The daily Alaskan., 1913-06-11
3E5 E--IS HEPT N0M AND HAIR
 F1R F YEARS

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 valdez, June 1l-Rcd EIis, Che Inc. ad dlseoyorer of the Cllu mno u .Valdcz. has returned to tho city at .tor being In Seattle for a few wooIu .Nbou he stepped from tbo boat no .oua know hun
 Twelve yeau ago last election MT .Eus. though living iu Alaska and u .oblo to vote for Che presidency was .a great admi-nr of William Jennings .urym. and firm believer that ybo Democratic party would bo led Co
 vcgory under hB leadership Mr. .Eu.s oven went 80 far as to make a .pre-olcclou VOW chat he would ueyo .anavc or cut his hair until che Dem- .ocrats were elected. Bryan was de- feated and Eua kept hi8 promise. .For twelve years and more he has rmaued uushom, bis tal figure land che unusual crop Of alfalfa coy- .wmg his poll, marking him for a .aumgo character
 Upon Che election Of Mr. Wilson, |Red" Ellis. wont to Seattle and connected with JonBoral parlor and when bo returned Co valdez hIB old friends could not recognize u Che dappor looking youugs,or my- .rbIng chat roaemblcd tho "Red' EI- .us of old. Even Col Willard and @ . Representative Boyle, though inter- gstod wlb him In tho Clia mue, passed him without recognition
 The goaI sum of S676556 has .b.eu produced by che Little Cun .mmo since Che small tmoesnmp .mm sur,cd working on Che claims . May 1910, l,tue oyer throe years .ueo. m run oI @G hours Sl8000 !. was produced
 IJ was tms ugue mine, Che pIo- .ueor og them an. which started Che |Na.dez camp u8 producing section .ol Alaaa With a capital stock of Hoo U00 shares but of which only one l. fourth was needed to place tho .cla.ms on dividend baais, Che stock .holJor of tms company have re- coIyed many times their original iu- .vostmoug and win receive many l. thousands more. as present mdisa-
 uous point to large body of ore ou gbe property
 This muc wH5 made famous by |. reme Jne first important discovery |. and Che uat steady producer and .a .Iocated ou che north side ol Valdez |. Lay about a mile east ol thg eu- . umr ta sboup Bay. Il is on deep
 water and about 2 miles westerly |. from Valdez. Tho property was lo- ca.gd several years ago by U E. .'Eus. a pioneer prospegtor. who al |. ter doing che assessment work with out opening up the property finally !. interested Col. B. P. Willard and J. IM. La.hrol, who quickly saw che possibilities of Che prospect They
 organized a company and secured 70 .Igme from Ellis for six years, agree ling to pay a royalty of 20 per cent ! for the first yuar and 20 per cent thereafter of he net profits of che output
 ! A stock company was chen orgau- . zod to develop and equip Che proper . ty and 1t was no easy matter to sell .suUicIou. stocl, ot 20 cents per .share 60 raise the necessary amount . Of capital to meet the expense. Peo .Dr- wore somewhat skopucal abou, . gold being found 80 near home lt |. was Che old story of distaunt fields looking green and the argument was
 made chat ll tho gold could be ioun In paving quantities SO near Valdez 't would have been discovered long .ago. However che promoters did raise money enough to install three .atamDs and put tho mine on an ec- ouomlcal working basis, and after i- had been In operation just one year .tbe stock was selling at S6 % share. ! Within che Inst year Che mill has .boen Increased Co Six stamps and .the development carried to Che 500- .ggot IcyoI, which l8 400 feet below .sca level, and where excellent yol- |uc. arc stIu beng mined, The vein .sm m4 attain their original size and .rhc mine now has to its credit a .Droducuon exceeding S600,000 In gold. The mine employees about 60 .rcn the year around and Is ono of .Jhe principal factors In tho prosper .Iry of valdez.
 The splendid results acEioyod by . the workings O. ttho cliff mine s..m uIatcd prospecting to such am OK .sout chat somc 90 additional proper . ucs hayo been discovered and dovol-
 oDed sufficiently to insure that at |. Tnaaf fnr or tbcm nre deserving of