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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
BIG BLAZE IN
VIRGINIA TOWN
a. AesocIated Presa.

Knoxville, Tenn, Jan. 30.-A spec
ial to the Sentinel from Britol, Tenn :,
says fire this morning destroyed one
of the largest business blocks in the
town of Chilhowie, Va, twenty miles
east of Bristol. The loss is estimat-
ed at $1O0000 or more. No lives
were lost
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
THE QUEENS
SHEATH GOWN
DoDoRINA CAUSED A FURoR IN
COKE, ISLAND OF DOPE, WHEN
SHE ARRIVED THERE YEsTER-
DAY. s-lt5t

Coke, Island of Dope, Jan. 30
King Dodo and Queen Dodorina,
whose flotilla was sighted of this
place yesterday, arrived here today
and were given a grand reception by
officials and citizens.
Queen Dodorina has caused a Juror
among the population with her sheath
gown. Many of-the ladies of the CITY.
having received word in advance that
the queen would be attiTed in a sheath
gown on the occasion Of her visit
here, also appeared on the streets
wearing the gowns
In order not to be out of fashion,
nearly the entire male population
have had their trousers split from
the bottom to the knee on each side.
The king and queen today received
a large number OF souvenir postal
cards from John Cary Whiting and
Vincent Fauria Of Pensacola
A reception will be rendered the
royal couple at the palace Monday
night.
FISHING SMACK WAS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
DIED FROM EXPOSURE.

New York, Jan. 30.-Nrs Mary
Partridge IS dead at the Kings eeun-
" aims house in BrcokIvn at the age
OF IoS years Her death is the re
! suit or exposure and old age.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

pound q u I l II z
change of life. Ny
doctor told me il
was good, and since
taking il / feel SO
much better that I
can do all nay work
again. I thin X
Lydia E. Pinkbam's
.Vege ia bic Com
pound a fine remedy
for all woman's
troubles, and ]
never forget to tell
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
SMALL TOWN WIPED OUT.

John stowu. Pa, Jan 30-Farpef1
by high wind. fire practically wiDed
out the town o. Patton, Somerset
county. early today. The loss is es-
timated at $50. coo.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
WOMEN FINED So FOR
RIDING IN PARKWAY

Violet Keith and Marie Wilson,
residents of the restricted district.
who were arrested Friday on the
charge of destroying city property, By
driving horses over the Palaf6x
street parkway. were each fined -
and costs in the recorders court yes
terday morning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

Nov seven W puts o.
I
made
OF
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
HER
PHYSICIAN
ADVISED
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Columbus. Ohio. ~ have taken
lydia r.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Fires Follow in Wake
of Terrible Blizzard
From FIRST Pase.)

tContI"ueo TFo'F FIFsI T~se1
deadened the sound of the approach
ing cars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

FISHING SMACK WAS
DRIVEN AGROUND FRIDAY
The fSling smack Irma, OF the +.
e. Saunders & Co.'S fleet, which was
Valdez daily prospector., 1909-01-15

fewer prOspectors, remained. This great rush covered the Indians, cut a few trails and left good supply of provisions in the country. The mouldy provisions that had so ire qucntly been dampencd by being dipped in the rivers evidently was a cause of the scurvy among SO many during the following winter. There is no sadder tale than that of those who attempted to winter at the mouth of the Bremner.
 Resources of the Copper River
 Country.
 While it has been said that the Cop per river valley contains a vast agri- cultural area, yet there arc hundreds of square miles of cold clay land on which it would be difficult to raise a disturbance. There are localities that are adapted to agriculture, and thou sands of acres of foothills that are covered with luxuriant tbunch-grasses.
 The Wrangell group of mountains and the Alaskan range are most won derfully mineralized, and the latter is especially gold-bearing. There is coal on both sides of the Alaskan range, but the best and most is on the Tana-
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PROPERTY 0F MOTHER
 LODE MINES COMPANY

