pu'-Wj'"
Heavy Winter Clothing
suitable for the trail or
other outdoor wear.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
PIONEER OUTFITTERS
Increase in Capital
Our paid in Capital and Surplus which has been earned
now amounts to
$10 4,567.00
all of which is being used for the benefit of Valdez.
We solicit your banking business.
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co., Inc.
BANKING DEPARTMENT
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Harmless Information.
Cable ofl'icu hours:
Week days U a. m..lo i> p. in.
Sundays anil holidays I«» 10
a. in. and 5 to <> p. in.
PoslolTien hours:
Week days a. hi. («» fi p. ni.
Sundays and holidays 12 in. to
2 p. in.
UNDERTAKING
Embalming by
Licensed Ei^b&kr.t.o
Valdez Bank & Mercantile Co.. inc.
A Few Good Reasons why you should Have a Telephone
(1) When the weather Is had your wife ran u?e It dally lo order moat, gro
ceries, <?te., and save herself many a weary trip lo market.
(2) You can get in Instant communication with your home at any liour when yo>i
arc away.
(3) If one of your children should heroine sirk in the middle of the night, you
ran summon the doctor Immediately.
(I) You can enarge your circle of desirable acquaintances, as a telephone In the
house gives one a peculiar social distinction In the community.
(!») In case of lire or accident you can summon help from the neighbors.
(0) ir you are too ill to get lo your olTlcc you can always conduct your business
from home.
(7) If every clock in the house slops you can always get the correct time from
"central."
(8) Yon can make or break social engagements over the telephone to suit your
convenience.
(9i The feeling of security which a telephone in the house produces makes
II a necessity.
Alaska Water, Light & Tel. Co.
Phone 39
Puget Sound Fir Lumber
We Carry a Complete Assortment
Mining Timbers, Bunker At
and Stamp Mill Materials *
Prices
Yard# Foot of WALL ST.
Office in
CRAWFORD BUILDING
Phono 214
Arctic Lumber Co.
NOtloo of Forfeiture.
To Frank K. Lee: You are
hereby notified that, there has
been expended during the year
1911 in lahor on these certain
quartz claims, known as the (ila
e.ier No. J and No. 2, and the Kit
ty, lyinwr, being and situated in
tho valdez mining district, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, in
the District of Alaska, tho sum of
threo hundred dollars, lawful
money of the United Slates, tha
amount required by law to hold
«aid claims for the year, follow
ing the. performance of the an
nual labor; that said expenditure
for labor, as aforesaid, was made
by James (3. Cawley, a co-owner
of said claims. And unless with
in ninety days after tho comple
tion of the publication of this no
tice, to-wit: within ninety days
after the second (2nd) of April,
1012, you contribute your bor •
tion of the expenses of the afore
said annual labor for said year,
or your interest in said quartz
claims will bo forfeited and be
come the property of the under
signed, who is your co-owner.
JAMES C. CAWLEY.
Date first pub. Jan. 2, 1012.
Date last pub. April 2, 1012.
Bowling Tournament.
A big bowling tournament will
Inko place this evening in the Dig
l'loce between teams representing
I hat place and Ingram & Hush.
The teams are composed of live
men each and will bowl live
games. The Big Place vhll be
represented by Mossman, Hayes,
Tompkins, Thomas and Gray, and
the Ingram & Bush team i« com
posed of Bush, Bell, Davis, Mer
chant and Kelsey. Both teams
have some skillful bowlers and
ar\ exciting contest is promised.
Trial Jury Exouted.
The district court convened
thin morning at 10 o'clock and the
roll of the trial jury wan called.
Ah (here wa* no huninoHB bofore
the court the Jury was excuaed
for the term with the exception
of Gu* Beltoli, who wan excused
until January ftt. Court thon ad
journed until Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock,.
German, (ha danttat. Phone 19.
THE ORPHEUM
PHOTO PLAYS. I
Latest Released Films on every
Boat
CHANGE OF PROGRAM EVERY
SUNDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY
Illustrated songs by Mr. T. F. Gillies
Orchestra of Four Pieces
One show every evening 8 p.m.
Two Shows Sunday, 8; 9:30
For the Winter Months
A. H. PINKUS, Prop.
Model Laundry Co.
Flannels our Specialty.
Work done the way you
want It.
