The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-01-07

IS KING
Its Discovery Has Given city
Of VaIdeS New Lie.

sKAGwAY. Jan. II. y Hiei.
schsr. the Northwest cattle dealer
who went westward last month q
investigate the neld for raising cat
tie on the Islands In that part e
Alaska, has ,Fetufued from HE trio
with an adverse report IA that PAT
tieulnr. hut with an enthusiastic OPP
iuion uf ghr future ~ the Ereat Cop
per River country. Copper - ting
there. and bis reign VIII be a long
one.
4 went 60 the westward on a stock
raising scheme" eaid Mr. HieiHcher.
but before l left Vaidea WAS more
IN Il mood for stock buying mining
stock 1 mean. A visit 90 that camp
certainly impfeaaea one with the
fact that. " appearance count for
hnythlag. its future. along With that
~ other coast points, Is certainly
bright.
.rhe town ~ Vaiden Itself II a
place 81 about $50 people. incmdins
the military located there. Most II
the soldiers. however. 20 the Hwm.
her % lsa, are at Port lAseomh.
across the hay.
The chief prosperity ~ the tow
AZ present IL due 90 the construction
of the famed telegraph road "a
Eagle city. The future % the eour .
trY lies chiefly IN lie copper wealth.
10 II undoubtedly the richest and
largest copper belt IN the world. The
Gtadboagh ana Copper Kins mines.
on Virgin bay. arr already produe-
ers. The claims are entirely sub
merged ~ high tide. The property
was sold u a company. which blast
Ell out as tons q ore. which was
shipped "a Tacoma Ne ballast. Prem
this shipment was realised 80 CO..
Or tvo-thlrda q "a. selling price Of
the claims
Hack tn the interim native copper
il found Even on the Esna river.
great veins - native copper have
been found which carry s. per cent.
pure copper. The extent q the cop
per belt - not known. but n covers
wide district embracing the whole
Copper river valley.
Work ON the government ira'i
resumed In February. whea the wef 4
q Transporting supplies wire ana
equipment to Copper center. tsQ
Fniiss away. viii be begun The vifs
- now IN operation as far rs the
summit. ~ miles from vaidra. and
fhe pcies have oesn st. rradr for the
wire. for IS miles further. The gov
ernmenf expects the sire % b. In
operation 20 Eagle before next win
ter. AZ IL generally known, a soo'i
pack trail leads 70 the summit. and
from there % a point seven miles
beyond Copper center. n coed waEon
road. with all streams bridErd. has
been Constructed The trail wsii b.
wtasusd "a a wagon rad nrxt sum
ner. The distance from Eagle city
10 vaidvn l. - miles.
s-rhs cattle raising proposition
wifirh took ne 20 The westward II
not pFae,ieahls. In the first place,
all Of the islands In the vicinity II
Prince william sound are heavily
timheresi. and snow falls 60 a EreA,
depth. yhs islands out In the oeran.
OF the coast a fsw miles. are better
adapted for the purpose. but ] -
no harburu whereby cattle could u
loaded or unipaded with safety
Midlstnn island would be availAhis
but for that reason. Aiong thf
eoas, near Yakutat II f. favorable,
hut for another dlFicuity. II rains
80 much that native hay cannot b
cured. and eiio@ would be necessary
to preserve hay for winter. and that
would hardly pay.
The Copper river interior VII hs
stock raising country whenever a
railroad taps If The wonderfully
iuxurisnt grasses which grow there
viii provide ample food for the yin.
tor"