What gives evidence of developing into one of the greatest copper prop critics in the Copper river basis coun- try is that owned by the Mother Lode Mines company of Alaska.
 When Jack Smith and Clarence Warner, prospecting in the Copper River valley in 1900, staked out the that group of claims which since has become famous as the "Bonanza," ;" they gave to the world what expert engineers pronounced the richest sin gle copper deposit ever discovered- and so it remained for six years, when the same men discovered and located the "Mother Lode" group immediatc- ly adjoining the Bonanza.
 At the time of the discovery of the Bonanza the locators staked out claims which they then believed entirely cov- cred all of the lead and offshoots of the ore-bearing body of rock in that immediate locality. As d matter of fact, they overlooked, for the time being, an even greater and richer de- posit of the same high grade copper ore.
 Returning to this district in July, 1906, Smith and his partners were led by certain indications to believe that
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their former idea of the extent of the ore deposit was wrong, and that the Bonanza claims covered only about half of the values. They therefore fol- lowed the direction of the lode, near Mccarthy creek, and found that the vein did not dip and lose itself, as they thought in 1900, but that it reap pearcd less than half mile distant, just over the ridge from the Keller claim of the Bonanza group.
 This new discovery, covered by the stalking of 10 claims, is the mother lode, and is not only greater in cx- tent than the original Bonanza, but can be traced much deeper. The known depth of the Bonanza lead is 2S6 feet, while on the Marvellous of the Mother Lode group, the orc shows depth of over 2,00O feet from out crop down to the amygdaloid, or greensboro, as it. is generally called. Future development, undoubtedly, will show that the orc bodies continue even deeper, and, by all rules of min ing, increase in extent in the lower levels.
 Even on the surface the mincraliZcd zone through the claims averages 50
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to 60 feet wide, with vein of chaicU- cite, or copper glance, six to eight feet wide that yields 60 to 75 per cent copper. The ore also carries IS ozs. silver and a small percentage of gold While this outcrop is less than on the Bonanza, the difference is more than made up by the greater proven depth of the ores of the Mother Lode.
 Engineers Report
 These properties have been exam ined by several engineers of high standing and national reputation, and they report them to be fully as good If not better than the Bonanza claims. They one and all agree that the vein which is now found on these claims is the same as that which outcrops so strongly on the Bonanza. An extract from one of these reports reads:
 "The Marvellous and other proper. ties taken over by the Mother Lode corporation are located in the same mountain adjoining the Bonanza properties and the Bonanza vein. This
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instead of Mentasta, as he claims, by his description of ascending a hill af- ter he crossed the outlet of q lake.
 Hunters and Trappers
 With the possible exception of Lieut.. Schwatka and Jack Dalton it is prob. able that no white men looked on the Copper river valley during the next ten years; but at that time, 1895, Jas. Germanson crossed from the Matan- uska to the Tazlina, but did not de- scend to the Copper river. The next year Jack Shepherd and Bear Brown crossed the Valdez glacier and de- seconded to the outlet of Klutena lake. From there they crossed over to the Tonsina lake and then returned, and later Pete Jackson visited the Indians at the mouth of the Klutena. in quest of furs.
 The '98 Rush
 The discovery of gold in 1897 on the klondike river in the Northwest terri tory, caused mad rush for the whole northern country. In 1898 the Copper river received liberal portion of a money-mad, wild stampede, consist ing of more than 4,OOO, most of whom were helplessly incompetent to devel- op the mineral resources of frontier. Most every known trade and calling, as well as profession, except that of prospector, was represented. Possi- ply no more than one per cent could recognize mine if they had camped on it year. They brought all kinds of machinery for saving gold" that had not been discovered, and some brought sacks in which to put the "fl- thy lucre," although they could not distinguish gold from copper.
 Of course most of the incompetcnts left the country and but a few, with
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ma side. This range carries lodges of gold, copper, silver, lead, antimony and quicksilver, but all are waiting the magic wand of a railroad. This is country that cannot be developed without the assistance of railroads. Possibly there never was time when the government was SO justified in lending assistance to railroad by guaranteeing its bonds and in way retaining control over 1t. We need a road that will be q common carrier, and not one that is built to its own private properties, and which would allow prospectors with million- dollar propositions to die natural deaths be- cause of being q few miles to one side of their road.
 It Is probable that Miller gulch and Slate creek tCapt. Vests discovery has proven the best and richest shal- low placer district of the whole north. There will be numerous hydraulic plants installed whenever railroad is built into the country.
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Knights Island Claims

