New Seward Reservoir Boosts City Water Pressure
Report from Seattle dateline notes Alaska railroad plans to extend work into spring with 3000 men, including forging a 15 to 10 mile advance toward the Susitna valley. Water from a new Brownell reservoir will supply Seward with 100 pound pressure, power generation, and extended winter mail service to Knik and Tyonok amid ongoing infrastructure expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gateway
Seattle
John E. Hallaine
Chicago
Frost
Susitna
Meins
Brownell
Madison Street
Seward Water & Power Company
Seward
Lowell Creek Canyon
Dr Frederic A Cook Arrives in Seward After Mt McKinley Ascent
Dr Frederic A Cook, who reached the highest North American peak Mt McKinley at 20,100 feet in 16 degrees below zero, arrived in Seward on the Dora. He will sail for the outside tomorrow on the Bertha with the remainder of his party, awaiting in Seldovia.
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Frederic A. Cook
Mt. McKinley
Seward
Dora
Seldovia
Dr. Cook
North America
Edward Barrill
Tokosima
Cook
Porter
Favorable Cook Inlet coal report by government geologist
W W Atwood, a government geologist with the Alaska bureau and University of Chicago ties, reports very good quality coal in Cook Inlet. After a month around Kachemak bay and Tyonek, he found Port Graham coal especially strong and noted his Seward findings after traveling from the Bertha to Sitka.
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Cook Inlet
W. W. Atwood
Alaska Bureau
Alfred H. Brooks
Seatte
Kachemak Bay
Tyonok
Seward
Port Graham
Atwood
Geological Department of
The
University of Chicago
Brooks Alaska Survey
Excelsior Out of Commission and Alaska Steamship Roundup
The Excelsior sprung a leak on the northward voyage and will be out of service. The Northwestern Steamship Company chartered the tug Equator to carry Seward to Valdez mail via the Santa Ana route. Steamer Santa Ana was pulled off the beach and expected in. George W. Dutton arrives in Seward with prized sylvanite ore and gold quartz from the Shumagin group. copper development near Ilamna sends 15 men and 8 horses outside. survey geologists Knopf Paige Sargent Gerdine join the Santa Clara run north of Knikarm.
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Knik
Coofe Inlet
Seward
Yentna
Tyonok
Susitna Station
Eames
Dle
Oct. S
Esior
Northwestern Steamship Company
Equator
Santa Ana
Nome
Saratoga
Northwestern
Santa Clara
Rosene
Alaska
J. G. Marx
Shumagin Group
Islands
George W. Dutton
Lamna
Dora
Messrs
Sargent and
Gerdine
Geological Survey
Knikarm
Knopf and
Paige
Receiver Gets Healy Company In Alaska
The Central Alaska Company led by Capt. John J. Healy was placed under a receiver after stockholders petitioned to remove Healy. Hugo Beyer was ousted. R A Wright took over to wind down operations. The company faced food shortages and only sixty tons of provisions left. the steamer Nunivak was to be sold. Healy sued for 19000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Gateway
Seattle
Central Alaska Company
John J. Healy
Kuskokwim
Hugo Beyer
Healy
Beyer
R. A. Wright
Kuskokwim River
Northwestern Steamer to Be Called Seward
The Moran Company will build a new ship for Northwestern Steamship Company named Seward after the Alaskan town. Keel laying is soon, and the vessel should enter northern trade next year.
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Seattle Times
Moran Company
Northwestern Steamship Company
Seward
Alaska
Alaska Central Railroad
Two Convicts Escape From Yukon Steamer Lavelle Young
Desperadoes Hendrickson and Thornton, under sentence, cut a stateroom wall and jumped overboard on the Yukon river steamer Lavelle Young near Eagle. Wires are down beyond Eagle. posses scour the region while the fugitives head westward. The pair were captured near Eagle after several days of wandering and surrendering when found.
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Thornton and Hendrickson
Yukon Steamer
Dawson
Thornton
Hendrickson
Yukon
Lavelle Young
Eagle
Coun
Hendrickson and
Freight for Interior Piles Up at Tyonok
Kahiltna September report notes heavy freight buildup at Tyonok as navigation ends on the river. Bat captain Wolsey says outsiders bring miners supplies via late steamers while only one boat remains. Frost appears September 15 as Yentna runs low and mining outfits cache near rapids for the freeze. Gallagher's roadhouse stays stocked with ten tons of miners’ supplies for river closure mid October. Beatson's Latouche mine copper ore grades about 11 percent.
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Kahiltna
Wolsey
A. Wanberg
Gallagher
Gold Dust Yields in Yentna District Rumored at Seward
Reports compiled from miners and creek district sources estimate the Yentna area output around 50 000 dollars with some claims suggesting higher totals. Dust recovered from Nugget and Kahiltna creeks, led by Herndon Morrison and Jacobs, prompts cautious optimism while others dispute inflated figures.
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Seward
Kahi
Dorn
Spistun
LH. H Jacobs
Willian Mortis
Herndon
Eidon
Susitpa Station
Jacobs
Morrison Nagget Creek
Aucots
Kahiltna
T. J. Jeter
Lake Creek
Frank Churchill
Susitna Station
Yontna
George Eberhardt
Butty
Anderson
Bird Creek
Peters
Mautsen
Millar Bar
Harry Ellsworth
Leaks Plague Valdez Cable Office In Seattle Visit
Seattle notes heavy mining operators and business leaders arriving from Valdez report leaks in the cable office. They relay private message contents and complain to Washington, asserting negotiations for property sales were affected. Washington awaits direct charges before probe.
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Seattle
UCI Lib
Valdez
Washington
Col
Glassford
Washington, D. C
Pioneer Miner to Leave for States After Alaska Prospecting
William C Girdwood of Girdwood departs from Crow Creek after a long prospector career begun in 1895. He and fellow early locator Andrew Williamson joined the original claims with Arthur Lidburn Oliver Skoyen and William Ellis. The move comes as his brother James Girdwood of New York holds the Crow Creek property in his absence.
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Girdwood
William C
States
Bertha
Crow Creek
Alaska Central
Cook Inlet
Andrew Williamson
Lidburn Arthur
Oliver Skoyen
William Ellis
Mr. Girdwood
Nome
Tanana
James Girdwood
New York
Hicks couple to sail to Tiiamna on first available steamer
H. H. Hicks and Mrs. Hicks boarded the Bertha and will sail for Tiiamna on the first boat heading to that port. Mr. Hicks plans to pursue a copper interest there.
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H. H. Hicks
Mrs. Hicks
Bertha
Tiiamna
Mr. Hicks
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ORK
Tonsina Creek
Maj. Ballaine
Anton Eide
Alfred Lowell Stukes
Alfred Lowell
Tonesina Creek
Lowell
May
W. Atwood
Oregon
Clallam Bay
George Dutton
Beatson
Latouche
Frei Kahiltna
Charge
Bator
W. C. Girdwood
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