DEVELOPMENT
WORK AT NIXON
Encouraging Feature*
Says U. S. Geolog
ical Survey.
Speaking of the important mining
events in 1920, the U. S. Geological
Survey, in its advance statement, has
the following regarding the develop
mant of the Nixcm.Fork properties::
“One of the most encouraging fea
tures of the year’s mining was ih»
systematic development of a large
auriferous lode in the Nixon Fork [Mc
Grath] district in the Upper Kusko
kwim valley. This ore body gives
promise of being valuable, and if it so
proves it will assure the beginning of a
lode mining industry in this remote
region. Auriferous miueralization ap
pears to be rather widely distributed
in the Kuskokwim basin, a region
which has- been relatively little pros
pected. The gold of this region occurs
in. association with granitic rocks,
which are intruded into limestone and
other little altered sedimentary rocks.
In general the strong mineralization
appears to be more loculi red than thai
in the schist areas of the upper Yukon.
Such condition*- are favorable to the
occurrence of commercial ore'bodii&s-.
“Tbe discovery of this lode and the
continued.suoceo»«f the Candle creea
dredge, "McGrath, has attracted
attention to-fche Kuskokwim basin, and
there has consequently been more
prospecting in- this province than in
any other part of inland Alaska. Espe
cially noteworthy has boen the consid*
seable search and tests for dredging
ground in the Kuskokwim and immedi
ately adjacent region during the last
two years.”
GRAB STILLS
AT IDITAROD
W^re Being Brought
Over Trail From
Anchorage.
Iditarod, Feb. 18.—Depnty Thomas
today ssiaed a load of knockdown stills
which were feeing tianspoited from
Anehorage*lo Iditarod. The names-of
the pa«.ie6^who had the stilla-in transit
has not been'learned.
18 Days Traveling
From Moore Creek
After a trip lasting, eighteen days,
traveling most of the time oyer snow
eight feet deep, Felix Boucher arrived
in McGrath today from Moore creek.
Mr. Boucher is on his way to Anchor
age, where he goes to consult Dr.
Beeson.
Capt. J. H. McLean, who spent a
couple of days in McGrath on business,
left for home thismerning.
TROUBLE FOR
JUDGE LANDIS
Impeachment Charges
Are Filed Against
Hinu
Washington.—Representative Welty,
Democrat, of Ohio, has tiled impeach
ment charges against Judge E. M.
Landis, charging him with high crimes
and misdemeanors in connection wiih
the judge's acceptance of the position
pf arbitrator ia disputed matters be
tween mafor league clubs.
Many members of the judiciary com
mittee express the belief that the
proceedings will be thrown out, in
view- of the explanation of Palmer that
Landis was withio the law in accepting
outside duties.
Forget Animosities,
Says President-Elect
St. Augustin, Kla.—In an interview
here today Presldent-elent Harding
intimated that the tenor of his-inaug
ural address waaJd be that the ^nation
forget all animosities and put shoulders
to the wheel in.ail measures for recon
struction. His messags,-be said, would
be bnieff and- matters pertaining te
policies of taxation would be reserved
uiKTt jvfvemifi a message at the special
session.
Starting with a check for $50 from a
resident of the city, a hall is now
planned at Ketchikan as a home for the
local post of the American Legion. A
carnival is proposed as a starter toward
raising funds with which to acecb the
building.
OPHIR MAKES
CONTRIBUTION
Sends $170 to Fund for
Relief of Starving
Childred.
Following 'is a list of subscriptions
■ made at Ophir to the fund for relief of
the starving children of Europe:
i Paulson’s Roadhouse, $20; B. B.
Smith, $10; Carlson & Hounau, $20;
i Fred Roethlisberger, $5; Hans Erick
■ sen, $10; Victor Hill, $5; Cbas. Isaac
sen, $5; John Myfelebust, $5; Peter
Davey, $5;: Jacob Giuctuler, $5; Mike
! Mynti, $5; Waine F. Puntila. $5: John
i Repa, $5; Mrs. P. A. Anderson, $5:
, Adolph Carlson, $5; Olaf C. Waagen,
$5; Robert Evans, $5; Andrew Hansen,
$5r Alfred Johnson. $5: H. M. Kearney,
$5; Christian Bolgen, $5: Frank Speil
jack, $5; G. Ruodgrin, $2.50: H. Mar
tello, $2.50; E. 1*. Jones, $5: Schneirla
Bros., $10. Total, $170.
Harry Carter left Friday for Nixon,
to be gone for several days.
Charles Rebhun, wbo has been quite
ili for several days, suffering from
blood poisoning, is reported as beiDg
much improved today,
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Arnold Hals, Hans Sorensen. P.
Olson, C. HaDsen, G. Koontz, P. E.
Levy, James Hansen, P. Cristensen,
John Griffin, Fred Vogelsang, their
heirs, executors and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby noti
fied tbatduring the vears 1310,1911,1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, I expended
the sum of ($100.00) One Hundred Dol
lars upon your interests in the Nugget
Association And the North Pole Asso
ciation. situated on Yankee creek, in
the Inoka Recording Precinct. Terri
tory of Alaska, in order to hold said
claims under the provision of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
Upited States, and the amendments
thereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said mining claims for the
period ending December 31, 1916, 1920,
and if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you fail or refnse
to contribute your proportion of said
expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording and publicatihn of this
notice, as co-owners, your inter
ests in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditurs under the terms of said sec
tion of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
John A. Olson.
First publication, February 2. 1921.
Last publication, May 4, 1921.
I
Pioneer Dance
Feb. 22
i
Clough Hall Everybody Welcome
McLean’s Orchestra
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