Alaska News Notes
The Fairbanks News-Miner says the
automobiles of that city consumed $30,
• 000 worth of gasoline last year
The pulp mill at Speel river is now
now running full time. Thirty-five
men are already employed at the plant.
Edward Webber died recently at the
Pioneers’ Home, Sitka. He came from
• Circle, and had been a resident of the
' Territory for 28 years.
Paul Emil Stram, a native of Den
mark, died a few days ago at the Piy
neer Home. He had been in Alaska
for 23 years, and was admitted to the
Home from Nome.
E. Ft. Jordan, formerly United States
marshal for the Second division, with
, headquarters at Nome, is now travel
ing through Alaska as the representa
tive of the Seattle Fur Exchange.
Rev George Pringle, formerly of
Dawson, and known to many old-timers
of the North, has recently published a
book entitled “Tillicums of the Trail,”
which is receiving favorable menlion
by the critics.
in a recent report on the fox fur
farming industry it was stated that
over 300 islands in Alaska, in a district
reaching from Ketchikan on the south
to Attu on the west, were now leased
I rom the government for fox farming,
with other applications pending. A
prominent fox farmer asserted recently
that these islands would average from
i
Ti ”Tr ‘Tnrinr TiT^ w - mmen
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview, Innoko River:
McGrath
I
Pool Room
and
Cigar Store
For Sale
Or Lease
--— J
Mrs. E. P. Werner
Proprietor
80 u. 100 animals per island, same hav
ing but a few pairs while others would
have hundreds.
George Baldwin, actor, believed to'
! he the sou of Captain Baldwin, a for
ir.er well known nkon pioneer and an
e "ly day resident of Nome, carried nut
a suicide pact wi.h Ann Sehlessinper,
a stenographer at Manila PBC> : y.
VV id Dun'tie, mining eagin-ep con
nect' i wiihth* Guggenheim interc-is,
arrived at Seward recently, ea n no to
t he K. inti shun, section to ttmke an c\
au.illation of the Aitken Brie crop
■erty, tecfeuily bonded by the Uuggeu- 1
helms.
A son of Major Zachary Taylor Wood,
wlio was a gr inds' n o' i«rmei Presi
dent Zachary Taj lor of the United |
States, recently retv.r .1 to Daw non,
on his way to Herscnel island, where
he is stationed as a, member of the
Mounted Police.
Arrangements have been made by
the Alaska Steamship Company to
handle the Brooklyn Nagie's Mt. Mc
Kinley Nationa. l’*r« dedication tour
next summer. The party will come
tv (si via the northern route, and will
board the Alaska, t'it; notv vessel to be
placed on the run next Summer, it
Pi ti.ee Hupert. It is probable that a
part, if • ali. of the party will g.i out
irerti Fairbanks over the Valu t, Pair
ban Its road.
The fame of Sidney Lauren e, who!
initiated and perpetuated Alasi;. u art
in its highest sense, will go down to
posterity through the munificent gi[t to
tlic Territory of Alaska of the largest
canvas of Mt. McKinley emanating
Irian the brush of that facile artist
The picture, which will require six
weeks to cornplete, will he six by four
feet, ami will l>e presented to the Ter
ritory through the I’aront-T. aol.trs
Association of Anchorage. Ti e only
stipulation that will accompany die
picture will be that it shall remain the
propertv of Lhe Territory and hang in
the Anetiorage school
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOP,
PATENT
United States Land Office Noin .
Alaska, April 22. 1922.
; Mineral Application No. ON 17
NOTICE iS IIEhEBi GIVEN
[that William Schneirla', w lose post ■
| office address is Ophir, Alaska, ha.
made application before ike. United
States Land Office at Nome Alaskv,
on behalf of himself, and his co
I owners, Jacob W. Sshneirla, Charles
j . hneirla and Edward Schneirla, for
[a United States patent for the Con
so’idated placer mining claim bear
ice: placer gold, known and des
j cribed as No. 1 above (fold Run;
i No. 2 Above Gold Run and the
! Perron Fraction on Little Greek in
the Innoko Mining & Recordin'
District in the Territory of Ala.- -
ka, which said Consolidated claim
is described by the United State
Surveyor General of raid District
as Mineral Survey No. 12,0, the ex
terior boundries of wh h, accord
ing to the plat and field rotes now
on file in this office with a var
iation of 24 deg. 35 min. G. 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., n earth mound, scribed
l-127f> 2 Ab; whence; U. S. L. M.
No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 35 min.
58 sec W., 5788.01 ft.; thence N.
51 deg. 39 min. W. 1181.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence \T. (55 deg. 57
min. E. 099.35 ft. to Cor. N. 3.;
thence S. 57deg. 21 min. E. 1082.
