The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1914, Page 12

THE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 9, 191 ousands Answered the Golden Call of the North and After Bitter Struggle in a New Land Brought Out Amazing Fortunes; Alaska’s 1913 Mineral History Encouraging Bince the world first heard the) wo 491 pound niued a — . i {| directed toward the Installation rected, ar pome te m call of the North and the hun. | $4.8 he Alaska ative ‘ . = SARIS | of large plants, with a disregard | were shippe It th @reds and thousands of men rushed t a bye \ for immediate returns. Most t s considera th Sway from homes and families to gold and ing, this | of the other campe increased f ode tin at Ear mountain, in t enter Into the bitter struggle afte t ia ease in value fror their lode output, notably Fair I central part of the 5 Wealth In a wonderful wilderness of $516,889 fn 1912 to about $200,006 banks. The value of the sliver placer tin has been mf and flowers and glacier-topped in 19 Other minerals, inchuding output from the lode mines in hich occurs with the auriferc mountains, Alaska has added yearly a psum, n, et are & 1913 Is estimated to be about avels of the Hot Spr distri the charm of the story of mineral Umated t won y 1 t $20,000. J ported that in 1 lon, ‘ 2 q Including only those that pre » found in this reglo ‘The total valves brought out he «a value of duced ore to the value of $5,000 or Marble and Gypsum fave reached a stupendous sum the production of 19! more, there were, in Alash 1 rk ining of Ky peur during the years men have risked There are several reasons for the |about 27 gold ne were { their = tiv they mushed” decrease of over $3,500,000 in the these, there were #or x to te theasterr ska 1 ih various fields after paying value of Alaska's mineral output properties 1 m min one metals. The story of Alasca's as compared with the previous year | which made gold outputs rang ry wer n operat hundred to sev Coal 1 the same in value from a few eral thousand doll: Copper Mining mat Mineral products has been told and The most important of these le the Fetold in fiction and prose, and yet condition of the placer mining In never grows old dustry, whieh, in epite of the ad This article, gleaned fr the re vances made in lode mining, still of Alfred H urniahes two-thirds of the gold out ated on basis fn 1913. B c in Puttes Sta geological surv put, Less than 40 per cent of the It nh 1913 about | f an f Brings the mineral history of the placer gold is produced by large ‘ ri t ine Worth country up to date in ac. plants, the balance being still won itt of Graham, prod c r eurate form from the rich gravels than can be cop lued 4 A was also Mining first began tn profitably mined by hand methods. $160,000 worth of gold, « 00 | mi everal other places to 7880, since which Line ri. Therefore, marked fluctuation in the worth of silver, The f | the vantage of Moca! commun over 9,000,000 pounds ry has produced miner placer gold output is inevitable, due the value of $248,300.0 Of to exhaue f bonanzas, on one duction d F Petroleurr is gold, $16.58 and, and the discovery of new dis ar, is fact, as alrea The Katatla ofl field continues to “a a: iver °% trietn on the ether. Moreover showr largest be t of any develoy And the balance tin, lead, these small operations are tar more wan practic closed r roleum industry in Marble, cypsum, p leur ete. dependent on the local water sup: about four monthe apes well was j mining began in Alaska fn ply than are the large plants Tin 913 to th of about : and stal production is Under such conditions no stability The dredging of placer tin in the This and some of the 000 pounds of placer gold production is to be York trict, in the western part of furnished, by pumping, Decrease Explained expected, The exceptionally dry the Seward peninsula, was contir p Sor = emnalt renmery, TDs Tt is estimated that th summer of 1913, and the fact that ued during 1913, Work was also |e which is of a high grade ue of the mineral output the bonanza deposits of Fairbanks carried on at the lode tin m on | ff market at the settle fa 1913 is $18,900,000 co: S| district have, In large measure n ame dist nynts on Prince lam sound With $22,587,821 for 1912. The value been exhausted, account for the de all entration 1 Cook Inle Bf the gold ovtput is estimated at crease in gold output, There te, 5,450,000; that