AT ASKA MININIT MEN
WHO WENT TO SIBERIA
(Fairbanks News-Miner. >
First word from the Fairbanks
mining men who went to Siberia un
der contract with, the soviet govern
ment to instruct,' Russians in modern
mining methods came yesterday
when Fred Johnston received a letter
from his brother Jay. The latter
wrote from Irki; | k, which he had
reached after a Ion gtrip across the
Pacific and Eastern Siberia.
Traveling with. Johnston was Fred
Carlson and .Jack Hosier and the En
strom brothers were dpe soon. At
Irkutsk Johnston had the pleasure of
talking with Commander Slipnev, so
viet flyer who led the Russian expe
dition in Eielson-Borland relief work
* ‘ Idst winter and who came to Fair
banks in March.
Johnston's -letter is- printed, below.
* • The Weldon- referred to is “Red”
Weldon,i, Iditarod and Fairbanks
dredgemaster, who preceded John
ston and. Carlson to- Siberia. The
Wimmler is cNorman Wimmler, for
* mer Alaska engineer, who is now in
tire employ ,rof the Russian govern
ment and who .was instrumental in
. * hiring Fairbanks miners for work in
Siberia. The letter follows:
Fred Carlson and I got here a
week ago,. We had an uneventful
trip across from Seattle to Yokohama
with no rough weather at all. There
were very fear passengers. The ser
vice and food were excellent.
We went aipjlo. Toklyo immediate
ly after landing and were there from
8:30 a. m. to.-j6. p. m. We had our
passports vised at . the Russian con
sulate and warn to see the Russian
trade representative for information
about the country, bat he was unable
to give ti to usr. We-rode around the
city for one. .and one-half hours in a
taxi with a Jap- driver who spoke
English. It was all very interesting
and strange.
That part of Tokyo huilt up sinc%
the earthqdake is more or less on the
order of our . American cities except
the buildings are not over five or six
stories highi. There are, of course, a,
few exceptions to this rule.
The weather was awfully hot there.!
Well, at 6 p. m. we took an electric '
trfein baht to -Yokahama, where we
had left our .baggege. We bought our
tickets, ta fl’suruga. We had a lunch i
and entrained, iaboufc 9 p. m.
We both ihad upped berths—couldn’t ;
get lower-r-and so we kept on melt
* ing. At £:3"0the next morning we 1
were across the island of Japan. In.
the city of-TTsuruga we got our bag
gage through the. customs and aboard
an fll-smeHing Japanese steamer and
then went to town for eats. All we
could rustie was- toast and jam and a
few peachas:.
The steamer-pulled out at 21 p. m.,
and at noon two days later we land
ed at Vladivostok. Was surprised to
see so much shipping in the harbor.
There were 15 or 20 large ocean
going boats, with smoke coming from
.he r funnels, and there were a dozen
r more boats anchored out which are
. cobably not in commission at pres
ent.
The city has 120,000 inhabitants,
much larger than 1 expected, paved
streets, street cars, very large and
substantial brick and stone buildings
in the business section. People well
dressed, especially the women, and
here the Russians are a white race.
They look a great deal as the Finns
with an exception occasionally, a
dark Russian as we see the majority
of Russians in Alaska.
We were very busy while in Vladi
vostok, which was 31 hours. An in
terpreter met us at the boat and took
us to a hotel and looked after us
until wo. took the train for Irkutsk.
The interpreter spoke Swedish more
than he did English and it came in
handy for me to know a little Swede.
We bought a little grub to take with
us on the train and it was a gqod
thing, as the dining car was very ex
pensive.
The railroad ride to this place was
interesting. The railroad is for the
most part through country which is
being farmed almost the entire dis
tance from the coast here. Almost
Everything is raised. We were able
to buy at the different station toma
toes, cucumbers, melons very much
like casabas, berries and even ice
cream, and at each stopping place
is a water fountain where one can get
any quantity of boiling hot water, so
we would run out with our tea kettle
for hot water. We had tea quite
aften.. Coffee is used here very little
and what is sold for coffee seems to
me to be mostly chicory or roasted
grain of some sort.
We saw wonderful wheat fields,
wme herds of cattle and horses and
■luite a lqt of big white geese around
:he peasants’ homes. Most of the
'arm houses are built of peeled logs
and are quite substantial structures.
Irkutsk has at present 90,000 pop
nation. It is apparently quite an old
;own. There are over 25 churches j
lere. Most of them now are used for
>ther purposes, althqugh some of
Rem are still being used for their
>riginal purpose. They are magnifi
rent structures.
