The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1937, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 1937. LOCAL VOITURE (OVER MILLION 40 AND § NAMES EXPECTED FROM NEW OFFICERS GOODNEWS AREA Pegues Is Elected Chef de Engineer Roehm's FieldRe- Gare—Installation Be | port Gives Insight of Held November 5 | - Conditions in Interior Xt e mekBngot e worty ana) (Oontinusd from Page One) Eight held last night at the Dug- |\ "o the Tuluksak River, and out of the American Legion, the fol-| "4 ine operations in other - opradbid "If‘“?“y"’;“r: ;‘“;‘;"ufg parts of the region, whereby exten- e R YOt R Holler, Ghet SVe deposits of gold-hearing grav- g =S 9‘;:"9' T e oures. €ls suitable for dredging have al- pgnd;:‘:)jfli;th bfluwle{nv)gs Gon- ready been proven, give assurance g s . o op that the Lower Kuskokwim region s O e 0. ";{’“';°“"("‘,f:‘:‘_l is likely to become one of the most e T ot Wl o ‘Al |important dredging flelds of the monier; John H. New! Territory. fred H. Zenger, Cheminots Locale; | Homer G. Nordling, Grand Chem-| The region enjoys many features inot: John A. Talbot, Ketchikan,|that are unusually favorable for Sous Cheminot; Walter B. King, large-scale Ketchikan, Commis Voyageur, and The principal areas are open to Robert Kaufmann, Lampiste. | either salt-water or river transpor- mechanical operations. | Meetings will be resumed on the | tation. From these approaches ma- first Friday of each month, com- mencing with the November meet- ing, when the above new officers will be installed. On the third Monday of each month, commencing with next Mon- day, the usual monthly luncheons of the Forty and Elght will also be resumed. Wheels were set in motion to as- sist the local American Legion post in re-enrollment of its 1938 mem- bership at an early date. — ., — ‘The University of Mexico was founded in 1553 by the Roman Catholic Church, > |chinery and supplies may quite |readily be moved by means of trac- tors over tundra and gravel ridges, |during either the summer or the winter season, without the necessi- |ty of road building. The climate is relatively mild and permits a longer working season than is possible in | other sections of the Territory. Wa- ter is abundant and several favor- |able water power sites were observed. /The deposits are virgin and have | not been worked over previously by {cruder methods. Airplane transpor- |tation to the several supply centers |of the region is available at either | Anchorage or Fairbanks. During the past season |vegetables were shipped by airplane several tons of fresh! Only since the fifteenth century,from Matanuska Valley to Good- has the so-called “superiority of |news Bay. the white race” been manifest. Slug River Area Ve R P LTS At the time of visit some pros- ‘pecling had been done and several {hundred claims had been staked in | the Slug River area, which occupies |much of the peninsula lying be- |tween Chagvan Bay and Hagemei- |ster Strait. Some gold had been lfound at four or five localities in this area in deposits of two dif- ferent types: Concentrations of gold-bearing black sands, found at two places on the ocean beaches be- tween Cape Peirce and a point op- posite Hagemeister Island; and gold | “prospects” found on the surface and at shallow depths along small streams that traverse the uplands, which consist largely of outwash plain gravels. Evidences of glacia- tion are present. Bedrock had not |been reached at any point in the |area. The ground is wet and diffi- "cult to penetrate with shafts, and ‘pay that had been found was in |all cases observed confined to the MEETING TONIGHT 8 O'CLOCK SONS OF NORWAY country does not afford wood wuhI which the meat can be cooked they eat it raw. Several promising pros-| |pects were visited that had been | found and staked this season by | ! Eskimos and in several places they | were working icient auto- | matic dams constructed by them- selves. They are very eager and quick to learn and deserve encour- |agement in their ambition to be-| come prospectors. | Among the principal needs of the region as a whole are more capital | with which to finance prospecting | |and initial development; improved | salt-water transportation and shore- ‘ landing facilities; improved and ad- | ditional airplane landing fields; and more topographic and geologic mapping. In the older districts of the Upper Kuskokwim region placer mining has advanced rapidly within the re- cent past. Up-to-date equipment has been placed in operation this year on a large number of proper- ties in many districts. By these ably worked the operation of which by older methods was a losing pro- position. “Old-timers” are still in possession of most of these proper- ties and now are finding their ef- forts richly rewarded where former- ly a bare living was gained. Their bulldozers and draglines are hand- ling easily and economically vastly increased yardages of material and in many instances have more than paid for themselves in a single sea- son. Large reserves of auriferous materjal that can be mined profi- tably by these improved methods are known to these experienced op- erators and the future of their en- terprises is bright with promise. The old-timers of this region are thus building up, with the aid of modern machinery, a mining industry of which any country might