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Cordova, July 31
Cordova will have a new chief of
the Are department, at least for the
next few months, and his name is V.
G. Vance. A special meeting of the
department was held last night, at
which time John Berry was granted
a leave of absence for 60 days, so
that he might go to the new gold
diggings in the Chisana region, he
taking the train this morning. Mr.
Vance was appointed as temporary
chief during the absence of the regu
lar official.
James Flynn and C. H. Sheffler
believe that hunting for gold in the
gravel of mother earth will prove
more profitable than having a work
ing interest in a weekly newspaper in
Cordova. As a consequence they will
both leave next week for the new
Chisana gold fields. It is reported
that C. H. Wilcox, of Valdez, who has
been temporarily working in the
Daily Alaskan office, has consented
to be the next victim on the toboggan
and that he will return to Cordova
to take charge of the Alaska Times.
Henry Bratnober, the well known
mining man who is now in Juneau
has had three men in the Sushanna
country for the past eight years. Mr.
Bratnober is of the belief that the
strike reported is genuine and that
it is of considerable importance. The
strike is on a tributary of the Su
shanna, which is a tributary of the
Tanana. There are two gulches on
which pay was looated. None of the
ground has frost in it and the upper
ends of these gulches is very shallow
diggings suitable for summer sluic
ing. Farther down the gulches it be
comes deeper to bedrock and on ac
count of the water interfering no bed
rock has been reached on the deep
ground.
It is only about thirty miles from
the camp of Mr. Bratnober on the
Nabesna, to the new diggings across
the divide. The best way to reach
the country is by way of Cordova and
the Copper river railway. There is a
low divide in the mountain range
that makes the country easy of
access in the summer time.—Juneau
Empire.
Arthur W. Fox, well known
throughout Alaska for his manage
ment of theatrical attractions, was
a passenger this morning for the
Sushanna, accompanied by two men
and horses.
On the steamer Mariposa now on
her way to Southwestern Alaska
there are 54 passengers from Seattle
coming to Cordova. Probably 40 of
them are for the Sushanna gold
fields, while it is likely that 30 or
40 more will be added to the num
ber of gold seekers from Ketchikan,
Juneau and Skagway.
Ivor St. Clair, who left for the
Sushanna this morning with two
horses has two more horses coming
from Juneau on the Mariposa which
sails from there early Sunday morn
ing.
Cordova, August 1.
Martin Graham, an old sourdough
from Nome and other parts of Alaska
and recently from Prince Rupert,
was one of the stampeders who left
on the train this morning.
G. S. Hynes left this morning for
Blackburn with a crew of men to do
the assessment work on a group of
1 claims on the left bench of the Nizina
river, between Dan and Chittitu,
■where he and his associates have
3,000 acres of mineral ground.
The following letter from J. M.
Neagle, received by the Daily
Alaskan, is self explanatory:
“Under date of July 22nd, it is
stated that, E. F. Gray sold horses
before the stampede for $50 and that
they brought higher prices later, or
words to that effect.
“I wish to correct yoti. We never
did have a horse that we would sell
for $50 and this outfit always had
extra fine stock. Six of our horses
were sold before the stampede,
bringing an average price of $200
and the balance, (3) were sold after
the strike, for an average price of
$300. The lowest price for which
we sold a horse for was $110, the
highest $350.
“In a previous issue, you state
that C. N. Crary, etc.
“Crary never was superintendent
for the Great Northern or Regal
Mines Co., he held the office of fore
man for the Regal Mines Co., for
the *erm of six w'eeks only. He is
not on his way to join E. F. Gray in
Nevada. The Gray interests finished
with him July 13, 1913.”
Officials and engineers of the
United States Smelting & Refining
Company, one of the largest develop
ing and operating mining concerns in
the United States, came north from
Seattle on the steamer Alameda.
They stopped at Juneau and will
spend a few days there in’ connection
with a $5,000,000 investment. They
are examining the Ebner, Boston,
Salmon Creek and Hallum properties,
to be followed by an examination of
properties at Sheep Creek, Douglas
island and other points.
Among the party is A. P. Ander
son, of Los Angeles, Pacific coast
manager for the company, with his
northwest representative, D. D. Muir,
Jr., S. J. Jennings and Frank Lyon,
vice presidents and consulting engi
neers; C. F. Moore, engineer, and W.
W. Rice, son of one of the officials
of the company. D. D. Muir, Jr.,
western assistant manager, is the
only member of the party who has
been north before, Mr. Muir having
examined several properties in the
Juneau district during the past few
years.
