Cale and Waskey Elected Delegates to Congress
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 in Alaska's first delegate election. Majorities are large with returns from telegraph towns. Nome and Tanana districts favored them strongest while Murane trailed in Nome and Democrats Swineford and Mellen were largely overlooked 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
Boat brings explosives to port aboard schooner Alice
Schooner Alice arrived in port yesterday morning with 1100 cases of dynamites and 150 cases of gasoline. She sailed from Seattle July 22 and was sent by Rudd and Christian of Seattle. The dynamite goes to Alaska Central and the gasoline to Kenai Lumber and Fuel.
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Alice
Seattle
Alaska Central
Kenai Lumber & Fuel Company
Rudd & Christian
Kuskokwirg
Seward
G. H. Ritenour
Nugget Found in Kantishna Noted as Largest in Tanana
In Kantishna Fairbanks the largest nugget ever taken from Tanana region was recently found. It is valued at 9998. A railroad line from Nome to Kongarok now extends twenty one miles with completion planned by October 15. The first books were bound by Attalus, king of Pergamus, in 198 B.C.
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Fairbanks
Kantishna
Nome
Kongarok
Attalus
Pergamus
B. C
Rainbow Creek
Turnagain Arm
Placer Valley
Cinnabar Mine on the Kuskokwim River
A large cinnabar deposit on the Kuskokwim river near Kolmakoff is described as a former Russian site now attracting eastern investment. The gray ore carries red cinnabar stringers with quicksilver values, lending it economic appeal despite low grade. Reports also mention a church leadership change from Bishop Innocent of Sitka to Bishop Anatoli.
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Duncan McDonald
United States
Kuskokwim
Kol'makoff
Innocent of
Sitka
Alaska
Anatoli
Seward results show Murane's win and railroad notes
Seward voters backed Murane by a large margin as precincts on the railroad line proceed with construction toward Turnagain Arm. The report highlights 259 votes in Seward, scattered minor candidate totals, and railroad influence boosting Democratic nominees, with mining districts reporting heavy activity and promising yields at Crow Creek and Nugget Creek.
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Turnagain Arm
Crow Creek
Herndon
Morris
Swineford
Occas
Seward
Beewuse
Mellen
Turner
Cale
Waskey
Northeast Siberian Company Faces Insolvency Claims
In San Francisco August 13 Count Kosakevisch sues over alleged insolvency of John Rosene's Northeast Siberian Company. He warns claims under the company will not be recognized by the Russian government. Count Podhor disputes reports of a Russian mining engineer’s favorable payoffs and notes high prospecting costs with modest returns. Russia plans to send three resident officials to oversee concession compliance while the company covers expenses.
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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
Requests for Alaska agriculture aid expanded to five new stations
The report by Prof. C. C. Georgeson, head of Alaska agricultural experiment stations, calls for five stock stations to breed Galloway and Highland cattle, citing success at Kenai and Kodiak. He seeks federal funds for apple and hardy fruit trials in coast districts and grain work in Copper River and Susitna valleys. He also proposes an experiment station between Fairbanks and Chena, noting warm springs beneath and strong vegetable potential.
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Washington, D. C
C. C. Georgeson
Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations
Kenai
Kodiak
Georgeson
Copper River
Susitna
Gold Strike At Cooper Creek Yields Rich Ores
Eleven ounces of coarse gold and several small nuggets were brought to town from the Cooper Creek Mining and Milling Company. Manager Fred Bryant noted the samples came from a new bench strike worked by pick and shovel. The firm employs fourteen men on a ditch for hydraulic work, slated to run three months before freeze up with equipment expected by September 1.
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Cooper Creek Mining & Milling Company
Fred Bryant
Bryant
Gold sample sent from Lake Creek bar to Frank Youngs
J E O'Reilly sent a three ounce gold sample from a Lake Creek bar to Frank Youngs this week. The note mentions the Greeks making the first bread and the Saracens inventing the windmill.
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Lake Creek
J. E. O'Reilly
Frank Youngs
Ohio City mined along Cache Creek eight claims reported
A letter from T. R. Wilson to a Seward friend details eight Cache Creek claims named the Ohio group with an embryonic Ohio City near eight to ten tents. They report sluice boxes yielding about an ounce per man per day eight hours and note Rambler gulch prospects. Dr Herndon works Nugget Creek three miles away with decent diggings. Willow Creek and Poor Man's Gulch yields disappoint.
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Collins, Jones
Cache Creek
Ohio
Ohio City
Prospecting yields large galena specimen in Alaska’s Susitna region
Duke Harris found a big chunk of almost pure galena while gold prospecting on upper Susitna creeks. No assay disclosed yet though rock shows heavy lead with possible silver content. Locality not stated but claims are believed filed. ore sample sits at the Bank of Seward.
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Charles Benjamin
Thomas Moor
Kahiltna
Herndon
Morris
Yentna
Susitna
Harris
Seward
Charting the Coast by Patterson Survey Vessel
The government steamer Patterson arrived in Seward and then sailed west to chart the coast as far as Chirigoff Island. Southwest Alaska’s coast has scant charts, hindering safe navigation amid rising westward traffic and developing mineral and fishing resources, a need highlighted by the Ferris Thompson incident.
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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
Cinnabar
the World
Mai
Ballaine
Roddy
Miller
Man's Gulch
Ali
John Fe, Ballaine
Campbell Point
Sunr
Johnson Creek
el Eter
Bette
Welch
West
J. J. Hill
Kenai Peninsula
Doc Herndon
Billy Morris
Mike Roddy
John Miller
Knik
Knik For the Dust the Ht Down From Poor Man's Creek
Macreck
C. G. Herning
Nugget Creek
Paul Buckley
Maj. Ballaine
Herndon’s
Siberian
Rosene Enterprise
Cooper Creek
T. R. Wilson
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