The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-22
Of
BER|NG COAl IS
NOW GOING ON

Vt last a lease has been granted on
tn" famous Boring River coal fields In
Alaska. After Twelve years OF patient
waiting some pioneer Alaskans have
been granted the right and every of
fetal OF the Department Of the In
terror is to be congratulated as It Is
the first move towards the real de.
relopmcnt OF that section Of the ter.
r!tory.=Fal"on Jo8lin through the Der.
ing River Coal company OF which he
Is the president. has been granted a
lease to blocks Is, 19. 20. %, s23. and
n In the Boring River coal fields sur
We. representing 2.420 acres all told.
This=area= is=located betweeh Lake
| Charlotte and kushtaka Lake. which
/. as old time Alaskans know. IN quite
! accessible Carbon Camp. which is to
4 be renamed Boring, being lust %
miles from the Copper River & North
western railway..the route being fair
| ~ easy for rail construction. .,Presi-
! dent Joslin has appointed f. R. Van
Camper superintendent. he being a
well-known mining engineer operating
in various localities in Alaska. He
has already left for the works with
some men and supplies with instruc.
tons to begin development work i'm
mediately
1t VIII be recalled that the old Eng.
fish company which for many years
attempted to develop this ground, had
accomplished considerable in the way
Of preliminary development work and
at the time II was said that the strip
ping had fairly demonstrated the
value and extent of the coal vein.
Mr.. Joslin. however, is wisely refrain
ing from any announcement, merely
stating that he and his associates are
Fi=tt'l. belle v,'=tllslt there Is a ceal sup
PLY lafaied i'll background which is
Dr tiltst L,W months only Develop
mont work Will I've pushed. hut it IS
hoped Zthe=nianage that by
in,Nf spring the area will have been
so thoroughly prospected and the de-
velopment pushed to such extent that
il will then be determined just what
the value Of the coal vein may be.
Then the apestiona q ming. anf{ -
Keiins Tue coal M cohnecilsh VITA
the Copper River road will be dis
cussed. For the present II is enough
to say that Mr.. Joslin has succeeded
in financing the company and Will use
every effort 10 quickly determine the
future worth OF the ground.
At the same time MIR. Joslin has
reoreanized the old st. Elias Oil com.
panS as the Chilkat Oil company.
| George Hazelet of Cordova is man.
ager of this organization and has=be-
gun work of thoroughly inspecting the
ground located back OF Controller bay
and the same plan of procedure Will
be adopted to ascertain the extent
| and value of the Oil In the ground.
| The announcement of these plans has
/, caused no little enthusiasm at Cor
dopa. From 1906 to 1911. the period
| of construction of the railroad, Cor.
| dova enjoyed a construction boom
similar to the prosperity attending
| any great niilroad construction at
l the base OF supplies. Following the
J completion of the road and the de-
partlre Of several thousand working
men. the reaction set i'll and for the
4 two years 1872 and 1913 merchants
and others severely athe@ehanged
4 conditions Since the end OF 1913.
| however, the town has been greatly
developing its industries on=a sub
stantial basis. Clam and salmon can.
neries With the increased movement
| OF copper ore through the town being
largely responsible @for=this= condition
which has today made 1t one of the
most reliable and substantial towns
/ on the Alaskan coast The entire oil
i aud =coal=area, generally known us
/ the Boring Rover section Is naturally
tributary 10 Cordova and their sue
cessful development would mean
everything to that port. 1t is natural.
therefore. that those Cordoyans who
have pinned their faith to the town
and remained there through good and
bad times should now feel jubilant
at the mere prospect Of the develop
ment Of the rich5oil fields lying at
their door. II this company should
be successful In developing q work