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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
Annual Report of GeodetlC Survey Says Waters Need to Be Chart
 ed More.
VALUES ARE GROWING
Declares That the Govern ment Has Been Slow in Following Trade
 Channels.

In his annual report to the Secre- tary of Commerce E. L. Jones, su- perintendent of the l.. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey, devotes consider able space to Alaska, from which the following is takcn:
 An important difference between
 Alaska waters and those Of the con- mental United States is that scarce
 y enough work has been done to
 let us know just how much must }e done to complete he charts. The development of the country has far outstripped the progress of surveys, not only because of the few vessels and parties engaged in the work but because cf the great iength of coast over which tie vauous activities are scattered and tho intricate sys rem of channels for 50 much of its extent
 In order to appreciate the need of rapidly extending the surveys of these waters, it should be clearly understood that Alaska's only con nection with the rest of the world is by the water routes
 The government railroad now be- ing built and the other existing lines are not trunk lines in so far as connection with the continental United States and Canada are con cerned. The trunk line is the wa terway from various ports in Alas ka to Seattle and other west coast points The Alaska railroads and local steamboat lines are feeders only. The industries, which include chiefly mining of gold and copper on an immense scale and Of various other minerals to 2 less extent, fish cries, especially salmon canning, but alsol supplying halibut and other fish to the market, agriculture and grazing, now of minor importance but developing, are scattered every where. and connection with the prin- eipal ports is by boat. The princi- pal towns are on good harbors suit ably located with reference to the steamer routes and the more i'm portant mines and canneries, and any town that loses and of these advantages soon declines in import 1 ance. In practically all cases the canneries and mines along the shores are visited directly by steamers. The value of water-borne commerce turing the past year was $110,36S.- | IFS.
 The amount of these natural re- sources ripe for exploitation has l, been so great and the prize they offered so tempting that transporta- ion could not wait for the govern 1 nent to make the way to them secure. It has gone ahead, finding It's own path to each new field, l great losses in so doing. 1 put content to suffer them because he returns were so immensely | greater
 The Coast and Geodetic Survey. which in this field should have leen the pioneer showing the way Or commerce to reach each new
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
Which Will Become Opera tive on January 1st as Enacted by the
 Legislature.
AFFECTS ALL LABOR
The Only Exception Will Be Concerning Fishing Suspended by Gov-
 ern0r.
speed up! Cet 2 move bal!

opteu uJ+ AGt d lAiJFe OH-
 That will be in order after the first of the year when tke S-hour law goes into effect The employe that cannot get under the wire and do his "bit" inside of eight hours, will likely be around looking for a job
 The eight hour effects all classes and applies to all industries save that of fishing, the exemption being made by the Governor as war measure, and the full text of the act is as follows:
 Chapter 55.
 AN ACT to regulate and limit the hours of employment for all wage and salary earners in the Territory of Alaska, to declare the violation thereof 8 misdemeanor and to pre- scribe the punishment therefor.
 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska:
 Section l. That a period of erl- ployment for all wage earners, and salary edrners in the Territory of Alaska shall not exceed eight hours (S) within any one calendar day, except in cases when life or property is in imminent danger Employment as herein used shall be construed as the performance of labor or ser vices for any individual, partner ship, association or corporation, whether the person performing such labor or service be a member of such partnership or association or stockholder or officer of such cor poration or not.
 Section 2. Any person, persons,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28

.hen all the shell loading factories
 t12 United States put together
 Under the arrangements made by he War Department according to an announcement by Captain E. S. Cosby to 8 roonday crowd on the
 teps of the Sub-Treasury Building yesterday, raw materials, finished parts and explosives are to be man 'actured in the United States, clipped in vast quantities to the great American arsenal in France ind there assembled and sent, ready o use, to the battle line. Captain 1osby pleaded for the enlistment Of men in the Ordinance Department
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28

enterprise. has, instead been follow ing impotently behind, chaEliag the dangers less from data obtained by it's own surveys than from reports of vessels which have been wreeke5 upon them.
 It is high time that such 8 state of affairs be corrected. yet it vii TOW take years before the surveys can reach point where they can even meet the needs of present commerce.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
BABY GIRL ARRIVES
 DESPITE THE COLD
 TO JENSEN FAMILY

