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Nanimo Range Coal
In Sack or Bulk
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1HUSKS IN
BY IIS. LIEEN
DISCOVERED ON ANAUK RIVER, A
TRIBUTARY OF THE MIGHTY
KUSKOKWIM
RUSSIANS ESTABLISHED CAMP
—
Lukeen’s Fort Partially Destroyed by
Natives; Was Later Rebuilt by
Kalmakoff
A question often asked is that per
taining to when gold was first dis
covered in the territory. A perusal
of statistics in The Gateway office
brings the following information to
light.
Gold was first discovered in Alaska
on the Anank river, a tributary of
the Kuskokwim river, which joins
the latter stream about 25 miles below
the trading post of Kalmakoflsky. The
Anauk river was discovered by Ivan
Simenson Lukeen. in 1SS2, at which
time he built a fort, called Lukeen’s
fort, on the Kuskokwim river 25 miles
above the mouth of the Anauk. It was
partially destroyed by natives in 1S41,
and rebuilt by Kalmakoff. a Russian
trader, afterwards and called Kalma
koff Redoubt.
In 1S32 the headquarters of the
Russian-American Trading company
were at Sitka, and supplies were
transported from there to Lukeen’s
fort by way of Nushagak river, Tic
chic river and lake, and down the
Anauk river to the Koskokwim river,
and thence up stream 25 miles to the
fort.
In 1S37 the yearly supplies were
sent in by way of the mouth of the
Kuskokwim river, and the old way
abandoned as a summer route and
I used only for the purpose of sending
SPECIAL MERCHANTS LUNCH 50c
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CHARLES FISHER, Prop.
PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
NONE BETTER IN ALASKA
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Seward Grill
Music and Dancing 5 to 8 p. m. Saturday
and Sunday
“Ask for Mel
Have you over uo*wc! that an
inc mnr'is irn crested m mmttikiiaf yie’re
interesied in a»u can discuss Kt
There V too Tmcry fettaw* »W ttnak
that r»rayin£ to ©ed « >*«®day forfrve*
their, for preying upon their felkw
a for the 7*55 of the WdL
ThereV a lot of people that beJwve m
luek I de—the harder I work the wore
1 have.
Ihd vot ever »or*e* tha
■» Sea}^ of her
its a teeny sore racr ds»i ihe m his
MM^phr before the V mm Ids «"i2e.
cun the mails during the winter I?
dog teams
It was the on!5 winter route the
Russians ever usee from any joist
or the Tutor to the outside 8Ma
arc was only abandoned for the pur
pose after they left the country.
It was while or one of these ttpi
it l^Sf that the Russians dissevered
gold or the Anauk which is khewr
today as the Yellow river of the Rus
sians. It is not known whether they
ever attemp'ec wining oat a large
scale. or whether they found gold :r
paying Quantities, hut it is believed
this was the first time on record of
gold beinc found ha Alaska
Lukeer was bom Of Russian and
Spanish-Air* ric&r Creole parents :r
the Ross colony in California, fie
was well d waited at the S::kt school
and prov-d tc be an active, energetic
and lutei-gent officer.
In 1963 Lukeer ascended the Yukon
rived from St. Michael to Fort Gib
bon, then a Hudson’s Bay company
trading post, which was built by My
Murray, who descended the Poccpine
river in 1947. Lukeer was the first
man whe connected the Pelly river
of Campbell and the sea. He return
ed to St. Michael that f&L. Ir 19»tf
the Russian garrison at Kalmakoff Re
doubt, in charge of HementofL wa*
withdrawn, the United States having
purchased Alaska from the Russians
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The reports of aE the cflmm3rrees
engaged on :he Fourth of July cele
bration, held Trader the auspices off
the Seward volunteer organization,
were tarred in at the regular meet
ing held last evening. With the ex
ception of a small surplus of cash
practically all money subscribed was
spent as prearranged. The greater
portion of the surplus, about $!W wi11.
he turned over to the Seward Jkthie
! tic clot for the purpose of improving
Lake Harriman and the local ball
park. It is believed this action wit '
meet with the approval of Seward
business men.
Walter Holben and Fred BroadweL
were elected to membership filling the
vacancy in the roll.
Fire Chief Robert Guest dwelt ati
some length on various topics per-l
raining to the organization work, par
ticularly with reference to plans un
der way to hold drills twice a mouth
The ghost walked’
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