The group of six claims on Knights Island has an orc body of an average width of ten feet running the entire length of the claims, with indications of much greater width in many places. This orc will run from s to l5 per cent copper, and carries large quantity of iron and silica, sufficient not only for it's own fluxing, but enough to nux other ore in addition. By combining this ore with that from the Mother Lode, which is rich in lime, in ship mcnts to the smcltcrs, the company will have what will be practically self iluXing ore.
 At present the development of this property consists of tunnel on the Marvellous of lO5 feet, driven SO as to crosscut the lode at depth of 100 feet. IL is estimated that very small amount of additional tunncling will open up the vein. There are also the roads, trails, houses, etc., necessary for the preliminary prospecting of the property.
 By the expenditure of very few thousand dollars ore will be ready to ship as soon and as fast as the rail road can handle it. There are tho,,s- ands of tons on the surface that do not need any but the most primitive mining. Some dynamite and sacks arc about all that is needed to make if ready to ship by the trainload.
 On the 120 acres of placer claims owned by this company there is q fine body of fir and spruce that will run at least three million feet of lumber, more than sufficient for all timbering, buildings and fuel for many years to come.
 Mccarthy creek, upon which the millsitc is located, will supply all the power that can possibly be used for any purpose. This stream carries q large body of water the year round, being fed by the inexhaustible gla- cicrs of the Copper river ranges.
 Ample transportation facilities will be provided by the Copper River & Northwestern railroad, now being built by the Guggenheims from the coast, about 15O miles, and which will run to the Bonanza within 2iOO feet of the property.
 The officers of the Mother Lode Mines company are Clarence l.. Warn CT, one of the discoverers, president; i; J. D. Meenach, general manager of the Ellamar Copper Mining company, vice president; James J. Godfrey, of McCaffcry & Godfrey. attorneys, sec retary and treasurer. The trustees are Charles c. Hubbard, general man ager of the Hubbard Elliot mines; J.. J. Godfrey, John Miller, discoverer of Miller gulch; ClarencoL. Warner and J. D. Meenach.
Valdez daily prospector., 1909-01-15
HISTORY oF COPPER RIVER COUNTRY
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 to their friends, and there would be hundreds on the ground before got there. Let them stampede to the Tanana mud glaciers if they want to beat me out, but mind you, have told to you more than to any other living man, and you must give me time to get there before you say a word.
 "The Suslota Indians gave us dried salmon and at the mouth of the creek, on the Slahna, they gave us raft on which we descended to the mouth of the Chestuchena. Suslota creek empties into the Slahna, about eight miles up from the mouth, and not in to the Copper, as mapped by Allen.
 First Gold Discovery
 There is good gold coming down the Chestuchena, and we hid our raft and spent ten days at it's source. We found gold in small gulch, that had been ground-sluiced to the bedrock, and the dirt in one pocket was very rich. We also found some rich gravel on the hillside. The Indian carried this down to me in canvas sack, and l banned it out about 300 wards down, near the mouth of the creek. The water was frozen at all other places, as it was getting late in the fall. The few days banned sue
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vein outcrops originally on the Bo- nanza claim belonging to the Guggen- heims and dips through the Azure and through the Keller and out into the Marvellous property, where there is 30 feet of an outcrop, heavily mineral ized, in the center of which is seven feet of chalcocite, assaying 76 per cent copper and small amount of gold and silver. The ore deposits con- sist of chalcocite, occurring as veins or Assures in the lime, which is super- imposed on the nickolai greenstone. These deposits vary in width from seams an inch thick to seven feet or more in width, and ten to several hun dred feet in length, outcropping at a distance of 30 feet in some places to several hundred feet apart in others, along the dominance over linear distance of 1900 feet on the Marvellous claim and several hundred feet on the Hero. On the side of the main Assure are smaller c"tcroppings, varying from small seams and lenses to bodies two feet in thickness. Other large bodies of glance and bornitc occur in the underlying formations in the amygdaloid. These deposits SO occur ring within the various properties are heavily segregated particles of copper mingled in the form of nodulcs within tn" amNgdal"idal cavities in the green stone matriX. The smaller mineral lZcd zones or crosscuts vary in dimrn- sion from three to ten feet in width to 5o or more feet in length. In most cases these deposits are partly GOV cred by the Arctic moss of the region or by slides of limestone and dctreti- ouS from tn" ovcrlying grccnstonc above. The Assures in which the largest and most valuable deposits of chalcocit" occur can easily be traced rom the portal of the tunnel on the
