A Little of Everything
“Eden,” in the original Hebrew,
meant “delight.”
In Cochin, China, stale eggs are pre
ferred to fresh ones.
Diamonds in their natural state are
usually of a dull lead color.
Women today are sard to buy 50 per
cent more shoes than they ever did be
fore.
The Duke of Northumberland draws
about $350,000a year in mining royal
ties.
Girls in the high school of Pittsburg,
Kan., wear the “uniform” of skirts
and middy blouse.
In England it is unlawful to play
billiards in a public place on Sunday,
Christmas day or Good Friday.
The shortage of nickel coins in
France is said to be due to the peasants
hoarding them in preference to paper
> money.
It is surprising to learn that chariots
worked on the principle of the taxi
meter were used in China in the fourth
century.
Every night the curfew is rung at 9
o’clock in Lincoln’s Inn, London, Eng.
The bell used was brought from Calais,
in 1590.
A famous hymn. “The Day Is Past
and Over,” is believed to be a transla
tion from the Greek and written by
St. Anatolius.
When engineers have been boring
tunnels through the Alps they have
found rocks inside so hot that it has
been necessary to cool them with water
before the men could continue then
work.
The checks which pass through the
clearing house in London and New
York in one month, in normal times,
are said to exceed in value all of the
existing gold and silver coin in the
world.
Every family in Buenos Aires is to
have the privilege of hearing at least
one opera each season free of charge
at the new municipal opera house to be
erected under the supervision of the
government.
There is a tendency to increase the
weights of rails. One hundred pounds
is standard, and many miles of 130
pouDd rails have been laid. One lead
ing authority claims that there would
be a distinct economy in the use of 200
poune rails.
Mineral Application No. 0506.
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 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
solidated 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 bears 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 S.
67 deg. 25 min. E., 830.3 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 16i469 dcres.
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 de
scribed, thence S. 3 deg. 48 min.
W., 1033.35 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 82 deg. 36 mm. W., 762.
45 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 3
deg. 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., SC.,.45 ft.
to Cor. No. 1, and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 19.995
acres.
NUMBER EIGHT A ABOVE ON
\ANKEE CREEK—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
2, No. 7 A. A hove 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. 12 7U bears N. 6 deg. 53
min. 48 sec. E. 871.34 ft.; thence S.
4 deg. 30 min. W., 1135.25 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 78 deg. 44
min. W.. 755.5 ft. to Gor. 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. 1,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.544 acres.
Total area applied for, 56.008
acres.
This claim is situated on Yankee
Creek, a tributary of the Innoko
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
unsurveyed, and claimants unknown;
on the E. and W., claims unknown
and unsurveyed, and claimants un
known.
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
ft. E. of brow of small bluff, on the
right limit of Yankee Creek; whence
W. Twin Peak bears N. 21 deg. 55
min. E.; E. Twin Peak bears N. 23
deg. 49 min. E.; mountain at divide
between heads of Yankee and Gatas
Creeks bears S. 33 deg. 32 min. W.
Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N. Long
itude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register U. S. Land Office
Mineral Application No. 0507.
IJ. 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 post office address is
Mills Building, San Francisco, Cali
fornia, has made application through
James M. Streeten, its authorized
agent, whose post office i ddress is
Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land Office of Nome, Alas
ka, for a United States Patent for
the consolidated placer mining
claim, known as No. 5 ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK
PLACER, and No. 6 ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK
PLACER, in the lnnoko Mining and
Recording District, Territory of Al
aska, and designated by the United
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. i,
a hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in earth
mound, scribed 1-1271-5 Ab., whence
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. 16
deg. 48 min. 53 sec. W. 1992.55 ft.;
thence N. 66 deg. 52 min. W. 810.75
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 29 deg.
39 min E. 729.3 ft to Cor. No. 3;
tihence 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.;
thence N. 67 deg. 25 min. W., 839.3
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence 17 deg.
19 min. E., 978.7 ft. to Cor. No.
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. Longi
tude 156 deg. 20 min. W
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
Mineral Application No. 0508.
0. S. Land Office, Nome, Alaska.
February 2, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Hi at
tihe Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der +he Laws of the State of Cali
fornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, has
made application through James M.
citreeten, its authorized agent, whose
post office 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. I
BELOW DISCOVERY ON YANKEE
REEK, MAKI ASSOCIATION, and
No. 3 BELOW DISCOVERY ON
YANKEE CREEK, in the Innoko
Mining and Recording District, 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 ft.
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. 26 min. 48 sec. W.,
G370.8 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; thence 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.
i 11 deg. 02 min. W., 662.05 ft. to
j Cor. No. 1, and place of beginning,
i containing an area of 18.942 acres.
FORTUNE FRACTION — Begin
ning at Cor. No. 1, identical with
Cor. 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. 45 min.
W. 7027.83 ft.; thence N. 10 deg.
56 min. E., 417.55 ft. to Cor. No.
2; thence S. 64 deg. 57 min. E..
154.3 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
22 dog. 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.
long, 4 ins. sq., 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 3-1273-F. F.,
and 1-1273-1-B; whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1270 bears S. 18 deg. 32
min. 55 sec. W., 7423.G9 ft.; thence
N. 04 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;
thence S. 07 deg. 24 min. E., 700.05
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 43 deg.
11 min. E., 205.35 ft. to Cor. No.
5; thence S. 52 deg. 00 min. E.,
12.15 ft. to Cor. No. 0; thence S.
25 deg. 15 min. W., 253.0 ft. to
Cor. No. 7; thence S. 22 deg. 22
min. W., 958.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
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. 02
deg. 00 min. W., 785.75 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 39 deg. 49 min.
E. 526.0 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 34 deg. 00 min. E. 846.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence S. 58 deg. 14
min. E., 788.35 ft. to Cor. No. 5;
thence S. 36 deg. 37 min. W.,
1320.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place
of beginning, containing an area of
23.625 acres.
NUMBER THREE BELOW DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No.
1, identical with Cor. No. 3 Maki
Association, this survey, a hewn
spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq.,
set 2 ft. in ground, in earth mound,
scribed 3-1273-M., and 1-1273-3 B.,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
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.
44 deg. 20 min. E. 923.8 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 34 deg. 06 min.
W.. 840.1 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and
place of beginning, containing an
area of 10.610 acres.
Total area applied for 79.797
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
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.
E. of brow of small bluff on the
right limit of Yankee Creek and
about 60 ft. in elevation of the bed
of same. Latitude 63 deg. 01 min.
N. Longitude 150 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
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