Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-04-26
TO RAISE BLACK FOXES.
The Novel enterprise OF Four Ne
yada Capitalists.

| EOur auf en- furious IleI VI NSNoo"
| who arrived here yesterday are
bound for Alaska to engage III a
novel enterprise They will raise
black foxes and other fur bearing
animals, and at the same tine Keep
an eye out for opportunities to lay
out good mineral claims. While en-
gaging in the business of raising
foxes they will also trap and capture
as many other wild animals, iuclud-
ing the marten, the mink and the
bear, as possible.
They will begin by trapping what
black foxes are necessary TO start
this ranch. The skins of the black
or silver gray fox are worth from
S10O to 5000 each. The consequent
ces is that all the foxes hitherto taker,
except for geological gardens, have
been killed and their pelts marketed.
Therefore the only way to start and
Get enough to stock the ranch is to
trap what may be required.
The Nevadans in this enterprise
are Frank T. Jacobs, CHRISTOPHER
Yerger, j. E. kaskitt and w. Ii.
Eynon, all from Virginia City and
Carson. They are practical miners
and hunters and can turn hand to
almost anything. Moreover, they
are reported to have capital of over
$50, 600, which they will use in max
ing the fox ranch a success.
Yesterday the gentlemen were
about town investing in the equip
ments necessary for their enterprise
in the north. They brought lot of
guns, knives, ammunition, traps and
camp equippage from Nevada with
them, but concluded they wanted
more. A lot of steel traps and ott
tools were therefore bought
packed for shipment on the steamer
Umatilla tomorrow, when they will
take passage for Alaska. They ex-
pect to be gone two years and think
that in that time they can make
large fortune.
The men are all experienced New
ada hunters They have killed
hears, gray timber wolves, mountain
lions and all other kinds of game
that infests the mountains of the
West regions On the northern
steppes they expect TO don the rude
clothing of the natives.
For months past they have been
making a special study of the profits
of the fur business. They have also
been reading the latest works and
consulting with naturalists as to the
habits of the silver gray fox. They
are convinced from all they have
learned that the foxes will thrive and
increase rapidly in captivity if prop
erly handled.
"We are going to make regular
business of raising the black or silver
gray foxes, said Mr.. Yerger. Il
don't know what place we shall hit
upon for our ranch We may get an
island in one of the rivers or near
the coast. You know there are
thousands of these islands and they
are of all sizes. Whatever we do we
shall first 60 to Juneau.
1--WE shall have to fence the ranch
in to hold the foxes, and we shall
have to keep sharp eye out to see
that they do not burrow and work
their way outside of our corral. As
10 the feed necessary for the animals,
we shall see that they have the same
that they have been accu stoned to.
The fish, little chipmunks, birds and
o.her fox provender will be easily |
furnished.
"When we reach Juneau we will |
as a company. The
name is to be THE Nevada Mining,
Fur Hunting and improvement
IF we can get enough martens,
lr.LAs and other fur bearing animals !
also, We may pay some attention to
them. However, there is vastly |
more money in the fox skins than i'll
the others.
The Alaska fox ranch projectors are
going to be very careful not to let
the red foxes get mixed with the gray
ones. On the Aleutian Islands the
red foxes, which are more or less
have mixed with the gray
foxes, and the result is that the fur
has greatly deteriorated in quality
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