Alaska Mines Show In
creased Output in 1922
Washington.—The Department of the
Interior, through the Geological Sur
vey, announces that the value of the
Alaska mine production in 1922 was
$l-9.50&,365v an increase of $2.(>00,000
over that of 1921. This increase, ao
cording to Alfred H. Brooks chief
Alaskan geologist, is entirely due to a
larger oopper output. About 3,800 men
were employed in Alaska productive
mining during 1922, and in addition to
these about one thousand were engaged
in prospecting and mine development
work. Since mining first began at Ju
neau. in 1880, the Territory has pro
duced minerals to a total value of $497.
985,278, which has come chielly from
gold and copper deposits.
The outstanding features of the
Alaska mining industry in 1922 were:;
(1) Preparation for drilling in the Gold )
Bay oil held, Alaska Peninsula, were
made in 1922. by two strong companies,
and drilling was started in the winter
of 1922^22. It was reported in May that
two wells had reached depths of 300
and 000 feet, but would have to drill at
least 300 or 900 feet more to reach the
supposed oil land. (2) Installation of
large placer mining plants continued
and the work on same was so well ad
vanced as to insure their operation in
1923.. (3) The activity in gold lode
development, already noted for 1921,
was continued in 1922. (4) The copper
production of 1922 was nearly 43 per
cent greater than that of 1921, and
there was a revival of prospecting for
cooper.
Alaska’s mining needs capital for its
further development, and during the
year there were many encouraging
signs that large mining companies
were turning their attention to Alaska
as a prospective field for investment.
The above data are taken frotn the an
nual report.
Demand Cut 75 PerCt.,
Says Irish Distiller
New Ybrk*—Ljeat.-Col. John Dun
ville, Irish whisky manufacturer, who
arrived today on the steamer Baltic,
declared thftt consumption of his pr o
duct hail fallen’ offn 75 per cent since
1919. Prohibition' id Ameriea, unem
ployment in LtelancVaod-tatses in Kng
laid. were causes he assigned,
Sam hid passed through a harrow
ing experience lie had seen a ghost.
While his audience listened with bulg
ing eyes, he related the story of his ad
venture.
“Ah jes’ come out of de cowshed,”
her said, “an’ Ah had a bucket o’ milk
in mah hand. Den Ah hears a noise
by de side of da road an’ de ghost
rushes out.”
“Good heavens!” interrupted one of
hife listeners., “’l'id. ye’ shake with
fright, Sam?”
“ Ah don't know what Ah shook wid.
Ah hain’t sayin’ for suttin Ah shook at
all.1 Edit when Ah got home Ah found
all de tniKr-gone an’ two pounds o’ but
ter in do bucket.”—Pittsburgh Chron
icle-Telegraph.
‘ All Kinds of
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Rough Lumber
Tokotna £ Deli very
$80 PERM
John Heino
Coolidge Likes Eggs,
Chef Mixes New Dish
Washington. New Bagla tutors all
like eggs, and President Cooiioge is no
exception. He likes them so much, in
fact, that Anthony (HasoeH, who cooks
his meals, has originated a new way of
serving them. “Kggs a la < oolidge,”
Anthony calls them, and this is how ha
prepares them.
He Lakes two handfuls of cooked
spinach and chops it very tii.<. adding
six tablespoons of cream sauce and
three tablespoons of butter. Mixing
well, he seasons with salt an pepper,
and cooks for 15 minntes. Then he
puts the creamed spinach in six indi
vidual little baking dishes, placing a
pouched egg on each, and covering
with cream sauce and a sprinkle of
grated cheese. A few minutes in a
hot oven, and the President'- favorite
dish is idv
Town Deserted as Pop
ulace Go On Vacations
Plainfield, Conn.—The street cleaner,
the lamplighter and one cat were the
sole inhabitants last night in this vil
lage of IKK) souls.
The other 898 have gone to the
mountains or the seashore on a week’s
vacation.
Plainfield is an industrial town with
one large manufacturing plant, giving
employment to virtually every male in
habitant. Dull business brought the
company to the necessity of going on a
short time basis or shutting down for a
week.
