QUipiE
GOOD REPORTS ARE RECEIVED
FROM VARIOUS CREEKS IN
WELL-KNOVVN DISTRICT.
MEN IN CAMP NUMBER FORTY.
Lack of Good Roads Proves Great
Disadvantage to Development and
There Are No Funds to Rebuild
VVashed- A way Bridges.
Among the recent arrivals in Fair
banks, says the Fairbanks Citizen, is
George \V. Ledger, United States
commissioner at Rampart. Mr. Led
ger says that Rampart is still on the
mining map of Alaska. The popula
tion has not decreased to any notice
able extent during the past few days,
the present number in the camp be
ing about forty.
Concerning the operations now go
ing on in that district, he says that
on Little Minook, Climie, Nelson &
Thomas, men who have a lay on the
ground owned by J. \Y. Duncan, 8
above, are doing some work and tak
ing out the money.
On Hunter creek two outfits are
wording on an association group,
. mincing at 1 below, and are prc
p;,Org to ground sluice this summer.
\dolf Ott is working the above
gro mti. while (’has. Swanson, who is
on above and does work with a hy
draulic dam. is making1 preparations
f >• xtensive work this summer.
Good Pay on Dawson.
On Dawson creek Charles Nelson is
>■ to be in good pay and in some
si-‘**.s has taken out pans that run as
! _ . as s 10. He is working on a tun
nel n the left limit bench claim,
tv. above. On 4 above, Gus Bergman
is drifting and is having good pros
'd Jones anti G. W. Ledger, on No.
<s pup to Little Minobk, on what is
known as the Idaho bar, lost their
prospects after going in lbO feet and
were compelled to abandon their work
by being driven out by gas. They
will start another drift on the claim,
as they have good prospects, although
tl. ground is classed as low-grade.
Or, Little Minook. jr., Tom Anton
>on is operating on an association
group running from 20 to 27 below.
Hi' ground is a summer proposition,
and he is now engaged in putting in
ditches and flumes preparatory to
ground-sluicing this summer.
Tom Gamble, on No. 18, pup, on
Hoo-ier creek, is in coarse gold, and
has good pay. He is now getting rea
dy for spring operations.
\ulomatic Dam on Hoosier.
Crockett, Ivantis and LaPorte have
an association on Hoosier creek,
starting with 14 above, and are now
putting1 in an automatic dam, to be
in shape for the spring: work.
George Pride and A. Peters, on
Slate creek, are doing considerable
prospecting, as is Nick Snyder on
Chapman creek.
Bear creek looks good. Soderland
y and Barker, on Bonanza, a tributary ;
to Bear, are at work locating the 1
paystreak.
The district is at a great disadvan- ;
tage in not having good roads. No
money has been allotted to the dis
trict from the division fund. What
money has been spent there has been
given by the Alaska Road commission.
The chief need of good trails is for
the hauling of supplies and needed
material from Hot Springs in the
winter.
Bridges Are Washed Away.
A!! the bridges have been washed
away, and there are no funds on hand
to rebuild them. Many thousand dol
lars will be needed to put the roads
in good repair, but a small allotment h
j at this time wrould be the means of
considerable saving at some future
date.
At present there are about twenty
eight children attending school. The j1
Red Cross movement is receiving en-;
thusiastic support there. A short j
t* time before Mr. Ledger’s departure
for Fairbanks there was given a so- |
cial and dance at which was raised <
the sum of $160 for the Red Cross 1
fund. Rampart makes the boast of
saving more lied Cross members per
■apita than any other town in interior
Alaska, having eighty-six, which is
more than the registration of legal
voters.
OIL IN ALASKA
O.NSERVATI O X R EG U L ATIO X S
MAKE USELESS MAXY RE
SOURCES OF NORTHLAND.
l\ AT ALL A PRODUCT XOT USED.
John Barrett Declares That Govern
ment Instead of Hindering Devel
opment Ought to Sink Wells Itself
to Relieve Fuel Situation.
“With the country facing an oil and
•oal shortage for the coming year,
rude oil at Kutalla, after gasoline
las been extracted from it. is allowed
o run waste into the sea. because of
he conservation regulation? which
mve tied Lin the resources of Alaska.”
John Barrett, the townsite owner,
rdner and property owner of McCar
:hy, Alaska, told a newspaperman at
Juneau, the other day, while on a vis
t to the territorial capital.
“There is but one patented claim
hem” he continued, “which was lo
’ C'i and improved before the conser
itio.n craze hit Alaska, and today
Tom this claim is being manufactured
. high grade gasoline which is sold to
lealers to the westward.
