Alaska News Notes
Over $500 was taken in at the annual
firemen’s ball at Juneau.
Or. L. Hedger, recently of Hyder,
has established a dental ofhce at
WrangelL
Ore shipments from Mayo by way of
Nenana will start as soon as navigation
• opens on the Yukon.
K. G. Harding, a marten farmer of
Juneau, recently paid $f<0 a pair for
• nine live animals received from Hot
Springs district. r
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Several new fox farms are to be j
started this spring on westward islands.
Hlue foxes are selling now at about
$250 per pair for breeders.
Tbe powder magazine in the rear of
the postoffice building at Sitka is being '
torn down. It was used by U. S. ma
rines in the early days of Alaskan oc
cupation.
The annual report of the superin
tendent of the Pioneers Home at Sitka
shows that there are 74 residents
there; 24 were discharged, 3 were ad
: judged insane, and 40 died. Kxpencli
tures for the past year were $91,510.42,
or $1,230.62 per inmate.
Considerable activity in mining is
anticipated at Hyder this summer.
Besides the Premier mine, one of the
largest mines in the world, extensive
development work will be carried on at
several other mines both on the Cana
dian side and the American side.
At New York recently the directors
Of the Kennecott Copper Corporation
passed a resolution authorizing five
billion additional shares to the stock
’holdera of the Utah Copper Company
on the basis of one and three quarter
shares of Kenoeeoti for one of Utah
►Copper.1 The proposal is subject to the
approval of Kennecott stockholders.
Great interest is being sbown in the
fox-raising industry along the llichard
son road. Nelson Crary is planning
#he establi^bmetotof a fox farm about
3f» miles from Cbitina. He will raise
silvers and blues. George Bull, a fox
raiser located about ll miles from
Chitina. recently shipped 15 fine sil
vers, and now has 15 pairs of blacks
and silvers left.
Negotiations between the Alaska^
Engineering Commission and White
Pass relative to the operation of gov
ernment and White Pass boats on the
Tanana river and Yukon river have
been successfully concluded. The Do
tninion government agrees to oi>erate
boats between Dawson and Nenana,
*nd the Commission will operate boats
from Nenana to St. Michael.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought ’and
Soldi
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Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
I- River.
Ask the 1'eople‘of Ophir'ahout us.
STATION
Fairview* Innoko’ River
Fred Jobasoa. arrived in Nome re I
ceiul) iroKi his-hydraulic rniue in the
ahui gnak d‘strict, While the traveler*
itquiiea ;i7 days- to reach Nome, hia .
actual uaveUnti time way IS days. Mr. j
Johnson’s operations are conducted on ;
Dahl creek, where be has the property *
and equipment formerly owned bv him
self, Hanson and Corbett. During last
summer he began prospecting groucu
untouched by bis tormei partners, and
during i be course of tb‘ s a son took
ou lisilo.yoo from a cut 37 by 50 feet.
Included in the cleanup were two nug
gets, one worth ICja and the other
$ 198 90. Mr. Johnson states that min
ing is being prosecuted ou Dahl. Cali
fornia and Dyrix creek. About twenty
people consulate the white population.
Supplies are ample in the community,
the stores having plenty of commodi
ties on band for all needs. The natives
are having a successful catch of furs
and seem well taktn care of and very
prosperous.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Harold Seddoo, his heirs and as
signs:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended for labor and improvements;
the sum of one hundred dollars per1
year for each of the years- 191b. 191(5,
1917, 1929 and 1921 upon the Yellow
Jacket association placer mining claim,
situate on Marvel creek, in the Kusko
kwim recording district, Territory of !
Alaska, in order to hold said claim I
under ihe provisions of law respecting
annuo! labor on mining claims.
And if, within ninety days after the
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 eo-owoer, ac
cording to the provisions of Section
2324 Levised Statutes of the United
Slates.
Luthkr C. H kss.
Fairbanks, Ai.iska
First publication, April 7, 1923,
Last publication, July 7, 1923,
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska, April 22, 1922.
Mineral Application No. 0547
NOTICE IS 1IEI1EBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post-1
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the United
States Land Office at Nome Alask't,
on behalf of himself, and bis co-!
owners, Jacob W. Ssbneirla, Charles
Schneirla 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. 1 above Gold Run;
No. 2 Above Gold Run an! the
Ferron Fraction on Little Creek in
the Innoko Mining & Recording
District in the Territory of Alas
ka, which said Consolidated claim
is described by the United States
Surveyor General of said District
as Mineral Survey No. 1270, the ex
terior boundries of which, accord
ing to the plat and field notes now
on file in this office with a* var
iation of 24 deg. 35 min. E. 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., in earth mound, scribed
1-1276 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 N. 65 deg. 57
min. E. 699.35 ft. to.Cor. N. 3.;
thence S’. 57deg. 21 min. E. 1082.
3 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55
deg. 13 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, place of beginning contain
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. 19 min. 22 sec. W. 6547.53
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 it. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.805 acres.
PERRON FRACTION PLACER
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
identical with Cor. No. 4, No.
Two Above on Little Creek Placer
and Cor. No. 1. 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 sec. W. 6547.58 ft.;
tl. nee N. 17 deg. 27 min. E. 1013
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 Cre$k, 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 Cold Run Associa
tion Claim on Little Creek unsur
veyed; on the southwest No. 3 a
bove Gold Run on Little Creek
unsurveved; 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,
and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;
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
Register of United States Land Otlico.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Application No. 0548
United States Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEIIEBY GIVEN
that William Sehneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alaska on
behalf of himself and his co-owners
Jacob W. Sehneirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Sehneirla, for a
United States patent for the Con
solidated Placer mining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known and des
cribed as No. 0 Above, No. 5 A
bove, and No. 4 Above Gold Run
Placers, on Little Creek, a tri
butary of the lnnoko River, and
situated about eleven miles south
east of the town of Ophir, in the
lnnoko 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 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, with a magnetic variation
j of 24 deg. 21 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
Ab whence U. S. L. M. No. 1278
bears S. 52 deg. 13 min. W. 3260.6
ft.
Thence N. 39 ,deg. 25 min. W.
; 533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
j No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
| bears S. 14 deg. W. 1002.8 ft. dis
Itant; Thence N. 44 deg. 2 min E.
511.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3; Thence
IS. 29 deg. 9 min. E. 621.9 ft.
i 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. I,. 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. 6 Aboove, this survey;
Thence N. 64 deg. 55 min. E. 671.7
ft. to Cor. No. 3; Thence S. 28 deg.
43 min. E. 792 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 78 deg. 58 min. W.
697.8 ft to Cor. No. 1, th<; place I
of ueginning, containing an area
of 10.827 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE,, GOI.D RUN
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical v J'a Cor. No. 4 of No. 5 A
bove, this survey, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 17
min. 6 sec. W. 4297.52 ft.; Thence
N. 28 deg 43 W. 12 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, ident'cal with Cor. No. 3 of
No. 5 Above placer, this survey;
Thence N. 41 deg. 32 min E. 54G.9
ft. to Cor No. 3; Thence S. 37 deg.
19 min. E. >075 ft. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 68 deg. 29 min. W. 689.1
ft. to Cor. No. 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 thf
northeast No. 3 Above Gold Run
Placer on Little Creek, claim un
surveyed nnd claimants unknown;
on the southwest No. 7 Abore Gold
Hun Placer on Little Creek, claim
unsvrveyed 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. Ion#, chis
eled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with
stone mound 3 ft. high and 6 ft.
base around same, 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 U. S. Laod Office.
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