NEAR VALDEZ
Legitimate Concerns Open
ing Up the Mineral Re
sources of the Country.
The following in a liHt of min
ing companies operating contiguous
to VaUlez, an compiled from the rce
ordH of the Valdez recording (liHtrict:
Alaska Smelting & Development
company, John E.Baliaine, president;
JameH A. llaight. Heeretary; I*\ H.
Stewart, Seward, agent.
Ai»*sKtt L-aiumot Copper company,
H. M. Hcrrin, president; F. Freeman
Evans, secretary; F. T. Elkins, Val
dez, agent.
Alaska Copper & Coal company, II.
O. Havomcyer, president; Arthur .1.
Strieker, secretary.
Alaska Copper corporation, A. ('.
Frost, president; Jas. A. Haight, sec
retary; Frank Watson, Howard, agent.
Alaska Consolidated Copper compa
py, W. F. Hay Stewart, president;
Peter St ederoth, secretary; George J.
Love, Valdez, agent.
Alaska Copper association, J. (1.
Stephens, president: C. O. Van Hook,
Valdez, secretary and agent.
Alaska Petroleum & Coal company,
T. S. LIppy, prosident: II. It. Ilarri
inan, secretary; J.W.Calkimi, Katalla,
agent.
Alaska Development company, J.
F. Tiowbridge, president; Chas. F.
Munday, secretary; Robert 1). Cray,
Katalla, agent.
Alaska Empire Mining company,
Leon Schloss, president; Lewis Green
hauiii, Unga, agent.
Alaska Free Cold Mining company,
(loo. II. Thomas, president; Ivan L.
Hylands, Knik, agent.
Alaska-Kotsina Copper company,
(). P. Hubbard, president; J. G. Sny
der, secretary; Dan W. Sheehan, Val
dez, agent.
Alaska Mining & Development com
pany, A. M. Hyde, president; II. II.
Reeves, secretary; W. E. Thomas,
Hope, agent.
Alaska Oil & Mines Exploration
co in pan J', II. ('. Sicgman, president;
II. II. Douglas, secretary: F. L. A ra
ta, Katalla, agent.
Alaska United Copper Exploration
company, L. C. Dillman, president;
I. B. Hammond, vice president; 10.
' r»lllman, secretary; W. A. Mears,
» urer; Thos. S. Scott, Valdez,
a>; >il.
. nglo-Amctiean Oil At Coal compa
ny, L. G. Clarke, president; Geo. II.
M I, secretary; O. L. Willoughby, Ka
ty ia, agent.
Arctic Mining company, Limited;
F. J.'Hchwing, president; L. J. Grey
secretary; S. H. Moans, agent.
Bainbridge Island Mining & Devel
opment company, E. Smith, agent.
Bates Gold Mining company, It. S.
Bates, president; L. V. Ray, Valdez,
secretary and agent.
Big Bonanza Gold Mining company,
J. I). Melntyro, president; E. E. Shel
ton, secretary; II. S. Deane, Kodiak,
agent.
Beluga Mining company of Alaska.
F. (>. Halo, Seward, ti^ont.
Moulder-Alaska Copper company,
II I). Reynolds, president; U. N.
<lummiugx, secretary; Blarney Htov
ens, ay out.
California-Alaska Mining & Dcvel
opment company, W. C. Webb, pres
ident; Austin E. Lathrop, Valdoz,
agent.
Central Alaska Copper company,
George .1. liove, Valdoz, agent.
Chippewa-Alaska Mining company,
C. A. Hayes, president; B. P. Millard,
Valdoz, agent.
Coast Range Mining company, A.
W. Cook, president; Geo. L. Hazard,
Hope, agent.
Copper River Oil «Si Mining compa
ny, T. W. (lillotte, president, William
McCush, socretary, William Carless,
Katalla, agent.
Copper Center Mining & Trading
company, Andrew Holmim, agent.
Crow Creek-Alaska Hydraulic Cold
Mining company, Jas. Gird wood,
presldont; W. B. Ilonghton, secre
tary.
Crown Copper company, John Ly
ons, Valdez, agent.
Dan Creek Mining company, Thos.
Hehultz, president; F. I). Arthur, sec
retary; John Lyons, agent.
Dan Creok Gold & Copper company,
J. W. Range, president: John H. Ju
rey, secretary; C. I. Range, agent.