The cold weather did not prevent the stork from visiting the St. Ann Hospital on the 26.h and leaving a baby girl for Mir and Mrs. Gudmond Jensen. Under the care of Dr. Sloane both mother and child are getting along nicely. The father is passing around the cigars.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
PRESIDENT WILSON
 IS CELEBRATING
 HIS CYST BIRTHDAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S-Presi- dent Wilson is celebrating his 61st birthday today. He is in receipt of Telegrams from many places, wishing him health and happiness and success towards a worlds peace in the interest of humanity.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
IS PLENTY
 OF YARN NOW
 FOR EVERYONE:

The Red Cross headquarters tele- phoned this afternoon that a large shipment of yarn had been received and that there was now plenty of material for everyone. This is a hint for all workers to get busy and help supply the soldiers with neces- sary/ warm clothing
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
AN EABTHKUAKE
 DOES DAMAGE IN
 CENTRAL AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Dee. %. - Ar earthquake was general throughout Guatamala, killing from 10 to 40 persons and doing much damage to property.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
The Byplay Minstrels.

Mister Interlocutor, can you tell me she difference between a glazier and a dentist?"
 "No MT. Bones, I cannot. Will you tell us the difference between a gazier and a dentist.
 One takes panes with his work and the other gives them"
 "While the surgeons are administering oxygen and applying the pulmotor to those in tine audience MT. H. F. Zrot ten will render that popular ballad: "To Mir. Hoover Willie Prays: Please Let Us Hove Some Soapless Days!''
 TIE FMPlRES ciasslHeds pays
 
 Buy your Stock Fish at La Frances.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
KIDNEY RAISED
 BY RED CROSS
 INHAINES TOWN

HAYNES, Dec. 26. - The Red Cross auxiliary of the town Of Raines has. up to date, made the garments, and collected the several amounts of money set out in the statement rendernd hollow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28

Clad in black taea caps trimmed with two bright golden brads forty pretty young girls have introduced innovation the daily life of New York and will be collect nicke throughout the Women stay They stood the test and in proved the discharge of their girl employed unless she least wentyone years good health Miss Marie Boenec of the pettest girls among the conductors the first graduate and begin her work conductor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
"TREED0EI ON THE SEA"

Behold the sioop ot war is nigh, Let thy banner float on high; We fgat for freedom of the sea, We fight to show we will be free! Behold the hand Of the God of War Remove that hand we will; lt is cur will to fight,
 10 hsAt for justice and the right. We fsat to show we shall be freei he war alone can make thy lnemy give you freedom on the sea No King shall rule ts. we will be free
 ALEXANDER SOKOLOFF, Juneau. Alaska (Aged 16 years.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28

Garments Made. 21 hoGpital bed shirts. surgical apron. pajama suits g slinga. mufflers | pcirs wristlcts Il pairs socks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28

THE EMPlRE-An the News At the Time. When It Is News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28

N0w's The Time! The fly is gone. His day is done; So let's proceed To swat the Hun.
 Luke McLuke. Perhaps in the Sweet bye and bye Our Uncle Sam Will swat a spy
 -Macon. Ga, Telegraph.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-28
HooraY!

The Club is going to start a roll of lonor for members who are doing their bit, and we will head it with the name of Bcigadier General A. Hero. of the 154th Artillery Brigade. 79th Div.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
SUNSET HAS EXPOSED ORE
CONTINUED from Page One)

