STEWART REVIEWS
COAL ACTIVITIES IN
VARIOUS DISTRICTS
HEAD OF BUREAU OF MINES DE
PARTMENT FOR TERRITORY
RECENT SEWARD VISITOR
PREMIER TAKES LEAD
New Steel Bridge Across Healy River
Completed and Mine Resumes
Operations
B. D. Stewart, head of the Alaska
Bureauof Mines department, during a
brief stay in Seward last week, while
en route to his Juneau office, gave the
Gateway a resume of the coal mining
activities in the Matanuska and Healy
River coal regions.
The Healy River Coal Corporation,
located at Suntrana are installing a
screening plant which is quite an
elaborate affair and is very complete,
Mr. Stewart said. When installed this
screen will enable the company to
size the lignite coal accurately and
to several sizes, among which will be
lump, cobble, steam and screen. A
light tonnage is being mined due to
the fact that the big new Healy River
steel bridge has been under construc
tion for a number of months past. The
bridge is now completed, it is report
ed, and activities at this most mod
ern of Alaska coal mines will no doubt
shortly resume their former magni
tude. An electric haulage as a sub
stitute for horses, now being used,
will be another innovation at the mine
which will soon be installed. It is
believed with the change from ani
mals to electricity the coal output will
be increased to a considerable ex
tent.
The Evan-Jones Coal Mine at Jones
ville, which has been closed down for
the last two months, will soon be re
opened. It was reported unofficially
to the Seward Gateway the first of
this week that this company was the
successful bidder for supplying the
Alaska Railroad with 30,000 tons ol
bituminous coal.
Premier Min^s Large Tonnage
The Premier Coai Mine of Moose
Creek is producing steadily with an
increased output evidenced for last
month when, according to records,
they mined a bigger tonnage than any
other mine in the Territory and the
largest they have produced since op
erations bagan some years ago. Ted
Bedell, well known in Seward, has
been appointed receiver and with his
family is residing at the property.
Terry McGowan is superintendent of
the concern.
The Alaska Bituminous Coal Com
pany on Moose Creek, formerly known
as the Baxter-Bedell mine, is not op
erating and has been closed dowrn for
some time.
The Rawson property is idle with
the exception of repairs now under
way by the owner, -who is also doing
further prospecting.
Ross Heckey Mine Closed
The Ross Heckey mine on Coal
Creek, near Chickaloon, as in former
years, has closed down for the sum
mer, and Mr. Heckey is now prospect
ing the ground. This mine which
produces a high grade of blacksmith
coal, operates only during the winter
months, when the output can be
hauled over the frozen Matanuska on
sleds. Summer operation is handi
capped owing to lack of a bridge over
the river at this point.
Howard-Jesson Property
The Howard-Jesson property on
Moose Creek is going ahead rapidly,
preparing the surface equipment for
operations. Buildings are going up
and a trestle and bunkers are being
constructed out from the mine tun
nel. About twelve men are on the
RUSSIA PLANS BLACK
SEA OIL STATION
MOSCOW, July 24. (/P)—Russia has
decided to build at Touapse on the
Black Sea, a special oil port in order
to facilitate the loading of big ocean
steamers with oil for export. The
bulk of Russian oil export is now
concentrated at Touapse. The long
discussed project of building an oil
Tunnel from Grozny to Touapse has
been approved by the Stat ePlanning
Commission. It is expected work
will begin this year, and the tunnel
will be complete by 1928.
JAPANESE LIVING COST DROPS
TOKIO, July 24. (^P)—The cost of
living in Japan has decreased 7.6 per
cent since last January, according
to figures recently made public. The
drop in prices of food stuffs is said
t ohave been aided considerably by
the present financial condition and
the improvement in exchange.
payroll.
Work on the narrow gauge railroad
extension from the A. B. C. property
to the Howard-Jesson ground is well
under way. This extension of about
two miles is expected to be completed
some time in September.
Roth Property Busy
The Roth coal property in the Healy
River district, from which a fine can
nel coal is produced, is the scene of
much prospecting work.
Some fine looking samples from An
thracite Ridge, twelve miles east of
Chickaloon, were recently procured by
J. J. Corey, head of the Anchorage
office of the Bureau of Mines, who
made a trip to the ridge a few weeks
ago. W’ith regard to this region Mr.
Stewart said it was simply a matter
of prospecting. The anthracite coal
is there and is of high grade and very
clean.
IT THE
METHOD OF
MAIL ORDER
MERCHANDIZING
Mail order concerns de- -
mandcash in advance. They won't
take a chance. They won't trust you.
They are the “fair weather friends" of
merchandising.
If a local dealer treated you in the
same manner you would be madder than
a wet hen. But he doesn’t. If you desire
credit and are worthy of it, he will extend it
gladly. Then why not
Favor Dealers Who Will Favor You
Spot cash trading is of course the best \ \W
policy of purchasing. There are, however, times when
even those well heeled financially must resort to “credit’
buying. You may see the time when it will not be convenient for
you to “come across” with the cash. And when that time comes
the local merchant is the only one who will “accommodate” you. The mail
order house would turn you down cold. They want your business only when
they have your money in hand.
Unless you trade with home dealers when you have the
ready cash—don't ask for a “credit lift” in a pinch. It’s not just. It’s
net even common decency to expect your home town dealer to bear
the burden of your bills—when you refuse to do business with him when you
can do it on a spot cash basis.
By every reason of right your local merchants are entitled
to your patronage—every penny of it. They cater to your best inter
ests with the best brands of merchandise. Their quality standards are the
highest. b Their lines are fresh—clean—right up to date in every particular.
Their prices mark the extreme limit of economical buying. They deal fairly.
Every dollar you spend with them buys actual value. None of it goes for ex
orbitant mail order expenses—costly catalogues—high salaried office workers. They don’t
attempt to lead you on with merchandising “lures”—• with low prices on one or a few articles—
then high prices on all other goods.
They want your business. They will do everything within
their means to earn your patronage. They must handle your account
with care. They can’t stand to lose trade—because their field is limited.
Even if they were inclined (which they are not) to employ underhanded methods, they couldn’t
afford to—because it would kill them commercially.
Turn trade to the dealer who in turn will treat you right Put your con
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Doors,
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Steam Heat Good Service
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