The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28

alaska island. and he was secured an
sent nm there az once. He spent on
month on the mountain with torc'
IN twenty-five men. and yesterua.
reached Tacoma on his return TRIP D!
the Flihu Thompson. the boat haVlh'
rirkad him ND az Dutcn harbor.
Without Equal in the World.
The Swedish government eNpeI
finds that for vast deposits OF th' t
unrest flower sulphur the Alaska uis
covery is without equal in the woriu
The beds lie in a blanket fashion ovei
| the most Of the mountain. thinning
ont as the level OF the sea Is reached
but everywhere prevalent In almost
unbroken strata. He found the noun
tain TO be $500 feet above the sur
rounding ocean. and covered more
than halfway down from the summit
with eternal snow. The summit re
yeaIs an extinct volcano, with a great
crater half mile wide. The interior
OF the crater is sunken some hundreds
Of feet. and the sides are all honey
combed. affording sheltering caves for
Mr.. Carlson and his twenty-five men
for many nights. Owing to there being
no timber at all on the mountain, the
month spent in the SHOWS was spent
for the most part entirely without hre
or hot food. but the wonderful revela-
tions more than compensated the traV'
eler. In one spot the removal Of 30
feet OF snow and fee and some 20 feet
OF broken shell rock let the workers
into a body ! commercially pure sui
.phur. the extent of which was not dis.
covered. for a shaft Of so feet had not
gonethrough IL, and Il was impossible
to sink further owing to the constant.
" caving sides. In all. the deposits
we're tapped at l6 points. and found to
be at every point more free from adul.
ferrous substances-lava bodies and
pumice. which hinders the workings
in sicily-than even the sulphur beds
Of Iceland. Said Mr. Carlson;
stsked Years Ago.
1T cannot be said to be an entirely
new discovery, since II was staked
and recorded five years ago-and then
abandoned. But we have done the
very first work ever performed on the
deposits. and the original stalking was
done from the showings at the base OF
the mountains, where Indians have for
centuries been digging out more or
less OF the stun for medicines princi.
pally ! don't want TO say too much
about the matter for while was there
the original stakers OF FIVE years ago
returned from Seattle and restaked
the ground right on top Of us. The
original stalker was De Sofa. OF Seat
tie, but the following gold rush into
Alaska diverted that company's atten.
ton, and the sulphur was never eX.
plored. or for a certainty Il would
never have been abandoned. Then Il
was staked by the men who have sold
IL TO the New York spectators have
represented. and have been sent out.
| am carrying back my report. II the
development OF the property would
cost a million, II would yet be pro.
position OF worldwide importance
while as a matter OF fact II is close 10
the waters OF the Pacific ocean, but
10 miles from Dutch Harbor-as good
a harbor at any time OF the year as
could be desired.
Easily ACCESSIBLE.
"a bit OF tramway. and the compan,
can begin to load the sulphur ontC
ships at once. end | sc no end TO the
deposits In sight | am sure Il Is
destined to take the place OF Siclliau
In the markets OF the world
from its being 95 per cent pure. re
quiring no process Of publication, and
n N.N -
loading Is all the expense there is 10
IT, Yes, should Judge there is TO be
a big law suit over the possession OF
the property now that Il has been
found TO be so exceedingly valuable
though concern which has been In
possession for FIVE years
aud has never even sunk hole or had
a man on top OF the mountain where
the really valuable sulphur Is. would
seem TO me 10 stand little show In &
contest with the United States as ar
bitter.
The trip has been an expensive one
and landing as he did. after banking
hours yesterday, Mr., Carlson Is forced
TO wait for the opening OF the banks
again on Monday before resuming his
Journey In the direction OF New York
Ugly Climate.
He brings out with him several hun
ired pounds OF the sulphur all OF
which looks exactly as does the drue
store sulphur which, mixed with mo
asses, used 10 form so large a part OF
he family medicine chest I'm grand
mothers days, The exposures en-
iured on the trip were severe while
hey lasted but the gentleman Is rap,
dly recovering under the genial sun
'hine encountered several DAYS out
rom Puget Sound OF all the varia.
ions OF climate along the Alaskan
coast, Mr.. Carlson declares the eli.
nate in the neighborhood of the
mountains the worst. In % DAYS on
he mountains IL was never possible 10
see the surrounding ocean few miles
away. A dense, wet, binding. driving.
chilly, unwholesome fog enveloped the
mountain constantly. causing a dis.
.ressing semi-darkness at all times.
rhe moisture in the air over the ia.
pan current Is condensed by contact
with the snow into vapor. the supply
never falling the year round, and the
summit OF the mountain only on rare
occasions being visible from Dutch
iarbor.
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