Steamer Portland Wrecked on Spire Island Reef
The Steamer Portland ran ashore on Spire Island eight miles below Ketchikan and was a total loss. All passengers and freight were saved, and the Santa Clara moved them to Seattle. The loss prompted checks on buoy positions and reports from Bertha and Oregon steamers. Captain Lindquist and crew are noted in past rescue records. The vessel’s troubled voyage began with heavy seas and a fierce storm near Resurrection Bay, before breaking up off Spire Island due to a drifting buoy.
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Express
Ketchikan
Resurrection Bay
Portland
Seward
W. C. Stull
FL. Donovan
R. McGuirk
W. T. Baker
J. ©. Wanzer
EF. W. Young
Seattle
Santa Clara
Oregos
Spire Island
Sam Christian
Juneau
Valdes
Nort Ward
Chelstan
Bertha
Alaska Shipping Grows Show Strong Trade Figures
The interior shows Alaska merchandise imports and exports reaching large totals. Domestic shipments from US districts in Oregon Puget Sound and San Francisco totaled 619 million dollars with most in American steam and cargo vessels. Alaska to US shipments amounted to 910.6 million dollars. Gold and silver coin moved both ways totaling 427 036 and 9 244 respectively. Foreign merchandise imports were 1.4599 million and exports to foreign countries 1.072 million. Consolidated customs receipts stood at 133.248 thousand with collection costs 601.678 thousand.
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Ala
Sys
United States
Alaska
Oregon
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Platinum Found in British Columbia Valley Ore
A report notes a remarkable platinum find near Bear Creek in the Nivola Valley British Columbia within a platinum ore that previously yielded silver and gold at about 300 a ton. The discovery alters expectations for the ore and its value in mining contexts.
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British Columbia
Bear Creek
Nivola Valley
Beginnings of Tunnel Boring At No 1 Ends
Tunnel boring began this week at both ends of tunnel No 1 on the railroad project. The nearer end will be hand drilled, the far end by steam drills. The tunnel will be 710 feet long with track nearing mile 47 by January end.
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Mile
Santi
Poland
J. Be Cameron
Subport Chbih Opens as New Year Starts
Santa An inch Pitman deputy collector of customs to open local office January 1 as secretary of the treasury creates a subport here. Temporary quarters planned until a new building arrives. lumber shortages delay construction while two large Seattle cargoes speed to the port. Subport status allows Seward boats to clear direct from Seward or Valdez with no extra reporting.
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Custom House
Seattle
Seward
Valdez
Farm implements expected from Buck Hoyt in town this week
Buck Hoyt of the Gulkana road house is in town to bid in farming gear including a mower rake plow harrow wagons and other supplies for the homestead near the roadhouse. Boston reportedly consumed 63732 barrels of baked beans last year.
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Buck Hoyt
Gulkana Road
Valdez
Boston
Cable interests seek lease of Alaska cable lines
Cable to The Daily Gateway reports T Flynn of Seattle leading a syndicate aiming to lease government Alaska cable lines for eastern capitalists. They claim to run lines cheaper than the government while opposing local resistance and citing high Alaska earnings from government and commercial messages.
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Washington, D. A
Vee
Cod
T. Flynn
Seattle
Alaska
Flynn
Gen. Greely
Government Signal Service
Alaska Roads Favored For Growth By Secretary Hitchcock
Secretary Hitchcock urges extensive rail and wagon road construction in Alaska to unlock settlement and resource development. Proposes trunk railway lines, explorations within two years, and tax relief to encourage railroad and coastal shipping facilities. Georgia Barrack leads 15 men at Latouche Copper Mine with a 550 foot tunnel planned near Beatson property on Latouche Island.
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Congress
Hitchcock
the Interior
Deepartment
Alaska
Inb
John G. Brady
Alaska Central
Seward
Resurrection Bay
Kenai Peninsula
Tanana Valley
Fairtanks
Susitna
George Barrack
Blackbird
Latouche
Beatson
Latouche Island
Revolutionists in control at Moscow
Moscow reports twenty thousand rebels hold the city backed by tens of thousands of workers. women fight in trenches as parts of the troops waver. fighting damages life and property little, while insurgents cut telegraph lines and seize bridges to block reinforcements.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Pol
Fighting Revolutionary Committee
Schoolman
Exar
Witte
Progress in Surveys in Alaska Under Interior Report
The Interior Secretary notes continued Alaska surveys by the Division of Alaskan Mineral Resources. Fourteen survey parties studied gold and copper regions, Yukon Alaska placer districts, Seward Peninsula, Cook Inlet, Cape Lisburne coal fields, and petroleum and tin deposits. Topographic work covered Yukon-Tanana and Cook Inlet regions with mapped Nome near 600 square miles. A placer mining cost and method study, Bulletin 262, is published.
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Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Yukon-'anana
Seward Peninsula
Cook Inlet
Cape Lisburne
Pacific Littoral
Tne
Yukon-Tanana
Cool Inlet
Nome
Indians Sell Meat to Dawson
A great train of dog teams arrived in Dawson from the Rocky mountains with tons of fresh meat for the Dawson market. Twenty five Peel river braves, two mothers of the tribe and two children made the journey in eight sleeps. The meat is cari bou and mountain sheep. Little moose was found by the expedition, and the dogs are among the finest seen, adorned with ribbons and rosettes made by native women.
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Dawson
Rocky Mountains
Peel River
Dawson News
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