Copper ore ledge 20 feet wide found near Tide Water
Three seasoned prospectors E R Campion Chris Hanson and Fred Alexander locate a twenty foot wide copper ledge along the ridge north of the Day's Harbor wedge near Resurrection Bay assaying 15 7 percent. The deposit features a red iron cap and lies reachable from Driftwood Bay with float ore already found for shipment to a smelter.
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Resurrection Bay
Idaho
Bill” Lietzke
Driftwood Bay
Day's Harbor
E. R. Campion
Chris Hanson
Fred Alexander
Watson & Snow
Idaho Bill
Cape Resurrection
Fairview vein development begins at copper property east of Fox Island
Work starts on the Fairview group a copper property east of Fox Island with a tunnel planned from the Discovery ledge. Owners William Redman E F Pitman and A C Gould lead the effort with provisions and forge for winter tunneling if ore bodies are found.
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Fairview Group
Fox Island
William Redman
E. F. Pitman
A. C. Gould
Redman
Malamutes tear 13 year old in Center Creek incident
Philip Goodwin aged 13 was torn to pieces by a dozen of his father's malamute dogs on Center Creek while heading to meet his father. The incident was reported by Cable to The Daily Gateway.
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Daily Gateway
Philip Goodwin
Center Creek
Buffalo Cruiser Chooses Coaling Site in Resurrection Bay
The cruiser Buffalo arrived at Seward to survey and select a site for a government coaling station near Resurrection Bay. Captain Charles F. Bond leads the survey for a reservation of about 1.5 to 2.25 square miles, with work lasting ten to twelve days.
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Cruiser Buffalo
Resurrection Bay
Buffalo
Seward
Secretary of the Navy
Charles F. Bond
The
Lowell Point
Bond
Fine Samples of Chalcopyrite Ore From Porcupine Discovery
A 16 pound piece of chalcopyrite copper ore from the Porcupine bay discovery of S. E. Likes shows weather stained surface material and an assay around 22.8 percent copper with $2.41 in gold and $2.01 in silver. A larger 100 pound sack from Likes’s last Porcupine visit mirrors the copper richness. The vein is ten feet wide with a forty foot iron capping.
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Porcupine Bay
S. E. Likes
Likes
Porcupine
Passengers and Mail From Cutter Thetis Arrive
Seattle reports the schooner Volante arrived with mail and passengers taken from the revenue cutter Thetis in the Bering Sea. Thetis broke her rudder near Seashore Island after delivering supplies to government schools at Point Barrow, and endured a stormy voyage.
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Seattle
Volante
Thetis
Bering Sea
Seashore Island
Point Barrow
Anti Oriental agitator charged with insanity in riot case
In Bellingham a man accused of stirring anti Oriental riots in this city and Vancouver is charged with insanity and will undergo a mental health hearing this afternoon.
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Bellingham
Vanconv
Troy to Superintend Seattle Alaska Club
Seattle Sept. 10 John W. Troy formerly editor of the Skagway Alaskan was elected Saturday night as superintendent of the Alaska club of this city and will have general charge succeeding William M. Shefffield whose position will be honorary. Sheffield is also secretary of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
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Seattle
John W. Troy
Skagway Alaskan
Alaska Club
William M. Sheffield
Sheffield
Taifu steamer destroyed by fire with hundreds missing
Shanghai reports the Taifu steamer was totally burned after a fire at Chin-Kiang. At least 100 passengers and crew are missing. A Tokyo dispatch says Taifu Maru is burning at Chin-Kiang with many missing and an estimated 100 burned alive. Chin-Kiang lies on the Yangtse near the river mouth. The Alaska Home railway shows 500 men at work and eight miles of grade finished.
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Buffalo
World Almanac
de Buffalo
el Cid
Shanghai
Chin-Kiang
London
Alaska Home Railway
Alaska Coast quits Katalla port calls
Alaska Coast Company steamers will not call at Katalla anymore. The order removing the railroad town from the visiting list of Alaska Coast boats took effect today.
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Guggenheim Town
Seattle
Alaska Coast Company
Katalla
Alaska Coast
Cable line into Katalla blocked by rival railroad warfare
The Cable to The Dey Gateway reports the Burnside was ordered not to lay a cable into Katalla due to ongoing disputes and warfare between rival railroad companies. In Seattle, the chamber of commerce urged the War Department to approve laying a cable into Katalla.
