate of the Oklahoma state
lunatic asylum has created
something of a sensation in
mining circles, npt only by his
claim of being the man who is
supposed to have lost his life
in the wreck of the ill-fated
Princess Sophia; but also by re
lating details of events known
to have occurred in the life of
the famous mining engineer.
Details of this strange devel
opment are contained in the
following press dispatch re
printed from a Vancouver pap
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IN THE RECORDER’S
OFFICE
Instruments pertaining to
| mining filed in the Hyder re
; cording office during the week
lending October 18
—OCTOBER 14—
Proof of Labor: E. L. Casey;
Harding and Summit M. C„
West Fork of Texas Creek.
Proof of Labor: E. L. Casey;
| Lake and Mountain Girl M. C.,
;West Fork of Texas Creek.
Location Notice: Ed. Casey,
Helen Bell, Florence Smith;
Ruby M. C., West Fork Texas
Creek.
—OCTOBER 15
Location Notice: Arthur Moa;
; Silver Falls M. C., Fish Creek.
j - “—OCTOBER 16 1
i Location Notice: J. S. Web
ster; White Rock M. C., Min
eral Hill.
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per. The story is reproduced
owing to considerable local in
in the Engineer mine, the story
of which is familiar to a major
ity of local residents.
Victoria, Oct. 11.—Affirming
himself to be Captain James
Alexander, famous manager of
the Engineer Mine, at Atlin.
and whose body was reported
recovered from the wreck of
the ill-fated Princess Sophia,
an inmate of the Oklahoma
state lunatic asylum has started
'an investigation which came to
the ears of Superintendent Me
Mullin of the Provincial poh'-e
today. Capt. James Alexander
and Mrs. Alexander embarked
on the ill-fated ship on her la t
outbound run from the Yukon.
The Princess Sophia dr^ve
hard on the rocks of Vander
ibilt reef on October 24, 19H.
'Two days later word reached
i this city that the ship had b°en
I broken up by heavy seas with a
| total loss of her passengers and
'crew totalling 384 lives. Later
;in the sad work of recovering
the bodies rescuers.came on
the bodies of a man and aw>
man in the cabin assigned to
!Captain and Mrs. Alexander
and his death was presumed
before the local courts. Years
of litigation followed as to the
inheritance of the mine in
which the claim of kinship of
the relatives of Capt. Alexan
der and Mrs. Alexander con
tested bitterly the right of in
heritance.
The inmate of the Oklahoma
state lunatic asylum not o~ly
asserts that he is Capt. Alex
ander in person, but tells w: h
considerable details events
which are known to have oc
curred in the life of the fam
ous mine operator.
The provincial authorities a^e
forwarding photographs
data in the hone of clearing tin
the mystery. If the late
James Alexander should be
alive the denouement would be
the most sensational climev
the tangled affairs of
turned out to be one of
greatest mines ever brought to
light in the far north.
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