The question w»s put up to the em
ployes and they voted for a week’s va
cation. With F"-ings accounts aggre
gating $700,000 they can afford it.
Probate Notice to Creditors.
In the matter of the Kstate of Charles
Bresler, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that, on the
29th day of September, 1923, the judge
of the probate court for Mi. M ■ Kiri ley
precinct, at McGrath. Ah ka, appoint j
ed the undersigned adi listrator oi l
the estate of Charles Bresler, de- ■
ceased, and all persons having claims
against the estate of Charles Bresler, |
deceased, are required to pr esent them,
with proper vouchers, within six
months from the date of this notice, to
Chris Peterson, executor of said estate,
at the N. C, Co.’s store, Tokotna,
Mt. McKinley precinct, Alaska.
Dated at Tokotna, Alaska, this hi d
day of October, 1923.
G’HHT^ Pi TKKSON,
Executor.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Leonard Dodge. F. Smith, Harvey
Wentz. It. It. Guile, or It. H. Grif
fiths. and T. J. Colley, their per
sonal representatives, heirs and as
signs:
You and each of you are hereby noti
fied that the undersigned h >s expended
for annual labor one hundred dollars
(8100.00) per year for the years 1915,
1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, upon the
following described mining claim, ir>
Ruby recording district, Territory of
Alaska: The Sandbag Association
Claim, on Greenstone creek, a tribu
tary of Long creek, in order to hold
said claim under the provisions of law
respecting annual labor upon mining
claims.
And if within ninety (90 i days after
the publication of this notice yon, or
anv of you, fail to pay your portion of
the amount expended n the above
claim, your interest in said claim will
become forfeited to the undersigned co
owner, according to the provisions of
Section 2324 Revised Statutes of the
United States.
Dan SmuiflRLAND.
Date of first publication, Sept. 22. 1923.
Date of final publication, >ec. 29, 1923.
Mineral Application No. 051)9.
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska. Au
gusts, 1923 —
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Hume Dredge Company, organ- j
ized and existing under the Laws of J
the State of California, whose post
office address is' Mills Building, San j
Francisco, California, has made ap
pUcuuuu through Charles E. Kimball,
its authorized agent, whose post
office address is Nome, Alaska, be
fore the United States Land Office
o Nome, Alaska, ror a United
States Patent for the consolidated
place,, mining claim kr :wn as No.
4 \BOVE DISCOVERY ON YAN
KEE CREEK, No. 3 ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
BENCH CLAIM, RIGHT LIMIT,
OPPOSITE NO. 3. ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
FRACTION BETWEEN NO. 2 and
No. ‘ ABOVE DISCOVERY ON
YANKEE CREEK, BENCH CLAIM
No. 2 ABOVE ON YANKEE CREK,
and No. 2 ABOVE DISCOVERY
ON YANKEE GREEK, in the Inno-|
ko Mining & Recording District,!
Territory of Alaska, and designated;
by the United States Surveyor Gen-1
oral of said territory a3 Mineral
Survey No. 1272; the exterior boun
daries of said'placer claims, accord
ing to the plat and field notes of
said survey, now on file in said
land office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 dcr. 12 min. E.,) being!
as follows:
NUMBER FOUR ABOVE DI3-|
COVERY—Beginning at Gor. No.;
l. identical with Cor. No. 4, sur. No. j
127', No. 5 Above on Yankee Creek!
Placer, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. sq.,1
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed 4 1271-5 Ah., and 1-1
1272-4 Ab., whenc U.S.L.M. No.1270
bears S. 21 deg. 15 min. 02 sec. W.,
2648.82 ft; thence N. 63 deg. 03
min. VV. 862.15 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 35 m;n. E., 761.8
ft. to Cor. No. 3, thence S. 65 deg.
.09 min. E., 753.35 ft. to Cor. No.;
4; thence S. 27 deg. 18 min. W.,
780.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place
of beg ■ ning, containing an area of
14.199 acres.
NUMBER THREE ABOVE DIS-1
CO .ERi —Beginning at Cor. No. I
1, identical with Cor. No. 4., No. 4, i
Above on Yankee Creek, this sur
vey, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth [
mound, scribe 4-1272-4 Ab., and:
1-1272-3 Ab., whence U. S. L. M
No. 1270 bears S. 22 deg. 37 min. -
35 sec. W., 3423.31 ft.; thence N.
