THE KUSKO TIMES
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Entered as secona-ciass matter Au
t gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffioe at
' Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
1 March 3, 1870.
Takotna, Alaska, March 19, 1927.
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, A LARGE TRACT OF UNSUR
VEYED COUNTRY ABOUT
\ WHICH LITTLE IS KNOWN
WASHINGTON.—Lying north of
1 the Arctic Circle ■ and Yukon river
■. west of the Canada-Alaska boundary.
; and east of the known mining camps
, on Chandalar river is a large tract of
, unsurveyed country about which little
i is known.
In this wilderness a party of the
j inierior i/eparuneni s ueoiogieai nur
■v vcy is preparing to make both geo
] logic and topographic surveys during
i the coming field season. In order to
i utilize most effectively the short open
. season the topographer of the party,
( Gerald FitzGerald, has already left
' Washington and will sail from Sebru
; ary 26 for Seward and thence go over
the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks,
■v where he will purchase a dog team
; and go by trail to Fort Yukon.
At Fort Yukon he will outfit with
; all necessary supplies and equipment
x needed by a party of four men, as
x there will be no other chance to pur
, chase them until the party returns to
i the Yukon in September. From Fort
Yukon the outfit will be freighted to
i the East Fork of the Chandalar,
i, where connection with earlier surveys
t to the west will be made. During
j April and May most of the time will
] be spent in preliminary scouting
i through the area to be surveyed and
i in placing caches of supplies at con
i venient places where they may be
j available during the summer.
By the latter part of May the ice
: in the rivers will probably have
] broken, and ,as soon thereafter as
possible J. B. Mertie, Jr., who is chief
, of the party and who will have left
'Washington in May, will go to Fort
■ Yukon by regular lines of trans
, portation and thence go by canoe up
(Chandalar river. and join Mr. Fitz
, Gerald on the East Fork. From then
, on their work will be primarily to
' collect all the available information
possible regarding the the geology,
geograph, topography and mineral
resources of as large a tract of coun
try as the time at their disposal be
fore the fall freezeup will permit.
Most of their traveling in this field
will necessarily have to be done on
foot, and their main means of trans
porting their supplies will be on their
own backs and those of their dogs.
| They will have canoes by which they
can travel on the larger streams, but
j much of the travel will be transverse
to the general drainage lines.
It is expected that in the course of
I the work the party will go at least
far enough east to tie in with the
wo “k done in 192& by Mr. Mertie on
Sheenjek river and far enough north
to reach the crest of the Brooks
Range, which forms the divide be
tween the streams that flow north
ward into the Arctic Ocean and those
: that flow southward into the Yukon.
! Possibly the work may be extended
northward far enough to tie with the
1 surveys made by E. de K. Leffingwell
I on Canning river, and thus furnish a
1 complete section across the mountains
1 in this part of Alaska.
t* :_„
_i:„4. ;
vance of the completion of these sur
; veys just what the economic value of
this expedition will be. In fact, its
1 main justification is. to gather au
thoritative data on what this practi
cally unknown country really con
tains. In spite of the lack of definite
knowledge of what may be found,
. there is reason to believe, from what
is known of adjacent areas, that the
tract has decided possibilities of con
taining deposits of valuable minerals.
For instance, in other parts of the
mountain province are bodies of gran
ite rocks which contain metalliferous
, value and from which placers have
j been formed.
It is therefore highly probable that
similar intrusive rocks occur in this
area, and ore deposits may be asso
ciated with some of them. Then,
again, a specimen of oil shale from
Christian river has been tested and
found to be practically equal in its
oil content to the richest oil shales on
record. This river is within the area
that will be surveyed. Some distance
east of this area, on Porcupine river
near the junction of Salmontrout
river, an oil seepage has been report
ed which, if it really occurs at that
place, is from the same geologic for
: mation as that from which oil has
been produced at Fort Norman, Yu
kon Territory. Whether or not this
same formation extends westward be
yond the Porcupine into the area to
be surveyed this summer is a question
of considerable practical importance
to the development of Alaska.
In fact, there are so many prob
lems whose solution may be aided by
this investigation that the Geological
Survey feels that even the geo
,.J. H. McLEAN
Fresh Fruits
FVesh Groceries, Just Arrived
Up-to-Date Line of Clothing
New Suits
From $5.50 to $45 Per Suit
graphic knowledge which can be
counted on with certainty will of it
self well justify the investigation.