“W hat the government ought to do
is a war emergency measure is to
dare drilling machinery in the Kaial
a oil fields and develop the oil fields
:ht re and make use of it. or else
sake the terms liberal enough for
•apital to take hold at once. Fuel oil
s needed now to help win the war.
f we run short of coal and oil and
ost the war thereby the Alaska coal
,r.d oil fields will not be worth ,“>0
•ents to any future generations of
\mericans, but will be handed out as
i contribution to German militarism.
“The government needs all the
tout tonnage, it need- all the rail car
ving capacity and other means which
ire now being used to bring coal and
TRAIL TO COAST
OMMERCIAL CLUB REPRESENT
ATIVES TO LOOK FOR BET
TER BROAI) PASS ROUTE.
WAV ESTABLISH NEW ROAD.
I’ownsite Manager Ryus, Who Made
Trip Last Winter When Present
Trail Was Marked, May Go Over
Ground Again.
The chief matter up for discussion
it a recent meeting of the Nenana
rommercial club, says the Nenana
News, was the Broad Pass trail,
ihout which ther has been much com
plaint by mushers and others who
lave had occasion to travel between
Nenana and the coast, the complaint
peing that the trail, as marked early
n the winter, is too much exposed to
;he wind and is longer than need be.
The club delegated M. J. Cooney to
piake the trip to Broad Pass for the
purpose of investigating trail condi
;ions and finding, if possible, a more
satisfactory route to the summit. Ar
rangements also were made for Wood
pury Abbey to accompany Mr. Cooney
ind it is possible that Townsite Man
lger Ryus, of Nenana, also will make
:he trip. Mr. Ryus is familiar with
;he district, having made the trip
:o the coast while the Alaskan Engi
leering commission party from An
chorage was engaged in marking the
rail.
Should a shorter route to the sum
mit be found, and one affording
greater protection to mushers, the
club will endeavor to have a new
:rail cut before the break-up.
MINERS IN DAWSON DISTRICT
CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
HIGH PRICE IN STATES.
APPLIES TO TUNGSTEN ORE
Demands Incident to War Havi
Greatly Enhanced Value of Meta
That Until Recently Was Not Pro
duced in Commercial Quantities.
Gold Commissioner George Macken
zie, of Dawson, according to the Daw
son Daily News, has been advised tha
Canada has removed the embarg<
which has existed for some tinn
against the export of tungsten an<
molybdenum from the dominion. Thi:
will be good news in the Yukon, a:
these ores are found there, and then
is a promise that they will add mate
rially to the Yukon exports. Tung
sten in particular is coming to th<
front in the Yukon territory. School
ite tungsten is being mined to a con
siderable extent on Dublin gulch
near Dawson and wolframite tungstei
is obtained on other streams. Sonv
tungsten is hold in Dawson for ship
ment.
The Canadian government had :
limit of something like $13.50 per uni
placed on the price it allowed. Th<
price now being offered in the Unite(
States is quoted at somewhere twin
the sum.
One-Twentieth of a Ton.
A unit is the twentieth part of ;
ton. and it is required by the buyer;
that the assays show at least f>0 pe
cent tungstitic acid. The Dublin gulcl
assays show 65 per cent or more. I.i
censes must be obtained for expor
from Canada of tungsten or molyb
denum, and permits must be ohtaine<
from the United States govern men
for taking the metals into that coun
try.
A copy of a memorandum from tin
department of customs of Canada re
ceived by the gold commissioner read,
as follows:
“Until otherwise ordered, the de
partment of customs, upon the appli
cation of the exporter, is authorize!
to deal with the issue of licenses foi
the export of molybdenum and tung
sten ores and concentrates to specifiei
consignees in the United States am
France, subject to the commendatior
of the Canadian munition resources
commission.
American License Necessary.
“Regarding the export of these ma
terials to the United States, the ship
pers or consignees should also obtair
a license from the bureau of imports
war trade board, Bond building
Washington, permitting the importa
tion of the shipment into the Unite*
States.”
The Canadian munition resource:
export commission has issued the fol
lowing circular:
“The Canadian government has de
cided for the present and until furth
er notice* to permit, under license, th<
free export of the metals molybdenun
and tungsten, their ores, concentrates
alloys and chemical salts, to approve<
consignees in the United States an<
France.
Relieves Oppressive Situation.
“This will relieve a situation tha
has been considered as oppressive t<
Canadian producers.
“Since an embargo was placed oi
the export of these metals the marke
for the Canadian production has beei
confined largely to the purchase madi
on account of the British governmen
at fixed prices.
“These fixed prices have been low
er, at times considerably lower, thai
the open market prices offered in thi
United States and France.
“The requiremnts of the Britisl
government are being so well met a
present that the Canadian producer:
may now be permitted to take full ad
vantage of the open markets in the
United States and France.”
The column writer’s life is grand;
For coin he never hollers;
He takes his sense of humor and
1 Exchanges it for dollars.
SEATTLE BANKER
PLEASED WITH
KASAAN IIS
J. E. CHILBERG INSPECTS PRO
PERTY ON SALT CREEK
NEAR KETCHIKAN.
