Alaska miners reel in rich pay from Flygar fraction
Reports from Chatanika and Gilmore creek note high returns with pay to the pan reaching up to 150 dollars. Walter Fisher nets a thousand-dollar first cleanup on Dome creek while several districts anticipate a busy summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Weiss
Chatanika
Gilmore Creek
Sullivan Creek
Hot Springs
R. L. Palmer
Pohl
Fairbanks
Mike Conley
Conley Creek
Nome
Berdoe
White Pass
Vancouver
John B. Matthews
Alie
Gifford Pinchot
Katalla
Alaska
Walter Fisher
Dome Creek
Chamber of Commerce of
Munro
N.C. Co
Tanana
Dawson
Sam Callahan
Gibbon Paper
Monday Creek
Grant Creek
Nevada
Valdez
Alaska News Highlights From Seattle and Dawson
The seafaring routes toward the Bering Sea are described with ships leaving Seattle ahead of rivals. Dawson hosts a notable May 26 wedding at St Pauls Cathedral. Stamp mills reach Seward for mining firms, and Alaska cable jurisdiction shifts to the post office. Alaska congress delegate Frank Waskey surveys remote lands. Black fox breeding proves profitable near Carcross. The Seward brings equipment for Beaton Copper Co to Tatouche with mine upgrades and a new dock planned. Boundary officials report arrivals and rigging along the Yukon and Porcupine rivers as ice begins to break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senger
Bering Sea
Seattle
Klondike
Dawson
St. Paul's Cathedral
Church of Lingland
Leila Gifford
Elihu Gifford
Edward W. Isom
Seward
California Mining Company
Alameda
Kenai-Alaska Gold Company
Senate
Alaska
Post Office Department
Frank Waskey
Congress
Thg Sea
Kuskokwim River
Carl W. Faulk
Carcross
Yukon Territory
Faulk
T,atouche
Beaton Copper Co
A. K. Beaton and Associates
C. D. Craig
Charley Coughlan
White Pass
Craig
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Iditarod Ice Office Expands Summer Service
The Iditarod Ice Company under Martin and O'Brien starts summer service with a new ice team selling ice at 2d per unit to small customers. Jules Oliver, famed Alas pilot, aboard the Tanana, is recovering after illness at McDonald hotel. John Duncan pockets about 1700 from the Rampart district gold claim. Jonas Brewis advances Guggs lay work on Flat Creek. Al Burke travels on White Seal to inspect Ruby Creek strike. FOR SALE Business location on First avenue inquiries Pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iditarod Ice O
Martin & O’brien
Jules Oliver
Tanana
McDonald Hotel
John Duncan
Little Minook
Rampart District
Mr. Duncan
Gov. McGraw
Jonas Brewis
Flat Creek
al Burke
Frm
Ruby Creek
Copper laden Northwestern brings new boom to Seattle
Seattle guests hailed the Northwestern as it docked with 1100 tons of Bonanza copper ore valued at over 250000 dollars. City leaders and business groups greeted the ship with whistles bombs and searchlights signaling a new Copper Era for Seattle and Puget Sound smelters will process the ore while more shipments from Kennecott await.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Northwestern
Cordova
George Dilling
J. D. Lowman
Chamber of Commerce
Progress and Prosperity League
Portland
Klondike
Eiliott Bay
Minnesota
Buddy Mary
O’brien
Bay
O’c
Alaskan Shipping Companies
Copper River Railroad
O'Brien
Puget Sound
Kennecott
Fairbanks Business Sale Sparks Dikenan Activity
Frank S. Gordon bought the Simson Bros. stock of ladies ready to wear and dry goods, moving to the Cushman Cribb building in Fairbanks. The mayor showed strong ambition in the drapery field as the new owner, while McDonald the former Tana purser will oversee summer traffic and offices at Dikeman. Charles Surridge joins from N C company to handle passenger traffic for Holy Cross routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Mirbanks
Frank S. Gordon
Simson Bros
Gordon
Jim
Cribb
Cushman
McDonald
Dikenan
L. J. Heacock
Dikeman
Labaree Seeks 30 Million for Alaska Rail to Open Coal Lands
President Labaree of the Maska Northern railway says he has backing up to thirty million dollars to build the railway and open coal lands in Alaska as soon as coal cases are settled. He did not name the capitalists but English capital, routed through Canadian stockholders, is believed to be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labaree
Maska Northern Railway
Alaska
Orders to dissolve Standard Oil and trust investigations
The U S Supreme Court ruled Standard Oil is a trust and must dissolve within the new months. The House orders an investigation of the Steel trust. Jack Jesson of Jesson Bros. visits Ester creek camp in the Fairbanks district and has not fixed his stay length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Standard Oil Corporation
Steel Trust
Jack Jesson
Jesson Bros
Ester Creek
Fairbanks
The Height of Luxury at Elite Baths and Local Foods
An advertisement touts steam bath services and a furnished sleeping room on Caribou street. It notes moulding and door stops priced at four francs per foot and lists Anderson & Barrett at telephone 70. Also invites visitors to Flan Creek to stop at Iroll's Globe Bakery and Coffee House for lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elite
Caribou Street
Anderson & Barrett
Flan Creek
Iroll
Globe Bakery
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New York
Cordova North Star
Oregon
F. Ross
Exuawate
E. J. White
U. S
Whitehorse
Daniel Frawley
Yom Cole
Juneau
James Wickersham
Barney Goss
James L. Galen
Galen
Koyakuk
Se ‘Ore Tlaska Mining
Iman
Iver Valley
Mrajor Thomas Carter
Montana
Grant
Wrangell
San Francisco
John Carson
Northland
South
Wilbur C. Cornell
Yukon
Lowe's Chapel
Corwin
Max Shel
Discakel
Ophir City
Leysed
Cascade Laundry
Iditarod Soda Water Works
Caripu Street
Iditarod
the Gilmore
Dave
Willow ST
Slippern’s Mill
Builders’ Supplies
Julius’ Place
Dis
Star Core
Willow Street
Forichetch
Inuel Gularte
F. B
Bontasl Proprietors
ARC
Willow St. Ribousts
Richmond St
Third Ave
Cascade Laundry & Water
First Avenue
Center Bluck
Inq
Pioneer
Spirit City
Frank Gordon
Simsons
Charles Surridge
N.C. Company
Traife
Holy Cross
Reliance
Standard Oil
Heimburger House
Second Avenue
Fairview Trading CO
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