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MeCAKTHY WEEKLY NEWS
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ber 17th, 1918. at the tost Office, at
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M. M. COLE Editor
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Satin oay Oct. 29 th J921.
BUILDING OF TRAILS A
NECESSARY WORK
A contemporary to the west
ward makes the suggestion that
one of the necessary ways to
secure development of the re
sou ices jf the Territory is for
the government to encourage the
budding of trails. While the
Alaska Road Commission may
be doing a good work, it is along
big lines, and very little attent
iou is paid to rendering any
assistance to the men of small
means who make the discover
ies that often lead to the devel
opment of large districts
The Anchorage Times rises to
remark that recent gol i discov.
eriesand their inaccessibility for
immediate development through
ack of trails brings forward the
question of the need for a dis
trict mining engineer employed
by the government in Anchorage
for the purpose of determining
what is needed in the way of
trails and roads.
It then goes on to say that the
matter of preliminary trails is
not receiving the impetus it
might, were some better system
adopted determining tl e need of
short trails at the initial stages
of discovery,
I
It is immediately after discov
ery that the prospector needs
some means of access whereby
he may take a pack horse load
of implements to his claim.
He may then perform sufficient,
j work to prove bis find to be of
| value or otherwise.
| Under the present arrange
! immt he may secure roads or
trails if he is operating.
The trouble i«, the average
nr>n cannot operate rni''1 snob
time as he has means of ingress
t< his prospect: carrying
mining: equipment on one’s back
•’ job tlvit entails long: periods
of time as well as grreat bard.
|shii>s*and few care to hazard it.
For many lone: years past, there
hns been general complaint that
■ the builders in Alaska have
! paid 'nit scant attention to the
prospector and small operator
who seek to discover and dev
elop the properties that after
wards may require permanent
trails or pood roads.
I
As the government is now giv
! hip more thought than ever
I to inviting capital to come to this
jnorrhland aid as counties'*
j agents and officials are spend-1
! ing hur dreds of tl ousar.ds of!
j dollars annually travelling
around the Territory it might be
| only fair to give a little more
j attention to the bona fide pros*
j P ctor. who js so bad/ in need
! of trails aim ro<ius«
(Exchange)
COPPER
Sales of copper continue in
substantial volume, and there
are signs which clearly indicate
that the trend of the market is
toward greater activity and!
! stiength. Domestic and export
bu^’er buyers have placed large
orders during the last few weeks
Many millions of pounds fig
ure in these purchases. New
demand is reported in all selling
i quarters of the trade, and the
firmer tone is inducing manu
facturers to replenish stocks
which in some cases were getting
too low for comfort.
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