VOLCANOES ARE
' BUILDING UP
NEW ISLANDS
There is always something facinat
ing about the study of volcanoes.
Those in Alaska still claim the atten
tion of scientists, although the lay
man's Interest is only aroused through
some violent outburst above the or
dinary.
Most of Alaska’s Boil has been built
by being ejected from the bowels of
the earth through the numerous vol
cano vents. Formerly these worked
overtime from the panhandle in South
eastern Alaska to the Arctic, and no
one can even imagine the grandeur
and sublimity of the scene when they
•were working full capacity.
Scientists are still studying the live
chimney vents to the westward where
new islands rise out of the Pacific and
where the underground forces are evi
dently trying to construct another
mainland.
The latest government bulletin issu
ed has the following to say regarding
volcano ash in Alaska:
Every traveller on the upper Yukon
river has noted a conspicuous white
bed, 4 to 6 inches in thickness, that
occurs on the river banks. This is
made up of volcanic ash derived from
a volcano located in the northern mar
gin of the St. Elias range more than
100 miles to the south. Though geo
logically speaking the material is of
recent age, yet it was probably erupted
1,400 years ago. There are, of course,
no historcal records of this eruption,
but in the course of explorations in
Alaska much has been learned about
the distribution and thickness of the
material ejected. It originally covered
an area of over 140,000 square miles,
and some of it was carried over 450
miles from the volcano. The deposit
varies In thickness from 300 feet near
near the volcano to an inch or two at
the margin of the area covered by it.
A rough estimate Indicates that over
10 cubic miles of material was ejected
at the time of this erruptlon. During
the erruption of Katmal volcano in
southwestern Alaska in June, 1912,
about 6 cubic miles of ash was ejected,
and about the same amount fell from
the Krakatoa eruption of 1883. This
Yukon eruption is therefore compara
ble in intensity with some of the larg
er eruptions of historical time. All
the available information about this
subject is summarized in a paper en
titled “An ancient volcanic eruption
in the upper Yukon basin,” by Stephen
R Capps, issued by the United States
Geologicol Survey as Professional Pa
per 95-D.
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Before the Federal Court.
The jury in the case of Cardeni Es
mile, a Mexican, returned a verdict
finding accused guilty of assault with
Intent to kill, wound and maim. The
assault took place on a fishing boat
to the westward.
ZEPPELIN DESTROYER. WARNEFORD. BURIED.
Photo by American Press Association.
All England paid last respects to Sub-Flight Lieutenant Wurneluiil. who, single banded, destroyed a Zeppelin
from an aeroplane Hays later, while making a (light In France with HeDry Beacb Needham, an American Jour
nalist the two were Instantly killed when the machine fell 700 foot
Empress Theatre!
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FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1915.
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 40
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LOCAL JOTTINGS
Mrs. William McFadden has re
turned from a trip to the-state.!.
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Chas. E. Quinton returned on the
Alameda from a short trip to the Paci
fic coast
B. Lucas and wife and Mrs. D. Mar
tin were Cordova arrivals today on
the Alameda.
Judge Smith, formerly of Valdez, is
a passenger on the Alameda, making
a trip north to see old friends.
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Wm. Patterson, who spent the sum
mer in the interior for the Valdez
Creek Mines Company, returned to
Cordova last night.
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Dan McDonald, formerly of the firm
of Reidy fi- McDonald, has returned to
Cordova, after having travelled exten
sively since he left here.
R. F. McsClellan and son, B. Mc
Clellan, and H. D. Foster were among
the interior operators who went to
Seattle on the Admiral Evans.
Deputy Marshal Jas. Milsap came
over from Valdez last night, where
he was attending court and left on
this morning’s train for his post at
McCarthy.
A. D. Nash, a well-known Alaskan
prospecto’r, who has been Investigat
ing mining conditions to the west
ward. was a passenger on the Admiral
Evans, last night for Juneau.
Chas. O. Wulff, former publisher of
the Valdez Prospector, accompanied
by his family, was an outgoing passen
ger on the Evans, enroute to their
new home in Brooklyn.
Dr. Lillian 0. Stephenson, who was
engaged in Red Cross work in France,
was an arrival on today’s Alameda and
will go to Fairbanks, where she ex
pects to open a hospital.
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S. M. Brewster and wife, of Spo
kane, are among the Alameda passen
gers for Anchorage, where they will
look over the business possibilities at
the new railroad terminal.
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ARTICLES AkE FILED
BY NOME COMPANY
i Articles of incorporation were field
iu the office of the territorail secretary
at Juneau by the Alaskan Industrial
Mining & Power Company, organized
under the laws of South Dakota, and
with Nome as its principal place of
business in Alaska.
The company is capitalized for one
million dollars and is to engage in a
general mining and power business.
A. J. McConnel of Nome is named as
the resident agent for Alaska.
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WANTED
A blacksmith, for general mine
work. Position permanent if satis
factory. One who can do machine
work preferred.
DR. W. H. CHASE.
NOME SCHOONER IS LOST
AND TRADER UNDER ARREST
Word was received at Nome on
Monday that the trading schooner
Diamond U which left there early in
the year for the North Siberian coast,
has been crushed in the ice and lost
Mike Oottschalk, a fur trader of
Nome, who was in charge of the ex
pedition was taken prisoner by the
Russians on the charge of shooting a
Cossack and the rich cargo saved
when the Diamond L. was lost, con
fiscated by Russian officials.
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APPLICATION FOR MINING A
CLAIMS IS WITHDRAWN
The Knights Island Copper Company
withdrew It application for two lode
copper claims on Knights Island. The
government then dismissed its charges
against the company. The company
filed an application for the claims
some time ago and the governSMOit
brought charges against the company
on account of alleged non-discovery of
mineral on the property.
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Fresh Petalumna eggs, at the Blum,
O'Neill Co. 60 cents a dozen.
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