HEADQUARTERS OF
TELEGRAPH SERVICE
i
Valdez the Head Center ol
Government Cable and
Land Lines.
Valdoz is iho heaquartorrt of lhe
first ami soeond divisions of tho gov
eminent telegraph system in Alaska.
Captain Hanson It. Black is in ohargo
of this Horvioo, and o;nploys a force
of sixteen men in tho Yahloz oHloe,
and has inado applioation for an in
oroaso t > handle tho rapidly growing
businoss. There aro eighteen s'. a'ions,
including Fort l/iscum, within these
two divisions, and throe nion are em
ployed a* each a la ion. Those s'.a'.ions
aro a* s.a o;l intervals along the g«>v
erninent '..'ail t> Fairbanks, and from
(inlkana t > Fort Fghort. The win -
less slat ion « a .'irele Ci y and F.rrt
Fghort are also undo? < an'., Mack's
jurisdiction.
La »t stinune.' a iv.v >:vl i/'legraph
line was strung lie;ween Valdez and
(inlkana, whioh prae'.ically insures
an uninieivupi d service helweon
VaUle:? and interior points, as it is
< ouncitman 1 ony Carlson. Secret ary
Tivasiiiv,* \\"11i:«• ('o.
i 1111>■*<»l>:il>l«» (ha* >► »l!i lines will go
down at 1 lie Maine (ime.
The supplies for these !V.ih-:<tations
aiv transported from tlie commissary
at Ft. Liscum, during the winter
months.
The government has substantial
structures in Valde/. for I he service,
including a well-equipped telegraph
oftice and a roomy warehouse for the
storage of supplies.
VALOEZ A SUB
PORT OF ENTRY
At the beginning ot theyeai HMW,
the ofllcial sub port of entry on Prince
William sound was Orca, now known
as Cordova, hut the deputy collector
of customs, John (ioodcll, had his of
fice in Valde/ and the customs busi
ness of the sound was transacted from
this point. In February, however,
Valde/, was made a suhport of entry
and I*]. It. Spieis appointed deputy
collector, and the olliec at Orca was
discontinued. The chief source of
revenue at this suhport is from the
duty collected on coal imported from
British ('olumhia.
Councilman A. 10. Origaby, of Valdez
Dock ('o.
Valdc/, Mnn NiitncH Mt. MeKinley
Mt. MeKinley, the h^licat peak on
the American continent, being 20,.'100
feot In bight, WiiM named by W. A.
Diekey, the well known mining man
of Laudlock I my. In Mir Hummer of
181MI Dickey aacendcd I he Husitnu riv
er on a proapeeting trip, and obaerved
Mi«* magnificent mountain towering
above itm fcllowa in reapiendant gran
deur. lie thereupon gave It Mm* name
of Mt. MeKinley, in honor of the
then prealdent of Mm t'nited Htatoa,
and Ilia chrlat'*ning ha*» been accepted
aa tin* otlleial defoliation hy th<» geo
graphical Modelled and Mm t\H. geo
l'»Ki<*n1 anrvoy bureau.
Offlhnm and Harris Claima,
Hob (Iraham and .Ion. |lnrrin hav<
wold a one-third intercut in theli
Knlghta ifdand group toM. I,. Torcpio
harann and alx men arcactively puah
inn development. The property la oi
tiie ahore of Hnook harbor, eonaiat
ing of aoven elalma, ami the ore out
crops for 4/V00 feet , A croaaeut tutllie
ia being driven to eut (lie lode at i
depth of 175 feet, and in now 111 71
feet. The ore la l» feet wide at. tin
aurfaee and will average 7 per eon
eopper.
The Hart holt brothcra liave locate*
exceedingly rich quartz elalma oi
Willow ereek, north of Knik. Thej
have recently taken in a 2-dam|
proapeotliig mill.
(told In the form of a telhirlde I
found on t lie Kennl penlnaiila.
