The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 4, 1929, Page 2

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in Washington. dent of French cha Our sale Seasonal Apparel starts tomeorrow, sur- pa all events in variety and sav- previous ings. in the such twice year ifl you find won- eVery opportunities in type of women’s which we offer now at prices that merely rep- the cost of the ma- in most cases and for actually less than any of the garments could be made for. This is the important sale in the greatest sale month of the year—come and take vt share of thege ust | value offérin most un- B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store The latest honar for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is the Harmon trophy, awarded annually by the International League of Aviators. € Presemtation wzs at the international civil aeronautics conference Lett to right: Assistant Secretary McCracken, Pisrre Ftianna Fllndln. vice presi amber of deputies, Lindbergh and Orville erght. R . R Tales an the Hi” (A Se: ef ¥ ular Artiele on Prospect N. PATTY and Hl.’l\l of the School of Mines, College and Schocl of Min YOUR PROSPECTING TO MINERALIZED DISTRICTS Larry O'Su Kay are two ty pectors. Thelr h ) @ beaten shack p ber.-line on ¢ mountain. T grel design 1 build it of lumpe ing the first shipm backs, they ccmpromised on vas and as a f gesty B it up with rocks so that th # couid not dump them and | outfit into the in} f zuleh where the ¢ : find a resting pla If you ot i« get a nas |8 you enter the § too much of ghack for ev [ been back-] Dd( l\' AI up f switch-back trail that [ mountainside. | Good Natured Larry, as you pr is a goed natured 3 of wit and of temp a wiry lit tle fellow who would tackle weight in wildc Jack McKay i8 & man of powerful build; slow of speech—he is the direct anti- thesis of Larry. Despite their sical and temperamental dif- ferences they make an excellent ‘team for each secretly-admires the traits of his partner—otherwise| ‘they wouldn't have spent the past| m years prospecting together. | will be introduced to them badly his up el \ Earning Grub-Stakes L he fi I pipe, p! up la; mont newspaper and tried to listen with on ne ear | Where To Work Larry con i that a pro all ef his areas and no | summers cha rainbows in dis- through | Y |ple: They hill in ! promising mineral- Old Bill Drumlin for has spent the best ars prospecting in the unt:y 1 have and to country looks 1 > hungriest ccunt:y, frem a mineral standpoint, en in Alaska. Bill con- to prospect there Yecause > general topography cf the hills embles his old stamping ground lorado.” of Alaska, or v, is barren o alization. The m, ( cial mi; vineralized districts are isolated 1 -point spec spaced over the nap—like an occasional island ‘in sea It as I is up to th see it prospec- to locate those { mineralized patches and then con- ceatrate their energles thare, Tt simply means this: To make .a ich mining district you have to g an unusual set of geologic events which cause the minefaliza- u from the igneous magmas, which bogists talk £hout, ta e concentrated into a . limitad Mentana Exampie ake Butte, Montana, for ekam} call Butte ‘the richest world. That hill i& mply laced through and through a network of strongly min| "% ilized veins. There is a mifers zed for you. - All of that ore didn’t come directly from the jgneous intrusion whieh, mles the country up the hill The big lnlj’!“fln which underlies that countty ‘for hundreds of miles has heen glean- ed of metals and while the ‘Hitrits sion was still in a molten - statef) me set of conditions caused the ,ore minerals for miles ar tol” forced into Butte Hillsy tensive Such banding ot cre into. @ does wot Lappen often an | best prospector might pass through la new country and were following | ing. prospecting and come upon fntru- A black chiffon dress at Be 's made me think of Yale Prom | slons :;' these ingenous rocks I|giris and their weck-end wardrobe. It has wide bands of blue set| jcontend that there is a good place |, jtg pleated sleeves and skirt. The top is straight and plain, to pitch camp and spend a few fNittad 44 bolow .tk s e 4 4 Bhiin days in close prospecting. ¥ we itted in below the wais with da The neck is square, and : long ties of black chiffon, lined with blue, hang from the shculder| 2ason we have 80 fow |has been 3 liks Butte. More onu. theifor: -omemlu. ion is divided betwe g e et B ui Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. ‘ tion and then we find three or Weather Bureau j"y:"l""““"“‘."""j Ao ““‘“l‘{‘”‘[ml‘r"" Forecast for Junean and vicinity, beginnmg 4 v. m. today: | between those districts is robbed] Rain and warmer ton and Saturday; fresh southeast- of its mineralization. 