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Alaska NewsNotes
Assistant District Attornev H. G.
McCain has removed from Valdez to
Cqrdova.
Slav Lapaon, the Kanatak dealer, will
ship 500,000. feet of lumber to that
town lor use this year. A complete
stock of building material will be oar
iri^d.
The first number of the Fur Farmers
Magazine was recently issued by C. H .
Backdull, of Seattle, formerly of Pe
tersburg. The magazine is devoted en
- iirply to the fox fur industry.
Faddy Breen, an old-time. Fairbanks
resident, who left the interior to go to
Ireland about a year ago, writes his
friends that he was recently shot
through .the spine In an Irish ruction
and will.be permanently crippled.
James S, Pitcher has been appointed
Territorial gaum warden for the Ket
chikan district by Gov. Bone. Pitcher
is a resident of, Hyder, an old-time
Alaskan. who has mined in the Nome
and interior sections of the country.
While working around a pair of
horses, a few days ago,. Andy Taylor,
of, McCarthy, nearly lost his life by
being kicked ; in the throat by one of
the animals. His jugular vein was
nearly severed by the accident. His
condition is critical.
A letter received at Anchorage from
ildillyan, a well known old-timer, says
that be has bought a half interest in
the farm of Fred Holcolm, another old
timer, in the Coeur d’Alene country,
where they will eogage in the raising
of strawberries.
Tbe trustees of Alfred John Bradford
Post, No. 4, American Legion, have
purchased a lot fiOslOO feet in Juneau,,
and will erect a building thereon some
t ime this present year. Club rooms,
dance hail and gymnasium will be
added attractions.
51d&-fbr the construction of the new
school buildinp at Ketchikan were
opened recently, the highest being
$144,455, and the lowest, which was
that of the Warraok Construction Co.,
,'or $129;0C0 for the building complete.
The Warrack company stipulated that
they 1 would accept the bonds in pay
ment at a discount of two and one-half
per cent, which they said would make
the cost of construction $131,500.
Gus Stevenson, an old-timer in the
Cordova section, familiarly known as
"‘Gloomy Gus,” died at the Teederman
cabin on Hawkins island a few days
ago from pneumonia. Stevenson left
the island for Storey island in a small
boat, but eueoustered a storm and was
washed overboard. He succeeded in
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Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
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Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners*, Prospectors"
and Trappers’
Supplies
jSteamer Service Oh the Inoka
River.
Ask People of Ophir abo.it us.
STATION.
Faiirview, Irmoko River
petting bank into bis boat and made
the cabin, where he took sick and
passed away. Ho was about 48 years
©f age.
W. H. Adams, president of the
Alaska Jumbo Metals Company, will
build a-reduction plaDt at Sulzer and
will handle all ores to be smelted in the
Ketchikan district. There are approx
imately twenty mines on Prince of
I Wales island alone which show com
j rnereial values. These sma ll properties
i will be taken care of by the smelter.
The first section of the Signal Corps
lide, extending from Sitka to Seward
and from Seward to Fairbanks, has
been combined with the second section,
which includes stations between Circle
and Nome, and. both sections will be
under the command of Captain Lloyd
Parsons, of Valdez. Captain Hurkhead
will be in charge of inspection of’ sta
tions, and will leave Fairbanks as- soon
as the Yukon breaks up. Tfee surplus
of men at Fort Gibbon have been trans
ferred to other posts and the post aban
doned.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Harold Seddon. his heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notilied that f have
expended for labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars pei
year for each of the years 191&, 1916,
1917, 1920 and 1921 upon the Yellow
Jacket Association placer mining claim,
situate on Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kwim recording district, Territory of
Alaska, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of law respecting
anuunl labor on mining claims.
And if. within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, you fail to
pay your portion of such expenditure,
your interest in said claim will be for -
feited to the undersigned co-owner, ac
cording to the provisions of Section
2.H24 Revised Statutes of the United
States,
» IjTJTHKR C. Hkss,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
First publication, April 7, 192b.
