PREDICTS GREAT BOOM FOR
ALASKA MINING PROJECTS
Editor, The Cordova Times:
Then» is an old saying to the effect
that "the darkest hour is Just before
the dawn," and it looks as though, so
far as Alaska is concerned, that is
true.
From observations 1 have been able
to make on this, my second visit) to
the territory, I atn sure that Alaska
is on the eve of a great development.
\ml it is the only spot on the Pacific
coast of America of which this can
truthfully he said. California, Oregon
ami Washington are not participating
in the wonderful boom which has de
veloped in the middle west and on
the Atlantic seaboard. Heal estate in
Oregon. Washington and California is
at a standstill.
The lumbering interests are getting
better, thank Providence, but they
will be vastly belter if ships were
available to get the lumber to market.
Alaska, however, is going to de
velop her own resources, and on a
scale never before attempted.
The building of the government
railroad will open up a vast new ter
ritory. People will come to Alaska,
not to make a quick clean-up and a
quicker getaway, hut to live! There
will he a bigger crop of babies In
Aluska during the next ten years than
in the past half century. And a crop
of babies always brings business
Business for the shoe merchant, the
dry goods store, the candy shop and
yes, the doctor.
Show me a town where there are
no mothers and no little tots running
around and I will show you a town
on which there will be crossed jinks
It can't survive!
Further, the growth and develop
ment of Alaska are going to be along
permanent lines. To he sure, the
wandering prospector will always he
in the territory — more power and
more luck to him.
But capital is coming to develop
the mineral wealth of Alaska in a big
certain and systematic way.
On my «i\ north I met three engi
neers. One is looking for a big low
grade gold proposition. His peopl<
are prepared to pay as much as ftv«
million dollars If they can find wha
; they want.
A second engineer Is after tungster
and antimony.
A third is investigating copper pro
i perties near 'he seaboard.
A Philadelphia concern of under
writers is looking up a copper pro
perty in the Kennecott district.
In a word, capital is headed thii
way. And this country needs tti<
capitalist. Nothing can be done with
out the heartiest cooperation be
tween capital and labor. "The ey<
cannot say lo the hand, 'I have tii
need of the.
I have met men In the Copper rive
country who never overlook a chanc.
to rap the Morgan C.uggenheiin Intel
eats. These men are not only throw
ing rocks at the country, but they an
hurting themselves. It Is only a fev
years ago since everybody took -t ra|
at the railroads. Kvery railroad pre
sident was regarded as a genteel hue
caneer. 'Malefactors of grea
wealth," they were called. And rail
road dividends shrunk and railroad
went into the hands of receivers al
over the country. Then suddenly w
discovered that the railroads wer
ready public property. Their bond
und stocks were held and owned b
the life Insurance companies and th
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ASSAULT ON COOK
HELD JUSTIFIABLE.
TACOMA, June 1. — That a Jury
in the United States district court
was Inclined to sympathise with the
first mate and crew of the schooner
Manila, who accused the ship's cook
with "holding out' 'on them was evi
denced late yesterday afternoon, when
the twelve men "tried and true," af
ter three minutes' deliberation re
turned a verdict of not guilty in the
case of First Officer Henry Ashberry,
accused in a federal Indictment re
turned last week of assault on the
cook on the high seas. Yesterday
morning the cook. Harry Warring, had
• his inning. He and Captain Charles
Yarbough told of the assault about K
a. m. March 23, when the schooner
i was 500 miles south of Samoa. Ac
s cording to the cook's story, the first
- mate objected to his chopping wood
on deck on his, the first mate's, watch,
• and struck the cook two cruel blows
» on the jaw with his first.
In the afternoon the first mate had
• his Inning. He accused the cook of
• feeding him and other members of
^the crew with beans, salt pork and
hardtack, when such dainties as
• blanc mange and pineapple meringue
i were prepared for the captain's table.
) I The tiuarrel In which the cook w as
- struck was featured by a free and
- coady use of sailor's oaths, all hands
t agreed. The jury after hearing all
- sides seemed to think the assault was
t justifiable.
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The Utah Copper has made another
high record In ore production. May
1 the company loaded at Bingham 39,
000 tons. The previous biggest day
>vas July 8, 1915, when 37,700 tons of
ore were handled in one day. The
quarterly report for January, Febru-,
ary and March shows that the ore is
averaging 1.4333 per cent copper. The
uverage extraction was 64.27 per
cent. With the new flotation depart
ment in operation, it is expo* ted to
make a signal increase in the extrac
tion. The company's net profits of
$7,079,830 for the first quarter of 1916
indicate that the total profits for the
year will exceed $35,000,000. The
quarterly production of '35,564,533
pounds assures the forecasters of a
175,000,000 pounds for 1916 total that
they will be not far wrong.
The mining of copper began In Alas
ka in 1901, and the total output of
metal to the close of 1915 is 219,913,
375 pounds, valued at $34,919,581. Of
this amount, according to the statin
tics recently completed by Alfred 11
Brooks, of the United Suites geologi
cal survey, 86.509,312 pounds, valued
at -15,139,129, were produced in 1915.
This is more than four times the out
put of 1914, and by far the greatest in
the, history of the Alaska industry.
