The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-10-06


Circle, ..................... 100000
Ruby Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Koyukuk 100000
Marshall $4,000
Hot Springs ................ $4,000
Ophir district ...... $4,000
Rampant $4,000
ChandIar ......... ........ 10000
Fairbanks as usual heads in the
Interior Alaska gold camps. While
it's yield has dropped off much com.
pared to the earlier days Of the camp
Fairbanks is a producer of no little
consequence, and the fact it is so ex-
tensively an individual camp means
the money is we'll distributed. Fair.
banks is the center Of activity in the
Tanana valley, and the camps of Toll
Cvana and Hot Springs are within the
may we'll be counted a portion of the
Fairbanks camp. The entire Tanana
valley has a population of $500, which
means it is one of the most active
centers in the North, and one Of the
most progressive in the entire Yukon
basin
"Nenana, which does not appear
among the gold producers is the gov
eminent railway town only forty
miles north Of Fairbanks. The work
on the railway to connect Fairbanks
and Nenana has been progressing
steadily all season, and will be com
pleted by the end of November, this
year, when the two towns will have
steady rail communication. The road.
way is built for a standard gauge
road, and ties provided for that width
but for the present the line is to be
made narrow gauge, and so arranged
that the rails can be spread to stand
ard measurements when required.
ct possibly will be a couple of
years before the railway to connect
Fairbanks and Nenana with the Alas
kan coast will be completed, depend
ing, of course, largely on the appro.
priatiOn which congress will allow
each season. Autos now run out 80
miles from Fairbanks to Chitina, the
Interior terminus of the Copper River
r. ;on
connects on the coast end at Cordova.
The autos have been making the trim
over the road steadily during the
good weather this summer in two and
half to three days. The wagon road
to Valdez is SO miles longer and quite
mountainous, so is not used so much
as the Chitina route. A good many
tourists have been travelling the auto
route from Fairbanks to the coast
this summer. After the railway is
completed from Nenana to the coast
| look for heavy tourist traffic down
the Yukon annually and out over the
railway. 1t will make a wonderful
trip with no repetition of scencrv and
many new phases. Now is the time
for the North to begin to exploit this
great circle route, and keep the bust
ness coming by way of Dawson.
"The Koykuk camp did not de-
velop the big proposition which some
thought earlier in the season would
be proved on the BEETLES river. It is
to be regretted the thing did not
prove out as big as some anticipated,
but continued prospecting may yet
prove there is rich paystreak in the
country and mean the opening up of
very active camp
'In the Iditarod camp the chief out
fits at work this season COMPRISE the
small Riley dredge on Otter and the
small Beaton and Donnelly dredge on
the same stream; Walsh and Ford,
open-cutting on Flat creek; and the
Upgrade association, who are using
the scraper system. The big Yukon
gold dredge on Flat is shut down,
and the future intentions respecting
1t are unknown.
Eat Marshall the situation is quiet
this season. The same may be said |
In respect to Ruby. In the Circle dis.
trict the Berry dredge and some other
operators are continuing operations
and making good showings
"Tom Aiken, the veteran Klondike
operator, is carrying on big opera. !