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. Alaska News Notes
The Fairbanks Nows Winer says that
Dome creek is coming back and that a
, number of dumps are being taken out
• there this winter.
It is reported that the Alaska An
, thracite railway will complete its dock
. at Controller Bay this summer Bnd will
i also continue construction on its rail
. way to the Bering river coal Helds.
February weather at Juneau broke
: all previous records for the second
i month of the vear for the pa9t 28 year*
in the matter of precipitation and
• wind. The precipitation for the mouth
> was 13.39.
The Premier gold mine, of the Port
i land canal district of British Columbia,
, produced approximately 4,500,000
. ounces of silver and 137,000 ounces of
gold during 1922, according to the En ■
gineering aud Mining Journal-Press.
An oil strike is reported about forty
i miles above the head of Dahl creek, in
. the Shungnak district. The find was
. made by a party from California con
sisting of several men who have been
, prospecting that section of the couutry.
Miss Alma P. Abraharason, former
. teacher of the thud, grade in theJu
. neau public school, who resigned her
position and left there early in the
winter, is reported to be seriously ill
with the sleeping sickness, at Casper,
Wyoming. i
Mike Ercig, who is developing' a;
i quartz properly in the Ester district;
with Shorty Thomas, reports that.they
have their shaft down 100 feet and will
shortly begin taking out ore for a mill
i test. The values run from $35 to $40 to
the ton, and their ledge runs from 18
i inches to 3 feet in width.
Supporting Delegate Sutherland in
his light against the regulations gov
erning the fisheries reservations ex
tending from Kenai peninsula to Attu
island, Igloo No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska,
at Anchorage, recently passed a resolu
tion upholding the attitude of the Dele
gate on the fisheries question.
Coloofd Steese denies the report re
• cently circulated to the effect that
since the co-ordination of the duties of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
and the Alaska Road Commission ’lie
headquarters of the latter would be re
moved from Juneau to Anchorage or
Be ward.
The Alaska Investment and Develop
ment Company, of Port Townsend,
Wash., has obtained an option on the
Osborne creek dredge, in the Nome
section, owned by V. A. Julien. The!
/price paid for the dredge tmd adjaceut j
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STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
I
pold bearing claims is $35,000, one-half!
of which, in to be paid during the win- i
ter and the balance in monthly install-1
meuts after the season opens this com-!
ing summer
l’atsy Hogan arrived in. Anchorage
recently from the Willow Creek dis
trict. where he has been driviuy a tun
nel on the War Baby mine, and report-!
ed that he was caught, underground in
the mine by a snowslide, whi 0 swe; t
away the blacksmith shop and v. moat
ing engine and forced him to hitn
self oul of the tunnel.
Nearly nine thousand dollars m gold !
coin and currency, arm also, gold dust,
nuggets and jewelry, representing the j
accumulated savings of uiuny years, [
were found hidden a wav at the bottoni!
of a rough chest in the cat home of i
Laura Tmuiipson, of Patrfc.ar.ks, as the
result of a search by members of the ,
marshal’s office, following the deten- ;
t ion of the woman on an alleged irtsan- ,
ity charge.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Harold Seddon, his heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that 1 have i
-expended for labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars per,
year for each of the years 1915, 1910,!
1917, 1920 and 1921 upon the Yellow
i .Jacket Association placer mining claim, ■
situate on Marvel creek, ia the Kusko
k-wim recording district, Territory of!
Alaska, in order to hold said claim
under the provisions of law respecting :
annual labor on mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the j
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
2324 lievised Statutes of the United
States.
Luther C. Hess,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
First publication, April 7, 1923.
Last publication, July 7, 1923.
1
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska, April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application No. 0547
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN I
that William Schneirla, whose po: i
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the Units d
States Land Oifice at Nome Alaska,j
on behalf of himself, and his co-j
owners, Jacob W. Sshn* rla, Charles!