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Cordova, August 2.
The latter part of the month the
members of the Alaska boundary
survey party who have been placing
monuments on the dividing line be
yond the headwaters of the Chitina,
will return to Cordova and go out
side. Their work will be completed
when A. C. Baldwin and his crew of
12 men with the assistance of eight
Canadians, return from the neigh
borhood of Logan glacier, where they
are now putting in the last monu
ments of the line that extends to the
Arctic ocean and divides the United
States from the Yukon Territory.
D. W. Eaton and his party of eight
men returned to McCarthy the other
day. They had a number of horses
and these have since been sent to
Mr. Baldwin. The latter, with his
party and equipments are expected
at McCarthy by August 30. They
will have with them 20 horses, which
will be sold at auction at McCarthy’s.
George J. Wentworth, one of Mr.
Eaton’s crew, has arrived in Cor
dova and will take the steamer to
night for the outside.
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Cordova, August 4.
The freighter Latouche will leave
Seattle tomorrow for Southwestern
Alaska. She will carry coal and a
number of horses for stampeders
who will go into the Sushanna
country from Cordova.
This morning a*party composed of
F. H. Estabrook, A. B. lies and Chas.
Hubbard started for the interior on
a motor car. But they didn’t get
out more than two miles before, like
the wonderful one-horse chaise, the
car went to pieces, and the men were
compelled to return to town. Mr.
Estabrook was going to Mile 109 to
show some parties the gold quartz
property of the Standard Mines Com
pany. The other two were going to
Strelna.
The freighter Cordova arrived in
port this morning at 4 o’clock and
sailed at 10:30 for Valdez, Ellamar
and Latouche. At Cordova she dis
charged 125 tons of coal, 3 tons of
powder and 2 horses. When the
freighter left Juneau there were
50 or 60 stampeders who were await
ing the arrival of the Mariposa to
take passage to Cordova, en route to
the Sushanna gold fields.
Advices from Katalla indicate that
the cruiser Maryland will finish tak
ing on about 650 tons of Bering river
coal tomorrow. She is anchored in
Controller Bay and will make sound
ings there before departing. She will
also make a test of the Bering coal
during three or four days cruising
around Katalla bay, expecting to
leave for Sitka next Monday. During
the run there the real test of the
Bering coal for steaming purposes
will be made. The cruiser will then
proceed to Bremerton.
Miss Gertrude Greene returned
this afternoon from a trip to the in
terior, where she witnessed the
stampeders start from McCarthy for
the new gold fields. While at Chitina
she received a memento from L. C.
j Geiser in the form of three seemingly
gold nuggets that were said to have
been taken from discovery claim on
a branch of the Chisana River.
A. B. lies was a returning passen
ger from Valdes and will take the
next train to Strelna, going from
there to his copper properties on the
Kuskulina.
When the general manager for
Alaska for the Guggenheim mining
interests was in Juneau last week,
the Dispatch contained the follow
ing:
“Stephen Birch, of the Alaska
Syndicate, manager of the Bonanza
copper mine, and one of the best
rated mining men in Alaska, is a
business visitor in the city, having
arrived last night. Birch is anxious
to secure control of property in this
section, it is understood. Birch to
day visited the Perseverance mine
in company with W. E. Dunkle, H. R.
Plate and Henry Krumb.”
Charles Hubbard returned on the
Alameda from a short trip to Seward.
He will go to the interior on the next
train.
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Cordova, August 5.
The steamer Mariposa was delayed
in leaving Juneau yesterday and did
not finally sail until 3 o’clock this
morning. She then went to Skag
way, where there was another delay,
so that in all probability the
steamer, with nearly 200 stamped
era for the new gold fields, will not
reach Cordova until early Thursday
morning.
Dr. Hale and Edgar Davis ar
ranged a fishing party this morning
and several went out in a launch to
spend the day in casting a line in
the waters that usually teem with
the finny tribe.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. White and
young daughter, of Ottawa, Ont., re
turned last evening from a trip to
McCarthy’s where they witnessed the
departure of stampeders for the new
gold fields. They are excursionists
who came north on the Alameda and
are now at the Windsor.
