The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-12-23

pointed for the purpose outlined
above. II the government does not
assume a part of the burden of in
terror transportation, we will have
to wait for a permanent development
| of the interior of Alaska until such
time as discoveries of phenomenal
mineral deposits will justify private
capital in the construction of rail-
roads.
"If a railroad is built to the Mat
anuska coal fields, it will establish a
permanent community north of the
coast range Of mountains where men
will have an opportunity to earn a
livelihood throughout the year, and
establish a base from which they can
prospect for a radius of 100 to 200
miles, within which in all probability
something will be found which will
justify the extension of the railroad
still farther toward the interior"
"Gold mining is being successfully
carried on throughout the whole dis
trict, says Governor Hoggatt." 1 ne
development of recent discoveries of
veins carrying high grade ore have
been very encouraging. and there
seems to be a revival of interest in
gold quartz mining throughout
southern Alaska. Discoveries of
quartz carrying high values have
ueen made in the Fairbanks mining
districts, and a limited amount of
development work has been done
with encouraging results. High
grade gold near Moose Pass and or
Willow Creek, and the best of those
prospects are being developed. Placer
mining continues in a small way in
southeastern Alaska and the beach
at Cape Yaktag and in Cook inlet.
This character of mining continues
throughout the Yukon Valley, and
| activities in the Fairbanks district
| continue undated. Increased in
terest is shown in the prospecting in
the Susitna and Kuskokwim valleys,
and encouraging reports are made OF
these districts. A large number OF
prospectors and miners are in these
districts, and it is hoped that devel-
opments in the new territory will be
sufficiently repid to maintain h
production of gold for several years.
On the Seward Peninsula drift min
ing is giving way to dredging and
hydraulic mining.
lOl 44Ooo9tt
law to diminish the controversies
over the ownership of placer claims
or to diminish the evils which have
grown up under the practice of stalk
ing numbers of claims by individuals
or through power of attorney, and
providing that eight times the
amount of work to be performed up
on a single claim to continue owner
| ship for one year should be perform
ed on each association claim during
the year.
Regarding the recommendation
he makes to change the Governor OF
Alaska from the control of the De-
partment of the Interior to b De-
partment of Justice, Governor Hog
gait says: 1.-THE provisions of the
act for a civil government for Alas
ka provides that the governor shall
have authority to see that the laws OF
the district are enforced and to re-
uuire the faithful discharge of their
duties by the officials appointed to
administration of the laws are under
control of the Department OF Justice,
and it would appear that ii one OF
the principal duties of the governor
is to see that the officials perform
their duties, he should also be an
official of the department of Justice.
1 have, therefore, to recommend that
legislation to this end be enacted.
Such a change in the law will pre-
vent conflict of authority, tend to
the establishment of a uniform pol
icy for the enforcement of law, and
lead to a better administration OF
the affairs of the territory"
A general law providing for the
sale of townsites, under supervision
of the Secretary of the Interior, with
proper reservation of harbor areas
and lands for public purposes, Gov
ernor Hoggatt says should be pass
ed. without such a law" he points
out. congress and the Interior De-
partment will be called upon to sup
port private bills for the purchase
of townsites, every one of which will
have a lobby in Washington attempt
ing to secure it's passage"