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of the standard American brand, i
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letter and the weights range from'
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ZTenana. Where Ralls and Hlv«r« Meet
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Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
} ! other section of Alaska.
] ! Gold placers of known value, close
i to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
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INVESTIGATE COAT BEDS
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Tished showing the comparative scale
of wages taken from Western states
and the Government work at Eska
and Chickaloon:
Comparative Figures.
• Wages, year
Locality— 1919 1920
Utah .$5.75 $6.55%
Wyoming .. 5.42 6.42
Washington . . 5.89 6.71
A. E. Commission. 6.50 6.90
, No. days mines oper.
Utah . 219 259 230
Wyoming ..244 277 230
Washington ..
A. E. Commission 145 300 300
Explanatory.
Lean—i-urtner increase unaer 01
tuminous coal commission award not
decided.
Wyoming:—Settled.
Washington — Not affected by
award of bituminous coal commis
sion. State commission now review
ing scale.
A. E. Commission—Not affected
by award of bituminous coal com
mission.
i Compilation of the department of
labor data shows contract pick min
ers earned slightly less than 80
cents per hour in 1919. Geological
survey shows the average number of
days worked by bituminous coal min
ers for the past 30 years to be
,220 days per annum. The average
earnings of contract miners in 1919
.would be $1,480; with 27 percent
recommended for certain localities
by the bituminous coal commission,
this would be $1,787.
| The annual earnings of A. E. C.
miners for *500 days—1919—at
SO.50 is $1,950; annual earnings for
300 days—1920—at $6.90 per day
is $2,070.
Otho>- Grievance*.
Efforts to arrive at a solution of
■ the miners’ grievances and many in
Uerviews with individuals affected
i
elicited the information that under
dying the demands is a complaint a?
to living conditions at Eska. The
men say the bunkhouse is not satis
factory, and complaint is made that
■ immediately following the wage ad
justment by the commission some
time ago, there was a raise in the
cost of board and commissary that
offset the advance.
| Asked if the adjustment of the
bunkhouse matter would serve to
allay complaint, many of the men
stated that this was the most im
portant matter under consideration,
and intimated that with this rem
edy plus the re-establishment of the
status quo as regards wages, and
some assurance that when the Wash
ington state commission award was
received the commission scale would
be based upon it, the men would
return, to work.
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Will Stand Pat.
As reported in the Times last
.Thursday, the members of the Eska
local organization have written the
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stand* alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
;
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
I Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
•Miners’ union headquarter at Indi
anapolis requesting a charter under
the national organization. 'The local
organization has no national stand
ing:, but the members are deter
mined to stand pat for the increased
wage in accordance with the former
verbal agreement.
It is reliably understood that the
; majority of the miners will remain
in Anchorage for a few days await
ing developments, and if the wage
scale is not increased they will drift
to other parts of the country or
Return to work for the commission
in other departments. In the mean
time. the Eska miners continue to
enjoy their voluntary visit to An
chorage.
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! OVER-THE-ICE EGGS, $1.50 per
dozen, at Fowler & Morris.
ANCHORAGE SEES
WORK AHEAD FOR
M’KINLET REGION
Efforts will be made during the
coming season, says the Anchorage
Times, to penetrate and prospect the
region surrounding Mr. McKinley,
where, it is believed, both valuable
auriferous gravels and lode deposits
exisft. This region has long been
held in high esteem by oldtimers,
but owing to great distances and
the almost inaccessibility of the re
gion. it has been scouted, save by
the most hardy. With the railroad
solving a portion of the distance
and making it possible to take quan
tities of supplies farther north and
the establishment of bases, it will
now be possible to extend the pros
pecting season much longer than
heretofore.
Already important discoveries of
gold and silver ore have been made,
especially in the Broad Pass dis
trict, and these will be prospected
this season with a view to deter
mining the permanency of the lodes
and methods of handling the prod
uct.
Mt. McKinley being the center of
disturbance, it is natural that there
should be fissure radiations some
thing after the same conditions that
obtain at Cripple creek, which lies
near Pike’s peak.
Those who have visited the dis
trict report dikes of recent granite
and metmorphic and dimorphic rocks,
as well as the presence of schists.
These indications presage possibili
ties of earth movements that should
have left behind well-defined and
prolific fissures.
Among those who will penetrate
the region this season will be E. W.
Harrington, who has spent much
time in the Ruby district, and who
left Anchorage recently for Cache
creek. Later in the season he will
penetrate the Broad Pass district.
Other prospectors contemplate fol
lowing him and something of im
portance is looked for.
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Jack Lucy plans to leave for Fair
banks tomorrow and may locate in
the upper town.
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Charles I.eckie, who was recently
released from the hospital, is again
under the care of the doctor, having '
gone to bed at the Southern late
last night as the result of a setback.
Dr. J. R. Bowen announces that j
he has reopened his dental offices;
in the Bowen building, which were |
closed during the epidemic.
BRITISH COLUMBIA PUT
BOOZE IN CIRCULATION
VANCOUVER. B. C.—Three hun
dred and fifteen thousand prescrip
tions were issued last year by Brit
ish Columbia physicians, according
to the annual report of the prohibi
tion commissioner. During the year,
in all British Columbia. .5,000 gal
lons of rye were prescribed, and
:only 9,051 gallons of Scotch. Total
sales amounted to $1,579,000. Am
endments to the British Columbia
act limit liquor prescriptions here
after to eight ounces, instead of two
quarts as heretofore.
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TEAMING OUTFIT
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ONS, SIX SLEIGHS, TEN
HORSE STABLE, THREE
ROOM HOUSE.
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IN CONNECTION.
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| Miners and Prospectors! |
( NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS f
1 According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- §
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- =
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be I
| enabled by this change to do their recording and =
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within §
| easy reach of their mining activities. |
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. §
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