UNION MEN WHO TRADE WITH
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Are Assured That Their Line of
Groceries are the Best
Procurable
WE CARRY THE AMOCAT BRAND OF CANNED
GOODS AND OUR PRICES ARE RJGHT. '
TEMPLE ROLLER RINK
MUSIC BY WURLITZER MILITARY BAND
Skating every afternoon and even
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10:30.
Special attention will be given to
beginners in the afternoons.
With our new 3235.00 floor ma
chine we can keep the floor in first
class condition for dancing and will
furnish the hall well lighted. Cat
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INVJTE YOU TO CALL ON THEM AND INVESTIGATE THEIR
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P. O. Sundberg, President Oscar Anderson, Treasurer.
Carl Bolte, Vice-President S. R. MacClinton, Sect.
DR. H. O. SCHALEBEN, GEN. MAN.
Cor. 4th and C. Streets.
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4th AND C ST.
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The best and largest meat and fish cold storage plant in Alaska.
Operated by electricity and up to the minute in detail. Including cold
storage counters, separate fish freezer, etc.
THE PEOPLE OF ANCHORAGE
can now be assured of meats, fish, butter, eggs, poultry and oysters
in as perfect condition as in Seattle.
We invite the public to call and we will take pleasure in showing the
plant from front door to alley, that they may see how their food is
handled in an up-to-date place.
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CONTRACT LET
Gene Bartholf, one of the successful
operators in the famous Willow Creek
district, returned from Knik this
morning to be present at the annual
* meeting of the Mable and Gold Cord
■ Mining companies in which he is
? largely interested.
) Mr. Bartholf recently made a trip
) to Seldovia to inspect an iron pro
j perty but says that Willow creek is
J the best camp in Alaska. He will re
| turn to the district the last of the
j week and spend the balance of the
! summer at the different mines and in
! prospecting.
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J D. F. MINER RETURNS.
| D. F. Miner returned last Saturday
} from a two weeks’ trip to the Willow
| creek district. Mr. Miner recently
| came to Anchorage ft^>m Colorado,
| where he is extensively interested in
! mining, upon the solicitation of the
! Bartholfs and his trip to the Willow
i creek camp made a firm believer out
! of him.
! Mr. Miner is ultra enthusiastic over
! the future prospects of the district
, and on this trip became interested in
two of the properties. He says that
while to his mind the future of the
camp is assured and that the comple
tion of the present development on the
Gold Cord property will, in a measure,
decide the life of the camp.
The management of the Gold Cord
Mining company has let a tunnel con
tract, of several hundred feet, to Fred
Laubner and the work is progressing
satisfactorily. He substantiates the
report of the rich strike at the Mable
mine and says the Martin mine has
started work with a full crew.
Mr. Miner looked into the power
plant proposition on this trip and says
the advantages for power are unlim
ited and that if the operators give him
the necessary encouragement he will
probably install a power plant in the
Willow creek district next summer.
He leaves for the states on the Ad
miral Evans but with the intention of
returning to Anchorage at the first
1 opportunity.
ACTION ON PLACER WORK
STARTED AT MOOSE PASS
(Seward Gateway)
J. R. McDonald of the Kenai Penin
sula Placer Mines company is in town
from the company’s property in the
Moose pass district and reports that
sluicing will be started on July 4th.
The big hydraulic outfit brought in
recently has all been transported to
Mile 29 over the government railroad
and over 1,000 feet of pipe has already
been freighted 20 miles over the trail
to the property.
“Fifty men and five teams are at
work onthe property or in freight
ing,” said McDonald, “and we are
making good progress. We have our
own sawmill and have turned out lum
ber and constructed 2,000 feet of
flume.”
J. R. Blick is superintendent for the
company and is preparing to sluice as
much ground as possible during the
latter part of the season.
Fred Laubner is down from Wil
low creek, and reports progress on
the development work at the Gold 1
Cord and renewed activity at the 1
other mines in the district. :
Geo. R. Boomer has returned from
a two weeks’ trip nto the Willow creek 1
district, where l>e has been investigat- 1
ing the Rae-'Vallace property. Mr. '
Boomer will return ic Wallace, Idaho,
on the steamer Alaska and expects to !
make Anchorage another visit later in 1
the fall. He is very favorably im- ;
pressed with the Willow Creek district 1
and is of the opinion that it will make
a camp equalled by none in the terri- ^
The Electric Bath House is under
the management of an expert mas
seur—Electric and Turkish—Open all (1
tory.
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OF IW MINE
The second clean-up of the Mable
mine, operating in the Willow Creek
district, was sent in to the Bank of
Anchorage this morning, and consists
of two gold bricks weighing 575
ounces, valued at $10,500.
Winfield Ervin, cashier of the bank,
has placed the bricks in a conspicuous
place so that the public may see and
be convinced.
VEIN OF EXCELLENT
LIGNITE COAL UNCOVERED
A vein of excellent quality lignite
coal was uncovered a few days ago at
mile 175 a mile from the little Susitna
river by two men whose names have
not yet come in, but who are prepar
ing to file on a ten-acre claim for the
land.
