ILATOUCHE MINE CLOSED
DOWN; ORE IS GONE
(Anchorage Times.)
Suspension of mining operations at
itlie Latoache properties of the Ken
necott Copper Corporation, which was
^announced by cable several weeks
;ago, has been followed by virtual
abandonment of the island copper
<camp, according to C. W. Wagner,
well known resident of Anchorage,
who returned to the city recently.
Mr. Wagner spent 14 months at La
touche' in the capacity of steward,
having charge of the company’s large
ness operations.
Declining copper prices speeded
;he closing of the Latouche workings,
Mr. Wagner rays, and because of the
: small amount of workable ore re
maining in the mines it is very doubt
ful if work ever will be resumed
ithere. It is estimated that there is
.only,about three months’ ore in the
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3&&tso:: mine, and the condition of!
rie La iy smith property is such that!
m.n ng is not profitable there. When i
the work was suspended, November
29, the pumps were pulled and the
workings are being permitted to fill
with water. The rails olso weee taken
out and preparations made for the
permanent abandonment of the camp.
There are about 20 people at La
touche now, but late in January there
will be only two watchmen and a
wireless operator. A considerable part
of the equipment is being shipped to
the company’s Kennecott camp.
After the Latouche camp had been
closed Mr. Wagner made a trip to
Kennecott to have a look at the min
ing activities there. He found the
Jumbo, Mother Lode and Bonanza
mines working, with about 250 men
employed, and he was informed that
there is plenty of ore there to keep
the work going for an indefinite time.
Operations are being carried on at
about the usual scale, but no addi
tions are being made to the working
force. The men who were thrown
out of work at Latouche have had to
look elsewhere for employment, and
it is the opinion of Mr. Wagner that
a considerable number of them event
ually will locate in the railroad belt.
He found the Kennecott compsaiy a
splendid organization to work for.
Miners also liked to work there, and
there were some among the crew who
had been on the payroll many years.
There was almost always a job there
for an old-time Alaskan.
There are many fine buildings at
Latouche, the number including about
30 cottages, in addition to the large
dormitories, mess buildings and other
mine structures.
ISLANDER GOLD ALAIN
ELUDES SAL'. AGE CREW
For another Christma at least, the
gold on the ill-fated steamship
! Islander, which sank 20 .. ars ago off
the southern end of Douglas Island,
will remain locked in the barnacled
craft on the floor of the sea, more]
| than 60 fathoms beneath .he surface,
j The treasure seekers who have been
trying for three years to raise the
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sunken wealth have suspended their
efforts for the winter .and will not re
new operations until next spring.
A buoy bas been anchored over the
wreck to comply with United States
law for the preservation of salvage
rights. The barge Bremerton, aboard
of which is the diving bell and other
equipment, was moored in Oliver in
let, five miles distant, where it will
be kept safe from destructive storms
until needed again, soys the Juneau
Empire.
Captain C A. Hayes and Raymond
Wiley, both of whom have been prom
inently identified with the wealtn re
gaining vent ire v. ill remain win the
Bremerton atic. sec that the title- «\>'V
<tajs in place.
financial supporters of the enter
prise, and most of the salvage work
ers, have left for Seattle. Captain
C. H. Wiley, who devised the bell
that has been used to explore the
wredk, and who has done most of the
diving throughout the entire period
otf operations, is still in Juneau.
For the purpose of moving pic
tures, the diving be! containing Fred
Ordway, photographer, was lowered
over the side of the Bremerton in
water 30 feet deep at Oliver inlet,
and he took views uf Captain Wiley
and Captain Hayes, dressed in rub
ber suits, as they walked around the
bell in the clear water at the bottom
of the inlet.
Suspension of operations on the
wreck was occasioned by stormy
weather.
Estimates of gold on the Islander
vary between $500,000 and $3,000,000.
Several thousand dollars’ worth of
gold and a fe wdiamonds set in jew
elry have been recovered from .per
sonal effeetts in explored staterooms,
but the safe and strongboxes of the
vessel have not been located.
The craft, carrying a large number
of miners from the Klondike with
their season’s cleanups of precious
metal, sank suddenly in September,
1901, with a known loss of 70 lives.
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Will be in Flat Early
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It was insured by Lloyds of London
for $1,000,000. The insurance was
paid, but its amount, in the opinion
of many persons, is not indicative of
the treasure aboard the ship.
CHRIS PETERSEN’S BIRTHDAY.
Chris Petersen, popular Takotnan,
reached another milestone on lifers
highway a few days ago, an event
which was made the occasion for a |
gathering of his many friends at a1
largely attended party at Pioneer
Hall. Dancing, of course, was the
big feature, the merry throng en
joying themselves until.a late hour.
At the midnight hour an excellent
lunch was served. Mr. Petersen’s
guests were: John Griffin, Johnson
Sozov, Gerald Froelich, Owen Gray j
Warren Alford, Robert E. Lowrie,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Taylor, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Oates, Miss Beth Marie An
derson, Nels P. Anderson, Mr., and
Mrs. John Rieck, Miss Heen Rieck, j
Miss Elsie Rieck, Miss Mary Mc
Lean, Mr. and Mrs. James Weir,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Guskey, Mr.
and Mrs. Ivar Chilstrom, Carl Fromm
of Poorman, Michael Hochriter, Mrj
and Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt,, Mr. and
Mrs. D. E. Clough, Charlie Nichols,
James Downey, Charles Konig, Frank
Larson, Bert Goodpaster, Ernie Gove,
Andy White, A. X. Grant; and then
the younger set, including the Misses
Grace and Betty Taylor, Vera Chil
strom, Viola Chilstrom, Margaret
Clough, Master Freddie Oates.
Sheet Metal Work
Olson Heaters
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Blacksmithing
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