The Seward gateway., 1922-10-09
TX COLLECTOR BACK
 F2(!M TOUR ALASKA

l l lector arrived from the interior Sat
 urday after having completed a round
 trip to Nome and way ports and to
 Fairbanks. Mr. Mock made something
 of record in journeying through the l country. Leaving Juneau on August 12
 lie was landed at Nome on August 29, seventeen days from the capital city.
 He was fortunate in making connec- 1 tions with the steamer Hermann at Nenana and made the trip downstream
 in good time.
 During the trip he called at every
 trading post on the Panama and Yukon
 rivers in addition to visiting the yari-
 ous towns. At Nome he spent three
 days. His trip, from a business stand point, was highly successful, as some of the check-up work extended
 as far back as 1917.
 Conditions at Nome are of an opti-
 mistic turn. The Pioneer Mining and
 Ditch Company is at present operating | four hydraulic elevators on the ground being worked The Yuba Construction | company is at present completing two
 of the largest mining dredges in Alas ,la Both concerns employ in the neigh borhood of 150 men. Among other pro
 jects of the mining company is the CT ection of a power plant with which to operate their holdings and to furnish ight to their camps. The company is using crude oil for fuel, some 25,0O9 ,, barrels having arrived recently for the seasons consumption. The freighter Valdez is expected to arrive within th4 lext few days with a full cargo of
 machinery and other equipment. An | other ship which is under charter, viii llso bring additional freight. The ac- ion of the company in operating on a yholesale scale is a great encourag- nent to the small operators of the Tome district, as they see the old min
 ng days revived and Nome again plac- d on the map as mining camp. In the upper part of the territory fairbanks mining activities are be
 ,oming more pronounced, the same .ompany as at Nome being engaged ill
 prospect drilling on Cleary, Engineer,
 Dome, Goldstream, and other well lnown creeks of the district. The com Dany will maintain offices in Fair banks. Due to their operations in this district mining men are optimistic as the future, for, with prospecting be 1 ng done on a large scale, the extent
 If the pay will soon be determined ana much low grade ground operated or. Farming in the interior has received l severe setback on account of the leayy frosts which came earlier than anticipated; it being recorded that the | rost this year was heavier and ear fer than for score of years.
 The Agricultural College and School | if Mines is reported to be in excellent
 condition, both as to facilities and the | eaching staff with the assurance of a
 arge enrolment before the year is done.
 Among other things noted by MT. Mock, was the feeling of relief eA- pressed by the businessmen of the in terior and also by the residents when | if became known that the government | intended to maintain freight and
 passenger service on the Yukon and
 ranana rivers. Owing to the limited 'acilities those who have to depend on river transportation for their freight nave been somewhat handicapped. The moving of the army posts at St. Michael and Fort Gibbon has caused a business depression at both places.
 The abandonment of the telegraph lines in favor of wireless station will
 cause slight inconvenience on ac- count of the distance between stations.
 Ruby, Nulato, St Michael, Panama, Ft. Yukon, all have, or will have wireless stations in the near future. The in
 stalation of these plants will mean a
 saving of s35O,O00 to the government
 annually in the upkeep of the posts and telegraph stations.