The Chitina leader., 1914-12-08
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Cordoya, December Returning from Port Wells at an cary hour this morning. Dr. Wi H. Chase and Geo. Dooiey brought news of a new and rich strike of gaiena , ore carrying high values in gold. The, strike was made day. or two ago by a Montenegrin known only as Mike, on his property on AvSfyEriver' near Golden. The ledge is reported to be a large one. '''t T The doctor started a new crew of four men at work on. the property of the Cordova Mining & Developnent4 Co. Development work by the for. mer crew left TOO tons. of milling ore of good values in sight and ready to be stopped out. The old crew also, in an open cut. exposed a vein II feet wide carrying good values.
 Cordova. Decemper 5 < Among passengers sailing on the steamer Mariposa from Valdez were Delegate James Wickersham enroute to the national capital to take up his official duties, and Judge F. Nj. Brown of, the U. s. district court. who is going to California for holi- day visit with relatives and friends. Liquor dealers of the state of Washington have raised a fund with which to fight ip the courts the initiative prohibition law recently adopted there.
 University and school circles of Seattle are very much in an uproar because of an order of the chief of police refusing permit to continue the bachelor Club dances. A special investigator for the chief reported he witnessed actions there more dis graceful than occur at dances on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco. Club members have demanded a hearing.
 Cordovd, DecemDer Rushing from Koyukuk to fChitina iii 20 days of actual travelling time with their dog team, F. J. McCloskey .
 ana Jos Mathews, mine operators Of the northern district, arrived in Cor dova on the train from the interior this afternoon. This is considered remarkably good time under existing conditions, as the ground was bare most of the distance until they reached the Copper River slope. ..s They beat the auto stage from Fairbanks to Chitina, not because they travelled faster, but because the auto broke down and was ten days covering the distance. Their dogs were left at Chitina and will be used on the return trip in March.
 Messrs. McC1oskey and Mathews are going outside on business. They informed us that the output of the Koyukuk district will approximate S25O,OOO this year. No rlew'strikes of importance had been made up to the time they left, although good pay had been uncovered on Wild river.
 I. H. Suphellen, with the Chitina Cash Store, was passenger on the train from the interior this after noon. He is out for a short vaca- tion and will go to Valdez and Seward on the first boat.
 Cordova, December 3
 NJ. J. Morris, boilermaker at the railway shops, had his rebuilt motor ,ice-boat out for another trial on Eyak lake Sunday. A lighter frame than the one on which the aeroplane motor was first mounted enabled the skipper to get considerable more speed out of the craft than at the first trial week ago, from 50 to 50 miles an hour having been made on the course from the lower end or the lake to the. island. small, old-fashioned sailing ice-boat was another attraction on the lake yesterday, when at least half of the city's population was out on skates or watching the boats and skaters, MT. and Mrs. F. K. Berch from Nelchina were among arrivals on Sundays train from the interior. They are stopping at the Northern Hotel and will go to Valdez on the first steamer MT. Berch informed the Daily Alaskan that there nao not been any developments or dis- coyeries in the Nelchina country worthy of special mention. YOU tan't expect any real mining news from a country the principal pros pects of which are mountain goats, he said.
 Cordova, December
 The train from the interior made a record trip today. arriving at 12:3O, in five hours and 30 minutes from Chitina, with Conductor oscar Larson manipulating the punch ana Engineer Courtney at the throttie.