Copper Lode Believed Found Beneath Fourth of July Creek
Prospectors led by L. F. Shaw and partners report pyrrhotite copper ore at a ledge north of Fourth of July creek. Fragments and a large bank of float match ore on the ledge, with assays showing rich copper, gold, and potential silver and nickel. discovery could yield a bonanza when the lode is uncovered.
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L. F. Shaw
Seward
Fourth of July Creek
Shaw
George Bourksert
Dick Brown
Brown
Frank Watson
British Columbia
Leroi
Offer Roast to Knockers at Alaska Development Meeting
Major John E. Ballaine and Henry D. Reynolds faced sharp criticism at a Seattle public meeting and smoker. They defended investment in Alaska Central railroad and the Reynolds Alaska Development Company electric railroad project from Valdez, noting every enterprise faced opposition from vested interests opposing progress.
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Gateway
Seattle
Alaska
John E. Ballaine
Alaska Central Railroad
Henry D. Reynolds
Reynolds-Alaska Development Company
Valdez
French Defeat Moors and Destroy Moorish Camp
French troops routed Moors near Tandart and destroyed their camp in a decisive engagement reported from Tangier. In another note, France and Spain plan to occupy Moroccan seaport towns with troops to restore order, a move viewed as likely to provoke further massacres. An unrelated Atlin Claim mentions a stampede to Wilson Creek.
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Tangier
Tandart
France
Spain
Morocco
Gold Rock Carries $67.80 Value Attracts Debate
A rock from Day's harbor claims $67.80 gold with visible free gold specks. Taktoh and local assayers disagree on classification while warning there is no license to carry gold. The six to fourteen foot ledge runs a mile. a large sample will be sent for outside analysis.
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B. F. Pitman
George Bourkaert
Day’s Harbor
Riots in Vancouver Target Orientals and Japanese
A wave of anti Orientals swept Vancouver with a thousand white rioters damaging Chinatown and the Japanese quarter. The Japanese government demanded indemnity for assaulted citizens while local authorities fear further trouble as labor groups threaten boycotts and schools debates. Ottawa ordered an official investigation into the Vancouver riots.
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Vancouver
Chinatown
Ottawa
Canada
Laurier
Orientals to Ottawa: Vancouver Immigrants to Travel by Train
Steamer Monteagle arrives in Vancouver with 1200 Orientals aboard and locals raise a purse to charter a train to send the immigrants to Ottawa. Fairbanks reports it is raising watermelons.
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Vancouver
B. C
Monteagle
Ottawa
Fairbanks
Steps to Protect Japanese Amid West Coast Riots
June 11 1930s dispatch reports 250 extra police sworn in in Bellingham Washington to guard Japanese amid threats. Orientals warned to leave city prompting many departures. Seattle Japanese workers quit and gather in south district. U S Japan discuss a new treaty to exclude Japanese with strict enforcement. Japanese crews on American cruisers to be dismissed to prevent embarrassment. Washington debates sending pacific warships earlier due to riots on the coast.
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Vancouver
B. C
Daily Gateway
Bellingham
Wash
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Pacific
Chinese Fight on Board Ship
A voyage from Nushagak Alaska to San Francisco brought a large group of Chinese cannery workers aboard. A fierce fight broke out among the Chinese crew during the trip and many were wounded. The captain placed several scores of men in irons and kept them confined until port arrival.
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Nulato
Innoko
Innoke
Diskaket
Max Simel
North Point
Simel City
Yukon
Nalato
Koyukuk
San Francisco
Nushagak
Alaska
Butte Mines to Close for New Wage Scale
All mines will shut down within three weeks and will not reopen until a new wage scale is arranged in Butte.
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Butte
Hardy Garden Plants Thrive North of Seward Alaska
Three miles north of Seward two market gardens grow standard vegetables in remarkable size despite cool rainy summers. W A McPherson and Ole Martin cultivate the plots, supplying Seward with fresh produce while McPherson also works as a photographer in the Alaska wilderness.
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Seward
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Lowa
Kenai Peninsula
W. A. McPherson
Ole Martin
Gray
McPherson
Alaska
Fierce Fire Lit On Battleship Indiana
Washington dispatch reports a fierce fire in the bunkers of the battleship Indiana. Crewmen carried hot shells from the hold as flames neared explosion, but heroic crew action kept the vessel from destruction.
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Indiana
Washington, D. C
Jackies
Aleutian Peaks Again Erupting
Steamer Victoria from Nome reports several peaks in the Aleutian islands erupting with heavy smoke and ash.
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Gateway
Seattle
Victoria
Nome
Aleutian Islands
Both Captains Blamed for Columbia Wreck
San Francisco report cites Capt. Doran of the Columbia censured for speeding in fog and Capt. Hansen of the San Pedro having his license suspended for one year. Also notes U S Commissioner Slane ruling on dry Sundays and the death of William Bell of Dawson from a cartridge incident.
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San Francisco
Doran
Columbia
Marine Board
Hansen
San Pedro
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Trace
Shaw and Brown
Atlin
Wilson Creek
Force Boat
Portland
Humphrey
Cone
Kinney
Lake Creek
Susitna Station
Texas
Poor Man's Creek
Yentna
Kahilina
Capt
Bartell
Kinney’s
Fairbanks Times
Noko
Okuma
Great Britain
Tokio
United States
Japan
America
U. S
Slane
Wrangel
William Bell
Dawson
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