3 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55
deg. 1.5 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor.,
No. 1, place of beginning contain-}
ing 17.12A acres.
NUMBER ONE ABOVE GOLD
RUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4 No. j
Two Above on Little Creek Placer 1
tins survey, previously described:-)
Whence U. S. L. M 1270 bears S. I
57 oeg. 19 min. 22 sec, W. 6547.58 I
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
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
and place ot beginning, containing
.d area of 10.805 acres.
PERRON FRACTION PLACER
beginning a+ C r. No. 1.
identical with Cor. No. 4, No.
Two Above oil Little Creek Placer
•ad Cot. No. J. No. One Above on
Little Creek Placer, this survey,
previously described; whence:- U. S.
L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg.
19 min. 22 ,.,c. W. 6547.58 ft.;
thence N. L7 deg. 27 min. E. 1043
it. to Cc No. 2; identical with
Cor No. 4 No. One Above, this sur
vey previously described; thence
j. 06 deg. 24 min. E. 112.2 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 23 deg. 38
min. W. 1036.9 it. to Cor. No. 1.
to place oi’ beginning, containing
an area of 1.336 acre ■
Total Area included in the Con
solulut d Claim 38.265 acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim is
situate on unsurveyed ground on
Little Creek, a tributary of Innoko
River, : 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 he Gold Run Associa
tion Claim on Lictle Creek unsur
veyod; 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. sap
5 ft. above giuiinJ, painted blue,
with stone mound around same,
and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;
whence:- W. Twin Peak bears N.
ou; • > j min. E. b. i v,ii 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 SUNL'BACK
Register of United S»«ue< Land Office:.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
■ Mineral Application No. 0548
United ■* j ^.aiul Office at Nome
Alaska A'—'1 22, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEHEBY GIVEN
11hat William Schneiria, whose post
mT.ee address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.
'-and Oir.’e<‘ at Nome, Alaska on
behalf of him-df and his co-owner*
Jacob W. Schntirla, Charles Schneir
ia and Edward Schneiria, 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. 1 Above Gold Run
Placers, on Little Creek, a tri
butary of the Innoko River, and
situated about eleven miles south
' town of O; h 1. in the
Innoko Mining and Recording Dis
trict. Territory of Alaska, said Con
solidated Placer mining claim be
ing de?ij by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of Alaska as U. S.
rv-ey 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, v ith a magnetic variation
of 24 deg, 31 min. E., being as
follows;
NO. b ABOVE GOLD RIJN.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 ;
A bewi. spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 in.
sq., in earth mound scribed 1-1277
Ab whence U. S. L. M. xfo. L27f
bears S 53 deg. 13 min. W. 3260.(1
ft.
Thence \. 39 deg. 25 min. W.
533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
No. 1 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
bears S. 14 deg. W. 1002.8 ft. dis
tant.; Thence N. 44 deg. 2 min E.
511.2 ft. to t or. No. 3; Thence
S. 29 deg. p min. E. 021.9 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; Thence S. 53 deg.
28 min. VV. 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.
n \b , this survey; whence U.
S. L. :\L No. 1278 bears S. 53 deg.
It 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. G4 deg 55 min. E. 671.7
ft. to • Mo. 3; Thence 8. 28 deg.
,43 rein. E. 702 ft. to Cor. No. 4;!
j Thence S. 78 deg. 53 rein. W. j
007.8 ft to Cor. No. 1, the place j
i of beginning, containing an area
i of 10.827 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RUN
; Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4 of N . 5 A
, bove, this survey, whence L . 8. L.'
M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 171
I min. 6 .c. W. 4297.62 ft.; Thence1
i N. 28 deg 4.1 . 792 ft. to Cor.
i No. 2, identical with Cor No. 3 of 1
] No. 5 Above place r, this survey;.
Thence N. 41 deg. 32 min E. 546.9
i ft. to Cor No. Thence S. 37 deg.'
19 rein. E. 1075 t, to Cor. No. 4;
! Thence S. 68 dc . 0 min. W. 680.1 :
i ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
: ginning, containin ' an area of 12.
754 acre=.
j The total ac-.c contained in t-iid
Consolidated i’lac* r claim is 29.503
! acres.
The adjoining claims are, on he
! northeast No. Above Gold Run
----- -i
Placer on Little Creek, claim ur
surveyed and claimants unknown
on the southwest No. 7 Above Gold
Run Placer on Little Creek, c! n,
unsurveyed and claimant unknown;
on the northwest and southeast,
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. long, chis
eled. U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with,
stone mound 3 ft. high and 6 ft
base around name, 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. 40 deg
30 min. E.; Eas Twin Peak boars;
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E.; and No. 1
Dome bears N 23 deg. 43 min. E.;
Lat. 63 deg 4 min. N.
Long. 150 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
ftegistei 1S. Land Office
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