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The affairs of the Guggenheim
Exploration Company are of much
interest in connection with mining
on the Pacific Coast, holding as it
does, control of the Kennecott
Bonanza, Ellamar, Latouche and
Midas copper mines in Alaska, the
Tacoma smelter, the Yukon Gold
company conducting extensive dredg
ing enterprises in the Yukon and
Alaska, and placer interests in Cari
boo, says the Pacific Mining Journal.
The balance sheet for 1912 opera
tions shows a surplus of $23,814,
623.69; a capital stock liability of
$20,793,300; net income of $3,
271,750, equal to 15.7 per cent on
capital stock, and $1,192,420 in
excess of dividend requirements, the
dividend being 10 per cent. New
holdings taken up during the year
amounted to $2,000,000, and surplus
increase was $340,455. The market
value of the company’s assets is
placed at $59,655,000, as compared
with $57,085,000 at end of 1911.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Mine
operators, mining engineers and
^mine surgeons representing practic
ally every important mining com
pany in the United States will gather
at Pittsburgh, Pa., on September 22
to discuss methods for reducing the
death tolls in mines and quarries.
These men are members of the
American Mine Safety Association
which held its first meeting one year
ago in Pittsburgh.
Here is the problem they have on
hand. In the year 1911, 3,602 men
were killed in the mines and quar
ries of the United States. Sixty
three thousand three hundred and
one were injured during the same
time. The death rate for all min
ing that year reached 3.58 men in
every 1,000 employed.
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 5.—
There has been a cut of 10 cents in
the price of each Sockeye taken by
the canneries. As a result over 5,000
men and women are idle in the
Frazer river fisheries.
LONDON, Aug. 5.—A dispatch to
the Times from Shanghai states that
the negotiations upon the part of
the government with the rebels has
been dropped, and that sharp fight
ing is now inevitable.
SEATTLE, Aug. 5.—Falcon Jos
lin, of Fairbanks, who has been
laboring zealously at Washington to
secure remedial legislation for
Alaska, returned to this city today.
He is very hopeful that the railroad
bill will pass at the special session
of congress. If it should not be
placed on the calendar now he is
certain that it will pass early in the
regular session.
PORTLAND, Aug. 5.—Max G.
Cohen, an attorney, was sentenced to
serve two years at McNeil’s Island.
He was conducting a case in the fed
eral court and persuaded a woman to
commit perjury in order to save her
sweetheart from conviction of a
crime.
SEATTLE, Aug. 4.—Secretary of
the Interior Lane, who is now tour
ing the western states, has wired to
the Chamber of Commerce that he
will extend his visit to Seattle. How
ever, at this time he is unable to give
the exact date when he will arrive.
It was hoped that the secretary could
be induced to make a trip to Alaska
while on this visit, but he intimates
that other engagements will not per
mit him to go north at this time.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—The Morn
ing Sun in a symposium on the busi
ness conditions throughout the
United States has received and pub
lished the views of bankers, leading
railway officials and large manufac
turers. The concensus of opinion
decidedly indicates that general busi
ness is good and that the conditions
are likely to improve.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4—President
Huerta, through Secretary of the In
terior Urratia, has issued a statement
to the public. He declared that he
intended to retain the presidency of
the republic and that he would brook
no interference upon the part of
other nations. This is presumed to
be notice to the United States to
keep hands off.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The
President yesterday held a confer
ence with members of the house mili
tary committee. In his talk he dis
couraged the idea of making any
preparations for the organizing of a
volunteer army. This matter had
been suggested by various members
of the committee, but President Wil
son didn’t seem to think that there
was any occasion for a war scare,
believing that the regular army could
handle any emergency that is likely
to arise in the near future.
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In the Justice Court, Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska.
Joseph Feaster, Plaintiff,
- vs.
Jack Lowery, Defendant.
Summons No. 114.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, GREET
ING:
To the above named Defendant, Jack
Lowery:
You are hereby required to appear
in the Justice Court of Chitina Pre
cinct, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska, within thirty days of the
completion of the publication of this
summons, and answer the complaint
of the above named complainant,
Joseph Feaster, which alleges that
the defendant is indebted to the
plaintiff in the sum of Ninety-five
dollars for goods and merchandise
sold and money loaned and praying
for a jugment in that amount to
gether with interest thereon and ac
crued costs in this action, and that
unless you, the said defendant, so
appear and answer the complaint,
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in his said com
plaint.
Date of order for said publication
of Summons, June 24tli, 1913.
Witness, Justice of said court Paul
d’Heirry, this 24th day of June, 1913.
First publication, July 1, 1913.
Last publication, August 12, 1913.
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