THE DOUGEHS MINER
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DOUGLAS ... - ALASKA
DOUGLAS. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. At G. 26. iS*5
THE DOUGLAS MINER
The Douglas Miner presents itself
to the citizens of Douglas today for their
consideration. It has been a question ns to
whether such a venture would succeed;
but the business inen o'f Douglas have met
the proposition in such a highly satisfac
tory manner that we feel that success will
follow. With such support as we now
have promised there is no doubt but that
THE MINER will live to a ripe old age
and assist in building up a city on Douglas
island that will eventually be second to
none other in Alaska. It will be the aim of
THE MINER to piesent the news of the
day in a plain and straightforward manner.
It has been suggested by some that THE
MINER is connected with the Search
light, but such is not the case. It will,
however, be necessarv to issue THE MINER
from the Searchlight office until other
arrangements can be made.
In the next issue of this journal several
more pages will be added, and more space
will hereafter be given to the news
columns.
Believing that our readers in Doug
las and vicinity will appreciate our efforts,
we remain. THE PUBLISHERS.
Dcu^’a*, Alasxa
Through all the gold excitement of the
past two years in Alaska very little has
been said about Douglas, and it was sel
dom that a stranger coming to Alaska ever
heard of the place until told by some one
on board the steamer that the vessel would
probably lay at Douglas a few hours.
“Douglas! Where is Douglas?” “Why,
it is where the great Treadwell mines are
located; the largest gold producing mine in
Alaska. It is where the largest stamp mill
in the world is daily crushing thousands
of tons of ore and reducing it to gold bul
lion.” The stranger becomes interested,
and asks numberless questions concerning
this great mill and mine. He is told tiiat
it is too much of a task to explain it, and
that he will have ample time to not only
see the mines but a chance, also, to go
through the great mills. “But, I thought
Juneau was tlie great mining camp of
Alaska?”
“Oh. no,” is.the reply. “While it is
true that Juneau has many good mines ad
jacent, there lias been very little develop
mens work done.”
“Why has there never been a boom at
Douglas?” is asked. “Well, up to this
time there has been no occasion for a boom.
J he Treadw ell company has been operating
their plant for many years, and as the ore
was of a very low grade, no other company
cared to invest the capital necessary to de
velop the claims located. It is different
now. Many new locations are now being
made, and rich strikes are now of almost
daily occurrence. The ore of the Treadwell
mine is grow'ing better, and there is now'
no doubt but that Douglas island will be
the richest gold producing camp in the
world. Other mines are being developed
on the island—the Mexican, with a mill of
120 stamps; the Ready Bullion, and others
that you will hear of during your stay at
Douglas.”
Thus it is that so many people are sur
prised when they visit Douglas—for they
supposed that there w’ere only two towns
in Alaska—Juneau and Sitka. And why?
Because Douglas did not have a newspaper
to speak for her, while Juneau and Sitka
have had weekly papers for many years.
THE MINER has come to till that need and
with proper support will see to it that
Douglas is hereafter represented in her
true light, and will do what it can to in
duce the moving throng to stop with us.
Douglas, Alaska, will be heard from in
the near future, and her fame will spread
to the four corners of the earth.
BAC K FI*DM TIIK INBET
A Talc of Stranded Miners and I.lasted
Hopes
De Witt Van Wart of Seattle who is
well known throughout this city and
Juneau was a passenger yesterday on the
Topeka, returning from a six-months pros
pecting trip from Cooks inlet. “I have
been on nearly every large creek on the
Inlet,” he said, “and there is but one really
good strip in the entire district and em
braces the five claims owned by the Polly
Mining company.
“The boys are leaving the Inlet country
as fast as they can possibly get away.
There are a goad many prospectors up there
whose entire worldly possessions consists of
a small outfit Irom which the flour and
bacon are rapidly disappearing and any
one of them would gladly dispose of what
little he has left for enough money to en
able him to get out of the country.
“You can purchase a complete outfit in
almost any camp throughout the district,
including flour, tools, etc., for about one
half what it would cost in this city or
in Seattle.
“ Those people who rushed to the Inlet
early in the year and put all their money
into groceries and dry goods, are now in
a bad way. since there is no one to buy
from them who is willing to pay them a
reasonable profit when they can buy from
some stranded miner for half price.
“I met Swinehart and Frank Howard of
Juneau, a few days before 1 left the Inlet,
Howard is the newspaper man who has
been sending out long and encouraging re
ports from Sunrise City- 1 overtook the
two men while they were walking along
the trail between the forks of Six Mile and
Canyon and Canyon and Mills creeks.
“Howard said in answer to one of my
questions, that in his opinion the coun
try was no good, and that they (meaning
himself and Swinehart) had cleaned up
just three ounces of gold in' the last
thirty days on their joint claim on Silver
Tip. Swinehart said, ‘ 1 would not stay
in this country another season for the
best claim in it! ”
“All the claims along Silver Tip, where
several Juneau boys were interested have
been abandoned. The two Howards,
Swinehart and Clark Miller, intended leav
ing for the Copper river country in a few
days, and if they did not strike anything
there to cross Over to Circle City.
“Beede the man who wounded the pros
pector for jumping his claim a few weeks
ago was; quietly notified to leave the coun
try and he has not been seen around Can
yon creek since.
“The body of Ken lah the prospector
who was killed by falling into a crevice in
a glacier has been removed.
“Young Gorst, formerly a suspender
vender around Juneau, and who was re
ported some time ago as having located a
claim on Six Mile creek from w hich he
was taking $io a day, is now' in the sus
pender business in Sunrise city, and his
income is closer to io cents per day than it
is to $io.” _
Advertised Letters
The following letters remain in the
Douglas postoflice uncalled for:
Allen, A. H.
Carlson, Oscar Ed
Humphreys, Wm.
Koko, Julia
Peterson, John H.
VViken. Chas.
Breman, Ginsseppe
Hakola, Herman
Johnson, C. B.
Leonard, John
Plummer, W.
E. MCKANNA, P. M.
Please report all the mining news you
hear to a representative of '1 HE MINER.
It will be the purpose of this journal to
keep its readers posted on all news con
cerning the mines of southeastern Alaska,
and especially of Douglas island.
When in Juneau and in want of meat,
step into the Pacific meat market, (Thorp’s
old stand), where you can get the best the
market affords. *
Leave your order with P. H. Fox for a
tine fitting suit of made-to-order clothing.
Prices range from $13 upwards. *