Dutton Mining & Hmeltlng compa
ny , Frederick Lass, president; Geo.
W. Dutton, agent.
Ellamar Mining company, Edward
1/. Welsh, president; Wm, McLaugh
lin, secretary; J. D. Mcenach, age nt.
Fidalgo Mitdng company; W. M.
Mackintosh, president; C. K. Bogar
dus, secretary; W. L. Lovnjoy, Val
vez, agent.
hidalgo*Alaska Coppor company,
'J\ J. Donohoe, Valdoz, agent.
Galena Bay Mining company, It. F.
Millard, prctddent; Albert Harge, sec
totary; J. Y. Gstrandor, Valdez,
agent.
Gllnhena Copper company, J. Y.
Gstrandor, agent.
Gold Nugget Mining company, F.
M. Brown, Valdoz, agent.
Great Northern Development com
pany, Walter M. Hrlggs, president;
If. L. Crane, scorotary; R. F. Gray,
Valdez, agent.
Happy Jack Coppor Mining A De
velopment oompany, Julius Mlngor,
Valdoz, agent..
The Helen Mining company, ,)ohc|>)
Seeley, San Francisco, agent.
Hubbard-Elliott Copper Minos De
veloj>ment company, H. ('. Klliott
prenidont; (). J. P.lliott, secretary
.las. Fish, Jr., Valdez, agent.
Katallu company, I). II. Jarvia,
secretary; W. K. Rogers, agent.
Kenai Mining & Milling company,
P. II. Stewart, president; George E,
Winter, Hocretary.
Kennocott Mines company, W. L
j Turner, president ; W. (1. Corvlnne,
secretary; Stephen Birch, agent.
Knights Island Mining & Develop'
i mont company, W. ('. Ilothcranz,
'president: .1. (J. Miller, secretary; L,
Itothcranz, Valdez. agent.
Knights Island Copper Mining com
> pany. H. A. llonipie, president; J. C.
Dieringer, secretary.
Knights Island Consolidated Coppci
company, II. C. Elliott, president; A.
J. Elliott, secretary; J. Y. Ostrander,
agent.
Knights Island Alaska Coppercom
! pany, A. VV. Tibbltt, president; J. J.
i (Jodfrey, secretary; Phillip Deterd
ing, agent.
Knights Island Amalgamated Cop
! per company, 1«\ C. Butler, president;
A. (I. Baker, secretary.
Kodiak Gold Mining company, J.
VV. Tabor, president : 1«\ A. Cornell,
secretary; E. I). Westbrook, Jr.,
Uyiik Bay, agent.
Kotsina Copper company, P. H. Mi
ners, president: I). A. McKen/Je, Val
dez, agent.
Latouohe Copper Mining company,
James Girdwood, president; VV. B.
Ifanghton, secretary; U. M. Colqu
houn, Latouohe, agent.
Latouohe Island Copper Mltdng
company, Ltd., Jas. A. Murphy, pres
ident; S. T. WillianiH, secretary; S.
A. Crandall, agent
Latoucho Alaska Copper company,
Blarney Stevens, agent.
Landlook Bay Chopper Mining com
pany, W. A. Uystrom, agent.
Latotiohe Consolidated Copper com
pany, A. VV. Tibbltt, presldont; P. J.
l'erine, secretary; J. II. Denny, La
tonehe, agent.
Latonehe Extension Mining compa
ny, H. K. Brown, presldont; P. P.
GrafYHn, seerot-ary; J. O. Buzard,
agent.
Moosehcad Fiflhlng & Mining com
pany, Jay Dcmlng, president; CI. M.
Murphy, secretary;.
Mother Lode Copper Mines compa
ny, C. L. Warner, president; J. J.
Godfrey,secretary; John Mlllor, Val
dez, agent.
Miners Klvor Copper & Nickel Min
ing company, Harden Smith, Valdez,
agent.
Mineral Hill Copper Mining compa
ny, A. S. McDowell, Valdez, agent.
Nlzlna Copper company, Alvah
Ames, Valdez, agent.
Nleobii Mining company, Dan S.
Kaln, secretary; Stephen Birch, Val
dez, agent.
Northwestern Development At Min
ing company, II. L. Mlllls, president;
J. M. Wlestllng, secretary.
Northern Copper company, Krtmtmd
Smith, agent,
One-Man Mining company, Rogers
H. Bacon, president; John M. Nu
gent, secretary; W. A. Dickey, Land
lock, agent.
