Attractions
at Theatres
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ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT
COLISEUM—James Kirkwood and
Ann Forrest In "The Great Imper
sonation.”
COMING ATTRACTIONS
COLISEUM—Ethel Clayton in “Her
Own Money."
PALACE—Priscilla Dean in "Con
flict.”
BIG PRODUCTION AT
COLISEUM LAST TIME
James Kirkwood, who scored so
great a hil in "The Wise Fool" some
Time ago, is the featured played in
George Mclford’s Paramount picture
production of "The Groat Imporsina
tion,” ibased on J. Phillips Oppen
heim's novel of the same name, at
the Coliseum tonight for the last
time.
Mr. Kirkwood has a dual role in
■this picture, and in the course of
tho action ho is called upon to do
some highly dramatic work. ,Mr.
Kirkwood is seen as an Englishman
and a German and when the latter,
who is a spy in the employ of the
Kaiser, causes the Englishman to l.e,
presumably slain so that he.may as
sume his name and station, thrilling
incidents ensue. There is a surpris
ing finish to the story.
Ann Forrest, who played opposite
Mr. Kirkwood in "The Wise Fool.”
has the leading woman's role in "The
Great Impersonation.” Winter Hail,
Truly Shattuck, Fontaine La Rue,
Alan Hale and other noted screen
players are in the supporting cast.
TOM MOORE AT
PALACE LAST TIME
"From the Ground Up," a Goldwyn!
•picture by Rupert Hughes, was
shown at the Palace The.ater last
night and is on again for the last
time tonight. it is a captivating
comedy with the sm'iling Tom Moore!
in the leading role of Terence Gilu i
ley, a ditch-digger. Those who re
member Mr. Moore as a whitewing
in "Hold Your Horses,” may get
some idea of this actor's inimitable
Celtic grin. But he has more than
that. Mr. Glluley’s rise in the world
brings cares he did not know in his
digging days. He begins to have
worries-^money and a woman. How
ever, as the woman is Helene Chad
wick, Mr. Moore did not get the sym
pathy of their reviewer. He knew
that the beautiful Helene would come
around in time—and she did. fyit
until she discovered the great lover |
In her admirer, Terence Giluley put. |
in some doleful days and nights.
ETHEL CLAYTON AT
COLISEUM TOMORROW
For “Her Own Money,” Ethel Clay
ton’s new Paramount picture, which
comes 'to the Coliseum Tuesday and
Wednesday, an excellent cast of sup
porting players has been provided.
Warner Baxter, playing the role of
Lew' Alden, heads the list. Mr. Bax
ter has played with Justine Johnston
hnd other stars. Mae Busch, who
played loads to Eddie Foy and was
one of the earlier queens of Key
stone comedy, will be seen in an im
portant feminine role. Charles
French, playing an interesting char
acter, is a veteran screen actor and
has appeared with some of the most
noted stars of the silversheet, in- j
eluding Nazlmova, Charles Ray, Dor-'
othy Dalton, Tom Mix. William a !
Hart and William Russell. Clarence|
Burton, one of the most talented of
screen heavies, will play another,
characteristic villain role. Mr. Bur-!
ton’s recent work in “Forbidden j
Fruit” and other Paramount Pic !
tures won general approval. The|
cast is further augmented .by Jean
Acker and Roscoe Karns.
"CONFLICT” COMING
TO PALACE TUESDAY
'Priscilla 'Dean, tho popular star of
* Outside the Law” and ‘Reputation,’’
will ibe seen at the Palace Theater
Tuesday in her newest and greatest
picture, “Conflict.” produced under
'Stuart Paton. It comes to the screen
w-ith one of the strongest easts ever:
nssem'bled to support a popular star.'
