The Alaska citizen., 1915-10-18

u is sttll pretty chilly.
 Ice is running in the river but the boats are still working. The IJrsc scows are doing the work foi the last ten miles aooye tne jam.
 Mel ale arriving daily non al parts of the territory. The travel rom tAe ukon side IS heavy. MINER CRUSHED. VALDEZ, Oct 15-Mike Zohn an Austrian, who was employed at the Ellamar mine, near this city. was crushed yesterday by cavein. He died here last night in the hospital. Mir. Zohn was under the earth for -our hours before he could be re- leased. Every man in the niuc worked frdntiCaily to uncover the unfortunate fellow, but it was four tours before his mangled body could Oe gotten out.
 He was rushed to a waiting launch which started at once for Valdez The storm that was raging held up the launch for nine hours be tween Elamar and Valdez. The ,kull of the miner was badly crush u, ana he was injured internally. His leg was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated just below the knee. MI. Zohn was in such l weakened condition that he could not stand the operation, and the loss of blood was so great that he died a few hours after reaching the hospital.
 GOING TO SUPERVISION
 NOME, Oct. 15.-Engineer Craw- ford who returned this summer from the Stefansson camp, has bought the schooner Challenger and intends to leave for Banks Land In the spring.
 BIG RUSH AT NOME
 NOME, Oct. 15.-The big rush to Dime creek, in the Koyuk district, continues. Madsen X company, the argest individual owners of prop tity at the new diggings. after buying and leasing all the ground they needed. moved complete plant jEeI. About fifty well stocked out fits have been taken in. Ice in the koyuk river and bay stops the fur ther exodus. All who have been there claim that the diggings are sure to make a big camp. and add that all the prCspectors there are well Outfitted. Scotty Black sold claim for ten thousand. Lovell's prospect dump cleaned up sixty ounces A general feeling of opti- mism prevails. Two stores, two roadhouses and a sawmill have been located at the new settlement Gawilor X Glorr, Council operators, have moved their entire outfit on to the ground they purchased.
 RUBY OUTPUT LARGE.
 RUBY, Oct. 15.-The local min. ing season closed on the first of the week. The season has been a good one in this district. and the output will be a quarter of a mil lion dollars greater than last years The prospects for d busy winter are also good. The trail will be in shape for winter travel in very few days, and the tonnage furnish- ed by the freighting of the dredge and supplies for the Yukon Gold company will keep the freighters in this locality busy The contract let by the Yukon Cold company calls for the treighting of five hun dred tons of goods from Ruby to Greenstone creek,
 NOME OUTPUT GREATER.
 NOME, Oct. 15.-The gold output If the Seward peninsula is expected to be about S25O000 more than it was last year. Practically all min ing operations are now closed down or in the act of closing. The ex- ploitation of antimony. due to the foreign demands on account of the war, has opened up two mines on he kougarok railroad. which the owners are preparing to open 70 traffic next season The He'd and strand mine and the Sliscovich prop erty will have taken out about thousand tons of antimony before navigation closes.
 STATION BURNS.
 CORONA, Oct 15.-Last night at o'clock the explosion of a tank of alcohol in the navy wire less station resulted in five men being burned and loss of $S,oOO to the machinery. The accident was caused as follows: The men from the Prometheus were adjust ing and testing the new instr,l- ments recently installed in the arc room when the alcohol supply was isnited by the back fire. The flames spread rapidly and the de- struction of the plant was threat ened. The lire injured John GIL lis, the superintendent, who was slightly burned, Dave Barry, a civvl- ian of the working party from thA Prometheus. was burned about the face and hands and body He was so severely injured that it Is fear ed that he will die. J. Holton, ! eunne. rom the Prometheus, was severely burned about the face and hands. George O'Mara and M. Scha.ikow ski, of the radio sta tion, were badly burned
 Gillis, Barry and O'Mara jumped through the window to the outside building. Barry, Holton and Schai kowski were brought to the Cor dova hospital. The latter two may recover. The interior of the new addition to the plant was gutted by the explosion and fire and the wire less was put out of commission.
 The launch that was bringing the injured men to Cordova was de. 'ayed five hours by the sto1m
 WORKING AGAIN.
 CORDOVA. Oct. 16-The navy wireless station here Is working again a temporary structure hay ing been fixed up.