This Bank Has been in
Business Twenty Years
THE MANAGEMENT of this institution
is in full accord with modern ideas.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN as the
bank that renders its customers the kind of
service required for their best interests.
BE ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, a*d have
the advantage of the kind of a bank you
would like to deal with.
Bank of Seward
SEWARD, ALASKA
No one should travel
WITHOUT ONE OF OUR ALL
LEATHER LIKLY BAGS, HANDY
AND CONVENIENT—AND LOW
JRICED TOO
PRICES FROM $15.00 TO $30.00
OTHER BAGS $7.50 UP
Urbach's
“Where Cash Is King”
FRESH VEGETABLES
received on every boat
Fancy and Staple
GROCERIES
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
No orders too large or too small
Mail orders promptly attended to
BEST STOCKS IN ALASKA
SEWARD TRADING COMPANY
TELEPHONE MAIN 135
Prompt Delivery
MILL PURCHASED
BE ERECTED AT
NUKA BAY SOON
RICH ORE SHOOT DISCOVERED
LAST MONTH WILL NOT
REMAIN IDLE LONG
Moving Outfit In Saturday
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' Quartz Said to Average $100 a Ton
Located in Surprise Bay—A
Twelve Inch Vein Uncovered
Before winter sets in the grinding
roar of another stamp mill will shat
ter the stillness of the Nuka Bay re
gion according to the Downey Bros.
, and Tom Babcock, owners of the Sun
ny Fox quartz mines, Nos. 1 and 2.
A ten to fifteen ton Ellis ball mill
was purchased yesterday and as soon
as it is assembled on the property
milling will begin. This will make
the fourth mill to be installed in the
> newly discovered quartz region with
still others contemplated.
Hardly a week passes by in Seward
but word is received that another
rich lead has been struck in the Nuka
bay field which is rapidly attracting
the interest of many oldtimers who
wrere skeptical when the first strike
was made two years ago. The an
nouncements of the various activities
in the region now going on with the
subsequent investments of thousands
of dollars which has been publish
ed recently in The Gateway, is be
lieved to be the forerunner of greater
developments and that the day is not
far distanct when the district will be
dotted with small quartz camps, whose
mills nestling in the lowlands and
on the mountain sides will fling out
the tidings of the success which is
there. As one old timer expressed it,
“The whole darned country is lousy
with quartz.
Cheechako Makes Strike
A. C. Downey, fresh from a Colo
rado farm, came to Alaska last April
to visit his brother, D. W. Downey,
who has been employed by the Alaska
Railroad for many years as a brake
man and baggageman. Having fol
lowed mining somewhat in Colorado,
Mr. Downey decided to take a run
down to Nuka Bay, in w'hich interest
was just beginning, to be manifested,
figuring the prospecting trip would
be a good vacation trip anyway, even
if he did npt discover a ledge of
gold. Alone he started out and about
July 22, last month, he found a rich
ore shoot of approximately 12 inches
in wddth, which has been traced for
1500 feet, and according to the report
given this paper will assay around
$100 per ton. •
Outfit Going in Saturday
It will be seen that no lack of con
fidence as to the outcome of this new
mining venture is in the minds of the
three partners, for on Saturday the
first boat load of material and sup
piles ior tne camp will be torwarded j
by Capt. Pete Sathers’ gas boat, Rolfe j
1. The partners themselves, D. W. '
Downey, A. C. Downey and Tom Bab
cock, together with Mrs. D. W. Dowr
ney and grandson, Wayne Fox, will
also leave Seward on the same boat
with supplies to remain on the ground
all winter. If wreather conditions per
mit, develop w'ork will be continued.
D. W. Downey is on a leave of ab
sence from his duties with the rail
road, therefore it is not certain just
howr long he will be able to remain
at the mine. He and Mr. Babcock,
following the discovery by A. C. Dow
ney, purchased equal interests in the
property.
To Build Comfortable Cabin
The erection of a cabin 14 by 20
feet and other buildings, will start
immediately upon their arrival at the
property which is located on the east
shore of Nuka Bay in Surprise Bay,
an approximate distance of six miles
from the Alaska Hills Mines Corpo
ration, w’hich company is now oper
ating.
The finest stand of timber north
of southeastern Alaska, winch cov
ers this entire district, is available at
their door step, also ample water
power for every need.
The partners have other claims in
the district wrhich temporarily have
been put in the discard. These claims
are in Yelak Bay, and until a few
weeks ago considerable assessment
work had been accomplished. Mr.
Babcock arrives in Seward this even
ing from Anchorage, which has been
his home for a number of years past.
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School Days are Near
MOTHERS, let us show you the wide selec
tion of Roys’ Clothing we are showing
this season:
Suits, two pants ----- $10 to $16.50
Shoes, solid leather ------- $4.50
Underwear, heavy ribbed.$1.50
Blouses, assorted patterns.$1.50
Corduroy Pants- double seat and knee - - $3.50
Stockings, heavy rib - - - - - 40c and 50c
Sweaters.$1.50 to $7.00
BROWN & HAWKINS
CORPORATION
“QUALITY FIRST”
BERRY BROTHERS
OWNERS MIDAS
MINE IN NEVADA
OWNERS OF GOOD GROUND IN IN
TERIOR ANTICIPATE ENTER
ING FIELD EXTENSIVELY
H. Frank Berry, one of the best
known of Interior mining operators,
who with his brother Clarence, are at
present spending about $400,000 in
opening up the Midas gold and silver
properties in Elco, Nevada, near Reno,
stated prior to his departure from
Seward for his home in San Fran
cisco the first of the week, that he
planned to return to Alaska early in
the spring, in order to take care of
certain mining business which may
come up at that time. It is quite
possible he said that his brother and
himself will put a dredge on some of
their Interior property next year.
The Berry brothers are perhaps the
most noted mining men in Alaska for
they have been extensively engaged
in the industry since the early days
of the Territory. There are four
brothers, Clarence, H. Frank, Henry
and Fred. The first two named fol
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low the mining game and the two
latter are prominent in Kern county.
California, oil fields, all having made
a fortune. Frank and Clarence Berry
at present have a dredge at Circle, a
hydraulic plant on Eagle creek and
rich placer ground on Ester creek.
Conditions in the Interior appear
most promising, Mr. Berry stated,
while he and his wife were in Sew
ard awaiting the steamer’s departure,
every indication pointing to the fact
that a large number of men will be
employed next season and for a num
ber of years to come.
To Take Post Graduate
Course At Mills College
Miss Orah Dee Clark, well known
in Seward and Anchorage, wrho was
an outgoing passenger on the last
steamer for the South is en route
to the home of her aged father at
Portland, Oregon, where Miss Clark
who is a graduate of Columbia uni
versity wrill take a post graduate
course at Mills College. Miss Clark
hopes to return to Alaska next
spring.
If men wear it. we have it. Urbach.
Urbach’s for Shoes. 229-tf
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This Is the Place
Under New Management
The MARATHON CAFE
ALL that’s good and whole
some, prepared correct
ly and appetizingly will be
found daily on our menu.
REGULAR DINNER SERVED, SHORT ORDERS
Extra Special Dinners Served on Sundays.