Heinze Eyes Alaska Copper Move From Katalla to Cordova
Montana copper magnate Augustus Heinze plans relocation to Seattle to direct Alaska copper ventures after selling Montana holdings to Amalgamated Copper. Agents have quietly accrued copper claims in Alaska, with Katalla losing favor as Guggenheim railroad terminus to Cordova for better harbor facilities. Delegate Cale of Alaska predicts the shift, while B C Hawkins backs Cordova's harbor gains.
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Daily Gateway
Butte
F. Augustus Heinze
Montana
Seattle
Alaska
Heinze
Amalgamated Copper Company
Gateway
Cale
Guggenheims
Katalla
Cordova
B.C. Hawkins
Guggenheim Road
Fairbanks
Crime Rages in New York Amid Mafia Fear
New York reports a string of five prominent murders and multiple assaults over several days. Citizens threaten lynching suspects, and police confess limited ability to curb the violence. The Mafia or Black Hand is named as the main culprit. Fifty Armenian leaders met secretly to vow to exterminate the Black Hand, with letters sent this morning warning participants to desist or face death.
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Daily Gateway
New York
Mafia
Black Hand Society
Copper Prospect Near Seward At Day's Harbor
Copper float found on Day's harbor beach near Seward suggests a promising source. C F Bogus plans return soon to further evaluate the copper discovery at the western shoreline entrance. Duttons and Jahouas travel from Siamma to Seward for annual assessment work on a large claim group, with civil engineer C S Hubbell joining. The Santa Clara carried passengers and freight, with Captain Daniels now at the helm. The Ketchikan Miner notes this region may rival Fairbanks and Nome for mineral wealth.
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Day’s Harbor
Resurrection Bay
C.F. Bogus
Mr. Boggs
Day's Harbor
Dutton and
Trials Proposed for Sixty Five Japanese Sealing Crew
The daily note from Washington reports that sixty five Japanese accused of seal poaching will be transferred to Valdez to be tried in the district court opening July 29. District Attorney Ray has orders to proceed westward as directed by the justice department. A dispatch from Sitka says prisoners will be moved to Unga for arraignment before U S Commissioner Dunfield. The Japanese government sought details of the arrest of crews by the revenue cutter Manning near St Paul island.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Valdez
District Court
Ray
Department of Justice
Dora
Portland
U. S
C. C. Harmon
Unalaska
Sitka
Revenue Cutter
Washington
Unga
St. Paul Island
Alaska Coast Changes Hands Sold to Reynolds-Alaska Company
The Reynolds-Alaska Company has purchased a controlling interest in the Alaska Coast Company, which runs a Seattle to Alaska steamship line. Officials and personnel are not expected to change under the new ownership.
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Deane, Vuy
Reynolds - Alaska Company
Alaska Coast Company
Seattle
Alaska
Sinking of the Columbia After Collision Off Shelter Cove
A fog bound collision between the steamer Columbia and the San Pedro near Shelter Cove caused the Columbia to sink in two minutes. More than 60 to 96 lives are feared lost among 200 aboard. Survivors recount brave acts. several Portland residents among the rescued. The San Pedro to Eureka and the George W. Elder towed it for repairs. An official marine board inquiry opens into speed and orders on the foggy night.
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San Francisco
Vny
Columbia
Portland
Eureka
Idea
San Pedro
Roanoke
Doran
George W. Elder
Cal
Shelter Cove
Wall
Marine Board
Hawse
The
Alaska Trade Shows Growth in Fiscal Year Returns
Alaska trade for the year ending June 30 totaled about 58 million dollars per preliminary figures. Gold output in 1907 is expected to rise over 1906, though Tanana district miners face losses due to strikes. Dawson reports a boundary survey near Davis Creek shifts the Alaska Yukon line, favoring Alaska with a large wedge-shaped land slice several hundred miles long.
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Washington
D. C
Alaska
Tanana District
Daily Gateway
Dawson
Canadian Boundary Survey
Yukon Territory
Davis Creek
Forty Mile District
Wireless Link Planned From Sitka To Valdez
July 25 report states the government will establish a wireless system between Sitka and Valdez. George Hanscome has left for Sitka to begin work on the station there. Vallejo.
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Vallejo
Sitka
Valdez
George Hanscome
Alaska Grows Vegetables Enough for Army Posts
Commissary of the War Department will not ship fresh green vegetables to Alaska army posts as local production now meets demand. Steamer reallocations planned: Northwestern and Yucatan on the outside run to Seward, Saratoga and Santa Clara moved to the inside passage. Saratoga arrived Seward at 3 pm and sailed to Seldovia. Captain Schage now commands on the bridge. Purser Charles Birchler of the Hannah reportedly carried a sack of money across the ice on the Yukon and emerged with the coin. Innoke river gold assays at 19.01 dollars.
