Show S GOVERNORS GOVERNOR'S REPORT f 0 fir Al ACI A TELLS OF Or ALASKA 1 S The Remarkable Commercial Growth of Territory in Last Year RAILROADS AND A D MINING p eo of or Copper Hasten DevelopS Development Develop elop t S m ment of r Country Countr and Gold Output Is Growing S S Washington Dec 16 B B. ai Hoggatt att of or Indiana Alaska's ne flewS new flew S Governor who Is here hero to Lo do what 1 ho he hec c can n to obtain helpful le legislation for tor or th the thet t territory tells an Interesting stoa story o othe or of orthe the pro progress of or the commercial der de de- leS le- le S of or the tho territory Mr Hogatt Hoggatt hogS hoggatt Hog Hog- r gatt att took the oath of or office last AprIl S During the summer Bummer he e made a cornS com corn pleto tour of tho the territory Ho lie Jl S visited the towns In southeastern AI I Al- Al 5 5 S 'S aska ka then traveled through th the theL L entire p Yukon country countr going b by wa way 5 of oC Skagway y and md Dawson From DawS Dawon Dawson Daw Daw- son on he proceeded down tho Yukon b by byA S A steamer stopping at nt all the villages village es along the river and remaining at Fairs Faira Fairbanks Fair Fair- S a s S banks the largest town In the Inteli Interior Inter Intel i for lor ono one w week ole He lie spent ten d days a at Nome and on his return to Juneau I S visited Valdez Seward rind and neighboring tim the scenes of ot activity In railroad railroad rail rall- a road building building- Frank H. H Waskey askey Al Al- Al S askas aska's first delegate ele ate In tho the congress of or tho ho United States accompanied S I Governor Hoggatt gatt here r The permanent white population of or ortho tho the territory the tho Governor Go says In Increased Increased In- In clea creased ed about during tho the year making the total white population at nt this timo time about Of or this number number num num- I. I ber about abott aro hlo in tho the secondS second S judicial division with Nome Noine as a n. center center cen con ter tell are aro In tho the third division 1 with Fairbanks Valdez anti and Seward as ac centers and are arc In fn the first S division In addition to the permanent permanent perma perma- nent population there thero ar are about S people of or mixed nationalities employed 5 In tho the mines canneries and other in industries In- In Sf during durin- the tho summer who leave lea leaveat at the close of oC the season seasonS S 'S Railroad Con Construction I There Thero has been heen a material increase I In the water transportation to Alaska Alaka S S ports orts during the year and ond a a. number of or railways are being constructed or ort t extended In the tho district The development development develop develop- ment meat bf tiC the tho rich placer deposits of or orthe 5 the Yukon valley and of or Seward peninsula peninsula peninsula penin penin- sula and tho the prospective development developmentS S of or rich copper deposits near the Copper Copper Copper Cop Cop- per and White rl e rivers rs have o greatly I stimulated construction during the theS year S On the Seward peninsula tho the Solomon SoloS Solo Solo- S mon River railway has extended Its r S lino to the and is pushing S Its ILs construction to roach reach Council City t Tho ho Nomo Nome Arctic railway has purchased pur pur- tN chased tho the Wild Goose railroad and arni has extending tho the line wl with h a a. aview S S view few to reaching J The rhe Alaska Central railway a with a n terminus terminus terminus ter ter- minus at Seward on Resurrection IS 1 1 hay ha has built buill forty-eight forty miles of oC 1 standard gauge track hack and has also been at work upon a number of heat hea heavy t tunnels there being within seven miles f 5 no fl less than seven tunnels tunnel which are arc about 90 00 per pcr cent completed The destination of this roa road Is Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks lanks on the Tanana river rivel a distance of about miles and and I it is proposed S. S to build a branch line Une to tho the Mata tata- tata n sla coal holds fields which according to toS S reports of or the United d States Geological S Survey Sur contain largo areas of or good goodS S coal S Surveys for New Xe Routes nou's S The Copper River railroad with a l t at Cordova Cordo has hns a n force of S S men engaged in grading the roadbed and laying track and b by the tho close of or tho the season will have about twenty miles completed besides satisfactory grading almost to Copper river S S Tho rho Copper River and Noi tern Railroad company compan which projected a road from Valdez Valdez- ha has had about men men at work on grading radIn etc about tW twenty l J miles north of Yal Valdez cz It has also had m men n In the field S making stirS stir sur- urS ur'S Voys S 'S of f a road to start tart from Catalla touching the Kayak coal O. O fields and thence over practically tho same me route roue S as the Copper River railway I. I The Thc Valdez allez Yukon railway has hasS S built a wharf and at aL Valdez graded gradol ItI d part of Its roadbed and laid one ono mile of or standard gauge tr track Tho rho Alaska railroad contemplates S plates a 3 road from the head hond of Cordovi Cordova Cor Cor- dova dovi ha hay bay through the Cop Copper pel river rIvet valle valley to Eagle Haglo City The Tho Aln Alaska Short Line railway has a n. terminus at nn no ha hay and has projected