BONES FOUND IN FURNACE RE
TORT BELIEVED THOSE
OF A HUMAN.
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using their canoes. He said he
planned to go to the Indian village
immediately to get their aid.
Upon arrival at the Stevens camp,
- farther down stream, and finding no
one there, Lindfors left a note in
which he explained that his partner
.. had- lost his life and that he was then
- on his . way back to bis own camp at
the mine in order that he might con
- tinue his -search for the body of Kirk.
.That was- the last seen or heard of
Lindfors.
- In-' thfe^meantime two boys had been
dispatched to the camp of Lindfors
and Kirk- to inform them that a
steamer--would pass down the Kusko
kwiim .-within a few days, affording
v- the- man opportunity to ship theiir
quicksilver to the States. There was
no-one at the mine camp when the
boys-arrivod-there, but a note, written
by Lindfors, was found, stating that
Kirk’sdog had returned to camp drag
ging his chain, indicating that some
ining nau. oappcucu ui aua^ auu uia»
. he whs starting out to hunt for him.
It 'i* > thought that Lindfors saw the
tracks of these boyson the trail lead
, ing to the mine after he had left the
Stevens camp, and, fearing that an in
vestigation had heen started, took
flight either to the Yulcenr river or the
Kuskokwim- without returning to his
- camp.
No Money for Search,
-The disappearanie of Kirk and the
suspicions of his friennds were made
known to t he authorities at Flat by
A1 Walsh on June 4,.hut it was not
, possible foro them to start an inves
tigation because there were-no funds
available for that purpose. About
three months later, however,- Marshal
-Smith requested Deputy Sam Kincaid
to make a trip to the mine to learn
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what he could about the case, promis
ing to pay for the, investigation out
of his personal funds if the Govern
ment refused to allow the claim.
Find Bones in Furnace.
Deputy Kincaid left Flat last Au
guest for the quicksilver mine, accom
panied by Jack Richardson and an
other man. They traveled across
country, a distance of about sixty
miles, and upon arrival at the mine
began a thorough investigation,
which resulteed in the discovery of
some bones in one of the furnaces
used for retorting the quicksilver.
The.se bones, weighing about two!
pounds, were sent to Fairbanks and ]■
tested at the Alaska College, where, |
it is said, they were found to be the!
bones of a human. It is understood
that the bones have since then been
sent to Washington, D. C., for fur
ther examination, but the results ob
tained there, if any, have not been
made public.
The finding of the bones and the
disappearance of Lindfors with the
proceeds of the sale of the first ship
ment of quicksilver very naturally
have given encouragement to the sus
picion that Kirk was murdered and an
effort made to dispose of the body by
cremating it in the furnace. The
theory is that Kirk refused to consent
c onnnr
shipment of quicksilver to the States
and that Lindfors.killed him and then
Tied when he thought his drowning
story was not believed.
Lindfors had chased Bill Hummel
from the property before Kirk be
came assocoiated with him; he had
quarreled with Kirk when thee were
engaged in mining some time previ
ously on Ophir; Harry Brink, who is
at present in Anchorage, and who is
one of the owners of the quicksilver i
property, also wsrked with Lindfors
when they were first engaged in de
veloping the ground, but was not able
to get along with him.
It is also stilted that. Lindfors sold
considerable oil stock to residents of
the railroad belt several years ago, |
the sales having1'he* n made after,
drilling operations in the Katalla field i
had been abandoned by the company
he represented.- After becoming in I
! terested irf the quicksilver mine he
J promised to return Som** of this '
money, but. it is claimed he never did j
so.
! At the time Lindfors disappeared
! there were about 65- flasks of quick-.,
: silver ready for shipment, and these i
'■■were sent -Outside on-the hist boat ■
j last fall by A1 Walsh, who was dele- j
; gated to de so by Harry Donnelley,
administrator, appointed to wind up
the affairs of the missing men. Lind
fors owned an interest in the prop
erty as well as the quicksilver, and it
is hoped there will be sufficient, funds
available eventually to pay off all the
; debts.
.farry Brink first became associated
with Lindfors in a lease of the prop- I
erty of the Thrift Mining Company.
There were four of them in on this
lease, Fullerton and Ivan Wales being
the other two, and .they had taken out
about fifty tons of cinnabar ore when
they encountered a fault and threw
up their lease. Brink, Lindfors and
Wales then began prospecting, and
were rewarded by finding some rich
ore a short distance down the bill
from the Thrift property, and-* the
located several claims. Fullerti.;
who left for the States about ■*' the'
time, was delegated to negotiate with *
the Thrift company for the pufcbas.
of thoir'plant1 for use on the' - neu, (
ground, but he died before the deal
was made.
Later it was discovered, by 'Brink j
that Lindfors was trying to’douWe-'
cross him and Wales and had, in fact,
chopped their names from the stakes
and had the claims recorded in his
own name and that of Fullerton, i
Brink and Lindfors had worked to
gether on the new property for some
little time, the former being engaged
in moving some retorts to the claims, i
whilethe latter drove.a tunnel into the
hill to tap one of the ore bodies dis
covered. The tunnel was a failure,1
however, and the two men then began
sinking on the ore and had taken out
a considerable quantity of it when
Brink decided to pull out. Hummel 1
took his place, and after Lindfors had j
chased him otf the property Kirk was I
induced to join Lindfors. They re- ! ]
mained together until both disap- j !
peared last spring. f
Brink still retains his interest, in j j
the property and hopes to interest 1 j
capital in its development as soon as 1 j
the present muddle is straightened ! j
out and titles set right. The property ; !
is situated about eight miles from the |
Iditarod river, above the town of Idit-, !
arod, and about 22 miles from the j
Kuskokwim river. It is believed that • j
it is the only worth-while cinnabar ; j
propertty in Alaska. ’ j
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