It was only after considerable dif-:
fleulty that Herbert Rawlinson was!
obtained to play the principle role;
opposite the star. Straight from his
success in “The Four Horsemen of,
the Apocalypse," Edward Connelly
was chosen for the leading character
role—the Interpretation of the subtle'
“John Remalio" of the story. Mar-'
•tha Mattox was engaged to portray
the part of Miss Labo, the grim and
silent housekeeper, and Stuart Patop
considers her work one of the most!
distinctive characterizations ever
screened.
In addition ‘to these well-known I
players aro to ho seen Hector Sarno, i
L. C. Shumw^y, Sam Allon and Capt. i
C. E. Anderson, all with a large;
screen following, and each admirably
suited to the individual roles.
Jahies E. Sayles has organized and
will build a new rannery at Ketchi
kan. Sayles was formerly with the
Northwestern Fisheries Company.
MOOSEHEART MEETING.
——
The next regular meeting of tho
Women of the Moegpheart Legion
will be held at Moose Hall Wednes
day, Jan. 3, at 8 P. M. Installation
of off'cers and initla’ion. Ail mem
bers urged to be present.
MRS. S. W^LLSTEDT,
—Senior Regent.
MASQUERADE \ BALL.
Monday night at A N. B. Hall
at 7:30. Admission 50c. Music byi
Alaska Juneau Band. —adv.
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THE QUTTA-LUCK CLUB
By DOK WILLARD t f
MINES' OUTPUT
FOR LAST YEAR
SHOW INCREASE
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for not be over rated, but it at least
indicates the magnitude of the true
figures, and it certainly shows that
the Alaska placers are by no means
approaching exhaustion.
Instructive Comparison
In this connection an instructive
comparison may be made 'between
the placer mining in Alaska and that
in the Klondike distfict, in the €an
adian Yukon. During the eight year:
of bonanza placer mining ending
about 1905 this district produced
1107,000,000 in gold. It was then
generally believed that the days of
placer mining there were about over,
but by use of hydraulic and dredg
ing plants the district his since pro
duced gold worth more than $70,000,
000. Yet compared with placer min
ing In the Klondike, placer mining
in Alaska Is but in its infancy.
Though the outlook for large-scale
placer mining in Alaska is very en
couraging, yet it cannot be denied
that in many districts the day of
profftable small operations is rap
idly passing. Where the rich placers
have been mined out, as they have
been in many camp s, the individual
operator who has little or no capi
tal cannot profyitably exploit- the de
posits of lower grade. If such de
posits are large enough they will be
worked by more economical methods,
but if not, the work on them must
be abandoned. It is also clear that
the operatiohs of large companies
will not support settlements that
have been built up on the returns
from bonanza mining. A dredge em
ploying say 15 men may do the work
of several hundred, with consequent
loss to the local community. In
many districts this loss will be more
than offset by the business developed
through lode mining or other new
industries. Some settlements, how
ever. are bound to decline and some
will be entirely abandoned.
The interests of placer mining ran
bo ‘best served by affording cheaper
transportation and fuel, a fact shown
by the stimulating effect on pi., or
mining of only one year's operation
of the Alaska Railroad. The ufe of
many o'f the districts in whi h the
operations are small can be much
prolonged by the building of wagon
roads, which at the same flm > at
tract enterprises requiring larg ; capi
tal.
Operations in 1922
About 560 Alaska piawer mines,!
during tha summer of 1922, and!
employing 1,900 men, were operated
about 100, employing 300 men, during!
the previous winter. Theso mines!
produced gold to the value ot $4,100,
000. in 1922 a much larger number
of men—a bout 600—were employed
than have been employed ror sev-1
eral years in the past in Installing!
