Noted Engineer
Says Gross Tax
Is Penalty Tax
Harry Townsend. mining engineer
who will make his h; adijuarters in
Juneau for a few weaks in connection
with different properties, says un
doubtedly the cessation of work on
the Kensington mine north of Juneau
cn a large scale and the brewing up
c.f the option by the American Smelt
ing & Refining Company, on the
G xl; aster property. W2s caused by
the gross tax on gold, imposed by the
recent legislature.
'iownsend made the examination of
the Kensington property, which re
sulted in its purchase by A. B- Trites
and at that time he assured Trites
that Alaska was mine-mii Jed and
w _:!d not impose unfair taxes. lie
‘ays Trites wa- about to purchase a
b at for $8,000 in Seattle to be used
ic ■ a mine tender, and when he heard
.Be gross gold tax bill Had been pas
sed. he threw up the sale and ordered
all operations on the mine to cease
ether than assessment work.
Townsend said a tax on the net
profits of gold mines would be- fair;
that a gross tax amounts to a pen
alty on development work and open
in- of new prospects.
For a short time the Dominion of
f!arsada collected a gross gold bullion
tar but soon changed it to 5 per cent
of dividends. It takes years to de
velop a raw prospect into a profitable
ii.ne and a gross tax on all gold
produced in the interim acts as a wet
blanket to the enthusiasm and perse
verance necessary over the years of
development work, declared Town
send.
New "'.ember Hospital Staff—
11 r. Royal L. Works, eye, ear, nose
sno throat specialist, will join the
staff of the Alaska Railroad base
4c ntal at Anchorage in July, it was
urn imced recently by Col. O. F.
Dhlson, general manager of the Al
ls ha Railroad. In addition to his
specialties, the new member of the
staff will do genera! medical work.
Dr. Works spent three years at Bel
vuts Hospital, X Y . specializing in
eye. ear. .,ose and throat work. Fol
lowing his work there. he was in
charge of the eye, ear, nose and
throat department at the Work
Brothers Cline, p-erartd in conjunc
*i n wih his brothers at Brownsville,
Texas. Recently the clinic discontin
ued because of the death of one of
the brothers. Dr. Works secured his
taihelor of arts degree from Trinity
University, Texas, and received his
degree of doet r of medicine from
Rush Medical School of the Univer
sity of Chicago. He engaged in gen
era! practice for several years before
specializing in eye. ear, nose and
throat- Dr. Works is a diplomate of
the *\2tional Board erf Medical Ex
aminers. He has done considerable
re -earch in medicine, published a
number of articles and been president
A his local ntetii.ai society. Dr. W al
kow ki will leave the railroad hospi
ta’ staff to enter private practice in
Anchorage.
Mom Pay Striker? Bark Wares—
Thr Circuit Court of Appeal? in
San Francisco ha? ruled against the
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
in its appeal of the rulings of the
National Lab Relations Board. As
a result, eleven men will be returned
to work with pay for time lost since
the strike of two years ago, not to
exceed $500 per man, and employ
ment will be offered to others who
participated in the walkout at the
mine in Juneau. The order became
effective immediately, being agreed
to by both sides. The gist of the
ruling handed down was that there
would he no more discrimination
against employes, no domination of
or interference with any union or la
bor groups, and no restraint of col
lective bargaining. Further, the com
pany must offer work to Gottfried
Isaak, Alvah Gillis, Arley Mullins,
Jack Romer. Mentnr Peterson. Ed
ward Re vie re, Melvin Carlson, Leon
ard Hartsoch, Alex Kuproff, Sam
Scott and Frank Pakator and give
them back wrages; all other former
employes not being employed at the
mine since the strike must be put
back to work—25 per cent of them
each 30-day month; and recognition
must be withdrawn from the Juneau
Mine Worker? Association which is
a company c ruinated union. A strike
was called at the Alaska Juneau
mine May 22, 1935, about 800 men
being involved. Wage increases of
$1.15 a day were demanded, collective
bargaining, and a closed shop.
TAKES OCT SLUICE BOXES
John Riec-k left for Upper Gane?
with Joe Oates, taking a load of
sluice boxes the lumber for which he
whip-sawed early this spring. John
is doing a little prospecting and as
sessment work on a group of claims
on Ganes. He expects to be back in
aaten around, the Fourth of July.
NEW MINES HAVE BEEN
GREAT FORTUNE MAKERS'
There is an old saying that “what J
man has done, man can do," says the,
Alaska W-cekly. We believe that this!
applies particularly to the mining in
dustry where there are great virgin
t Beta of mineral land l ‘Trying devel
opment. We all know that the bie
ore out-reps that lured the pioneers
; into this western wilderness of that
day have been pretty well discovered.
1 We . no know that great overburden-1
1 ed ote veins, as great and rich as
‘hose that lay exposed and were dis-!
covered by the pioneers of the UOs, j
• eirain undiscovered and undeveloped.