Infants of the . South ,8ea 'Islands
crawl into the water before .they are
able to stand.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Frailk Irwin, his heirs, executors,
assigns.and successors in interest:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that the undersigned has ex
pended for annual labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
: ($100.00) per year for the .years 1914,
I 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922 and
1923 upon the following described
j mining claims in the Innoko Record
! ing District, Territory of Alaska:
No. 4 Above Gold Run Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
creek;
No. 5 Above God Run Group, on
Little creek, a tributary of Ganes
creek.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claims in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same
for each said year and thereafter;
And if within ninety (90) days
after the publication of this notice
you, or any of you, fail to pay your
portion of the amount expended on
the above claims, your interest in
said claims will become forfeited to
the undersigned co-owner, according
to the provisions of Section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
WILLIAM SCHNEIRLA.
First publication, March 6, 1927
Last publication, June 4, 1927.
In the Probate Court for Kuskokwim
Precinct, Fourth Division of
Alaska, before George W. Hoff
man, Commissioner and ex-officio
Probate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas Anderson, deceased—No. 2,
in Probate.
Notice of Final Account.
Notice is hereby given that H. M.
Hansen, administrator of the estate
of Thomas Anderson, deceased, has
filed his final report in said matter
with the Probate Court. for Kusko
kwim Precinct, Fourth Division of
Aaska, and that on Monday, the 25th
day of April, 1927, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
the said final account will be heard
and considered before the said Pro
bate Judge at his office at Napamute,
Alaska, at which time and place all
persons interested in said estate may
appear and file their objections in
writing to said final report and may
Dated February I6th, 1927.
H. M. HANSEN,
Administrator of Estate of
Thomas Anderson, deceased.
First publication, Feb. 26, 1927.
Laat publication, April .23.1927,
In the Probate Court, Kuskokwim
Precinct, Fourth Division, Alaska,
before George W. Hoffman, Com
missioner and ex-officio Probate
Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Cbas.
Worden, deceased.
Notice of Administrator's Sale.
Notice is hereby given that under
and in pursuance of an order made
and entered by the above Probate
Court on the 21st day of January,
1927, in the above matter, I will offer
for sale at public auction on Monday,
the 4th day of April, 1927, at 10
o’clock in the forenoon of said day,
B. &t Store
McGrath, Alaska
Groceries
Hardware
Miners’ Supplies
of All Kinds
Ladies’ Furnishings
Fur* Bought and Sold
Moose Sldn Mitts and Bento
King bland Mukluks
Babeesh, or Sled I^nhiwg
Voigt’s Deg Harness, the very
Best
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS
A. R. Eldridge
i
at the office of the United State:
Commissioner at Napamute, Alaska
the faUming described property, to
wit:
An msdhrided: one-half interest is
the Stan m ite Quartz Claim.
An naihjdrd one-half interest ir
; the Strain it-- Extention.
An uoliriled one-half interest ir
■ the Marti. Side Extention.
An undivided one-half interest ir
the Copper King Claim.
An undivided one-half interest, ir
the Copper King Extention.
An. undivided one-half interest1' in
the Copper Queen Claim.
An undivided one-half interest in
the Cassiterice Claim.
An undivided one-half interest in
the Casaiterite Extention.
I An undivided one-half, interest in
I Each of said Quartz Claims being
| situated in the Sussian Mission Moun
; the Louise Quartz IClaim.
tains, in the Kuskokwim Recording
Precinct. Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska
Said sale will be for cash to the
highest bidder and subject to the ap
proval and confirmation of the above
entitled Caust.
Dated at Napamute, Alaska, this
21st dap «f January, A. D. 1927.
aOE. JKONECHNEY,
Administrator of the Estate
of Chas. Worden.
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i TABLE-OF DISTANCES BE
- TWEEN .NEMAN A AND FLAT
Miles
Momma to Tavern :.../17
Tavwrn to Knight's .,24
Knight's to 19 Roadhouse .>19
19.Roadhouse to Riffle 1’dle Road
house .;■.., 8
Riffle Pole Roadhouse tb Diamond 11
Diamond Roadhouse to 'Roo&evelt.. 13
Roosevet to Lake Miwihumina .... -25
Lake Minchumina to ^'Lona. -Star
Roadhouse ......... ,34
Lone Star to Telida .. 18
Telida to Tent Roadhouse.. 10
Tent Roadhouse to Slow Fork-.• 6
Slow Fork to East Fork ... 22
East Fork to Nicoli ... 10
Nicoli to Big Riiver .._.. 21
Big River Roadhouse to McGrath.... 25
McGrath to Tokotna . ...18
From Nenana to Tokotna . 281
Tokotna to Bill Goss’ Roadhouse....! 12
; Bill Goss’ Roadhouse to Ophir. 10
| Ophir to Jerry’s Roadhouse . 33
'Jerry’s to Schermeyer’s Roadhouse 27
Schermeyer’s to Iditarod .-16
Iditarod to Flat . 8
From Nenana to Flat ...-..387
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