The Chitina leader., 1911-07-01
Local News

here Friday and adjudged insane and
sent to Cordova in charge of Deputy
Marshal Brown A P. Campbell and
John Bach We're also taken to Cor
dova and turned over to the federal
authorities for hearing in the dis
trict court
W. T. Oster, the well known Cor
dova assayer. made business trip
to Chitina on Thursday. Mr.. Oster
states that prospectors can now get
their assay work done most reason
ably and quickly at Cordova. thus
saving time and expense of sending
ore outside. with a guarantee that
the work is equally as good as that
of outside firms,
H. A. Keller, one of the most
prominent mining engineers of to-
day, made us a visit on Thursday
and will be occupied for a time in
looking over the various properties
in this district Mr.. Keller was in
this country in 1902 and mentioned
the great contrast in getting in here
then and at the present time
Alvah Games and S. V. Padden
have grub-staked Vic Hendrickson on
a prospecting trip into the hills. Vic
is good man and the parties made
no mistake in this investment.
Harry Chamberlain, the horse no.
ta1 haan hnSv
week in charge of the poll tax work
ers on this end of the government
trail
The government road house men
provements in front of the govern
ment cache at Chitina, near Tom
Hollands place by completing a big
fill in front of the place leading to
the trail.
Frank Iverson returned from
business trip to Cordova on Thurs
days train and says that his mine
near mile 1911 now looks more prom
Using than ever. H. A. Kellar, the
great mining expert. is expected to
examine the property. and Frank
may yet, as he stated, be the first
to ship gold quartz over the Copper
River railroad which he has helped
to build.
George Wolfe and Roland Healey
who have been collecting poll tax up
the line. returned on Thursday and
busted themselves in seeing that those
who quit the Katalla Co. to work out
their taxes made good on the road
work here.
Harry Thisted. the well known
Cordova hotel man, made business
trip to Chitina on Thursday eve
ning's train in company with II. S.
Keller, the mining expert and assay
IT Oster. Harry says he has had his
eye on certain prospects in this belt
for some time past and expects to
locate the real stuff before his re-
turn to Cordoya.
Henry Struck, the we'll known old
timer, returned from a prospecting
trip this week in the vicinity of the
upper Tonsina. Henry's next try
will be towards the Slate creek coun-
try some 200 miles from here, where
he claims to have located last year
a body of ore that should fix him
for life. He sent samples to the
smelter last year and states that
they gave him values of $1.30 per
pound. The ore is used for the hard
ening of steel and he says he has
large quantity of it which can be dug
like coal, the only drawback now be-
ing the long distance from transport
tation facilities.
Hugo Fells and crew of men who
have been working on the Kuskulana
bridge came down this week to
work a few days on the trestle across
the Copper. Hugo says the work at
Kuskulana will soon be completed.
George Powell returned from
prospecting trip down the line this
week and spent few days away
from the mosquitoes at his home on
Chitina heights.
Jim Kennedy returned one day this
week from prospecting trip in the
hills between here and Tiekell. Jim
don't say much. but while here he
has no doubt got line on the rock
drilling contest which comes off on
the Fourth. He is an old timer at
this game and should he and a good
partner enter the race, will make all
competitors hustle to win
]. ]. Hill and NJ. Dunn, two jackers
from the government survey party
now located near Copper Center, ar
rived in town last week and waited
until the arrival of Mondays train,
which brought in supplies for the
outfit. They brought in ten head
of stock, and returned on Tuesday