Revolution in St Petersburg Prompts Widespread Mobilization
Secret revolutionary meetings persist in St Petersburg as police disperse gatherings and arrest many participants. Premier Stolypin defends stronghanded repression and reforms while warning of manufactured outcry against government actions. The Douma faces dissolution, martial law expands, and an armed uprising looms as the empire teeters between autocracy and revolt.
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St. Petersburg
Polic
Stolypin
Nicholas
St.Petersburg
Peterhof
Kiev
N. von Schwanbach
Italy
Goremykin
Russia
Evar
Trepol
Michael
Exar
Alaska Central finds good pay in high favor on Cache Creek
Alaska Central railroad prospects gain confidence as a new syndicate mobilizes to buy Frost interests and continue work without interruption. Maj. Ballaine reports Seward investors see no railroad threat. gold strikes near Cache Creek draw reports from T R Wilson, Ellsworth, Parks, Buck and Kelly. Lake and Kahilna regions attract crews amid high water recession.
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Alaska Central
Cache Creek
Astern Capital
Alaska
Alaska Central Railroad
Seward
Maj. Ballaine
Frost Syndicate
Frost
Seattle
New York
Kahilna
Poi
Lake Creek
T. R. Wilson
J. D. Sheldon
Se’ Wilson
Jones and
Collins
R. E. Shanklin
Omer Patten
Harry Ellsworth
Ellsworth
George Parks
P. H. Buck
Frank Kelly
Patten
Hans Farnsworth
Susitna Station
Litchfield& Churchill
McMasters
Dave Wallace
Yentna
Railroad forces moving forward toward first tunnel
The progress report notes near completion of the railroad up to mile 49 with grading shifting to camp 51 for several hundred workers over the next two to three months. Tracklaying nears mile 47 end and a transfer station will be established near mile 48 as the first tunnel is bored before August.
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Mile 49
Camp 51
Watson & Snow
Northwestern boats to call at Katalla
Seattle July 21 Northwestern Steamship Company vessels will call at Katalla hereafter. The railroad project backed by Northwestern interests with Katalla as its base is likely to begin soon. The Klondike May gold clean-up was $959,422.50.
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Seattle
Northwestern Steamship Company
Katalla
Northwestern Interests
Klondike
Stevenson Brothers strike near Trail Lake yields rich gold ore
Stevenson Brothers plan to ship 6500 pounds of white quartz ore from a new Trail Lake strike to the Tacoma smelter for a sample run. Assays by H Waterman reached 133 dollars per ton. The discovery lies over Falls Creek ridge and extends 1600 feet with a pay streak of 0.5 to 1.5 feet. The Montana prospectors foresee regional wealth in quartz gold.
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Stevenson Brothers
Trail Lake
Tacoma
H. Waterman
Stevens Sons
Falls Creek
Skeen
Lechner
Stevensons
Montana
Schooner Martha W Taft chartered to haul dynamite
The Martha W Taft owned by Seattle Shipping Company was chartered by Alaska Central Railroad to carry dynamite to Seward. The schooner, laid up for winter, will also transport merchandise totaling 200 tons. The vessel is now preparing for the voyage.
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Seattle Times
Martha W. Taft
Seattle Shipping Company
Alaska Central Railroad Company
Seward
Miner Survives Ordeal With Gold Strike Near Mt McKinley
Arthur Baer, grubstaked by locals, survived days adrift after his frail boat wrecked on a Susitna river bar. He reached Seward with six claims northeast of Mt McKinley and reports abundant color in the upper Chulitna and Oderkirk-like geology. Baer recounts a perilous overland return, a snow slide near Crow Creek Pass, and a dramatic rescue, detailing a life of hard luck and stubborn luck in Alaska mining.
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Chulitna
Susitna
Arthur Baer
Seward
Mt. McKinley
Baer
Chulita
Richard Oderkirk
Oderkirk
Crow Creek Pass
Reynolds Alaska copper project reaches steady 2000 tons monthly
Will Ship 2000 Tons a Month Development of the Boulder bay copper property of the Reynolds Alaska company has reached the point where a steady output of 2000 tons a month can be made, according to C. W. Paget of the company. Arrange ments have been made to ship this regularly to the Tacoma smelter. Development of the property on Latouche island is also progressing rapidly. The company has built a good dock at Boulder bay.
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Boulder Bay
Reynolds- Alaska Company
C. W. Paget
Tacoma
Latouche Island
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Viborg
Finland
Odessa
Empire
Yentna District
Tacoma Smelter
New Strike
Ously
Miner
Billy ‘Logan
Buer
Lone Prospector
Knight Island
Billy Hogan
Jack Whalen
Whalen
Dryer Bay
Hogan
Latouche
Taku
Ellamar
H. A. Ingalls
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