lCOutluuSu ANOm dSO OhOI
amount of development work a mill
was built and ore from the mine
was treated for a period of 10
months. The company established
a record by paying all operating ex-
penses from the treatment of ore
averaging $3.50 per ton.
With the later increase in the
cost of all mining and milling sup
plies it became impossible to make
the mine pay operating expenses on
this low grade of ore and the mill
was closed down. After a period
OF a few months in which the mine
was idle, development work was
started on the Denver vein, which
was known to have produced large
quantities of rich ore.
This vein had been developed in
the course of earlier work to a
depth of 600 feet, four tunnels hav-
ing been driven on the vein and a
shaft having been sunk on it from
the lowest tunnel to a point 800
feet below. This old shaft has now
been retimbered and all the old
workings cleared and placed in good
working order.
Drifts are now being extended on
the ore lately exposed on the 450-
foot level, following the foot-wall
and keeping in sight the rich seam
that has been yielding high assays
throughout. The orebody Is also
being developed by means of raises,
coming up from the 5O0-foot level.
AS soon as the position and trend
of the ore can be definitely deter
mined the shaft is to be sunk to
greater depth.
In the Denver workings several
thousand tons of good ore is already
exposed and the management has
confidence in opening an even bet
ter grade of ore as the work prog
resses on deeper levels. The mine
is we'll equipped with machinery
and the company now has a water
supply that is more than adequate
for all possible needs.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
OIL MAN OPPOSES
NATIONAL CONTROL
CONSERVATION OF OIL RESOUR.
CES IN HANDS OF
STATES

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 10.-Government
control of oil wells for the conser-
walton of the oil and gas supply o
the United States was opposed by
William G.. Madison of Houston,
Tex, before the American Institute
of Mining Engineers, in session
here.
Mr.. Mattison praised the Okla
homa law, which gives the corpor-
alton commission power to prescribe
rules and regulation for the con-
servation of the oil and gas supply
and to see that the regulations are
strictly enforced.
He said that a national oil and
gas bureau, with similar powers,
might be more effective than separ-
ate state commissions, but he would
be glad to see state bureaus with
powers like the Oklahoma commits
sion in ell the oil producing states
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
WILL TREAT
ANTHONY PRODUCT
PROPERTY NEAR KNOXVILLE
TO BE EQUIPPED WITH
MILL

John Ross, well-known mining
man, and Homer Wilson, president
and general manager of the Pioneer
Exploration company, with head
quarters in San Francisco, arrived
here Wednesday from Unionville,
where they are interested in min
ing enterprises. From plans now
being completed, Messrs. Ross and
Wilson, with associates, will do ex-
tensive mining and milling in the
Humboldt range section.
They have acquired the Bloody
Canyon anthony property and
other valuable deposits of this
metal in the section adjacent to
Unionville, which will be developed
and the ore reduced in a plant
which is now being equipped at Mill
City.
The Bloody Canyon mines for a
number of years have been produc-
ing large quantities of h~igh-grade
anthony ore which was shipped ou'
of the state to a reduction plant
| With this high-grade material is 6
big tonnage of lower grade that
was not high enough for shipping
purposes and this is the class of ore
they will reduce at their Mill City
plant.
1t is said that there are thousand
of tons of anthony ore in the Hum
boldt range that will pay with their
reduction plant in operation.
Mr.. Ross and Mr.. Wilson expect
to return to Unionville today. -
Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13

in ore of low grade and considerably
broken up.
This cross-cut has been extended
through the Earl ore shoot and has
proven the orebody to be at least
80 feet from hanging to foot wall.
About 10 feet of the ore showing in
this work is of high milling grade,
although the entire orebody from
hanging to foot wall is proving to
carry sufficient gold values to yield
a good profit to the Amalgamated
company, as it owns it's own mill.
The south cross-cut on the fissure
has demonstrated a large tonnage
of mill ore.
The continuation of this cross
cut will cut the hanging wall o n
tact in about 20 feet. 1t is expected
that then another valuable orebody
will be exposed, as the present work
should cut the extension of the ore
body developed along the contact
from the $50 level to the Earl.
Manhattan Dexter
The Juhl-Fogle lease on a por-
ton of the Union No. 9 claim of the
Dexter company has just completed
a mill run in the War Eagle mill.
While the returns have not yet been
received, the milling should yield to
the owners of the ore nearly $4,000
from the amalgamation alone.' The
milling recently made from the Hib-
bert-Cantwell lease gave returns OF
about $45 per ton from the plates.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
STATEMENT

