The Alaska prospector., 1903-09-24
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COPPER CENTER, ,Sept.2 CT very fine, Copper river is low. Wrangell smoking hiyu. Slate creek wind-up due in couple of days. Heavy snow and rain fall washed in all cuts on the 10th. Judge Leavell, kraemer, Miller. Sandberg, Ohlsen and the rest of the Slate creek millionaires due to- morrow. Rosy, Hebe Smith, Demp- sey, McFadden, Sprague, Walter Savage, Tom Kenney, LaBelle, Marr and Cockrill with three bulls left yesterday. Capt. Johnson, Sam Taylor, A. Ahlhausen, Taylor and about a dozen more left this morn- ing for Valdez. Tenas Rosy due tomorrow. Nels Jepson who is on sick report here is gaining slowly. Company pack train due to-mor- row, leave for Valdez on 1st.
 ToNsINA, Sept. 23.-Capt. John- son, Sam Taylor and a few others left this morning for Valdez.
 KAYAK ISLAND. = The country surrounding Controller Bay, Alas ka, is an oil and coal country. The oil seepages and other evidences of oil are found all along the coast varying in width from : miles at Yakataga to p miles at Copper river. The oil land has all been staked in large tracts by about 20 different companies. The Englisk company has about 10000 acres. and own the ground which has flowing well or gusher. They have four wel[boring rigs on their ground and are erecting derricks preparatory to putting them ali ,o work. The Alaska Steam Coal ~ Petroleum Co.,, known as the Lippy company, has one rig now boring which has reached depth of about POO feet. They have another rig ordered that will sink 5000 feet which they will use to deepen the well they bored to depth of 1900 feet and could not go deeper. their present machinery being too light. The indications are such that they are practically certain of getting oil in their well by sinking deeper.
 The A. o. syndicate owns about 3O,O00 acres of choice land here. They have their we'll down 44O fit. and have encountered considerable gas, but owing to difficulty in get ting down their casing they may have to try a new hole. Their To- cation is very favorable for oil. The Cudahy company have one rig they are now putting in operation, and will have another one come on the Bertha. They own 1O,OGO acres. The Spokane Syndicate have two rigs enroute to put on. their ground near Martin river. The Union Oil company of Cali fornia. has two rigs ready for ship ment, to be put on their land near Martin river. Steve Bailey, of Se- attle, has a crew of men preparing the ground for rig which he is sending in. Chancellor x Garfield, extensive California operators, will haze one rig on their ground in a few days, and will ship two more at a later date. w. s. A.
 Fred Anderson on Monday even- ing ferried two soldiers in a row boat from Valdez to Ft. Liscum. They arrived without any trouble, and the soldiers state that Ander- son immediately left on his return trip Since then nothing has been heard of Anderson, but the boat containing one oar and his coat was picked up on the bay.
 The school board will petition Judge Wickersham for 50 per cent. of license money received in the town, to be used for school pur- poses. The council has been no,i- fled of their intention, and decided not to make any protest. Follow ing is the estimate of the expenses of the school for the year ending July 1, 1904.
 Principals salary, 10 mos. at sl25. .N,g0 Two Teachers, salary at $loO each. ........ 2,L0o ruei -.----.----.-.-........... .... 80 --.-----.-..-..-...--..... loo