ha galvanized water BUCK
ETS OF GOLD EACH CLEANUP
(Sdvnrd Gateway.)
Fourteen galvanized water bucket's
-fiill of gold for every two weeks’,
•cleanup since June, from the three
'dredges of the Fairbanks Exploration
'Company, spells the reason for over
• $H()0,000 recovery from the old
'creeks of Fairbanks this summer, ac
<cording to information given the
'Gateway, recently.
It marks the fiTst flood of gold to
• come back to the company after an
• expenditure of Si'>,000,000 in getting
iready and the tirst installment of the
t $150,000,000 which the company is al
most sure to recover, or as Fairbanks
produced in the old days from sluice
1 boxes.
This news is not from any official
•or employe of the company, but from
•‘an old-time mining authority. The
• company, so far as know'n, has never
• divulged the amounts of the cleanups.
' Three dredges have been working
t the past, summer, one at 21 Below
• Coldstream, one at Gilmore, and one
rat Chutanika, and the success at
tained thus far, from the old pay
: streaks, tailings from old dumps, and
• new paystreaks never mined before,
is said to indicate the thoroughness
• of the drilling operations carried on
iby the company before it started to
• move in, and furnishes most conclu
: sive proof that two more dredges will
Ibe installed next year, ami possibly
-four. The original report had it that
• twelve dredges would be eTected in
• the Fairbanks district.
The first dredge started on Gold
: stream early in June, but all three
•were nursed along until the machin
« ery was. working smoothly. Had they
f been- able to work to full capacity all
• the season, it is estimated that they
• would have taken out nearer $2,000,
• 000 han $1,000,000.
Work in the early part of the sea
; son was held up by breaks in the
. great ditch, and if will require another
.year to get this in thorough order, as
the cold water thaws out the ground
• along the hillsides and great holes
• formed that had to be pldgged with
i moss.
The first season is hailed as a great
'victory for the company, it is said.
• and a forerunner of vast operations
• all over Alaska.
THIS MAY BE ALL RIGHT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Henry'
1 Ford, on his way to a White House
• dinner last night, advised the youth
• of the laud to work and ^end.
. Ed Noljette, after a couple of day’s j
i;n town, returned to Yankee creek on
’.Thursday.
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LEGISLATIVE CONTESTS
PRACTICALLY DECIDED;
DONNELLEY CERTAIN
(Fairbanks News-Miner, Nov. 21.)
With the arrival of official election
returns today from Kantishna and
Medfra, leaving only Little Squaw.
Chandalar, Betties, Anvik, Beaver and
Woodchopper on the’Yukon to report,
the election of Luther .C. Hess to the
Territorial Senate and Joe McDonald,
R. C. Rothenburg, Harr)? Donnelley
and Walter G. Fisher to the House
may be said to be assured. If the
last six precincts voted solidly for
Robert E. Sheldon and gave no votes
to Fisher, the former could yet be
elected, but in nearly all communities
of the Fourth division excepting
Fairbanks and Kenans Fisher has run
ahead of Sheldon, it is almost certain
that he will poll sufficient votes in
the others to maintain his lead.
Fisher’s lead over Sheldon is now
24 votes. He was given four votes at
Medfra to Sheldon’s two. Donnelley
polled the highest number of votes in
those precincts, receiving 12, while R.
C. Rothenburg was second with 9,
and H. II. Ross third with 8. The
various candidates received the fol
lowing votes:
Kantishna.
Grigsby 0, Sutherland "8.
Rustgard 6, Truitt 1.
Erwin 6, Hess 2.
Callahan 0, Davison 2, Donnelley 2,
Fisher 3, Johnston 6, McDonald 1,
Nordale 0, Peterson 2, Rickert 2, Ross
2, Rothenburg 4, Sheldon 1, Wright L
Medfra.
Grigsby 0, Sutherland 12.
Rustgard 11, Truitt 0.
Erwin 2, Hess 8.
Callahan ), Davison 1, Donnelley
10, Fisher 1, Johnston 1, McDonald 6,
Nordale 4, Peterson 0, Rickert 2, Ross
(J, Rothenburg 5, Sheldon 1, Wright 1.
With the above precincts included,
the total vote for the Fourth division
is:
For Delegate.
Sutherland, 1806; Grigsby, 916.
Attorney General.
Rustgard, 1234; Truitt, 757.
Senator.
Hess, 1074; Erwin, 757.
Representatives.
McDonald, 910; Rothenburg, 802;
Donnelley, 779; Fisher, 755; Sheldon,
731; Johnston, 720; Callahan, 654;
Ross, 641; Ncrrdale, 504; Wright, 463;
Rickert, 462; Peterson, 419; Davison,
97.
Mail Carrier Charlie Konig, with
the outgoing mail, arrived Thursday
and continued to McGrath on Friday.]
Mrs. Konig accompanied her husband
to Flat and back to McGrath.
Henry Martella and Rasmus Mat
son left yesterday for Yankee.