large mining plants that ar-> as vet'
unproductive. For this reason the
estimated reduction of $125,000 in
the value of placer gold output in
1922 as compared with 1921 is not
significant. It ft certain that when
ihe plants now being installed are
operated the ou’put of placer gold
will be increased; it will be larger
in 1923 thar, *t was in 1922. New
that the mi ms of transportation are
improving and it is 'becoming recog
nised that there are large areas of
dredging ground in Alaska, this for.n
of mining is being more widely Pic
tended. In the summer of 19:2,
after rwa years of systematic pros
pecting, two dredges, the largest ia
Alaska, were built at Nome, with
nine cubic foot buckets and 40 ani
60-foot ladders. A strong company
was also engaged In extensive pros
pecting of dredging ground in the
Fairbanks district. During the sum
mer a dredge was being taken to
Ga nes Creek, in the Innoko district,
ant another to Minook Creek, in
the Rampart district, so that four
new gold dredges will be Installed in
Alaska in 1923. In 1922, 23 dredges
produced gold worth about $1,530,000;
in 1921, 24 dredges produced gold
worth $1,582,520. Of ihe 23 dredges
operated in 1922, 16 were in Seward
Peninsula; two each in the Iditarod
and Fairbanks districts; one each in
the Tnnoko, Mount McKinley (Upper
Kuskokwim). and Yentna (Susitna)
districts. Tha dredges in Seward
Peninsula produced about $650,000
worth of gold in 1922.
For many years the Alaska gold
Oold Lode*
lode mining industry was based al
most entirely on the Treadwell prop-1
erties, in the Juneau district. The!
profitable exploitation of the large j
Treadwell ore body, containing no; '
more than $2.50 wortn of gold to the j
ton, long ago proved that the cost!
of mining in Tidewater Alaska was.
not necessarily excessive. • This,
very profitable venture led to the'
development of two other large ore j
bodies of the district—the Alaska,
Juneau and the Perseverance. Thej
content of gold in these ores is much j
lower than that in the Treadwell I
ore, but this handicap, it was be-|
lieved, could be offset by the use of
cheaper methods of mining and mill- j
ing. The Perseverance (Alaska Gas-,
tineau) plant was completed in 191B.J
and the Alaska-Jtinea u plant in 1917'
and therefore, at the very outset had I
to contend with the adverse Indus-!
trial conditions caused by the war. |
In addition, they encountered other
difficulties, due to irregularity in the i
distribution of the gold in the ore;
body, as well as to handicaps in min- i
ing and milling. As a consequence, i
the Perseverance mine was finally
closed In 1921, though the Alaska- j
Juneau increased its output in 1922 [
over that of 1921. In 1917 the dls-:
aster at the Treadwell properties—
the caving and flooding of two of1
the three large mines—caused the
abandonment of three of the five
largo mines in the Juneau district,
and reduced the value of the annual
output of gold from $4,570,000 in
1916 to $1,600,000 in 1922. The most
encouraging fact about the Alaska
lode-mining industry is that the loss
of output from the large Juneau gold;
mines has already been made up in j
part by the output of smaller mines,
in other districts. This fact Is shown '
by he total output of lode gold in I
Alaska, which in 1916 had a value'
(<f $5,900,000 and in 1922 a value of
about $3,600,000. The reduction of
output in 1922 in all Alaska was
therefore only 40 per cent, whereas
the reduction in the Juneau district'
was 65 per cent.
The above facts are cited because'
many believe that the closing of
some of the Juneau mines means the1
end of any considerable quartz min
ing In Alaska, but in 1922 develop-]
ment and prospecting of hard rock
gold deposits were active in every
Alaska lode district accessible from
railroad or tidewater.
