Extensive Dredging
Operations Planned
for Nome District
Seward Gateway.
James Frawley has recently succeed
ed in making one of the biggest mining
deals in Alaska for some time. The
Pioneer Mining Company of Nome has
sold its entire holdings to the W. P.
Hammon Company, composing a group
of Eastern capitalists. W. P. Hammon
will come north in the spring to tak*
charge of the development of the prop
erty. Dredges under his control have
moved more gravel at Marysville and
Oroville. California. than was moved in
digging the Panama canal. This type
of mining has become a thing of the
oast in California, and Mr. Hammon in
looking for new Helds- has chosen the
Seward peninsula.
It is-the plan of the new company to
begin preparations this year for exten
sive dredge* operations next year.
The mammoth steel dredgers will bo
shipped north this summer and assem
bled to start milling .next summer.
Most of the summer 'will be spent in
thawing out a large area of tundra aud
ground for the actual raining next year.
The cold water method of extracting
the frost Irom the ground, which has
proved very efficient aud iDexpensiae,
will be used. Full Diesel engines- will
be installed to furnish power for opera
tion of the dredges. -. Three dredges
will be shipped north each year for the
next live years. - At. the end of that
time it is plauned to have fifteen great
dredges operating on Seward peninsula.
Mr. Frawley stated that in a short
time the guld production from Seward
peninsula resulting .from these exten
sive dredgiug operations would far
eclipse the past production.
Herron Raises Money.
Juneau.—Secretary of the ierritory
Karl Theile placed on file this week
articles of incorporation under the laws
of Alaska for the Empire Development
Company. The capitalization is $300,
000, with $200,000 as preferred and
$100,000 as common stock. The incor
porators are Charles E. Herron, of An
chorage', Herman S. Korschner and It.
S,. ItyaD, of New York; F. O. liurk
hardt and Clark Nettleton, of Seattle.
The objects and privileges of the com
pany are to engage in the publishing
and printing business, to acquire, oper
ate and sell oil and mining property,
salmon canueries and salteries, real
estate, etc. _
Mineral Application No. 0506.
u. S. Land Otlice, Nome, Alaska:
February 2, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State of Calif
ornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, has
made application before the United
States Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
through its authorized agent, J. M.
Streeten, of Nome, Alaska, for a
United States Patent for the con-1
aolidated placer mining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known as No. 8 A
ABOVE, No. 7. A ABOVE, and No.
7 ABOVE DISCOVERY, on Yankee
Creek, in the Innoko Mining & Re
cording District, Territory of Alaska
and designated as Mineral Survey
No. 1270; the exterior boundaries
of said placer claims, according to
the plat and field notes of said sur
vey, now on file in said land office
(with a magnetic variation of 20
deg- 12 min. E.) being as follows:
NUMBER SEVEN ABOVE ON
YANKEE CREEK—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, a fir post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., in earth mound, scribed 1-1
1270-7 Ab.-7A-Ab., whence U. S. L
M. No. 1270 bear3 S. 12 deg. 17
min. E., 169.94 ft.; thence N. 66
deg. 44 min. W., 808.45 ft, to Cor.
No. 2, thence N. 21 deg. 35 min. E.,
866.05 ft to Cor. No. 3 ;: thence 3.
67 deg. 25 min. E., 83 ) 3 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 23 deg. 33 min.
W., 875.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and
place of beginning, containing an
area of 16.469 acres.
NUMBER SEVEN A ABOVE ON
YANKEE CREEK—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
1, No. 7 Above-on Yankee Creek
Placer, this survey, previously do
scribed, thence S. 3 deg. 48 min.
W., 1033.35 fit. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 82ji^_36 min. W., 762.
..i— - jljliu„ _ j-.r-rr! - ■ »— ■ —
45 ft. to Cor. No. 3; tihence N. 3
dag. 46 min. E., 1254.1 ft. to Cor.
No. 4, identical with Cor. No. 2, No.
7 Above on Yankee Creek; thence
S. 66 deg. 44 min. E., 808.45 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 19.995
acres.
NUMBER EIGHT A ABOVE ON
YANKEE CREEK—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical wi:h Cor. No.
2, No. 7 A. Above on Yankee Creek,
this survey, a fir post, 4 ft. long 4
ins. sq., in earth mound, scribed
l-2-1270-8A-Ab.-7A-Ab., whence U
S. L. No. 1270 bears N. 6 deg. 52
min. 48 sec. E. 871.34 ft.; thence S. I
4 deg. 30 min. W., 1135.25 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 78 deg. 44
min. W., 755.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 2 deg. 46 min. E., 1087.0
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 82 deg.
