VALDEZ
The heart of
the gold belt
The most northerly port
in the world open to nav
igation the year 'round.
The logical enterport to
the great interior of
Alaska; the salt water
terminus of the great gov
ernment wagon road lead
ing into the- T.ajjana val
ley and the Yukon water
shed.
The seat of government
of the Third judicial di
vision of Alaska.
The headquarters of the
Alaska Road Commission,
of the Telegraph and Ca
ble systems.
It is 85 miles nearer the
interior than any other
coast city.
It is the headquarters
of the largest fleet of
small craft in Southwest
ern Alaska.
It has the largest popu
lation of any community
in Southwestern Alaska.
It has the best public
schools and an accredited
high school with a four
year course.
It is the only sea coast
town offering direct com
munication with the in
terior by wagon, summer
or winter.
Valdez offers the near
est and most direct route
to the Matanuska coal
fields.
its harbor is the most
easily defended on the Pa
cific coast and can ride
the navies of the world.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturer! of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumpa and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hoae Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fittings.
A BI6 RUSH TO
STAKE CLAIMS
Clendenln Concession Opened to
8taking at 8ound of Pistol
Shot
A recent newspaper report from
Dawson has this to say about the
opening and staking of the Clen
denin concession .on July 15th,
last :
II. Kitto and party of sur
veyors had marked out the base
line up to 30 above discovery,
and Mr. Burwash had marked out
claims to 27 above, placing small
stakes at the upper and lower
ends of each claim, so that all the
stakers had to do was to plant the
regulation stakes.
Promptly at 12 o'clock Bur
wash fired a rifle shot on discov
ery as a signal. One and one
half miles farther up the creek
another man was stationed, who
fired a shot so that those on the
Jiipper part of the concession could
hear the signal. Immediately all
along the three miles of base line
could be seen men planting their
stakes. On three or four claims
two men slaked. Fifty or GO men
were on the ground awaiting the
signal lo slake, and nearly all got
their choice. Some wanted the
lower, some the upper, and some
the center claims. Several of the
men had camped at their stakes
for a week, awaiting the opening
hour.
"At the time Mr. Burwasli left
the creek claims had been slaked
to i7 above. Discovery is three
claims below the lower line of Ihe
THE MAJESTIC
H. C. DAVIS
Complete Change of Pro
gram Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday
Oae Show Week D»jr» - • 8 P. H.
Two Show* Sunday* 8 and 9:15 P. M.
Now is
The
To advertiee. If business is quiet
Invigorate It by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
ohant ever suooeeded by outtlng
down his advertising Just beoause
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merchant who
gets the money la the one who
oreates a dsmand for his wares
through the advertising oolumns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement telling
Ita merits. We will bring It be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
prosPcct°r
concession. The line crosses No.
i claim. Mr. Rurwash brought in
(he applications of those who did
not want to come to town, but
the majority of the stakcrs will
come to town to record. Three
women were among he stakers.
"The Clendenin concession is on
Teninile creek, which empties in
to Sixtymilc five miles from the
Yukon. A good trail leads from
the Yukon to the Tenmilc. Pros
pectors found gold on the conces
sion this spring, and this was an
incentive to join the stakers."
POWER PLANT FOR
THE IDITAROD
( Continued from page 1)
pe.ndod prospecting work on Otter
creek, where they hold a number
of options. For a time they had
several teams of men sinking
holes by Hie windlass method, and
in addition two Keystone drills
were used t(o ascertain tin; value
of the ground. The officers of
the company are reticent as to
the results obtained, and it is not
known yet whether the options
will be taken up. It is known,
howev r, that some of the ground
is very rich, and it i§ believed that
the properties will be taken over
when the syndicate gels ready.
A 8UQGE8TION.
If the moil who save tin? nation
in llio old, accustomed way, piling
uj) without vacation, lioaps of
language day by day, would for
sake Ihe verbal byways, dump
their elocution wares, and do
.stunts upon Ihe highways, we'd
have splendid thoroughfares!