 Bonanza claim, which crosscuts the Assure above mentioned, directly to the large "utcrop on the Marvellous and Regal claims.'
 The company owns l9 claims: The Marvellous, Hero, Lcviathan and Re- gal Numbers One and Two, immcdi- atrly adjoining the Bonanza group of the Guggcnhcims; the Monarch group oi three claims, and the four claims in the Allrghany group. The remain ing seven are placer claims on Me tarthy creek. All these claims are contiguous, and therefore develop mcnt work done upon any one of them VIII apply as assessment work for the entire property. There is also d mill site "t live acres on Mccarthy creek.
 In addition to the above the com pany owns the Valdez group of six claims on Dryer bay, Knights Island, immediately adjoining the property of the Russell Ball Copper Mining company, one of the best mines on the island
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cecdcd in getting $7OO, ,Iand then we were compelled to return to our raft
 '"This gulch runs little east of south and empties into creek that runs westerly. l climbed peak to ascertain the precise locality, and it was in direct line of d volcano and another. mountain which I think Lieut. Allen has since named Sanford.
 ''Wc descended to the mouth of Klutena river, and from there trav- cled on foot with q Copper river In- dian. He piloted us up the Klutena river to large lake that is not on the maps, and from there we crossed a high glacier to Valdez bay. There we raftcd with the tide to an Indinn town about 25 or 30 miles down the coast. From there they rowed me to Neu- chck, where I boarded the whaler Jeanic, as she was on her return trip southward. I had spent S1O,OOO at prospecting and was then broke, and l tried to get some Portland friends to assist mo to get back to the gold I had found, but they would not enter- tain such q hazardous proposition Since then I have been working at my trade, that of d mechanical engi- nccr. with the hope of returning to my little Eldorado. am now 72 years old, and ] am offering to pay you to survey q claim or two for U. S. patent, which I hope to leave for my family"
 There was other conversation, too long to be quoted here, but talked with one of the officers of the Jeanie, who was aboard at the time, and he distinctly remembered West, his gold and that he said he had gotten it on a trip through the Copper river and Panama countries. West also stated that he intended to return to bend in the lake, which was the source of the Klutcna river, and from there he would attempt to cross the headwa- ters of the several rivers to the source of the Chestuchena. This he attempt ed in the spring of 1898, but owing to the snow melting and an attack of sickness. he failed He was brought out and left three days before my ar- rival and afterwards died from the ex- posurcs of the trip. This man was the cause of my coming to Alaska, and it is recorded that I applied to be ap. pointed U. $. mineral surveyor in Alaska for the purpose of surveying mining claims for I. N. West.
 Military Explorations
 | In 1881, Lieut.. now Col. w. R. Ab. crcrombio, was detailed to explore the Copper river, but failed to ascend above the rapids. John Bremner, how ever, who was with the expedition, ascended to stream that is now known as Bremner river. He con cluded to remain and prospect during the following winter, as he found some line gold on the river bars there. He lost his life in the attempt, and while the Copper river Indians say he was murdered on the Tanana by the Tan. ana Indians, it is more probable that Taral Nicoli, or some Indians at his bidding, committed the deedO
 Lieut.. Henry Y. Allen ascended the Copper river the following year, 1885, and descended the Tanana. He performed wonderful feat, con. sidering the hard and frightful condi. tions at the time. am inclined to 0TSys 1 si 'fGssae GsSI 6E EEayt:t t, g sgs'4)9ss 43s D 9~A tashA~u1 vysA GM so.,
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Valdez daily prospector., 1909-01-15

