tixploral1ati<3o. zl>im.itcb. Alaska.... Its Gold and Its Best Company. \hS 5 /^ iSiu PROSPECTUS. 18©8. Hi 1 57 4 Under our plan all stand on an equal basis, no stock being set aside for an officer or director except as it is subscribed and paid for, the same as by other shareholders and if you become a shareholder you become a partner in proportion to your investment. This insures an equal chance to the smallest investor and absolute fairness for all concerned. President Chas. S. Hartwell is a trained executive, being- also President of the National Safety Match Co. of Chicago. Vice-President William T. Criswell has been officially connected with Alaskan trading- for many years, and the company is indeed fortunate in ^ , .. having him at the head of the organization. enormously profitable trading department. Hon. Charles A. Keeler, the secretary and treasurer, is a man of weight and standing in the financial world and while the directors and principal stockholders are not men of great wealth, they are men of standing in this country and their honesty and integrity is unquestioned. Hon. Warren B. Hooker, one of the Directors, is Chairman of the River and Harbor Committee, the most important Committee in Congress with one exception. Alaska being a Territory and under the control of Congress, all matters relating- to transpor- tation and concessions for dredging are passed upon by the River and Harbor Committee, and with the Chair- man of that Committee one of our Directors, we are not likely to suffer in the general rush for Congress- ional favors as represented by way of exclusive rights and privileges. George M. Belden, M. E., our Field Manager, who in Colorado, Australia and vSouth America, has had experience in successful mining enterprises, is now in the neighborhood of Dawson City, prepared to bond and buy rich claims on the Bonanza and Last Chance Creeks and the Klondike, Yukon and Stewart Rivers. The strength of the company has secured for it, after thorough investigation, the co-operation of so distinguished a financier as ]Mr. vS. H. Gladstone, who has taken charge of its London A Powerful Ally office. :\Ir. Gladstone is one of 111 the London's best known business Financial World. "^^^^- ^^^ partner is a director of the Union Bank in the English capital and his uncle is none other than the "Grand Old Man", the Right Honorable William E. Gladstone, while a cousin holds the well-nigh all-powerful position of Governor of the Bank of England. River Dredging having proved a most conspicuous success in Siberia and on the Pacific coast, this company will send by its first steamer up the Yukon next spring, the most powerful and scientifically- THIS PICTURE OF -OUR REPRESENTATIVE, MR. BELDEN, WAS TAKEN AT SEATTLE, TWO DAYS BEFORE SAILING FOR ALASKA, AND REPRESENTS HINt IN HIS SUMMER COSTUME. Large Funds opportunities that may offer for making large returns for this com- On nana tor p^ny. Another expedition will go up Judicious early in the spring, which will be InveSttnentS, followed at short intervals by other well equipped expeditions, one of which will be headed by Mr. T. J. Trafford Huteson, at present the New England representative of this company, but who early in 1896 was probably the first white man to prospect upon the Stewart River and realize its marvelous wealth. It was on this river that one Boston man took out f 100,000 from a single placer. Mr. Huteson will return Thoroughly to the Stewart and with the Posted on the experience of his previous trip Yukon District should secure for this company exceedingly rich claims. Where other companies will be hampered by Canadian laws and regulations, this company is in a position through its connections and consequent privileges, to reap the full benefit of its operations without let or hindrance on the part of the Dominion or provincial officials. To sum up, — this company, through its chartered rights, through its organization, by the personnel of its managment, in trading, in transportation, in Shareholders "'^"^"^^ ^^ dredging, in buy- Interested in '"^ ^""'^ operating claims, in iniciCMCU m ^ supplying the demands of the every enterprise miners, and through being of the Company, already organized and at work, is in a position to give an in- vestor greater returns for his money than probably any company organized since the Bell Telephone or Calumet & Hecla properties were incorporated. Early investors have already made 40 per cent, through the increase in the price of their stock. Further in- creases will surely come. ureal vVeaiin Persons going in now not only From Dividends. stand a chance of enormous wealth from dividends next spring, but will be able to reap immediate benefit from the enhancement of the stock. We believe that this is a great opportunity for making money. It is an opx3ortunity that may be lost any day through the arrival of news from the North- west which will put up the price of stock to its normal Join Us at Once ^^^^^- ^^ y^"-^ ^^^^^ ^^ joining For Your Own ^^^' ^°^ ^^^^^ ^"^'^ ^°°^ ^^^ Qqq^ should do so at once — to-day, and not come in after the sub- scription price has been raised. We trust you will act quickly, and send us such a sum as you may deem desirable. Price of stock 50 cents per share, par value $1.00, full paid and non-assessable, subject to no further call. certain that we shall be on the dividend paying- list as soon as they can be completed without regard to profits which we are certain to derive from our trading posts, or for profits which are probable from our mining ventures. Trading posts are being established for the winter under Mr. Criswell's direction. From this one source, in connection with the transportation interests, our company should make very Enormous Profits great profit, it win be in a From Trading;, position to take advantage of the desire of miners to realize at once upon their discoveries, even at a sacrifice, or from their desire to go home. There are now but two trading companies in addition to ours in the whole enormous field, and these two together are unable to supply more than a very small proportion of the demand for provisions cacti enterprise ^^d supplies. Letters received Helps strengthen from the Yukon this fall show and Assists the that even with the best of ar- Qxi-P|, rangements it will be impos- sible to satisfy all demands next spring, so that prices will remain at a great figure, which will give profit to this company from its being in a position to meet the demand at once. One expedition has already gone into the field, equipped for investment in good properties as well as ready to prospect or to take advantage of any -, ^^ ^ g-old-bcaring- g^eolog-ical formations .JVAAinfJiiHlgt: Oi ^^^-ji assure his securing- for us rich U60lOg;lC3l mining- properties. He will have PormatiOHS* men at work mining as early next spring as expeditions can leave here^ giving us a great advantage over companies organ- ized too late to send men this fall. He went in with double the estimated amount of supplies needed to carry his party through the winter, so they will not be weakened by privation, nor run the risk of breaking- down. Remember, we are the only company that was organized since the great discoveries of gold in Alaska that has a representative on the ground, own an interest in a boat on the Yukon River, have chartered steamers for transportation, obtained govern- ment concessions and made trading contracts for spring business. The company has already secured a large and speedy steamer, to carry 250 passengers and their freight, in addition to a great store of supplies for sale while the spring boom i«^ Transportation This steamer will leave /Seattle Department. ^^^^>^ ^^^'^y '^ ^^^ spril^ and subscriptions are now beii ceived from persons desiring quick passage to the gold fields. The stock of this company will be received as cash on account of passage money at the subscription price paid for it. The profits assured from contracts already- entered into relating to transportation, make it How to Invest. Subscription books are now open at the various offices of the Company and applications by mail for such a number of shares as may be desired, may be made on the enclosed form accompanied by check or Post Office order, made payable to T. J. Trafford Huteson, 92 State Street, Boston, Mass. We were among the first in the field and shall be among the first to bring results. Correspondence Solicited. 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