®hr Ualhpz
prospector
VOL. t.
VALDEZ, ALASKA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1912.
NO. 274.
BY. COMMISSION
ON A GUTTER
Will Qo Direct from Seattle to
Resurrection Bay and From
Thence Into Interior
Seattle, Sept. D.—The. Alaska
railroad commission is expected
to arrive here from Washington
on Saturday and will leave short
ly after for Resurrection hay on
the revenue cutter McCulTough,
direct for Resurrection hay. not
>topping en route.
MAD RUSH
FOR HOME
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Many Nabobs to Travel Third I
Class—The Rush From Eu
rope is Unprecedented
New York, Sepl. 5.-Tim rush
from Europe to America is unpre
cedented in the history of slnani
er travel. The Canadian lines
and those leaving MediLcrrcanian
porls are all booked ahead. Hook
ing of west bound passengers
from England has slopped until
furl her orders are given out by I
the head offices, all lines for the
nexl few weeks being booked lb
the limit.
Thos. who diil ind buy return1
tickets when I hey left ibis side I
imw liml (hey cannol buy tlrst1
or- second-class tickets. Wealthy!
passengers who have heretofore!
traveled in private compartmeuls,'
are glad I•» get third-class tickets,1
in their rush to reach home.
BANKER MORSE !
RESUMES BUSINESS:
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New York. Sepl. r».~naiikor
.Morse lias reopened his offices j
and will business. He will j
probably re_eiiler llie steamship;
I rade
<ni-4 W. ilar;-i.)Kl<Mi came in
from l.audbick bay, where he isi
• • 111pI>•><-<I with I he Three Mail
.Minin? company. Mr. Ilnrriiu.rloo •
report* Dial there are two years':
reserve in the |>ickcy properly
;in«I that the mine c«mhl ship forj
thai period of time without open- j
infs new slopes. Mr. nnd Mrs. I
Dickey <an«t daughter expect to I
leave fur the outside on lly 20|h
of I hi* month. Mr. Uickey will
(return for a short lime, intend-j
illg In spend I lie winter in ihe
♦dales.
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BRYAN TALKS
AT HIS HOME
Lincoln, 8epl. r>.—Bryan, in n
speech here, said: "I have been
n Progressive fur 20 years, Roose
velt for two." Johnson, he de
dared, was n bigger man lhan
^ Roosevcll.
Chicago, Aug. 13—Hope of finding'
his wife, Mr», EJth«l Koating BOgg-j
ess al|V® wag abandoned today by
Dr. John 8. BoggeRR, hu«bn«d of the'
woman who has boon atrangely mla«
lr»R from Kan«a* C*y «tnr« A"g. 2
t Mr nogg«*ia said h« WM cony1nr«rt'
his w|f© had committed aukldft
SPOKANE MEN
GET CONTRACT
Three Spokane Men Qet a 16 Mil
lion Dollar Contract on
Qrand Trunk Road
Spokane, Sept. 5.—Foley, Welch
and Stewart, local contractors
have been awarded a sixteen and
a half million dollar contract on
the Grand Trunk railroad, for the
btiildiiuTof 350 miles of track be
twi'Hii Vancouver, B. C., and Fori
(Jeorge. This is one of the heav
iest contracts l«'| out on tile lino.
FORMER ALASKAN
ON LONG TRAIL
efTerson Thaggard Dies as Result ■
of Fall-Leaves a Consider
able Estate
Seal tie. Sept. 5-JcfterMun ■
Thaggard. a pioneer Klondiker. i
andone of the early business men
of Nome, and more recenll.v our
of tho proprietors of the "Mecca"!
in this city, died last night as I he
resuli of an injury received in a
fall.
Al I lie linu> of I lie 1»i^r lire in
T>awson Thaggard was running
'ihe Kairview hotel, which escaped
)hc llanics. From thai day lie he
Kan laying Ho* foundation of a
foriune which increased by lucky
mining speculations in Nome and
subsequently in Seattle real es
l ale.
Thaggard was ohe of the
foundjM's «»f Ihe Arctic Hrolher-'
bood and Ihe Dawson Pioneer As
sociation. lie was <»<» years of
age al Ihe lime of his deallw lie
leaves a wife. lm| no chlidren.
VERMONT ELECTION
13 UNCHANGED
(■ riiiHI .Fund iiill, VI.. S«»|»|. 5.~
Tlu' (*<»mpl>*li> rminl leave* lli«
\«»I«• »»f lln* sJale iinclisin^i'il. Ill
I < > I a I vi»l«* is sixl y I linusnml, I In*
lienviesl Mill' | ii 111 c«l sinri' lli«'
fii'i's jili'n I ill I year nf I SHO.
