The Nome daily nugget., 1915-01-04

hv the present owners, the Main, Development Company
 The kougarok country is known to he highly mineralized section O seward Peninsula and has great pos sibilides if only cheaper and nor, expeditions transportation system should be put in operation which would enable the miners to overcome the high s.sl af sportation which hereto fore has been so high as to preclude mining except upon the best paying properties and then only in limited way and yet 1t has been eonclusively shown that the district has values which compare fayorablv with any section of the Peninsula. The Kougar- ak district, like other sections which 3ro remote from transportation lines is held hack in development solely by the aiah cost If transportation. The mat fer If getting the railroad again in operation is one of vital importance to shat country and to Nome. The ques- 5i1u of whether or not this shall be done is up b the operators of the Enuearok district and the business men af Nome As business proposi- fion he owners of the road must be convinced that there will be freight offered the road sufficient to warrant lie expense of putting the roadbed in condition and operating the road dur
 ne the summer months.
 At the present time the freight for
 he Kouearok district is transported rom Teller via the Kuzitrin river to shelton This is a slow and very ex- pensive transportation route especially 'nr the transportation of heavy ma
 hinerv which must retard the coun- ny for some time to come or so Ions
 g transportation must be SO extremely
 low and at the same time almost pro aihitively costly. The great areas of 'ow grade gravels in which that coun-
 " abounds are impossible of develop
 oeut under such adverse conditions nd must await the time of cheaper reieht rates before it can be considered
 iegitimate field for extensive mining perations and investments. The Kuz-
 rim route has certain advantages
 hich has made it the favora ble one s7r the kougarok miners and operators
 has not the high wharfage charges
 Teller that they are compelled To
 aT al Nome and up to the present
 me I has proven cheaper and more
 anNeHient than the railroad and aI-
 adv there are well established sta
 .ons along the route and an influence hIch nasr be orereomc if the trade t1 pass via Nome for rhe Kouearok
 sonuy
 The Maine Northwestern Develop H.eut Company ask for offers of freight - Iron creek only, which is on one side
 = the great Kougarok district and sneieht landed at that point would still leave q larger and the better portion as the district unproyided with trans aoftauon facilities except hy the Kuz- 5fm river via Teller
 The railroad company it seems to us must like the miners themselves. look ta the @me development of that eunuy for their profits and road put ? proper condition and extended so as 70 meet the needs of the country would ha he means of developing a great mineral belt which would in time pay handsome returns to the road and de- relop one of the very best districts of seward Peninsula which is apparently =ich in gold and other metals and will ia the future be the great mining re- zion of the North.
 This is an opportunity offered by the Maine Northwestern Development Go fo furnish better transportation ia eility for the Kougarok country in which all are interested and it re- mains to be seen if the Kougarokers