Port Dick Mining & Power compa
ny, R. It. Brown; P. P. Grifllin; .J. ().
Buzard, Hope, agent.
Prince Willium Sound Mining com
pany, E. J. F. Home, president; Al
len Hill, Hocretary; A. L. Levy, agent.
Ready Bullion Copper company,
James Carroll, president; William H.
Gorham, secretary; Nathan P. White,
Sunrise, agent.
Revenue Mining company, H. C.
Thompson, president; W. H. Cave
Hocretary; JidiiiH Thompson, Cape
Yaktag, agent.
Rainbow Creek Mining company,
N. M. Graybill, president; W. H. Reid,
Hocretary; Myron. R. Davis, Hope,
agent.
Royal Gold Mining company, Rd
imind Smith, agent.
Russell-Hall Copper Mining compa
ny. John P. Pay, president; A. H.
Sehutt, secretary.
Seattle-Alaska Copper company, G.
W. Terwilliger, president; Jos. Bjorn,
secretary; H. B. Prince, Latonche,
agent.
Standard Copper Mines t ompany.
Sound Copporcompany, T. H. Bean,
president; P. J. Franklin, secretary;
(5. G. Van Hook, agent.
Taral Copper company, Wm, M.
Mackintosh, president; C. R. Bogard
ns, secretary; W. L. Lovejoy, Rlla
mar, agent.
Throeman Mining company, Rogor
H. Bacon, proHldont; Duncan Rd
wards, secretary; W. A. Dickoy,
agent.
Valdez, Copper Mining company, T.
M. Daniels, agent.
Valdez Hydraulic & Gold Mining
company, John Lyons, president; W.
M. Finical, sooretary.
Valdoz-Nlzlna Mining oompany, R.
J. Chase, president; T. M. Young,
secretary; F. M. Brown, agent.
The Chugach national forest, conti
guous to Valdez, was created In Do
comhor, 1906, but no forest supervisor
was sont here until February, 1907,
when H. N. Conrad was piacod In
chargo, with headquarters In Valdez,
Mr. Conrad has an assistant in the
person of Lago Wernstedt, stationed
at Cordova. Sinoe assuming the du
ties of his office tho supervisor has
disposed of 12,000,000 feot of timber.
There is much good tlmbor land with
in the oonflnosof tho reservation, and
within a short time rangers will bo on
patrol in the various soctlons for Its
protection.
The following boats operate on
Prlnco William sound, Valde* being
the home port of the groator number:
Steamer Elsie; launches Agnes, Flirt,
Three M, Galena, N. A S., Rlvtra,
Brighton, Union, Copper Nugget, No.
1, Minn, Olga, Pandora, Anita, Chase,
Pansy, Tumwater, Idler, Sklddoo, Em
ma, Hazel, Helen, Happy Jack, Put
Put, Island Belle, Irmgard, Senate,
Racine, Elena, Mush, and many oth
ers unnamed.
Owning Claims Recognized
Among Best in Entire
Sound Country.
In the latter part, of June, 1007,
Charles Hchloaaer, who Iihh boon in
thiH section of Alaska for many years,
and 1h ono of the most intelligent and
highly-esteemed prospectors <»f the
Prince William Hound district, dis
covered the properties which now
constitute the mineral holdings of the
Fidalgo-Alaska Copper company. Im
mediately after his discovery and lo
cation of the property, Schlosser re
turned to Vnldez and reported liis
And. Knowing Hehlosaer so well and
favorably, his report of tho extent
and character of his discoveries crea
od quite an excitement in and about
Valde/,, and many prospecting part ies
were at once organized and rushed to
Fldalgo bay, the point of such discov
ery.
j Hchlosser had several offers for his
property, but he was so thoroughly
satisfied of the great value and rich
ness of the ore deposits that he de
clined all offers.
Tho firm of Ostrandcr & Donohoc,
old and stanch friends of Hchlosser,
howovor, proposed a plan for hand
ling and developing the property,
which was approved by him, and the
necepsary papers were then prepared
and signed,
Mr. Hchlosser, accompanied bv Mr.