The man who wants to make a for
tune has no more certain avenue;
.han through the discovery' ar.d de
velopment of a new mine. We all
know that there is some money' to be
made in old mines, but the cream has
been taken off these old mines and
how they' are open to lessees who am*
satisfied with less wealth titan can
be made when The long chance is ta
ken and a new min;ng discovery is.
tnade.
We do not know* of a more intortst
!ng character than the experienced
mining man who undertakes the de
velopment of a new mine after intense
study of its geology. The early day
operators who made their fortunes in
new mines through their own discov
eries or ’hrough the diseov;ries made
by ther grubstaked pr spectors. H.
A. W. Tabor of Leadville, gained
world-wide fame and fortune through
h:? grubstaking of Rfsche* and Hook,
'wo old prospectors, in the earlv days;
f Leadville. Colorado. Their discov
ery was accidental but it brought
great, fortune to Tabor.
In their grubstake was a jug of i
whiskey which proved so inviting
that they decided to drink it before
they bad gone more than a mile from
Leadville. When they had disposea .
of it. they concluded the spot at
which they had stopped on Fryer
Hill was as good a place as any to «
go for the sinking of a shaft. At a
depth of 30 feet they struck the rich
ore body of the Litt’e Pittsburgh
mine, this being the one point of all
others on the hill where the ore lay
nearest the surface. This was the be
ginning of Tabor's great fortune.
Stratton discovered a new mine in
Cripple Creek and made millions. So
It is in the history' of mining all over
the world—the new mines make the
greatest mining fortunes.
BEELER WILL WORK WITH
ARC AT FLAT THIS SEASON
Pilot Ralph Savory landed here
Wednesday er route to Bethel with
two passengers. Ernie Pyle, just re
cently from the Outside and touring
the country- and Tex Beeler from An
chorage. Tex is employed by the
ARC and will spend the summer in
Lethe) helping to construct the n;w
$59,000 landing field at that point
will Sink Some Holes—
Lee Lam precht left for Yankee to
day where he will be employed fay
s' b vVinbauer in sinking a few holes
on the ground recently purchased
from Ed Nollette on Lower Yankee.
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Takotna. Alaska,
July 2,1 £*37
Mrs. Rasmussen,
<>rt- \'ibe & Schwaisdall.
Spaulding Creek.
Dear Mrs. Rasmussen:
H e re gees for that letter I
promised you when ‘out to the
cre^E Wednesday nTjht. I know
«hat it is to be stuck out that
way and receive no mail so am
writing in hopes of making you
feel better: any letter is better
than no letter—even if it is
public.
After eating your cooking and
enjoying your pi asant company,
! con better understand why we
so >eldom see any of the Spaul
d’ng crew. Why should they want
to leave camp? They have two
pood bosses in Vibe & Schwals
dall, a fine, agreeable crew and
an exceptionally pleasing, as well
as a good cook. What more could
they want ?
How do you keep yourself and
kitchen so clean and fresh look
ing way out in the widerness?
Since coming back to Takotna
and The Kusko Times, I have felt
dissatisfied with the newspaper
game. I’ve about made up my
mind to stake a claim, hire a cook
and let the rest of the world go
by.
I hope you appreciate my gal
lant effort to cheer you -up. and
lere’s'to bigger and better letters,
and lots of them.
Sincerely,
The Wandering Reporter.
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1 COPPER TOO HIGH SAYS'
PRESIDENT' ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON — President Roose
velt definitely indicated that the price
of $S.OO a- ton for steei and a "price
of 17c a pound for copper are un.i’ s
tified and that increases in the prices
of these coBuuodities were bet wet’,
two and three times what went to la
bor in increased wages.
The President observed that some
domestic mines could produce copper
at a profit for as low as oc or 6c a
pound. He said that Anaconda could
produce at a profit on between Sc and
t*c per pound while the present price
was 17c.
The President saw a danger sign
in the sharp increase in tfuraofc
go^iis consumption over the con
sumption of consumers goods. He
emphasized that the time had coma
f. "• a greater distribution of the na
r
it>nal income at the bottom and a
ttsr.ner distribution at the top.
The result, the chief executive in
dicated, will be, a# a matter of jrov
exnn-.em policy, not to authorize con
struction of -in eat public structures
such as buildings. steel brid rts. e‘e.,
and turn attention to dirt dams and
uing chsnnels wherever man
f - is re juiced rather than mat,er
a •- -he i resident frankly admitted
thi: the indicated new government
policy was a complete reversal of
the course pursued from 1933 to the
pre^aifc time.
Concerning the continuation of the
4c a pound tariff on copper, the chief
executive said he believed r ntinua
-tion would not make any difference
-.in^the present s t--atjon because the
world price ror the metal was above
1 to a t pputid.
rmr . r the A<r.erti«er?
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