Locator Describes
Quartz Discoveries
Over at Kantishna
One of the largest mining deals exe
■ euted in Western Alaska for some
years has beer, completed by Grant and
Giles in the bonding of a group of 23
claims at Copper Mountain, in the Kan
tishna, to J. J. Price and Tom Aitken,
says the Anchorage Times.
According to A. M. Grant, who is
now en route to California, and who,
with Frank Giles, discovered the prop
■ eriy in July, a year ago, Copoer moun
tain is anomer Mayo. Some idea of
the extent of the deposit of silver-lead
copper ore may be gained from Mr.
G rant’s statement that the last big find
was made on a vein 72 feet in.width and
stripped for 400 feet. The vein series
. in the group of claims, says Mr. Grant,
rauge from 4 to 114 feet' ia width, re
vealing millions of tons of commercial
ore, assays ranging from SI.50 to $400
, per ton. t
During the past two years. Grant and
> Giles have been prospecting the count
■ try lying between McKinley creek, and
the east fork of the stream north . of
. Mount McKinley, and about. -55 miles
from. Riley creek.. Many times the?
had passed around a bluff showing
- signs of mineralization. Devoting some
time to prospecting, they uncovered
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the monster 72-foot ledge that led to
the bonding of the property to Price
and A,(ken.
“The Kantiehna is an ideal mining
country,” said Mr. Grant. “We have
a 2ci foot bed of tine lignite coal within
seven miles of the property, and the
country is easily accessible. We are
well above limber line, and our work
has been confined to stripping and
tracing ledges and vein3. Tbe best
values we have found in the larger
veins. Owing to the lack of timber we
have not gone underground any dis
tance. We hauled up a few mine tim
bers by dog leatn and set up a camp
and built a cabin. A coniract lias been
let by Price and Aitken for hauling in
mine Umbers to be used next summer
in underground development.”
Many who have seen the property,
including Or. Alfred Brooks, pro
nounce it one of the greatest lode finds
in the history of the Territory and pre
dict an era of development that will
duplicate the success of Mayo, Y. T.
Mr. Grant sajs the find will exert a
tremendous influence on all lode min
ing In Alaska, and particularly in tlio
railroad bell. “All Alaska needs is
prospectors: the ores are here. I look
for the greatest mining revival in the
history of the Territory to come soon.”
Made Many Millions
Out of Bootleg Booze
Cleveland.—Government prosecutors
Yvho s.e conducting the trial of Louis
and Abraham Auerbach on a charge of
conspiring to violate the prohibition
law diretily accused the two of with
drawing over 80.000 gallons of pure al
cohol fr uit government warehouses for
the purpose of manufacturing perfumes j
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Marshal’s Sale.
Under and by virtue of an execution
issued out of the District Court for the
Fourth division, Territory of A'aska,
in an action wherein Robert Lockwood
was plaintiff and Tuluksak Gold Min
ing Company, a corporation, was de
fendant, upon a judgment rendered on
the 3rd day of July, 1922, in favor of
said plaintiff and against said defend
ant, for the sum of two thousand one
hundred eighty-five dollars ($2,185.00),
current lawful money of the United
States of America, with interest, at the
rate of 8 per ceut per annum, co>ts, and
increased costs, I did, on the 2nd day
of September. 1922, levy upon all the
right, title, claim, and iuterest of said
defendant in and to the following de
scribed real property, to-wit: That,
certain placer mining claim known and
described as “Spruce Creek Associa
tion”, and also that certain placer min
ing claim known and described as the
”\linnieClaim”, both said claims being
situate on Spruce creek, a tributary of
Bear creek. Bethel recording precinct.
Fourth judicial division. Alaska: and
also that certain ditch and water right
known and described as the Spruce
Creek Ditch and Water Right, said
ditch extending from the head of Little
Bonanza creek, a tributary of Beat
creek. to a point ori Spruce creek, as
aforesaid, o-ar the lower end of said
Spruce Creek Association Placer Min
ing Claim, together with all vested
rights to divert the waters of said Lit
tle Bonanza creek into said ditch.
And I did, on the 3rd day of Septem
ber, 1922. l. vy upon all the right, title,
claim, and interest, of the said defend
ant in and to the following described
real property, to wit: That certain
placer mining claim known and de
scribed as the “Little Bonanza Associa
tion”. situate on Little Bonanza creek,
a tributary of Bear creek aforesaid.
Notice is hereby given that 1 will, on
the loth day of December, 1922. at 10
o'clock a. m. of said day. at the office of
the United States Marshal, in the town
of Flat, Alaska, sell at public auction,
for current lawful money of the United
States of America, all the right, title,
claim, and interest of said defendant in
and to the above described property, or
so much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy said judgment, with interest
and costs, and increased costs, to the
highest bidder.
Dated this 27th dav of September,
A. D. 1922, at Flat, Alaska.
Gilbert B. Stevens,
United States Marshal,
By James A. Davidson, i
{Special Deputy Marshal.
and other toilet articles and diverting
it to the manufacture of bootleg
whisky. Tbe prosecutors allege that
through the offices of these two the
bootleg ring disposed of nearly fifteen
million dollars’ worth of illegal pro
ducts in one year.
The harvest of fur seals on the Prib
ilof islands this year will he worth
about $3,600,000. The natives em
ployed bv the gavernmeat have killed
30.000 since the first of June. The
harvest last year was 26,512, and the
skins were held on account of the low
price prevailing. The total of the
catch for the two seasons will be auc
tioned off in St. Louis at once on ac
count of the high prices.
According to L. C. Decius, geologist
for the Associated Oil Company, which,
with the Standard Oil Company, is pre
paring to drill in tho Cold bay oil
fields, the Pear l creek dome is an idea,
location for the accumulation of oil.
and he is sanguine it will be struck at
a depth of 1,600 feet, and places the
maximum depth at not to exceed 2,500
feet. The first well will be completed
next summer.
A test case to determine the validity
of the Territorial fur tax, passed by
the 1921 legislature, was heard recent
ly before Judge Cecil IJ. Clegg in the
district court at Fairbanks. The ac
tion v.-as brought by the Territory
against the Northern Commercial Com
pany, which, on the advice of its coun
sel, refused to pay the tax on the
ground that it was not validly imposed.
Nodecision har, as yet been rendered ir
the case by Judge Clegg.
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