Steam Dredge and Shovel
Installed on Big Minook
The combined steam shovel and trac
tion dredge of the A. F. Schmitz Alas
ka Mining & Dredging Company was
successfully installed on 8 Big Minook
at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The
time'consumed in placing the machine
on the ground from the bank of the
Yukon—a distance of three miles—was
just eight days. When it is considered
that the weight of the machine on the
runners is 14 tons: the time consumed
in sinking deadmen and stretching the
heavy steel cable, together with the
hoggy ground the machine had to haul
itself over, the performance is some
thing remarkable, and a feather in the
' cap of Manager Stanley.
From now on until freezing prevents
further work this season, the machine
will strip off a large area and place it
in shape for next spring’s working. As
soon as the trails permit the company’s
sawmill will be freighted out and set
up. About 100,000 feet of lumber will
be cut this fall. The What Cheer bar
company, M. S. Gill and Jordan &
Johnson have contracted for a large
amount. The capacity of the mill is
3,000 feet per day. Messrs. Andrews
and Sinclair are now getting cut the
necessary logs.
“There Is Music In The Air”
The tune played by the “old auto
maton” is too lively a strain for the
“grand duke” and his henchmen to
dance to—hence their rheumatic antics.
The words to the music can be made
much stronger if necessary. The air;
“Hike to the Wood-pile,” has not yet
struck up.
Another nickel in the slot, please.
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Small Blaze At Hotel Florence
The roof of the Hotel Florence was
burned about six feet along the ridge
early Thursday morning. It is suppos
ed that the roof caught from a spark
from the chimney of the adjoining
building. The crackling of the flames
aroused John Palm, who gave the alarm.
The damage will amount to $59.
McDonald & Parsons will work this
• winter on the claim below Hebb and
Gaetz on Skookum.
Local News Items
Dad Foster accompanied the pack
train in from Glen yesterday. Foster
will take the first boat for the outside.
Dr. J. H. Hudgin returned last Mon
day from Tanana on the Sarah. The
doctor is receiving congratulations of
his friends upon the restoration of his
sight.
The What Cheer bar company has
shut down for the season. The figures
of their output for the season are not
obtainable, but it is said to have been
very satisfactory.
Jack Neison will establish a road
house on the Yukon at the mouth of
the Novikakat river. He anticipates
considerable winter traffic on the Nov
ikakat the coming season.
As an illustration of the of the great
amount of traffic on the Tanana and
Yukon the past season, the arrivals
and departures of steamers at Tanana,
from the opening of navigation unt 1
last Saturday, numbered 170.
V. Q. Green has developed some new
ground on Excelsior bar this summer.
This bar lays between Glen and Eure
ka creek. It will pay $30 to the shovel.
Preparations are now being made to
work it on an extensive scale next sea
son.
Geo. Cowan and Billy Blick put in the
last month upriver getting out their
winter’s fuel. Late Thursday their
raft was carried by town, the swift
current rendering ineffectual their ef
forts to effect a landing. The raft fi
nally was run ashore about four miles
below town.
Private advices from Tanana are to
the effect that in all probability, a large
amount of Fairbanks freight will be
left at that point this winter. The N.
A. T. & T. Co. are away behind hand
with contract shipments, and their fa
cilities for handling freight between
Tanana and Fairbanks entirely inade
quate.
Government Supplies Are Lost
Owing to the parting of a guy line
the steamer Isom sunk a loaded barge
on the lower river, on her last trip to
Tanana. It is said that the entire
winter’s supply of potatoes and hay
for the post at Tanana was lost on the
barge. An up-river passenger reports
all kinds of hay floating in the river j
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