Permit No. i, authorizing the
free mining of coal under section io
of the Act of October 20, 1914, has
been issued by the Juneau land
office to John Andrew Herbert of
Seldovia. The permit covers Her
bert’s application of March 2S, of
this year, for ten acres, situated on
the northwest shore of Kachemak
hay, two miles east of Bluff point.
The permit, which is for a term
of two years, is the first to be issued
under the new leasing Act. Under
a late ruling of the interior depart
ment, all coal lands in forest re
serves are open to leases, and all
other coal lands throughout Alaska
with the exception of the Matauus
ka and Bering river fields. Sur
veyors i re now enroute to survey
the Matauuska fields, preparatory
to opening next year.
Mr. Herbert informed the News
that he proposed to bring 500 tons
to Kr.ik this season.
The Cache Creek Dredging Co.
of Washington; in which state the
company is incorporated, has ap
plied to the land oifice for a lease
on coal lands on Cache creek. The
officials state that they require 2000
tons of coal annually, and want to
mine i near the placer mine and
use coal for fuel in the big dredg
ing operations which the company
will carry on for many years.
Leonard Seppala’s team won the
All-Alaska Sweepstake dog r e
between Nome and Candle this
month. Scotty Allen’s team was
second and the Council City Ken
nel Club team third. The race was
hotly contested.
Freight Rates
With the sailing of the steamer
Admiral Evans from Seattle April
15, the Pacific AlasKa Navigation
Company put into effect a new
freight tariff which makes a cut of
from $2 to $5 per ton on freight to
KniK anchorage. Chas. S. Black,
the local agent for the company,
states that this reduction has been
made in anticipation of a large
volume of freight to be hauled this
season.
The Evans bought to the An
chorage, on its initial trip this year,
800 tons of freight, which was the
largest cargo, up to that time, ever
brought by any of the regular pas
senger liners.
MINING COMPANY FORMED
Seattle and Alaska capitalists,
among the latter Senator Millard
and George Baldwin, have organ
ized a company to install a large
mining plant on the upper reaches
of the Susitna river as soon as the
government railroad can transport
the big machinery to the mine.
The company propose working the
ground on the upper Susitna,
which is not workable now because
of the high cost of transportation of
supplies and machinery, but with
the building of the government
railroad and the cheapening of
transportation the ground could be
worked with considerable profit.
L. V. RAY
Attorney-at-Law
Federal and Eand Office Practice
Seward, - - Alaska
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