The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-20
SOURDOUCH OF YUKON IS HERE
 GOING INSIDE
Charles Settlemier, Former Newspaperman, Now
 Miner, in Juneau

Among the Sourdough arrivals on the Princess Charlotte from the South was Charles R. Settle 1 mier, one of the owners and for years editor of the Dawson News, who is now interested in silver. lead mining in the Mayo district, POO miles east from, Dawson. He is on his way to Dawson and the | Mayo camp after having spent the winter in the land of the Cheechako. He stopped off in Juneau to greet some of the Sourdoughs, and will be here for a few days. Referring to his trip outside and the outlook for the North. MT. Settlemier says:
 All tourist centers on the coast report an increasing interest throughout America in the scenic charms and wonders of Alaska and the Yukon, and the bookings by the tourist agencies assure steadily increasing traffic in this line to the land of the Midnight Sun. It is understood some 30,- 900 tourists will come North this 1 season. Most of them originate in the States and have the ad- vantage of seeing the vernhl land of Oregon, Washington and Brit ish Columbia enroute, which is a strong auxiliary card to tae far lnorthern attract sas especially to those coming from the sun-baked areas of the far South and the East. It is estimated California derives $90000,000 a year from tourist travel and British Colum- bia $30,000,000, by which token it is not difficult to estimate what the traffic should mean to the Far North when properly exploit. ed and more fully developed Tourist business, however, should be coincident with the general development of the northern ter ritories for the reason that ade- quate facilities fer the handling of passenger traffic is more likely to be. provided when there is freight to help in the mainten- ] ance of the requisite number of ships on the long northern runs.
 Interest in Mining
 "Interest in mining has been very keen throughout the unitee States and Canada the last year and the line of occupation on part Of major mining companies gradually is being pushed north ward, and the vast unexplored areas of the Northland ara each year becoming more attractive to capital. Companies which years ago were satisfied to exploit the older fields of the south are now
 seeking the more norherly fields. and the NorthlanG will come into it's own. The mining world is beginning to realize that Alaska and Yukon are no. so re- mote after all that the old be- lief that they were out of the world largely was psychological and is being dissipated, and that wherever the tonnage can be de- veloped to justify transportation facilities capital will not hesitate to gu. Rail lines of few hul- dred miles from the coast will I lap vast region tributary to the Pacific tidewaters of the Alaskan coast, and once on the Pacific waters the cost of freights is nominal
 Il Millions to Come
 | Several concerns interested iit the hard rock and placer fields of the North which are expanding Il just now, will bring millions into this region this year and all the Il coast cities will reap their share of benefits through increased pay rolls and the general distribution of moneys in purchase of sup plies. The expenditure of nrofits 4 from these northern enterprises in coast cities continues to bring no mean degree of prosperity tc :. the cities of this coast all the way I from San Diego to Juneau, and even farther north
 | '"The old placer fields of the Dawson and Fairbanks districts Iare receiving new impetus through the new organizations in those 1 regions. The big dredge opera tions of the United States Smedt- ing & Refining Company near Fairbanks means the introduction of several millions in new money there, and when the company's fleet of, dredges, now under con- I 7 fContinued on Page Two.)