Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-11-12

season and will construct a large
pumping plant this year.
Day labor, as we'll as those employed
In the trades, had most prosperous
season in the past year. The average
wages paid for labor was So per day
and board. Some mining operators
were compelled on account of lack of
labor to pay as high as So per day and
board. 1t may seem strange that
more laboring men do not flock to
such a place; but every man who hes
served in this capacity will concur IN
the statement that every man is ex-
pected to earn the wages he is paid
that the laborer is we'll worth his
wages.
Two new districts have recently at
tracted attention. They are known as
the Tannin and the Copper river dis
tricts. They are deep in the very heart
of the territory. Discoveries made last
summer have developed so satisfactor-
lily that this new find bids fair to
gather round it very substantial min
ing community. Valdez, a town on
Cooks inlet, the point from which all
the miners start for this new discov-
cry, is the gateway of a tremendous
expanse of practically UNEMPLOYED
or unprospected country.
The need of some practical method
of transportation is keenly felt. Last
season the price of freighting to these
new camps was 81 per pound. This
problem can be solved by the building
of railroad. A survey has been made
from Valdez to Eagle City, on che
Yukon, traversing the heart of this
district; but as yet no steps have been
taken for building the railroad. The
prospects indicate that there is a vast
amount of wealth in minerals and I'M
numbered acres of agricultural and
grazing land in this district awaiting
development. This season 1000 head
of cattle will be driven to these grassy
plateaus and slaughtered in the fall of
the year. Another party contemplates
bringing a similar number of sheep
for the same purpose.
Along the coast of Alaska, especially
in Cooks inlet, men have prospected
for oil for the past three years. Dur,
ing October last gusher was struck
20 miles south of Valdez. All the ad-
jacent land was taken up and recorded
and companies formed for the further
exploitation of the field Since then
large quantities of supplies and ma
chinery have been forwarded to this
point, and it is expected that further
developments will reveal the exist
elce of a considerable oil field. The
surface prospects are decidedly encour-
aging. The gusher referred to. which
is the pioneer in Alaska, was struck at
a depth of $50 feet. and the oil proved
of an exceptional quality.
The annual spring stampede from
the Pacific coast cities to Alaska is in
progress. Il is expected that at least
10000 men will go into the new min
ing camps, 200 miles inland. while
many Others will be attracted to the
new oil fields.
Since the development of the re-
sources of the Pacific coast. the value
of its fish has proved to be one of ITS
richest heritages. and to-day Alaska
can claim a paramount position in
that respect. Last year over 5000. OO0
worth of salmon was Stripped from its
ports. 1t might be well to state that
Mr.. Seward paid s7.2OO.OOO for these
Russian possessions. Salmon Gamer.
les are now located on almost avarv
stream Of Importance from Marv's
island, the most southern point of the
territory, to the Arctic ocean. and this
years output will far exceed that of
the past year. These canneries en-
croacA upon the inalienable rights of
the natives. sometimes depriving them
o. their livelihood This is a serious
matter and will soon resolve itself into
difficult prcblem