, Alaska News Notes
t Joe Road ho»se*»r.d Dave Taft, both
well known former1 Nomeites, died in
the County Hospital, in Seattle, a few
weeks ago.
Peter Donovan,Aged'51, died at the
Anchorage hospital recently-- Deceased
was a trapper and miner in the Tolo
vana district for years. He was a mera
1 ber of Ketchikan Igloo, ' Pioneers of
• Alaska.
W. K. McKay, who spent some time
r recently examining the> Yakataga oil
i field with Mi J. Sullivan, expresses the
opinion that the Yakataga held is one
• of the most promising of all the Alaska
oil fields.
After a residence of ;2o years at Ju
neau, Judge John-i R. Winn departed
lor the south recently to permanently
locate at Venice, Calif., and possibly
continue the practice of law at Los An
i. geles later.
It-is-'estrBMrtlec?- by 1’those on the
ground'that 20,000 tons of ore will be
• hauled from Keno Hill to Mayo uext
winter for shipment to1 Outside i,melt
^rs. About half'that quantity will be
^ shipped this summer.
Dad Ingram, for many years in busi
ness at Valdez, being senior member of
the firm of Ingrain & Bush, now resides
i at Portland, where he is the-city sales
man for a large establishment. As a
side line Dad owns a big apartment
house.
Bor.lilt'", well known Cordova citi
zen, passed away in Seattle a few days
ago, from heart trouble. Mr. Ray at
< one time was a member of the Terri
torial legislature,'and had been identi
fied with the Territory’s interests since
ISO*.
Captain AV'W.'i Thomas, eon troll in?
owner of the Prince Ashton cannery,
Prince William Sound, was declared of
unsoune mind recently in Seattle by
physicians who made an examination
at a hearing called for the purpose of
- determining his sanity.
Mrs. M. B. Simpson, aged 58. Yukon
pioneer; was burned to death recently
• when her • home on Hunker creek
caught Ore. She tried to get a trunk
of valuables from her bedroom. She
'-■was found beside a pool of water, to
which she had crawled, and died seven
hours later.
Judge Peter1 ’ D. Overfield, formerly
> district judge of the Fourth judicial
division of Alaska, and Mrs. Overfield
are living in^LoS Angeles. Rumor says
< that the Judge has ;juit raising cotton,
end as soon -as he can find a suitable
t location will become the agent for the
Stutz motor car in Los Angeles.
'The1 historic home of Louis‘CruiK
*hank at>Ggilvie, on the Yukon river,
was burned receetly, the building and
■ -contents being entirely destroyed. The
n house was-built -by Harper & Ladue
1 for a trading post before the discovery
> of gold-in the Klondike. <It was situ
ated on en-island at the mouth of the
•Sixtymtle river.
The Salcha Mining Company is the
i came'of a new domestic corporation or
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transportation business in Alaska, and
capitalized at $300,000. The incorpor
ators named are J. A. Stewart and
Paul Denhart, of Fairbanks, and Carl
Brandstetter and August Brandstetter,
both of whom reside on Caribou creek,
a tributary of the Salehaket river,
Fairbanks is named as tbe principal
place of business.
Thomas G. Carter, United States
commissioner for the Chandlar record
ing district, recently passed away in a
hospital in Chicago. Mr. Carter was a
miner and prospector of the West, and
was typical of the outdoor m.in who
blazed trails and developed resources
of the country. He went to Nome in
the early days, and from there went to
the little-known Chandlar country,
where he remained until his health
failed him.
Fourteen inches of free milling gold
ore that, gauged by external appear
ances, should carry values of approxi
mately *1,000 a ton, was cut recently in
the Pem mine, on Archangel creek,
Willow Creek district, in a twelve-foot
winze being sunk on the vein from the
main working tunnel. The ,;nd was
made by T. S. McDougail, superintend
ent, who is directing the work of ex
ploring the vein to greater depth, after
considerable pay ore has been taken
out above.
Mineral Application No. 0599.
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska. Au
gust 8, 15123.—
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, organ
ized and existing’ under the Laws of
the State of California, whose post
office address is Mills Building, San
Francisco, California, has made ap
plication through Charles E. Kimball,
its authorised agent, whose post
office address is Nome, Alaska, be
fore the United States Land Office
of Nome, Alaska, for a United
States Patent for ttbe consolidated
placer mining claim known as No.
4 ABOVE DISCOVERY ON YAN
KEE CREEK, No. .3 ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK.
BENCH CLAIM, RIGHT LIMIT,
OPPOSITE NO. 3 A HOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK,
FRACTION BETWEEN NO. 2 and
No. 3 ABOVE DISCOVERY ON
YANKEE CREEK, BENCH CLAIM
No. 2 ABOVE ON YANKEE CREK,
and No. 2 ABOVE DISCOVERY
ON YANKEE CREEK, in the Inno
ko Mining & Recording District,
Territory of Alaska, am! designated
by the United States Surveyor Gen
eral of said territory as 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 deg. 12 min. E.,) being
as follows:
NUMBER FOUR ABOVE DIS
COVERY—Beginning a’ Cor. No.
1, identical with Cor. No. 4, sur. No.
1271, No. 5 Vbove on Yankee Creek
Placer, a hewn spruce post, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed 4-1271-5 Ab., and 1
1272-4 Ab., whence U.S.L.M. No.1270
bears S. 21 cleg. 15 min. 02 sec. W.,
2048.82 ft; thence N. 53 deg. 03
mm. W. 862.16 ft. to Gor. No. 2;
thence N. 35 deg. 35 min. E., 701.8
ft. to Cor. No. 3, thence S. 65 deg.
.00 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 beginning, containing an area of
14.195) acres.
