The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-03

ed the minds OF many, / think. OF the
same sort Of ideas I have been talk
ing about hat seem 10 be prevalent
here In Alaska.
Thirty-fourth day, February 22nd.
When I awoke in the morning on the
boat l found that I was at n min
ing camp called Elam0rc, which ~
nothing but "a mine, but they had a
flag up In honor OF WashinRton's
birthday. My, but the scenery was
grand. aud the day smooth. Al the
mountains on the south coast come
straight up out Of the sea, apparent
-, and are appallingly high. II Is
surely a grand sight. we delivered
some freight here. then proceeded up
tho narrow bay with les mountain
side fence. to Fort Liscum, and de-
liycrod Ont freight there, then
crusscd over to Valdez. / got OFF
hcrc and went up and met some
friends Ia the town. and saw some
of the court officials. Several pas
scngers came over from Cordova al
go. Valdez II situated In a narrow
canyon. with the hay fronting IL. and
q has a great big green glacier In
the canyon behind Il. like an i'm
mensc frozen river, watch Is really
Whist Il rs. II his glacier should
start. u would push valdez Into the
sea. The place Is on cold storage
the year around, yet you ought to
hear them talk OF their Inc climate.
n has about q thousand people. 7
think. In the evening, we started
for seward.
Thirty-fnh day, February 23rd.
\ aldez 10 Seward We arrived st
Seward at 6 q. m. after stopping at
ia Touche. u mining camp. went up
town and had breakfast with Mr..
Walker, the L. $. attorney and 9TH
crs. Seward is the prettiest place Of
the three. and b. q clean. newly built
town. with the beautiful bay and the
same awful mountains all around it
We started back at forenoon to-
wards Valdez again, ana got there
the neNt morning The scenery
down from Seward on each side OF
the beautiful. narrow hay T. posi-
lively grand. After stopping At VAL
drz a lev hours, We proceeded 20
Curdova agatn. arriving there sun
day morning. February 2bth.
Thirty sixth dag. February 2tth.
En- route valdez 60 CoEdova.
Thi-rty-seVenth day, February 25th
all day at Cordo,a. loading copper
ore. II II SUNDAY. went up town
Ia the morning. and again in the al
tcrn0on. TIE boats during the day
took on a thousand tons Of copper
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amincd the ore several times dur
ing the day, taking little pieces from
the sacks as they were piled into
the slings. Having een the ore. {
believed the statements made by the
cltizcns Of Cordova. hat ~ would
run 10 TO so per cent copper. |
never saw any such nre IN all my cx-
perience. The mine they got that
ere from must surely be a bonanza,
and no wonder the expensive rail-
road was built 10 o. ~ must be a
fortune OF fortunes They recently,
a. u IN snid. paid a million dollar
dividend. and may repeat that one
or moro times this szme year. The
Immense weight of a thousand tons
OF ore steadied the Northwestern.
and A. the sea was smooth. our triu
vas uncyentful Ia seattle, where We
arrived late IN the evening OF Febru-
airy the Gath. Leap Year day.
ThirlY-elghth day, February 26th
On out COrdoya 90 Seattle.
Thirty-ninth day February 27th.
IA route Cordoyi to seattle
Fortieth day. february 2Sth. en-
route Cordovn to- seattle.
Forty-f first day. February 18th, On
route CordoVa 10 seattle and end OF
trip.
The foregoing Re a brief account.
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