of 1912 was however, no shortage of auriferous. ieee There was also very or gold producing gravels, but only "ed decrease in copper production, of deposits which can be mined ‘of 1913 being estimated to have under the present high cost of oper. 19,700,000 pounds, val ation. © gbout $3,014,000, while that of What ts true of the placer mines WHY NOT EAT TODAY AT THE===—== ew Germania dolphe Diederich “The Cave’ Wines, Liquors and Cigars Most Unique Grill on the Coas' Established 20 Years. The Best Things to Eat and Drink. Specializing German Cooking. Corner Second and Seneca, Family Entrance on Seneca. SEATTLE, WASH. “PANNING” AND HYDRAULIC MINING, TWO WAYS OF GETTING GOLD IN ALASKA. applies also to lode mining, except}ure by the shortage of water jon tide water. The Fairbanks dis-|Fairbanka, in the Innoko-Idi ier trict has shown what can be ac-| region, and on the Seward peninsula Ese APSE 2. BEST CLASSES OF RECIPROCAL TRADE |the most adverse conditions of lens than one-half the normal. Th |transportation, labor, water and|total decrease in value of placer| fuel. While the coastal region is| gold production from these thre | Fourth Av » Weath and Pine Street | developing at a rate which bids fair! most important regions is estimated RELA IONS URGED jto overshadow all mining opera to have been over $2,250,000, On C. F. WINGFIELD, Prop. Itlons in the Interior, no marked|the other hand, the value of the | progress can be expected in the In- gold output from Ruby district in jland region until a transportation | 1913 was more than $500,000 great | system is provided er in 1913 than in 1912. So far as h Il f J | The falling off in ¢ output Is|now known, the output from other C ancelior 0 apanese Con- }less significant, because it i# due| Alaska camps was about the same [tte to the tit that the Keane in 1013 aa ie 93 ‘aheca*s of Race in America Is sulate Quotes Figures tcop-| It is estima 5 dred: on| were operated in Alaska in 191% | cott-Bonanza—much the large | per producer—was closed dow account of accidents, for about one-| and that these produ Sours ove sod vat tne oroteet sowie = Assured by Treaties | ——— The finding during 1913 of de-| Alaska dredges produced gold to | poxits of aurl rous gravels in two the value of $2,200 000. There wer | newly y separated locall- also six or eight dredges which, for ties, namely, in the upper Matanus-|one reason or another, were not! basin (locally called Shushana), a/others are under construction or| tributary of the Tanana, furnishes | planned for. | pew fields for the prospector. Thee It Is estimated that In 1913 oe IT oe United States Now Consumes Huge - poe ut the auriferous lode mines of put in some of the larger camps be-| Alaska produced gold to the Be Cl f I ° ° * f Ori tal |Sause they rem nvay Mansy mine's, | fangs ef 94900000, se compares (Better Class of Immigrants Coming antity 0} ental Goods Jand thus caused @ shortage of! with a value of $8,002,000 in . by ’ labor 4 1912. Curlously enough, the | Des Dec ease N mbe: Was Dry Season decrease in lode production, if | pite r in Nu rs The returns from placer minin the final figurs bear out these | are, as yet, incomplete, but the estimates, must be charged to 1 indicates that the the Juneau district, which, in The es in 1913 produced| spite of this decreased output, | 0000 worth of gold was the most prosperous of the Cigar Stand is of theyUnited States. Japane of the United |!n Seattle predict a m e dealers bh feces enor b larger p f wheat and wheat flour this n that States, wh ar sources seem Amerion can bejJapanese are assimilating Ame aniy : data at ha Special | tiacer mi Ratesto about $10 year, iprocal trade re- termin of | the being th gain alscenery fascinat to people from|lations between Japan and the Unit edge of the English language | other lands. with cool summers andjed States summarily. vi |warm winters rendering para two classes; first, /customs, and endeavoring t yee born in America; secc 4, thone | k com «d with an output valued at; mining districts in Alaska. who came from Japan so that they may not be stran a tal par ai - Perma- | $11,990,000 in 1912. This decreas The reason for this is that, in Phe American bora Japanese. in|the country in which they choose to (sunk co the tnreholh ons a hand: twa counenne % Is to-be accounted for in large meas-| thie field, energies have been |xenerai are like any other people of | make their homes. In this connec-| ®t Krowth and a greats low is a link to . Guests MEAN THING riotic American citizens, ‘This ts/agpstion of naturnitzation i» more|number of which is rapidly increas j disvikabeun oN have’ teawath Soe MOUNTAIN GOAT ave to tne tntiuence of Amertoan eau-|cital and significant than any ocher |i, recognize that there ts larger | mor Mra. Seraph—Oh, good! I'll run BOLD CLIMBER’: m phere in general. Consequently.