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FRANK WISEMTN TELLS OF
DOINGS ON LOWER RIVER
(Fairnjtnks News-Miner.)
Newsy items of the lower'Kusko
kwim country-are told in a letter to
United States Marshal Lynn Smith
from Deputy Frank C. Wiseman, whoj
is stationed at Bethel.
Increased mining activity is noted
by Mr. Wiseman, who says: “In ad
dition to the New York-Alaska
dredge, the hydraulic outfit on the
Hess ground have had a good season.
Lewis H. Kappler, the Fairbanks min
ing engineer, has a small crew pros
pecting on the Arolic river with a!
horse drill. This ground is 105 miles j
below Bethel on the left limit of Kus
kokwim bay. Clarence Berry is said
to be back of the proposition, and as
Mr. Berry has not‘-exactly been un
lucky hereiofore in his mining ven-!
tures, it would not be" surprising to
have them strike dredging ground, as
gold is known to exist in the Arolic
for a long time past.
“About twelve men were engaged in
prospecting their platinum holdings j
on Salmon creek and tributaries, just j
below Goodnews bay, the past season.
They took out an aggregate of about
100 ounces. The presencerof osmium
and other elements brings th‘e value
of the product up to $90 an ounce,
but as that sent out was poorly
cleaned it brought the average down
to $72 the ounce. While some of the
holders figure their proposition will ■
produce a fortune, conservative esti
mates place the field as a grubstake
proposition. Some inquiries have
; been received from the States regard
ing the securing of all the ground
under option and the sending in of an
engineer to expert the same, but to
date it-remains only a prospect.’’
H. E. Seneff, special officer for sup- >
pressing traffic in intoxicating liquors
among the natives, and Warren S', j
Harding, prohibition enforcement
agent, were in the Bethel territory •
before the close of navigation. Jo
seph Demandel, an old offender, was!
arrested for bootlegging and upon
pleading guilty was fined $500.
Mr. Wiseman learned that the:
search made for Klutok, Indian slay- •
er of an unknown number of men, by
Deputy Flenckenstein of the Third j
division, was fruitless. Klutok is a 1
cold-blooded murderer who has made
travel unsafe over a large territory.
A reward of $500 is offered for his
capture. He makes his headquarters
around the headwaters of the Hoho
Iitna river. It is Deputy Wiseman’s j
belief that the murderer’s capture!
could be effected by him during the!
wintermontlas. It would probably!'
take two or three months, he says,
and “supplies and dog feed would
necessarily have to be transported to ’
some headquarters camp in that coun- *
try and the -employmetnt of a guide
familiar with the country would also
be absolutely necessary. The latter
eould not easily be secured, as the
natives are all really afraid of the
fellow and would be liable to bolt
even after reaching his stamping
grounds, liut Klutok should be appre
hended before he commits other out
rages.”
Frank J. Guskey ■
Notary Public
• McGrath, Alaska
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IN A SOCIAL WAY.
Peter Jensen, Dan McGinty and
Rasmus .Matson seemed to be those at
the head of a collaboration dinner
given last Monday night, "the -affair
Nelson. It was a chicken feed and a
good one. Those seated were: t.Chris
Peterson, John Griffin, Dan McGinty,
Claude Nyberg,- Charlie O’.Halloran,
Mr. and Mrs. Ivar Ch'lstrom, Mrs. W.
H. Jones, Rasmus Matson. Peter Jen
sen, Chris Nelson, J. H. McLean and
A. X. Grant.
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To H. W. Strangman, Jack Lamont,
James McHugh, J. N. Anderson,
E. Coke Hill, and all persons
claiming by, through or under
them, or any of them, and their
heirs, executors, assigns and suc
cessors in interest,.greeting:
You. and each of you are hereby j
notified: That during each of the
following annual labor years, to-wit:1
the years ending July 1st, 1922, 1923,
1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927, the under
signed put one . hundred dollars
($100.00) worth of work and improve-i
ments on the certain placer mining.
claim on Long Creek, in the Nulato
Recording District, Territory of
Alaska, known as Buckeye Associa-.
lion.
That all of said work and improve-1
ments were required by law and were
put upon said daim in compliance
therewith in order to-'hold the same
for each said year.and thereafter;
That during each said year and at
all times thereafter the undersigned
was and is a co-owner of each said
claim, and if within ninety (90) days
after the ninety (90) 'day publication
hereof, to-wit: ninety days after the
28th day of April,-1928, you and each
of you do not contribute to the under
signed your proportion of said ex
penditure for each said claim for
each said yoar, your interest in said > |
claim will become the property of the
undersigned.
That the sum each of you should
contribute for each said claim for <
each said years bears the same rela
tion to one hundred dollars ($100.00)
as your undivided interest in each
said claim bore to the entire interest ,
in said claim, during each said year.
ELLA A. CRANE,
Ruby. Alaska.
First pub., Sept. 22; last, Dec. 22.
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