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WILLIAM MARTIN COMES TO
TOWN WITH SEMI-MONTHLY
CLEAN-UP FROM HIS MINE.
NEW VEIN IS PROVING RICH
Development of District Leads to Con
sideration of Plans for Establish
ment of Centralized Power Plant in
Near Future.
William Martin, of the Alaska Free
Gold Mining company, operating in
the Willow creek quartz district, ar
rived in Anchorage last night and is
registerd at the Hotel Parsons during
his few days stay in the city on busi
ness connected with his extensive min
ing operations.
Mr. Martin brought down the semi
monthly clean up which was highly
gratifying, he says. He declares that
the vein of ore recently discovered on
his property“is proving fully as rich
as expected and that there is sufficient
ore in sight to run the balance of the
season.
Considerable Snow in Hills.
Mr. Martin reports that there is con
siderable snow in the hills but that he
will be able to run the mill until the
freeze up, which will be about Novem
ber 1. He will employ a force of men
during the winter and in addition to
opening up the Gold Cord and Byron
Bartholf veins on the lower levels will
block out the ore for next season’s run.
Mr. Martin states that due to in
creased developments of the camp and
prospects for future operations, the
question of establishing a centralized
power plant is being seriously consid
ered by himself and his associates.
Investigated By Expetrs.
During this summer representatives
of Colorado capitalists made an exten
sive inver+’gation of the district with
the vie,v if installing a hydro-electric
plant the near future or as soon as
oper? ions justified the large expendi
ture involved in such an undertaking.
Mr. Martin has been very successful
in his operations in the Willow Creek
district and with the balance of the
operators is of the firm opinion that
the camp has passed the speculative
stage and he looks for marked activity
in the district next season due to the
influx of outside mining men whose at
tention has been called to the district.
He also stated that the indications
for development from a local source
was flattering and spoke of several lo
-cal companies that intend to start op
erations early next spring.
EkvSrER IN
NELCHINA REGION
COMPLETION OF RAILROAD TO
CHICKALOON REDUCES COST
OF FREIGHTING SUPPLIES.
C. Newell and Lee Harrison are re
cent arrivals from Alfred creek in the
Nelchina country where for the past
summer they have been operating a
placer mine. They have taken out a
quantity of coarse gold and feel that
they will have a much better season
next year, owing to the fact that they
will be able to get in their supplies
from Chickaloon this winter.
Lynch brothers, diamond drill con
tractors, recently completed a three
year contract at the Perseverance
mine, in Juneau, and have sent the
machine and crew to Kennecott,
where two machines are now work
ing. During the term of the contract
at the Perseverance, over 75,000 feet
of diamond drill holes were run. The
Lynch brothers now have machines
working at Jualin, Ellamar, Latouche,
El Capitan and two at Kennecott.
Those in the drill crew who left Ju
neau for Kennecott were T. C. Sein
eke, E. O. Bradford, D. Holcomb, R.
J. Trent and Oscar Nelson.
I
GEORGE ANDERSON TAPS FINE
GRADE OF ORE AT DISTANCE
OF SIXTY-FIVE FEET.
DISCOVERY IS ON LITTLE GEM.
Survey of Property Shows That There
Are Between 20,000 and 30,000 Tons
of Pay Dirt in Sight at Prseent
'lime.
George Anderson, who took a lease
on the Little Gem property in the Wil
low creek district July 5 of this year is
■ in town and reports that he is perfect
! !y satisfied with the results acconi
! plished this season.
Mr. Anderson has driven a tunnel a
: distance of sixty-five feet in length
i his season and has tapped a fine grade
I of ore.
As a result of the successful season
| Mr. Anderson has worked a five-ton
Buster Brown mill which was in
stalled during the past summer.
According to a survey that has been
nade of the ground Mr. Anderson feels
( assured that there is between twenty
! and thirty thousand tons of ore in
sight on his claim. He is confident
| that with the coming of next season
(an unprecedented season of prosper
i ity will result to the district.
JOHN BEATON AND HARRY DON
NELLEY PURCHASE INTER
ESTS of r. s. McMillan.
. A deal of much interest in mining
j circles has been consummated in
I Iditarod, by which John Beaton and
Harry Donnelley purchased the in
terest of R. S. McMillan in the Black
creek dredge creek dredge and min
ing ground of Riley & McMillan.
The terms of the transfer were not
made public, says the Iditarod Pio
neer.
It is understood that the prime
purpose of Donnelley and Beaton in
making the purchase was to secure
the dredge for the working of Slate
creek, control of most of the ground
on which steam is held by Mr.
Donnelley and his associates. But
there is considerable ground on
Black creek included in the transfer,
which will be worked before the ma
I chine is removed.
