The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

S There 10 no doubt, however, but TINT
there Is III enormous amount OF copper
In Alaska In the commercinl#Club hers
little bags copper nuggets
from the size Of q pen 10 b ts5ofS$
mans Ast. are shown It 81 said that ma
.En&ssnugget was recently discovered some
distance back from the scoas Whlch$
weighed about six tons. IL it5.were where
III could be 9 shipped Eit would III z. W noarrli;
rs now I'll would not bring 6O Ss cests.l
All this&stuf Els merely the
OF Il he quartz Infnes,$ In q real
from along the Copper River. SSwhere,,..II
am told. Inc orc carries from S@toA7g
per cci,t.SS@of pure metal and is sfar. suSS
i erior5 70 that of the chief copper r res loNnnssi
Our government gselogist. have found n
the best prospects so far re IN .lne;
K : ~ I district ntT cq nl;, Sd " lanai DlsIi11 IL
the fIstta inlet and An thesCopper5R River
ia sin.$ST he latter socenpiss z. Area % ] ~
e.; ;sHs M aria = ;elRRsss ssee1Psssdon sSss
II Sope:ai:nr on the Hetta Inlet u has
con1ieted q EsQ-ton sInelter..ia water poWer
Claims are being developed In the
~. ocular boats from Seattle TO juneau,
SKetchiKan, gHaineg Mission, sitka and
SEkaS .ay. here e one line TO + Gull
OF Alaska, which calls at Yaldez@ b ny
elsewhere. and another. Whlch.:goe w.
along the Alaskan peninsula 70 Dutoni
Harbor. third company connects Seattle
wtth55thss Seward Peninsula. You. can also
i boat to the Nome region, ana nl
there ara river boats on the Yukon,,s6sffS
IA the same time Uncle Sam g doing
all% h e car, Eto8better our communication
with that far-away territory. tel.
Rra,l,y are EunLsr the United States Slg:
Wireless stations BY which messages can,
be flashed from one point to TYs
head Of the telegraph System - one soel
ablest men In the government sels
vice. This is Major w. a. Glassford.
WIZ did excellent work as head Of the
Signal Corps ina NJ Porto Rico during 1.-THE
and later on IN 1.-The Philippines. 8s ~
II Is now every prominent point IN Alaska
can be reached by wire The rate for
ton word to- sitka !s t1,50,@StoSskaEWay,S
50; TO- Fairbanks %. 5o;s to St Mlcheal,
$3.50, and Q Nome. -. "A VIM Es,
"A Temperate Region. T s
we usually look upon Alaska % all
snowsandS Ice. This 10 10 with8the greater
part OF the country. but not with the
rpnninR along the south coast. The cli-
mate there is such that boats can run all
the year round and the most Of the res
SRion is no colder than Washington, 2.
e. ,,,deed. the Nsklmos and other In.
dams Of that part OF our territory would
laugh I the idea Of using snow shoes.
They have no Ssledges nor reindeeF. and
they are troubled more with rain than
ice, Even N southeastern Alaska whore
they occasionally get cold breszes from,
the ARCTIC, the mercury seldom drops&to
zero, and last year the lowest tempera-
ture a. Juneau was eight degrees above
that point.
Some, Farming Possibilities.
There are are aid to- be excellent grasses
on many OF the Alaskan Islands, which
may eventually be used for feeding cat
ne and sheep. IT Is believed that the
Galloway and West Highland cattle can
be acblimated there, and alsogthaa black,
faced Scotch sheep, The AgriculturaltD De.
partment$ already has four experimental
stations, and 1t expects to open up e
farm IN the Copper River Valley this
summer. where It Will carry on exper!'
smsnts In raising grain. The hay posi-,
biltties are said 10 he great. the MARKET
telng the towns and mining amps wnleh
are now largely supplied with stock 1909
at enormous freight rates, Il
Fruit experiments are also being &car-
ried on inSthe government station at Sit
ka, where three Thousand Seeding ample
|Atrees have been startsd from hardy va.
rletless brought In from Minnesota
on Kadlak Island the climate is, ]
should. Say, much like that OF the Falk-
lands, AZ Seattle meat-packer has sew
eral hundred head OF cattle and sheep
there, and they And their own food
winter. ana summer. As to- hay. II Was
raised last year as far north az theSForty
Mile country, and a moving machine was
among the articles shipped there last
season, tta
Can Raise Vegetables.
Near Wsangell they have produced 9
scaIulifower which WEIGHED over ten
pounds ana an Irish potato which, welsh,
ed more than seven pounds,I AN a!ona
the YUKON there 40 no sHow&dursng low
months sof the year, AIS
The gFass grows as high assyouFI shoNll--
dery, and there areSWpdS raspberrlesi cur
rants, hpoklebarrles and blackpsryles,
The sun puts in about eight hours extra
time there and during those months sdoes
twice as much work as IN any other part
Isof tho United Etates proper The Alas
region by the Alaska Industrial Com
ss' a Seattle Asset.
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