THE
VOL. II.. NO. 8
McGRATH, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1912.
PRICE 25 CENTS
VIGOROUS
PROTESTS
Plan Proposed for Rais
ing Funds for Soldiers
Bonus Causes HowL
Washington, Feb. II.—That
Obngress is putting the soldiers
bonus tax burden entirely on the
shoulders of the common people
ancU is shielding the wealthy, is
asserted in< many hundreds of
telegrams received by members
of Congress today. These mes
sages come from ,all sections of
the-eounlry* and all protest vig
orously, ugaiasfc i he form of taxa
tion outlined by the House ways
and means committee to provide
funds for the proposed soldiers
bonus.
Among other taxes-that had been
agreed upon by the House ways and
means committee for funds for the-sol
diers boo-tas legislation was a tax »of 2t
per cent on dividends profits of corpora
tions, a small parcels post tax,>a 1-cent
tax on gasoline, 25-Cents per horse
power on automobiles, an increase of 10
per cent on admissions, an increase of
5 cents a thousand on cigarettes, aDd 2
cents a pound oo-smoking and chewing
tobaccos.
7 TREATIES
SUBMITTED
Harding, in Senate Ad
dress, Makes Appeal
for Ratification.
Washington, Feb. 12. — The
arms conference- treaties, sub
mitted for ratification late today
by President Harding, are de
clared by the American delega
tion in their report to him to
rest upon a new '‘international
state of mind” which substit ute
mutual faith for suspicion.
President Harding, in his ad
dress submitting the treaties,
•said no pledge of armed inter
vention was implied.
Seven treaties were submitted.
The President, inviting approval of all
of them, declared the United States is
not pledged to anv kind of alliances,
asserting: “Either these treaties must
(have yonr cordial sanction or every
proclaimed desire to promote peace and
prevent war becomes a bellow mock
ery.”
The President said he believed- the
ratification of the treaties would mean
permanent peace in the Pacific; The
world, be said, has been hungry for a
i better relationship for centuries. The
conception of a league of nations was a
response to a manifest world hunger,
but that America was unwilling to be
part of a league of nations, Harding
observed, had been fully expressed.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The four
power treaty was the first one to be
taken up for consideration by the Sen
ate committee on foreign relations.
After a somewhat lengthy discussion
the committee ad journed till tomorrow.
GGMMiTTEE
DROPS PLAN
Other Means to Provide
Funds for Soldiers’
Bonus.
Washington, Feb. 13.—So uni
versal have been the protests to
the announced plan for financing
the proposed soldiers bonus leg
islation that the House ways and
means committee today decided
to abandon the plan, and another
method is now being considered.
Harding is unalterably opposed
to the enact ment of the special
fc&xes sffgg^sted or to return to
taxes which have been repealed,
it was stated officially today at
the White House.
ACK TO OLD
METHODS
President Declares in
Favor of Returning to
Convention System.
Washington, Feb. 12-—Presi
dent Harding, in addressing the
League of the Slate Republican
Clubs. Saturday night, declared
for the return to party conven
tion methods in national govern
ment.
“The greatest means for pub
lic service,” said the President,
“lies in the party form of gov
ernment. I crave for return of
the convention system in the Re
publican party.”
Harding’s declaration in favor
of returning to convention
methods is construed by Repub
lican leaders to mean that he is
ready to repudiate the direct
primary system.
Edison Works on 75th Birthday.
West"Orange, N*. J.—*Tnoinas A. Ed
ison is celebrating his seventy fifth
birthday by working. He told news
papermen that he had fifteen years’
more service for humanity in him.
Gold Lodes In the Upper Kuskokwim
The U. S. Geological Survey has just
published Bulletin N&. 722 E, written
by Geo. ©.Martin-, which describes the
“Gold* Lodes in the Upper Kiiskokwim
Region, Alaska ” The region near the
head of the Nixon Fork has received
the usual thorough treatment of the U.
S. Geological Survey. .
The Bulletin describes the “Discov
ery and Devaloptnent” of the region,
and under “Geographic Environment”
is mentioned the geographic position,
aoeess and settlements* relief and drain
age, vegetation, animals, and climate.