.Not Worked Lntil Next Season.
It is probable that this will not be
worked until next season.
The Black creek deal has started
various rumors as to further pros
pective deals, no confirmation of
which could be obtained, however.
Among the most interesting was one
which credited the Yukon Gold com
pany with making overtures for the
lower end of Otter creek.
Did Not Squelch Rumors.
The fact that the ground had been
prospected by the Gold company some
years ago and turned down as not
sufficiently inviting did not tend to
squelch the rumors, which have been
most persistent.
Another rumor connected the name
of a well-known operator with a
dredging venture on Willow creek, in
the Iditarod district, but this a,lso
lacked confirmation. Willow creek
has long been thought by mining
men to be an ideal dredge proposition.
The management of the Treadwell
I .’'•lining company at Juneau, finding
j it impossible to maintain a suitable
! dining room staff of Japanese in the
big mess house, is considering secur
j ing a force*of girls.
LAW EXEMPTS PLACER AND
QUARTZ PROPERTIES IN AL
ASKA FOR 1917 AND 1918.
ACTION FOLLOWS DISCUSSION
Min^Owncrs In Order to Obtain Ad
vantage of Enactment Must File
Statement With District Recorder
by December 31.
Advices received here today are to!
the effect that congress has approved
of the passage of the bill recently in
troduced by Charles Sulzer, dele
gate from Alaska, which exempts ev
| ery owner of a lode or placer claim
i in Alaska and elsewhere from all as
| sessment work during the years 1917
I and 1918, after reconsidering the bill
for several days providing that to be
exempt from assessment work the j
miners must produce $100 worth of j
goods for the army, navy cr people of j
j the United States.
Action Follows Long Debate.
! After much debate the conference
committee of the senate and the house
decided to make the bill a simple out
and-out exemption, without restric
tions whatever existing. To secure ex
emption from assessment work the
claim owner must file a statement
that he desires to hold the claims with
the recorder of the district in which
the clai is a'o located, this notice to
be file*, y I cember 31 of the year
! for w'.ic.. 'xt .iption is desired.
| Under tne \ rovisions of the bill oil
; claims are not exempt, because the
members of congress desire to have oil
development rushed everywhere, on
account of the reported shortage and
the demands of the army and navy.
The object of the bill is to relieve
1 quartz and placer mine owners from
the heavy burden of assessment work
at a time when every man is needed
for producing war materials.
ORE BLOCKED OUT
ON WILLOW CREEK
GEORGE ANDERSON INSTALLS
MILL AND ERECTS CABLE
FOR NEXT SEASON’S WORK.
George Anderson returned last
night from the Willow creek district,
where he has been for the past three
months working his quartz property.
During the summer Mr. Anderson in
stalled a one-stamp mill and erected
' a cable, but on account of the late
ness of the season was unable to mill
' much ore.
However, he blocked out about
twenty tons of high-grade ore which
will run several thousand dollars to
the ton.
Mr. Anderson will make a business
visit to the states this winter in the
interest of his Willow7 creek property
and expects to operate on a large
scale next season.
PUGNACIOUS EARWIGS.
Earwigs are quarrelsome creatures
and are always ready to use their nip
pered tails against each other on the
slightest provocation. When the light
of a lamp falls upon them congregated
at the sugar some are more scared
than the others and scuttle away,
when each earwig which they nearly
touch in flight will savagely swing
back its tail and nip in the air with
fury. Sometimes the blow falls upon
a neighbor, which instantly retaliates
and a half a dozen furious nips are
rapidly interchanged. But fighting
weight quickly settles the quarrel, the
smaller earwig scutting off and the
larger pursuing him for several inch
es, running backward and reaching
savagely to right and left with his nip
pers. Yet these same earwigs, so vin
dictive at meals, will be crammed, all
sizes together, into any hole or crack
by day.—London Globe.
ESKIMOS AND WHALES.
The Eskimos use every part of the
whale. The oil is light, fuel and food
for them; the flesh, food; the whale
bone and true bone are used in making
sledges, huts, boats, spears and har
poons; the sinews form thread and
twine; the thin membranes, window |
glass.
MINERS IN HOPE DISTRICT ARE
REALIZING GOOD RETURNS THIS YEAR
Mining operations are progressing
in an eminently satisfactory manner
in Hope district across Tumagain
Arm, according to Charles E. Herron,
Judge Alfred S. Moore, and Daniel B
Patterson who returned last night
from a visit to the district. They left
here Wednesday on the power boat
Wilhelmina and also made the home
ward trip on her.
Many of the miners are reported as
making good money on their proper
ties.