This outcropping is not in the gen
eral coal district, but persons famil
iar with the lay of the land in that
vicinity say that there should be
abundant deposits of good quality coal
there. The strike is within a mile of
the end of steel and will be connected
up by rail transportation this fall. The
vein is close to the right-of-way and
the finders hope to develop an excel
lent mining property there.
The discovery was made by G. Gian
ninni & Company, station contractors,
who were engaged in driving a trap
tunnel to secure rock and gravel for
filling purposes. The coal was struck
within eight feet from the surface in
a hill about thirty feet from the track
and is about four feet across the vein
at the point of discovery. No exam
ination has yet been made to determ
ine the extent of the bed or the suit
ability of coal for steaming purposes.
This is the first coal to be found on
the main line of the railroad, the
land and industrial department offi
cially announces.
BIG DUMPS, NEW BUILDINGS
AND PROSPERITY
(Ruby Record)
Alex Nicol returned the first of
the week from a trip over the
creeks. Asked regarding conditions,
he said: “The creeks look good. Busi
ness is better in every way than last
year. I speak of the Poorman district
as a whole. New pay has been discov
ered in several places and towering |
dumps are to be seen where they
were only prospects last year. Com
mencing on Spruce creek, Denny
Coyle has a big dump; he is hoisting
and sluicing at the same time. Gidlund
& Co. have a big crew working and
are hoisting from two shafts. Neihoff
& Indegard just commenced sluicing,
and are adding to their crew every
day. Sam Campbell & Co. have their
ground blocked out and will work ex
pensively this summer. Jesse, the gen
ial roadhouse keeper, has built a new
addition and reports business good.
“Tamarack, the oldest creek in the
district- is taking on new life. Fresh
alood and optimism is working won
ders over there. The number of plants
vorking are too numerous to describe.
By actual count there are nine oper
ating on good pay and a number of
others prospecting.
“Poorman creek is having an
ather boom. Buildings are going up
jvery day. Pay has been located for a -j
distance of two miles below the town, *
ind some very rich spots have been *
mcovered. There are twelve plants 4
vorking on this creek and some very *
arge dumps have been taken out. The j
nerchants and business men are all i
doing fine. The town is now blessed j
vith a new bath house and barber j
.hop. Henry Cox is making extensive j
alterations and is giving his store H
ind roadhouse the usual spring clean
up.
“Flat creek, another producer of
he same section, is reported to be
rery busy. It will produce more
noney than any year in the past.” ]
It looks as though Uncle Sam is
;o be the pinch-hitter and win the
jame.—Nashville Banner.
Tuesday’s output at the Eska
creek coal mine, according to a tele
phone message to Sumner Smith,
resident engineer, who was in An
chorage yesterday, amounted to 96
tons, the record since the A. E. C.
took over the operation of the unit.
The output of the mine has been
steadily increasing with additional
forces and better conditions, but the
operators are seriously handicapped
by inability to get supplies and ma
chinery.
Considering the facilities at hand,
Mr. Smith said that Tuesday’s
record was very creditable. The work
is being done by about 70 men who
are divided into two eight hour shifts.
Improvements to the property are
being made from the outside. It is
even difficult to get common coal
ninlrc M r* QmifVi
machinery which should be plentiful
in Seattle is now unobtainable there
because the steel plants have been
devoting their energies to war con
tracts.
A contract was awarded to A. E.
Wilson to clear three acres around
the mine site and he left with tools
and equipment Tuesday to com
mence work. It is expected that ad
ditional buildings will be erected on
:he clearing.
The commission is now putting in
additional living quarters for the
miners, including the first bath and
shower house at any of the coal fields
n the vicinity.
Mr. Smith returned to the Eska
mine Wednesday and will shortly
/isit the new coal strike at Mile 175
and report his findings to the com
mission headquarters here. Beyond
the finding of the new vein, nothing
aas been done and Mr. Smith will of
ficially examine and determine the
nature and extent of the new field.
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The first response to the recent re
quest for exhibits sent out by the land
and industrial department was made
yesterday by the Mabel Mining, Mill
ing & Power company, who sent to
the local office samples of ore weigh
ing 78 pounds in all. There is one
large sample weighing 77 pounds, and
several small pieces, which together
make up the balance of the contribu
tion. The samples will be tagged and
sent to Seward, where the department
has its exhibit.
The large piece assays $50 to the
ton while the smaller ones, according
to the report of the donors, run from
$400 to $10,000 a ton. Tom Caveny,
assistant manager of the Willow
creek concern, sent in the samples
in response to the requests for ex
hibits of any kind showing the re
sources of the countrv tributary to
the government railroad.
The land and industrial department
hopes that other persons or corpora
tions will heed their call and contri
bute to the exhibit, which has been
up to the present, very small and
slowly added to. Anything from stuf
fed animals to petrified wood will be
acceptable, they say, and anyone may
send in samples to the local offices
without having to pay freight
charges.
Reports coming in from Poorman,
Spruce and Salatna creeks have been
so encouraging and crews working
there have increased so considerably
in number that a little attention is
due those sections in the matter of
roads, says the Ruby Record.
Mining operations in the Circle dis
trict are hampered by lack of water.
Harry Cribb, Incoroporated, is put
Advertise in the Alaska Labor News
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