The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-14
RICH FINDINGS
OF COPPER ORE

Salt Lake City, Aug. lG.-With in
teresting stories of the wonderful
riches of the copper and gold deposits
of Alaska, and encouraging reports OF
the progress of the Copper River and
Northwestern Railway company's $50
miles Of new railway. which Is now be
ing built inland from the seaport of
COrdova. President S. w. Eccles ar
rived in Salt Lake this morning One
week ago he was at Ellamar. a small
island some l,500 miles north of Sc
attic, and the run down TO the latter
port in the steamer Olympia was made
without stop OF any kind in one hour
under five days, landing Mr. Eccles
in Seattle just in time 10 take his
special car for Salt Lake. thus making
a record run of seven days for the
trip
In addition to building a road 200
miles from Cordoya to the great Bo-
nanza copper mines on the Chitina
river, Mr. Eccles SAYS his company is
also building branch line of about
fifty miles to the coal deposits on tho
Behring river The railroad will be
completed 90 the mouth of the Chitina
river and ready for business by July.
1910. and the road viii be completed
TO the Bonanza mines at the end of
1910. This will reduce the cost OF
transportation TO about 10 per cent of
the present price said Mt Eccles to-
day. Heretofore prospectorS and
others who want 10 go to the interior
have TO pay from S100 to 81 900 per
ton TO get freight from Valdez TO the
range in which the Bonanza mine is
located. which probably is the richest
In minerals of any known mountain
range in the world. The creeks are
also full of gold and nearly every
where men have met with gratifying
results in placer mining. though the
difficulties of transportation have de-
TERED all but the hardest from going
into the field.
The Bonanza copper mine is
wonder. In addition to vast quantities
OF what might be called low grade,
comparatively speaking, there are
thousands of tons of ore in the mine
carTyin as high as &C per cent copper
The building of the new road will
greatly help in the development or
this mine as well as the others. and
will give a new impetus to placer
mining. as prospectoTs will be able to
get supplies any day of the year. when
our trading posts are established"
Mr.. Eccles says there is not much
snow in the interior of Alaska. the
heaviest fall being along the coast. At
the Bonanza mine during all last win
ter there was never more than two
feet of snow on the ground. though the
altitude is more than 5000 feet
He also confirms the report recently
made at Washington regarding the
value of the lands of the interior for
agricultural purposes many of the
hardy vegetables being grown to per,
fection In the district, as well as hay
and other products.
Facilities for prospecting the rich
copper ranges of the interior. as well
as the rich creeks viii be afforded by
trading posts, one Ot which Will be es-
tablished At Copper Center. about
fourteen miles from the mouth of the
Chitina river BY means Of the rail-
road, with boats in summer and sleds
i'm winter, supplies viii be conveyed
to these points farther inland from
Tho railway line.
As Illustrating the kind of work be-
mig done by the railroad company it
might be stated that the steel bridee
over the mouth OF Copper river con-
sistS of thirteen spans, the longest be-
ing 800 feet This bridge is nearly
completed. with another large canti-
lever bridge which IS being built at
Child's Glacier II Is 600 feet long
and It's longest span is $50 feet
l., Coalition N nurninag h, ,soI
now being built, Mr.. Eccles' company
owns sixteen ocean going steamers.
the largest OF which is 1000 tons be-
sides a number of small river craft.
Mr. Eccles returns the picture Of
health. with an abundant supply of
that brown color which Is acknowl-
edged to be indicative of good health
and which has been gained I'm his cnse
by wooing the summer sun and the
ocean breezes of the far north.