Under ‘’Geology”, the principal ter*
ranes, limestone* intrusive rooks-and'
gravels are described, and under t’Min
eral Resources” is found a general de
scription of the ore bodies as-well as a
detailed description* of the Crystal
Shaft, Keen Shaft,' Recreation Shaft,
Garnet Shaft, Whelan Shaft, Gar
met Trench, Twin Shafts, K and the
Mathews and Blackburn Prospect. At
the end, the placers of Mathews &
Brack burn, O’Malley &•: Walden anck
Whelan & Griffin are described. These
p laces are not n£w to residents of Me
Grath and1 vieioity, but to see - the* dis
trict through another pair of eves, par
ticularly those of at trained observer, is
often instructive*. says-Mr. Livingston
Wernecke. Bulletin Nb. 722 E can be
obtained free from1 the Director of the
U. S. Geological* Survey. Washington,
D. C.
- - is Order to bring the tmormation ~up
to the end of 1921, Mr. Wernecke has
ghren The Kusko Times the follow
iusr soK&faary of tb& work done on these
properties:
Whelan & Griffin Group.
The total development done on this
group of claims to the end of last year
amt unted to 1,690 feet, and consist ed
of an old shaft 100 feet deep, cow used
for an ore chute, a new shaft 211 feet
deep, and three levels,' the 40-ft.,
100 ft. and 200>ft.. with their several
drifts, crosscuts and raises. This work
has exposed two ore bodies which con
tain approximately 6.800 tons that have
an assay value of nearly $50.00 per
ton. The No. 1 sfcope has been cut out
and 1,500 tons of ore broken, by the
shrinkage method. Some of this has
been hoisted and hauled to the mill
site. In 1920, the contact of' the lime
and monaonite in this immediate vi
cinity was- explored with pits and
trenches.
Pfearaon & Strand Group.
On this group of claims 2,146 feet of
development work has- been, done in
five different shafts. The Garnet Shaft
is now 280 feet deep, and 1.286 feet of
work was done on the7(Mt., 150*ft. and
250-ft. levels, which has exposed 1,100
or 1,200 tons of ore that has- an assay
value of $60 per ton. Just now, how
ever. the prospects are-good for uncov
ering double thisamount with but little
more work. The 10fMt» level has- been
started' for this -purpose. The Recrea
4toa-Shaft is now 400 feet -deep. De
velopment work of 442 feet has proven
only a small pocket of ora. The Garnet
No. 2 shaft is 60 feet deep; the Garnet
No. 2, 50 feet; and the Crystal, 70 feet
dtoep. The last two have showing's
which mav produce some ore with a
J little prospecting: 158 feet of work Las
bren done in the Crystal, which has
uncovered another small shoot of ore
that has an assay value of $100.
Mespelt & McGowan Group.
In 1921 three shafts were sunk on
this group (one 50 feet and two 20 feet
' deep) and about 40 pits dug along the
' contact; besides these, many pits and
several shafts had been previously dug.
The ore exposed on these claims seems
to contain a higher silver content than
elsewhere along the contact. The
'highest assay was 132 ounces silver
and $22.70 gold.
The lime-monzonite contact has now
been explored for three miles along the
western margin of the monzonite stock;
time places with much care, and other
p aces only partially.
An average of 26 men were employed
e-’ery day throughout the year on all
properties.
Mr. It. F. Bullard is the resident
superintendent directing the work, and
Ben Stoltman is the mine foreman.
During 1921, 154 tons of ore was
shipped from the abcve claims to the
Tacoma smelter, which had a total
assay value of approximately $20,000,
but the net proceeds were only $11.000.
A ten-stamp mill is now being built
at the head of Ruby creek, which will
be ready to crush ore by Mav 1st of
this year. This mill will contain a
7xl0-inch jaw crusher, ten 1,260 lb.
stamps, a duplex Dorr classifier, a
5xl0-ft. tube mill and two vanners,
and the necessary grizzly, challenge
feeders, screens, plates, traps, amal
gamators, a clean-up barrel, batea, etc.
A Dorr thickener is included in the
equipment to thicken the tails for
storage and r&-use the water in the*
mill. Two 70 h. p. Scotch marine boil
ers and a 12o-h. p. Ames engine will
furnish the power. The mill is in
every way a complete self-contained
unit. It is being built under the super
vision of Douglas Mead, who has built
stamp mills from South Africa to Mc
Grath, including many of those at
Treadwell.
To recover the gold, fine grinding
and intensive amalgamation will be
practiced. The capacity of the mill
will depend upon the fineness to which
the pulp must be ground to free the
gold; the finer the grinding the lower
the capacity The estimated capacity
is between 25 and 50 tons per day .Jim
White, an experienced mill foreman
from California, will have charge of
the mill when it is operating.
To date, sufficient ore has not been
found to justify a leaching plant for
the copper, and a cyanide plant for
that gold which may get into the tails.
_TJfie tails imm. the milL will be .stored_
at some convenient place for future
consideration.