well be ’proud. Cache Creek District Placer operators in the Cache Creek district of the Yentna region that lies west of Talkeetna station on the Alaska Rallroad have had fa successful season. The gold pro- {duction from Peters Creek, where dragline equipment has been in- stalled, was exceptionally heavy. The lode mines of the Willow in the Talkeetna ‘lCreek district ‘were all in active operation and re- port having had a good season. The most notable advance made in the |district during the year was at the !Pree Gold and Independence prop- erties on upper Fishook Creek where a large amount of camp construc- tion work was completed and un- derground development work was ‘carried on that is reported to have revealed a valuable orebody. At the Fern mine a new adit tunnel is being driven that will penetrate the extensive ore zone on that property 'at a depth of 175 feet beneath the present tramming level. Numerous small placer mining op- means ground is now being profit-! |mountains east of Wasilla station | SILVER WAVE ARRIVES FOR SHUTTLE RUN Will Leave for Skagway and Haines Early in Morning The new shuttle boat, the Silver ‘Wave, Capt. M. B. Dahl and Pur- ser Charles West, that will handle freight and passengers for the Al- aska Steamship Company between Juneau and Lynn Canal ports, ar- rived in Juneau at 3 o'clock this morning from Seattle via Chichagof. The new service will eliminate the necessity of the Alaska and the ‘Yukon stopping at Haines and Skag- way during the winter months with the Silver Wave meeting northbound and southbound Alaska Line steam- ers at Juneau for mail and passen- ger transfers. Tomorrow morning the Silver Wave will leave for Lynn Canal for passengers and mail, and will con- tact the Alaska here Tuesday when that steamer arrives from the west- ward. On its northbound trip' from Se- \ | of coal and 12 tons of power to Chichagof. The craft, built in 1925, in Seattle, belengs to Capt. Dahl of this . city, who purchased it last June from the Northwestern Live- stock Corporation of Nome. It carries a crew of six. {in the mining industry of the Ter- \ritory and that mineral production for the year will probably exceed that of any year within the past two | decades. The increase in the price of gold, | Ithe widespread introduction of im- | |proved equipment in placer mining | joperations and the rapid extension jof dependable airplane service are the principal factors responsibie for ithe recent marked growth of the | industry. >ee — ICE IN TANANA It is only a matter of time until King Winter locks the Interior in his icy grip. This morning it was reported that ice was running in the Tanana River in front of Tan- | ana with the temperature there at 22 degrees above zero. | | | CANNED SHRIMP -~ WILL GET AR Auk Lake trout are going to have their shrimp cocktails or the Forest| Service will know the reason why. The latest shipment of shrimps the Forest Service got here recently, suffocated, it is believed, but this time they will get plenty of air, ac- cording to Assistant Regional For- ester Wellman Holbrook. Manager W. A. Chipperfield is in Seattle now arranging for another ten gallon can of the dainty trout morsels that go by the name of freshwater shrimp. When he re- ceives them from the Snoqualmie Swimming Pool Project Plans Are leained Members Entitled to Mini- mum Charge at Re- creation Center | e L, “Everyone may believe that the |proposed Juneau recreation center and swimming pool is an excellent idea, but not everyone understands charged ten cents for the use of a towel, a paid-up member would re- ceive the towel for five cents. This is not a financial statement, but is indicative of the principle on which the committee is basing its plans.” Supplementing Mrs. Jenne's state- ment, announcement is made that present tentative plans call for buiuding the center in the South- east Alaska Fair building, where a swimming pool, basketball court, rifle range, skating rink and other facilities will be installed. Memberships are $12 per year, and may be paid monthly or annu- ally. The committee is at present awaiting receipt of the subscription blanks (printed on page 5). These blanks will indicate the amount of money which may be counted np- National Forest, the shrimp will| not ride to Juneau in the hold, but! will go on deck. ( Chipperfield will get aboard the Yukon with ten gallons of shrimp and one bicycle pump—the pump| for a three-times-daily aeration of the milk can in which the shrimp will ride. That, believes Holbrook, will keep the shrimp in good spirits until they can paddle around in Auk Lake and raise families for the trout to feed just what* benefits are to be ob-ion in planning the center. No funds tained from the recreation mem-|will be called for until declinite berships.” This is the belief of !he‘wcrking plans for the project are Permanent Swimming Pool Com- completed. msttee, and ugcnrdmg!y Mrs Crys- o Seteaon, ™™ INSTALLATION FOR LEGION, AUXILIARY MONDAY EVENING “The general plan is to make the Joint installation of officers will Juneau Recreation Center a non- profit enterprise which will finan- {be held Monday night by Alford cially merely perpetuate itself. No unnecessary charges are to be| made—just enough to cover the cost. attle, the Silver Wave took 52 tons| Those willing to support the