Chandlar Quartz
Mortared and Panned, It Yields Grubstakes and Makes
Fort Yukon the Livest Place on the River
To spea'; of Fort Yukon as the livest
place on the river seems laughable.
Yet that is what they are doing on the
upper reaches of the American Yukon
just now.
The reason is in the quartz of the
Chandlar.
Allen Jordan, the carrier running
out of Tanana on the Tanana-Eagle
mail service, brought down a very flat
tering report of the quartz outlook last
week, and said people up the river are
very enthusiastic over the prospect.
As is not unusual at this season of
the year, upon arrival at Rampart Mr.
Jordan found that the carrier on the
run next above that point (Ed Bieder
man) had failed to get in and he had
to continue on up the river At Salt
creek he met Carrier Clement Ander
son coining down, who had unknowing
ly passed Biederman going up, so the
two last named had to do each other’s
runs. Andeison, being direct from
Fort Yukon, knew all the latest news
from the Chandlar.
He said that when he left Fort Yu
kon a dozen or more quartz prospectors
were there buying supplies and paying
for them with gold they had mortared
and panned from the big ledge in
which S. .1. Marsh is interested in ex
ploiting on the Chandlar. They had
averaged from $3 to $5 a day in this
manner for some time. One man had
averaged $5 a day with nothing better
than a mortar 8 inches in diameter.
The men said the ledge had been
traced for several miles, and that there
is a working face now opened up fully
18 feet wide.
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The importance of this news, even if
■only approximately true, can scarcely
be over estimated. It means that in
its quartz the Chandlar may possess a
far more valuable asset than was hoped |
for by the most sanguine of the placer ]
prospectors who stampeded the region j
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Rampart, Aka.
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four years ago. Above all, it means
that if the Chandlar is to become a
quartz mining region the ore will be
free milling. Though with the attain
ment of depth the ore might become
base, in the earlier and more trying
stages of development it would be of a
character permitting quick returns for
the labor expended.
With the success of quartz raining in
the Chandlar prospecting for quartz
would be stimulated north of the Yu
kon river, especially in the country
adjoining the Koyukuk placers, where
the possibility of quartz values has
never been seriously considered,
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For more than two years it has been
known that S. ,T. Marsh was pinning
his faith to the Chandlar as a quartz
region. He is experienced and has
studied the scientific side of prospect
ing, being a geologist of considerable
reputation. lie went outside last sum
mer, and it was generally rumored
that he will bring in a mill next year.
He has backers in New York.
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Mr. Marsh became interested in the
Chandlar through circumstances con
trary to his own will. He went to the
Arctic coast to pursue an investigation
of a locality he had previously visited
and which he believed promised pay in
gold. He eipected to connect with an
adequate outfit contracted to be left by
the steamer Robert Dollar at Herscliel
island. The steamer failed to appear
and he had to walk to the Yukon river,
500 miles away, to avoid starvation.
Late in the summer of 1006 he arrived
at Fort Yukon and there first heard of
the big placer stampede that had then
been overrunning the Chandlar for
several months.
Going on to Fairbanks, Mr. Marsh
was appointed United States commis
sioner by Judge Wickersham and es
tablished headquarters at Caro. When
the placer excitement subsided and the
population dwindled, he stayed on and
persistently prospected.
The Chandlar as a placer field was a
disappointment. The ground was deep,
sometimes wet, and the erosion appears
to have been insufficient to concentrate
the widely distributed gold: at least no
paystreak was found.
SINKING ON BIG
QUARTZ DEPOSIT
Colin Murray and Roland Suth
erland have a crew of men en
gaged iu sinking on the deposit
of quartz which they recently un
covered near the Bourbon creek
dredge. The shaft is now down
to a depth of 76 feet, but as the
top of the rock lies at a depth of
62 feet below the surface, they
have taken out but very little
ore. The rock is being sacked
ready for shipment to the smelter
at Tacoma, where a test will be
made this fall. If the returns
are satisfactory, considerable de
velopment work will be done this
winter.- Nome Nugget, Oct. 23.