. NEW CONCENTRATOR RUNNING
* Copper, Gold, Silver and Platinum An
1 Found in Ore and Method of Treat
ing it Now Makes Its Shipment t<
Smelter Practicable.
“I have just paid my first visit t<
- the new milling concentrating plan
t which was installed last fall at tin
> Salt Chuck mining property a
- Kasaan, and which 1 have seen for tin
I i lirst time,” J. E. Chilberg the Seattl
M banker is quoted as saying in the Ket
' | chikan Miner.
II Mr. Chilberg, accompanied by A. I'l
■ ; Larson returned the other day to Ket
■ | chikan from Kasaan from his firs
! | visit to the Salt Chuck Mines, whic.1
' was the main object of his visit t<
' Alaska at this time.
So mo Concentrates Produced.
1 “There has been some concentrate;
produced but they were not sufficient
ly dry for shipment so they had to bi
kept there during the winter unti
1 dry,” he said, “but we expect the firs
• shipment of concentrates will be read;
soon to be sent to the smelter at Ta
coma. I he ore runs copper, gold, si!
ver and platinum, and this new system
of concentrating will save on shippim
alone twenty tons as formerly to om
1 ton at piesent, obtaining the sami
' amount of metals. The saving oi
freight alone will be a considerable
1 item.
[Mailt Not Very Large.
“We have not a very large plant
employing only twenty men and w<
• expect to concentrate about fifty ton
• of or a day. The mine is in charge o
Fred Chapman who is an experience*
miner. This will he the second con
centrating plant in this mining dis
trict, the other, i believe being a
Complex, and upon the success o
these two plans will depend in a grea
; measure, the development of a grea
; many mine- and prospects that are t*
' he found in and around Ketchikan, be
j cause it will make possible operation:
| at a prolit, under these conditions
I when they could onlv be operated a
i
a loss before.
1 “I am sure, myself, that this is go
ing to he successful and will increas*
in time both the developments an*
payrolls tributary to this town. Uigh
now people do rot give much attentioi
to mining, excepting where the prod
1 ucts are necessary for the conduct o
I j the war. As nearly all the energy o
II the Alaskan is being used to meeting
j the demands of war, no time and ver;
11 little money can be provide d for tin
t development of new things.”
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iTHEfl if BE
ISENTTO STATES
EXPORT EMBARGO DOES NOI
APPLY TO PRODUCT OF FED
ERAL FOREST RESERVES.
> OFFICIAL MAKES STATEMENT
1 One Million Feet of Airplane Stand
! ing Trees, Near Beach on Pillai
: Bay, Are Offered for Sale at $2 Pei
Thousand Minimum.
1 “Those who are under the impres
} sion that airplane timber or any othe
timber produced in the national for
i ests in Alaska cannot be legally ex
; ported from Alaska are mistaken,’
; said W. G. Weigle, supervisor of tin
■ Alaska national forests, with head
: quarters at Ketchikan.
Mr. Weigle, according to the Ket
chikan News-Miner, states that thi;
impression was probably formed fron
the fact that the old law did bar thi
shipping of timber from Alaska t<
the outside; and it is his opinion tha’
I this law still holds good on all timber
' not taken from national forests. But
the act that created the Alaska na
tional forests provided at the same
time that measures whereby this tim
ber could be sold and exported, and
I this new law takes precedence over
| the old law, in Mr. Weigle’s opinion,
l j The forest service is now offering
! for sale to the highest bidder, with a
■ minimum $2 per thousand feet re
striction, one million feet of air plane
| standing timber not over two thou
| sand feet from the beach on Pillar
. | bay. Bids on this standing timber
will be received at the Ketchikan of
; fice up to and including April 8, 1918.
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF
PUGET SOUND CITY SHOULD
.j OPPOSE FREIGHT INCREASE
_
, XENANA PAPER GIVES ADVICE.
>l
Proposed liaise in Steamship Charges
W ill Have Tendency to Impede De
velopment of Northland Both on
Coast and in Interior.
I i A glance over the record of things
- accomplished for Alaska by the Alas
ka bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce and Commercial club does
not show that anything has ever been
j done by that organization to secure a
r reduction of freight and passenger
> rates between Alaska and Puget
, sound, declares the Nenana News.
“We have not,” continues the News,
, ‘“heed advised that any action is be
ing taken at the present time by that
organization to prevent the steamship
companies from exacting additional
s tribute from northerners.
“If this matter has not been taken
- up by the Alaska bureau, our friends
I in Seattle are missing an opportunity
to render valuable service to the ter
ritory.
Impedes Development.