OF the ownership. management. cir
eulation, etc, required by the Act
of Congress of August "a, 1912, of
the Goldfield News and Weekly
Tribune, published at Goldfield, Ne
vada, for October /, 1917.
State of Nevada, County of Esmer-
aida, SIS.
Before me, a notary public in and
for the state and county aforesaid,
personally appeared V. l.. Ricketts,
who, having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the editor of the Goldfield
News and Weekly Tribune. and
that the following is, to the
best of his knowledge and be
lief, a true statement of the owner
ship, management, ETC., of the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, required
by the Act of August "a, 1912, en-
bodied in section 443, Postal Laws
and Regulations, printed on the the
reverse of this form, to-wit:
/. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor and business managers are:
Publisher, Tribune Printing COM
pany, Goldfield, Nevada; editor, V.
l.. Ricketts,, Goldfield, Nevada; man.
aging editor. V. l.. Ricketts,, Gold
field, Nevada; business manager, V.
l.. Ricketts,, Goldfield, Nevada.
2. That the owners e V. L..
Ricketts,. Goldfield, Nevada, trustee
for John C. Martin. Tonopah, Neva-
da; H. c. Gillespie. Nashville, Tenn;
A. H. Weber, Los Angeles, Cal.
5. That the known bondholders.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
ESMERALOA BOYS
BEST IN STATE
so SAYS MERRITT III. BRADY IN
TELEGRAM FROM
SACRAMENTO

A telegram received yesterday by
the exemption board from Merritt
H. Brady at Sacramento says: I'VE
are progressing nicely and have the
finest representation from the state.
Goldfield is some town."
Mrs. C. T. Allier, who knits wrist
lets for each contingent, has re-
ceived a post card from Marion
Russell, who was in charge of the
second contingent, thanking her for
the gifts.
The exemption board has received
official notification from Adjutant
General Maurice Sullivan that Peter
] Somers, Jr., formerly employed
by the Sprague brokerage company,
is enlisted in the Quartermasters'
reserve corps.
Jack Stackpoole, who entered the
engineering corps early in June, is
now a 'non-com" and is drilling
drafted men in New Jersey.
Barton Kaufman, who shortly
after the declaration of war joined
the aviation corps, is now supposed
to be in England undergoing two
months training before going to
France, where he will train for an
other two months in preparation
for service at the front.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13

mortgages and other security hold
ers owning or holding l per cent or
more of total amount of bonds. mort
cages or other securities are: John
S. Cook & Company, Bankers, Gold
field, Nevada.
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the M of the own
ers, stockholders and security hold
ers, if any. contain not only the list
of stockholders and security holders
as they appear upon the books OF
the company, but also, in cases where
the stakeholder or security holder
appears upon the books of
the company as trustee or
in any other ~fiduciary rela-
ton. the name of the person or
corporation for whom such trustee is
acting, is given; also that the said
two paragraphs contain statements
embracing atlantis full knowledge
and belief as to the circumstances
and conditions under which stock
holders and security holders who do
not appear upon the books of the
company as trustees, hold stock and
securities in a capacity other than
that of a bona fide owner; and this
affiant has no reason to believe that
any other person, association or cor-
poration has any interest direct or
indirect in the said stock, bonds or
other securities than as so stated
by him.
V. l.. RICKETTS,.
Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 10th day of October, 1917.
A. M. MADDEN,
(SeaD Notary Public.
My commission expires March Is,
1921.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
Indian FandangO at Duckwater

A large number of Indians from
Nye, Elko, Eureka and White Pine
counties gathered at Duckwater last
week and for several days enjoyed
an old = time Indian fandango-
The affair was arranged by Captain
Black-Eye, chief of the Shoshones
there were riding contests and a
fandango every night. All the In
dams had plenty of money and they
spent it freely. A storekeeper at
Duckwater sold them three beeves.
ATS pies and 400 loaves of bread /.
also other edibles in abundance.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
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BRADY STARTS WORK
ON KANROHAT NINE

Manager S. H. Brady of the Sill
vermines corporation, which has
taken over the Kanrohat property
in Jefferson canyon, is not going to
lose any time in getting down to
heavy development. He has al
ready begun work on the mill,
changing the system from stamps,
and the next step will be to push
the long tunnel as fast as men and
machinery can do it. With this OBJ
iect in view an immense portable
compressor will be used. This is
capable of supplying eight drills
and is mounted on axles and wheels
for keeping up with the advance of
the miners. The compressor will be
taken out on one of the Wittenberg
trucks.-Bonanza.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
RED HILL DRIVING