Phone 63, next to Prospector
ALASKA'S MINERAL
OUTPUT INCREASING
i
|Annual Report of Prof. Brooks
! Notes Increase of Copper and
i
Gold Shipments
I
The press tin 11<>t in of llu? an
nual report on lli«> mineral re
sources ami product ion of Alaska
for 11)11, by Alfred II. .Drunks, of
tlic United Stales (Senlngical Sur
vey, contains tin; following report
of tlie Valdez district:
Gold lode prospecting and de
veloping were very active in the
Prince William Sound region dur
ing 1911. Interest centered on
tin* Porl Valdez district. though
considerable was accomplished in
the McKinley lake region near
|Cordova, and some promising
i prospects are said to have been
! found near Port Wells and <«ra
I vina bay. •
The gold-bearing region of
I Port Valdez, as dclincd b> the
|prospecting already aceoinplish
ied. retches from Columbia j^la
jcier on the wpst to the east side
of the Valdez glacier on the east
j—a distance of about irilies. It
can be roughly blocked out on i'»e
north by a line paralleling the ax
is of the inlet and •'< In r> miles
i from tidewater and on the south
h> a .similar line I to miles
| from tidewater. Some gold-bear
ing veins have, however, also been
| found to the east of tin* ahnvc
Idescribed boundary, in the vicin
ity of the Valdez.Fairbanks trail,
and the Port Wells prospects lie
jin what may be a western exten
sion of the same belt. Most of
the important development work
in the region has been conflncd
to the region adjacent to Shoup
bay, to Mineral creels, and to the
west side of Valdez glacier.
Tho bedrock consists of close
ly folded and faulted slates and
graywackes, with some quartz
ites, cut by a few porphyry dikes.
Well defined fissures are not un
common in the district, and some
of them carry the metalliferous
quartz veins which furnish the
ore bodies now being prospected.
Fissuring seems to be especially
well defined in the Shoup bay
region, where two systems were
noted. Besides the Assure veins
there .are a much larger number
of stringers, some of which car
ry high values in gold. The vein
filling consists chiefly of quartz.
The most abundant metallic min
erals are pyrite, galena and free
(gold. In most places thfipe is
[marked surface enrichment in
gold values, but this does not
usually extend to a depth of more
than a few feet. It seems improb
able that the values found hefow
this very superficial zone will
continue in depth.
Tho GHfT is the only product
ive mine yet developed in the dis
trict, but a scoro or more of oth
er properties have produced some
ore that has been milled at Val
dx. , A depth of 10ft feet below
tidewater has been reached in tho
ClifT mine, with, as reported, no
marked ohangos in value*. It will
bo impossible to enumerate here
tho many other proportles in this
district on which more or less de
velopment work has boon done.
Of the Prince William Sound
coppor properties tho Boatson
Bonanza and Ellamar wero op
erated on a productive basis
throughout tho year. 8omo ship
ments wore al«o made from the
Threeman property, on Landlock
buy. This mine has been sys
tematically developed on three
levels, and the completion of a
n'eW wharf in 1-911 puts it into
a condition lo become a regular
producer. The .Kidalgo Hay Cop
per Mining Co. has also arrived
at Ihe stage of shipment, an aer
ial Irani having been completed
from mine lo wharf in 1011. The
Seal I lu-Alaska Copper Co. this
year installed a concentral ing
plan I at ils mine on Latouche is
land, whieh lias been developed
by an adit said lo crosscut llie
ore body -i(Ml feet below the oul-|
crop. Some* developments were
also made on the. Barrack (iird
wood claims, located on Lalouche
island. The Knight Island*Cop
per Co., at ils property near Dryer
bay, has installed an air com
pressor and driven two tunnels in
which an ore body said to bo 12
feet wide is exposed at a depth
of 8f> feet below llie outcrop.
The value of the total mineral
output of Alaska in 1911 is esti
mated at $20,370,000, compared
with $10,883,078 in 1010. The
gold output in 1911 is estimated
to have a value of $17,150,000;
that or 1910 was 910,120,7 40. It
is estimated that the Alaska mines
produced 22,000,000 pounds of
copper in 1911, valued at about
$2.83(1.000; in 1910 their output
was 1,2 it. 089 pounds, valued at
$538,095. The silver production
in 1911 is estimated to have a!
value of $220,000, compared with \
$85,230 r.»r 19 Ml. The value of
all other mineral products in
I 'Jl I. including tin, marble, gyp
sum, and coal, was about $170,
000, an increase over that of 1910.
My using the above estimates
for the output fof 1911, the total
lvalue of Alaska's mineral pro
duction since 1880, when mining
first began, is found to lie, in
round numbers, $200,00(1,000, of
which $195,950,000 is represent
ed by the value of the gold out
put. The total production of cop
per in Alaska since 1901. when
systematic mining of this metal
began, is about 50,700,000 pounds
|aml \aiued at about $8,170,000.
! LOCAL ITEMS
|
| «:•>!. 15. I*. .Millard ami Mrs. Mil
liard are spending I In- day in
j town.
j Silverman will call Tor and de
. liver your {roods, 'phone I!I8.
The Oscar Fish house on Key
jslone avenue will he sold at pub
lic auction tomorrow afternoon
|al 'j o'clock, by tin* t'niled Stains
niai'sliio in front of the court
house, on an execution issued by
tin- court under a jinlgfjnent ob
tained liv the <• iIy for back
If you want your furs repair
ied see Silverman, plionn I9H.
Tom (Cochrane, formerly tlrsl
officer on the steamers running
to (bis port, lias pone into the
cannery business in southeastern
Alaska.
