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EIGHT HOUR ACT
MINES
The plncer miners of the Tanana
nnrl other interior camps are fnclng a
seriotfk situation, owing to the eight
hour act passed by the Territorial
legislature, which became effective as
a law July 11th.
Nearly all of the deep plncer mines
In that vicinity shut down when the
law became effective, ns the operat
ors declared they could* not operate
three eight-hour shafts and pay the
schedule of |5 per day and board.
Wages Are Lowered
A few, however, reopened by an
agreement with their men to try the
experiment of pnylng $4 per dny nnd
board.
The majority of the mines are still
closed nnd the situation Is serious.
Catches 8hort Season
The unfortunate part of It Is that
the law becomes effective in the mid
dle of the short five months' season
during which time the operators must
mnke the most of the water running.
What the final outcome will be, is
still a matter of speculation.
Will Lower Wages
Most all of the operators are agreed
that one result will be the reduction of
the wage schedule to $4 per day for
eight hours, with three shlfta during
the open season when the water Is
running, and possibly two shifts for
the higher grade ground in doing
dead work and getting out dumps
during the winter months.
Close Low Grade Mines
It Is the general opinion that all of
the low grade properties will be forced
to close unless board can be re
adjusted on a basis where the expense
will be less to the operator.
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The mines of the Tanana have al
ways paid the highest toll in wages of
any mines in Alaska, save for the
palmy days of the Klondike boom.
Until the strike several years ago
common muckers secured $fi per day
and hoard and engineers and holstmen
and skilled workers received addition
al pay, some of the positions being
paid as high as $15 per day and
board.
Placer* Declining
Gradually the high grade ground has
been worked out and the operators
have been evolving new processes in
order to extract the gold from the
lower ground.
This meant tieing up considerable
capital in heavy machinery, and not a
few operators were forced to suspend.
Make Quartz Strikes
Energies were directed towards
quartz mining and gave some relief,
but the main industry there is still
placer mining. The percentage of
ground which could be worked profit
ably under Improved methods and the
ten-hour schedule has been rapidly
diminishing.
While there are immense districts
of low-grade ground, the greater por
tion of it will have to remain idle
until a railroad reaches Fairbanks and
cost of machinery, labor and supplies
| are considerably reduced.
Cut Down Output
Owing to new strikes and favorable
conditions, the Tanana was in a fair
way to increase Its output this season,
but the new law, so it is claimed, will
put a decided crimp in the operations
of placer operators, unless an agree
ment can be reached with the men to
adjust themselves to the new condi
tions.
A number of operators are planning
to shut down and allow their claims
to remain idle until the government
road reaches the Tanana from the
coast.
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STEFFANSON IS BELIEVED
TO BE DEAD AND GONE
The Polar Bear, Captain Louis I-sne,
has left Nome to begin the search for
Steffanson the explorer who has been
miss'ng for more than a year. Noth
ing has been heard from Steffanson
from any source and the people who
know the north coast and those who
are living there have given up hope
that he will ever be heard from again.
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Rough on Old-Timer*
They say that a roster of the em
ployes of the railroad commission at
Anchorage reads like the roll call of a
regiment of Serbian reserves. A re
cent letter from the new town asserts
that a plain American has to beg for
work enough to earn the the price to
get a plate of beans.—Douglas News.
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STYLEPLUS Clothes at 8. BLUM &
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Knoll. Apply Alaska Transfer Co. ^
ALASKA HOME8TEADER8
CLAIM 5.000 ACRE)
Since August, 1914, or approximate
ly a year ago. the Juneau land offlci
has received and allowed application!
for 25 homesteads, mostly in the Knit
district. During this time some elever
townships have been platted. In at
these townships the settlers have s
right which endures for a period ol
three months, to file on the land, and
although there are between two and
three hundred settlers who could have
availed themselves of this privilege
only a mall proportion have done so.
The average tract Included in the
applications comprises 200 acres.
