The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA’S GREATE8T NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORT8.
H. G. STEEL. C. H. WILCOX, C. H. 8CHEFFLER, Publishers
H. G. 8TEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915
SURVEYS BERING RIVER COAL FIELDS
MADE AND CAN BE USED UNDER LAW
lift geologists and experts that have made a study of
both the Bering River and the Matanuska fields pro
nounce them very similar as to quality and physical
conditions. In proof of this it is but necessary to refer to the
reports of the geologists that have made a study of both fields
and to the analyses of the coal made by the Bureau of Mines.
In fact, it is believed by many experts, who are familiar with
both fields, that the Bering River field contains a greater quan
tity of coal suitable for navy use than does the Matanuska,
and while the area of the Matanuska is about one-third greater,
there is a greater aount of high grade steaming coal required
by the navy in the Bering River field.
It is a fact, that, while the test made of the Matanuska coal
has proven it suitable for naval use, little is known of the
quantity available. The mere fact that suitable coal is found
in one vein does not prove the field nor justify the conclusion
that there is an abundance of that kind of coal in that field
Neither does the failure to find the right kind of coal in a
vein justify the condemnation of the field. In fact, several
grades of coal may be found in the same vein, and it is well
known that the coal from the Pocahontas field, that is now used
by the navy, not only comes from one particular seam, but from
a particular section of that seam.
It is well established that there is a great quantity of coal
in the Bering River field suitable for commercial purposes.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were expended by the orig
inal locators in developing mines. Accurate surveys were
made of much of the ground and buildings erected. If the
government desired it could avail itself of these surveys and
thus expedite the leasing of the coal land in the Bering River
field. The law for the leasing of these fields provides that any
survey made, under the authority or by the approval of the de
partment of the interior, may be adopted and used for this pur
pose. If this were done many of the properties could be put
on a working basis almost as soon as a railroad could be built
to them. A thorough test could then be made of this field to
ascertain whether or not it contained naval coal. If it were
found that the field contained no naval coal the work would not
be lost for we have, ever present, the great commercial use for
this coal.
Bulletin 353 of the Geological Survey, at page 65, estimates
that in the Bering River field there are at least 26 square miles
of anthracite and semi-anthracite coal, 20 square miles of semi
bituminous and at teast 21 square miles unclassified. Tests
were made of the semi-bitumhious coal as to its coking qualities,
see page 82 of same bulletin, and the conclusion reached that
all of this coal would make excellent coke..
Coke is absolutely necessary in the reduction of copper
ores- In the Copper River valley and the Prince William
Sound district are immense bodies of copper ore, partially de
veloped, and only waiting cheap transportation and the coal
and coke necessary for operation and reduction. The devel
opment of this copper was going steadily forward', when the
government in 1906, stepped in and not only withdrew from en
try in Alaska, but actually stopped and prevented the use
of Alaska coal for any purpose whatever. This resulted ne
cessarily in the discontinuance of the development of all copper
mines, except those in which the ores were of such great vaule
that it could be shipped 1,500 miles to the Tacoma smelter.
This is the situation today and’ the situation that the people of
Alaska expect the building of realroads and the leasing of the
coal lands to correct.
From an economic and business standpoint, there is every
roasen why the first line built should be one connecting the
Copper River & Northwestern Railway at Mile 38 with the
Bering River coal fields. This would require only about 38
miies of construction which could be accomplished during the
wot king season. The coal could then be brought to tidewater
where it could be used to assist in the construction of other
lines and save the government the great expense of importing
foreign coal for this purpose. At the same time this would
bring it to a common point with the only known copper de
posits of Alaska, namely, those of the Copper River valley and
Prince William Sound. By the time the field is developed
these ores alone will estabflsh a market for 500,(XX) tons of coal
for mining and smelting purposes. This is four times the
amount of coal the navy consumes in one year on the Pacific
coast; lienee we repeat that there is every business reason for
constructing this line first. Besides it is more than probable
that, in the development of this field, as suggested before, there
will be found more than suffie'ent coal for the use of the navy
on the Pacific coast.
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That the United states flag is often used in Europe to
advertise shops and' cafes in ways supposed to attract tour
ists, every traveler knows. In recently published foreign
correspondence of the United States there are reports of
enterprising Greeks who have gone back from this country
to hoist the American flag over cigar stands and wine shops
in their native lands. A saloon in a Sicilian city made it a
rule to run up the Stars and Stripes on all festal occasions.
In both cases protests were made by the State Department
and the practice stopped. Commendable solicitude for the
dignity of the flag. Why not watch over it with the same
care at home? If Old Glory is too august to wave over a
wine shop at the Piraeus why let it be flaunted night after
night behind footlights in its own country to start applause
for some piece of theatrical claptrap that hasn't enough in
terest in itself to keep an audience awake. Uphold the
honor of the flag throughout the world—beginning with the
U. S. A.
Seward may now expect a lot of lawsuits. In the placer
camps of the territory a man who made a strike one day was
almost sure to have legal papers filed against him the next. A
man always escapes the law courts when he has no money,
unless he himself takes it into his head to get some by hook
or crook. A new country, of course, always affords greater
opportunities to the “legal talent’ as properties are con
stantly changing hands, or has not been long enough in any
one’s hands to make tin* title absolutely unquestionable.—
Seward Gateway.
\\ hiskey is to be prohibited from sale in the canteens of
the British army, according to reports, while no prohibition is
to be placed on beer. It is safe to say that Thomas Atkins
can stand being shot full of holes, but when the government,
“blymo me,,” interferes with his “awf-an’-awf” it is get
ting too serious to be thought of.
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Some people can do no wrong, hut others are criticised and
ridiculed when they do what they know to be right, without
any sham pretense attached to their acts. ’Twas ever thus in
small town politics.
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Chairman Smith, of the street committee, has put a few
men at work on the annual spring cleanup, and the good ex
ample set by him should be followed by every resident of the
community.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence.
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at 1 aw
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
THE ARCTIC
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Four big groups of fine copper
properties on navigable water on
Prince William Sound. Large
amount of shipping ore In sight on
these properties and ore could be
taken out at once In from two to
three places on each group to help
the expense of opening same up.
Prices and terms reasonable.
S. A. HEMPLE,
Valdez, Alaska.
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Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Eltamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. 8. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 6th; 8. 8. Latouche. 15th; S. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
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without notice.
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or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
P. B TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
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PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, MAY 5
ADMIRAL WATSON, May 15
Via the INSIDE PA38AGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
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Schedule subject to change without Notice.
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