THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en^ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
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Opportunity i3 knocking at the
door of Nenana. It is the opportunity
to connect the Kantisfena district
with navigable water at Nenana
by means of a wagon road over tho
shortest route to the diggings from
any point on the Government rail
road.
The News has been informed by
recent arrivals from tho Kantishna
that the people of that district
want a road that will enable them
to come direct to Nenana, and there
is talk of cutting such a road in
the very near future.
Kantishna boosters for the road
are not advocating it through any
desire to benefit Nenana, but it
can be readily seen, that such a
road would be of tremendous bene
fit to the town, and at a time when
new and increased business Is very
much needed. The road is wanted
by the Kantishna people chiefly be
cause it will shorten the haul be
tween their district and a base of
supplies. And it is claimed that:
the route in question can be made
to provide both winter and sum
mer transportation.
The question is one that should
be looked into by the people of
Nenana ar.d no time should be lost
in getting the project under way
if the route possesses such road
building possibilities as have been
suggested to The News.
It is disappointing, to say the
least, to find opposition at Washing
ton to the soldier bonus plan. The
secretary of the treasury says that
i' would strain the finances of the
nation to make a small cash pay
ment to each of the boys who pave
up their jobs and risked their lives
for those who remained at home;
but there was no opposition to the
grants of vast sums to the shipping
board and other war organizations
which squandered the money of
taxpayers with an abandon that ex
ceeds and previous extravagances in
the history of the nation. Nor was
there any effort made by the admin
istration to check the flow of tax
payers’ dollars into the pockets of
the legion of war profiteers, seven
teen thousand or more' of whom
became millionaires during the war.
There was no thought of treasury
burdens in those days and there
would be no need for worry now
had the funds of the nation been
properly safeguarded.
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Fairbanks, Dec. 22, 1920
The Nenana Daily News,
The Editor,
Sir:—In response to your re
quest to write on the Kantishna, I
have digressed to the extent that I
have treated the subject on the
basis that what is to the interest of
the Kantishna includes the welfare
and development of the whole of
the Interior of Alaska, north of the
Alaska range, including the Kusko
kwim and Nome districts and the
territory drained by the Tanana
river.
The mineralized area of the Kan
;tishna is described to be about 28
! miles in extent by eight miles in
| width, according to Capps, the Gov
, emment geologist who reported on
this territory. Roughly, it may be
described as extending along a di
vide which terminates at the Mc
Kinley river canyon, below Mul
drow glacier, and begins at Little
Moose, a tributary of Clearwater
Fork of the Toklat. On one side of
the main divide, the area is drained
by the Bear Paw river, and on the
other by tributaries of the Toklat
river and Moose creek.
The common ores in this area are
stibnite, a sulphide of antimony and
galena, a sulphide of lead. Asso
ciated with these ores is much zinc.
Lead, antimony and zinc associated
in various proportions is the pre-;
valent occurrence of these metals. J
On Stampede creek, near Little |
Moose, is located the biggest do-'
posit of antimony known on the j
American continent. At least one
deposit of zinc has been found in
the mineralized belt which is not
only very extensive in size but also I
high grade. The galena in the Kan- j
tishna has been known for years to !
contain high values in silver. 1
year ago last May, Tom Aitken ;
took a lease and option on the
Quigley quartz locations, which are
on the divide between Friday and
Eureka creeks. Eight hundred tons
of galena ore were taken out the
first winter. It was hauled across
country for over 30 miles by horse
sleds to Roosevelt which, up to the
present has been the head of navi
gation on the Kantishna river. The
A. Y. N. company boats attempted
at various times last summer to get
the above 800 tons down the river
but when the river closed, there
were still about 75 or 100 tons of
ore scattered along the banks of
the Kantishna. Transportation of
ore down the Kantishna was a fail
ure. Transportation to market of
the ores in the Kantishna is the big
question in the camp today.
In mining the first shipment of
ore, it became generally known in
the district that the mineral which
often made the galena, zink and an
timony ores shipping rock was
tetrahedrrte, or gray copper, a min
eral which up to that time was not
known to the Kantishna prospectors.
Gray copper contains high values
in silver and is the richest ore in
the camp that exists in any amount. |
Last summer, Joe Quigley opened
up a new vein which contained some
stephanite. Stephanite is the rich
est ore in the Kantishna. Until last
summer, its presence in the camp
was unknown to the prospector.
Quigley will open up this property
during the winter by means of a
tunnel. This is the third workable
deposit he has to his credit.
James A. Haney has a lease and
option on one of McGonigal’s
claims, located on Moose creek, be
tween Friday and Eureka creeks.
Haney has about 100 tons of ship
ping rock out.
During the summer Alois Fred
erich found a vein deposit of iron
sulphides on Eldorado, which had
enough gray copper scattered thru
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the rock to m«ke it shipping: ore.
Last summer the Aitken mine op
ened up a second vein, the ore of
which contains lead, zinc, antimony
and gray copper. This vein is much
wider than the first one mined but’
is not so rich. On a certain visit
of the writer to the mine, he found
the vein at one place to be six feet
wide, of solid mineral between walls.
According: to Albert Johnson, the
assayer, the zinc ore was the richest
rock. Although penalized by the
smelter to the extent of $20 to $30
per ton for zinc in the galena, the
ore high in zinc assayed the highest
because of the amount of gray cop
per scattered through it. In De
cember, they had about 300 tons
sacked for shipment.
So far, there have been five work
able dejx>sits discovered in the Kan
tishnn which can be mined under
the present adverse conditions.