pool with subsciptions will be entitled to| a minimum charge for all facili-| ties. upon so the trout will not have to feed on each other. John Bradford Post, American Le- gion, and Auxiliary in the Dugout, starting at 8 o'clock, the affair to be concluded with a crab dinner. FOOT BALL| RESULTS Final scores or football games re- ceived up to press time, follow: Notre Dame 7; Carnegie Tech 9. Dartmouth 41; Brown 0, Holy Cross 7; Georgia 6. Fordham 0; Pittsburgh 0. Yale 15; Army 7. Colunibia 26; Pennsylvania 6. Minnesota 39; Michigan 6. N. Y. U. 59; St. Johns 9. Penn State 14; Lehigh 7. Georgetown 0; Lafayette 6. Harvary 0; Navy 0. TRINITY GUILD TO ATTEND CARD PARTY Members of the Trinity Guild met yesterday afternoon at the deanery, with Mrs. Kate Jarman, president, presiding. Regular business matters were discussed, and plans were made for the group to attend the card party te be given by Mrs. Mary Crewson, at the deanery on October 25. Another card party will be held on November 15. The next meeting of the Guild will |be held at the home of Mrs. L. Bottsford, on November 5. “F IFi TONIGHT AND DINE and DANCE young EVERY NIGHT tinukd, “if the general public is bers are expected t instance,” Mrs. Jenne -con- All Legionnaires and Auxiliary mem- 0 be present. NEST ICE That is the secret of Ice Cream'’s wide appeal—why it is the favorite dessert, as well as “in between snack” of and old alike. COPPER MINE CLOSES DOWN BUTTE, Moniana, Oct. 1€. — The Anaconda Copper Company an- nounced today that its Badger State mine, one of its largest properties will suspend operations. No rea- sons are given for the closing. R e Try an Empire ad. Yes, if he has a TLs8 PACEMARTIR SPEED MODEL CORONA J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our Doorstép Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” l CIRIEAM ' DELICIOUS—— Yet Wholesome —— Satistying Who could ask for more than a dish of rich Ice Cream, especially now, the season that affords myriads of fresh, upper 5 feet of the gravels. A drill erations in the Moose Pass-Hope has since been moved to the Slug district report having had a normal River area and is now in operaiion, [S¢ason. The output from this re- AT THE “Where Old Friends Meet” At several -places in the Lower Kuskokwim region native Eskimos were met who had left their rein- deer to care for themselves and had taken to prospecting. They make good prospectors for this region. They know the country well and ODD FELLOWS’ HALL DANCE REFRESHMENTS | can travel over the tundra on foot! nearly twice as rapidly as a white man. They do not have to pack pre- pared foods, as they live princi- pally on reindeer meat. Where the AR S U SO R T BEFORE YOUR BUY- A New Fur Coat — LADIES— It will pay you to accept our invitation to visit our shop and factory and inspect our furs and equipment. SEE THE MANY FUR COATS, in the latest mode, which we have just made up for this winter season and now have on display— ALL 1937 STYLES. JUST SEE THEM—YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY Also: Pieces and Coats Made to Order in ALASKA'S LARGEST FUR FACTORY. YURMAN IS A FURRIER BY TRADE i 1 gion is not large, but the district has been a consistent producer for more than forty years. Lode min- ing development was also being car- ‘ried on in this district at two prop- ,erties on a small scale, but with encouraging results, At the Staser lode property in the Crow Creek section of the Gird- wood district productive operations continue and development work at a deeper level is being carried on. Other Work In addition to the field investi- ‘gations by Mr. Roehm that are sum- ,marized above the Territorial De- ipartment of Mines has conducted !during the past season extensive de- tailed examinations in several other lsectiuns of the Territory; notably in the Ketchikan and Juneau dis- tricts in Southeast Alaska, in the ‘Wild River and Koyukuk districts in Northern Alaska and, so far as ,the length of the field season per- |mitted, on Seward Peninsula. In- tvesnaauans of a more general char- acter were also made by the Com- missioner of Mines that covered all |of the principal mining regions of the Territory. | Reports in detail on the results of jall of these investigations will be prepared during the coming winter season and will be published on their completion. They will reveal that the past season has been one of unusual expansion and success 0 SHOE REBUILDING!! Glacier ——ROAD ALWAYS OPEN—— Tavern Rpa— FOR HOME OR BUSINESS REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS Phone 34 Our Refrigeration Ex| pert, JOHN HOUK, is equipped to give you Quick, Efficient Service at reasonable cost. Rice & Ahlers Company —_— T juicy fruits to lavish on it. JUNO- MAID Ice Cream is the equal of any in flavor, richness, and nutrition. Added, it is made in Alaska’s largest, most modern dairy plant, where Sanitation is supreme. JUNO-MAID Ice Cream may be obtained from: Hollmann’s Pharmacy; Home Grocery; The Imperial; New York Exchange; EIlks' Club; Bus Depot; City Cafe; Gastineau Cafe; Gar- nick’s Grocery; Kaufmann's Cafe; Willoughby Cash and Carry Grocery; Brunswick Recreation and Goetz' Grocery in Douglas. “JUNO - MAID” ICE CREAM I PRODUCT OF JUNEAU . DAIRIES INC. HEALTHFU DELICIOU COLEMAN J. 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