NUMBER THREE ABOVE DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No.
1, identical with Cor. No. 4., No. 4,
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 dee. 37 min.
35 sec. W., 3426.31 ft.; thence N.
65 deg. .09 min. W., 753.35 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 8 cleg. 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 S. 73 deg.
24 min. E., 317.45 ft. to Cor. No.
5; thence S. 15 deg. 22 min. W.
808.3 ft. to Cor. ..No.. 1 and place
: of beginning-, containing an area of
13.233 acres.
BENCH CLAIM RICHT LIMIT
OPPOSITE NUMBER THREE
i ABOVE—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
I identical with 'Cor. No. 4, No. 4
! Above on Yankee Creek and Cor.
No. 1, .No, 3 .Above on Yankee
Creek, this survey, a newn spruce
'post, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. above
ground, in earth mound, scribe
4-1272-4 Ab., 1-1272-:;. Ab , and
1-1272-3 Bh., 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; thenc e S. fiG deg.
58 min. E., 259.1 ft. to Cor. No.
j 4; thence S. 7 deg. 31 min. W.,
I 857.6 ft. to Cor. No. 5; thence N.
65 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 a Cor Nb. 1,
identical with Cor. No, 3, No. 3
Above on Yankee Creek, this sur
vey, a hewn spruce po t, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed. 3-1272-3 Ab., and
1-1272-2 F., whence IT. S. L. M.
No. 1270 bears S. 10 deg. 07 min.
15 sec., W., 4195.91 ft.; thence N.
9 deg. 33 rr in. E., 1031.1.ft. to Cor.
No.:, 2... thence S. 54 deg. 46 min.,
E.'7< 1,cT 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. Nu. 1
and place of beginning, . containing
an area of 12.270 acres.
BENCH CLAIM NUMBER TWO
ABOVE—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. N<. 4, Fraction
between No. 2 and No. 3 Ahove 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 Ah., and 1
1272-2 Bh., whence U. S. L M, No.
1270- bears S. 16 deg. 5*. non 17
sec. W., 4215.56 ft.; thence N. 24
deg. 10 min. E., 739.85 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence S. .60 deg. 07 min. E.,
504.55 ft.- to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
26 deg. 03 min, W., 631.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 4, 1 hence N. 71 deg. 24
min. W. .16,7.25 ft. ti> Gor. 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.
I, identical with Cor. N ). 2, Bench
Claim, No. 2 Above on Yankee
Creek Placer, and Cor. No. 3, P'rac
I tion Between No. 2 and No. 9 Above
1 on Yankee Creek Placer, this sur
; vey, a hewn spruce pos . 1 ins. sq.
j set 2 ft. above ground, in earth
mound, scribed 2-1272-2 Bh., 3-1272
2 F., and 1-1272-2 Ab.; whence U.
5. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. 18 deg.
00 min. . 37 sec. W.. 4950.51 ft,.;
thence N. 54 deg. 46 min. W., 761.8
ft. to Cor. No. 2; theme N. 12 deg.
57 min. E., 502.7 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence S. 56 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 place1 of beginning, containing
an area of 8.139 acres.
Total area applied for' 64.688
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N. No. 1 Above on Yankee (.reck
Placer, unsurveyed; on the S.. Sur
vey No. 1271, No. 5 \h;>ve on Yan
kee Creek Placer -and claims un
known and unsurvey"d; tin the E.
and W., Haims 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. An elevat on of bod of
same. Latitude 63 de c 01 min. N.
Longitude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. ST NDBACK,
Register.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Michael Lacey, your heirs, executors
and ussitrns:
You and each of you •' il’i please take
notice that, the undersigned, a co-owner
in placer mining claim-, Nit. 2 and No.
.‘5 Above Discovery on Moore creek,
has personally performed the annual
assessment work on the above described
claims for the years 1.121 and 11)22,
amounting to one-hundred dollars for
each year, and for each of said years
has paid for said work, including the
proportion due from the above named
co-owner.
And you are further notified that
unless vou pay your proportion of the
assessment work done on said claims
for each of said years, within ninety
days after the last publication of this
notice, your interests in and to said
property will become forfeited to the
undersigned, as provided by Section
2.124 of the revised statutes of the
United States and amendments thereto.
Ok u Barlow,
Co*Owner.
Date of first-publication, Aug. 11, 1923.
Date of last.publication, Nov. 1"’, 1923.
Notice of f orfeiture.
To Bennett James, John Holmgren,
Charles E. Taylor, George W. Al
orecht, Edward MoArdle and Charles
Knell, and their and each of their
heirs, executors,- administrators, suc
cessors in interest, and assigns
'ou. and each of you, will pieaso ta^e
notice that the undersigned, a co-owner
in placer mining claim Good Luck Trac
tion, situated between No 1 and Ho. 2
! A hove Discovery on Moore creek, ic.
I the Mt. McKinley mining and record
j ing precinct,, Territory q£. Alaska, bas
i personally performed the annual assess
! ment work the above described claint
I ."or the yearB 1 920, 19211 and 1 *22
! amounting to one hundred dollars for
each .year, and for each of said yea.ru
i has paid for said work, including the
i proportion due from the above name:
| parties. __ #
| And you are further notified that..
' unless you and each of you pay vour
; proportion of the assessment, work done
. on-said ground ..or each of sa.d year.1',
within ninety days after the last pu.:
I licatior. of this notice, vour and each o
j your interests in and to said property
i will become forfeited to too under
signed, as provided by Section'2534 o
the revised statutes of the Unite#
.States and amendments thereto.
/hscuL Barlow.
GoiOana .
Date of first publication, Aug. Tl, l92h.
Date Gi last publication, Nov. 17, 1U23.
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