George Hersey who is operating a
quartz mine on Palmer creek has been
doing very well this season, getting
out an average of $50 a day with a
one-stamp mill.
The Mathison’s property on Resur
rection creek had a successful season
and considerable development work is
being done preparatory to enlarging
the plant next spring.
A tunnel is being driven on the
Counts quartz holdings and at this (
time they are showing well.
The Pearson property suffered con
siderably from the recent heavy rains
afid the damage runs well into the
thousands.
Gus Seiffert one of the pioneer min
ers on Resurrection crek, is doing a
great deal of development work and
expects to make a big showing next
summer. Mr. Seiffert recently returned
from a tour of the states and is very
enthusiastic regarding the future of
mining on Bear and Resurrection
creeks.
Interested on Bear Creek.
Mr. Herron is largely interested in
property on Bear creek and now has
a number of men working on the pro
perty getting it into shape for further
development.
Judge Moore was very favorably
impressed with the conditions in gen
eral and thoroughly enjoyed his trip.
He was greatly surprised at the vol
ume of work under way in the district.
H. W. NAGLEY LAYS IN BIG
STOCK TO SUPPLY DEMAND
OF NEW MINING DISTRICTS.
TEACHER NAMED AT SUSITNA.
Cache Creek Dredging Company Has
in McDougal 125 Tons of Supplies
in Preparation for Next Season’s
Work.
SUSITNA.—H. W. Nagley is at his
Talkeetna store, making final ar
rangement for the winter. Mr. Na
gley is stocking heavily his north-end
store to be able to fill the heavy or
ders for goods to the Broad Pass and
Iron creek mining districts. He also
is putting an old-experienced store
manage!' in charge, to insure his pa
trons prompt and courteous atten
tion.
Miss Katherine G. Kane, of Talkeet
na, has been appointed government
teacher of schools at Susitna and will
begin her duties October 16. Miss
Kane has had many years of experi
ence in teaching and has taken an ac
tive interest in promoting the welfare
of the Talkeetna Indians.
The Cache Creek Dredging compa
ny has just received 125 tons of sup
plies at McDougal for next season’s
work on Cache creek. This freight
will be taken in over the snow early
next year.
Deputy United States Marshal Hea
ley and Mr. Kennedy, of Talkeetna
were visitors for a few hours in Su
sitna, en route to Valdez.
Mrs. H. W. Nagley has returned
home after a few days’ visit with
friends irr Anchorage. Mrs. Nagley
reports a very pleasant trip.
Walter Cline and Mrs. Bertha Gil- j
let, both of Nenana, were married re
cently at Fairbanks.
mFFICE
MODIFIES HE
AS TO BULLION
OFFICIAL IN CHARGE AT SEAT
TLE MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT
OF CHANGE IN REGULATION
RELATES TO GOLD FINENESS.
New Ryle, Which Was Issued by the
Treasury Department, Will be Fol
lowed in Making Any Purchases of
Bullion in Future.
Of interest to mining men in Alas
ka is the announcement of the assay
er in charge of the Seattle assay of
fice that the federal treasury depart
ment has amended the regulations
heretofore controlling the purchase
at assay offices of bullion. The as
sayer’s announcement was communi
cated to the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce and Commercial club, and read
as follow’s:
“The department has recently
amended a regulation relative to the
| requisite gold fineness of bullion
I suitable for purchase at this office.
Heretofore, bullion had to have a
value in gold of at least ten times
that of the silver contained. Under
the present regulations we may pur
chase any bullion that has not less
than .001 parts of gold, provided that
it does not contain more than .8 base.
“You understand, of course, that
we pay for the gold and silver con
tent, only.”
NOT TRUE TO LIFE.
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“How very few statues there are of
real women.”
“Yes; it’s hard to get them to look
right.”
“How so?”
“A woman remaining still and say
ing nothing doesn’t seem true to life.”
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Notice
There has
been con
siderable pre
sumption and
s u pposition
to the effect
that I planned
to go Outside
| this coming winter. I wish to state here |
1 and now that I will be in my office (in |
| Anchorage) this winter, attending to my | <
| patients as usual, all talk and rumor |,
I notwithstanding. £ ->'*
I So any one afflicted with ACUTE or CHRONIC £
| CONTRACTED DISEASE, BLOOD POISON or £ .
1 SKIN DISORDERS, NERVOUSNESS or LOST jjj
* VITALITY, or any other ailment within my speci- * .
| alty, come right along. Now is as good a time as *
* any; but always remember, disease does not im- jjj ■
| prove with age—so the sooner the better. S
HOURS: 9 TO 9, SUNDAYS SAME ANCHOR AGE
626 Fourth Ave. Opp. Telephone Office
ANCHORAGE ALASKA