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« ''• '»' <i »in «-I'si'tv, (V« n .-ow) ;ri<l OHicia'i. >>| |) V.ri«-*. i'our'. •- \ i •
' oiiiicnman mmcmi root, ]».,,p,-j,
Mishit 10. A}>|>«•)I>aii111, |>i -1<I >i( o|
the New York .Metals Selling <■ • • 1111>;i
ny, recognized asan aut in.rity on <•«»| •
per and other mineral products, lakes
an optimistic view of the cupper mar
ket, in a comprehensive article in tin
Mining and Scientific Press, ill- says:
The year IJI07 proved as sens ational
in the copper industry as it did in tin
world of general finance. Against
the most flourishing conditions i \ist
ing at the bc^imiing of the \ ear, a
demoralized state of affairs picv;>ilcd
in October and November, a. d ii was
not until a week or no before the pres
ent writing that tiie copper market
showed a resumption of activity and
hopes were felt for a substantial
though gradual iniproveinent
At the end of HUM! it was the j.',<;ii
era I opinion that the stocks of copper
were very small and that a p.od bus
iness would result during the first
half of 1907. <'opper eont inu<i| ('.ad
vance from the closing pri I 21
cents until a level of aliout •_'(» b.r
bake and dect rolyt ic In ands h id In
established. The subsequent historv
of the market for IJIU7 i . a simple
one. During the first h ill of the year
a |;ikiiI business was done in copper;
then the American consumers with
drew from the market, and a general
I business depression having already
made itself felt, they were not tempt
ed by even the heavy reductions in
| official prices and thus the market
j declined to 'ifi1.,, to 22, then to r«, |f>,
and bi'..., and filially sold in October
as low as 12 cents. Just at the height
of the financial panic a little s^urt
I occurred in copper and this carried
the price up to f.r» cents, but with the
' approaching holidays, during which
most, of the American consumers
cloned their mills for a week oi ten
days for the purpose of taking invent
ory, and their refusal to make com
mitments before money became cind
er and a revival of confidence took
place, copper a^ain Niched down t<
(Acts. Though the official <|Uolat ion
was I2|, to btccuN, it was practically
Impossible to ohtitlu copper at 'hat
price, and some of the American con
i' sumers having large ordei'it under b'
> ('cuts ami being unable to (.Main tlx
metal became rather nervous and in
! creased their limits with the re<«ull
I that on December 21 tin* only i pp< i
obtainable was for December am
• | January delivery at ' IJt;*n and f:*■"•»» foi
I February. Beyond that it waprac
\ tleally Impossible to obtain cfipper a1
i around these prices,
• j A goo I many crlticlums have bcei
'directed against one of the leading
companies for the manner in whlcl
prices were held and broken, but Ii
' should be remembered that no oik
1 foresaw the panic and therefore it ii
my opinion that the decline i,i coppoj
''has also been one that no one c'oitf?
foresee, There is also a good deal o
, talk as to the amount of copper stock'
I In Europe and on this side, I do m
.Ma,v«>r K. M. Hrowu, of law linn of
Brown iS: Lyons.
II i . W'hiilfv. i.tvsiih'itl
l« \ <• \\ hi! Vy ( •(».
Tlx'invention which is illustrated
in the accompanying cn^ravin^ in i
adapted ti> he attached to the fuse ol' \
an explosive cartridge, such as is used !
in blasting in mining. The purpose I
of tlie attachment is to keep tin- end '
of the fuse suhst ant ially wnter-t iglit, |
iso as to prevent the occurrence of j
"miss-tires" or "miss-holes" in blast
ing, whieli are largely due to the fact
t hat the explosive in the cap becomes
we', i he fuse cap consists of a shell
A. which is closed at one end, while I
the oilier end is slitted to form a se
I rics nf leaves. The ends of these
leavejt are hent hack, as indicated at
l». and are provided with projections
i< \ extending inward. These projec
tions are preferably formed by cut
ting V-shaped pieces in the turned
hack |> r' •«)•»:• of . 11' ii 'ii \ < "i, si it* I bend
ing I Item i 11 \v; 11,1 .V r; • • I ■ : 111 j.», I« >l!ic
leavea. l it i' I m\<v (In- ?.Im*!I A in a
clamping < t»l)a: I). Noi-math tin*
leaven ail' ?.|»riiiij.\ mil \v;ii«!. ami I In*
collar I >. when ii i ■ i>11>|><• I ovet litem,
wpvch to draw I'm-iii inwanl, pressing
tin* projections <* in) » the fuse I*'.
