The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-15
RICHES Of ALASKA
THEME OF SALMON
Resident of Territory Interest
ingIy Discusses the Condi-
tians There.

j T.. Salmon of Fairbanks Ala ska ar
rived in the city Monday and is quar-
tered for the next two days at the Will
son.
Mr. Salmon has spent several years in
that northern country. The climate, he
says is variable ranging from balmy.
warm DAYS in summer. nearly twenty =
four hours IN length. 10 rs degrees below
zero during scrue of the days or "a ther
nights. in midvnter. "1Sut" he added.
we are prepared for these wonderful
changes. and as compared With the eli
mate OF the more temperate zone. we
experience no more Inconvenience than
you do right here IN Utah
Alaska is a. vast country and ono
might live there for many years and know
but comparatively littl" Of its extent
aud Ieas Of its natural resources.
If the time ever comes when that
country Is fully opened up il will prove
10 be the greatest and richest country
on this hemisphere. in the production Of
gold. copper and coal. 10 say nothing OF
ite fisheries, lumber and agricultural pos
sibiites.
Il have bcen engaged In quartz min
ing on the Chsrdlor river. which is the
latest rich gold field in that territory
II is Just beginning 10 be understood that
the future prestige of Alaska as n gold
producing country lies in tho pornsnency
and richness Of her great quartz bclds.
In speaking OF the recent gold strike
on the Chardlor river. an eminent Geolo-
gist who has given it careful aud scien-
tifc examination pronounccE II TO be the
most wonderful gold bearing quartz belt
yet discovered In The northwest, and will
be the making Of Alaska by giving that
territory prestige as gold quartz bearing
country.
1--WE arc ninety miles from the Yukon
river. but tho government has this year
appropriated $4,000 TO cut a trail from
IA To ,t,sp,
pleted will materially lessen tho distance
TO the outside world. Three hundred tons
OF miners supplies have been shipped
into camp this fall. Two stamp mills are
on their way To camp. and IL Is expected
that several others will 20 in next spring
'Thc ore Is known as the vanded or
ribbon orc, free milling and very high
grade. The width of the ore bearing
veins vary from two To six feet The
first mine to justify the erection Of Il
mill for the reduction OF its product has
a six x-foot vein of very rich quartz orc.
''In our vicinity arc valuable coal de-
posits not yet open 10 entry, and in
speaking. OF coal lands in Alaska. in view
of the great controversy. the question
think coal lands should cbe dcvcI-
oped and the product sent To every coal
consuming country in the world. and
certainly the most extensive buyer OF
would save him from paving about 1900
miles CT unnecessary haulagc TO supply
his Narshps and forges with coal along
the western, or Pacific coast. and oriental
ports.
Anyone who has idea that 100 or
800 years of unremittng endcaYor IN
development OF the mineral resources OF
Alaska will impovcrish the country's out
put has but a limited knowledge OF the
extent or richness OF the territory.
Captain Jack Donavon,, once on the
banks. is deputy United States marshal
of the Tanona district. The captain Is
we'll liked and is making good. as also Is
Tom Lloyd, the first man to mount the
topmost peak of Mt. Mckinley"