Stamp mills go to Knik to boost Willow Creek mining
Bartholfs and partners aboard the Portland plan a three stamp mill for Alaska Gold Quartz Company at Willow Creek head, 35 miles from Knik, with McCoy and Thomas installing a two stamp mill nearby. They target April 15 arrival to traverse northwest lakes by snow and ice. A trail opened and a sledded saw mill aided the venture. Barring accident, Knik and Willow Creek look to become thriving mining trading camps this summer. Roosevelt and GOP leaders back the Aldrich currency bill, liability act, injunction limits, Sherman Act amendments, and tariff study commission.
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McCoy
Thomas
Portland
Bartholfs
Alaska Gold Quartz Company
Willow Creek
Knik
Herning
Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Ten-Stamp Mill Goes to Uyak
Mr BE D Westbrook, manager of the Kodiak Gold Mining Co., is a passenger on the Portland carrying a new ten-stamp mill and a six drill air compressor to set up and operate on his property on Uyak bay. The company will also work other property nearby.
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BE. D. Westbrook
Kodiak Gold Mining Co
Portland
Uyak Bay
Stamp Mill Planned at Falls Creek Mines by Prospectors
Skeen and Lechner, discoverers of Falls Creek gold properties twenty-five miles back of Seward, have sold part of their claim to California-Alaska Mining Company. A stamp mill will be installed this spring. Falls Creek quartz properties are among Alaska s best free milling propositions. Ledges run about three feet wide and mine run is roughly sixty dollars per ton.
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Falls Creek
Seward
California-Alaska Mining Company
Alaska
Valdez
Remarkable Egyptian Tomb Findings At Thebes
Theodore M. Davis reports a striking discovery at Thebes in the tomb of Queen Tele mother of Amenhotep IV. The intact royal seal doorway and damaged doors reveal forced entry and vandalism aimed at erasing Amenhotep IV from the gold inscription. The tomb shows evidence of zealous religious upheaval predating Moses era, with disordered catafalque and mummified remains.
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Amenhotep IV
Moses
Portland Telegram
Alaska Packers Strike Ends With Wage Agreement
The Alaska Packers Association and fishermen leaders reached a wage scale agreement after a threatened 3,000 man strike. Fishermen will sail for the North this week following the conference in San Francisco.
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Gateway
San Francisco
The_ Alaska Packers Association
Alaska Packers Association
American Company Strikes Riches in Siberia Prospecting
American prospectors report a new gold field across the Bering Sea from Nome in Siberia. L. C. P. Nadeau discovered the claim on the Anadir river watershed, yielding 84 000 in gold last season. Forty one men wintered there with thawing plants and drills, aiming for richer pay streaks as a Cossack station and penal colony guard the area. The Siberian Development Company operates a trading post near the Anadir mouth, trading with Eskimos.
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Siberia
Bering Sea
Nome
Siberian Development Company
Valdez
L. C. P. Nadeau
Anadir
Eldorado
Valdez Prospector
Limit Soldiers Time in Alaska
The War Department in Washington orders withdrawal of all soldiers who have served in Alaska for two years or more at navigation opening. prolonged exposure to the climate harms men, so a two year limit is now in effect.
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War Department
Washington
Alaska
Ambassador Not Accepted by Germany Over Hill Nomination
Cable reports from Washington on March 27 state Germany refuses to accept David Jayne Hill as the American ambassador to the Prussian capital. Secretary of State William Beardmore is said to feel snubbed by Prince Henry’s visit years ago and thus declines to receive Hill as the U.S. envoy.
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Washing
D. C
Germany
David Jayne Hill
C.rt
Empeor William
Prince Henry
United States
Blood flows in convention clash in Nashville
Nashville on March 27 saw two Republican factions led by Congressman Brownlow and ex Commissioner Evans clash at the state convention. A melee erupted with pistols, hatchets, and fists. Chairman Sanders emerged bruised with a cut head, as order was restored and the Brownlow faction carried the day.
