Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02

does much OF tho banking and finance
ing. ~ ~ "a live. up-to-date little city.
ana II VIII confirm" To grow for many
years to come.
| At SkaVwaY begins the White Pass
Railway. whic'i :cads over the noun
tain TO Whit. Horse at the head of
navigation on tho Yukon. 1t Is the
I end of the usual tourist route through
Alaska. but II is really only the stop
! ping-"G place on the edge OF the terri
tory proper. Travellers come from
| Puget Sound and make the trip through
the Islands and back, without knowing
anything Of the main body Of our great
! possessions OF the far north. They
see only IA small part OF Southeastern
Alaska. aud from this they Judge tho
whole.
SkaSway now feeds on the tourists
vt TN" time OF the gold excitement in
the klomdikc. il was the main entrance
I |" the mining regions there. and il had
then abou, 1000 population. IT has
U"i nov more than 500.
liaines. which lies on Lynn Canal.
: Ihst below Sknrway, IS still smaller. II
hos n little hShinE, "a few stores. Il
public school and Il Presbyterian mis-
zion II has also the only army post
In Southeastern ALASKA. This is For,
Seward. lying west of the town The
post has beautiful site. it's buildings
being situated on a low hill with 100
acres or more of lawn running from
. them down t" the water. There are
thirty OF forty buildings, including the
barracks ana the homes Of the officers
| Fhc pos, has about $50 men
| The greater part Of Southeastern
Alaska ~ practically unknown. How
many Of you have heard OF Prince of
wales Island? 1t is lao miles long and
'or'y miles wide. II is almost half as
big as the state of Massachusctts, and
II has grea, copper mines. that are now
working. and gold mines and uuarries
OF marble Revillagigedo. on which
| i\etchikan lies. liz fifty miles lonC and
Earanof and ChichaEof are together
OF about the same size as Prince of
| Wales Island. Gold and other mineral,
have been found upon all Of these
Islands. Admiralty Island which lies
east of Chicagof Is 100 miles long hv
thirty miles wide. and 1t is in the
heart OF country known To have
minerals Of various kinds.
GREAT JUNEAU GOLD BELT
Grand OF NORTHWEST,
On the opposite coast lies Sumdum
Bay. where the great juneau gold belt
may be said to begin This belt is tho
Rand Of the Northwest" II runs north
east and southwest along the coast for
something like 900 miles. juneau lies
ia It's center. and Douglas Island. from
which sG0,o00.0oc worth Of gold has
been taken. is a part of il. The juneau
gold region has already produced over
sIo.OOcOCt; II contains vast quantities
OF !ow-grade ore ana IL promises TO
he mining or gold manufacturing
center for many generations To come
During my stay here in juneau I
asked Il l.. Thaue the manager Of the
big Alaska Gastincau Mine. to tell me
something about this gold belt.
Said he:
The juneau gold belt is part OF
the great belt or gold bearing rock that
runs north and south along the western
side Of this hemisphere. II begins
here in Alaska and crops out In British
Columbia II is found in tho United
, states I'm the Sierra Nevada ana other
mountains. aud from there it goes on
southwark through Mexico and Central
America 10 Panama. II crosses the
lsthmus. and is found again I'm the
Andes.
From this belt has come a great part
Of the gold Of the world" Mr.. Thane
continued. The mines about Juneau
form ono par; OF II, and Il is proba bic
that other great bodies OF low grade
ore VIII he discovered The character
OF the ore and the conditions OF m.nfnR
make II so that getting OUT tho gold is
manufacturing proposition. ana this