Hoy Hlylhe, who left a short
tline ago after being employed
at the Cliff mine for about a year,
is now visiting his parents at
Hell, Montana.
FOFl RENT—Neatly furnished
cabin. Inquire Mrs. E. (i. Ames, tf
Full coats, $5 and up. Suits
*15 and up at Harvey's Toggary.
Louis Rosenthal is spending his
vacation in Chicago.
•
fJ. L. Proctor, formerly of I his
city, is now in Los Angeles.
WANTED—Odd jobs, snow
shoveling, house work, washing.
Phono 211. kl-10
LOST—In the Duffel, a leather
earl ridge helt. Please relurn to
Huffel.
Change at Majaatlo Tonight.
Home more fine new pictures
just arrived on the Northwestern,
which will make up the program
for tonight; if you liko clear pic
lures rlon'l fnil lo attend. Pro
gram :
1. Helig presents "The Semi
nole's Sacrifice," an Indian dra
ma of great power.
2. Illustrated song.
, .'I. "A Falal Resemblance," an
American Patho photo-play.
"The Resurrection of John,"
a rip-roaring comedy and ono of
Edison's. a
Northwestern Tonight.
Bteamor Northwestern loft
Boward for Valde* at 4:30 this
morning and in expected to arrive
here about 7 o'clock, and will nail
shortly after for Soattle.
PROFESSIONAL
L. V. KAY;
ATTORNEY AT LAW
8EWAIID, - AI.ABKA
Patents Mining Incorporations
CHARLES G. GANTY
FRANK H. FOSTER
Lawyers
Alaska Securities Bl'd'g vaUz
OR. GERMAN
rn»„« ,» THE DENTIST
Offlce rooms over Owl Drug store. OHlce hours
Ou. ill.. J.o0i>. m.. 7 !>. m.. to 9 |J. m. Sundays
by ai>i>oiDtinent All work vuuruntced.
Alaska Securities Co.
C. GANTY, Gen. Mgr.
Real Estate Mining Stock
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CRARY, Repretentative
Valdez, Alaska. I'hono 41
Beaver Dam Roadhouse
NKLS JKI'SON'. I'hois
41 Miles from Val<lc7.
OUTFITS FOR PROSPECTORS
First Class Accommodatios.
Ample Stable Room
For OLIVER VISIBLE TYPEWRITER
See G. Fagicrson,
Seward Concrete Stone Co.. (Local Au'cnt )
B-Hold the Motto for 1911
It is chcu-.cr to build n WARM HOUSK
withCOKCRKTK block*. than to heut a
a cold one with * I l .V) coal.
THE NEW OFFICE
OF THE
Valdez
Prospector
IS IN THE BUILDING
REAR OF VALDEZ
DOCK OFFICE
Call Anil Se/
ASSAYER
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Twelve yoai-H at Tacoma Smelter
Oppouite Electric Light Ofllee
AU Work Ciurulecd and Promptly Attended To
VALUES!, ALASKA
GYRUS HARRINGTON
Mining E»fyino«*r and
U. S. Dop'y Surveyor
AHHtiy omo« In Yuldex
Connection Aluslcit
Mai! Order* Promptly Attended to
DAGGETT & LEAHY
DENTISTS
STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS
Next to Seattle Hotel. l'fconcKi. Always open
V A L D E Z
FALKENBURG & LAUCKS
Assaying and Ore Testing
Gold and Silver §1.00 Copper %1.5
Lead $1.00
95 Yewler Way. SEATTLE, WASH
VOLL & BARKER
CIIKM1KTS, ASSAYKKH AND
MIN INC KNCINKKKS
Established 1881
Two doors Below Stock KxHiango
Valdez, Ala
KUItOl'KAN l'LAN
ST. ELIAS
MRS. M. 15. UULY, M^r. .
Clean, Comfortable Rooms
Headquarters tor Mining and
Commercial Men.
1'I IONIC NO. IOI
Keystone Avenue, Vuldez. Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co.
Krci^lit ills; :in«l tu u.11 |>urts
of ilic interior. i^fiiiral Trucking
Kil. Wood, 1 - Proprietor
M('Kililf> St. Valiltv.
A. M. Dicrii;
VALDF7 "
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Carpets
BIG DISCOUM
OUR HOLIDAY
Many Pretty Things to Select From. **
We must close out all in order to make room '
for other goods.
PARTIAL LIST
Manicure Sets
Scissor Sets
Jewel Boxes
Shaving Stands
Vases
Ash Trays
Toilet Sets
Travelers' Sets
Mirrors
Gents' Brush Sets
Baby Sets
Carving Sets
Leather Brushes bet in Kubber
Many other things that will make beautiful Xnraas
presents at a discount.
You are cordially invited to inspect our stock. We
are Leaders. We buy for cash and we are in a po
sition to please you in all departments.
Our Xmas display of Box Candy is the best that can
be produced—in half pound to ten pound boxes.
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
VALDEZ DRUG COMPANY