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1923, at the Post Office at
:otna, Alaska, under the
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iA, ALASKA. DEC. 8, 1923
ka News Notes
, bituminous coal when
er scientific washing shows
teat do higher than that of
nit.ed in the famous Pi ca
Li gan coal fields of West
ccording to Major John C.
tef engineer of the Alaska
C a.l run through the wash
Evun Jones Coal Company at
e and then burned in the ioto
)f the Alaska Railroad showed
content of only 11 per cent,
before washing the residue
u 24 per cent. This coal would
stable any w here in the world,
it is good coal, Major Golwals
nited States supreme court has
to review the case of the 'ier
Alaska against the Annette
'acking Company, which was
adversely to the company in
distt-ie* churt and the ducuit
ippeais. The action grew out
usai of the company to pay
tonal cannery tax on the
hat the cannery is on an In
rvation, and iherefuie Dot uu
urisdiction of the Territory,
ts have upheld their cunten
se of the Tolovana tram road
territory for $6,500 has been
oded by the Alaska Road Coui
Tbe purchase of the itam
auibortzed bv the Territorial
e in a special act passed last
hicli cairted a special appro
or the purpose. The iram
u.nes long, exunoiDg Irum a
vu as Tiupper's Cabin, on the
to the mining camp of Lt\
jepartnient of the Interior has
. an extension of two years with
it to commence drilling on three
in the Cold Bay district wbion
en assigned to the Standard Oil
ty. The claims are those held
McNally, John C Dougherty
slid E. Lathrop, according to
i received recently at the land
. Anchorage.
take gulch, a tributary of Wil
tk, is paving Eider aDd Thorpe
y, in a reported new strike of
ordiog to apparently authentic
The gold, which is described
in decomposed quartz, is ex
iv rockiug. Further develop
will be necessary to determine
- the vein fs a fissure or a
tal Alaska salmon pack for
ir will be slightly in excess oj
.'} zases, according to E. M. Ball,
it fisheries agent for Southeast
5 ca. • This pack has been ex
cly tw»*ce in the bistory of the
ilustry in the Territory, name
. and. 1918. when 5.922.330 and
were
tj (j(i4,569 cases, respectively,
packed.
Captain James A. Northway, former
ly p oprieior of a roadhouse at AJ lie 71
in the Fail banks end of the Alaska
Ilailroad, and a well kuowo Yukou
iiver navigator, was found dead on his
sttamer, the Little Delta, a few weeks
ago, and was buritd in Fairbanks by
Fairbanks lgkoot Pioneers. Deceased
is survived by a widow.
“Never in mv thirty-dive years of ex
perience in ihe .turning industry have I
sten so pit a,isiug a gold camp as that
at Nuka Day,” says Captain J. tl. Ft s
ter, a veteran mining man, after a per
sonal investigation ot the new quaitz
strike at Nuka. on the mainland, ubuui
sixty miles frutu Seward.
William Cates, better known as
“bwiftwaier Bill,” who was one of the
uoted characteis-uf the Klondike in the
early days, and who is reputed to haye
won and lost sevetal foi turns, passed
away iu South America a short tiu e
ago, accoiding to tnloi mation tectived
aL Seattle.
Ccmmt nting on the shooting of a
moose with antlers having 28 points
and a spiead ot-55^ inches in tile Cas
siar count.) teceutly, the Fait Lacks
News M lot i sa>» Lit. Kiting killed i ne
on tl.e Kichuidscn highway Iasi uouth
liiat had antieis with 54 points.
John Kai l, ti lot met tesident of
.Nome, who itoeoil) killed his landlady
in 'iaciaia h\ healing her over ihe
head wnn a hammer dot mg a quutiel,
was leotnil) convicltd of hist degiee
murueiatl ncoma and was senitLCed
to imprisonment lor liie.
Laie itporis him ihe Cold Ba) field
aie to the efftci that everyone iu Kan
atak, including the caew and otlicials
ol iheblanuaid Oil Compan). helltve
the company is going to strike oil. I he
hole is now down tint) leei, and good
grog less is being made.
Howard W. Wilmoth, a pioneer of
the Cook » ■''country, has been ap
pointed United btates commissioner for
me \\ asua necoiding precinct, width
tmbiaces ihe Willow creek placers ecu
Aiaianuska coal lieids. Lie succeeds
Frauk Cannon, utceased.
