Alaska Notes
; i Cleanings From Territorial
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While a road construction crew was
employed in building a wagon road up
the1 Salmon river, in tb# Portland
Cattaidistrict* recently, a blind vein,
containing fabulous balnea in fold, was
uncovered. <1 The vein 4a about three
feet in width, and is essentially a gold
or*, unlike any vein matter heretofore
fonnd in th* district.'- Free gold is vis
ible to the' naked eve. All the- vein
natter, it ia said bv one who has seen
It, will run into the thousands of dol
lars a ten. The road work was under
construction-by the" firm * of Siems &
Carlson, under contract from the bu
reau of roads. The construction was
under the supervision of a Mr, Davis,
assisted by young Mr. Carlson, son of a
member of the construction firm. After
tsneovering tbn vein Davis and young
Carlson located four claims on it. Dan
Ijiadberg, ^ now dn i^abcouver. B. G\.
pioneer of the Portland Canal mining
camp, locator of the Big Missouri and
other properties, and'concerned in the
Hyder towasile, when told of the gold
ati discovery uid that some rears aeo
while prospecting' in the camp near the
recent discovery, be' had found a largo
piece of ‘ float gold ore that weighed
about two thousand pounds, It f was
literallv alive with gold. be said. He
spent several days in seekiag the place
of its otigia. but was unsuccessful.
The sale of the mining property of
the1 Alaska' Gastineau Gold Mining
Company, under foreclosure proceed
ings, took place in Juneau a few days
ago. The Alaska Gold Mines Com
pany was the highest bidder at 1200.000
and was awarded the property. The
property includes 8$ lode claims and 5
placer claims, the townsites of Thane
and' Perseverance, the millsltea at
those places, and' all water rights and
power developments. The mortgage
foreclosure presented $5,700,000, "The
original development cost of the prop>-<
»r»y was *16.60©.0©£). ' The- foreclosure
sale was necessary to clear the title for
the sale of Thane towoaite and mill
site and the water and power develop
ment properties to Eastern nitrate in
terests.
From Circle comes the meager re
port of a tragic accident to Adolph
Beiterman, who has the mail contract
between Circle and Eagle. The ice on
one of the many bars in the Yukon
flats broke, precipitating the mail into
ihe water. In the eff»>t*t to save the
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receiving other injuries from bis ter
ble eiperienee. Dr. Burke w»* called
From Fort Yukon to attend him. Bei
Mrmm could have reached shore in
safety mad unharmed, but his aeose of
Juty kept him in the freezing, icy
water, to rescue the mail. It is such
sets of courage that are deserving of
awards and medals of honor.
Quite a number of stampeders left
Fairbanks recently to get in on a new
find reported from the Saleh* section.
The report is that pay has been found
on French creek, a tributary of the
Little Salcha. below Caribou creek, on
the main river. It is also reported
that pay has been found oo the Brand
stetter claim, near the mouth of Cari
bou, and all interested in that section
are feeliDg much more encouraged.
The editor of the Ketchikan Chron
icle has taken up cudgels against the
rent hogs which he asserts infest that
r.ltv. He asserts that sume of the land
lords of the town are charging out
rageous rentals for shacks which in
moet towns of Alaska would not be con
sidered fit for pigsties, or words to that
effect. This, he alleges, is driving
tunny would-be residents from the First
sity.
The attempt of the soviet church of
Russia to obtain possession of the Rus
sian orthodox cburches in the United
States and Alaska has been denied by
the supreme court of the state of New
York, wnicb recently rendered a de
cision upholding the leadership of the
Metropolitan Tojtesvensky over the
Russian Greek Catholic churches in
North America and Alaska.
Tony Bosio, a well known oldtiroer
of the Juneau district, was recently ad
judged insane in the commissioner’s
court and was ordered committed to
Morniofrsid*. Bosio left Juneau a
ihort time ago to enter the Pioneer
Home at Sitka, where he was found to
be mentally unbalanced.
Information recently received by the
Fairbanks News-Miner from George G.
Lemon, from London, is- to the effect
that he has put his Fish creek dredg
ing proposition through and that he is
now out after a dredee to mioe that
creek at the earliest possible moment.
Frank Brust, a pioneer of Ruby, died
recently at Nulato, where he bad been
taken for medical treatment, according
to word received at Fairbanks, Be was
buried at Nulato.
Robert L. Petty, 14,years a resident
of Ketchikan, and its ma;, or during the
yaar 1W8-1920, died recently in the
general hospital at Ketchikan from a
Hrok# of apoplexy. He is survived by
Mrs. Petty and their son, Vern Petty,
Max Simel
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is micnoing scneot in Kew sork
city. Mr. Putty w»s boro io Califor
nia, and first came to Alaska io 1693.
The Uventfoori hotel, at Qifwnfrood,
owned by Mrs. Dickenson, waa- burned
to the ground on the evening of Uec.
24 entailiot; a loss of about $5,000,
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Lunches
John tteino
Proprietor
Are You Going to Build?
We hare in stock lumber of all kinds, rough and
dressed. Lately we have added a few lines, such
as Rustic and Shiplap, 4 and 6-inch Flooring, Win
dow and Door Casing, Window and Door Stopping.
Boat Lumber of all kinds.
And If you are goin? to build a sled, call on us. We have the
best hickory in Alaska.
INNOKO LUMBER CO.
$1 Per Month
A Dredging or Hydraulicing
Proposition, Yankee Creek
”1 am the principal owner of ft block of ground
•a Yaakee creek.'about seven mnes lone, extend
ing from No. 1 Below^Dlsoovery^dowa to the mouth
of the creek.
Pay has been'lncated all along for a distance of
about three Biles from the upper end. and pretty
well prospected and cross-cut.
The average depth of the ground Is from seven
to twanty'feet. The top is all black muck, that can
be moved freely. No roek bigger than one's fist.
The width of the pay. fori a distance of about
three miles. *is from 100 to 200 feet. Crosscut log
work indicates that the ground will go from 15
cents to tl per square fool of bedrock. My belief
is that the pay will average 50 cents per foot.
I have a ditch on the ground, three miles long,
together with water rights. The ground is prettv
well cleared. There is also a drain, three miles
loag, with the water right. I also bawp a water
right on Ready Bullion creek. fr< n <"bieh water
caa be brought to Yankee oreek « t * *. ditch less
than a mile long (4,M0 feet), which. giv» four
eluieebeads of water,iwith a pressure •? fall of 120
faet, being liOO feet te the work from toe ditch.
After doing away with the muck, there will be
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from four to six feet of dirt to handle. The pay
runs mostly in the bedrock of porphyry and slate.
The ground Is virgin, only about $11,000 having
been taken out by windlass iD prospecting.
Prospecting work during the present winter baa
resulted in finding values that run up to $1 per
square foot of bedrock.
The Flume Dredge Company has a dredge above
this ground, which has been in opeiation for the
last three seasons.
The Government road crosses Yaukee creek. I
also have a road down the creek that connects with
the Government road.
I am also the agent for owners of ground other
than that held bv myself.
The ground can be worked either with dredge,
tlrag-Uoe scraper, or by hydraulicing.
I will either sell the ground or give a lease or
It. If the prospect is satisfactory to the buyer, e
cash payment will be expected. A good bnrgaia
will be given to the right party.
For .further information, terms, etc., call oa
ground, or write or telegraph me.
ED NOLLETTK,
Tokovoa, Ataefca.