In Juneau District
Though the gold-silver deposits of
:he Salmon River district are slii
jnproductive, the outlook for profit
able mining there is good. The mines
!n the Juneau district are being
more actively developed now than i
hey have been for several years. O.i >
Chichagof Island, in the Sitka dU-j
iriet, one additional mine—taa Hirst-J
Chichagof—began producing in 1922. i
ind several other properties are be-|
ng developed. The small gold mines ]
in Prince William Sound will prob-i
ibly soon profit by »he cheap coal
Die Willow Creek district, now ac-j
burnished from the Matanuska field. ■
lessihle by railroad and by guodjj
roads, is making excellent progressj;
in lode mining. In 11*22 the value
jf the output from the seven small i
mines of the district was about J
►275,000; in 1921 It wa3 $118,000, but'
more important is the fact that at j
last systematic underground ex
ploration has begun. In the Fair-1
hanks district the completion of the'
Alaska Railroad and the assurance of
.comparatively cheap fuel from 'Ne
aana coal field has stimulated lode
levelopment. Five mines and pros-;
pects produced gold to the value of
»bout $50,000 in 1922, as compared
with $38,000 in 1921. In the Fair
banks district there are at least a
more of lode properties which under
present conditions are worthy of
further exploration. The tacts stated ’
show clearly that gold quartz mining
in Alaska is now Increasing. Its1
development will be slow, for in all
the districts much systematic under-1
ground work must tie done before 1
reduction plants can be profitably!
installed, and then only In listricts'
that are accessible at least by wagon :
roads.
Silver-Lead Deposits
Mo marked advances were made
*n 1922 in the development of de
posits of galena. The Moonshine
property, in the Ketchikan district,
long idle, was again opened up. Work
on the lodes of the Salmon River
district (Portland Canal), which
carry high content of silver, has al
ready been noted. In the Kantishne .
ores continued with encouraging r9- i
district the prospecting of galena |
suits, -but systematic underground
exploration must await the construe-,
tien, already begun, of wagon roads;
to the Alaska Railroad. So far as j
now known, no galena deposits were>
mined in 1922 except at the Perst-ver-!
ante claim, in the Ruby J'stnc*.
The output from this prop ,-ty anil
the by-products front t:i .Juneau
mines appear to have b i the
iourco of the entire produ • io 1 of
icad in Alaska in 1922. Thu sdver
produced in 1922, estimated it 7(0
Clrt) ounces, was in part derived from
this galena deposit and wa in part
a by-product of gold and copper min
ing.
Copper Mining
The production of a iarfca output
of copper in Alaska began with the
opening of the Kennecott mines, in
1911. In the succeeding four years |
the annual output averagud 25, •00,000 j
pounds. By 1917, under the stimulus )
Of war prices, the output had been
increased to 119,S54,000 pounds. In
consequence of the slump in the I
copper market, the annual output of:
the metal in Alaska has gradually
decreased, erfiching its lowest point '
in 1921, when it was 57,000,000 i
pounds. In spite of the continued
low price of copper, th? output in!
1922 was about 6S.000.nn0 pounds, j
Alaska has now produced a total of|
740,000.000 pounds of copper.
Most of the copper mined in 1922
was obtained from the thr m large
mines of the Kennedott group, iu
t lie Chitina Valley, and from the
Beatson-llonanza mine, on Prince i
William Sound. In 1922, as in many 1
other years, copper was produced!
also at the Rush & Brown mine. In j
Hie Ketchikan district. A small oig-!
put of copper was also nudu from!
mines in the Upper Kuskokwim Val-1
ley and in some other districts. The
low price of the metal has prevented 1
the owners of many small mines I
from renewing operations, but there |
was some renewal of interest in pros
pecting copper lodes in 1922, notably.
In the Chitina Valley. The advance
in the price of copper will Undoubt
edly vivify copper mining activities
in Alaska.
Coal
The mining of Alaska coal for the
local market was continued in the
Matanuska, N'enana and Cook Inlet
fields, and In a very small way iu
same other places. Though only
about 60,000 tons were mined, even
this amount has been a great boon
to some communities and mining dis
tricts. For many years the Alaska
metal mining Indus ry was handi
capped 'by being fori id to pay heav
ily for its fuel, no local coal being
available. It is now certain that
metal mining In th. districts near:
the Alaska Railroad, ,is well as those!
af Prince William Sound, will b% ill
rectly benefitted by ihe opening of
the coal fields.