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Santa Clara
Seattle
Seward
Dora
Daniels
Schage
Saratoga
Washington, D. C
War Department
Alaska
Northwestern
Yucatan
Seldovia
Charles Birchler
Hannah
Yukon
Construction on Bear River Trail Moves Forward
Work is underway with several men employed. Grading started at the Schettler homestead near the tide flat and proceeds north toward Resurrection River. The bridge over Resurrection River will be the costliest part. Congressman Sulzer of New York visits Southeastern Alaska to push mining interests. It is very wet today, making steamboat whistles sound watery.
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Bear River
Schettler
Tide Flat
Resurrection River
Congressman Sulzer
New York
Alaska
Alaska Visitors and Local Incidents Reported in Seward
Jas H Haight Seattle attorney and secretary to Judge Thompson arrives on the Saratoga with W E Harper and Thompson, friends of President Frost, visiting for sight seeing and may tour the Matanuska coal fields. Dr F H Gambell of the national educational bureau plans to inspect native schools along Cook Inlet. Charles L Erickson chemist at Alaska Smelting & Refining Company fell 100 feet into a coke bin from an elevated tram but is expected to recover.
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Jas. H. Haight
Seattle
Alaska
W. M. Thompson
Danville
Lily
W. E. Harper
Chicago
Saratoga
Messrs. Thompson
Harper
Frost
Matanuska
F. H. Gambell
National Educational Bureau
Seward
Cook Inlet
Charles L. Erickson
Alaska Smelting & Refining Company
Hadley
Copper prospect near Ozinky on Innoko shows bonanza potential
Discovery last fall by James Cleghorn near native village of Ozinky on Woman's Bay, Kodiak Island, reveals a copper ledge with chalcopyrite ore. L. S. Robe reports from Fairbanks surveys, noting initial strike before freeze up and a possible rich deposit on a Yukon Innoko tributary Gaines Creek. The site lies about sixteen miles from Kodiak town and three miles inland on a mountainside.
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James Cleghorn
Ozinky
Island of
Kodiak
Woman's Bay
Cleghorn
Seward
Gaines Creek
Yukon
Colorado Man Buys Claims In Gateway Group Near Seward
J. W. Richards of Colorado purchased an undivided half interest in the Gateway group of six claims on Tonsina creek near Resurrection Bay. The price reached 85000 with part cash, after Skeen and associates discovered the group July 18. Rich ards, touring Seward, plans a return trip next spring for deeper prospecting and aims to attract Colorado mining men to the area.
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J. W. Richards
Waveway Group
F. P. Skeen
John Lechner
L. F. Shaw
Gateway Group
Mr.Skeen
Tonsina Creek
Resurrection Bay
Discovery Claim
Richards
Colorado
Seward
Portland
Copper World Studies Alaska Copper World Studies Alaska
Government geological reports turn attention to Alaska copper, describing vast, high grade deposits. Alaska ranks seventh in copper production among states and territories, as of the period referenced. Steamer Dora sailed westward with passengers and freight, carrying 139 sacks of mail along Cook Inlet ports. Freight entering Dawson via Skagway in 1906 totaled about 25,000 tons, with roughly 5,000 tons destined for Alaska.
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Muptun
Dora
Weste Ward
Cook Inlet
Seldovia
Nushagak
Thwaites
Rassling
Dawson
Skagway
Alaska
Plan Mail Run Around Sound
M Rolinson representing the postmaster general visited Seward aboard the Elsie to gauge demand for more frequent mail service between Valdez and Seward. Residents request a twice weekly Elsie contract serving Latouche and Knight Islands as populations rise, with Robinson and Alvah Eames assessing feasibility for future expansions toward Juneau Fairbanks and Nome.
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M. Rolinson
Se MaSdisiuaw
Seward
Elsie
Valdez
McNeiley Hotel
Robinson
Latouche
Knight Islands
Alvah Eames
Alaska
Juneau
Fairbanks
Nome
Quartz Vein Found Again on Tonsina Creek Claim
P. Skeen renewed inspection of his Tonsina Creek quartz claim and uncovered another parallel ledge of free gold ore. The surface vein measures about a foot wide and shows visible gold values.
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P. Skeen
Tonsina Creek
Min Ing Man Bartholf Returns From Nevada Prospects Near Wonder
Eugene Bartholf, a noted mining man, returns on the Saratoga. He and F P Skeen prospected in Nevada, securing promising claims near Wonder. A transfer of the property is in progress. Bartholf departs for Cook Inlet country to work hydraulic ground owned by him and his brother. Carpenters form a union demanding one dollar an hour.
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Eugene Bartholf
Saratoga
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Interior Railroad
Hawkins
Heney
Man
Hiamna
Fairbank
California
Getenaz
Innoke River
L. S. Robe
F. P. Skeen and Associates
Copper World Studies
Post Office
Tonsina
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