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Daily Gateway
Nashville
Tenn
Brownlow
Pensions
Evans
Sanders
Bankruptcy Proceedings in Reynolds Alaska Case
Bankruptcy actions against Reynolds-Alaska Development Company and Reynolds Bank were heard in Valdez. Judge Reid consolidated petitions and appointed E. E. Ritchie as receiver. Creditors claim about $111,000, assets valued at $200,000, monthly rentals $800, with allegations that H. D. Reynolds dissipated $500,000 and may be insane. Proceedings aim for October term.
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Reynolds-Alaska Development Company
Reynold’s Bank
Valdez
Reid
E. E. Ritchie
Ingersoll
Reynolds
H. D. Reynolds
New Road to the Pacific Opens Across Rich West
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad line from Aberdeen South Carolina to Tacoma Washington will open within three months. By May 15 two work armies will meet creating a major east west route into the Golden West through fertile prairies forests and mining country. The line parallels the Northern Pacific but reaches farther into the northwest avoiding long passes across rugged terrain. The extension opens a premier corridor for scenery and commerce through a rich region.
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Pacific Slope
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Aberdeen
S. C
Tacoma
Washington
Golden West
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northwest Country
United States
Endorsed for President By Cable to The Daily Gateway
The Republican state convention in session here endorses Joseph B. Cannon for the Republican nomination for president and calls for tariff revision. Delegates elected include the two senators the governor and Mayor Busse to attend the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Springfield
Joseph B. Cannon
House of Representatives
Busse
Chicago
American car to try Alaska in world race routing
The American auto in the race around the world will not ship directly to the Orient by steamer. The management decides to take Alaska off the route and instead load the car on a steamer for shipment to the Orient, with plans unchanged for the race.
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Orient
Northland
San Francisco
American Auto
Alaska
Los Angeles
Samoans Object to Change in Government
Samoans in San Francisco report anxiety over civil government plans. Chiefs favor preserving the current system and prepare a petition to the president asking no change now. They request continuation of the annexation era administration until the Samoan people understand the U S system.
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San Francisco
Tutuila
Samoa
United States
Shuster Praises Philippine Congress and Island Progress
W Morgan Shuster, former port lector in Manila and now Philippine Commission member, commends the Philippine Congress as successful. He notes enacted laws are sound, cites needs to sell sugar and tobacco in the United States, and calls for tariff reform to attract capital. He highlights improvements in Manila including water, sanitation, lighting, streetcars, shipping, and harbor upgrades.
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W. Morgan Shuster
Manila
Philippine Commission
Board of Public Instruction
Philippine Congress
Philippines
United States
Saratoga Abandoned After Wreckoff Saratoga Rock
A survey board including Valdez March Captain Mickle sen Captain Swensen and Morris reports the steamer Saratoga a total wreck resting on rocks with engine and smokestack raised. They will remove portable items and the Elsie likely secures the salvage contract. Passengers and crew praise Captain Schage and blame the accident on no one.
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Board of Survey
Elsie
Sen
Swensen
Morris
Dora
Saratoga
Schage
Fourth Judicial Division Bill Promises Alaska Expansion
Seattle reports Marshal Shoup arrived from Washington with news that Congress will pass the bill creating a Fourth Judicial Division for Alaska this session.
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Bill
Alaska
Daily Gateway
Seattle
Marshal Shoup
Washington
Congress
Territory of
Oregon Ranche Finds Long Lost Gold Ledge
In 1848 James Shefflin prospected two years in the Umpqua mountains of Douglas County Oregon and found a two foot vein of free milling gold. He died of heart failure after panning a sample. later B M Armitage, a Douglas County resident, located that vein. The tale spurred decades of prospecting and costly searches.
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James Shefflin
Umpqua
Douglas County
Oregon
Shefflin
Umpquas
B. M. Armitage
Famine Looms Over British India as Scarcity Grows
The World reports a devastating famine spreading through Punjab and regions around Allahabad Lucknow Cawnpore Benaras Agra Rajputana and the Central Provinces. An advance tally estimates a million or more deaths from starvation with March to May named as the worst months and outcomes tied to plague and June rains for fodder and vegetables.
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British India
Punjab
Allahabad
Lucknow
Cawnpore
Benares
Agra
Rajputana
Central Provinces
Benjamin Aitken
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Falls Creek Mines
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March
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