WEALTH ALASKA
STILL HIDDEN
UNDERGROUND
No saying more true was ever coin
ed than “Alaska has never been more
than scratched so far as prospecting
is concerned.’’ When it is considered
that hundreds of millions of dollars
have been added to the wealth of the
nation as the result of the inconse
quent prospecting of Alaska, the
wealth that awaits persistent and con- \
sistent prospecting is inconceivable.
Mineral is found more generally dis
tributed throughout Alaska than in
any other country of the world, al
though of course, some sections are
more heavily mineralized than others.
Following is a list of districts in
Alaska where maps issued by the
United States geological survey show
varied minerals to exist:
Portland Canal—Gold and silver
lode.
Prince of Wales Island—Copper and
Gold Lode.
Mainland (off Stephens passage)—
Gold lode.
Chichagof island—Gold lode.
Gastineau channel—Gold lode.
Chilkat River—Gold placer.
Katalla—Coal, oil and petroleum.
Shore Prince Wiliam Sound—Cop
per, gold lode.
.Copper River—Copper.
Nizina River—Copper.
Kenai Peninsula—Copper, placer and
lode gold.
Seldovia— gold and silver lode.
Cook’s Inlet — Placer gold, lignite,
oil.
Matanuska river—Placer gold, coal.
Yetna River—Placer gold.
Chitina River—Lode and placer gold,
Susitna River—Coal.
Nenana and Kantishna Districts—
Lode and placer gold, coal.
Broad Pass—Lode gold. |
Upper Kuskokwim—Lode and placer!
gold.
Seward Peninsula—Lode and placer
gold, tin.
Kobuk River—Placer gold, copper.
Koyukuk District—Placer gold.
• Eagle-Fortymile District — Placer
gold.
Intending prospectors should write
the United States geological survey,
Washington, D. C., for Alfred Brooks’
bulletin, and in return they will re
ceive a map showing all the above
mentioned mineralized sections of
Alaska and many others, any and all
of which offer glowing inducements
to prospector and miner.
In addition to the above, antimony
is found in various places in Alaska;
also iron in large deposits and good
grade as well as lead, graphite, cinne
bar, palladium, platinum and moly
bdenum. Marble that rivals that ol
Virginia, both in quality and quantity
is being extensively quarried on Prince
of Wales island in Southeastern
Alaska. It is used largely for interior
decoration of office buildings in many
of the western cities.
Prospectors desiring to take advan
tage of the opportunities offered them
in Alaska can obtain suitable outfits—
provisions, clothing and tools from
stores and trading posts any where
throughout the territory. While it is
not unusual for a prospector to spend
months alone in the wilds of the coun
try, the best results are obtained when
two or three operate together. In
nearly every section of Alaska where
mineral is found there is sufficient
game to keep prospectors supplied
with meat.
Big Game Hunters’ Paradise
Alaska Is the last big game preserve
on the American continent. Here are
found such monarchs of the forest as
moose, caribou, sheep, goats and bear,
among the latter being all varieties
from the giant grizzly to the Inoffen
sive black bear. The upper reaches
and tributaries of the White river are
visited annually by big game hunters
both from the States and foreign
countries but the supply of game, ow
ing to the vast extent of the range,
remains unimpaired and undepleted.
This territory is reached via McCarthy
and hunters contemplating going there
should communicate with, local Guides
j. P. Hubrick, McCarthy; P. 3.
Knowles, Chlsana, or Game Warden
.E A. Young of Chitina. Fully as pro
lific In game as the White river re
gion is the Kantishna country where
moose, caribou, sheep and bear are
fount In great numbers and where
N guides are to be employed. Kenal pen
insula also presents an unexcelled
field for hunters and all kinds of big
game Is found there In abundance.
Deer are found all over Southeastern
Alaska. Bear and goats are indigenous
to the same territory. In fact, there
Is but little of Alaska in which big
game Is not found. The following Is a
list of the territorial game wardens
and their addresses:
A. E. Lucy, Ketchikan; J. C. Lund
Juneau; E. A. Young, Chitina; L. A
Baughman, Seward; F. A. Martin, An
chorae; M. O. Solberg, Nome; Stephen
Foster, Nenana; L. F. Protzman, Fair
banks; R. E. Steel, Eagle; Charles
Klontech, Sitka.
Letters '’to any of the above will
elicit desired information. The follow
ing from the game laws of Alaska is
herewith given for the benefit of those
interested:
“Sec. 5. Licenses.—That it shall be
unlawful for any non-resident of Alaska
to hunt any of the game animals pro
tected by this act, except Aeer and
goats, without first obtaining a hunt
ing license, or to hunt, on the Kenai
peninsula without a registered guide,
and such license shall not be trans
ferable and shall be valid only during
the calendar year in which issued.
Each applicant shall pay a fee of one
hundred dollars for such license, un
less he be a citizen of the United
States, in which case he shall pay a
fee of fifty dollars. Each license shall
be accompanied by coupons authoriz
ing the shipment of two moose if killed
north of latitude slxty-two degrees,
four deer, three caribou, three moun
tain sheep, three goats and three
brown bear, or any' part of said ani
mals, but no more of any one kind.”
Hunters of big game contemplating
i few weeks of "really and truly” sport
In Alaska should arrive in the terri
tory late in August or early in Sep
tember and remain until the latter
part of October or early November.
Alaska also abounds in small game of
the most edible varieties including
grouse, ptarmigan, ducks, geese, brant
and swan.
Licenses for killing big game and
exporting trophies of the hunt from
the territory are issued only from the
office of the governor of the territory
at Juneau.
PORTUGUESE LABORERS
ARE LEAVING STATES
TO WORK IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, June 18 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Officials here have
been advised by the Mexican consulate
in San Francisco, Cal., that numerous
Portuguese residents of the United
States, especially those in California,
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are seeking admission to Mexico where
they hope to find work. The
Portuguese are skilled in vine culture
and in the manufacture of wines and
other beverages, but demand for their
services will cease when prohibition
goes into effect in the United States.
Officials here point out that at the
present time there are more than 80,
000 Portuguese in the United States
and that it is proposed to plant
colonies in the state of Durango, Sin
aloa and Navarit.
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Laboratory Experts Now Predict Fireproof Wood
HAVING perfected methods by which bits of wood can be put together so
that the whole Is as strong as an unbroken piece; having made wood
almost as resistant to moisture as Iron, and having learned how to season
green wood In a few weeks, the ex
perts of the United States forest prod
ucts laboratory are setting out to do
what seems to the lnyman the Impos
sible—that Is, to make wood fireproof.
These remarkable studies In the
use and properties of wood are being
carried out at the forest products
laboratory at Madison, WIs., which
does Its work In conjunction with the
University of Wisconsin. In view of
the work which this laboratory has
done, and Is now doing, it is not
within a few years It may be possible
to build a wooden house, for less than wooden houses cost now, which will be
at least as fireproof as a stone house and will rival a stone house In lasting
qualities.
Loss of wooden structures by fires due very largely to carelessness. In
the opinion of the laboratory experts, and they do not refer to carelessness in
the use of matches and cigarettes, either. They say that the faulty use of
wood In building Is the cause of many fires, and they are carrying on investi
gations to determine Just how wood con safely be used.
The experiments are accompanied by others in the making of wood fire
proof. The experts say that there Is no reason why wood, the cheapest and
most pliant* building material, should be discriminated against because of its
inflammability and its lack of lasting qualities. Both of these shortcomings
can and will be overcome.
The forest products laboratory had been puttering along for years until
the war stirred It up to'real activity.
Many of the things It discovered In war can be applied to peace.
War evidently is not an unmlxed evil.
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