RAILROADS BIG
FACTOR IN
MINING
Dr. A. H. Brooks, geologist In
charge of the division of Alaska min
eral resources, is on his way
for his eighteenth annual official
visit to the Northland. Dr. Brooks
will go at once to the Idltarod. Later
he will go to Fairbanks and Cordova
and then to Juneau. Dr. Brooks is
taking no party in with him, but will
exercise a general supervision over
the parties already at work In the
north. Special attention this year will
be given the big triangle district be
tween Ruby, Kuskokwim and the
Tanana, as this field has only been
slightly surveyed.
Increase In Production
"Alaska.” says Dr. Brooks, "Is begin
ning to see Its mineral wealth devel
oped, and the completion of the Alaksa
railroad and opening of the coal fields
will mean much increasing the pro
duction of the country.
vGood roads, and especially rail
roads, will permit development that
In the past has been impossible. I
don’t mean by this that any especially
new districts will be worked, but that
those already producing will be able
to increase production to a great ex
tent.
Cheap Fuel Will Help Mining
“Cheap fuel for Interior points is
going to be a big factor in mining
generally as this will provide com
paraticely cheap power with which to
work the mines. The production of
coal will mean the development of a
copper industry that is now only in
its infancy.”
Dr. Brooks is favorably Impressed
with the Bering River oil fields qnd
says that the oil there Is far better in
quality than that of California.
“Another big oil field that I expect
to see a big producer Is the Cook In
let and Alaska peninsula,” he said.
"There are Indications of oil over a
large area of country and in my opin
ion this district looks the most prom
ising of any in the North.”
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WHAT IS DOING AT
MATANUSKA LANDING
MATANUSKA LANDING, July 21.
—Boyd Leedy, formerly transltman
with Engineer Kuney’s locating party,
has been appointed resident engineer
jon residency No. 5, which extends
from Knlk river to Matanuska Junc
tion and also includes eight miles of
the line from the junction toward the
Matanusku coal fields. Mr. Leedy ts
a young man of fine ability. He is a
son of former Governor I>eedy of
Kansas and has resided in Alaska for
years past.
Matanuska Landing has two grocery
store and one restaurant. The latter
Is owned by Dave Mahoney, formerly
of the D. D. restaurant in Anchorage.
Sam Wright, formerly in charge of
the commissary at Old Knlk has been
transferred to this place to act as
timekeeper and commissary man.
Right of way is now cleared for four
miles beyond Matanuska Junction.
The pile driver formerly in use at
Anchorage has been sent up the river
and is now driving piles to mark the
channel.
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Alaskans Respond Quickly
Speaking of Alaskans, Mrs. Percy
V. Pennybacker, of Austin, Tex., presi
dent of the general federation of
women's clubs, says: “I have found
the people of the North quick to re
spond to a call on the emotions,
whether pathetic or humorous. They
are quick minded. In fact, they usu
ally see the point before the speaker
has made It. Their hearts are at
tuned to the needs of the world and
there is a beautiful spirit of democracy
In the north."
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. WESTWARD HIS
IRE NOT DOING WELL
Captain Whitney and P. O. Peltret,
the inspectors of toilers and hulls,
who have just returned from the west
ward report that the weather is ex
ceptionally fine all nlong the coast
this summer. The rivers are low and
the water is very clear. However,
the salmon run is very light, tip to
-Inly 15th the canneries had hardly
made a showing In their expected
packs and they expect to fall very
short of their season's output of a
year ago. The Cook Inlet canneries
are doing the best they say.
The only cannery far west that Is :
doing well Is that at Port Moller ;
where they are using "purse seines" :
and going way out to sea. When the :
salmon begin running In the rivers :
they will come so Inte In the season i
and in such great numbers that the •
canneries will not be able to handle J
them. •:
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LIGHTER LOAD OF R. R.
RAILS LOST IN INLET i
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I-ast Sunday, a lighter which had 3
aboard 20 tons of rails for the engi- '
neering commission at Anchorage cap
sized and the rails went to the bottom.
They had been brought from Katalla
by the Evans and nre, of course, a
total loss.
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FOR SALE
One or two good, black foxes; some
good dark cross foxes; also some good
tnlnk. Harry Christie, Alaganlk.