Arrivals from the upper Tainn". r;
port that several men have b-'en
work!n on the barn of the B!re:im
near the mouth of Good paster, using
rockers, and Lhat without plater or
moi'cury they have been taking
out better than wages. This sayors
of tlio olcl.dayP of the grubwtako min
or, and If it becomes noised about
on the coa»t will doubtless result in
a good many crossing over the moun
tains to the upper reaches of the
Tununn and try|nK 'the bar them
•elves.
The dredge men arc of I lie
opinion fuel oil and diatilale will
be the energy driving power of
dredgea in l-he future, I here ia
too much by-product in Hie form
of ashea and ofher malerial in
poal lo burn thai commudity
\vhere transportation rates are ao
high. Many of the dre<\ge op
erators are looking forward to (he
days of a central powor plant,
Jvhere their machinery can be
driven by eleclrlcity, much the
pamo aw in many of th.1 placer
dredging campn of California at
the praaenl time. The central
power plant will in time be a real
ity Intend of n drenm n<* II now la.
Nome Nugget r.
CLAIMANTS WANT
THEIR MONEY
Cunningham Claimants Will Ask
Congress to Refund Fifty
Thousand Dollars
Washington, Sept. 5.-The pa
pers announced that Secretary of
the Interior Fisher recently can
celled the coal entries embraced
jn the Cunningham group in the
Jeering coal fields, when in real
ity the formal order was made a
>ear ago, although they were sign
ed hut a few days ago.
The claimants will ask eongress
li> refund $50,000, the amount
paid in for I lie land al I he time
application was made for patent.
MAYO DISTRICT
TURNING OUT GOLD
Owing to Topographical Condi
tions Novel Methods of Min
ing Are Employed
News of cni*rgetic operation* on
ouie of I In; creeks iii the Mayo
district is lold by (>. K. Kastner.
»vho lias just returned from a trip
through that locality. II«* visited
TVIinlo creek, Minto lake, llighet
crock arid Janet lake, near fiord
on's Landing. -5 mi l«*s a hove .Ma
yo Landing.
The most extensive mining op
erations are on Ilighet creek,
where Elmer MiddfeeoflT owns and
is working a large part of I lie
creek. Mr. MiddlecolV was very
"well pleased with the result of I he
season's work. It is turning out
better than-expected Twelve men
.are employed on day and night
.shifts. 'The method of working is
Jo ground sluice down to about
six feet from bedrock with an au
tomatic dam, which works very
satisfactorily, and then hydraulic
into a bedrock flume. The waste
js hoisted out of the way with
what is known as a clam shell
•bucket of half a cubic yard e;t
pacily, operated from the end of
a swinging boom or derrick.
The derrick, boiler and hoist
are mounted on heavy skids, and
whenever it is necessary to make
a move I he entire out tit is drag
ged forward with its own power.
This. Mr. MiddlecolV stales, was'
a very economical way.of hand
ling tailings, as only the coarser
gravels are retained in the dam
shell bucket and Ihe tine gravels
are swept down with I lie force of
Hie water. This, so far as knoyvn,.
is Ihe only plant of this kind in
operation in Ihe country.
Another innovation »>f Middle
rofT's is the manner of sluicing Ihe
gravels. There not being prrade
enough in Ihe bedrock flume, a
nozzle with a stream of water
with a 75-foot head was placed
at the upper end of the flume.
It does excellent work in wash
ing Ihe gravels through the flume.
fc\bout. 5,000 square feet of bed
rock is cleaned up per month.
The prospect << at Milo 100 are
showing up belter nil I he time.
John Amher artd Henry Hlafsholl
brought a hundred pounds of rork
from ther ledge upon (he Insl
'train. The main lead had been
uncovered for 40 feel and a leji
foot shaft shows an average' of
fehout 14 inches. Assays have giv
en about $100 per Ion. While
Ihl* Is the most promising pros
pect ye| located In that district
there are several others the nre
looking good.
