Alaska News Notes
Jack Keller, who has been identilied
with the Skagway Daily Alaskan for
• the past seventeen years, has severed
his connection with that paper and will
devote his interests to his store.
Col. Kenyon A. Joyce, of San Fran
cisco, who was recently in the Terri
tory on a hunting expedition, says that
Alaska is a paradise for sportsmen udU
that it will soon he a mecca for tour
ists.
The natives in the Metlakatlah Chris
tian church have one of the finest
choirs in Alaska, and it is said that it
would he a credit to large cities, with
paid performeis. it recently delivered
a cantata which attracted wide atten
tion.
t«ouis Smeder, a Nome resident, who
was sent Outside last summer insane,
succeeded in taking his own life, ac
cording to telegrams received by his
partner at Nome. Smeder cut his own
throat with a razor before lie was sent
out, but had recovered.
James Kaska, a Haines Indian, with
his wife and several small children,
were on their way to Tenakee after
spending a few days with friends at
Haines, and when near Hawk iulet a
strong wind came up, causiug them to j
put into the harbor, where Kaska tied
his boat to a dolphin. A strong gust
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of wind blew the dolphin over, which
fell across the ooat, smashing down i tie
house and unsettiri* a can of boiling
water. Two of the children were sc
bauiy scalded that death lesuliod after
a tew hours of ternoie suffering.
The fishing sciiuoner Daisy, which
disappeared from .Puget sound with a
load o£ bou'e when uighjacaers at
tacked the crew, is believed to be in
Alaska. Her outer set ashore on
Vancouver island and has not been
able to get tra^s of his boat.
The Petersburg fox Jamjars, al a re
cent meeting,, ottered a standing re
ward for the arrest and conviction ol
unv person poaching uve toxes or otter
ing pells belonging to association mem
bers lor saie. A protesL was aisu made
that only saiuiou until tor .human con
sumption be used lor to:-, teed.
Harold Blaley, a Sitka native, re
cently trapped a iiye uiue fox on PId
ea gof island, and is holuing iL until ti,e
biological survey can deuide as to
whether the native will be allowed to
keep it or not. According to recent
regulations no one but a licensed lox
farmer or his agent arc allowed to trap
a blue lox.
Ernest Blue and Noel M. Trarersy,
resiucuLs ot Hyder, have made applica
tion to the federal power couiuiissiou
for a waterpower site at Soule glacier
river, about nine units trutu Hyder, on
the American s'ue o! tue boundary, lor
the purpose of .developing electric
power lor the city u! fclyuer.
Charles Caine, a pioneer resident of
Cordova, and an employe of the post
otlice at that place, committed suicide
there recently by shooting himself
through the neau with a rille. He left
a brie! note reading, “Too much pain.’'
explaining the cause oi his rash act. He
iiad beeu suffering ilom stomach trou
ble for some time.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOP
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska, April 22, li/22.
Mineral Application No. 0547
NOTICE IS jULHEBY GI'v E,\
that William Schneina, who.e post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the Umted
States Land Office at Nome Alaska,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Sshneiria, Charles
Schneirla and Edward Schneirla, for
a United States patent for the Con
solidated placer mining claim bear
ing placer gold, known and des
cribed as No. 1 above Gold Run;
No. 2 Above Gold Run and the
Ferron Fraction on Little Creek in
the Innoko Mining & Recording
District >n the Territory of Alas
ka, which said Gonsolidated claim
is described hy the United States
Surveyor General of said District
as Mneral Survey No. 1276, the ex
terior boundries of which, accord
ing t the plat and field notes now
on file in this office with a var
iation of 24 deg. 35 min. E. are as
follows:
NUMBER TWO ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
* A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long
*4 ini’, sq., in earth mound, scribed
1-1276 2 Ab; whence; U. S. L. M.
•No, 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 35 min.
58 see W., 5788.01 ft.; thence N.
51 deg. 39 min. W. 1181.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 65 deg. 57
min.. j2. 699.35 ft. to Cor. N. 3.;
thence S. 57deg. 21 min. E. 1082.
3 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55
deg. 13 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor.
JN6. 1, place of beginning contain
ing 17.124 acres.
NUMBER ONE ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4 No.
Two Above on Little Creek Placer,
this survey, previously described
Whence U. S. L. M. 1276 bears S.
57 deg. 19 min. 22 sec. W, 6547.58
ft.; thence 57 deg. 21 min. W.
1082.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2; identical
with Cor. No. Three Above on
Little Creek Placer, this survey,
previously described.; thence AV.84
i deg. 35 min. E. 822.0. io Cor. iNo. 3
thence S. 70 deg. 41 min. E. 802.25
ft. to Cor. Wo. 4; thence S. XI ueg.
i 27 min. VV. 1043 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
| an area ol 10.805 acres.
! FERRON FRACTION PLACER
; Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
identical with. Cor. No. 4, No.
