The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-21
ANCHORAGE COLD STRIKE RICH ONE
 1T IS CLAIMED
Business Men Have Faith IF New Quartz Camp Near
 Girdwood on Railroad.

That the gold strike at Girdwood, on the Government Railroad, south of Anchorage. is an authentic one and probably in time will develop 1 into producing district. is the opin i ion of George F. Forrest. local brok | ar who returned last night on the i Northwestern from a trip to Western l Alaska Considerable excitement | was manifested at Anchorage, ac cording to Mir Forrest, and stan l neders have left for the site of the new strike An excursion was run from the city 10 days ago and 5o people went out to look over the field and some of them staked claims
 The strike was made by a man by the name of Banks. MT. Forrest says that the ledge runs up to 50 feet in width with assay values n gold going as high as $150 ton. It is said that the ledge can be traced for a distance of seven miles and comes within half mile of the Gov ernment Railroad. It is said that the ore will perhaps be smelting proposition as no free gold has been found in it. The people of the city of Anchorage, including many prom inent business men, have gotten be hind the proposition and are boost ing the new gold field and will en courage anyone wishing to do de velopment work there.
 Anchorage Good Town
 Although there is no building boom at Anchorage the Elks have com pleted the plans and started exca vating for the foundation for their new $45,000 home. Work has also been started on the new addition to the Hotel Parsons The addition is to contain 70 rooms and will be mod ern in every respect with a modern heating plant and baths in all con meeting suites.
 MT Forrest also said that full tests have been made recently of oil found near Anchorage showing that it is real seepage. This has added to the general excitement.
 It is MT. Forests opinion that An. chorage has a great future before il not only because it is the terminus of the Government Railroad, but that it will be the headquarters for much of the Interior country. The climate, according to MT, Forrest, is wonderful and everyone who has spent any time there is enthusiastic over it. He said that while he was there the weather was such as could be enYied by California.
 At Cordova
 At Cordova MT. Forrest found some talk of the Copper River X Northwestern Railroad extending it's line to Katalla. The oil talk is causing most of the excitement in that vicinity.
 The salmon packers. who were expecting to put up quite a pack in the Cordova district, did not do as well as they expected and are now all shut down.
 At Valdez
 At and near Valdez the board of Alaska Road Commissioners are do. ing lot of work on the Richardson Highway which was opened for traf fife on July IT when an excursion was run out the line to inspect it According to Mir. Forrest the pack ing company at Valdez expects to put up a pack of 10000 cases of red salmon. The Cliff mine, it is said will reopen in the fall under the su., pervision of new company and en gineers of the Granby Smelling & Mining Company have had engineers examining the Midas mine just across the bay from Valdez
 Oil at Seward
 At Seward, according to MT. For. rest. the oil excitement along the Alaskan Peninsula is the principal topic for conversation. Business conditions there may be little be low normal, but it is Mir. Forrest ; opinion that the city has excellent prospects for the future.
 Move the Court
 Considerable excitement is mani fested in Western Alaska, Mir. For rest said over the prospect of mov ing the judicial headquarters for the Third Division from Valdez to Sew ard, where the government now has a building. A lot of wire pulling is being done in the matter as Anchor