a road react from S point to Nome ome The Tho Tanana Mines railway has built hullt and Is op rat rat- S l ing thirty-six thirty miles S S of road ll from froni S na Chena to Gilmore b by wa way of or FairS Fair Fair- ha banks Mining the thc Lending Industry ry S I Mining the governor ove nol says seems destined to 10 remain the leading indus try th of tho the district district al at Ia least t lot for man many 1 Y years ars to Lo come Gold is tho the most imp im- im J p product and Is round found In vary vary- f. f J ing quantities throughout whole wholeS S In southeastern al rn Alaska It oc oc- cI curs curb rs In veins eins and lode and generally InS in S the ho Jn Jrie e since Mme Wherever h r prospecting I S and rd development work has been car car- cal I ned ried on In a careful businesslike IfIe man man- ner the tho results have havo been good and antl h wherever a work has hat b been en carried to nn any anyS S et a n. satisfactory continuance of ore S 55 bodies and of or value has lias been hu found Cound e hele havo have been no Important discoveries S eries cries of gold 1 In 10 southeastern Alaska during the tho last year ar Considerable S amounts of placer gold are aIO recovered from Crom the gravels o of this section but bul butS S th tho grav gravel beating l areas aro are mall small and promise nothing mat material for the theS S future Placer mining continues on onS S the tho branches of oC the Copper Coppe r riv river rIVeL- H Slate creek Miller 1 gulch and 5 S fez fei Thet These o camps arc aro supplied from fromal Val Val- alfei dez and the cost of or getting supplies t to them Is great The large gold bear mg Ing area Of tho the Yukon valley I is IncreasIng in In- In creasing rasIng its output every year car and anI the tho developments de in the Fairbanks ills dis and n near ar Richardson havo have been so heal great as to leavo leave no doubt as to the wonderful possibilities of or that action I of or Ia ka I Increase o nt at Fairbanks S The rho output from rom those these districts ll dur lurI lur- lur I Ih ing the last year ear has haa been curtailed Ii by lack of water the last season hay hav- he been n unusually dry hut this thin the output of or tho the Fairbanks Fair Ial 1 banks s district Increased d 30 per cent J over the preceding year c r Mining continues near Circle CIt City on oI the tho Yukon on tho the headwaters of the and at tho older placer camps of 0 the interior Largo Large nr areas as of or gravel in the older Yu- Yu Continued on Pare Page 3 S S S t f GOVERNORS GOVERNOR'S ORS OR'S REPORT REPORTS S TELLS OF ALASKA Continued From Front Page c 2 Ifon J are ale b being illg purchased h by with a n. view Iw to putting pulling in edges eC and other oilier labor saving appliances ances for Cor the recovery of oC gold gohl At Nome Nomo unusual activity has hns prevailed to the time rich discoveries co on old bench Hn tines lines g near the city an and the output output output out out- put o of gold shows shots's a considerable In Increase Increase In- In crease clea over 1 last year yea I A number of large projects for cheapening the cost of gold Irl l production have ha been started on ott the tIme Seward IH peninsula ula resulting Ina Inn in ina a n great groat increase in the tho output of that sectIon eel I on Production kilL of or Copper I. I The production of or copper I has shown a i considerable increase as during the year ell Larger developments have hn been worked Olle d a and ani nd there has haN been great success suc suc- C cess M in Ii prospecting on Prince of if Wales ales island in the can district south south- outha a astern tIn A Alaska In the Prince William sound the various mines con- con their shipments shipments-of of or sulphide or ore and amI In the Copper River JUer mountain O there theme has been heeti great activity In prospecting and a number of finds of or surprising richness have hn been heen made matle The ores of this 1 region lon are ate repotted to be of much higher r grade tuna than those of Prince William WilIlam sound but their development dc a awaits waits the furnishing of or transportation facilities As 9 sex 5 several eral railroads have ha been projected recently from this ibis country countr It It is probable that this rich section of Alaska will vilh within short time bo he o ft comparatively open to development de and production With Pith the opening o 0 of the coal deposits of or Controller bay tad and nd ka and the construction Sf f railroads through h the copp copper r belt of central Alaska lit the future fut tot UI ore ure or of this section ecHon and of Prince William William Wil Wil- liam sound as ns copper producers rs seems to be he assured Exploitation and development of or the lh tin deposits of or the Seward peninsula continue and one twenty stomp concentrator concentrator concentrator con con- mill has been hen in operation I throughout th the summer Rummel Reports of or experts of oC the tho United States States' Geological Survey SUle ha having ln indicated lodi indi the value of or the lie coal fields nelds of the lie anti and Bering rivers rl the exploitation of or these fields will doubtless begin a as soon ns s the construction construction con con- o of railroads already projected has been hen completed and the tho hope is NI In time line Alaska may furnish the Pacific coast with a high of coal ann anil coke cola I 9 |