NEWSY LETTER
FROM KOYUKUK
Coldfoot, Alaska, Jan. 31.—This camp is looking good and the
prospects for a lively season following the clean-up are more than
bright. The money will be more evenly divided this spring than last,
and the output, for the number of people in the camp, will excetd that
of any other camp that has ever been struck in the North.
On Vermont creek, Haley & Shook are still working in very rich
pay and with the prospects good for another 300 feel of it. Theie
seems little chance, however, of the clean-up on this claim exceeding
Oscar Johnson’s famous clean-up of last spring on Nolan creek. One
of the owners of the Vermont cieek claim said a day or two ago that
the pannings for the past two months on this claim amounted to about
$6,000, and that with the same run of pay for another two mon'lis as
they had been having, they expected to sluice up about $100,000.
On Nolan creek thert are quite a few people working in good pay
On Discovery bench Mitchell & Williams are said to have good pay; on
the Collins &. Pringle bench, at the mouth of Smith creek, the laymen
are said to he hoisting rich dirt. There is a report that McCloud &
Brown have .also struck pay at tire mouth of Nolan creek, where it
empties into Wiseman creek. Besides this, nearly all the creek claims
below' Discovery are working in good pay. Reports are that D. W.
Sullivan, on No. 5 below, will have the biggest clean-up this season on
this creek. Decker, on Discovery, will have a good clean up, too, but
be is said to have no regular run of pay.
On January 2 Louis Nelson was instantly killed on Wiseman
creek by being ciusbed against a stump w hile he was engaged in haul
ing wood down the hillside.
William Glenn has moved onto Wiseman creek, below the mouth
of Nolan. He has put up a cabin, boiler-house and stable, and is nl
ready down' 125 feet. He will probably be the first to reach bedrock
on this creek, although he is a month or two later in getting started
than any of the others. Pevro & Miller are getting ready to prospect
high up 011 the left limit ot Wiseman. They wiil try to locale bench
pay.
A good deal of interest is being taken by the people of this camp
in the prospecting that is going 011 on Hammond river. Some very
large nuggets have been found on the shallow rim of this stream, am.!
the attempt is now being made to locate the pay in the deep channel.
Phil liifler has struck pay on Union gulch, and the Brown broth
ers are said to have run onto something good in the deep ground on
Gold creek. Besides these, prospecting is going 0:1 on half a dozen
other creeks.
Production of Gold
and Cost of Living
Frank Fayant, writing in the New
York Times, shows the connection be
tween the soaring cost of living anti
the large output of gold. Since the
present century began, he says, the
world has produced more gold than in
the three and a half centuries ante
dating the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia.
Spain’s intrepid adventures, in the
whole of the wonderful sixteenth cent
ury’s conquest of the wealth of the
New World, did not find as much gold
as the world’s mines gave ud in 1909—
$440,000,000.
The United States since ’49 has pro
duced $3,000,000,000 new gold; Austral
asia since 1851, $2 800,000,000; Trans
vaal since 1887, $1,100,000,000—seven
billions from these three new sources—
three times the world’s production in
the sixteenth, seventeenth and eight
eenth centuries combined.
Nine tenths of the gold of the nine
teenth century was mined in the last
half. In the past two years more gold
has been mined than in the first fifty
years of the last century.
Since ’96 the world's stock of gold
To Whom It May Concern:
All persons are warned not to ttes
£ass upon the placer mining claim
nown as the Monday Creek Associa
tion claim, situate on Monday creek, a
tributary of Grant creek, in t he Gold
Mountain mining district, Alaska; or
upon the Yukon Valley Association
claim, situate on Grant creek in said
district. Persons disregarding this
warning will be prosecuted.
SAM J. CALLAHAN.
Agent for Co-owners.
money has been expanded from four
biliion four hundred million lo seven
billion five hundred million.
The world’s gold production since
1492 is given as follows:
Sixteenth century .$ 1)90,000,000
Seventeenth century. 600,000,000
Eighteenth century.1,270,000,000
Ninetenth century—
1st half, $790,000,000
2d half, 6,910,000,000— 7,700,000,000
1851-1890, $4,810,000,000
1890-1895, 814,000,000
1896-1900, 1,286,000,000
Twentieth century—
1901-1905 .,.1.611,000,000
1906-1910.2,100,000,000
Total 1492-1909.$13,775,000,000
The gold money of the world ac
counts today for about $7,500,000,000, or
55 per cent, of the output of the past
four centuries.
