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Anchorage
Col. B. F. Millar has returned
from a trip to the interior, and re
ports having visited one of the great
est mining propositions, in point of
size, yet uncovered in Alaska. Col.
Millard had taken a bond on the
property, and has succeeded in in
teresting capitalists in the property
tr^the extent of sending an expert to
istigate, and with this engineer,
L. Fozard, who is the mining en
gineer for the Alaska Gastineau
Mining company, and Arthur Mc
eer, Mr. Millard made the trip to
he property which is located on
‘Rainy creek, about 1 miles west of
ost’s roadhouse.
The vein on this property covers
the full width allowed by law for a
mining claim, being fully 600 feet
wide, and is uncovered and easily
| traceable for a distance of more
^jjian 2,000 feet before it is uncov
ered, and it undoubtedly extends for
a considerable distance further,
when Colonel Millard took the op
tion on the property it was stated
that it carried one and three-fourths
per cent copper and 65 cents in gold
per ton, with some silver. A gener
al average of the samples taken
while Col. Millard was at the prop
erty gave $3.10 in gold and two per
cent copper, or richer in gold alone
than the big mines of the Treadwell,
Alaska Gastineau and other big cor
porations of southeastern Alaska.
There is an immense amount of
low grade copper ore in the Ketchi
kan district, and at the present high
jjiTice of metal these properties can
be profitably worked. Right now
every mine in any shape to produce
ore is working to capacity. While
the mining industry is on a tine
footing there is considerable agita
tion in Kfetchikan over the diverting
of ite fish business to Prince Rupert.
Alfred B. lies has optioned his Ari
adne group of mines at San Juan,
Colorado, to Boston parties. The
dlld was arranged and the first pay
mAt on the property was made re
cently by cable. The option calls foi
the payment of $400,000 for the prop
erty, $75,000 of which is to be in cash
and the remainder in stol*k of a com
pany to to be formed to take over the
claims. The Ariadne is a patented
property, which already has more
than a mile of development, and was
a large producer prior to the drop in
the price of silver. The second pa; -
ment on the property is to be made in
September and the balance in pay
ments every 60 days thereafter.
Things in the Shushanna are look
ing better all the time, and indica
tions are that the camp will continue
to improve, according to a letter re
ceived from Grant Reid, a miner now
in that camp.
Reid says that good pay has been
struck on both Gold Run and Big
Eldorado, and both creeks are expect
ed to make a good showing. The
dump taken out by E. It. Behling, at
the junction of Poorman’s gulch and
Gold Run contains much good dirt,
and it is expected that it will wash up
at least $6,500.
t Reid does not refer to the strike on
Foley creek, which is about 20 miles
from the old Bhushanna diggings, but
work ear.no; be prosecuted until ma
chinery is placed on the ground, and
I it is probable that nothing new has
been learned about the discovery. —
Cordova Times.
S. L. Oliver and H. B. Cooper re-1
port the discovery and location of an
extremely rich gold quartz vein at
Barry Arm. The specimens of the
ore are studded with free gold, and
will assay to a very high figure.
Messrs. Oliver and Cooper have
known of the existence of this lead
for the past two years and have hunt
ed for it before. They found consid
erable float, but never succeeded in
finding the ledge until a few days
ago. They are very much elated over
their find, and state that the surface
showing is as rich or richer than any
thing that has yet been found in that
district.
As was anticipated, there was no
great rush to Tolstoi apparent, and
those who are looking to the new
camp with hopeful eyes seem deter
mined to await new developments
before making a venture. It is real
ized that the prospecting so far done
has not been very extensive, and
what has been uncovered in the way
of pay does not yet warrant it being
regarded as a certainty that a new
GERMAN CHILDREN SENT HOME FROM CHINA
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Photo by American Press Association.
Near the beginning of the European war the Japanese captured Tslngtau. China, a German colony. A few days
ago the German children of the colony reached this country on their way to Germany In charge of a Chinese nurse.
camp of any size will be established.
The accounts all agree, however,
that the prospects are bright, and it
would not be at all surprising at any
time to hear news which will cause a
great influx of people to the district.
—Iditarod Pioneer.
