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ning through nearly the whole
length-of the 28 miles, as the Lig
nite trail would do. In other words,,
the Lignite route will open up the
whole length of the mineralized area
-while the Highway Pass route will
tap but a part of it- My contention
is to build a road from Eureka, up
Moose and then down Myrtle and
Clearwater to Little Moose. Now,
the Lignite or “lower” route would
tap this road at such point as a sur
vey should demonstrate as most
feasable. The road commission has,
so far, committed itself to no one
route and will not until all the data
is in. The question is still open. But
when the commission makes its de
cision, we must stand by that de- j
cision.
However, when the subject of
cheap transportation is up for dis
cussion, the question of routes is
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not the only subject to be decided.
As stated above, much of the ore
in the Kantishna runs from $50 t»
$150 per ton. Can this ore stand
the cost of transportation by tractor
for the distance it must be hauled?
A couple of years ago, Thos. Riggs,
now governor, made the suggestion
that the road to the Kantishna
should be built on a railway grade;
so that when the development of i
the camp warranted it, steel could be j
laid on same. Fred’k D. Browne, j
engineer in charge, of the Alaskan j
Engineering commission, has also:
suggested this idea. Many of the
Kantishna believe that the transpor- j
xation will not be solved until we \
have a narrow guage railway in
there. If this, in time, could be ex-1
tended to Nixon Fork it would open!
up a big country' on the Interior
side of the range. Likewise, if the
line to Fairbanks could be extended
in time, right up the Tanana val
ley, across country to the vicinity
of Haines, this would tap extensive;
copper deposits, now undeveloped, at'
the headwaters of the White, Tana
na and Copper rivers. The Tanana
route to Haines Mission was a hob
by of Falcon Joslin for years. The
| life dream of Harriman was to build
la railroad from New York to Paris.
I He had it mapped out in his mind
! to run up through British Columbia,
| down the Tanana and along the
| north and interior side of the Alaska
range to Bering strait. Had he lived
another ten .years, his New York
to-Paris would no longer have been
, a dream. To this day the Indians
have maintained a trail through this
area, on the north side of the range
from Salcha to Lake Minchumina. I
have been reliably informed that
their trail extends beyond both of
the above places to the full extent
of the Alaska range. The present
! Diamond trail, from the “Jap” road
house to Glacier, follows the wind
ings of the old Indian trail. Now,
what does this help to prove? It
means that the Indians, in cutting
out this game trail, followed the
line of least resistance. It is and
was their short-cut route from one
point of the Interior to the other.
Interior Alaska needs lateral or
cross transportation, as outlined
above, this full distance. A railway
from Nome to Haines, along the foot
of the north slope of the range
would give the Interior crosswise
transportation, so to speak, which is
as essential as lengthwise transport
ation. This lateral railway would
open up the Interior side of the
Alaska range as nothing else can do.
It would bring back to activity a
host of prospectors. It is a big plan
and it will give big results. It will
open up an “empire”.
How can this lateral railway be
obtained for the Interior? My sug
gestion is to deal with “big men”
who can see the future and who are
statesmen at heart. Men like Payne
or like Hoover, set up by his own
profession as the ranking engineer
of the world, and who is in line to
succeed Payne in the interior de
partment, can grasp the results that
can be obtained by such develop
ment. Brooks is a man of the proper
calibre and could do much for us.
Col. Steese and Col. Gotwals, when
they started the campaign for a i
million dolloars every year for ten!
years as a road fund, showed them
selves as constructive engineers to
whom it will be worth while for us!
to tie. Such men as the above, j
through the positions they hold, can I
do much to advance our interests.
Let Washington know our wants I
and needs.
Last month the Mt. McKinley
Gold Placers located a power right
at Wonder lake. This lake is 300
feet above Moose creek, on the left
limit and is located a short distance
above Eureka. The *i epage and
spill-over from tile M ’Klnley river
replenishes the water in the lake.
By running a ditch for si\ or eight
miles to tap McKinley river,
enough power can be manufactured
for the whole of Kantishna, right on
the ground. Kantishna has neither
coal nor wood. With cheap power,
concentration of the leaner ores
would bring many propositions to
the producing stage and save the
awful waste under present condi
tions of mining.
During the summer of 1919, when
the Treadwell representatives visited
the Kantishna, McDonald, one of
the members of the party, made the
statement that if their company had
the “Aitken holdings" they would
build a smelter, treat the ore on the
| ground and not ship a pound of ore.
! His suggestion gives food for thot.
The Xenana Commercial club has
| done some good work on the smelt
1 er proposition which should be con
; tinued. The bureau of mines only
| this fall sent a representative to ‘he
j Alaska coast to investigate the feas
j ability of establishing a -m< h 'r in
| Alaska for the copper properties.
I The development^ of mineral wealth
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The label •» red and white
precedes that of agriculture. With-M
out the development of the former
here, you cannot and will not get
the latter. The growth of the West
followed the development of the
mines. Over fifty per cent of the
railroad tonnage in the States comes
from the mines. It is our biggest in
dustry. Both political parties aare
at their wits’ end to make the Gov
ernment road pay. They look to the
mines for tonnage. Washington is
in a mood to help in a smelter pro
position or any other idea that will
get results in the way of develop
ment and growth, and that will help
to make tonnage for the railroad.
We need a second railroad commis
sion or department heads on the
ground to decide on a policy for the ;
administration and for all of us to j
get together on to obtain cheap i
transportation, cheap power, cheap |
smelting for the resources of the In- i
terior. American mines cannot com- j
pete with cheap foreign and Oriental
labor, except with- the above modem.:
up,to-date advantages. It is in this !
way that the higher plane of living
in our country is maintained. If
private capital will not perform !
these services, the Government will
be compelled to. We cannot stand i
still. If we do, the country will re
vert to primitive conditions. Already
our population is so diminished we
no longer have the man power to '
do the work in the mines.
The vast Interior of Alaska, is a
storehouse of wealth. But those
stores and deposits are scattered
over a great area. I believe the
greatest deposits are tributary to
the axis of greatest disturbance,
viz-the Alaska range. Some of it
has been explored, but very little of
it has been prospected. If pros
pectors cannot realize on what they
find, they cannot continue. Pros
pecting must pay its own way or
it dies a natural death. Good roads
through and parallel to the wealth
in the range will turn latent wealth
into creative wealth.
The next big problem for the In
terior is to open up the various
mineral areas by connecting them
by rail, making a trunkline parallel
to this range. We now have trans
portation to the coast, practically
within our grasp. A narrow guago
railway to the Kantishna could be
made the starter of this trunkline.
Extending this line to Nixon Fork
would make another link. Parallel
the Alaska range with steel and
overnight a generation of prospect
ors will spring up that will make
the future assured.
•I. F. ZIMMERMAN
SCHOOL TAX NOTICE
A great many, especially foreign
citizen* of this district have not
paid the Territorial School Tax of
$5.00.
This tax must be paid and this i
final notice is hereby given that <
anyone not paying by December 27
will be arrested and fined as pro
vided by law.
J. H. SCOTT,
Collector
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