The production of the leading coun
tries was:
Africa .since
United States. “
Australasia. “
Russia. “ ■
Mexico. “
British India ... “
Canada . “
Austria-Hung’y “
Brazil. “
1887 $1,160,000,000
1792 3,140,000,000
1851 2,770,000,000
1814 1,150,000,000
1521 300,000,000
1884 148,000,000
1853 267,000,000
1493 73,000,000
1691 730,000,000
Colombia
“ 1537 900,000,000
Chili.
Peru.
Bolivia ...
l* 1545
“ 1533
“ 1545
35,000,000
200,000,000
200,000,000
Nearly a third of all the gold of the
past sixty years has come from the
mines of the United Stales, and there
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is more gold in the world today that
was dug out of American mines than
from any other part of the earth. But
the volume of the flow of new gold
from America is now greatly exceeded
by the output of the Transvaal. Since
the Boer war the South African mines
have been pouring out the yellow metal
at a rapidly excelerating rate.
Such are the phenomena of the in
creasing flood of gold. What are the
effects on the world's life, and what
has the future in store?
Gold.is declining in value. This de
preciation in gold is an economic force
of incalculable power. A sudden in
crease in the supply of any commodity
lends to lower its price. Copper just
now is a striking example. Because
of the sudden increase in the American
output through the development o!
low-grade deposits, copper sags while
iron and other commodities rise rapid
ly. Cotton is advancing because of a
decreased supply. Gold has been de
clining for more than ten years because
of the enormous increase in the output.
The fall of gold is measured by the
iise in prices of the things that gold
buys. If, ten years ago, you had sold
for $1,000 in gold an assortment of the
leading articles of consumption, from
pig iron to shoe leather, and today
went into the market to repurchase
with this same gold this same list oi
commodities, you would find that gold
would buy only two thirds the quantity
it did ten years ago. The purchasing
power of gold since 1893 has declined a
third, and this measures its deprecia
tion in value. In periods of a decreased
gold supply, like the early part of the
nineteenth century and the years fol
lowing the panic of 'Til, gold appre
ciates in val.ue, and exchanges for a
larger quantity of other commodities.
Advancing prices for the things that
gold buys rapidly follow every sudden
increase in the gold supply. The Cali
fornia and Australian flood caused an
immediate rise in prices in Europe and
America. The recent great rise in
prices began in the late '90's, when
the force of the Transvaal's new gold
began to he felt. The gold output has
doubled since '9;!, and prices have ad
vanced ;50 per cent.
In tlie sixteenth century in Europe
tlie New World's flood of precious
metals caused a riseof prices unpiece
dented in history, following the dis
covery of the mines of Potosi in the
middle of the century there was a vio
lent rise, first in Spain, where the new
gold and silver were received,and then
all over Europe. In England the rise,
extending into the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, was more than
200 per cent, and the prices of many
commodities of agricultural produce
increased five and ten times in price.
Two Indictments
News was received last night by
wire that the grand jury found true
bills against Barney Jackson and A. J.
Stamates, of Xanana, for peddling
liquor to natives.
The collection of a pound of
nectar requires 25,000 foraging
expeditions by the bee.
Washington Birthday Dance
No effort is being spared to to make
the social hop by the post noncommis
sioned staff Feb. 22 one of the leading
social events ''f the season, and a large
attendance is anticipated.
The management of the floor is in
the hands of A. S. Kinzer, who will be
ably assisted by C. H. Carpenter, F. J.
Warren and W. J. Tobin, who have
the general arrangements in charge.
The Leader is delivered by carrier to
all parts of the city—$1 per month.
HOW RUSSIA’S
CZAR TRAVELS
A strange story of how the Czar re
turned to Russia after his visit to Italy
is told by J. Lauda in the Jewish.
World.
The sight, lie says, was certainly
striking. Telegraph poles were sparse
ly decorated with bunting and banner
ets; the wayside stations were fes
tooned with garlands of leaves and
ribbons, but these were not the things
to which the fingers pointed. At every
few paces on either side of the railway
line stood soldier with bayonet fixed to
his gun. At every level crossing there
was a military encampment, at every
bridge a garrison; every wayside sta
tion was a barracks.
‘‘Some of the soldiers stood at atten
tion facing the line, others had their
backs to the trains,” the writer says.
“I believe they stood so alternately,
but I am not certain. Officers marched
to and fro. No plate layers were to be
seen, no workers were in the fields
bordering on the line.
“Mounted Cossacks stood far out, a
couple of hundred yards or so; others
galloped across the fields. In every
lane leading to the line there were at
least two Cossacks, and where there
were cottages near the railway more
Cossacks.”
The writer was in a train which was
passed by the royal train.
“I wondered,” he continues,” why
there was no crowding to the windows
and placed myself in a good position.