Schneirla and Edward Schneirla, f ev ’
a United States patent for the Con-:
solidated placer mining claim bear
ing placer gold, known and des-!
cribed as No. 1 above Gold Run;
No. 2 Above Gold Run and the;
Perron Fraction on Little Creek in j
-he Innoko Mining Recording
District in the Territory of Alas- j
ka, which said Consolidated claim
is described by the United States
Surveyor General of said District j
as Mineral Survey No. 1276, the ex
terior boundries of which, accord- j
ing to the plat and fi'fcld notes now
on file in this office with a var
iation of 24 deg. 35 min. E. are as i
f ollowrs:
NUMBER TWO ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long I
4 in., sip, in earth mound, scribed
1-1276 2 Ab; whence; U S. L. M. j
No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 35 min.
5b sec W., 5788.01 ft.; thence N. j
51 deg. 89 min.' W. 1181.3 ft. to j
C v. No. 2; thence N. 65 deg. 571
mra. E. 690.35 ft. to Cor. N. 3.; i
thence S. 57deg. 21 min. E. 1082. j
3 ft. to Ccr. No. 4; thence S. 55
deg. 13 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor.!
Nu. 1, place of beginning contain- j
ing 17.124 acres.
NUMBER ONE ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4 No.
Two Above on Little Creek Placer,
this survey, previously described
Whence U. S. L. M. 1276 bears S.
57 deg. Is# min. 22 sec. W. 6547.58
ft.; ‘ tnence 57 deg. 21 min. W.
1082.3 It. to Cor. No. 2; identical
with Cor. No. Three Above on
Little Creek Placer, this survey,
previously described: thence N. 34
deg. 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 1
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 10.805 acres.
PERRON FRACTION PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4, No. |
Two Above on little Creek Placer:
ana Cor. No. 1. No. One Above an
Little Creek Place , this survey,
previously uesciineU; whence:- U. S.
L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg.
19 min. 22 sec. W. 6547.58 ft.;
thence N. 17 deg. 27 min. E. 1048
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 Innoko
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,1
and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278; j
whence:- W. Twin Peak bears N.
49; 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak bears:
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. No. 1-Dome !
bears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.
Lat. 63 deg. 04 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK i
Register of United States Land Office.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Application No. 0548 i
United States Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ,
that William Schneirla, whooe post
office address is Ophir, Alaska., has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alaska on j
behalf of himself and his co-owners i
iacob 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 whi^h, accord
ing to the plat and field notes of I
said survey now on file in the j
said U. S. Land Office at Nome, j
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 1-1277-1
Ab whence U. S. L. M. No. 1278
bears S. 53 deg. 13 min. W. 3260.G
ft.
Thence N. 39 deg. 25 min. W.
533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
bears S. 14 deg. W. 1002.8 ft. dis- j
tant; Thence N. 44 deg. 2 min E. 1
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. 397.6 ft. to Cor No.
1 the place of biginning, 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. G Aboove, this survey;
Thence N. 64 deg. 55 min. E. 671.7
ft. to Cor. No. 3; Thence S. 28 deg.
43 ntiii. E. 792 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Theuco ! . 73 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, whence U. S. I,.
M. No. 1278.btn.:-, S. 57 deg. 17
min. G sec. W. 4297.52 ft.; Thence
N. 28 deg 43 W. 792 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 3 of
No. 5 Abova placer, this survey;
Thence N. 41 deg. 32 min E. 546.9
ft. to Cor No. .3; Thence S. 37 deg.
19 min. L. 1075 't. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 68 deg. 22 min. W. 680.1
ft. to Cor. Nc. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing an area of 12.
754 acres.
The total area contained in said
Consolidated Placer claim is 29 503
acres.
The adjoining claims are, on the
northeast No. 3 Above Gold Run
Placer oa Little Creek, claim un
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surveyed and claimants unknown;,
on the southwest No. 7 Above Gold
Run Placer on Little Creek, claim
unsurveyed and claimant unknown;
on the northwest and seutheu..-,
claimants unknown and claims un
surveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1278 to which
the survey is tied is a hewn spruce
post 8 in. square, 8 ft. Ion?, cnisr
eled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with
stone mound 8 ft. high and 6 ft.
base around came, situated on a
high prominent point on the right
limit on Little Creek, immediately
above the confluence of Little
Creek and Trail Creek, whence
West Twin Peak bears N. 49 deg.
30 min. E.; East Twin Peak bears
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
Register L\ S. Land Oflice
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