1t is some.|®Fly winds. | thing like this, Jack: if you are, . in town and a big fire breaks out LOCAL DATA : - ; R Ay fime— Barom. Temp. Humidity Wixd Velocity Weathes everyone naturally rushes to the 4 p. m. yest’y 3042 21 a1 w 2 Clsar | tire and ecrowds around there. It o Yo 0 0 5030 18 6 NW 1 oo | at this time you would prospect - gl i v 1 d ol % { Noon teday 30.26 25 &6 W 2 Snow | the other section of town you . e 4 bie 5 ! would tind them well desertad with [* CABLE AND RALI0 KEPORTS {only an occasional stay-at-home to YESTERDAY g e (8)1). & | | be found.” Highest 8 p.m. Low 8a m. Sam. Precip. —Sam. ! Stations— _temn. temp. temp. _temp. Velocity 24 hrs, Weather | No Frospects | Barrow BV 48 - -29 30351 0 Pt CHy | “Then I.remember the Republic Nome 16 12 18 14 04 Ccldy | | g0l camp in theé northeastern cor.|Bethel 28 18 26 04 Cldy (uer of the State of Washington,|Fcrt Yukon 34 16 8 0 Cldy | which has produced several million { Tanana 10 10 2 Snow | dollars and has a good life still|Eagle 18 4 4 ( Clear | | ahead of it. You could lay =a|St. Paul 34 | 32 32 21 0 Pt CHy | | blanket five miles long by half a|Duteh Harbor. 3% 16 g 14 Rain |mile wide and cover up all the|Kodiak 38 20 3 0 2 Rain mines in the camp. Outside of|Cordova 34 8 38 2 " Rain that small rectangle I cculdn’t find |Juneau 29 17 18 1 0 Clear |a prospect worth wa a bhox [Ketchikan 36 26 2 0 "m-. ‘V,,y powder on {Prinee Rupert. 42 36 28 30 0 0 Pt Cldy “Theé producing area o Tonopah, H“’"‘”“'““ 3 % 10 i " Clogr Nevada can be included in a vw‘,;“‘”‘ 80 Ay 0 : ) btd | of country ome inile wide by awuw. jportand ... 43 16 40 10 0 Cldy jan Francisco. 58 ] 45 0 8 cud d ke ok} *—Less than 10 miles. Galifornl I NO'TE:.—Observations at St. Paul, Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Ju belt thaf trends alc . |ueau, Prince Rupert, Edmonton, Sattle, Portland and Sau Fran P oithanstern Aiagke. The Minsril gisco are made at 4 a.m., Juneau time. the Mother Lode fs ire has fallen rz throughout and re- ’izvd belt on The pr mains mode s|spread low s alby light to mcderate length ef 100 miles. Sev 1 of | middle Yukon Valley and [the stronger veifs have been de-|have risen rapidly in near {'veloped for more than a mile along|to strong winds have been rep | their strike.” T Jack laid aside his paper, labout a mile wide but it contains spaced east and north A wid ympanied d to the mperatures ately press h in the extreme area is cent a series of closely outcropping at int precipita T T y all ¢ light. | ed his pipe which had gone out| and then with a quizzical smile remarked: “So far, so good, Lar. ry, but what I would like to know is how the prospector i3 going to recognize a mineral country when he meets one? Anyone can recog- niz¢ a mineralized area after mines | have been developed there, but |'suppose y~u are in a new countr what are you going to do then? Supposition “That is a fair question, Jack. | To. start with Il admit that tic a mineralized district and totally misg all the signs but there ar: some helpful guide-posts available Suppose we were traveling through either along the ridges or up a| valley. We would watch for float or for outcroppings. We might do a little panning on the bars and it we didn't find anything we woul( prebably conclude that it was hungry country and keep on travel.! 