Last publication, July 7.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR]
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska, April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application No. 0547
NOTICE IS HEHEBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the United
States Land Office^ at. Nome Alaska,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Sshneirla, Charles
Schneirla and Edward Schne.tr'?., for
a United States patent for the Con
solidated placer mining claim bear
ing placer gold, known and des
cribed as Ne. 1 above Gold Run;
No. 2 Above Gold Run and the
Ferron Fraction on Little Creek in
the Innoko Mining & Recording
District in? the Territory of Alas
ka, which said Consolidated claim
is described by the United States
Surveyor General of said District
as Mineral1 Survey No. 1276, the ex
terior baundries of which, accord
ing to the plat and field notes now
on file in this office with a var
iation of; 24 deg,. 35 min. EL are as
follows:
NUMBER TWO ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 in., sq., in earth mound, scribed
1-1276. 2 Ab; w tfence; U. S. L. M.
No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 35 min.
53 sec W., 5788.01 ft.; thence N.
51 deg. 39 min. W. 1181.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 65 deg. 57
lain. E. 699.35 ft. to Cor. N. 3.;
thence S. 57degi 21 min. E. 1082.
3 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55
deg. 13 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, place of beginning contain
ing 17.124 acres.
NUMBER ONE ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
i Identical with Cor. No. 4 No.
Two Abdve on LHtle Creek Placer,
this survey, previously described :
Whehee- U. S. L. M. 1276 bears S.
57 deg* 10 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 N. 34
«leg. 35 min. E. 822.0. To Cor. No. 3
[thence S. 70 deg. 41 min. E. 802.25
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 17 deg.
27 min. W. 1043 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.805 acres.
FERRON FRACTION PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4, No.
Two Above on Little Creek Placer
and Cor. No. 1. No. One Above on
Little Creek Placer, this survey,
previously described; whence:- U. £.
L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg.
19 min. 22 sec. W. G547.58 ft.;
thence N. 17 deg. 27 min. E. 1043
ft. to Cor. No. 2; identical with
Cor No. 4 No. One Above, this sur
vey previously described; thence
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 unsurveyed ground on
Little Creek, a tributary of Inroko
.River, a tributary of the Yukon
River, about ten miles southeast of
the town of Ophir in the Innoko
Mining & Recording District in
said Territory.
The adjoining claims are on the
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.
4? , 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak bears
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. No. 1-Dome
b^ars N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.
Last. S3 deg. 04 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register of United States Land Office.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Application No. 0548
United States Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Opihir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.1
Land (til ice at Nome, Alaska on
behalf of himself and his co-owners
Jacob W. Schneirla, Charles Schneir
la 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. 6 Above, No. 5 A
bove, and No. 4 Above Gold Run
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
trict, Territory of Alaska, said Con
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 ;
A hewn spruce post 4 ft. long, 4 in.
sq., in earth mound scribed 1-1277
Ab whence U. S. L. M. No. 1278
hears S. 53 deg. 13 min. W. 3260.G
ft.
Thence N. 39 deg. 25 min. IV.
533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
bears S. 14 deg. Wr. 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 deg.
28 min. W. 397.G ft. to Cor No.
1 the place of bigirmmg, 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. to Cor. No. 3; Thence S. 28 deg.
43 min. E. 792 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 78 deg. 58 min. W.
697.8 ft to Cor. No. 1, the place
of beginning, containing an area
of 10.827 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RUN
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4 .of No. 5 A
bove, this survey, whw|ce U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears ST 57 deg. 17
min. 6 see. 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, thi.. survey;
Thence N. 41 deg. 32 min E. 546.9
ft. to Cor Not 3; Thor.ce S. 37 deg.
19 min. EL 1075 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thenee S. 68 deg. 2!> min. W. (180.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing an area of 12.
754 acres.
The total area contained in said
Consolidated Pllacer claim is 29.503
acres.
The adjoining claims are, on the
j northeast No. 3. Above Gold Run
Placer on Little Creek, claim »n
surveyed and claimants unknown;
on the southwest No. 7 Above Gotti
Run Placer on Little Creek, oledm
unsurveyed and claimant unknown,
on the northwest and southeast,
claimants unknown and claim* un
surveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1278 to which
Mhe survey is tied is a hewn spraoe
j post 8 in. square, 8 ft. long, chis
eled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with
stone mound 3 ft. high and *5 ft.
base around same, situated on a
high prominent point on tho right
limit on Little Creek, immediately
above the confluence of Little
Creek and Trail Creek, whence
West Twin Peak bears N. 4U deg.
30 min. E.; East Twin Peak beers
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
1 Register L'. S. Land Office.
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