The Alaska citizen., 1916-10-02

pie oi ragged pups of mongrel complexion joined the wagon road crew that was building the wagon road for the railroad. They were endured for a few days by the men At last a youth. aided and abetted by the rest of the crew. tied d tin can to one of the dogs The dog departed abruptly. There was glee in the camp.
 Later the same dog attached him. self to the grading camp. Here he was much petted and well fed. One of the teamsters even brought out a mango cure. Before he got to camp with it. the teamster of the road crew inyeigled the dog on his wagon and carried it away. The dog is now a contented and pros porous member of the road camp Strange are the perversitles of men
 and likewise dogs
 DECLINE OF A year ago last ORE PRICES spring Si Scrafford EXPLAINED. and other kindred
 spirits who follow mining and keep track of the prices of various ores, as quoted in the mining journals and magazines, made the discovery that there were other ores here which could be mined at profit The raise in the price of the pure metals was undoubted- ly occasioned by the great European war One of these ores was anti mony.
 Mir. Scrafford. when he made the discovery. was in New York city attempting to raise capital to go through with the quartz mining deal here He immediately dropped the quartz deal, however, when he saw the quoted prices of antimonE "r realized that it would stay high. for d time, at least, for he knew where considerable antimony could be 1Ounu III lnt f dlI DdUhS u!Slllt'' H' result was that last winter Fair banks had the largest antimony mine in the world.
 But the bottom has now dropped out of the antimony market, as well as the tungsten market, tungsten having been another ore which rais- ed in value rapidly on account of the war In fact, tungsten, which formerly brought price of sl05 per unit, is now quoted at s350 per unit, while antimony, which was former ly as high as 65 cents per unit, is now at 12 and one-half cents,
 But, as was stated a few days ago by d well known local metal lurgist, there are enterprising min CTS in other parts of the world, as ticed the phenomenal rise in the price of antimony and tungsten af- ter the European war had been go- ing on for few months, and, like MT. Scrafford and other Fairbanks miners, knew of places which had made good showings of antimony and tungsten.
 The result was that all of the mining men interested got busy. at practically one and the same time. The first shipments did not flood the market. and therefore the price continued to stay up. but as soon as the Chinese ores began to be shipped the price dropped. For China is a big antimony producing country, and the ore can be mined much cheaper there than anywhere else in the world.
 Which is the reason why there are between 750 and 1000 tons of antimony and tungsten ores from the Fairbanks district lying on the docks at Seattle at the present time. Whether or not the market prices of the ores will rise again remains to be seen But the Fairbanksans who own the ore are optimistic over the situation, being determined to hold their property until the price goes up again. For at the present quotations the ore would not pay for it's mining and transportation. let alone a profit to its owners. CAN'T STAY A well known local AWAY FROM mining man and pro THE GAME. moter came in from
 the Outside few days ago He makes a trip in ev- cry summer and spends each winter on the Outside He has made enough out of the game" to enable him to do that. at any rate. He has, however, often declared his inten- tion to quit the mining, but where that is concerned he is a gambler. For he couldn't stay away from it if he wanted to, according to his statement, and each spring on the Outside finds his feet beginning to itch for the feeling of Alaskan moss beneath them.
 Last year this man came north as uSual He had no more than