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Tb> Ta'Ufc* 'Cafe l« one good
piarte fo^alj ^ If
ARMY OFFICER
TALKS ALASKA
8ays Likely Constabulary Corps
Take Place of Regular Troops
in Alaska
San Francisco, Sept. 5.-Inspec
or (ieneral McManus has return
ed from his tour of inspection of
Alaska posts. lit* is enthusias
tic in his praise of I In* beauties
'of that section. He says (ho
chances of the adoption of a sys
tem of constabulary in thai coun
try, in I he place of the regular
troops, is good, lie «ays Iliat in
case a constabulary corps is or
ganized I lie men will be recruited
from Ihnse who have <een service
i:t I ln> regular army.
ROAD BUILDING
IN THE YUKON
stage Road Between Dawson and
Whitehorse Being Shortened
and Bettered
Isaac l.usk. superintendent ««f
roads. has returned lo Itn* cily
rfter a trip over the portion of
ihe overland road now under nm
rtrucl imi between Dawson and
.(Whilehorse. Tin; drenching rains
ami Ihe cloudburst in I In? vicin
ity df |In- head of Kcrnggie «»«•—
'curred shortly after Mr. l.usk
started from IVIIv for I In- Slew
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art and In* found il necessary t<>
swim his horse in many places
and (•» make detours, lie reports,
however, thai I he work is pro
gressing. and the rut-oil' will lie
finished this year.
i The road from lower HI ark
Hills (o I he Slewarl river is prar
tieally eompleted. say* Commis
sioner Mark. This makes a eon.
finuoiis road from Dawson to (lie
Stewart via blnrk Hills. On the
south s'<l° «»f the Slewarl the new
road is completed In the fork-* of
'the Scroggie. Work is being done
on I he new road on the righl fork,
where the miners are located, and
up I he lefi fork, where I lie main
trail will follow.
The Wiile Pass caterpillar,
which pn veil such a great suc
cess in pulling slumps and in d<»_
ing oilier road work on the soul It
end of the overland last year, was
started from Whilehorse for
Scroggie Ihe oilier day. |o he used
on Ihe cul-oiv. Near lloolnlimpia
the slenmer mel willT n mishap,
and parts of I lie machine were losl
overboard. and new parts had lo
lie sent for oulsidc. After Ihe ca
terpillar finally \vas landed al l*«*l
ly, where il was lo he Inken oxer
land to Ihe place where Ihe new
grading i* being done, il was
found Ihe counlry was so drench
ed thai i| was converted inlo a
I huge lakn, or swamp, in most
places, and thai where there was
.hny land exposed it was so muddy
■the machine could not be kepi
'above Ihe surface, so it was sent
back to Whilehorse. Commission
er Black says this is a regrettable
jafTi|ir.» because the machine
doubtless would have rendered
great, service in putting the rond
in Ihe best possible condition.
Over in Cordova dogs on tlie
wired# have become a groal nuis
ance and accordingly tin* city
council there in planning mi fak
ing 'Mops to keep thorn nIT Iho
slroefH. According the Cordova
city clork has written the cl'-rk
here AftkJng for copies of Iho Knit*
hank* rtftg ordinance and infor
fnntlofi7jn\he subject.::Fairbnnks
Tlm««. lie'
PROGRESSIVES
NOMINATE TICKET
Nominate Legislativ Tickt in Or
der to 8ecure Presidential
Electors
Sail Francisco, Sept. 5.—At the
primaries held in litis state the
Progressive party nominated 80
put of 100 members of the leg
islature and seven of the eleven
congressment. This insures Col.
Roosevelt presidential electors, as
the laller are named by the hold
over and members-Heel of Hi.'
I'gislal lire.
The standpatter^ will hold a
^eparafle convent inn and will
probably go inlo tin* court for tin*
standing of (heir electors. In the
primaries the. Wilson hemoerals
easily defeated Ihe (Hark follow
ers.
NOME MINER
GIVEN RIGHTS
)f Which He Thought Himself
Deprived, Attorney eGneral
Promises Relief
A Nome 111i11•• i". hardl> able to
speak tlif l'.n^lisli language. I>iil
willi an alleged grievance of in -
justice due lo bring robbed <»f
.his mining properly in tin- Sec
ond division, was granted a hear
ing Ihi* morning by Attorney
(ienerat Wirkershani «• f Hit* «I•
pari iiM'iil of justice. says ;i
Washington dispatch in I In- Nome
Nugget.
Tlii' miner from Nome. whose
name is Mike Kanlelli, lias 111a<I<*
Iti«> trip from the northern nn*
JropolN t<• present Ill's case in
person, and lo try lo secure jus
tice Iip believes lias b«mi*n denied
liim in Alaska ronrls.
j The apptiranl fop an audicm-i*
.willi the attorney general has been
>ucressful. for surb luis I
granted him. I lie outcome of
which is no| known, bill llic min
,er in his broken English staler
his business will be attended lo
and lie will be protected in his
rights.