The streets are paved with “wash
gravel” placed very evenly into a
rind of cement. It makes a very dur
>ale pavement, although not as
smooth as concrete. The telegraph
»nd telephone poles are set in. the
:enter of the streets. There are
irick and flag sidewalks and some
plank walks. There arc museums,
moving pictures and parks, a yacht
:lub, a circus, playgrounds. . j
We saw a football game the other
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ni^ht and saw a circus once since we
got here. Have been taken through
the iron foundry, machine shops, in-j
dustrial school, the high technical
school and the machinery depots of
the Soyonzzoloto Company, which di
rects the activities ixf. the “State
trust for Metals.” They have charge
of all the Eastern Siberian gold min
ing district. Weldon just got bad: j
from a trip west and north, of here,
where he visited 22 dredges, all in
operation and most of the old Risden
type.
The Aldan district in the Lena
river country is whore Carlsons is.
going in about a week. There are.
four or five dredges and a few drag
lines, <>r I should say excavators^.
there, and some drift mining. Altc-i
gether this company lias about 10,000 i
employes in mining, transporting.,
constructing, etc., in the Aldan dis
trict. Operations are very extensive.
Wimmler says this district alone pro
duces as much gold as Alaska.
Weldon is going now to the lower I
Amur near the coast at the Bay of
Okhotsk, where there are three
dredges digging and two under con
struction. He will probably be there
a year or more.
Wimmler is sending me a little less
than half way hack to Vladivostok
and a little south of tne lailroad to a
district near the city of St'-yeceusk.
on the upper Amur river. Have not
got any instructions yet, but I gather
that on this trip I will probably be a
month or more as an observer of
dredges, excavators and steam thaw
ing operations underground and I am
to come back here and report. This
is surely going to be an interesting
experience. We are each to have an
interpreter with us.
Yesterday I had an hour’s visit
. ith Captain Slipnev, who is in the
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nenana .._. 00 i
Tavern Roadhouse . 17% i
Knight’s Roadhouse . 23 %
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse . 58 .. ■
Diamond Roadhouse. 76
Roosevelt . 89 j
Lake Minehumina _ 115
Trappers’ Cabin . 132
Lone Star Roadhouse . 156
Tellda Roadhouse . 169%
Slow Fork ,Roadhouse . 187
East Fork Roadhouse ...) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse . 227%
Big River Roadhouse .241
McGrath . 263
Takotna . 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse . 291
Dphir . 300
McCafferty . 306
Brown Creek shelter cabin _318
Fritz shelter cabin . 333
First Chance shelter cabin _ 346
Schermeyer R. H. . 360
Iditarod _ 376.
Flat _ 384
Bonanzza aneler cabin, 12 miles,
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from Bonanza.
Pioneer
s
t Shop —
V
Blacksmith,
Machine and
all kinds of
Sheet Metal
Work
Safetys
Stoves
■j
ROBERT LOWRIE
Proprietor
city for a few days, after which he 1
leaves for Moscow. He seemed very
glad to see someone from Fairbanks.1
He-wishes to send greetings to Cro«
son, Young, Gillam, Mayor de la
Vergne, Pete Nickoloff, Bill Basham,
Igloo No. 4 and to all of Fairbanks,
wfteaae he says, "I had the time of
my life.” He will next year be sta
tioned at the town of Petropavlovsk,
largest city in Kamchatka, where he
will be chief pilot of the patrol from
there to the east coast. Fahrig is in j
Moscow and is now a pilot.
Haven’t heard anything from Jack
Hosier and the Enstroms. They
should show up here next Sunday if
they make as good connections as we
did..
I
TTiese people have used Empire
drills in. almost all of their prospect
ing,. although there are a few Key
stones scattered around. There must
he in all a. dozen placer districts in
Siberia, some of which have been
mined since. 1830, almost 20 years1
before California was struck. What
1 don’t see is how few Americans can I
possibly teach them anything in two I
years’ time, and the most of their:
equipment is. so old we haven’t seen ;
anything like it- There is very little
equipment here that we ar accus
tomd to, so maybe after all the Rus
sians will have to teach us.
An upift organization asks news
papers to cut out crime news. Now
if they can get other folks to cut
out the crime, all will be lovely.—
Ex.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
You, Ralph J. Rivers, Hans Gal
neck, co-owners with the undersigned
in the Garnet Lode Claims No. 1,
No. 2, iNo. 3 and No. 4, situated on
the reght limit of Otter, on Mala
mute Pup, in Otter Recording Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska, will please
take notice that the undersigned, for
the years of 1927, 1928, 1929, did
perform more than $1,200.00 worth
of work for the benelt of the above
described claims. If each of your
proportionate share of assessment
work dues is not paid within ninety
days after last publication of this no
tice, your interest in each of the
claims will become forfeit to the
undersigned in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
RASMUS NIELSEN.
First publication, September 27,
1930.
Last publication, December 27,
1930. 21
Babeesch
Moosehicle Mitts and Boots
Purs Bought and Sold Clothing
All Kinds of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Bedding
A. R. Eldridge - McGrath
Rough and Dressed Lun:
her of All Kinds
INNOKO LUMBER C