The Apollo mine at Unga, which has been closed down for several years, has again started operations. It has produced over $3,OO0, 0,OOO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
sToRlEs-LETrERs ::
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WHEN MY MAMMA WAS A LITTLE
GiRL-A STORY OF A PEoNY

A long time ago-nearly thirty-seven
years ago, when the G. B. & O., rail-
road had been built only three years
my mamma went to visit relatives in
Indiana.
There were four real old people
and one little girl. That was mamma.
When they crossed the Mississippi
river at Burlington the old people were
but mamma just liked to look out the
window and see the boats in the river.
They stopped at Fairfield and staid
all night at an uncle's. Mammals
cousin gave her bouquet Of flowers,
among them was a large white peony.
They took the train the next morn
ing for Indianapolis. A bride and
groom got on the train. Mamma
thought the bride was the most beau
tiful lady she had ever seen. She
too, had bouquet Of flowers. The
lady asked mamma the name OF, the
big white flower, and mamma gave her
the flower. When the little boys came
into the car selling oranges and candy
the lady bought some for mamma. In
the, afternoon they reached Indian
apolis.
They asked several people if there
was train to take them to JOnesville
that night. One man said, go and
get in that caboose, that train is going
down there" 1t was pouring down rain
but they went quite way out and
got into the old caboose. There was
no one around and the car leaked.
They sat there for two or three hours
and on looking out they saw that the
train had gone away and left them.
1t was nearly dark and they climbed
out of the car and went to a hotel and
stayed all night. The two old women
and mamma went to bed, but the two
old gentlemen sat by the fire and
dried their clothes. In the morning at
5 o'clock they started for Jonesville
and got to mammals uncle's in time OF
breakfast. Oh! how her cousins laugh
ed when she told them about her ride
in the old caboose. The lady is still
living in Ottumwa who gave mamma
the flowers.
Iona Genevieve Hancock, age II,
R. F. D. No. 3, box "a, Melrose, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
HALLoWE ZEN.
Pearl Clark,
Abingdon. Ia.

Halloween comes on the thirty
first day Of October.
People always play jokes on Hal
lowe'en and in the morning, when they
get UP thew find something missing or
something at their place that don't be-
long to them There are many parties
on Halloween night. Many people
have them, both old and young.
Children always have iack-o'lanterns
out of pumpkins. They cut eyes,
noses and mouths in iack-o'lanterns
and at night they light them and put
them on doorsteps and fence posts
and all such places at that They al
WAYS have much fun.
Most every school has pie social or
box supper or party on Halloween
night. We We're going to have box
supper Friday. October 20 for Hal
lowe'en but did not on account OF the
oyster supper that was held at the
school house the night before. There
was a pie social at the O'Connor
school, across the river Friday night
for Halloween.
Maude Skirvin, age II,
r. F. D. No. 7. Ottumwa, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

A group of school goys were play
ing football in November. They had on
white trousers Today was the school
house match and they wore white
costumes to show that they did not
care for kicks on the shins. They went
where the ground was level and put
up two poles, 10 feet high and about
IA feet apart with a crossbar running
from one to the other at about the
height of ten feet. This they call the
goal.
They would kick the ball over the
crossbar any height just so 1t was be-
tween the posts. Some one had to stay
in the goal to touch the ball when 1t
rolled behind the posts because il the
other side touches it they have try
at goal. There are two sides, consist
ing of from Is to 20 boys. Both sides
mingle together, hang their jackets
and all that means real work their
hats, waistcoats. neck handkerch1efs
and braces on the ratings round the
small trees and then they go in twos
and threes. Hurrah! one big fellow
falls fiat on a small lad and knocks
all the wind out of his small body. but
he soon RECEIVERS without much dam
age done, but sometimes they hurt one
another.
A Junior Friend
Belle Smith, age 10.
Floris. Iowa.
r. F. D. No. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06
WHEN MAMMA WAS A LITTLE
GIRL.

When mamma was a little girl her
father ran ferry boat across the
Des Moines river and she always
wanted to go with him.
One day she wanted to go with him
and he would not let her 60 and so
she went and jumped in the river and
he had to go and get her out.
When mamma was six years old
she moved to Nebraska and one day
some Indiane came and wanted some
water.
Mamma was afraid Of them and she
ran into the sod kitchen and hid from
them. She looked under the door and
watched them.
She was only six years old when
her mother died and her grandfather
went and brought her and her sister
back to Iowa and left her brothers
out in Nebraska
am Daily Junior.
Your Junior friend,
Mabel Skirvin, age II,
R. F. D. No. IL,
Ottumwa, Iowa