The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-23
URGES EARLY DEVEL OPMENT OF
GREAT ALASKAN COAL FIELDS

mountains. Beyond these points there Is
no present business To warrant capital.
unadcd, 10 construct railroads. Sufficient
knowledge of feasible routes from the
coast To the interior | believe is now to
be- had and could De obtained by the gov
crnmcnt through board al army and
railroad engineers. who should deter
min" upon the most feasible routes 10
the interior and upon such lines rs should
De built for the Development Of Alaska.
When th" work of this board Is completed
ihc government should secure the CON
struction of the railroads In q similar
manner to that adopted for the con-
structon OF railways in the Philippine"
islands. II railroad is to be built
from the coast OF Alaska to the Yukon
valley. 1T Will be necessary for the gov
crumcnt tu bear u part OF the bur
den OF expense of operation for ten or
fifteen years after its construction, which
period will be required for the dcNcl-
opmcnt of the interior of Alaska To such
an extent as TO make the railroad self
sustaining. The money now paid for a
very extensive mail service, il paid TO
a railroad when built would go a long
way toward its maintenance. have.
therefore. 10 urge that a board OF army
the purpose outlined above. If the gov
ernmcni does not assume a part of the
burden of interior transportation. VIC will
have TO wait for n permanent develop
ment of the interior OF Alaska until such
time ms discoveries OF phenomenal min
cral deposits VIII justify private capi-
Advantage of Railroad.
II railroad is built to the Mata-
nuska coal nclds. il VIII establish d per
maucnt community north OF the coast
range Of mountains where "A man Will
have an opportunity 10 earn lIvcI-
hood throughout the year, and establish
hasc nom which they can prospect for
n radius of 100 to 200 miles. within which
in all probability something viii be found
which will Justify the extension of the
| fl,.... Il
Gold mining is being successfully car
ricd On throughout the whole district" 3"
SAYS Governor IIoggatt. The develop
ment OF recent discoveries OF veins car
| lNln2 high grade orc have been cncour-
aging. and there seems to he a revival
of interest in gold quartz mining through
out southeastern Alaska. Discoveries OF
| quartz carrying high values have bccn
made in the Fairbanks mining districts.
| and limited amount Of development
work has been done with encouraging re
| suits. High grade gold ores have been
! discovered on the kcnai peninsula near
! Moose Pass and on Willow Creek and
| the best Of these prospects arc being
! developed, placer mining continues In
a small WAY IN southeastern Alaska and
| tho beach al Cape Yaktag and in Cook
| throughout the Yukon valley. and ae
! dvitles In the Fairbanks district con-
/ tlnuc undated Increased interest is
shown In the prospecting in tho Susitna
|
| ing reports are made Of these districts.
y large number cf proSpcctors and miners
aIc in these districts. and II ia hoped
that Developments In the new territory
will i1c sufficiently rapid 10 maintain the
production of gold for several years.
On the Seward peninsula drift mining is
giving way To dredging and hydraulic
mining
New Laws Needed.
Governor Hoggatt recommends lav.
to diminish the controversies over the
ownership OF placer claims OF To dimin-
| fish the evils which have grown up un-
der the practice of stalking unlimited
numbers OF claims by individuals oI
through power OF attorney and provid-
ing that eight times the amount Of work
| he performed upon Il single claim to con
time ownership for one year should he
performed on each association claim dur
in= the year
| Regarding the recommendation hc
makes 10 change tho governor or Alaska
from the control of the department oi
thc interior 10 the department of Justice
Governor Hoegatt SAYS The provisions
OF the act for a civil government Tor
Alaska provides that tie governor shall
have authority to see that tho laws 81
the district are enforced, and 10 require
the faithful discharge Of their duties hy
tho officials appointed 10 administer th,
same Tho officials charged with thc
admniStrati tiun uf tho laws are und",
control Of tho department of Justice. ano
it would appear tLat 81 one OF The prin-
cipal duties OF the governor Is 60 SOC
that the officials perform their duties
he should also he an official OF the de-
psrimCnt oC Justice. 7 have therefore
TO recommend that legislation 10 this cu,
he enacted. Such change In the Law
will prevent conflict of authority. ton,
10 tho establishment Of uniform polici
for tho enforcement OF law. and lead {,
n better administration Of tic affairs u
the territory
| 4 general law providing for In" sal'
| OF towpsites. under supervision of th,
secretary Of the interior. with rrope
reservation Of harbor areas and lands 10
| public purposes. Governor Uorgatt say!
| should he passed. without such
| law" he points out congress and In,
J interior department will be called upoI
: Ia support private bills for the purchas'
of townsItcs. every enc OF which will
have a lobby la Washington, attempting
to sccurc lis passage
Don T. overlook "LIGHTS AM
SHADOWS OF MORMONISM whel
selecting Xmas gifts. You couldn ,
choose more appropriate present for
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