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Restoration to Entry of Lands In
National Forest
Lists 6-1496,-1512,-1513,-1541.
Notice is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing
469.88 acres, within the Chugach Na
tional Forest, Alaska, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the pro
visions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11,
1906 (34 Stat.. 233), at the United
States land office at Juneau. Alaska,
on August 16, 1915. Any settler who
was actually and in good faith claim
ing any of said lands for agricultural
purposes prior to January 1, 1906. and
has not abandoned ^ame, has a pref
erence right to make a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli
cations of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
settler, provided such settler or appli
cant is qualified to make homestead
entry and the preference right is
exercised prior to August 16, 1915, on
which date the lands will be subject
to settlement and entry by any quali
fied person. The lands embrace a
tract of 160 acres, described by metes
and bounds as follows: Beginning at
Corner No. 1, situated on the bench
immediately north of the town of
Nlnilchlc, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. Wf
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 de/
E., 15.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook inlet 60 feet-back from
line of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg
B., 7.63 chs.; thence N. 28 deg. E.,
1.7.27 chs., to Cobner No. 3; thence E.
35.17 chs.; thence S. 35.75 chs.;
thence W. 51.82 chs., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Roman, Homer, Alaska; List
6-1496.
A tract of 153.60 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 a spruce post set
in ground 60 feet distant from mean
tide line on east bank of Laida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately ^ mile northerly from Apex
of Anchor Point, marked H-l. whence
Forest Service Monument No. 10 at
Graaross Creek east bank Laida
Creek, bears N. 20 deg. E„ 44 chs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Laida Creek N. 51 deg. E„ 7 chs.;
thence N. 21 deg. E„ 14 chs.; thence
N. 28 deg. E., 4.44 chs., to Corner No.
2; thence E. 66.81 chs.; thence S.
21.40 chs.; thence W. 79.27 chs., to
the place of beginning, listed upon
application of Jacob Petaja, Homer,
Alaska; List 6-1512.
a tract or »t>.78 acres, described
by metes and bounds as follows. Be
ginning at Corner No. 1, Forest Ser
vice Monument (hereinafter de
scribed) bears N. 24 deg. W., 90 links;
extending thence along the east shore
of Forberg Bay 60 feet back from line
of ordinary high tide S. 64 deg. W„
2.90 chs.; S. 43 deg. W„ 6.16 chs.; S.
34 deg. W., 6.80 chs.; S. 22 deg. W.,
3.33 chs.; S. 60 deg. VV„ 6.88 chs.; S.
46 deg. W„ 6.33 chs., and S,. 40 deg.
W., 9.60 chs.; to Corner No. 2; thence
S. 24 deg. E. 18.30 chs.; thence N. 58
deg. E„ 36.58 chs.; thence N. 24 deg.
W., 29.65 chs., to the place of begin
ning. Forest Service Monument con
sists of a post set in mound of stones
on top of bluff 10 feet above high <
tide line on east shore of Forberg Bay. j
marked F. S. M. H. whence Passage .
Point hears N. 7 deg. E., and Observa- '
tion Point bears N. 48 deg. E. Listed !
upon application of Peter Forberg, <
Cordova, Alaska; List 6-1613.
A tract of 69.50 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 situated on the
south shore of Boswell Bay a post
marked 11-1; extending thence N.
63 deg. 45 min. E., 10.69 chs., to Cor
ner No. 2, Identical with Forest Ser
vice Monument, whence Northernmost
point of Boswell Hock, a conspicuous
lone rock 80 feet high on mud flat
near south shore of BoBwell Bay,
bears N. 87 deg. 30 min. W., 36.43
chs.; thence N. 45 deg. E„ 9:41 chs.;
thence E. 24 chs.; thence S. 26 deg.
30 min. E„ 20 chs.; thence S. 76 deg.
30 min. W„ 1.59 chs.; thetice W, 49J2
chs.; thence N. 7.16 chH., to the place
of beginning listed upon application of
William Boswell, Cordova, Alaska;
List 6-1641.
C. M. BRUCE.
Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
Dated April 17, 1915.
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