Accoidmg to ihe latest fur bulletins,
the pi ice oi log lur iius advanced about
40 per Cent, and mmk about 20 per
cent, The reason given lor the sharp
advances is tbut ibtse luis aie hit the
mge in loieign style centeis this sea
soa.
Iditarod has the distinction of being
a city without taxes. The city has
id,500 in us treasury, and as there is
an te than enough money received lr..m
federal iictnse taxes to keep the c.ly
running, theie is uo need to levy laxes.
Tnomas C. Price, prominent lawyer
and legislator, has been elteted prtsi
deDt of the Anchorage chamber of
commerce. William T. Murray was
chosen vice president, and E. F. Jtssen
was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
John W. Frame. United Slates com
missioner at Hyder, recently resigued
the position, soil will be succeeued by
Charles F. Sanlord, editor aud man
ager of the Hyder Miner. Mr. Frame
resigned to engage in other pursuits.
The Lomen Reindeer aud Trading
Corporation has taken oyer a store at
Teller formerly operated by E. A. Win*
tield and Bertha Gehrmaun, George
Waldheim will be manager.
John J. Jenkins, who had prospected
and worked in Southeastern Alaska for
a quarter of a century, died at Juueau
recently from cancer of the siomaeh.
Oscar Printz, of Keofoecott, was
dashed to death by falling over a cliff
on Mount Donohoe, while hunting
sheep.
Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Spalding left An
choroge recently for Passage Island,
where they have an interest in a. fox
farm.
Doings in Poorman
Section, Past Season
An interesting accouot of the hap
penings the past summer in the Poor
man section was yiveu to the Anchor
age Weekly Alaskan a few days ago bv
O. W. Kickbusb and partner, W. h.
L'eske, who operated placer ground in
the district this year. They report a
fair season ’esulted from their activi
ties during the summer. About twenty
men were employed on their grounn.
Bob Fulkerson, on Bolomon creek,
hud a crew of seven men working, and
did fairly well.
Wickluod, Nelson and Johnson, on
Solomon, below Fulkerson’s ground,
did their own work and met with mod
erate success. Mr. Johnson has moved
over to Flat creek, across the divide
from Poorman, uod will operate thete
next season.
McKelvev, Matson and McConn,
doiug drift work on their ground on
Fiat creek, made fair wages. The
ground here is faoui 50 to 60 feet in
depth..
Morton and partners, on Flat creek,
have a good wage proposition.
Biliv Midglev, also on Fiat creek,
did fairly well with a small crew.
Johnson & Deacon, working on Long
creek, at the mouth of Bear pup, with
a crew of eight men, had a good year.
Neis P. Johnson, the original locator
of the Liuby camp, is still at it as hard
as ever, and though he is the owner of
a 4100,000 ranch in.Yakioia, Wash., he
is just as enthusiastic as ever about
hitting for the hills on a prospecting
trip, as soon as ihe-su miners work is
over. He was the sole inhabitant of
the Ruby district for several vears
prior to the stampede ihere.
AI Burke and McDonald, oo Long
c'-eek. near,Fourth of. July gulch, are
said to have had a good year. They
have been in the district-since 1911.
Billy Bowers and partners, located
•on Greenstone creek, a tributary of
Long, worked the high banks with fair
success.
Bowers and his: partners have leased
the ground formerly worked over by
i he large .Guggenheim dredge, which
shutdown three years ago. The water
shortage was felt keenly at this point,
it is stated.
Wolf and Power prospected during
tho summer on Timber creek, and re
ported finding some very good leads.
Providing the prospects hold out, it is
claimed, they will nave the best look
ing ground in the district.
Warren and Farrell, on Meketchum
creek, which conies in on the lower end
of Long creek, had a dandy seasou.
They employed four men.
Mr. Kickbush said practically all of
'tie men in that, district will remain
"here this winter, and but very few
pit.o coming out over the winter trail.
Max Simel
Hie Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
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Supplies
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River.
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Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Best of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses
Mrs. Frank Larson
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Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
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On the Kuskokwim.
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Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. .Private rooms
New dog kennels, and the best of lower river fish
for dog feed.
Diamond Dick
Proprietor