SEATTLE ASSAY CHARGES
ARE NOT EXORBITANT
Postmaster Wood is in receipt of
the following communication from
the Treasury department in regard
to charges for assaying together
with a table of charges which may
be seen by anyone interested by
calling on Secretary Koch, of the
Ciiamber of Commerce:
"There seems to be a misunder
standing on the part of the public
concerning the charges imposed at
the United States Assay otiice at
Seattre.
“The charges imposed by the Un
ited States government for the pur
chase of gold are the same at Den
ver, New York, Philadelphia, San
Francisco and Seattle.
"I am enclosing a table of charg
es: will you kindly give same what
ever publicity you can, convenient
ly?”
MANY AMERICANS
ARE IN THE FRAY
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, July
19.—American citizens have seen
hotter lighting in the last two weeks
than any American since the Appo
matox campaign. They have endur
ed as heavy shell fire as the German
guns ever directed at the British
front and know what it is to charge
into the German trenches with bay
onet and bomb in pouring rain
through the mud in the small hours
of the morning.
There are more Americans scat
tered among the Canadian batallicns
than most people realize. Some of
these were living in Canada when
the war began; some crossed the
border and enlisted for the sake of
being in a “scrap;” some felt it a
duty to strike a blow for the Allies.
If a man took the oath and put on
a Canadian uniform a Canadian re
cruiting agent did not ordinarily
bother, if he were a sound man, which
side of the border lie came from.
I Besides, the recruit sometimes had
■ a had memory on that score himself,
j 'What i>art of Canada are you
| from?” a British officer asked a Ca
nadian private.
"Out west, sir.”
‘‘What part of the West?”
“The far west, sir.”
“What part 1 asked. Haven’t you
learned yet to give a definite ans
wer to an officer's question?”
“Spokane, sir."
“Where is that, in Manitoba?”
“In that neighborhood, sir.”
After a man has been wounded the
truth is more likely to come out. Af
ter an examination of a bad • jaw
fracture the surgeon said to one
wounded American:
“You’ve had a bad smash, but we
shall pull you through and fix you up
as good as new.”
“Are you giving it to me straight?”
was the feeble question.
“Yes, you can depend on it.”
"Well, if that’s the dope and no
kidding I wrish you’d w'rite to my
mother out in Ohio and tell her.”
Those who were looking for a scrap
frankly admit they have had it. Nc
one questions how they stood up to ii
along with their Canadian comrades
Nor are they all privates. Three
i officers who were killed in the retak
ing of Observatory Hill were Ameri
cans.
Judge Jennings, of the first division
has rendered a decision to the effect
that all United States commissioners
must give defendants on a criminal
charge a trial by jury,even though at
the time of the trial the defendant
waive a jury.
Word has been received at the gov
ernor’s office that Hans Roiko, a pa
tient in the Momingside sanitarium,
died there of valvular heart trouble.
He was committed to Momingside
from Fairbanks on April 15, 11U4.
On her last trip south the steamer
Northwestern had a cargo valued at
$750,000, consisting of 500 tons of
concentrates from Latouche, 1,000
tons of Ivenneeott ore taken on at
Cordova, and 12,000 cases of salmon
also taken on at Cordova.
The Ruby district lays claim to the
distinction that the eight hour law
passed by the Alaska legislature is
j strictly observed throughout the dis
! trict, without any attempt at evasion,
and it is giving perfect satisfaction
both to the miners and the operators.
N. C. Munson, assistant keeper at
the Five Finger lighthouse for the
past two years, has been promoted,
and is to be stationed as keeper "at
the Scotch Cap light in Bering sea,
the westernmost lighthouse in Alaska.
! His island is visited once a year,
i Dan McCarthy, who has been in the
| Tolovana district during the greater
1 part of the last year, reports that
conditions in the new camp are better
than ever, and that if the operators
could get plants on their property the
output would be surprisingly large.
BUSINESS CENTER.
Courtesy My Motto. Remember
the place. Robarts' Billiard and
Bowling Parlors.
Fancy Groceries at Ohlsson's. Pri
ces right. 5th, between I and K.
7-14-tf.
Are you In a hurry? So am I. Take
the yellow car. 7-3t<