The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-15
THE PASSING IHROIe.

- OIL. q. q. BARROW. manager Of
ALNy the Alaska Gold Mining Com
~ pany. OF Indiana, operating gold
mine in the Berner's bay district.
Alaska. arrived from juneau
yesterday On tfae C5.sssse City He y ac-
companEed by H r. Snyder, one OF the
large stockholders and officials OF the COM
pany. when our mill l. IN operation there
VII b ninety stamps working "a the
Berners bay Mines" Col. Harrow said last
night at the Seattle I'VE have the stamps
on the ground and are engaged N putting
ND the mil, which VIII be finished early In
the spring. We couE have been stamping
out the gold az eerfy as last August. but
preferred to prosecute development work.
/ believe that the quartz mines OF Alaska
viii form the backbone Of the future great
ness of the district Every year sees .
goodly increase In the production or gold.
and additions are constantly being made
to the stamp mills OF the various districts"
Col Darrow IL q veteran soldier. having re
signed from the regular army In ISIS He
has been actively engaged IN mining Tor
banker and business man whose home Is in
Indiana The mine they are developing
Hes between the Jualfn and the Comet.
both gold producers Of long standing.
Judge L. T. Erwin, OF Yakima. formerly
United States Indian agent At that point.
Skagway and Dyea. The judge is well
known IN the Alaskan country, having
been la the business of packing on q large
s winter wa and s sprns sa Hs Arm or soms s
months before the STOW went on OF the
ground operated in connection with the
the ase sen, n and loos Il himself sev
era1 scow loads of horses and other stock
and merchandise and established . pack
train running out from Dawson.
Il have just been NORTH" said the judge
at the Butler yesterday, Ito see how i
could get about fifty tons OF freight over
to the lake this winter | investigated
stun by the railroad and White pass. 1t
Is not certain when the railroad viii be
completed TO the summit. for the weather
Is bitter cold up there. but + win be easy
to ger freight over, anyway"
Waiter Storey. manager of the Alaska
Packing Associations cannery at Orca, b
in the city from San Francisco. The pack
short last season said he yesterday. THAT
of the whole Pacific coast was, roughly
estimated. 1.ee0.O00 cases short. The auaf-
ity OF last seasons catch was excellent,
however, and We hope for a better season
next year
DIR. s. c. Leonhardt. formerly resident
OF Seattle. but now a successful business
HAN Oh JUNEAU. Is III tHe City Uu o. Dus.AicsG
eErand. He says that Juneau merchants
are looking forward to . lively Quitting
trade when the rush to the Attn mines
begins.
Congressman Lewis. accompanied by his
wife, left yesterday for Washington to at
tend the shor; session of congress.
Personal.
Stephen O'Brien. the Tacoma attorney.
Is at the Seattle.
j. w. Brokaw. merchant OF Stanwood.
is guest at the Butler.
Sam Thai. manager Of the lyon Yon-
son. company, s in the city.
State Standardized Cyrts F. CIapp and
Mrs. s-Iapp are at the Seattle hotel.
Theodore Nicolai. prominent manufac-
turer and business man of Portland. is at
the Butler.
NJ. j. Roche. of Portland, and Martin
Joyce, of San Francisco. two well known
railroad men, are registered at the Seattle.
DR.. j. j. Smith, member-elect of the
legislature. Is at the Butler from Frank
lin. He came TO the city &c attend the
meeting last night of the King county dele
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