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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
5
Revolt fever grips St Petersburg as secret revolutionary meetings continue despite police suppression. Premier Stolypin defends strong measures and arrests while workers debate a general strike fearing famine districts will starve if railways halt.
In Seward Maj. Ballaine reports Alaska Central railroad can be taken over by a new syndicate with no delay if Frost withdraws. The district shows promising prospects with 32 ounces of gold extracted in twelve days from Cache Creek, and many crews active on upper Kahilna creeks and Lake Creek. Reports from Patten, Ellsworth, and others describe rich strikes and optimistic futures despite high water and staking challenges.
The article reports near completion of railroad construction to mile 49 with grading shifting to camp 51 for several months. Track laying nears mile 47 end with tunnel entrance expected mid August, a transfer station to end mile 48, and Watson & Snow building a 900 foot moraine trestle. The first tunnel may be shorter due to rock conditions. open cut at south end remains twenty feet high.
Seattle July 21 Vessels of the Northwestern Steamship Company will call at Katalla hereafter. This signals that the railroad project backed by Northwestern interests with Katalla as base is likely to begin soon. The Klondike May gold clean-up was $959,422.50.
Stevenson Brothers plan to send 6500 pounds of ore from a new Trail Lake strike to the Tacoma smelter for a sample mill run. Initial assays by H. Waterman reached $133 per ton. The vein lies near Falls Creek, with an 18 inch to 5.5 foot pay streak traced over 1600 feet, and the miners expect a rich quartz gold region.
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.
Arthur Baer, grubstaked by locals, reports six claims northeast of Mt. McKinley after surviving days adrift on the Susitna and subsisting on dog meat and scarce fish. He reached Seward with gold samples, describes a broken, upheaved terrain and abundant iron stains and copper indicators in the area.
Development of the Boulder bay copper property on Latouche island has reached a steady output of 2000 tons per month, with arrangements made to ship regularly to the Tacoma smelter. A good dock at Boulder bay has been constructed and development proceeds rapidly.
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