Better roads in all directions-tlml
is what this country needs, bill we
do not make connections with the
sane and useful deeds; half Ihe
energy expended in conventions
and the like would see shameful
highways ended if exhausted on
the pike. Hosts of Windy Jims
have blundered through their
stunts at Baltimore. Thai's Ihu
way men *ave itie nation in tti.'sa
foolih, futile years, holding a big
convocation where they bawl like
brindled steers. All their plat
forms are delusion; all their
pledges are hot air; all I hey give
us is confusion and a chance to
brood and swear. Ah, it is a
thousand pities that we thus so
long have sinned 1 One good road
connecting cities beats a thousand
years of wind! Politics is mostly
pillage when it isn't foolish noise;
a good highway to our village
would be better for the boys than
reca'l or referendum op a change
in schedule K. Caleb the Windy
Jims and send 'em out I<» drag
the broad highway!
WALT MASON
Demands Forestry Facts.
An investigation of expendi
tures in the Forest Service by a
special Senate committee is ask
ed in a resolution by Senator Ov
erman. The committee would sit
during the recess of Congress.
The resolution was referred to the
Committee on Contingent Expen
ditures. It was inspired by re
ports of abuses. "I am inform
ed," said the North Carolina sen
ator, "that duplications of pay
ments have occurred; that more
officials are employed than arc
needed, and I hat timber lands are
being denuded more rapidly than
before the service was establish
ed."
Antimony a By-product.
Information received by Ihu
United Stales Geological Survoy
indicates that no antimony ore
was produced in tho United Stales
in 1911, but considerable quanti
ties of antimonial lead were made
as a by-product in smelting the
precious metals, and I here wa,* a
large recovery of antimony from
secondary sources, such as scrap
hearing and type metals, antimo
nial lead, drosses and solder; 14,
078 Ions of antimonial lead con
taining a- total of 2,264 tons of
antimony, valued at $386,786, was
produced. The price of antimony
was so low in 1011 that there was
little encouragement for Ameri
can miners to produce the ore un
less It contained other valuable
metals.
Tho production of secondary
antimony as antimony in the
United Stales last year was ten
short tons, and 2,350 Ions was
recovered in alloys. The output
wnfl valued at 8350,040. In 1010
tho recovery was nine and 2,770
tons, respectively, valued at $144,
600.
Antimony Is used principally in
antimonial load as type metal and
a.« babbitt and other bearing met
als, in coffin Irimmings, linings
for acid tanks, toys, clock cawes,
and other articles for which a
fairly hard metal to bo gilded or
othorwiso finished i* desirec.
Antimony is also used as an
adulterant in solder but ij> con
sidered a very objectionable ele
ment, especially if the solder is
to be used for scaling eans hold
ing provisions. Antimony triox
ide is used as a pigment in pTace
of white lead, zinc oxide, etc. It
is also used for making the glass
used to coat iron in enameled
ware, a.s a reducing agent in
chemical work, and as a detector
of alkaloids and phenols. Anti
mony in various forms is used in
medicine. The trichloride, also
called antimony butter, is used in
bronzing iron, especially gun bar
rels, as a mordant for patent
leather, in coloring zinc black,
as a mordant for silver, and in
the manufacture of lakes, partic
ularly from dyewoods. In som«»
forms antimony is used in dye
ing, and the trisulphide is used
in firework^ for making "Bengal
Are."
Bismuth Mined.
S«» far as known to the United
Stains Geological Survey the on
ly bismuth-bearing ore produced
in this country during 1911 was
in I,a Plala county, Colorado,
which carried 0 to 8 per cent, of
bismuth. This ore, however, was
sold for its gold and silver con
lent. Another lot of still richer
ore was mined from a claim about
35 miles southwest of Tularosa,
New Mexico. The imports in 191 1
amounted t<» 17-'.093 pounds, val
ued al $31 1.77 I.
Almost Half a Billion Tons. |
The United States lias become
a half billion ton coal country.
(Hiring the last two years I be to
la! production lias averaged just a
trifle short of the 50(1,000,000
mark, exceeding thai figure in
1910 and almost reaching it in
1911. II is considered probable]
thai in the future it will be a bad
year whose production falls far
short oT this quantity.
A IWonster Egg.
The latest achievement of a Ply
mouth Rock ben is an egg weigh
ing five aud one-half ounces. It
is three and one-half inches in
length. Its circumference length
wise is nine and one-half inches
and its circumference about the
middle is seven and one-half
inches.
If you are out of letterhead?
call and see our new line of bond
papers. The finest over brough'
lo Valdez.