Fit ted ovci1 (In' in <• jrid under I In*
leavi'ii of t hi' In*11 i . a ruhher sleeve
10. I his serves to ptcveti' moisture
from cuti-riiifv the • 11<•!I tliron^li the
slits. fin- project ton ■ i.' presa into
thr film* at 'lie outer end of tin* rub
ber sleeve, so ,i • to prevent I In* latter
from wnikititf out. i'lioni.'i' N. Dan
iels of Valdc/,, lias hern ^rante I a
patent on 111i•. wa'crpioof fuse cap,
and ('. S. Itratton is connecterl with
Daniels in the patent lights.
think tItii( in view of what lias hap
pened in copper il is possible for any
one lit est imate even within 25,000,000
to AO,(1110,000 pounds of the actual
hIoi'Um on hand. The only public llu
ures deserving of credit are thorn*
(|iniled by the llostoii Ncwh Bureau of
I December lft, in an Interview with
i John Oillie, general superintendent
of Hie Amalgamated properties. lie
reports nil accumulation in October
of .'1(10,000, OHO a ml sales of 101,000,000
pounds, mo that one naturally con
cludes that there are 1110,000,0 H) lbs. !
of copper still unsold and one must
| also consider his remark t hat some of
I he sales have been made in February,
so that perhaps the actual sin.*k on
hand is bet ween I AO,GOO, 000 and 100,.
000,000 pounds,
Willi so many mines already shut
down and only a fair business doing
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in copper, il is my Im• Ii<• t the surplus
will whorl I\ lie \\ jpi d out and t hat tu
lens the ini/ieM ai'e opened :i sharp
mpieeze will remill. \ . i« I inee at the
preHent moment mist of the lar^e
milieu can produce copper with profit
and pay fjood dividends on a II to 15
cent margin, il is to he hoped tluil
when the price j;ett > I hilt level the
mine* will open and n conservative
andsteadx level In- cutahlitdicd, en
abling hoth the consumer and the
producer to do husin ss at mutually
advantageous prices. At a III i 15
cent level I'm- production would con
tinue at a .aiisfactory r.itcandthc
coiiHiuup'.i ii would cer.niiily not lie
restricted. Oi ccui'ic, a j»""d d"itl de
pends on (lie flti.imlal and I.usIiichh
condition of the c>unlr\ and if we
have the won! an I l ie expcctcd
improvement comes, we shall sec a
good hiiHineMM in copper.
LUMBER
Wo now keep on luiii'l lit. Vnlrle/, :i j(« ncrnI
nMHortnicnt of l>iiil(lfiiK inatcriiil mm tire pf»-.
pared to fill Hpoohil ordorM from our mill on
Hliort iiollof1, Wo Hollflt a Mlinrc of your
pntronnge.
Pacific Coast & Norway Packing Co
!•:. W. HOHHMAN, AOKNT
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CUSTOMS REPORT
OF GOLD EXPORT
Data Collected by Deputy
Collector Regarding the
Mineral Production.
Thegoldoutput since tin' year ItMM of
the districts contiguous to Valdo/, as
estimated hy the customs otllce, is as
follows:
1901.
Slate creek and Miller gulch ?> too.ooo
liH'-J.
Slate creek nnd|Miller gulch s INHUHUt
Ni/.ina - - *20.(HH)
0 OOl»
I SUM.
Slat«> creek and Miller gulch !■< 'JOi'.OiH)
Ni/.ina - - - I oiH)
Valde/. creek - - 1.7A0
s 7•"<(>
Slat** creek and MilVr gulch !? 'JiKMKM)
Ni/.ina - - - tOU.OOi)
Itreinner - . - s.ooo
Valde/. creek - - ono
s i.o,i
UK).").
Slate crcck ami Miller gulch S *J"»,0 )t'
« uneihnan |*.»I. Wcml, mara^er ;n <1
owner (|{i\er I )r;i.\ inj.' ■
7.r>,ni»n
Id,(11)11
III,0! 10
I illli>.
Slate creek and Miller ^iilcli s
Ni/.ina and Dan creeks
Ynldcy, creek
llreinncr
S :'( s,.'>on
I !H(7.
Slate creek and Miller jjoleli s 70.1 M111
Ni/.ina - - - .»•*>,uro
Valdez ereek - - lo.oco
S IHI
l!M»H.
Slate creek and Miller fjiileh !■> |">,ono
Valdez ereek - - 7">,()(in
Ni/.ina - - - Id,odd
S MIH.OIH)
N i /.ina
Bremner
\'alde/. erce!;
:: >,nnii
<)»,()( I!)
lin.n: in
■Ml.Ill ill
in
Councilman W'.T. Finical, inaia^iT
• 'op|MT Itiv«T Lumber ('«».
