Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-13
MINING. BUSINESS AND STOCKS.
RICH DEPOSITS
Of COPPER ORE.
!. II x,7 1,oo,es n eturns III laslSa and
Talks Of
sour
.aska and

iIJ,r,tJ, Interesting stories of the Won
derfiil riches Of the copper ana soiu
denosfts of Alaska. and encouraslns
4 5s ,,a,l,,orts AZ the progress OF the Copper
= .pis,o,.s1 md a North Western fatlWs.y33
& i,ar,ranyts $50 miles of new 3rall@ats,
1chfch Is now being built inland lI .4'.,
+[a# sea mort of Cordova, Y resiuel,. 80. =,
w F,cc!es arrived in salt l' LAKE We. :
( morning. One week ago helsN WE an an
X E,llamar. q small island sonie Il 1 e'..,,
,,,iIas north of Seattle, and the run
Ha..,, q, ~ latter mort IN the steamer
own MA was made without q s $40 "
& = ny, :, lfind In ono hour under five days Y
3lanflinp Mr. E,ccles In Seattle .1nst ~. ~
Time to take hts special car TOT sais
III al e. thus making q RECORD ru VI y "
seven days for the trin: ~ ono
y ~ addition to building O. r t,s ~.
miles from Cordov to the Gtt,sts
I M. Eecles says his company ls aiso8
y h,,iidinsr a branch line Of about au ri .A
~ t,e coal deposits on the I3efing II
l}srhe railroad will be com leteei 70 NY
mouth Of the Chitina river and rea ~.
for business by July, lslo. ana ~. ~
road viii be completed right 70 s an
+ lBnnanza mines at the end OF lslV.
d .,Ti,ia Veil, reduce the cost of transpor-S
tation to about 10 per cent q ,tnef
8nlesent price,, said MIR. Dccles tos.aS y
* sIIeretofore r,rospectors and others NSho
R 80 y, to the interior have to pay
from 500 TO 81. OG0 per ton TO get reign 70.
from Valdez to the range IN Whl e, .l ~
Bonanza mine is located. e WI lcIi - e,
probably the richest In numerals " a,.s
s.ie,,oS,,Y, mountain range in tie WORLD
( ,rhe creeks are also full of gold. ana
nearly everywheremen have met Win tt.fl.
ss3e, "a tifvinEs results In placer mining
5fho1rhf thes6diiiicuities of transp o y, Ia
stion have deferred all but the flaTa lsl
from going into the tield
t.The Bonanza Copper mine IS a " Won Oh
der. In addition toe vas 8 qllstnll1les
ne is,rhat might be called low grade.
4 so1npa ratiyely speaking, there arc thou 4
ia nds upon thousands of tons ot ore
9{fi,, Inc, mine carrying as high as t6 per
rent copper The building OF the new
rad viii greatly help in the deNel-
n o5pment IN this mine as we'll ms ot hers.
Il and will give d new impetus e placer
mining, as prospe tors WI I'e . pt lS
10 got supplies any day 81, ne .ssyessi ga,
when our trading posts are IA e. st lad
y lisned.' =, 3s5
n S Mi. Encles says there isEnot much
snow in the interior of Alaska, the
heaviest fall being along the coast ~
the Bonanza mine during all last winter
q there was never more than two rect nl
II snow on the ground, though the aitl'
tutl d Is over {. GOO feet ii@.
He also confirms the report recently
made at washington regarding the
value OF the lands OF the Interior lol
n agricultural purposes. many OF the
X hardy vegetables being grown to per-
lection in the district. as Well as hay
and other products.
Facilities for prospecting the Srlci
copper ranges of the interior.sa MS wei
as the rich creeks I'll be ford ID by
trading posts, one OF which will be es
tabl!shed at Copper Center. nbout I
i miles from, tho mouth of the Chitint
X river. y BY mems of the railroad, Will
boats In summer and sleds In. winter
supplies will be conveyed to thes'
4 points farther inland from the railwl,
line
AS illustrating the kind of work be
ing done by the railroad company, ]
might be stated that the steel EhridG
nver the mouth of Copper river con
( sists of 13 spans, the longest being 20
feet. This bridge is nearly completed
with another large tilcvef bridG
J. which is being built at Child's Glacier
1T Is i 300 feet long and Its longest spa
is $50 feet
In addition to owning the .railroa
now being built, Mr., Eccles' compan
g owns El6 ocean going steamers, til
largest of which Is 1900 tons. beside
IA number of small river craft.
Mr. Eccles returns looking the pic
ture OF health. with an abundant sur
ply of that brown color. which is &c
f knowledaed 10 be Indicative of healtl
and which has been gained in h
case by wooing the summer sun and tt
ocean breezes OF the far north