LANDING STATION
FOR AIRSHIPS
New York, Oct. 9.—One fea
ture of the 20-story hotel which
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt will
erect on the westerly block of
Fourth avenue,from Thirty-third
to Thirty-fourth streets, will be
a landing station for airships.
Plans for this have been pre
pared. The annex, which the
Auto Club of America is now
building in the rear of its present
home on Fifty-fifth street, also
will include an aviation station.
These preparations and the re
cent river flights by Wilbur
Wright have aw’akened real es
tate interest generally.
Claiming that criminals are
being protected in Portland, Ore.,
by the officials of the municipal
government, Judge Bennett, on
Nov. 17, made a statement in
which he asserted that he would
soon make the names of the
guilty parties public. The out
burst promises a great grand
jury sensation.
GRACE EVELYNA IS
MUCHLY MARRIED
Kansas City, Sept. 23.—Being
a bride is no novelty for Mrs.
Grace Evelyna Ritter-Chaney
Oring -Wheeler- Hont - Chapman.
She has been at the bride busi
ness for 12 years, having during
that time taken unto herself six
better halves.
If Mrs. Chapman had hesitated
before she changed her name
from Hout to Chapman on Sep
tember 1 all might have been
well. As it is, she faces a charge
of bigamy. She was arraigned
this afternoon. Her trial was
set for September 30. Unable to
furnish $1500 bond, she went to
jail.
About a week ago Chapman
set about to investigate his wife's
trunk. Among other things lie
came upon five certificates,
printed and tilled out, much like
the one he received when he be
came a Benedict. Chapman took
the certificates to the prosecu
tor’s office. His wife was sent
for, and she told the story of her
many marriages. The prosecu
tor took her statement and she
swore to it.
“My name is Grace Evelyna
Chapman. I have been married
six times. I am 27 years old.
“I married Frank Ritter in Pa
ola, Kan., when I was 15 years
old. I lived with him one year.
“I married James Chaney in
Butler, Mo., about 1902, and lived
with him one day.
“I married Edmond Oring in
Kansas City—don't just remem
ber the year—and lived with him
for two years.
“I married Martin Wheeltr in
Jasper county in 1903, and lived
with,him about six months.
“I married W. C. Hout in 1906
in Kansas City, and lived with
him two days.
“I married Fred Chapman in
Kansas City September 1.
“I am not divorced from any
of these men that I know of. I
have never been served with any
papers for divorce, and have
never applied for one myself.
“No more matrimony for me,”
said Mrs.Take-Yov^r- Own-Choice.
“All the men I married were bad
bargains. I liked Oring best,
but it seems he got mixed up
with the chasing end of a furni
ture house or something litre that
and had to shoo. I lived with
him two years. James Chaney
lasted only two hours. I left
him that long after the cere
mony. I was born in Kansas
City, and have lived- most of my
life on farms. Most of my hus
bands were farmers or worked
on farms at the time we were
married. I have done farm work
most of my life, having lived in
Cass, Bates and Jackson coun
ties. My stepfather, Perry Rit
ter, used to live in Austin, Mo.
He lives now at 721 Independ
ence road, Sheffield.”
Chapman told the prosecutor
that he married Grace Evelyne
three weeks ago, after an ac
quaintance of three months. He
said she told him nothing about
her past. He said he would pros
ocute the woman.
Special Sunday Dinner at the Ken
tucky restaurant from 6 to 8 p.m.—
Mrs. M. E. Cooper, proprietor.
There’ll Be
Mashers
Galore
On the trails this winter looking for good places to stop—
more than ever before known in the history of Interior
Alaska—and the roadhouse and hotel keepers who introduce
their places of business and their accommodations to the
man along the route is the fellow' who’ll get the trade. The
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