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( (>1>lM >VA. ALASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 22, l‘>1 •>.
A TRAIL THAT NEEDS ATTENTION
A\ e see by a late paper from Fairbanks that Col. Richard
son, of the Road Commission, has recently promised the people
r niThanks, $10,000 to be spent on the trail to the new
Tolovana placer camp. We are glad to see any district in
Alaska get some aidfor roads and trails but without in anywise
X'httletng the Tolovana camp, we would call attention to the
tact that this is a new and nlmost unprospected region, in
wliioh but little gold has been discovered and about which
Governor Strong has stated, that in his judgment, the pay
streak is a very limited one.
On the other hand, we are confronted with a wavering
line of mud, ten miles in length, extending from McCarthy to
the Nizina River, and forming the only connecting link by
which traffic between the base of supplies and the rich placer
diggings of Chittitu, Rex, White, Dan, Chisana, Young and the
Chitina can be reached. Progress over this highway is as
follows: \ ou load your horse with a hundred or so of grub and
lead him into the mire. He flounders around until he is all in
and you then remove his pack and cut poles which are placed
under his body and head with a view to keeping him in sight
until you can get help. You then get another horse and rig, a
harness to which you attach the fallen friend'of man by means
of a long rope tied' to his neck. After much straining at the
end of which your horse’s neck is extended to such a length as
to make him resemble a giraffe, he staggers to his feet and
you once more place his burden on his back and enter into the
next mudhole.
The McCarthy blacksmith is making a lot of steel braces
by means of which trail horses may have their heads firmly
attached to their bodies thus rendering the possibility of the
separation of that important member from the rest of the
beast, more remote. These bid fair to be very popular.
The Nizina District reached by this delightful highway,
has produced' millions in gold and is not half worked out. Many
prospectors would be glad to spend time and money in develop
ing Young Creek, the benches of the Chittitu and the Chitina
River section if it were possible to get into the country with an
outfit costing less than its weight in gold.
But while the trail is probably the worst in the world we
must not criticise the Road Commission for this, as the Tolo
vana may need the money, and besides, the Road Commission
has already spent $27,000 building a bridge over the Nizina to
help this district. To be sure, the bridge was built at a point on
the river inaccessible from either side and during its short but
donesome existence was crossed but once by a cheechaco who
had read something about it in the paper and who wandered in
the woods three days trying to find it and after crossing, had
to come back and swim the river in order to get out on the other
side, yet it was a perfectly good bridge and a monument to its
builders until the river rose a few inches when it gave a lurch
and started on a journey for Chitina.
We have seen statements in various newspapers to the
effect that the pittance of road money allotted to this dsitrict
from the forest reserve fund, was to be spent at Cordova,
Valdez, Seward and Chitina. A further statement is to the
effect that some of this money would go to the construction of
a new road to a cemetery. Far be it from us to render anything
but respect for the dead, but why not put this money into
something that will be of benefit to the live ones and which
might bring more live ones to the country.
SELLING COPPER FOR EXPORT
The war is without doubt destined to change more than
one custom in the copper trade. Among these is the influence
that the speculative market for “standard” copper in London
has had’ on our market for refined copper. In previous times
the existence of *hat market has enabled arbitrage transactions
to be made whenever the two markets were out of joint, but
recently the British restrictions have prevented any such opera
tions to any important extent, and when the difference between
the price for “standard” copper and tin* nominal quotation of
the London Metal Exchange for electrolytic spread to £14 per
ton, the absence of any broad commercial meaning to the fluc
tuations in the price for “standard” copper became self
evident. There should never be a difference in excess of about
£2Vo, for at that discount refiners should' easily be able to buy
up all the “standard” copper and turn it into electrolytic. Of
late, however, foreign refiners have been excluded from the
“standard” market by the governmental restrictions against
the export of copi>er.
For the time being, anyway, and perhaps for longer, no
attention need be paid to the fluctuations of “standard” copper
in London. Rises or falls are neither bullish nor bearish points,
for they have scarcely anything to do with the real movements
in the trade for the metal.
Another time-honored custom that has been upset to a
considerable extent—and will be abolished, it is to be hoped—
is the selling of copper for export in terms of foreign money—
pounds sterling in London, francs in Paris, etc. At least one of
’the important American producers is now selling only on the
basis of dollars. Its prices include freight, insurance, etc.; that
is, they are made in terms of dollars and cents, c.i.f., and this
producer says it will never again sell in terms of foreign money.
A factor contributory to this innovation is the uncertainty
with respect to the future of sterling exchange. The producer
selling copper for delivery two or three months hence is now
unable to judge closely what he is going to realize if payment
is to be made in pounds sterling or francs, inasmuch as sterling
exchange may fall in the meanwhile to 4.iO or lower. If sales
be made in dollars there is of course no risk in this respect.
Anyway, the dollar exchange in this market is further to be
commended by the fact that after all it is an American market,
about 70 per cent of the cop]>er production of the world being
supplied by American refiners. We would like to see
the custom of the trade modified one step further, would like
to see copper quoted only in terms of cents per pound, cash, in
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
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
GEO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
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Adami Block CORDOVA, ALA8KA.
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A high grade Gold property, ten
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hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
joins a producing mine and sev
eral velng of high flrade ore are
exposed on the surface of thla
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Also four groups of copper
properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this Is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
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Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
8HIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
July 12.NORTHWESTERN.July 21
July 18.MARIPOSA.July 28
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, 8. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL WATSON, JULY 15
ADMIRAL EVANS, JULY 27
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
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Copper River &
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Effective June 12th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and !!
Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making !!
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving •
from Seattle. I i
Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction, -
and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and ■:
Cordova. ! ’
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street ;;
Depot.
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be
tween Cordova and Chitina.
Tho above schedule subject to change without notice. ;;
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ;;
Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska f
Steamship Company building I
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