Cale and Waskey Elected Delegates in First Territory Vote
The miners associations of Tanana and Nome elected Thomas Cale of Fairbanks for the long term and Frank Waskey of Nome for the short term as delegates to Congress. Returns show large majorities with Nome and Tanana districts leading. Murane of the Republicans close in Nome city, while Swineford and Mellen Democrats fared poorly in the north.
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Miners’ Associations
Tanana
Nome
Thomas Cale
Fairbanks
Frank Waskey
Congress
Cale
Waskey
Murane
Nome City
Seward Peninsula
Swineford
Mellen
Morane Mellen Cale
Juneau
Silver Bay Sv
Treadwell
Douglas
Skag
Haines
Nevada Creekett
Morane Swineford Waskey
Fox Gulch
Golden
Fairbanks Cr
Chena Ft
Gibbon
Rampart
Cale Fairbanks
Fox
Golden Cleary
Fairbanks Ce
Chena, Ne
Explosive cargo arrives on schooner Alice in port
Schooner Alice came in yesterday with 1100 cases of dynamite and 150 cases of gasoline. Departed Seattle July 22 bound for Alaska. Dynamite mostly for Alaska Central. gasoline for Kenai Lumber & Fuel. Owned by Rudd & Christian of Seattle. chartered to go to Kuskokwim from Seward with three mining men led by G H Ritenour aboard.
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Alice
Seattle
Alaska Central
Kenai Lumber & Fuel Company
Rudd & Christian
Kuskokwirg
Seward
G. H. Ritenour
Largest Tanana Nugget Found at Kantishna
The report notes a record nugget unearthed in Kantishna near Fairbanks, in the Tanana region, valued at 9998. It mentions rapid mining progress and historic note that Attalus bound the first books in 198 B C, per earlier text.
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Fairbanks
Kantishna
Attalus
Pergamus
B. C
cinnabar mine on the kuskokwim river alaska details
A vast cinnabar deposit on the Kuskokwim river about 300 miles from its mouth has drawn investors after years of isolation. Discovered by Duncan McDonald during the Kusko kwim district era, the mountain ore sits near Kolmakoff, with gray cinnabar and red stringers yielding rich quicksilver values. Reports also say Bishop Innocent of Sitka may be succeeded by Bishop Anatoli.
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Duncan McDonald
United States
Kuskokwim
Kol'makoff
Innocent of
Sitka
Alaska
Anatoli
Seward Goes For Murane In Rail Line Favor
Seward voters backed Murane by a wide margin over rival candidates with total Seward ballots at 259 and several Australian ballots rejected. Reports say railroad laborers and mining districts favored the Democratic ticket as camps showed minimal support for Cale and Waskey. Major Ballaine notes rapid railroad progress possible if weather cooperates and highlights high potential in Crow Creek and Nugget Creek mining districts along Turnagain Arm.
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Turnagain Arm
Crow Creek
Herndon
Morris
Swineford
Occas
Murane
Seward
Ali
Cale
Waskey
Beewuse
Mellen
Turner
Rainbow Creek
Placer Valley
John Fe, Ballaine
Campbell Point
Sunr
Johnson Creek
el Eter
Bette
Welch
West
J. J. Hill
Ballaine
Kenai Peninsula
Attack on Northeast Siberian Company Reported in Bay Area
The Daily Gateway reports Count Kosakevich suing over claims of insolvency of John Rosene's Northeast Siberian Company. Constantin de Podhor says rumors of a government mining engineer’s favorable report are false and that prospectors receive 90 percent of output. Russia plans three resident officials to enforce concessions, with the company covering inspection costs.
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Gable
Gateway
San Francisco
Count Kosakevisch
John Rosene
Tehukov
Kosakeviteh
Seattle
Count Constantin de Podhor
Northeast Siberian Company
Count Tulchinsky
Tulchinsky
Russia
Podhorsky
Mining Department
Siberia
Alaska Agriculture Aid Sought for Five New Stations
Washington dispatch reports Prof. C. C. Georgeson urging a five station stock program for Alaska to develop Galloway and Highland cattle with existing tests at Kenai and Kodiak. He calls for fruit and grain trials across coast districts Copper River Susitna valleys and a new station between Fairbanks and Chena on vegetable cultivation potential.
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Washington, D. C
C. C. Georgeson
Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations
Kenai
Kodiak
Georgeson
Copper River
Susitna
Gold from Cooper Creek benches yields fourteen men at work
Eleven ounces of coarse gold and several small nuggets were sent to town by Cooper Creek Mining and Milling Company. Manager Fred Bryant reports the new bench strike is being worked by pick and shovel. The firm employs fourteen men on the ditch for hydraulic machinery expected to operate by September 1 for a three month run before freeze-up.
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Kahiltna
Doc Herndon
Billy Morris
Herndon
Mike Roddy
John Miller
Seward
Knik
Knik For the Dust the Ht Down From Poor Man's Creek
Roddy
Miller
Macreck
C. G. Herning
Nugget Creek
Paul Buckley
Maj. Ballaine
Yentna
Herndon’s
Morris
Cooper Creek Mining & Milling Company
Fred Bryant
Bryant
Gold sample shipment from Lake Creek inquiry details
J E O'Reilly sent a bottle containing three ounces of gold from a bar near Lake Creek to Frank Youngs this week as a sample of his mining output. The text notes historical flights of invention with reference to Greek bread and Saracens windmills.
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Lake Creek
J. E. O'Reilly
Frank Youngs
Ohio City Emerges From Cache Creek Finds
The letter from T. R. Wilson to a Seward friend details mining at Cache Creek with eight claims by Collins, Jones, and Wilson forming the Ohio group. An embryonic Ohio City with eight to ten tents grows nearby, gardens bloom, and rich flora abounds while a string sluice yields about an ounce per man daily.
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Collins, Jones
Cache Creek
Ohio
Ohio City
Prospecting in Alaska Yields Large Galena Specimen
Duke Harris found a sizable chunk of galena while gold prospecting on upper Susitna creeks. The rock likely contains high lead with possible silver. no assay released yet. A sample lies at the Bank of Seward and claims may be developed if a ledge is exposed.
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Susitna
Harris
Seward
Charting the Coast by Government Survey Steamer
The Patterson arrived in Seward and charting the coast west to Chirigoff Island. Navigation along Southwestern Alaska has suffered due to poor charts. Increased westward traffic and resource development drive the need for reliable surveys to prevent harbor entrance delays like those faced by the Ferris Thompson.
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Patterson
Seward
Chirigoff Island
Alaska
Ferris Thompson
Resurrection Bay
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Murane Swineford
KEY Murane Mellen
Douglas Skagway
Nevada Creek
I Tor
Jane Tapm
Valdes
Juneau and
Swixtrong
Silver Bay
Eee
Mucrane Sweneford Waskey
Murane Mellen
Kongarok
Cinnabar
the World
Mai
Man's Gulch
Charles Benjamin
Thomas Moor
Siberian
Rosene Enterprise
Cooper Creek
T. R. Wilson
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