PROSPECTOR IS
BIG ASSET TO
ANY COUNTRY
Commenting upon the interview
from John Barrett, of McCarthy, who
said that one of the great needs of
Alaska just now are more prospect
ors, an old timer says:
“Very few people have ever stopped
to think what the prospector has done
toward the development of the west
and of the north. For instance, take
George Carmack who discovered the
Kliondike. He made a fortune and so
did thousands of others. The direct
result of that discovery was other
discoveries, the making of Seattle and
a boom given to many kinds of local
manfacturerers throughout the north
west.
“Jack Smith and Clarence Warner
discovered the famous Bonanza cop
per mine and they and their asso
ciates made over $400,000 in selling
it, and the people who bought it built
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, founded towns along the
route and opened up a new country
now producing considerable wealth
and giving employment and business
profits to a considerable population.
Already millions in wealth have been
taken from this property and it will
continue a producer for years, with
other just as promising properties, be
ing opehed up in that section. Five
years later Jack Smith discoverd an
other big copper mine in the same
section known as the Mother Lode
and sold it and made his stake.
“Over on Chichagoff island was
discovered a mine which has proved
a veritable mint, and which is helping
to develop that part of the country.
The discovery of the Cliff mine at
Valdez by “Red” Ellis gave an impetus
to gold quartz prospecting in the Val
dez and Port Wells sections, and has
resulted in the opening of a number
of promising properties.
“So the story goes in every section
of Alaska and northwestern, following
the finds of the prospector. Of late
years there has -been very little pros
pecting and therefore practically nc
discoveries. Canada and other coun
tries are talking of giving a bonus tc
nad few countries are more difficull
to prospect and there has been less
systematic prospecting in the north
land than almost any other country
because of these difficulties. A few
miles from Juneau even, one may
soon be in the heart of a premitive
wilderness, and it is a hard task tc
get away from the waters edge in
land. With better means of trans
portation, and encouragement ol
the prospector, new finds would be
made in the wake of which would
spring up new settlements, fully as
important as those already estab
lished.’
Home portraits of quality. Agency
Cordova drug store. Scarborough, pho
tographer. 14-tf
The Daily Times job plant Is
well equipped for all classe of com
mercial printing.
EPIC OF ALASKA IS
CONTAINED IN REPORT
An epic of the North is contained
within the paper binding of a report
by Ernest de K. Leffingwell, explorer
and scientist, issued by the United
States geological survey. “The Can
ning River Region, Northern Alaska,”
is the title of the report. It represents
ten years in the frozen North—ten
years of struggle and hardship and
patient, careful investigation. It is a
man’s contribution to the race.
The report is written with the un
emotional accuracy, the childlike sim
plicity of the man of science. It co
ordinates, it tabulates, it classifies.
But occasionally through its monot
only can be glimpsed the terrible lone
liness of the arctic winter; the yearn
ing of the weeks spent absolutely
without companionship, or with only
the doubtful company of a native boy.
In his own words, “the writer has
spent nine summers and six winters
on the north shore of Alaska and has
made in all thirty-one trips by sled
and by small boat in the region, in
addition to traversing the coast be
tween Point Barrow and Flaxman
island ten times by ship. He spent
over thirty months on these trips, and
during most of that time lived in a
tent. Camp was pitched about 380
times. The distance traveled has not
been calculated exactly, but it is
roughly estimated that about 4,500
miles was covered by sled or small
boat. The ten trips on shipboard add
about 2,500 miles. The three round
trips from Puget sound’to Point Bar
row approximate 20,000 miles of ocean
travel.”
The 250 page report contains chap
ters on equipment for the expedition,
construction of maps, geography of
the region, the history of*its explora
tion, its general geology, gormorphol
ogy, and an exhaustive study of
ground ice. It is illustrated by fifty
six photographs and thirty-threee dia
grams, in addition to six maps of the
region, constructed by Mr. Leffingwell
from his own triangulations.
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LOST—Ladies’ broach with Alaskan
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FOR RENT—Rooms over Bank of
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WANTED — Woman for general
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FOR SALE—McCarthy Greenhouse.
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REPORTSHOWS
EXPORTS FOR
LAST MONTH
Eight hundred pounds of rutabagas,
valued at $24, were shipped from
Alaska last month, according to the
April customs report issued by the
customs house. On the same list, how
ever, are twenty ounces of platinum
which is worth $2,048.
Other items in the report follow:
Bones, hoofs, horns .$ 210
Curios ..* 553
Fish—
Fresh, other than salmon_ 97,933
Dried, smoked or cured. 150
Pickled . 66,593
Canned salmon . 9,102
All other salmon 66,593
Shrimps . 2,845
Other fish and fish products.. 217
Furs . 44,193
Gypsum . 44
Copper. 365,488
Lead . 6,583
All oth#r articles . 14,796
Total .$675,859
Articles of growth, manufac
ture or produce of U. S. re
turned .$125,608
Foreign merchandise . 36,514
Total .$837,981
Contained in the item “all other
articles” are manufactured furs val
ued at $525, rutabagas, $24, platinum
at $2,048, palladium, 106 ounces val
ued at 11,490; zinc; $174 and lead
bullion valued at $535.
The gold and silver shipped from
the territory last month amounted to
$440,735. Of this $421,855 was shipped
from the First division and $18,800
from the Third.
HARROWING EXPERIENCE
OF TWO BOATMEN
A story of hardship and stress that
lends human Interest to the life of
those who follow the sea Is told In
a dry official document, a “report of
casualty,” formally filed at the cus
toms house the other day.The casualty
occurred November 26, when the gas
boat American was beaten to pieces
on a rock beach at Point Ellis.
The little craft, only 23 feet 6 in
ches in length, owned by George W.
Reed, of Port Walter, was bound to
Pillar bay with Mr. Reed and Charles
Richards aboard.A wind whichMr.Reed
estimated to be blowing #0 or 70
miles an hour sprang up November
22, and continue* for four days with
out abating. The little craft could not
make way, and finally tied to a dol
phin. She broke loose at 6:30,a. m.,
November 26, and two anchors would
not hold her. Mr. Reed and Mr.
Richards made the shore, but the
boat, valued at $350, and their cloth
ing valued at $200, were a loss. Mr.
Reed adds to his report that they
were without food or water for four
days, and were sick for a month.
After the men reached shore they
walked to the Pillar Bay cannery,
where they were cared for until well.
just arrived, a fresh stock of Hot
Shot Batteries at the Northwestern
Hardware Co.
The Fairbanks tennis court is now
being operated.
Job printing at Dally Times office.
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