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Dey Gateway
Seattle
Burnside
Katalla
The
Chamber of Commerce Today
War Department
Alaska Gains by New Survey
A new survey line extends from Forty Mile to the Ogilvie route, enlarging the U S boundary strip by 100 feet at one end and 1000 feet at the other, according to Cable to The Daily Gateway.
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Dawson, V. T
United States
Ogilvie
Copper output curtailed by Amalgamated Copper directors
The Amalgamated Copper Company directors voted to cut copper production by 50 percent. Many mines will close to stiffen the metal price after a steady fall since last winter. Juneau reports a large strike in the Julia group of Yankee basin.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Juneau
Yankee Basin
Eight Yentna miners bring in gold dust and nuggets
Eight miners from the Yentna district arrived Tuesday evening via Sunrise and the railroad. They carried gold dust varying from 5000 to 10000 dollars in value. Larsen, a Poor Man's Creek miner, reportedly delivered 200 ounces worth over 3000 dollars and showed a large 23 ounce nugget. The gold is bronze or dark brown like Nugget Creek gold.
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Yentna
Newth Faces Trial on Cruelty Charge
Captain Newth, former master of the whaling ship Jeanette, appeared for arraignment on a preliminary hearing for allegedly forcing sailor Talbot to remain aloft in rigging during Arctic weather. Talbot suffered severe exposure and his health deteriorated from the ordeal.
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San Francisco
Newth
Jeanette
Talbot
Unions Initiate Boycott Against Associated Press
Seattle unions vote to boycott local telegraph offices and the Associated Press for unfair labor practices. The action targets purchases of the Post-Intelligencer and Times, signaling a broad protest by organized labor in the city.
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Seattle
Associated Press
Post-Intelligencer
Times
Bomb in Mail Threat Targets Governor Frantz
Gov. Frantz receives a bomb in his Guthrie mail loaded with nitro glycerine, a design intended to assassinate him. Secret Service agents work to track the bomb’s source.
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Gov. Frantz
Guthrie
Okla
Gov
Nervous stroke leaves Cassie Chadwick blind
Columbus Ohio reports Cassie Chadwick suffered a nervous stroke last night leaving her totally blind. Authorities say her health is failing and it is not believed she can serve out her ten year sentence for swindling.
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Columbus
Cassie Chadwick
H. H. Rogers’ Collapse Tied to 40 Million Loss
Reports say the Standard Oil magnate suffered a stroke in July after the Tidewater Railroad loss of 40 million, with worries over liabilities to Standard Oil and stockmarket shrinkage contributing to his illness. The note also mentions alterations in his appearance and absence from company work. Bering lake coal hits Katalla market.
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New York
H. H. Rogers
Tidewater Railroad
Standard Oil
Boston
Transportation firms rally for Alaska trade fight
Merchants in San Francisco declare war on Seattle robbers to hold 15 million dollars of Alaska trade, plan steamer lines from San Francisco to Nome and other Alaska ports, with local steamship firms agreeing to back the movement led by Capt. John Barneson.
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Gateway
San Francisco
Seattle
Alaska
Nome
John Barneson
Copper Ledge at Prospect Bay Near Chignik Reported
Peter Iverson describes abundant low grade copper ore near Prospect bay, with a 300 foot wide ledge along the water and a mile traced length. He notes a nearby twenty acre townsite and a large natural ore dump on the Warner property examined by J. L. McPherson for the Guggenheims.
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Prospect Bay
Chignik
Peter Iverson
Seward
Warner
Iverson
Prospect Bat
Castle Bay
Capt. Moore
Dora
J. L. McPherson
Guggenheims
Telegraphers strike nears possible Roosevelt mediation
President Small of the telegraphers union says negotiations for a settlement are off. If no agreement is reached by next week, President Roosevelt will appoint three men to mediate. In Dawson a shaft near the school house uncovered a rich placer gold deposit. one pan yielded 265 dollars.
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New York
Small
The
Telegraphers’ Union
Roosevelt
Dawson
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Campion, Hanson and
Alexander
Fairview
Discovery Claim
Malamutes
Cutter Thetis
TROY
Seattle Alaska Club
Rogers
Bering Lake
California City
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