Thirteen Alaska copper mines were
operated in 1915, compared with seven
in 1913. A total of 369,600 tons of ore
was mined in 1915, which, in addition
to the popper, parried gold to the
value of $153,121 and $456,204 worth
of silver.
The Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining
Company reports for the year ended
December 31, 1315: Gross receipts,
$253,483; net loss, $544,700; deficit
December 31. 1914. $17,283; profit and
loss deficit December 31. 1915,
$561,983.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Burled—At 6 p. in., at Eyak ceme
tery. on Wednesday, B. A. Armena,
Rev. E. P. Ziegler officiating.
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Joe MoIIoy, C. E. Camp and Nick
Stlch returned today from tho flats,
where they have been engage din fish
trap construction.
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N. H. Brown, master of the tug
Northland, is in Cordova awaiting the
arrival of a new crankshaft for his
vessel to replace the one which is
broken.
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Mrs. Bartley Howard and child to
day sailed on the Northwestern for
the south. She will visit her par
onts at Louisville, Ky., and expects to
be on the outside for three months
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A. J. Adams returned to Cordova
from Anchorage on the steamship
Northwestern. He reports business
wlii-titIv overdone in the Inlet town,
but says the merchants all are ex
pecting a good summer.
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Miss Elsie Ware, principal of the
Cordova public schrols, was an out
going passenger on the steamship
Not thwestern today. She will go to
her home at Cashmere, Wash., and
later spend the summer visiting on
the coast. She expects to return to
Cordova in time to take up her work
in the city schools, which open the
first Monday in September.
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STEWARD GETS WORD
HE’S HEIR TO BARONY.
PORTLAND. Ore., June 1.—'"Happy
Jack” Penton, steward of the steam
schooner Wapama, which arrived here
yesterday, was informed by an Eng
lish attorney, who cume all the way
from Loudon for the purpose, that he
Is heir to estates in England, Ireland
and Scotland. His title is llaron Mun
caster. Baron Muncaster says he will
stick by the Wapama.
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CHILD WIFE RECEIVES
DAMAGES OF $15,000.
EVERETT, June 1. — Mrs. Esther
Aldeen Lyen, age 16, was given a ver
dict for $15,000 by a jury in the su
perior court lust evening against her
father mill mother-in-law, Mr. und Mrs.
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went the flirt’s husband, Lewi*
t,yen, at$uy to Denver immediately
after th« wedding ceremony. Attor
neys for \he defense Immediately filed
a motion for dismissal on legal
grounds, tvhlch they will argue before
the court within a few duys.
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LARGE DEPOSITS OF
CHROMITE NEAR SELDOVIA.
VALDEZ. June 1. — H. C. Vanre,1
who has been on an extended trip to
the westward, Just returned, coming
direct from Port Chatham, where he
went to examine a chromite deposit
owned by C. P. Topliff, Charles M.
May and Scotty McCrary.
After making a careful and thorough
examination of the properly, Mr.
Vance is fully convinced that under
development it will prove to he a
large deposit of high grade ore. As
say returns proved it to he 47 per
cent ore, which is considered very
high, and which has a value of $301
per ton delivered In New York.
Other deposits are known to exist
in Ihe near vicinity, and owing to the
prevailing high price it is thought
(hat these properties will he worked
at an early date.
TOLOVANA OPERATOR
CLEANS UP NEAT SUM.
Word comes from Brooks, the now
camp in the Tolovana country, that
Oils Peterson & Company, working on
the Kinney * Franklin ground, lias
made his first cleanup of the year at
Ihe mouth of Franklin gulch, on Kiv
engood creek. Cp to the present time
he has only washed up about one third
of the winter dump, yet this cleanup
amounted to a little more than $13,
non. The owner of ihe ground anil
Ihe operators are greatly pleased with
the cleanup and with the outlook for
Ihe summer.
It is generally believed that the
dump will yield in the vicinity of -30,
uoo, or possibly $36,000. v
A number of other cleanups w ill be
made within the next few days, as Ihe
VttUUIVI in Uh<"N "HI ' «•
more sluicing going on now than be
fore.
AMERICAN DOLLARS DROPS
ON SCANDINAVIAN BOURSES.
STOCKHOLM. June 1. — The Am
erican dollar has he«-n steadily declin
ing In value on the Scandinavian
bourses. On May la the drop reached
a loss of 10 per cent. The normal
value of the dollar in Stockholm Is
:i kroner and 7.3 ore. The decline is
partly accounted for by tbo fact that
the Germans have recently dumped a
great quantity of American money
land hills receivable on the Stockholm
market. It is believed, however, that
it is principally due to the falling off
in American trade during tiie past six
months owing to the difficulty and
clanger in transferring money caused
by the tightening of the Hritish
blockade. The seizure and holding
up of mails is also a factor.
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THE “MILWAUKEE” AGAIN TO THE FRONT
Through Hip extensive main-line Electrification of
its mountain divisions, the "Milwaukee" lias again
made good its claim to being the Pioneer Line. This j
colossal undertaking lias attracted world wide atten
tion and wonderfully increased the safety and effi
ciency of the road.
Eor additional information call on or address
TOM TALLENT, Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. I1. A., Juneau. Alaska.
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