Most of the coal produced was
taken from the Evan Jones mine, in
the Matanuska field, and from the
H’.ily mine, in the Nenana field. At
the Evan Jones mine work was tem
porarily suspended In November on
account of u fire, which was after
ward reported to be under control.
Some mining was done also at the
Baxter mine, tn the same field. The
Healy mine was 'worked until August,
when work was suspended because
the company decided to transfer its
operations to property on the east
side of the Nenana, with which rail
connections were made late in the
fall by a three-mile spur from the
Alaska 'Railroad. Some coal was i
also mined in this field by the Broad
Pass Development Company.
The Naval Coal Commission in
1»22 discontinued its exploratory
work in I he Matanuska field. Sev
eral thousand tons of coil was
cleaned at the Government washery
and shipped from this field in 11)22
for use in a naval steaming test.
This will be the first washed coal
from this field to be thus tested. A
small shipment Tor a similar test was
also made from 4he Carbon Crook
mine, in the Bering River field. The
most Important event of the year in.
th ? Bering River field was die'ex
t aslon of the tracks of the narrow
gauge railroad which is intended l i
conni ct several of the leaseholds of
coal land w'i'th Controller Bay. Rend
ing die completion of this railroad \
development work in the-o coal |
tracts has been slight. |
The coal mining done during the’
year has relieved the most urgent
need for cheaper fuel in Central A1
asks, and has shown tile great vain;
of the coal for local use. The ques
tion whan Aiasfca^ high-grade coal
can be mined for export has not yet
been settled. Much more under
ground exploration will have to be
dona to develop sufficient coal to
JuzMfy the hope for an export mar
ket.
Petroleum
In August, 1922, two steamers i
landed equipment for drilling at :
Pottage Bay, in the- Coal Bay oil i
field, on Alaska Peninsula. -The i
town of Kanatak, at the head of i
Portage Bay, was changed in a short i
time from a settlement of from 10
to 15 whites to a boom town with j
tents, cabins and frain3 building) I
numbering a hundred or more, and |
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F1 I C K L TT'
F3 A L /V C iCi
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday
LAST TIME TONIGHT
BIG
THRILLS
New Year's All Comedy Show
Pathe Review and Topics
Four Acts of Vod-a-Vil
never before;
shown on any
screen I
CaiiLaemmle
prewit#
MR. W. 0. CULVER IN
NEW SONGS
PRISCILLA
DEAN
Goldwyn Presents
TOM MOORE
and the girl of his heart in
“FROM THE
GROUND UP"
Rupert Hughes Comedy in 6 parts
“SNEAKERS”
In her
Greatest
Triumph
JtuBtllaosil
NorthVoodf
With Neal Bunts and Dorothy
DeVore—A Christie Comedy
in two reels.
CONCERT 7 P. M.
Palace Orchestra
H. J. Brasfield, Director
from the famous
BED BOOK STORY
trOsia ‘
rOm-tfiuddlofcoKdli*:
UNIVERSAL
JEVEL
SUPER PRODUCTION
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LAST TIME
TONIGHT
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR
TONIGHT IS THE LAST SHOWING OF A WONDERFUL
PRODUCTION, A BIG PARAMOUNT FEATURE
George Tltelford
gf Ptcxfuctiori
Us? Great
Impersonation
James Ktdiuiood
Cl (paramount QHdurc
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A Burtcn Holmes Travelogue Opens the Show. . H
Orchestra concert from 7 to 7:30 o’clock. Orchestra plays §
through both shows. ~
ADMISSION—Children 20 cents, adults 40 cents, loges 50 cents.*!
Coming Tuesday—ETHEL CLAYTON in I
“HER OvVN MONEY” |
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Happy New Year to you and yours!
May 1923 be the most prosperous
year yet.
W. G. WRIGHT
Wishing you
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
and assuring you of our keen
appreciation of your good will
and patronage the past year.
PEERLESS BAKERY
127 Front Street Telephone 822