1 suppose that every mining | district has been passed up tha way at some time. “1 believe we should go one atep farther and ask ourselves what the | mining districts of Western North America have in common. My gb- seryation has been .that they are usually in or near intrusive igneous rocks, such as small cupolas of granite or monzonite . Others are along the margins of great granite ‘batholiths such as the Coast Range Batholith that thends through British Columbia and Southeast- ern Alaska. Don't tell me, about the exceptions for I know that there are many but that isn't a bad rule to eover the majority of the rich districts, So when we are | TR | | | PARIS. IIIIIIIIIIIIHllllll‘lllIHIIIIIIIIlIIIIHHlHHIIIII!:lflllilllll!lll!llill do not see any signs of mineral- ization im_the zomes around thesc intrusive masses we should move on and try another. Where To Prospect ‘A'lso L have. noticed that mhere‘ you have ore deposits yon general- ly find dikes, close at hand. If 1 climbed up on a ridge and saw dikes cutting across from one ridge to the other like big ribbons, 1 would say to myself: ‘Larry, here is a good place to do a little| prespecting’ . These dikes tell me | that they are..off-shoots from a| deeper intrusion and that the over-| lying r kl I;ave been fractured Hence, il the intrusfon happens to be rnlner.fliud——lhh mineralization | can he wugued out of the intru- | sion into_the fractured rocks above, somewhat after the same mannec in which the dikes wers injected.” ‘Jack began to sniff, not in de- rision, but with alarm, Then he made a dash for the stove. “Doggone. an Irishman for a part.- neir—you have burned the beans!™ SHOOTING AND WHITE SLAVERY CHARGES ARE CAUSES GF ARRESTS e s 0 A telegram from Deputy U. S. Marshal William H. Caswell at Ketebikdn to U. S, Marshal Al- bert White at Juncau said that Pml Slater was yesterday ar- d at Kotchlhn for shooting with intent to kill John Novosel. The latter was also arrested charged with taking the Slater woman to Ketchikan for immoral purposes. The telegram said the arrests were the result of shoot- ing early yesterday morning at the residence where Novosel and the woman lived. It said that a large qnuqcy of hnlne brew had to the hem, or ycung, person with a figure! RITA. a little below. Oniy a to be proud of would attempt to we ar th WINTER SPORTS Time Is Here! Ice skating — hockey — what gives the sport loving person more fun than the merry games of winter? " Get equipped here. We have the best equipment in. town. for, all . cold-weather sport. Juneau Young Hardware Co. e et e e lllIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIII|lIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIII"IIIIIIIIINIII PrII , T ey R S Citrus Washing Powder, 29¢ I arge Pd( ckage 7(_ ()nldlZL Lutterscotch Syrup, 2%, Pound Tm known Bacon, 35¢ per pound Deliciously sliced to suit the housewife I’er Pound, 39c Peaches, 45¢ Packed in hl’fl\V s\rupf—’ No 21/2 Tms ! | | IIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIllIIII"IIIIIlmllIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIllIIIII:mm lggl\ Wigely Special Coffee, : Per Pound 4lc { | | { Catsup, 19¢ Del Monte or Van Camps™—Pint Bottles ST O TR T Guest Ivory Toilet Soap, 55¢ 12 Bars for ZSL ] Tins Quaker Oats 35c Large - Package Butter SSC Per Pound Butter is unequaled at any price | | | | Peas, 2 Fwom und Tcnder—an T T T T T T T T T T T Th Del Monte Asparagus, 19¢ Small Tips—No. 1 Tins Potatoes, 20c Yakima Netted Gems—10 Poumls IHII : r\ppleq $1.55 Per Box. Fancy Wrapped ]onathaus—]éa 1 P(.\ Compare these prices with those you hav? boen pay- ing, and see for yourself if Piggly Wizgly cannot save you money. Over 1500 items to pick from. Store Hours—9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Phone 24 DELIVERY TWICE DAILY T § TR HITH RN filIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]IIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIII - Juneaw Lumber Mills, Inc. Lumber For Every Purpose WISHES YOU A HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Electnc Toasters See our line of Guaranteed Electrical Appliances beow found. in, the, house. not t0o buisy training ot fighting, Al Singer (above), e Cf‘. “2@‘““‘ '}h“ ,tll:e ka;iurwelght boxer who is looked upon as the most likely :xl:v"neno .nar Po?: Salh o ‘man to succeed to the lightweight crown, helps around m:n as a dy resort,” and hns brother’s optical store. Here he is selling a pair of gl;;m ‘wat @h by nt. amcel 0 slfir customer. Reco'!g-r:lmhe lad? - l Capi Radio Supphes l ital E nggEnfiBCgmpany RflmWh—mx "» @

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