The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
H. G. STEEL. C. H. WILCOX, C. H. SCHEFFLER, Publisher*
H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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Entered at the Postofflce at Cordova, Alaska, as second-class matter.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915.
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VALUE OF CORDOVA’S COPPER OUTPUT
GREATER THAN ALL OTHER MINERALS
A MILLION dollars worth of copper a month, for the
next year, is to be tin* output of the Bonanza and Jum
bo mines, tributary to Cordova. This production will
almost equal the entire mineral output of all Alaska, and is
only a fore-runner of the rich copper glance that would be
marketed from this section if the government had decided to
build its railroad so as to provide transportation and per
mit of the opening up and development of the many quartz
properties in the interior of the territory.
As has been frequently pointed out in these columns, Cor
dova offers the only tonnage route in Alaska. The known
copper deposits of the Copper river valley and .Prince Wil
liam Sound will produce Enough ore alone to establish a
market for 500,000 tons of coal for mining and smelting pur
poses. This fuel, together with the ore and supplies the
Copper River & Northwestern would' haul annually would
make a proposition that would pay interest at once on the in
vestment. Another reason for a trunk line from Cordova
to Fairbanks, with the building of the necessary spurs, which
is of vast economic, as well as National importance, is that
this line would serve the petroleum oil fields of Katalla.
Tn the government system of railroads in Alaska the
ocean terminus is another important matter. We assert, on
the authority of captains, ranging from those employed on
sailing vessels to commanders of United States cruisers, that
there is no harbor north of Puget Sound equal to Cordova
harbor- Tn this harbor may bev anchored more than 100
vessels in water not less than 18 feet and not exceeding 20
fathoms with a swing of 400 yards each. The harbor itself
is so far from the ocean that the most powerful guns of an
enemy’s warship could not reach it. While the approach to
the harbor is so easily fortified' that it could be made abso
lutely impregnable with but little expense. In 1010, Gen
eral James IT. Wilson, now of Wilmington, Delaware, visited
Alaska and reported on this harbor. His report was to the
effect that it could be fortified and mined with comparative
ease, so that a foreign enemy could not enter. Tn the same
year reservations were made by the president at different
points around the harbor for naval and military purposes.
These reservations comprise in all about 50,000 acres. At
different points on these reserves may be found splendid
sites for commercial and' naval coal bunkers. A natural
dry dock site is included in one, while the generay topog
raphy of the country is such that fortifications can Ik* erect
ed and maintained with ease.
liit* mm AiuKKH rwuiway Vvoninus.sion appoinuMi in
had this to say about this harbor: “After its study of all
available harbors, the commission is of the opinion that the one
at Cordova is, without question, the best. It has no disad
vantage not possesses by all and one great advantage pos
sessed by no other, namely, an ample area of good anchorage.”
The harbor at Seward' could be fortified, but it has no
anchorage and is subject to the great drawback, namely, that
a railroad terminating there must traverse a long stretch of
wajer at the head of Cook Inlet which cannot he fortified, at
least not mined, because of its great depth, and on account
of the enormous rise and fall of the tide, the extreme being
40 feet—the second greatest in the world. It is practically
impossible to fortify Cook Inlet so that a foreign enemy could
not enter, and should the Matanuska coal la* brought to the
ocean at Seward by way of Ship creek, it must at all times
be subjected to danger from a foreign foe. Another great
drawback to Ship Creek and Cook Inlet as an ocean terminus
and one that makes it an impossible harbor, is that the Inlet
is filled with ice ordinarily each -year from November until
late in April.
Yet in the face of these facts the Copper River valley and
its known resources and tonnage proclivities was only given
a cursory investigation by the Alaska Engineering Commis
sion, whose members were appointed for the purpose of
gathering and furnishing President Wilson with all the avail
able data on Alaska, so that he could intelligently select the
best route for the construction of a government trunk line
in this Northland- We all know tin* result, but judging
from the comments of the press and tin* people in the states
there is considerable conjecture as to why the Copper River
& Northwestern railroad', which offers the only tonnage route,
and its extension to interior Alaska would open up a vast area
of highly mineralized and agricultural land, had been
passed up. That a mistake has been made seems to he gen
erally admitted, and even now the big newspapers of the
country declare that Cordova is destined' to be a big mining,
industrial and railroad center, although Uncle Sam may have
been the means of delaying, for a short time only, the dawn
of an era of prosperity for this particular section of Alaska.
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Everybody should bask in the Lord’s good sunshine as
much as they can, while it lasts. Health mid contentment rest
largely upon it.
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The government deficit for the fiscal year will be about
$100,(XX),(MX) and it will take more than a half dozen German
bombs popping on the deck of a windjammer to distract the
attention of the administration from the bunghole. For
it is some bunghole.
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It is in order for the government to start impeachment
proceedings against the weather man of Alaska. Having
tie dup our coal Uncle Sam must be pretty hot over the fact
that we are now enjoying balm .ysuushiny weather. As a
matter of fact Alaskans refused to be effectively bottled up.
In our local columns today we publish considerable in
formation about the Hanagita-Bremner region, as furnished
by the ( nited States Geological survey, about the occur
n nce and distribution of the gold and copper deposits. The
Hanagita-Bremner region includes some mineral deposits
which, though almost undeveloped, give promise of becoming
commercially valuable now that they have been made compar
atively accessible by the railroad recently completed up the
Copper river valley.
The results of the investigations have an important bear
ing on the larger geologic problems of the Prince William
Sound-( opper Kiver region. There has been found a series
stones, unconformably overlain by a great thickness of slates
and graywackos, which are correlated with the Valdez group
jot Prince William Sound. The work tends to indicate that
the Valdez group of sediments is of Mesozoic age. The cop
per deposits of the region occur in sheared greenstones and
therefore resembling those of the Nikolai greenstone of the Ten
sion Chitina district further north.
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DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence.
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
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N. A. CLASEN, Prop.
GOLD-COPPER
FOR SALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
miles from Valdez with several
hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
joins a producing mine and sev
eral veing of high tirade ore are
exposed on the surface of this
ground.
Also four groups of copper
properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navlgal.l water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
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Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Kenal
Anchorage and 8HIP CREEK, via IN8IDE PA88AOE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova_
May 6 . MARIPOSA. Mav 16
May 12 .ALAMEDA. May 21
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Expioo
Ives, S. 8. Seward. 8. 8. 8eward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. s.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket AB#nt
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. 8. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from 8eattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, MAY 5
ADMIRAL WATSON, May 15
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Porta.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFLli CO., Ixical Agents
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EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1915. !!
:: Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave ' i
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;; Chitina for Kennecott— ;;
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;; Kennecott for Chitina— !;
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;; Chitina for Cordova— !!
! Tuesdays and Fridays ';
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Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
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Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges ii
► Superintendent Cordova Agent i i
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