The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-12
CORONA CLAIMS
 LEADERSHIP IN
 ALASKA EXPORTS

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 coRnOVA. July B. The steamer Alameda ,hat loil here yesterday morning for Seattle took on board at this port Ii55 ions oi copper orc and 5.oo0 cases of salmon. This has be- come such 3 common occurrence 70 ns in Cord0y0 lhot we lail to reolie just what t means. if one would stop and think however he would realize ibe astonishing fact that Che ooate leaving Cordova for Seattle get mofo freight .n this DOT, alone then they get in Soatdc for an the towns they touch at coming north, That Is concrete example of how great the cxporis Of Coraova have mounted to this summer and this Is but g begin. ming
 The Alaska Syndicate is preparing to spend S100O00oo In further deyel- opment of ifs copper properties tn the Copper River Valley The immense shipments of ore ihat are now leaving ! Cordoya for Tacoma come only from one minc The stpmonts could be ] increased ten fold within a short time with the proper railroad development
 That part Of this S1O.0o00oo win be nsed to purchase other valuable prop critics along the line of Che railroad seems to be reasonably assured This win mean that the Syndicate man build spurs from the present railroad to its new mines. and place more of them on 9 shipping basis. The only thing that keeps the Mother Lode mine from being an an the year round shipper is the fact that the mine is 13 miles Iron, the railroad, and the only way to get the ore down the trail is to sled t when che snow falls. The Mother Lode mine could be sending out as much ore per month as the Kennecott mine it spur was built and proper development ma- l chinery installed
 This brings Cordoya Co lhe fore as the premier port Of Alaska In the point of exports More wealth goes out oi Cordoya to the states than any city or town in Alaska, bar none. | This fact was conclusively proven by the Chamber of Commerce in the brief submitted by il to the railroad commission last fal, before the gov. ernment picked the route for their road. The manswerable facts for ton- mage were for some reason ignored ! by the Commission. and there has been much adverse criticism by var ious newspapers throughout the coun- ltry because of that fact lnyestiga. tions show nothing ln the line of ton. mage along the route to the interior except the Matanuska coal That Is an that has been uncovered that is positive. although one may hear var. ious stories of rich mines in the Broad Pass country and elsewhere
 The truth is. however. that the shipments from Cordoya. are actual and real, they are not estimates. they are not in the future and they spell tonnage in real letters. Practically an the boats of the Alaska Steamship company are being used to carry the southbound freight of Cordova. Even the boats running to Nome. arc com. ing back this way to relieve the con. ! gestion or ore at the dock Eveyy available cer of tho railroad Is In com mission this summer and being work ed to full capacity And stnl the ever growing tide of copper ore keeps on coming to Cordova for transportation lU Tacoma and the trains that are bringing down the ore are carrying from Abercrombie carload or two of salmon on every trip Co swell Cor dovas tonnage. while here at Cordova we havc two more cannerics sending out their silver hordes properly canned for the markets of Che world.
 When it comes to actual business showing of her mines and fisheries, Cordolas lead over Che other cities Of Alaska has been well established The value of the salmon shipped monthly from here is in the tens Of thousands while this month over two million dol lars worth of copper ore was sent from here to Tacoma What other city in Alaska can bgoost of as much. And like a. famous American once said ''NVo have not yet begun to fight (Cordova Times)