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RAILROAD EQUIPMENT
FOR FAIRBANKS LINE
Several teams owned by various
freighters around Nenana have al
ready commenced the work of haul
ing construction material and sup
plies to points along the Nenana
Fairbanks right of way, where they
will be needed when aggresive work
is commenced in the spring.
I The material sent now consists
in large part of dump cars and light
: rails to be used on the cuts and fills
along the right of way.
| Later on, when all the buildings
1 now in course of construction have
been completed, a large quantity of
supplies will be freighted over so
j that work can be commenced at the
earliest possible moment.
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Indications of a revival in the
mining game and t^je possible de
velopment of some rich placer claims
in the Long creek region of the
Ruby district, is outlined in a letter
to E. H. Hartwich from his friend
and mining partner E. Coke Hll.
The ground owned jointly by
Hartwich and Coke Hill is on Fourth
of July creek, a tributary of Long
creek, and laymen are handling it
at present. Coke Hill’s remarks on
the ground and the general situa
tion in the town and district are as
follows:
1 In commenting on the rich strike
on Fourth of July, he says:
“Of course reports from there
i exaggerate, but the fact is that they
; ran into a spot where they found
'nuggets $!40, $60, $40. They Vve
j not yet prospected the full width
of what carried the gold, nor do
i they know how far up and down it
| is. They have taken out altogether
j 1 understand, about three thousand
| dollars, but have paid no royalty,
i They have on the ground a hun
] dred and fifty or two hundred cords
j of wood, and are now looking for a
• plant to go to work right.
Billy O’Brien has struck what he
| considers pay fifteen hundred feet
farther down the creek and they
presume that it extends clear down
there. Eddie Farrel has gone in
| with them. They were in here the
other day and wanted the lease ex
tended five months to give them 'in
, other summer, but I tol l 'hem I
| would not do that without y >t:r con
sent, and I am not inclined to do
it at all- I told them they would
have no trouble in getting another
lay from me (and they will not) 'f
; everything is all right, but I do
^ not care to extend the option to
| purchase.
I prepared lay papers in blank
for the ground above—two outfits
want to take it and Eddie said he
would give it to one of them—that
is not all the ground above, but that
immediately above where Livingston
& Co are.
Generaly speaking, the camp fioks
about the same as usual. Some new
pay struck, but not enough to war
rant any rush.
The influenza quarantine is keep
ing the natives out of town.
We all look for a better summer.
DANCING SCHOOL
TOMORROW NIGHT
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The attention of the News’ read
| ers is .directed to an advertisement
j appearing elsewhere in these col
umns in regard to the dancing
j academy which will open tomorrow
j night at the Labor Union Hall, at
'3:30 o’clock, and will be continued
j until midnight.
Mrs. Belle Campbell, who has had
a great deal of experience in con
ducting schools of this kind, and
who had a successful dancing school
j in Nenana some time ago, will be
■ on hand to impart the necessary in
j struction in the Terpsichorean art.
j All the popular dances will be
j taught, the fox trot being the spc
I ciality. Up-to-date music is prom
j ised at the dancing school, which
Ineets on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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SEWARD RAILS
DOWN AND OU1
ANCHORAGE.—Glaeiered rails
and snow slides have made impass
|able for trains the Seward-Anchor
jage line of the government railroad
•between Mile 4!) and Mile 71- Across
I this closed gap of twenty-two miles,
for the remainder of the winter,
mail, freight and passengers will be
transported by dog and horse sleds,
j Trains will be operated between
| Seward and Mile 4!) and between
I Mile 71 and Anchorage
The distance between Seward and
Anchorage is 114 miles. The mile
j stations are numbered from Seward,
i They begin at Mile 1 and proceed
in regular sequence,
i The stretch of glaeiered rails is
between Mile 57 and <12. As a re
| suit of warm, rainy weather follow
ed by an extremely cold snap, three
| or four inches of water, which had
flowed on the track, froze solid.
■ When this condition first presented
l itself, an effort was made to remedy
.it by picking away the ice with hand
i labor, there being no mechanical
device for removing it. Before
there was much progress in this
work, numerous snow slides, par
Iticularly between Mile 41) and Mile
j 52 and at Mile 5M %, and a heavy
fall of five feet of wet snow that
soon froze into salid pack between
Mile 57 and Mile (12, made futile
all efforts to keep open the middle
part of the line.
Thirty-three dogs with basket
sleds, in charge of Harry Revelle,
who last winter had the contract
for carrying the mail between
j Seward and Iditarod, are used by
the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion in moving mail, express, bay
page and passengers across the
blockaded part of the railroad, and
ten teams of horses with double
emler sleds take care of the heavy
freight.
Leaving Seward, passengers travel
j by train to Mile 49, and by dog sled
| to Mile 71 in one day. They stay
at the roadhouse at Mile 71, other
wise known as Kern, that night and
make the distance between Mile 71
and Anchorage by train the next
COONEY MOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest.”
NENANA
ALASKA
KOLAND STAGE
FOR FAIRBANKS
ONE DAY ON THE TRAIL
SPECIAL COMFORTS FOR PASSENGERS
FOR RESERVATIONS, APPLY AT THE PORTLAND
CARRYING U. S. MAIL
jday. Leaving Anchorage, passengers
travel by train to Mile 71 in one
day. They stay at the roadhouse
at Mile 71 that night and go by dog
sled from Mile 71 to Mile 4!) and
.by train from Mile I'd to Seward
the next day.
NEW MINING COMPANY
IS NOW INCORPORATED
According to telephone advices
from Fairbanks this atfernoon, the
Ryan lode claims have been incor
porated for half a million dollars.
The property incorporated consists
of eight quartz claims on the di
vide between Eva and St. Patrick
creeks, in the Ester mining dis
trict.
The directors of the newly formed
company are Hen Thompson, Aug
ust. Peterson, .lames Ci. McCann,,
Falcon Joslin and Guv B. Erwin.
A part of the stock of the cor
poration has been set aside for the
owners, who are widely scattered !
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now, and an option on the balances
has been given to ,1. W. Pratt, who'
expects to sell shares in the States:
1 shortly.
; The company expects to com
mence work on the claims soon. 1
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COAL STOVES
Only a few left. Anderson Bros. &
Norland's.
Wood Sawed
On Short Notice I5y
JOHNSON
Leave Orders at The Portland
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
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At Union Hnll on Tuesday and
Friday nights, commencing at 9:30
and ending at Midnight.
Fox Trotting a Specialty. Rates
on application at Union Hall.
Mrs. Belle Campbell
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