36 min. E., 785.45 ft. to Cor. No.
and place* of beginning, containing
; an area of 19.544 acres.
Total area applied for, 56.008
agfes.
This claim is situated on Yankee
j Creek, a tributary of the Innoko
I River, about 18 miles S. E., of the
town of Ophir, of the said mining
! and recording district and territory.
The adjoining claims are: on the
| N., No. Six Above on Yankee Creek,
! unsurveyed; on the S., Oregon Group
i unsurveyed, and claimants unknown;
j on the E. and W., claims unknown
and unsurveyed, and claimants un
known. i
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 is a spruce!
post, 8 ins. sq., painted red, chisel
led U. S. L. M. No. 1270, in earth;
; and stone mound, situated about 75 i
■ ft. E. of brow of small bluff, on the
right limit of Yankee Creek; whence j
W. Twin Peak bears N. 21 deg. 55
mini E., E. Twin Peak bears N. 23!
deg. #9 rain. E.; mountain at divide j
. between heads of Yankee and Gains!
Creeks bears S. 33 deg. 32 min. W. j
Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N. Long
itude 156 deg. 20 min. VV.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register U. S. Land Office j
Mineral Application No. 0507.
U. S. Luml <Jrtiee. Nome, Alaska..
February 2, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
| The Flume Dredge Company, a cor- \
! poration, organized and existing un
| der the Laws of the State of Cali
i fornia, whose post office address is
| Mills Building, San Francisco, Cali
i fornia, has made application through
| James M. Streeten, its authorized
, agents whose post office i idress is
i Nome, Alaska, before the United
] States Land Office of Nome, Alas
, ka, for a United States Patent for
the consolidated placer mining i
claim, known as No. 5 ABOVE DIS-i
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK1
PLACER, and No. 6 ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK
PLACER, in the Innoko Mining and
Recording District, Territory of Al
aska, and designated by the I n Bed
States Surveyor General of said
Territory as Mineral Survey No.
1271; the exterior boundaries of,
said placer claim, according to the
plat and field notes of said sur
vey, now on file in said land office
(with a magnetic variation of 20
deg. 12 min. E.) being as follows:
NUMBER FIVE ABOVE DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
a hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in earth
mound, scribed 1-1271-5 Ab., whence j
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. 10
deg. 48 min. 53 sec. W. 1992.55 ft.;
thence N. 66 deg. 52 min. W. 810.73
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 29 deg.
39 min. E. 729.3 ft to Cor. No. 3;
tJhence S. 63 deg. 03 min. E., 862.15
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 34 deg.
21 min. W., 680.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1,!
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 13.416 acres.
NUMBER SIX ABOVE DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,!
identical with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No.
1270, No. 7 Above on Yankee Creek
Placer, a hewn spruce post, 4 ft.'
long, 4 ins. sq., 2 ft. above ground,
in earth mound, scribed 4-1270-7
Ab., and 1-1271-6 Ab., whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. 17 deg.!
56 min. 40 sec. W., 1018.45 ft.;t
thence N. 67 deg. 25 min. W., 839.3 i
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence 17 deg.
19 min. E., 978.7 ft. to Cor. No. f
3; thence S. 66 deg. 52 min. E..;
810.75 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S.
15 deg. 38 min., W., 974.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, and place of beginning,
containing an area of 18.380 acres.
Total area applied for 31.796
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N., No. 4 Above on Yankee Creek
Placer, unsurveyed; on the S. sur
vey No. 1270, No. 7 Above on Yan
kee Creek Placer; on the E., claims
unknown and unsurveyed; on the W.,
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
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 about
60 ft. in elevation of bed of same.
Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N. .vongi
tude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
Mineral Application No. 0508.
U. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska.
February 2, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the Laws of the State of Cali
fornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, ha
made application through James M.
Streeten, its authorized agent, whose
post ofiiee address is Nome, Alaska,
before the United States Land Of
fice of Nome, Alaska, for a United
States Patent for the consolidated
mining claim, known as DISCOV
ERY ON YANKEE CREEK PLAC
ER. FORTUNE FRACTION, No. 1
BELOW DISCOVERY ON YANKEE
CREEK, MAKI ASSOCIATION, and
No. 3 BELOW DISCOVERY ON
YANKEE CREEK, in the Innok;.