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EXPLORERS SUFFER
UNTOLD HARDSHIP
C.apliiiii Rjnar M t k k «• I-«• n. Ihe
Jianish Arctic explorer, ami I he
engineer. Seversen. who were res
cued July 17 mi I In* con*I of
roeiilai»«l by a Xorweivran fishing
.vessel, nfler having spenl more
than two years in thai revolt.
Jookcd like wild animal* when
Jhcir rescuers found llicm.
j They had spent the previous
winter af Has* flock fsland, not
.Shamrock rock, as previously
plated, and it was I here I lie Nor
wegians came upon them in n
cabin they had tjuilt.
| The fishermen knorkeil on I tie
door and MTkkelsen and his'com
panion rushed out, nearly naked,
with Run* in fheir hands, under
)hc impression Ihat iHe knock
ling was caused by beasts of prey.
, Mikkelsen had tieen very ill on
the long journey to Ha*s Rock
|Tflland and Seversen had dragged
;him a hundred miles 011 rt sb'dge.
I Fortunately. I tie men had enough
ammunilion to enable them al all
,Iimes lo procure fond.
If you wnfil nil the new* all Ih»•
t*ne rend the l>ro«perlor
SALMON PACK
BREAKS RECORD
This Season's Pack Exceeds That
of Last Year by Three and
a Half Million
Seattle, Sept. 5.— II is estimat
ed thai the Alaska salmon pack is
the largest in Iln» history of the
territory, the season's park be in*?
over three ami a half million
cases over thai of 1911..
The increase in I hi' pack of
I Sou I hwesli'rii Alaska over that «• f
II hi' previous year heinjr seven
humlreil thousand rases. The in
jcreasi' of llii* Pnfret Sound park
is; six hundred thousand eases.
The park «>f the Columbia river
a|i»ne shows a decrease. heinjr llii-;
|>ear se\en h1111«I!'*'«I ami Iwenly
■ seven I Ii<mi>;iii<| au.'linst one
'Million nine hundred and i«iifhly_
j*even tlioiisaml.
CLEANUP FROM
THE NEWSBOY
-ittle Fairbanks Mine Turns Out
392 Ounces of Amalgam on
the Mine Run
Willi *>!'2 ounces of amalgam, or *
tlie euuival- nt of $2,300 or $2,400.
I .miis Golden. manager of the News..'
boy mine, reached Fairbanks. The
cleanup of the plates represents a
| run of seventeen or eighteen days
j so it. js evident t lint the ore from the.
! stope on t he 21 •"•-foot level did not
■ yield as well as expected. However,
jthis is explained by the amount or
was to that was sent through 'ho
stamps, it l»f in^r too expensive to
sort the ore.
' At the present lime the tunnel
i work is still progressing both cast
land west, and ill both tunnels thee
j lead has been lost. One of the tun._
nels ran into a fault and there is a
crosscut being put in with the e*-«
Pectation of picking up the vein agairut
in three or four shots At the oth
er end the tunnel i» following along a
tleposit Of talc, and the miners ex
pect to be in the vein *«?»in in tin-"**
jor four days.
| Gold >ii reports tha - t ! .is
|a little short of late so .hit pmiipr—
jlng has to Ik* resorted to to supply —
11 he mill. As soon as the stock •«
j bought up the manager will moVo
jthe mill down onto the cr«-ek. whero
(there is plenty of water, but no
! steps will be taken to do this until
, • he money is in sight.
BHD CAVE-IN
ON NIGGEHHEAD
A rave-in on the workings of
Jerry Paulson on Iho Xiggcrhend
group Saturday night ai 9 o'clock
ami* nearly being tin* end of 1 I
nen who were engaged in driving
points at that time.
It. seem* that a portion of iho
Igravel and muek 225 f«»«»| long, ami
200 feet wide, and extending up
to the Hiirfaee, 18 feet above,
eame down. Fortunately all of
the men were at the fare when the
cave-in rnnie and by hugging tho
face they managed to gain Iho
phafl. Victor Johnson being tho
only one injured. He sustained
a fractured ankle.
Mining men arc at a toss to
account for the cave-in, n* Iho
>oof wan solidly frozen and was
viiipposed I«» be perfrelly .«afr.
1'airhauks (•Itiien.
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