Donohoc and 01 W. Harrington, tho
well-known mining engineer, immedi
ately returned to Fldalgo bay for the
purpose of making a thorough exam
ination of and more accurately defin
ing and marking the boundaries of
of tho claims theretofore located, and
to locate adjoining ground, all of
which was done upon their arrival,
and within as short a t ime as possible
thereafter.
Tho examination of the oro crop
pings, made by Harrington af, this
time absolutely convinced him that
the property was of very great, value,
and that In all human probability
would ultimately be developed into a
mine rivalling the great "Honanza"
or "Beat«onM mine on Latouoho
Island.
Upon returning to Valdost, Hchloss
er, Ostrandor Si Donohoo, carrying
out tho terms of the agreement there
toforo entered Into between thorn,
organized tho Fldalgo Alaska Copper
company under tho laws of Alaska,
T. J. Donohoo being elected presi
dent; Charles Hchlosser, vice-presi
dent, and J. Y. Ostrandor, secretary
of the oompany.
Funds wore immediately provided
I for making a more thorough examin
ation of the property to the end that
i| a plan of permanent development
be adopted and the property opened
iii> at t Ik* earliest practicable time.
The incorporators of the company,
with Mr. Harrington, then proceeded
to the property and remained there
several days. Mr. Harrington did not
return to Valdez with the party, but
remained and explored the property,
measuring up the ore croppiugH, ex
amining conditions, etc. Upon his re
turn to Valdess he made a report to
the company, and upon this report,
and the recommendations accompa
nying the same, t he future develop
ment work was mapped out, and with
but slight deviations the plans then
adopted have since been carried out.
From the ore samples taken by Har
rington assays word made showing
the ore to be a very high grade ehal
copyrite. All samples were taken by
cross-section across the small veins
or croppings and the assays show the
average value of the ore in each ease
across the' entire vein or cropping.
Result of assays: 0 feet, 5.81 per cent
copper; 20 feet, r>. 11 copper; 13 feet,
17.09 copper; 9.2 feet, 22.80 copper;
12 feet, 0.02copp3r; .1.5 foet, 12.75cop
por, and a selected sample, 27.74 per
cent, copper.
All the claims located by Hehlossor.
and the claims located thereafter by
Donohoc, Hehlossor and Harrington
have been added to and are now own
ed by the company, and to avoid any
possible controversy or complication
in the title, five adjoining locations
were purchased by the company.
The company now owns 20 contigu
ous claims, the title to which is freo
from any possible cpiestlon or entan
glement. The expenses of all exami
nation and development work to this
time, aud the purchase prico of the
claims bought by the company,
amounting to several thousand dol
lars, was paid by tho original Incor
porators.
About the 1st of September, 1907,
for the purpose of securing the funds
necessary to carry out the plan of de
velopment work recommended by Mr.
Harrington aud adopted by the com
pany, it was decided to placo upon
the local V aid or, market 25,000 shares 1
of the treasury stock of the company
at 50 cents per share, tho par value
being $1,00 per share. Within 24 hours i
of the time of opening the suhscrlp- i
tlon list- the entire Issuo was sub
scribed. Indeed, the subscription* i
tendered exceeded the stock offered I
some 10,000 shares. 1
'i bis was no doubt duo to the fact
that tho property had been visited by j
a great number of the residents and '
prospectors of Valdoz, all of whom <
gave the most enthusiastic report of <
tho great value and richness of tho -
same. <
Mr. Harrington, who had thoreto- 1
fore boon elected tho mining suporin- ,
tendent of the company, and had a I
substantial Interest In tho company, <
was placed In ent ire charge of the de- 1
velopmont work, and from that time «
September, 1907, to October, 1908, «
had a force of men under Ins super
vision employed in opening up the
property. During this time over $15,
000 lias been expended, aiul the work
accomplished is as follows: About
800 feet of tunnel, a large amount of
open cut work and stripping of over
burden, exposing ore bodies; a good
trail, three quarters of a mile long,
swamped and graded; two log ore
houses 14x17 and 16x2S; two ore sheds
16x24, blacksmith shop 10x14 and bunk
and cook house 16x44 with woodshed
12x16.
The development work, so far as it
has progressed, has proven highly sat
isfactory, and, while the large ore
chute has not been reached, hasdom
onstrated the great value and extent
of the copper deposits.
Mr. Harrington, the engineer in
charge of the mine, who has had many
years' experience in such work, Is
very enthusiastic over the present
conditions and outlook; so much so
indeed, that he accepts his salary in
the stock of the company at its pres
ent markot value—50 cents per sluiro.
