Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-04-21
An EXHIBIT FOR alaska
Alaskan Citizen, Now Visiting in North
Dakota, Tells Why Alaska Should
Have Exhibit.
Many Natural Resources of the Great
Territory that Should be Prop
erly Displayed.
Government Can Well Afford to Max.
the Requested Appropriation
for the Display

The following is copy of a circular
letter written by resident of Alaska,
now visiting in North Dakota, in sup
port of the request for an appropria-'
ton OF 100000 for display of Alas
kan resources at the St. Louis exposi-
ton:
" Our honorable and very worthy gov
ernor Jno. G.. Brady of Alaska has
asked congress as no doubt you are
aware for an appropriation of $780,
600 that our district Alaska" may be
represented at the Louisiana purchase
exposition ait St. Louis in 1903 with
at least some of her resources, and
VIC believe if congress will give us the
amount asked for we will surprise
even the most enthusiastic friend of
our country, regarding it's great
natural wealth. Commencing with
the almost inexhaustible placer, gold,
quartz, silver and copper mines, these
minerals are found in more or less
quantities from the Tongas narrows on
the south to the head waters of the
Kunikirk river within the Arctic
circle and on this river and it's tribu-
tares there is a flourishing placer
camp with 800 to 800 miners in it
this past winter.
The gold of this camp is of very
fine quality being worth from SIS to
$19.97 to the ounce, and is about the
best discovered in the district of
Alaska Battles, the trading post for
this camp, is practically in view of
the Arctic ocean, being only seventy
five or eighty miles distant and is
therefore no doubt the most northern
mining camp in the world.
There are scores of large rivers and
l may say thousands of their tribu-
taries within the boundary of Alaska
that have never been explored by
man, all of which lie within the min
eral belt. Besides those rivers which
have been partially explored. there
are hundreds of creeks undeveloped,
which if prospected, would no doubt
yield at least from one-half to one
ounce to, the shovel. All OF these Will
be worked soon if these facts can be
made known to the thousands Of
strong, energetic and ambitious
young men of our country.
| feel safe in saying that SO per
competent miners and prospectors ex-
pect to discover a second, third and
fourth Klondike within Alaska. and
from what i have seen and know of
this mineral country l do not think
they are at all visionary. On the
contrary l think their conclusions are
based on facts and that sooner or later
they will be able to say Il told you
So
The Copper River country which is
OH the west coast of Alaska. will
be a great producer of
that metal, "copper" when the pro-
jected railroad from Valdes to Eagle
City on the Yukon river is con-
a distance Of 4SO miles.
This contemplated road runs entirely
on Alaskan soil and over a route which
is entirely feasible, so reported by
United States government engineer
The greatest altitude reached by this
road will be 2.10O feet. This road
runs through a country that has been
slightly prospected. with good results.
for all the minerals above mentioned
and there is also coal cropping on
the proposed line on the Tennah
river Along this river there are also
several placer camps taking out gold.
This road will be of. immense bene-
fit commercially, to all northwestern
Alaska. and do much to advance the
mining, and other interests of the
We hope to convince the world that
We can produce from the soil as fine
vegetables as almost any country;
such as cabbage, beets, carrots. rad
ishes, lettuce, potatoes, turnips,
ETC., grasses, flowers, salmon ber-
1ies. gooseberries, hhckleberries.
black and red currants,
cranberries and many other varieties
thrive and do we'll.
Out of native yellow cedar we will
have specimens with and without
finish. This wood receives stains
equal to any wood that grows. Dis
tributed nearly all over the territory.
plentiful About the only place where
it is. scarce is at Strunchard at
the mouth of the Yukon and at Cape
Nome These places are l25 miles
apart on the Behring Sea and about
2o00 miles by salt water from Seattle.
In Circle City less than
one ueSfeS from the AfcJlc~ circle
(my home). we have a mining district
which contains 800 to 600 miners at
this time, there are diggings sufficient
to support LOCO more men and they|
would make from So to S12 per day. |
Further down the Yukon at the Ram
parts is another camp which has 300
Or 400 men. This camp would sup
port at least, twice or three times as
many more at good wages. !
4 do not eyaggerate when I sayI
there is room for many thousands of
men If we can only have an opportu-
nity to show them facts concerning
The country. The old thread worn
yarn that Alaska is the governments