afHE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as secona-eiass matter Au
f *tust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
'j Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
j March 3, 1879.
■ Takotna, Alaska, December 6, 1930.
: NEW DEVELOPMENT STRIKES
KEYNOTE OF PROGRESS IN
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ALASKA, SAYS JOHN McGlNN
'Tra beginning to believe that Es
j .er Dome in the Fairbanks district is
, one of the best mineralized zones in
Alaska and for its extent one of the
best in the world," said J. L. McGinn,
, or “Johnny” McGinn as he is known,
lawyer, mining man and capitalist,
i to the Seward Gateway, while in
, Seward, en route to his home in San
Mateo, Calif., and who has spent
many years in the Territory from
Nome to Fairbanks. “I think so well
, of it that I’m earning back to my old
love, Alaska, because she ocers some
, of the best opportunities in the world
, right today, as she has always done.
, I am interested, with Joe Henderson,
in a real gold mine near Fairbanks,
. and a crew is working thee this win
ter. ■ There is enough in sight to jus
, tify expectations and more develop
; mepts. edi bring 4$gger showings.
"TJjejv is justification for the be?
lief the the whole Ester Dome will
. son-c day be a cluster of hard-rock
mine.- all turning out additional
. wetelta while the placers continue to
> . .. thoir harvest. Fairbanks pro
. d over a hundred million from
placers in the old days, and will
, ♦• oduce another hundred million
■ om the gravels under the new pro
cesses. It’s not too wild a statement
‘hut she will' stack up still another
hundred million from the rocks that
were never moved by the glaciers.
“I can not get excited about all this
talk about tearing up the Alaska
Railroad and throwing it into the
; garbage can," he said. “In the first
place we have net a big enough can,
and besides we need the railroad now
more than ever. How could we keep
up the present program of develop
ment if we didn’t have that road run
ning into the very heart of things?
“There are enough development
projects now going forward or in the
formative stage to justify the road,
to say nothing of what the future
holds in store for us. After thirty
years in Alaska 1 am just waking up
to her possibilities, and before I pass
out of the picture I expect to see the
Alaska Eailroad so busy with a
profits! 1 traffic that no one will be
earpinc about the eo3t of its con
struct n. The time has arrived when
its c; st is balanced by the status of
achievement in Alaska. In other
words, we have arrived finally at a
realization of what we have got. The
present showings nearly everywhere
in Alaska ustify great energy and
money in turning raw materials into
the channels of the world’s business.
Trat alone should be enough to
silence all this railroad talk. Sup
posing there is a million-dollar de
lcit. Does that amount to anything
in this game of trying to release
hundreds of millions? I say it’s idle
talk, and I believe it is absurd to
even abide an unjust thought about
the railroad, because it is here to
stay. It is vital to our program of
development. Its cost is infinitesimal
to the good it is doing and will do.
“Take Ester Dome, for instance, jn
the heart of the Fairbanks district.
To talk about Ester Dome is to con
jure up fortunes. It is only about 3
miles long and four or five miles
wide, but from it the glac ers scraped
many millions <tf dollars. Some of
that has been recovered. In addition
there is left in the hard rock of the
dome the veins from which the gold
was scraped by the ice. We will
have to blast our way to that wealth,
but we know enough now to feel rea
sonably sure that the gold is there.
“The condition in the Fairbanks
district can be in a measure repeated
in many places in Alaska. Placer
mining has realljMjegun. Under our
new processes wrthn make money in
ground that was prohibitive in the
aid days. The ground is still there
and we are learning how to oandle it.
“The whole. Koyjak.uk watershed is
a potential gold field, as weii as the
Kuskokwim, the Tanana and the op
per reaches of the Yukon. The Kenai
peninsula, the Alaska peninsula, a
great part of the coast line, have
given evidence of their holdings, and
their promise for greater rewards on
great development.
“I am a miner first, but my efes
are not closed to other trends of bet
terment and other possibilities in
Alaska. The soil now offers us min
erals, wood, coal, oil, water power
and a hunded other things in virgin
state. We will add to that by the
devices of husbandry. The.e will be
Takotna Igloo Of
Pioneers
HEREBY EXTENDS INVITATION TO ALL
FRIENDS TO BE PRESENT AT A
Grand Ball
TO BE GIVEN ON
Wednesday Evening
December 24
TWO NIGHTS OF DANCING!
Come One, Come All! a Good Time Assured
i
farms and stock ranches. We have *
a rich empire to work on and a big
task ahead of us. Any one who
desn’t like it or shrinks from the cost
or trouble better take up his knitting
somewhere else. Alaska is a stern
mistress, but she smiles with favor
on sturdy ones.”
FLAT AND ID1TAROD
IDITAROI), Dec. 9.—James Butler
(name erroneously printed in another
column as “Buckley), who until re- j
cently worked on Donlin creek with ;
Barney and A] Walsh, and who died j
three days ago, after being brought (
to Flat by AI Walsh, was buried at
Flat today.
| Ray Marcell, six years of age, ill
for several months, died while being
brought to Flat frqm Iditarod yes
terday by Joe Cummings and his dog
team. The boy and his sister, Mary
Mareelle, were to have gone to the
Anchorage hospital with Pilot Nie
I minen.
Robert Nelson has accepted a posi
tion as cook in the Henry Da Rand
restaurant.
LOCAL NOTES
Hans Hansen, well known oldtimer *
of the Ophir section, arrived yester
day and left today for a brief visit
at McGrath.
Charlie Uleh was a yesterday ar
rival, returning today to his home at
McGrath.
Mrs. Oliver Anderson of McGrath
and Mrs. Mcspelt, wife of Charlie
Mespelt, well knofrn Nixon quartz
mine operator, arrived yesterday,
| coming up behind Mrs. Mespelt’s
I speed-buners. Both ladies returned
; today to McGrath.
! Angus—Say, Sandy, that ton of |
1 coal you charged me with was surely g
a “short ton.” It weighed only three
quarters of a ton.
Sandy—I know it, mon. That’s the
new way we have in the coal busi
ness. Investigation showed that on
the average a uarter of a ton. was
lost off the truck in going from one
yard to the customer’s place. So
now we give you three-quarters of a
ton to start with, and save the waste.
Mrs. Kidder—My husband got
I rough with me yesterday.
Mrs. Prune—Why don’t you have
' him jailed ?
Mrs. Kidder—Because he’s still in
the hospital.
Eloping Lena—Oh, darling, I’m
afraid papa will be al unstrung.
Clever Clive—That’s all right,
, dearest, we’ll wire him.
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