The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-20
ALASKA
 NOTES


 16: An invention that should. in the opinion of mining men, who have ex- amined 1t. revolutionize the handling of low grade ground, has just been perfected by N. G. Cox and J. s. Ros, burg. of Chatanika, their machine be ing styled 'one bucket underground dredge."
 The cutting and carrying element of the dredger is big bucket or scraper handled by cables, which bucket trav. els over framework about the height of the drift, then down to the floor. There it is pulled against the face cuts all the way to the top as it moves up over the framework to the rear, where tA dumps into car. With each cut of the scraper the framework Is moved up closer by a cable and tightly lock ed between floor and roof.
 In operating this machine the start would be made at u cross tunnel driv en into the main face From this oross tunnel the dredger would work along parallel to the face, cutting out ., strip the width of the bucket.
 Washington, Jan. 9.-President Taft has commuted the balance of the sen tence passed on Colonel George F. Cooke formerly the Twenty second regiment of infantry, who was con- victed of irregularities in connection with government funds while com unanding officer of the army post at Fort Gibbon, Alaska.
 Private William Lane, the man who was reDuted to have got away with the cash. disappeared about the time the deficit in the accounts was discov- cred, and has not been heard from since.
 BhA CordoVa Alaskan is bemoaning the sact that Cordova is not repre- sentsd in the Alaska legislature. Lack of CO., o-operation is the ascribed cause.
 It is reported that Edwin Rekern of the Seattle brokerage firm of Coles x nekerN. will purchase the Valdez bank and Mercantile Company.
 The government has decided to bring suit against the bondsmen of former Postmaster Jos. F. Diggs, of Cordova, for the recovery of the $4,- coo deficit in the postoffice funds. Ed die Whittlemore and w. Little, both aaloon men of Valdez are the bonds men.
 Placer gold has been located on the Bremner river. tributary to the Cop per river railroad district. The dis coverer. Henry Alheidt recently ap- peared in Cordova with a bag of mug gets, announcing his intention to go East and obtain money from relatives to open up his property.
 N. J. Svindseth. of Wrangell, mem- Der of the Alaska territorial house, was member of the Oregon legisla- ture a few years ago.
 Fairbanks.-That the Koyukuk dis trict Is a good place to keep away from is the dictum of Denny Murphy, formerly with Bentley in the Butte cafe. Writing from wiseman on Christmas day, to Magistrate Pauli, Denny states that he has just lost out on lay and that four others close to him reported the same luck. He had been working close to the east fork of the Koyukuk. He states that there are not many in the money.
 Whitehorse, Dec. 6.-E. B. Barteau says that just before he left Carcross for this place the first of the week some Indians returned from the Teslin country with a lot of gold which they claimed to have found on Stevens creek, which is about twenty five miles out from the Teslin post. The Indians say. they had washed out sev- Aral ouncss, but did not strike bed sock.
 Ruby.-That the government intends tfat every. pound of mail now in the coast cities. and held up by snow blockades. shall be moved with promp- itude. is evident from the furry and activity displayed during the past few days in answering call for bids for carrying the accumulated mall. c. K. 'Snow and Fred Clark were successful tn landing part of the contract, az shown by the following telegram:
 Tanana, Jan. S1. 1913. Snow. Ruby City, Alaska:
 Department authorizes four thou. aand pounds Tanana Unalalleet your ns1es estimate arrives Tanana Febru- ~~-- NyvHv VNes