The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-06

eral prospector, known as "the dyna miter of Nome," because of his in vention of a non-freezing high ex' plosive, is in the United States again to urge the colonization of the Mount Mckinley region by sturdy Americans who desire to become in dependent.
 MT. Zorn, for half century a miner and adven,urer in Australia, Brazil, Africa and the Nevada camps, paints an attractive picture of the semi-wilds of Alaska east and uorth of Cook Inlet, and of their great riches in mineral and agricultural possibilities.
 In his own backyard of some 1900 acres, from which he has been ex- tracting in small way an excellent living in gold and platinum through placer mining, he says he has 24,- 100000 yards of stream gravel and 24O,OO0 tons of black sand washed down through the thousands Of years from slopes of Mount Mckinley.
 In this gravel and sand there lies, he says, $44,Ooo,OO in sure wealth which can easily be taken out in less than twenty years with a mod ern gold dredge.
 Alaska, which cost the United States a comparative pittance of a few million dollars, since it's pur- chase from Russia has produced in Al years of mining minerals valued at $46O,000,000, more than half of which has been turned out in the last ten years.
 The mineral production of the present year, because of a long, mild autumn, MT. Zorn says, is ex- pected to aggregate $3O,0O0,00. A shipment of gold in one steamer that arrived at Seattle last month amount ed to $5OO,O0O.
 Pioneer in Alaska
 Torn has no misconceptions or illusions about Alaska, for while picturing to such men as Charles Steinmetz, President Harding, Thom- as A. Edison, Henry Forod and As sistant Secretary of the. Interior Stafford the glories and riches of the country in which he has been a pioneer, he warns against triflers and weddings tackling the prizes waiting there.
 He said yesterday that he had recently had a two-hour conference with Charles Steimetz on the de- velopment of the unlimited water power in the region and concerning his colonization plan. He also brought the colonization project to the attention of President Harding in a conversation at the White House, suggesting that the Govern ment encourage the taking of 25,DO0 virile and ambitious young Amcri- can men and women, equipped with farming implements and homemalling facilities, into the rich region, to carve a life competence out of the soil the hills, the forests and the streams, each receiving 16O acres free
 Conservation Needed
 He said to President Harding, as he showed him a photograph of his home on the edge of the wilderness:
 "Here, Mr President, 1 have peace, contenment, health and a good living. I have more peace ill my white house in the high Alaskan valleys, with fish, game, vegetables, fruit. timber, precious metals and a wonderful climate where it is never higher than 70 degrees in summer, than you have here in your great White House at the seat of the nation"
 The President had replied to him smilingly:
 q suspect that you are not eX- aggerating a bit on that score.'
 Electric power developments in Alaska from white coal" were dis cussed at length by the great "elec- tric wizard of Schenectady" and Zorn, the latter declaring that con servation of these great natural re- sources in the Territory was neces- sity before they were gobbled up by power and mining interests.
 All Central and Southern Alaska can be run by electricity for power, heat and light at small compara- tive cost and great industries can be developed, said MT. Zorn, if the water falls and streams are utilized. In time, he predicted, it can be made one of the model economic regions of the world and to the benefit and not prejudice of private interests in the, Territory.