Two Above on Little Creek Placer
land Gor. No. 1. No. One Above on
i Little Creek Placer, this sur/ey,
i previously described; whence:- U. S.1
L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. i
| 10 min. 22 sec. W. 6547.58 ft.; j
i thence N. 17 deg. 27 min. E. 1043 j
! ft. to Cor. No. 2; identical with!
j Cor No. 4 No. One Above, this sur-'
vey previously described; thence i
S. 66 deg. 24 min. E. 112.2 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 23 deg. 38
min. W. 1036.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1
to place of beginning, containing
| an area of 1.336 acres.
Total Area included in the Con
solidated Claim 38.265 acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim is
situated on unsurveved ground on
Lit.le Creek, a tributary of Innoko
River, a tributary of the Yukon
River, about ten miles southeast of
tihe town of Ophir in the Innoko
Mining & Recording District in
said Territory.
The adjoining claims are on the
j northeast the Gold Run Associa
[ tion Claim on Little Creek unsur
veyed; on the southwest No. 3 a
! bove Gold Run on Little Creek
unsurveyed; on the northwest and
southeast claims unknown and un
surveyed.
U. S. Location Monument No.
1278 is hewn spruce post 8 in. sq.
5 ft. above ground, painted blue,
■with stone mound around same,
; and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;
whence:- W. Twin Peak bears N.
49; 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak bears
N. 51 deg 40 min. E. No. 1-Dome
bears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.
Lat. 63 deg. 04 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W. ,
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register of United State' (.and Office.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
! Mineral Application No. 0548
United State* Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that William Schneir.a, who.^c post
office address is Opthir, Alaska, has
; made application before the U. S.
Land Oil ice at Nome, Alaska on
behalf of himself and his co-owners
Jacob W. Schneirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Sehnema. for a
United States patent for the Con
solidated Placer mining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known and des
cribed as No. G Above, No. 5 A
bove, and No. 4 Above Gold Ran
Placers, on Little Creek, a tri
butary of the Innoko River, and
! situated about eleven miles south
east of the town of Ophir, in the
innoko Mining and Recording Dis
itrict, Territory of Alaska, said Con
l solidated Placer mining claim be
| ing designated by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of Alaska as U. S.
Mineral Survey No. 1277; the ex
terior boundaries of which, accord
ing to the plat and field notes of
said survey now on file in the
; said U. S. Land Office at Nome,
Alaska, with a magnetic variation
of 24 deg. 31 min. E., being as
follows:
NO. 6 ABOVE GOLD RUN.
(Beginning at Cor. No. 1;
i A hewn spruce post. 4 ft. long, 4 in.
sq., in earth mound scribed 1-1277
Ab whence U. S. L. M. No. 1278
bears S. 53 deg. 13 min. W. 3260.6
; ft.
Thence N. 39 deg. 25 min. W.
533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
bears S. 14 deg. W. 1002.8 ft. dis
tant; Thence N. 44 deg. 2 min E.
511.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3; Thence!
S. 29 deg. 9 min. E. 621.9 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; Thence S. 53 cleg.
28 min. W. 397.6 ft. to Cor No.
1 the place of biginning, contain
ing an area of 5.922 acres.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, which
is identical with Cor. No. 4 of No.
6 Above, this survey; whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 53 deg.
14 min. 37 sec. W. 3658.18 ft.;
Thence N. 29 deg. 9 min. W. 621.9
ft. to Cor. No. 2, dientical with Cor.
No. 3 of No. 6 Aboove, this survey;
Thence N. 64 deg. 55 min. E. 671.7
ft,.. t.o . Cor. Nb~.3: ,Tbence S. 28 deg.
43 min. E. 792 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
l hence S. 7 8 deg. 58 min. W.
697.8 ft to Cor. .\o. 1, the place
of beginning, containing an area
of 10.627 acre;?.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RUN
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4 of No. 5 A
bove, this survey, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 17
min. 6 sec. W. 4297.52 ft.; Thence
N. 28 deg 43 W. 792 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 3 of
No. 5 Above placer, this survey;
Thence N. 41 deg. 32 min E. 546.9
ft. to Cor No. 3; Thence S. 37 deg.
19 min. E. 1075 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 68 deg. 29 min. W. 680.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing an area of 12.
754 acres.
The total area contained in said
Consolidated Placer claim is 29.503
acres.
The adjoining claims are, on the
northeast No. 3 Above Gold Run
Placer on Little Creek, claim «n
surveyed and claimants unknown;
on the southwest No. 7 Above Gold
Run Placer on Little Creek, claim
unsurveyed and claimant unknown;
on fhe northwest and southeast,
claimants unknown and claims un
surveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1278 to which
the survey is tied is a hewn spruce
post 8 in. square, 8 ft. long, chis
eled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with
stone mound 3 ft. high and 6 ft.
base around same, situated on a
high prominent point on the right
limit on Little Creek, immediately
above the confluence of Little
Creek and Trail Creek, whence
West Twin Peak bears N. 49 deg.
30 min. E.; East Twin Peak bears
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E.; and No. 1
Dome bears N. 23 deg. 43^min. E.;
Lat. 63 deg. 4 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register tl. S. Land Office.
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