65 deg. .09 min. W., 753.35 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence JN. 8 deg. 55
min. E. 659.8 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence S. 78 deg. 43 min. E. 500.5!
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence 8. 73 deg. ‘
24 min. E., 317.45 ft. to Cor. No. i
5; thence S. 15 deg. 22 min. W.
808.3 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place i
of beginning, containing an area of
13.233 acres.
BENCH CLAIM RIGHT LIMIT
OPPOSITE NUMBER THREE
ABOVE—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical w’ith Cor. No. 4, No. 4
Above on Yankee Creek and Cor.
No. 1, No. 3 Above on Yankee
Creek, this survey, a hewn spruce
post, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. above
ground, in earth mound, scribe
4-1272-4 Ab., 1-1272-3 Ab., and
1-1272-3 I?h., thence N. 15 deg. 22
min. E., 808.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence S. 71 deg. 24 min. E., 167.25
ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S. 66 deg.
58 min. E., 259.1 ft. to Cor. No.
4; thence S. 7 deg. 31 min. W.,
857.6 ft. to Cor. No. 5; thence N.
OF deg. 38 min. W-, 548.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, and place of beginning,
containing an area of 9.134 acres.
FRACTION BETWEEN NUMBER
TWO AND NUMBER THREE
ABOVE—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, No. 3
Above on Yankee Creek, this su ■
vey, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed 3-1272-3 Ab., and
1-1272-2 F., whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1270 bears S. 10 leg. 07 min.
15 sec., W., 4195.91 ft; thence N.
9 deg. 33 min. E., 1031.1 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. 54 deg. 46 min.,
E. 761.8 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 24 deg. 10 min. W., 739.85 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 78 deg. 43
min. W., 500.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 12.270 acre.
BENCH CLAIM NUMBER TWO
ABOVE-—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 4, Fraction
between No. 2 and No. 3 Above on
Yankee Creek Placer and Cor. No.
4, No. 3 Above on Yankee Creek
Placer, this survey, a hewn spruce
post 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. above
ground, in earth mound, scribed
4-1272-2 F., 4-1272-3 Ab., and 1
1272-2 Bh., whence U. S. L. M. No.
1270 bears S. 16 deg. 56 min. 17
sec. W., 4215.56 ft.; thence N. 24
deg. 10 min. E., 730.85 ft. Cor.
No. 2; thence S. GO deg. <' ' . E.,
504.55 ft. to Cor. No. 3 n-e S.
2G deg. 03 min.. W., 6 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence N. 71 deg. 24
min. W. 167.25 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence N. 73 deg. 24 min. W., 317.45
ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place of be
ginning, containing an area of 7.713
acres.
NUMBER TWO ABOVE DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No.
1, identical with Cor. No. 2, Bench
'Nairn, No. 2 Above on Yankee
v,reek Placer, and Cor. No. 3, Frac
tion Between No. 2 and No. 3 Above
on Yankee Creek Placer, this sur
vey, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. sq.
set 2 ft. ab< . ground, in earth
mou-'d, scribed 2-1272-2 Bh., 3-1272
2 F., and 1-1272-2 Al.; whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. 18 deg.
00 min. 37 sec. W., 4950.51 ft.;
tihence N. 54 deg. 46 min. W., 7G1.8
ft. to Cor. No. 2; ihence N. 12 deg.
57 min. E., 502.7 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence S. 50 deg. 09 min. E. 726.1
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 10 deg.
09 min. W. 533.45 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
and place of beginning, ontaining
an area of 8.139 acres.
Total area applied for 64.088
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
| N. No. 1 Above on Yankee Creek
; Placer, unsurveyed; on the S., Sur
vey No. 1271, No. 5 \bove on Yan
kee Creek Placer and claims un
known and unsurveyed; on the E.
and W., claims unknown and unsur
veyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 is a hewn
spruce post, situated about 75 ft.
E. of Brow of small bluff on the
right limit of Yankee Creek and
about 60 ft. in elevation of bed of
same. Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N.
Longitude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
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