Local Prospectors Learn
Finer Points of Mining
The University of Alaska’s
“Frospectors School” con
ducted by the Mining Exten
sion Department of the Schoo
of Mines is operating in Ko
diak during the month of
January.
The attendance has been so
great that an additional course
was started at the Naval Base
The extension instructor is
Leo Mark Anthony, a profes
sional prospector and gradu
ate mining engineer.
The total number of stu
dents enrolled for Anthony’s
classes has reached 123. v. Clas
ses are being conducted in the
Kodiak High School and the
Courtroom of the old adminis
tration building at the Naval
oiauon.
The classes are being con-!
ducted every week day even- j
ing for a two hour period. The!
town group meets at 6 pm and.
the base class at 8:30 pm.
“These mining extension'
courses are given by the Uni-j
versity to teach a better un-.
derstanding of minerals. They I
are tuition free and any in
terested person may attend.
However, the course is slanted
toward the outdnorman and
prospector.” Anthony told the
Mirror this week.
Instruction is given in the
rudiments of geology, small
ecale mining, and mineral
identification. The emphasis
is on how to search for and
recognize economic ore de
posits, Anthony explained.
This is done by a series of
lectures, laboratory experi
ments and field trips.
The past weekend was de
voted to the proper use of the
gold pan, Anthony said. The '
courses will end on January |
26, and those who successfully j
pass or complete the training
will receive certificates from
the University of Alaska.
Marshall Crutcher, Presi-j
dent of the Bank of Kodiak,
announced the arrival of
Burke Riley to assume man
agement of the bank’s insur
ance department, which writes
all types of personal and com
mercial coverage. Riley suc
ceeds Ernest Harding who
has resigned to enter other
business.
Riley, former Secretary of
Alaska and a member of the
Alaska bar, comes to Kodiak
from Juneau where he has re
sided since serving in the
Army in World War II. For
merly a resident of Fairbanks,
he has lived in Alaska 16
years. He told the MIRROR
that ever since sampling Ko
diak’s king crab during the
war he has wished to return
and is pleased to be here on a
permanent basis.
Kodiak people will remem
ber Riley for his early work
with the community on A
laska Public Works matters
and the League of Alaska
Cities.
BUY BONDS
December Police
Report Given
The monthly police report to
the city council shows that G4
arrests and traffic tickets were
issued by city police during
the month of December.
According to R. E. Vickery,
Kodiak chief of police, the co
operation received by the po
lice from motorists during the
past year has been splendid.
He suggested that motorist
continue to use chains during1
the icy weather and to ob
serve and obey the junior
policemen who direct traffic at
intersections when school is ]
dismissed.
The monthly report to the
council shows that a total of
34 tickets were issued in De
cember for traffic violations.
Two tickets or arrests were
made for drunk driving dur
ing the month.
Vickery indicated that he I
was pleased with small num- (
ber of arrests for traffic viola
tions and highly praised Ko
diak drivers for their coopera
tion.
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With the opening of teletype service to
Valdez, Alaska Steamship Company’s new
teletype network is complete. Alaska Line
agents at key points in the Territory now
can contact Seattle or other Alaska agents
by teletype in a matter of seconds-obtain
answers to important questions immediately.
Messages travel via a network of radio
beams, cables, land lines (see map)-arrive
at company headquarters in Seattle instantly.
This new commi-nicotions network is one
of a number of recent development*
In The Aleske Line'* constant
search for new and better
methods of serving the
people of the
Territory.
The teletype net and the company’s
ship-to-shore radio telephone facilities
result in more efficient operation and
improved customer service.
With teletype service Alaska Line
agents know in advance what pass
enger accommodations are available
— confirm passenger reservations
without delay... Requests for space
for freight shipments are accorded
faster service.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
SERVING ALL ALASKA
COMPANY
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St-rvio* Pin;* Given \
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Junior Hosle.-sr*!- j
Service pins were awarded i
to several Kodiak girls and
Mrs. George Sonntag received I
a certificate for outstanding
services from the United Ser
vice Organizations Christmas
night.
The Kins and certificate were
awarded by Lcdr. R. F
Thoney, special services of
ficer at Kodiak Naval Station, j
Pins were given to the fol*'
lowing junior hostesses for
over 200 hours of volunteer j
service; Marie Anderson, Mar-,
go Archibald, Marlyss Blinn,
Isobel Nelson, lone Norton,
Carol Tolbert.
Junior hostesses with over
60 hours volunteer service re
ceiving pins were Kathleen
French, Lydia Mahle, Marlysi;
Munro, Myrle Munro and ;
Mary Corgatelli Wimmer. ;
The awards were made dur- ;
ing the formal dance held a*' ;
the USO December 25. ;
Msgr. Edgar Gallant of !
Skagway was a visitor in \
town last weekend. He was |
accompanied here by Harlan |
and Andrew Mahle.
Kodiak Transit Co. Inc.
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