In the course of development ore
has been encountered in quantity,
showing high values,
In the middle tunnel, which is 250
feet bolow tho apex, cross-section
samples were taken and assayed as
follows: 5 feet, 10.40 per cent cop
per; 0 feet, 10.30 per cent; 4 feet, 12
per cent copper; 6 feet 6 inches, 7.50
por cent; 7 feot, 5 per cont; 1 foot,
11.30 per cent; 3 feet, 9.10 per cent;
feet, 16.70 por cent; 12 feet, » per
cent.
Samples from South tunnel assayed
16 por cent copper; samples from the
oast and lower tunnels assayed 12 per
cent and 7.20 por cent respectively.
There is, at the present timo in
dght, capable of being measured,
many thousands of tons of very high
ifrade ore, and present conditions ful
ly warrant tho recommendations made
by Mr. Harrington that the mine be J
placed upon a shipping basis.
Following out tho suggestions of
Vfr. Harrington, tho company will in
&ho early spring, install tho following
mprovemonte so that mining may be
carried on economically and the prop
erty more thoroughly and systematic
ally developed.
Tho present workings of the mine
ire situated 2,000 feet from the beach,
it an elevation of 1000 foet. Deep
ivator, navigable by the largest vos
tels is found within 100 feet of the
>oaeh, and the harbor is unexcelled
>y any in Alaska.
A working tunnel will bodrlvon 500
'eot below tho apex of the veins,
which will give about 800 foet in the
>ro horizontal and 500 feet perpendi
cular. At, the mouth of this tunnel a
100-ton ore bunker will be built. This
will be connected with a 600-ton hun
ter at the beach by an aerial tram.
V wharf will bo constructed at the
>eaoh that the ore may bo loaded up
>n vessels by gravity, thus saving
nueh expense In the handling of the
>re* A building will also be construct
ed at the beach where all ore may be
RAILROAD BUILDER
GIVES HIS OPINION
Contractor Nelson Says Sum
mit Can Be Reached on
1.1-2 Per Cent Grade
George W. Nelson, a railroad con
tractor of large experience, is willing
to go on record as Haying that a rail
road starting one mile below Wort
man's roadhouse in Keystone canyon
can reach the summit of Thompson's
pass on a 1 % per cent grade. This
could he done by running the line in
the form of a horseshoe to reach the
top of the big hill. NcIhou'h experi
ence as a railroad builder entitleH his
opinion to consideration. Heretofore
the lowest estimate of the grade to
reach the summit was 2 per cent. Nel
son also states that a railroad from
Valdez to tho interior is by far the
least expeiiHive to build, in that the
natural difficulties to bo ovorcome
are much loss. No glaciers impede
the way, no large and expensive
bridges are necessary, the only real
obstacle being the construction of the
road over Thompson's pass, which in
tho language of M. J. Henoy, "does
not show sufficient engineering diffi
culties as to be interesting," and
which Is but a little more than 2,000
foot above sea lovol. As stated be
fore, this can bo roachod by a switch
back on a 1)^ per cent grado. Nelson
maintains that the cost of building a
railroad to tho interior would not ex
ceed from $12,000 to $15,000 per mile
on an average. Nolson was formerly
associated with tho big railroad con
tractors, Orman & Crook, In work in
Colorado; built 60 miles of roadbed
for tho Hock Island in Now Mexico;
constructed tho Northern Pacific from
Montosano to Ooosto, a distance of 42
miles, In company ;wlt.h Contractor
Patten; was gonoral superintendent
of the Klamath Lake railroad In
Northern California; built the street
car line In Abordoen; out tho lower
Cascade canal, 60 miles long, and has
had various other big contracts, the
last of which was on tho Alaska
Home railroad.
sampiod and assayed before ship
ment.
Tho property is covered with a very
superior growth of spruce and hem
lock timber, suitable for all purposes.
Tho situation of this properly, its
proximity to a fine harbor, the pres
ence of an inexhaustible supply of
timber, the favorable situation for
development., and the great amount,
of high grade ore now exposed at so
small at expense, have convinced all
who have investigated the matter,
that the property of the Fldalgo-Alas
ka Copper company is destined to be
come one of the great, mines of the
Prince William district, one that will
add very greatly to the wealth of th*
country. ,