I soon learned, however, why there
was no competition. The train slowed
down und bayonets came on board.
“An officer inarched through the
carriage, followed by an attendant who
pulEed down all the window blinds. A
soldier was placed at every window,
l’he train stopped. Outside I could
hear the tramp of soldiers. The train
was being surrounded. Then all was
silent and almost dark save for the
candles over the doors with which
third-class carriages in Russia are
miserably lighted.
“There came the rumbling of an
approaching train. The soldiers in the
carriage stood at attention. Whirr—
whizz—the curtains fluttered as the
i rain rushed by. That was all I saw of
the czar and the royal train.
“A few minutes later the blinds were
raised, the soldiers left the carriage,
and we puffed slowly into a station.
Soldiers were coming in along the line
and from the fields; the festoons and
the flags were being taken down. The
welcome was over. Every one was re
lieved. The responsibility of loyalty
in Russia is no light thing.’’
Services During; Lent
Rev. Mr. E’eabody announces that on
Friday evenings at 7:30 during Lent
there will be evening prayer and litany
at St. James’ chapel.
MINOR ITEMS
Wilson Mizner, the Dawson and
Nome dancehall masher who married
the widow of Charles T. Yerkes for
what there was in it, is said to have
been appointed business manager for
Stanley Ketchel, the prizefighter?
A bill has been introduced in con
gress providing compulsory education
for natives and Chinese in Alaska, and
conferring police powers on teachers
so that they may enforce the law.
“Powerful Joe” Houston, well known
in the Interior, is reported by the Val
dez Prospector as having gone Outside
to finance a scheme for hydraulic min
ing on the line of the Alaska Northern
railroad, 23 miles from Seward.
It is said President Taft is grooming
Ballinger to succeed Senator Piles.
It has been officially announced that
the Grand Trunk Pacific road, with
Prince Rupert as the Pacific terminus,
w l be completed from the Atlantic to
the Pacil'c by 1912.
At the Royal Normal College
f >r the Blind in London 00 per
eent of the students are self sup
poi ting;.
ANOTHER SCHOOL HOARD
ELECTION ON MARCH I
OFFICE OF
CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Fairbanks, Alaska, February 3, 1910.
A J Campbell, Clerk School Board, Tatiana, Alaska:
Sir- I ben to acknowledge receipt of papers in regard to school
election on the 13th day of December last for treasurer, director and
cleik, but failed to find notice Calling tor this special election or
oath of supervisors of school election. I am very sure that I sent
you blanks covering these, but I enclose same herewith.
I also sent you a typewritten copy ot the law covering school
board- and called your attention to the wording which I have un
derlined with red ink. If you have failed to give notice as required,
your last election is null and void.
I also notice that you only have two supervisors, while it calls
for three These will have to he collected before I can do any
1 thing. It would be well for you to call another election, and put
the matter in proper form. Yours truly,
E. H. MACK, Clerk.
Acting under tlie advice con
tained 11 the above letter, A J
Campbell will tomorrow post no
tices calling for one more election
for members of a school board for
the town of Tanana.
The election will be called for
Tuesday, March i.
There is time enough between
now and that date for all kinds of
canvassing, explaining and elec
tioneering. There can be no valid
reason why the election will not be
fair; people have a right to be on
hand and see that it is so.
This being thus, let the el-ction
proceed and let every one abide the
resu't and end the long drawn out
hick- ring.
The candidates receiving prac
tically all the votes at the last elec
tion (Dec 13, 1904) were A J
Campbell, clerk; Charles Chan
quid. treasurer, and Joseph Atii
cicli, dir»cor. Messrs Campbell
and Anicich say they are again in
the field bu in i nae that if they
are dete.,t d t ev 'ill :ake th -ir
medicine and look cheerful Mr.
Chanquist is in Fairbanks, hut has
telegraphed that he is again a can
didate. It may be asserted with
confidence that if he is defeated he
will gracefully abide by the decision
of the voters.
A large number of voters, evi
dently disgruntled, stayed away
from the polls at that election.
There is no valid excuse for them
doing so this time Let them
hump their backs and do their
fighting- -and, win or lose, let them
acquiesce A good fighter is ad
mirable, but a good loser is never
licked.
Deep Hole With Wood Fires
S. G. Cain, assisted by Messrs. Love
and Lewis, on Garnet creek on the left
limit of the Yukon' below Rampart,
has a shaft down 135 feet and no bed
rock. They are working with wood
fires, and it is believed they will have
to abandon the hole on account of gas.
The Leader is on sale at the
postoffice lobby.
CHAS. B. ALLEN,
Attorney at Law
Rampart, Aka.
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