The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
COLONY IN J, ],
 PLANS TO SAVE
 SIBERIAN GQLD

Under tn" above heading the Den.
 yer Post of July - tells how D, W. | Walker. "who came straight from Nome 10 Denver in the interest of ! th" plan; Mike" Sullivan. one of
 thc oldest and most successful pros 1 p"ctors who eyer set foot on Alasko's
 frozen soil" and Volney T. Hoggatt,
 editor of the Great Divide, who for many years was q gold digger and
 Alaska prospector," have hit upon d
 scheme for utilizing Siberia's count. | less millions in gold deposits.
 The article is adorned with half i tone Of MT Walker, who was recently
 in the hotel business at Alganik, on | the Copper River railroad Mike" , Sullivan is known to all Cordovans, ! and left today for the Outside. The
 story is as follows:
 "Siberia's countless millions of gold | deposits are to be saved 10 d future l constituted government of Russia and | kept away from the maw or the Ger
 man war lords if the ambitious plan | of 5000 of the oldest and ablest placer miners of this nation and Canada is
 put into effect. after consent of the United States government has beer. gained to establish colony on the l Anadyr river.
 "The plan is not q far.fetched, i'm | practical dream of wild promoters Rather, it is the well-thought-out | scheme of men who invaded the Alas kan fields before Dawson City was and hardships incident to searching for the yellow metal in the days that
 tried mems souls. At the head of the proposed colony are D. w Walker,
 who came straight from Nome to Den yer in the interest of the plan; Mike" Sullivan. one of the oldest and
 most successful prospeCtors who ever | set foot on Alaska's frozen Soil and Nolney T. IIoggatt. editor of The Great Divide. who for many years was | a gold digger and Alaska prospector. Object Is Purely for Development These men propose to assemble 5,000 placer miners who have had actual experience in Alaska or other 
 gold.bearing districts of the world. Every man must be above the draft age The colony will gtf,fs ,tSa~te protect itself financially and other wise. Not a cents worth of dust, not
 an ounce of gold, will be taken from
 the country until stable government
 is set up-the mine royalties going 1 to that government after it is reCog
 nized by the United States and her
 allies at the end of the War
 The object is one of development
 purely; exploitation for selfish advan. l tage does not enter The manner in which the principals of the proposed
 colony expect to gain consent of the | United states government and her allies to establish a protectorate over this great bearing region has all ! been very definitely worked out, and | Il is believed that government sane
 tion will be immediately forthcoming "Mr. Walker declares the Germans ! ar" making long reach for this rich
 territory. He recently made a trip l up the Anadyr river, and was firmly i convinced that such a plan as is pro | posed will block the Germans and can
 be carried through without serious | hndrancc There is but one Russian ! patrol boat in the whole seCtioIr be- | tween Nome and the mouth of the
 Anadryr river. This craft, he said. is
 TOW controlled by the Bolsheyik gov
 ernment. He is confident it would
 offer no resistance to the landing of the proposed colony
 nlan D"clprcd Practical From Nome to the mouth oi the Anadyr river is distance of 225 1 miles. The waters of the Boring sea i and Anadyr bay are navigablc until ! October Between now and October ] l, Mir. Walker says, the colony of l 5000 expert placer miners could take 1 ever the whole Eold-boaring district
 and gain such control of the field as
 to save it to q constituted Russian i government
 The plan worked out by him is
 practical, old miners say. The rich
 uess of the alluvial deposits along the
 Anadyr surpass anything Alaska and l Lh. ...n..L-nI.n ruuin..-. ..E IL L.-.i..l