“Any advance in rates that the
: steamship companies may compel
: Alaskans to pay, however slight the
i advance, renders more difficult the de
- velopment of the northiand. The
, transportation charges already are ex
cessive. The cost of traveling on
; Alaska steamships is such that many
people are prevented from making the
. northern voyage; the cost of shipping
> supplies has resulted in the tempor
I ary abandonment of moderately-pro
ductive mining ground in all sections
, of the interior country and all but
. stripped the richer properties of pro
• tit.
Given Wide Publicity.
“Our friends in Seattle must be
• aware of this condition. The rate
■ outrage has ben given wide publicity
by the newspapers of the territory
and both Delegate Charles A. Sulzer
j and Judge Wickersham have brought
the matter to the attention of the fed
1 eral authorities at Washington in the
! hope of securing relief. We need all
the help we can get to force the pirat
ical steamship companies to assume a
more helpful attitude toward the ter
ritory, and the Alaska bureau of the
[ Seattle Chamber of Commerce and
Commercial club can perform a leal
service by joining in the fight.”
FOX GLOVE FOR MEDICINE.
CORVALLIS, Or., April 1.—Since
: being informed that Uncle Sam’s sol
. j diers needed large quantities of fox
. glove for medicinal purposes, and that
. Oregon was looked to for a big siipply,
; patriotic persons in the great coast re
gions of this state began gathering
■ and shipping at their own expense, in
’ such large quantities to the Oregon
■ Agricultural College here, that they
• have swamped the drying plant. Dean
’ Zwefle has asked newspapers in the
■ fox glove districts to notify people to
■ dry out the product before sending it.
One hundred pounds will dry to twen
• ty, it is pointed out, thus cheapening
5 transportation.
! NAMES IS NAMES.
• Darling Valentine lives at Hunting
; ton, W. Va.
A. E. CLARK IS ON HIS WAY TO
STATE TO PURCHASE MA
CHINERY TO PROSPECT.
GOLD AND PLATINUM FOUND.
_
Extensive Work to Be Prosecuted in
Summer to Determine Worth of
Claims, Which Extend Twenty Miles
on Bottom and Bench.
Well pleased with the prospecting
he has been able to accomplish this
: winter, A. E. Clark, representing the
, Lower Kahlitna Mining company, will
leave tomorrow for the states to pur
; chase machinery with which to test
this summer on a more extensive scale
the company’s ground on the Kahiltna
river.
Mr. Clark arrived in Anchorage
from the states last January and left
immediately for the holdings of the
company on the Kahiltna. He has
been there constantly ever since, and
he asserts he has done enough work
to demonstrate that the ground car
ries both gold and platinum in quan
tities which might be made to pay. It
is in order to prospect the property
more thoroughly that he now is on his
way to the states to purchase pumps
and additional machinery.
Everything in Readiness.
Before he left the claims of the com
pany, Mr. Clark put everything in
readiness for the work this summer.
He has eight men on the giound and
ditches and dams are in condition for
the first water. Until his return from
the states these men will work an open
cut and sluice the earth through boxes
already in place.
Upon the result of the summer’s
work, asserts Mr. Clark, will depend
the future activity of the holding com
pany. From present indications, how
ever, he thinks there is no doubt but
that the ground will pay to work, and
is laying his plans accordingly. He in
tends to develop the property with
both a dredge and a hydraulic plant.
If it is possible to determine the value
of the ground early next summer, he
will have his heavy machinery shipped
in next fall and freight it to the work
ings next winter, and thus be ready to
start active work in the season of
1919.
Twenty Miles of Claims.
The grounds of the Kahiltna Mining
company includes twenty miles of bot
tom and benches. Bedrock is from 10
feet to an indeterminate depth. The
pay, which consists of both gold and
platinum, is found on a false sandy
bedrock.
The proper development of the
property will entail the outlay of a
lai’ge sum of money, which Mr. Clark
asserts is immediately available if the
ground is as good as he expects. The
company is comprised of a group of
New York capitalists who are ready
to spend any amount of money if war
ranted by conditions.
Mr. Clark is emphatic in his asser
tion that roads to this country are
necessary to its proper development.
Must Use Winter Trail.
Unless he can prove the worth of
this ground early this summer, it wiil
mean that the development of the
property will be delayed another year,
as under present conditions it is neces
sary to freight the machinery to Mc
Dougle by river and then haul it over
the winter trail. If the road were
built from Talkeetna to Cache creek,
it could be utilized to haul in the ma
chinery and thus save a year’s delay.
The prospecting machinery to he
brought in this summer by Mr. Clask
will have to be packed to his ground
which means a great additional ex
pense over what it would be if a road
were established.
Mr. Clark is staying at the Crescent
hotel. He expects to return to An
chorage about May 15, unless he is
called to New York for a conference.
A New Jersey woman has invented
a mesh bag to hold a door key and
prevent it from being lost among th«
contents of a pocket book or shopping