|most important current topic con-| facturing, m ads, har SERVED BY TWENTY CAR LINES guess youll be ready in time} The mountain goat 1s confined |American citizens, as they are eligi-|questions of Japar in America| Pactti thweat. will certainly be{t then, The tickets are for tomor-|!0 tt range to the mountain of |bie to the franchise under the con-|will fade as the mint before the | for the benefit of the whole « t 1 prors the Southeast Archipelago and the|stitution. If each one plana his fu-|morning sun. It should solves! Saan.« ‘ jern se aboards of Am adjacent maininnd, and the high |ture career inteliigentiy and has mut-| with justice, with respect for. the|velous development. that Ganadn islanee 1 the boas coastal peaks as far west the [tieient ambition and determination, | treaty betw the two nations, but |S0uUnd district—in which Se is/China, Hongkong, Phil Uippine islande, F. BUTY, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Telephone Elliott 3913 western shores of Prince William |there is no reason why he may notleapecially so for the sake ot the distributing: c nter—made in its} Australasia, New aland, and e Sound; or roughly speaking, those|attain high political. and sociailelean poritice in trade with foreign countries during | pecially Japan, will afford commer- “ * America, In many|the past 12 years, by my comparative |cial advantages to a gre e F. Bl J TY & COM Y regions from which the mountain | standing. instances the demagogues in thie| Studies in statistic. Its percentage| The comimeretal reat extent. P Al NJ sheep is absent. It is a bolder | jot increase is not to be found in any|New York and Yokohama will be ‘a tie TARTS RE SOON ah we country are taking advantage of a ° Real Estate—Loans—Rent—Mortgages—Collections—Bonde and General insurance climber than ‘even the, tountatn | _.Th° sepnnese Whe have tmmarat~ | nee ee ata ne 8 lother customs district shortened by 3,768 iniles through the sheep and may be found in more |° t© this country differ from thone Japanene atéitut @ to attract alt 1911 its exports am ad to Panama canal ‘by way of San Fran. who are American born tn that they |#0me narrow-minded people's votes, | $48,629,938, and were $67,435,4 or |eiseo, as the n ‘oute will he 9 inaccessible places, and for such|*! A . ceslboe ipretatyg: Lot Net the year 1912, showing an incre Me oligg De eee miles, and iles by wa FIRE reasons its habite are less perfect nitti L 1 ceeea ant , on $18,805,4 npor Honolulu, which will be 16,096 mi LIABILITY ly known. Strictly speaking it iq sponsible missions to perform. They|Parried out in many cages in both |101i, and & (for i913, show-|compared “with. ‘that ‘of the “Rue LIFE Hot ® goat at all, having many pe-|4f* handicapped by racial prejudice, | o¢ the apparent purpons to misiend |amainet, $2,082 626,848 waporte [Sane which if 3586 malles, | Twelve cullarities common to antelopes, |!neligtbility to hold land, strange en-| Americans and to injure the Japa-land $1 067,130 for rts of the|12 miles per hour, Ag to fen “4 all forms and finds its nearest relation |Yironments, unfamiliarity with bt iim due to the fact that the | whole United States ountries|and freight, there Is every Teaser te HEALTH among the chamols of Europe and |ness methods, and In mort cases lit | therefore cannot exercise their|bered 48 in which I cam pick out 8 | very Important tecten th ore ae some ttle known Asiatic forms,|tle knowledge of the language political influence to thwart ios with the amount over and|a favorable trade relation es ACCIDENT In the recent agreement, Raron| ™isleding politicians 90,000 standard, including| What will be of Seattle, then, the FIDELI Fe fs J ® worth while which is conspicuous with{nearest American port on the Pane TY Uchida, then the Japanese ambas-|that the Tapane cure ot $ilas72 the ‘par (amas canst seule ae iecen, eee eee PLATE GLASS arine Exc ANYES | sxA0r to Washington, made the