WANT ROAD TO
KANTISHNA
FOR MINERS
Tho Nenana Commercial club has
taken up a discussion of the needs of
the Kantishna country as regards
transportation facilities and the mat
ter of much needed help in this di
rection. so that the known mineral re
sources of that region may be speed
ily developed. The club was fully
aware of the fact that almost the en
tire absence of roads and trails into
the Kantishna mining district and the
prohibitive cost of freighting supplies
into that region, discouraged pros
pectors and retarded (he development
of the district, and with a view to
remedying matters as much as pos
sible and helping out the prospector
as far as it lays in its power, the
Commercial club, at a previous meet
ing authorized tho secretary to ascer
tain of the Alaska Road commission
whether any portion of the funds con
trolled by the commission for the cur
rent year can be made available for
road construction purposes in this
district, and requesting that the needs
of the Nenana district in the matter
of roads be given consideration in the
apportionment of funds for road build
ing purposes.
The draft of a letter to the road
commission, prepared by the scire
tary, was duly read and approved.
The committee appointed at a pre
vious meeting to report on a feas
ible route for a proposed wagon road
to serve the needs of the Kantishna
miners and act as a feeder for the
government railroad, then submitted
its report as well as a blue print ot
an enlarged geological map of the
Kantishna district, which was placed
in the club chamber for reference.and
submitted the committee's report fav
oring a route for a trunk road into
the Mount McKinley National i’ark
with branch roads into the Kantishna
district to serve the needs of the
mining interests. The committee
would appear to have based their do
dilutions on their knowledge of flu
fact that a survey was contemplated
by tlie general land office of a route
for a trunk road leading to the
McKinley national park, connecting
with the government railroad at Itiiey
creek; and accordingly recommended
this route, with branch roads to the
Kantishna mining districts.
.1 VanOrsdel, who has mining
interests in the Kantishna countrj
end is familiar with the needs ol
the district, was of the opinion that
main purpose of a road in the district
should he* to help the miner and tiros
pector, while at the same time being
a feeder to the railroad. The pro
posed route, he said, would neeessi
tate an extra haul of about 25 miles,
whereas the route favored by most ol
the mining men of the district would
tap the richest part of the Kantishna
region, shorten the haul and connect
w ith the government road at Lignite
This road wound run from the rail
road at Lignite through a gravel for
motion which ends near very rich
antimony deposits on Stampede
cieek, and from this point traverser
highly mineralized lands in the heart
of the Kantishna region, and at the
same time could be made to serve the
needs of the McKinley National
I’ark He thought that the miner
should have lirst consideration, and
the tourist, who usually had more
time to spare than the average man,
should come next in Min
tion.
William Taylor, another mining
man of the Kantishna district, who
had traveled over the route favored
by Van Orsdel, agreed with thal
gentleman as regards the route to be
chosen and was of the opinion that H
would he just as easy for visitors to
the park to journey thither along s
road leading through the Kantlnhns
mineral l>e!t Game Warden Steve
l-oster also agreed that tho route at
indicated by Van Orsdel was the best
so far as the miners were concerned.
He had traveled the regions indlcat
e<l and thought that the trunk road to
the park would lose none of its scenic
beauty if constructed from Lignite to
the park through the Kantishna min
ing district. It would make the haul
shorter for the coal shipments to the
Kantishna and tho ore shipments
from it.
A. Kyan said that If the gov
eminent had contemplated such a
trunk road as outlined in the report
of the road commission, it would he
to the best interests of the mining
men who would be affected to link up
with the government and furnish
those in charge of tho road building
project with definite data and other
information which would convince
them that the road from Lignite to
the park via the Kantishna mines
would be the right thing and that It
would bring about the same results
as the proposed scenic highway from
I Riley creek would. Mr. Ryan thought
a matter of a few hours more or less
of traveling would mean nothing to
the average tourist, whereas a longer
haul meant much to the miner.
.1 ('. YanOrsdel. William Taylor
and Steve Foster were added to the
road committee, and after a short
consultation, added a paragraph to
the letter, recommending the Lignite
Stampede crook route as an alterna
tive for the consideration of the pow
ers that be.
NEWS NOTES OF
IN ERESTTO
I L ALASKANS
Robert Frolkensen of i’oorman re
cently went out to the States, his
I first trip after seventeen years’ ab
sence.
Reports from towns in the territory
\ where influenza serum was used show
a marked difference in the number of
cases and the harm done.
James Thurston, a well-kn: wn old
timer. formerly connected with one of
the newspapers in Fairbanks, died
recently in Seattle.
i II I’. Karstens, who has been away
from Fairbanks for some months, re
j eently returned in time to bump into
ten days’ quarantine at Piledriver
slough.
I!. I’. Cosgrove and James Morgan,
with two partners, have taken a lay
on the mininig claim owned by Cos
grove & Strauss, on Happy creek. The
claim on which they will work is a
good producer.
Kd Wiekersham, formerly of Fair
banks. now more recently of the lower
j river, is reported to be running a
I gravel train on the Northern Pacific
I at lluckley. Wash Kd was with the
Carlisle Packing Company last sum
mer. and left for the Outside at the
end of the season.
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CORDOVA HAS FIRST CHANCE 3
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Inquiries from the States have been received by the Hinchinbrook Packing
Company regarding its stock, and we have decided to shorten the time during
which the stock will be for sale in Cordova.
Mr. Ohm at present is arrangiing for the balance of piling needed for driving
the eight traps and clearing the cannery site on Hinchinbrook island. The company
13 now is employing twenty-two men in this work.
jgj Upon the return of Mr. Ohm to Cordova the first of next week Mr. Swan berg ;
H and he will attempt to see personally everyone in the city who wishes to be given
Uj details concerning the company.
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OPPORTUNITY OPEN TO ALL
If Jill tlu* stock can he placed in Cordova none will be offered in the States.
Hut if the people of tins city who understand the opportunity which is given them
do not take all the stock Mr. Ohm and Mr. Nwanberg will leave for the States as
soon as the necessary preliminaary work of driving the traps and erecting the build
ings is completed.
Never in the history of the industry has the outlook for a read} market of ^
... canned salmon been so promising. During the war the armies of Europe were |
l given American canned salmon as rations, which has served to introduce this food [
to manay peoples who never before had heard of or eaten this food. Taken in con
junction with the fact that the people of Europe for the next twelve months will de
pend upon the United States as never before for food supplies, makes certain a
ready sale for all the salmon that can be packed in Alaska for several years to
c come.
SALMON MARKET CERTAIN
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Nothin gis surer than that salmon will command a high price. Nothing is safer
than an investment in a good cannery; and no other legitimate industry can offer
such large returns ns may be gained from an investment in a salmon cannery.
Your opportunity to get in on the gro and floor of Alaska’s {greatest industry
now is here. The llinchinbrook Packing Company has the most promising future
of any cannery in Alaska, and to delay now will mean that you are missing one of
the greatest chances of your life.
Don’t Delay
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MR. V. J. SWANBERG is at the Windsor Hotel, Room 9, and will be glad to
give you full information regarding the cannery. Call personally or by telephone
or drop him a letter.
Binchinbrook packing company
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