The assayer for Aitken last winter
was and also this winter has been
instructed that any ore that does
.not average $165 per ton must not
; pass into the sack. All values that
! s« below this are dumped over
board like so much waste, or left on
the walls of the drift. Rock, no
matter how extensive, running from
$50 to $150 per ton is valueless as
shipping rock under present condi
tions. This fact has made the road
question and cheap transportation
the vifcU issue of the camp.
This winter, the Alaska Road
commission is having much corduroy
cut and distributed along the trail
through the swamps between Roose
velt and Eureka creek. This road,
according to the plans of the com
mission, will be finished next sum
mer, and is being built to give im
mediate relief and a river outlet i
for the Kantishna ores. But the |
Kantishna is not a navigable stream :
except during high water; hence the
building of this road affords but|
limited relief. •
The Alaska Road commission is I
now investigating the feasibility of ■
building a road from Eureka to the :
Government railroad, a distance of
75 to 90 miles, according to the
route chosen. Interest centers in two
routes. One is known as the Riley'
or Highway Pass route and also as !
the “upper" route. The other is I
known a3 the Lignite or ‘‘lower" i
route. The Highway Pass route is
the natural road through the Me.-'
Kinley National' park to Muldrow
glacier and would tap certain cop
per deposits discovered during the
summer. This route would serve
park tourists as well as prospectors!
and miners. •
The Lignite trail would start from i
the Nenana Coal fields and would i
run parallel to •the Birch c re e x
schist belt for about 40 miles, and
then from the vicinity of Little
Moose and Stampede gulch would
run for about 30 miles through the
heart of the mineralized belt, to
Eureka. The first 40 miles, more or 1
less, out from Lignite, the route
runs through an ancient valley, at
right angles to the present water
course, and much of this distance'
is covered with a gravel bottom, a1
natural roadbed. The second half of
the course would run up Clearwater
and Myrtle and then down Moose
creek to Eureka. This is an all
year route and has the advantage
over the Highway Pass route in that
it runs parallel and through the
mineralized area the whole length
of the route. It would open up for
development both placer and quartz,
miles and miles of the best mineral
ised area known within Interior
Alaska on this side of Nixon Fort-.
The disadvantage of building on this
route would be the bridging ox
several streams, among them being
the Toklat.
The disadvantages of the Highway
Pass, or “upper” route, are that it
is subject to high winds and would
cause travel to be storm-bound for
long periods at a time during mid
winter. It is not an all-year route.
But the riiain objection to the High
way Pass route is that it would tap
the 28 by 8-mile mineralized belt
described by Capps, at but one place
and that at Eureka, instead of run
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'COAL
From Healy River Coal Mina
will lave you from one-third to
one-half on y»ur fuel bill.
Single tons - $9.00
2-ton lots, a ton 8.50
Special rate* an carload lots
Deliveries, Tutsday. aoj Fridays
Order from
Dr. J. R. Bowen, Agt
Bowen Bide. Phon« 54 Green
STEAMER SAILINGS
(From Seward)
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Northwestern . Jan. 3
Victoria ...Jan. 13
The steamer Victoria will re
place the Alameda for at least two
trips, commencing with the sailing
of the Victoria from Seattle Decem
ber 17, both of which sailings will
be via the Outside passage, both
north and southbound. This will
make Cordova the first port of call
northbound and the last port of call
southbound.
Passengers out of Seward for
Juneau, Ketchikan and other South
eastern Alaska ports should not
consider sailings from Seward on
December 21 and January 15.
The Alameda goes into drydock
at Seattle for her regular annual
inspection and overhauling.
Co*«t Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
chorage, via Eska on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
Nenana Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday. Thursday and
Saturday.
FOR SALE—House and two lots,
chicken house, 100 chickens, 75
pigeons, 12 Belgian hares. In
quire N. C. store.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First*dass Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
NOTHING BUT THE VERY BEST BRANDS—LIPTON AND
RIDGEWAY’S TEAS, PRIDES AND TEAGARDEN PRESERVES
CRAWFORD S ORANGE JELLY AND MARMALADES.
HARDWARE AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS OF HIGHEST GRADE
SUNKIST ORANGES AND LEMONS—DELICIOUS APPLES
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WHEN IN NENANA
COME TO
The Arctic
For a Clean, Well Heated
Comfortable Room
Place Properly Conducted by
MRS. JULIA WATSON. Prop.
BATHS IN CONNECTION
F1—
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
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Rust House
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WEEK OR MONTH
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WANT ADS
LOST—Bunch of keys, with Sep
tember Mom opener attached.
William Rodigkeit, of the Tavern,
will greatly appreciate their early re
covery.
WANTED—TO BUY—Wood. For
further information call at Simson’s
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
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LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
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S Proprietor.
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ON SHORT NOTICE
Wood Sawing
A. B. PUNK
Ord«r* at Terminal
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT ONION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 ft M.
Visiting Members Always <
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nath,
Secretary. President.
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Pussengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the Genera) Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Nenana.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Mondays.
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 a ^
m. The Wednesday train put up over
night at Healy, returning Thursday <
at 1 p. m.
The following schedule betweei.
North Nenana and Fairbanks, sub
ject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at a :00 u. iu.,
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Ne.iana, 2:00 p. m ; y
arrive Fairbanks, C:30 p. m.
Until further notice, no passen
gers will be carried, nor freight
handled, across the Tanana river
Passengers and shippers should make
their own arrangements for service
between Nenana and North Nenana.
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L, 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU
Secretary Dictator.
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