Mining and Recording I): t rict, Ter
ritory of Alaska, and designated by
the United States Surveyor General
of said Territory, as Mineral Sur
vey No. 1273; the exterior boun
daries of said placer claim, accord
ing to the plat and field notes of
said survey, now on file m said
Land Office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E.,1 being
as follows:
DISCOVERY—Beginning at Cor.
No. 1, a hewn spruce post, 4 1't.
long, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft in ground,
in earth mound, scribed 1-1273-D.,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
S. 18 deg. 20 min. 4S sec. W.,
6370.8 ft.; thence N. 57 deg. 11
min. W., 947.85 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 19 deg. 48 min. E. 922.7
ft. to Cor. No. 3; ther.ee S. 64 deg.
57 min. E., 761.65 ft. to Cor. No.
4; thence S. 10 deg. 56 min. W ,
417.55 ft. to Cor. No. 5; thence S.
11 deg. 02 min. W., 662.05 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, and place of beginning,
containing an area of 18.942 cores.
FORTUNE FRACTION — Begin
ning at Cor. No. 1, identical with
Cort No. 5, Discovery Placer, this
survey, a hewn nost, 4 ft.
long, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground,
in earth mound, scribed 5-1273-D,
and 1-1273-F.F.; whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1270 bears S. 17 deg. 15 min.
W. 7027.83 ft.; thence N. 10 deg.
56 min. E 417.55 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence S. 64 dog. 57 min. E.
154.3 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
22 deg. 22 min. W., 390.9 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence N. 76 deg. 36 min. W.,
72.75 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of
beginning, containing an area of
1.039 acres.
NUMBER ONE BELOW DISCOV
| ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
! identical with Cor. No. 3, Fortune
! Fraction, a hewn spruce post, 4 ft.
j long, 4 ins. sq., 2 ft. in ground, in
| earth mound, scribed 3-1273-1'. F.,
'and 1-1273-1-B; whence U. S. L.
| M. No. 1270 bears S. 18 deg. 32
min. 55 sec. W., 7423.69 ft.; thence
j N. 64 deg. 57 min. W., 915.95 ft.
! to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 25 deg. 42
min. E„ 927.15 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
j thence S. G7 deg. 24 min. E., 766.65
I ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 43 deg.
! 11 min. E., 265.35 ft. to Cor. No.
5; thence S. 62 deg. 00 min. E.,
I 12.15 ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence S.
I 25 deg. 15 min. W., 253.6 ft. to
i Cor. No. 7; thence S. 22 deg. 22
min. W., 958.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
i and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.581 acres.
MAKI ASSOCIATION — Begin
ning at Cor. No. 1, a hewn spruce
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft.
in ground, in earth mound, scribed
1-1273-M; whence U. S. L. M. No.
1270 bears S. 24 deg. 17 min. 54
sec. W., 8548.08 ft.; thence N. 62
j deg. 00 min. W., 785.75 ft. to Cor.
j No. 2; thence N. 39 deg. 49 min.
1E. 526.0 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
IN. 34 deg. 06 min. E. 846.1 ft. to
| Cor. No. 4; thence S. 58 deg. 14
'min. E., 788.35 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
j thence' S. 36 deg. 37 min. W.,
1320.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place
j of beginning, containing an area of
| 23.625 acres.
NUMBER THREE BELOW DIS
i COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No.
j 1, identical with Cor. No. 3 Maki
! Association, this survey, a hewn
I spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq.,
I set 2 ft. in ground, in earth mound,
i scribed 3-1273-?,!., and 1-1273-3 B.,
! whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
j S. 20 deg. 15 min. 24 sec. W.,
'9128.34 ft.; thence North 48 deg.
44 min. W„ 750.25 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence N. 24 deg. 18 min. E.
949.1 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
14 deg. 26 min. E. 923.8 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 34 deg. 06 min.
I W., 846.1 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and
I place of beginning, containing an
I area of 16.610 acres.
Total area applied for 79.797
I acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
j N. No. 4 Below' on Yankee Creek
Placer, unsurveyed, and claims un
known and unsurveyed; on the E.,
Goss’s Association, unsurveyed, and
claims unknown and unsurveyed; on
the S., No. 1 Above, unsurveyed,
and Goss’s Association, unsurveyed;
on the W., No. 2 Below on Yankee
Creek Placer, unsurveyed, and
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 is a hewn
spruce post, situated about 75 ft.
i E. of brow of small bluff on the
right limit of Yankee Creek and
about 60 ft. in elevation cf the bed
of same. Latitude 63 deg. 01 min.
N. Longitude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
ess
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