A li^htIiomm' U I » li • i'vc.'\ -i| mi
ilincliinhrnok island, a' I In* «*n( ranct
to I'rincc William mihiii'1.
CHARLES R. CRAWFORD
Contractor
nn<i Builder
Vnldez Alo«kn
Alaska
jWater, Light
and
Telephone Co
| INC.l
PHONE 39
OFFICE VALDEZ DOCK
I
'LEADING BUSINESS
; CONCERN OF VALDEZ
Among the leading concerns of Val
tle/. is the Alaska ('oust mot ion com
pany, one of the various corporations
of tin* ItcynoMs-A UisUa I)cvelopment
company. now in the hands of a ro
ct'ivcr. Tlif active management of
the const met ion company is nmicr ('.
(J. Will IT. who, while a voting man.
is one of the pioneers of the town.
capacity of this establishment. It is
a hus\ place ami the hum of machin
ery can he heard at all seasonable*
hours engaged in turning; out the
man\ orders. The maehine shop haf
the usual equipment of a thoroughly
up-to-date coneern of its nature, and
is largely engaged in doing repair
work on the mosquito licet plyingthe
Iircri. I » i<-'\ slu'ri .Metal VN'urlis, wIh-iv I'jimons Yaksliau Sloven are made
Tiir < ii'»i|>;t•>\ rovers three distinct
I'n lil • i«t iiu!u i|i \, lu inj; in
tile mannlact ill e «>)' woodwork, hav
ing :i w • -i' • |tii|»|»»*41 machine shop,
ami ;> licet metal works ratable
«>l niakiny, c\er> essential in this I i n«>.
The who!.' comprises a combination
ol mantifavi mi injv cuterprises <juali
licil r> Inliill I he demands ol a «• it \ ol
in.na i |x<|mi■->t ion.
I sound.
Tlir metal works is in
«• III!o| ( o-ol^'r .Mi'ilil, .111(1 (llis In A
sulllciriii guarantee oi tin' quality of
work luniftl out. Kv»>r\I hiiiy; in the
line oi >.Ium'| metal appliances,
sueli as ro tting, stoves, tinware, stovi»
pipes, 11 ill's, i'tr., is made—and well
made. \ special feature of (Ids con
corn i> tin1 manufacture o( the
IM , «H « ll ||H | I I I
I ntri'jur \ ii'ws ill Wo. 1(1 Wiirlc. I >«*|uii*t mriil
TIhti' an* I \vm !'.«• |i;inilr <'hI:il»linli
nii'ltt't • *i* • i In el iiK'f si I wnrlfH
I»«• i m j • mope Ituililin^, \\ liilr I lie wooil
worUiiij? '!■ t»;i»•' lit«• 111 :i11<I niiU'liini' simp
it !'<• !»•»'!«■• on" roof. \ 11 nufliiiKTV in
run Iiv »•!"'•! rio |io\v<m*.
Tli"' \vooi| worUinj.' «l«»|>:ii*( niciil islin
»|cr ('i" |()i!n;ili-lii|> ctl <*;il HrosiiiM,
iin <• n|»«•i*1»I workman in hi ; liiii'.
• >oor . »!•"!< . window franns, furni
Iin*" of varion kiniln, dr., an- r\|»i«
ilil i«)li!tl\ 111;imiiI :i'• ( nri'd, |>i*ii«■! irnllv
•ui|>|ilyiiiK I'H'iil Tin' uc
c<)in|i!iny ilil' virwn J'jvr Jill iilni of I III
Yaksliitw <*iiin|» hIovp. TIip PXpPi'i
piipp of p|j;lit yen I'm lias tatlfglit Hip
iiiiiUpi's licit tliis is Hip IipmI IIIt«•«I
m!iivp lor «*ain|• ami trail iimp. II
kIvpm |»i'i'fpp| sal isfapl ion, as ils many
user , an- always i'pjhI.v to testify.
Tin• lown of ViiIiIp/. is pprtainly
well rp|>rpspnlpil in IIipsp Hii'pp liiips
of imlustry, ami Hip IhimIiiphs done
hIvpm pvUIpiipp that tin* pffort* of Hip
manaKPniPiil, in endeavoring to sup*
ply all pnrrpiit demands ami hp up-to
date ami alive to Hip needs of a fffow
iim poiuniiinily. are appreeia'ed.
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Interior vIpw of Miifhino Shop