doo- | {iit from a against the Whole export ts] port for over 60 ditforent steamship, eta she Aggedgcspse duce ay h INT e countries with which. it{lines, the Paclf at te 1 CONTRACT laration that the government of/ exact for imi 44, of which |8 tranacontinen eae chs tar al railroads, the in- f the Pacific slope, sent time the tranashi th int’ over and/dustrial center $1,000,000 standard ngjat the Sells Equipment Japan #hould strictly enforce the un }derstanding which ain 1 has i} ELEVATOR AUTOMOBILE JUDICIAL i eoses Soom comnion Se the Cassed {Mie Hct iS Mele ecthanelictbenliecgees uy 5 siterip Among recent sales of the|ing clase from coming to the United | this vital problem will be 1 |import | more one considers this sut Marine nge is that of & Rob-| States, Since those who are eligt | benefit tween the two In the same year Japan's whole] more important it appears TEAMS and erts Aer 40 horse-power engine,| ble to enter the United States are |) commercially and diplo ul bom th eng By i 447.4 888 yon, | m ports of the Pac ific coast to be used in a hydroplane, recent-| limited to students, professional and| ‘Th fs another Important mis-|to and from United States | per Tad mibhern applinnoen es New York, for Edward Sobel of Se-|tellectual and moral equals of con Japanese, Gnd that le that they |61,860,000 yen ‘respect! which, [In ov a commerce, which mu should utilize their knowled cent of | come as the result of the completic immigrants, if they are|Japan and of the United tates to|the whole amount of for Ot |added’ together, is 28.30 p | fen trade, " attle. Europ of the BONDS Wary pulpal dick on aroD of the Panama canal. The w |W] FLY WHEEL cruisers have|not superior to wome of them: the| bUlld up an enormous trade between land comes first in rank with any |o nd to Lake W | r m nem; the y ‘ e Washing~ . two great nations other trac natio © worl: |also been sold evolution of a new era for the Japa-| ate’ tant dormeny nee OTe Voscuas aera ler construction, which nonstrates Itself that | Among the Japanese articles d Japanese in America realize the|tined to the United States there a situation and are bending mighty |many more important Varletlos th to that end, ‘This shows Ite | th other countries, such as many enterpriges and tn. an | silk, ypper, habutal, flu e the shore line of the f Seattle, and other improve- ments planned by the citizens, typi- fying (ite Seattle Spirit, may be con- sidered is a vivid proof of the pre- One was bought by Manager Har-|nese in America is commenetr «. For-|the STEAMSHIP AND RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE ris of the Madison Park boathouse, | merly the Japan The other was sold to Fred Miller, |\imited to labor Travelers’ Checks and Money Forwarded all Over the World. to be used on a hunting trip in population was effort ®, merehants and| seit in udents, Now their colony ¢ Agency of the Welle Fargo Express Co. Alaska the majority of tradesmen, businoas| PY, the Ay n rice, brald camphor, ete. | netic ais i aged tapas Lie 2 , and professional men of whem mor lok area Lg Msg hh oval ig tmpe desiradl Public Accountants—Translators—Notary Public—Interpreters. OH, SHUCKS! eat tha bonis in aaemeed ieee Gteleatintioe be raw cotton, pes| the paeiren nets tenrable, thet ‘ . : * a i ‘ an ten per cent are in business | thelr assimilattor 1, machin manufactures of | wisely he lem 7 aes Informations—Legal Advice. Special attention given to Collections, Why did your family drop the | for ther n.The domand for thin | tome and standard nt. Wheat’ flour, condensed | resulgee aie yuomecal and economical nut diet and go back to meat? |clas» of immigrants is greater than | *. : D beont aetie ather, lumber, etc. are neces-/now Misting and developing betwee BUTY BLOCK, 507 JACKSON ST. SEATTLE, WASH |Pidn't the nut diet work?” the supply hand, with a mutual undersvacaln b worth of Wheat and $LOhNe [te ude countries ‘and make an effort } “Oh, yeu; but there was never| without much eft jae wall am & closer financial relation lour Were shipped. to Japan landMiee rhe maces eer thoroughly anything | » ” wich effort a keen Ob-/ the word “Pacific” shall stenity itelfrom Puget sound—-an important ot the Pacific ocean, out linkin anything left for the dog, srver will find how eagerly the'real moaning forever—-Adv. [outlet for the wheat crog ae cant gellar ee gel ea peace and good will.—Ady,