/ WBSOLUTELY Self-Con.
Ia&nedi ready to operate
on arrival;
^ Cm r»«Kmnif«> tglcUnt and
J darmiUt mulfy tklpp.d to
q/ iMMtfMhmMMiw
y»i <«r/»ntiii("H.
One patron writes: "We sre milng
■ 35-meeh screen and milling an
average of IS tone ot ore per 24-bour
dar with each mill. Considering
horsepower conimmed LTTTI-B OIANT
RTAMP MILLS are most rapid craah
era ever seen; prefer them to an/
other stamp mill on market.'*
Information obtainable by addrens
tnff or calling on
Seattle Corfrvctiit A Drjfeck Conpaay
Dept. S Seattle, U. fl. A.
8ohedule for uaunon Donaldson
Fort Liscum, Alaska, June 25,
1912 Office of the Quartermas
ter:
Tho following schedule for the
launch Lieut. C. V. Donaldson will
take effect Thursday, June 27,
1912. All orders in conflict here
with are revoked:
Leave Leave
Days-— Ft. Liscum Valdcz
Mondays .. .2:00 p. m. 5:30 p. m
Mondays ...2:00 p. in. 5:30 p.m.
Tuesdays ...2:00 p.m. 5:30 p. m
Wednesdays 2:00 p.m. 5:30 p. in.
Thursday ..2:00p.m. 2:30p.m
5:00 p. m. 5:30 p. m.
Fridays ....2:00 p.m. 5:30 p. m
Saturdays .. 2:00 p. m. 4:00 p. m
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
Sundays, such trip# as may bo
ordered.
There will he no trips for tho
launch on tho 2nd and 4th Fri
days each month; these days he
lm* used to cloan hollers.
Special trips or cancelling of
ahove will ho made without no
tice, only to moot the emergen
cies of tho service.
By order of Major O'Neil.
L. A. KUNZIG,
1st Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
master.
CAMP
COMFORT
K. P. CASHMAN. I'rop.
lO Mile* From Valdez
BEST MEALS - - - CLEAN BEOS
Take a trip through the Keystone Canyon by
bucWhoard over the Government Koad. L'nsur
passed for yccncry.
PORT
WELLS
Full Line Of
GROCERIES
FOR PROSPECTORS
At Valdez Prices
BEYERS' CASH STORE
PORT WELLS
Alaska Coast Co.
The "INSIDE ROUTE"
To Juneau, Puget Sound Port* and Southeastern Alaska
Steamer Bertha, leaves Seattle .... July 20
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - July 27
Steamer Admiral Sampson leaves Seattle - Aug. 15
Service and Low Right reserved tochanire swamera and snillnj dates.
B. F. WATSON
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
General Agent
Local Agent
Independent Laundry Go.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Rougti Dry 10c lb.
IT'S IN THE BREWING
PILSENER STYLE
THE BEER THAT MADE VALDEZ FAMOUS
A Home Product. Foe Home People
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE
Patronize HOME Industry and Keep Your
Money at HOME
VALDEZ BREWING AND MALTING CO.
4 SAILINGS MONTHLY 4
* I 1'Ui. -
Via JUNEAU and KETCHIKAN
The Largest and Best Equipped Steamships in
the.AUska*. Service,. ALAMEDA and MARL
POSA» leave everv eurht d*v» Ail a
e°SV VFZ eiaht d*yt> AM the
Year Round for Cordova and Seattle via. In
-side Pa»Mg«.,
.. v. U£K?I5.. .£$?•» v .Local Agent
GO.
COAL COAL
VALDEZ DOCKSCO. or VALDEZ TRANSFER CO
Port Wells
$ tlJ »•
THE LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
Leaves Valde* for Port
Wells every Tuesday carry
ing passongers and freight,
touching at all way points
where business offers.
Special Tript Can Be Antafed
Fagerberg Bros.
NI3INA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners Sc Prospectors Supplies
Freah Goodi-RMioiubU Price*
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone]159
Wladowi, Dpon, Monldini, Finish
I ' 1
Sfaf Lumber
AiMb for FttrUab, Mm* A Ce.
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but l**»t m»Ur1al« o#ed.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kind* of Oakei, Ple«, etc.
made to order
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The Proep«otor it the paper to
b'/f.