Continued from Page One)
to carry on a thorough system OF
development work at the SEQ and
7OO-foot levels. The main shaft is
down 500 feet, with working sta
lions at the 900, 700 and S00-foot
levels, and a relatively small
amount of timbering and other pre-
paratory work will be required in
starting work on the deeper levels
of the mine.
1t is now apparent that the 500
foot level will afford the best ave
nue. for seeking the extension in Red
Hill territory of the rich crebody
opened near the joint boundary in
the Florence, although this may yet
be accomplished from the workings
on the 50O-foot level.
The new bonanza in the Flor
ence is plainly an off-shoot from
the famous deposit mined during
the high-grade leasing period III the
Rogers-Syndicate lease. and this was
the deepest ore found in any Of the
Florence leases, extending to The
55O-foot level. The face of the
present lease stope il this ground is
said to be at a depth of about s20
feet and within a sholt distance of
the Red Hill boundary.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
BIG BODIES OF
ORE At LUN|hG
uICH-GRADE COPPER Is Bt
POSED IN CAIAvADA =
PROPERTY

Assured that the second furnace OF
the Thompson smelter will be opeF-
ated as soon as sufficient coke is
stored. which will be in 80 to SO
days, the Luning Idaho company has
completed preparations for a heavy
output from the McDavitt shaft,
Conte winze. and other sections of
the group.
The numerous stringers of rich
ore near No. s station in the HAM
tunnel have united in an orebody of
seemingly huge extent, n every
indication points to development OF
a heavy tonnage of profitable ore in
his section. The sinking OF the
main working shaft will be under-
taken shortly, following a thorough
investigation of the o~rebodies and
Topographic conditions by engineers.
The Erickson tunnel has entered
oxidized ore, and the left cross-cut,
now out los feet, is expected to soon
reach the rich orebody o~utcropping
on Copper Peak, gaining its object
i've at an approximate vertical depth
of 100 feet. Driving for the big
body of s~ilver-copper ore recently in
tersected near the surface on the
Sophie claim is making good prog
ress, as is the cross-cut designed to
open the orebodies on the Monarch
/ claim.
The discovery of a deposit OF
high-grade copper ore on the HOO
le,el of the Calavada group. for
merly known as the Giroux. has
stirred excitement here and stinnl;-
lated activity at n%eighboring mines.
Tho strike was made $50 fest from
the shaft and disclosed a strong body
of red oxide and gray copper coup
rite and tetrahedrite) assaying 80
to so per cen in the red metal.
This is the richest ore yet opened
in the district and proves the per-
sistent character of Luning ore de-
posits, and the deposit is being Wig
orously developed. The group is
controlled by the powerful Giroux
interests of New York.
Preparations are being made for
resumption of work on the 200-ton
flotation plant of the Pilot Copper
company. Officials of the company
are here to supervise the work.
company has blocked out upwards
of 100000 tons Of profitable ore
and has the assurance of large deliv-
cries of custom product. 1t is likely
the capacity Of the plant will be
eventually increased to 1000 tons per
day in order to handle the vast ton
mage of custom ore available in the
district.-Western Nevada Miner.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13

And in accordance with law. and
an order of the Board of Director
made on the 22nd day of August
1917. so many shares of each pare
of such stock as may be necessa
will be sold at public auction. at ~
office of the room 2eh P"c
Building, San Francisco, California
on Monday the 29th day of O"t"'
1917. at the hour of 200 o'clock n,
m. of said day to pay delinquent
assessments thereon. together with
costs OF advertising and expenses OF
the sale.
CHARLES d. OLNEY.
Secretary.
Office. Room 265 Russ Building. San
Francisco. California.
First pub.-Sept. %. 1917.
Last pub.-Oct. 81, 1917.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-13
Former COmstOck Man Dies

Charles M. Feeney, for 16 years
prior to 1901 a resident of the Com
stock. died a few days ago in
Butte, Mont. He was a mining en-
gineer and at the time of his death
was county surveyor of Silver Bow
county, in which Butte is situated.