Alaska News Notes
Forty-three fox farms are operating
.in the Kachemak bay and surrounding
district.
Fifteen halibut schooners recently
left Seattle for the halibut banks of
Alaska. Most of them are of the loug
liae type, fishing from the vessels in
stead of from dories.
That there are sixteen gold and sil
-yer mines operating this winter near
Hyder as against one during the past
three years, was given out by Oren
Hill. a resident of Hvder, to Ketchikan
payers.
J. L. Waller, of Anchorage, recently
circulated a petition for a road to be
built from Anchorage to Homer, a dis
tance of 120 miles. The road would
connect the camps of Kenai, KassilolT,
N iniJchik, and Homer
Wrangell and Petersburg papers are
protesting against wretched mail ser
vice. Despite the fact that these towns
are on the route of the regular steamer
service to Seattle, most vessels pas3
the towns without stopping to deliver
mail.
A young prisoner now serving his
time in the Anchorage jail whiles
away his leisure hours by writing mov
ing picture scenaiios. Up to the pres
ent time he has written dt> stories and
has sold about half of them. His latest
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Supplies
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River.
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STATION .
Fairview. Innoko River
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story, revised lor ti e. photoplay, is laid
in the Yukon basin.
Fred Hoeler^an old tinner in Alaska,
has disposed o. bis property in Fair
banks, and will leave for Dallas, Texas,
his former home,, to spend his remain -
ing years. Lie has spent over a score
of his 80 years in the. North.
Wolves are so thick at the head of
Swede creek, near Dawson, that the
snow looks as if it had been parked
down by a band of caribou. They are
keeping close after small bunches of
caribou and killing, them in large num
bers.
Official announcement was recently
made by E. Brook, representative of
the Norwegian Young People's Society
of the United States, that Ketchikan
has been chosen a> the site for the
Fishermen's Horne to be built by the
organization. The institution will cost
about $20,000.
In response to an advertisement
whieh made its appearance in a recent
issue of the Country Gentleman, the
Sure Mature Seed Company, of Fair
banks, of which Jack Shardey is busi»
ness manager, received on one of the
last mails sixty requests for their
hardy Alaskan grown seede.
The Port Angeles Tribune says that
Joe Pugh, a resident of <that city, re
ceiver! three pounds of butter from
| Juneau as a present, and says while
the butter was fresh and fine, “it was
evidently made from the cream of the
reindeer milk, as milch cows are scarce
| in Alaska.” Cau "ou get around such
ignorance? .
Citizens of McCarthy are trying 3
induce the Kenueoott Corporation to
sell them electricity for lighting pui
poses. McCarthy proposes to build a
power transmission line half way and
the company the other half. A meter
will be installed and the town pay for
the electricity, which will in turn be
charged to the consumers.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska, April .22, 1922
Mineral Application No. 0547
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophi.r, Alaska, has
made application before the United
States Land Office at Nome Alaskt,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Sshneirla, Charb'
Schneirla and Edward Schneirla, for
a United States patent for the Con
solidated placer mining claim bear
ing placer gold, known and des
' oribed as No, 1 above Gold Run;
No. 2 Above Gold Run and 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. 1276, 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 thefwn spruce post, 4 ft. Ion*;
4 in., sq., in earth mound, scribed
1-1273 <2 Ab; whence; U. S. L. M
No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 35 min
53‘i see W., 5788.01 ft.; tbence 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. 5c
deg. 13 min. W. 760.15 ft. to- Cor
No.' l, 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 Abo' e on Little Creek Placer
this survey, previously described
Whence U.' S. L. M 1276 bears S
57 deg. 19 min. 22 sec. W. 6547.58
ft.; thence 57 deg 21 m'o. A
10P" 3 ?+ re Pv Vn. id-mtieA
i with Co ' t hove o
! Little ■ C r
; <>. -.a ' ww - - . 1 ' 'e :
deg. 35 min. E. 822.0. To Cor. No. 3 |
thence S. 70 deg. 41 min. E. 802.25]
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thenc_ S. 17 deg.'
27 min. W. 1043 ft. 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.
i L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg.
lb min. 22 sec. W. 0547.58 ft.;
thence N. 17 deg. 27 min. E. 1043
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 Creek, a tributary cf Innoko
River, a tributary of the Yukon
River, about ten miles southeast of
tihe 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
; unsurveyed; 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; 39 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 Ollice.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
-ivi'iit-iiu Apiiucauun i \o. U040
United Slates Land Office at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
\ NOTICE IS HEHEBY GIVEN
; that William Schneirla. whose post
office address is Opthir, Alaska, has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Alaska on
behalf of himself and his co-owners
Jacob W. Schneirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Schneirla, for a
United States patent for the Con
solidated Placer mining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known and des
i cribed as No. G Aibove, No. 5 A
i bove, and No. 4 Above Gold Run
Placers, on Little Creek, a tri
j butary of the Innoko River, and
i situated about eleven miles south
j east of the town of Gphir, in the
I innoko Mining and Recording Dis
i triot, Territory of Alaska, said Con
i solidated Placer mining claim be
| ing designated by the U. S. Sur
jveyor General of Alaska as U. S.
Mineral Survey No. 1277; the ex
terior boundaries of which, accord
1 ing to the plat and field notes of
3aid survey now on file in the
said U. S. Land Office at Nome,
Alaska, with a magnetic variation
of 24 deg. 31 min. E., being as
follows:
NO. 6 ABOVE GOLD RUN.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1;
A hewn spruce post 4 fr. long, 4 in.
sq., in earth mound scribed 1-1277
Ab whence U. S. L. M. No. 1278
bears S. 53 deg. 13 min. W. 3260.6
ft.
Thence N. 39 deg. 25 min. W.
! 533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
I No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
I bears S. 14 deg. W. 1002.8 ft. dis
tant, Thence N. 44 deg. 2 min E.
; 511.2 ft. to Cor. No. 3; Thence
S. 29 deg. 9 min. E. G21.9 ft.
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.
P>cginning at Cor. No. 1, which
is identical with Cor. No. 4 of No.
6 Above, this survev; whence U.
: S. L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 53 deg.
14 min. 37 sec. W. 3G58.13 ft.;
Thence N. 29 deg. 9 min. W. 651.9
‘ft. to Cor. No. 2. (Monties*.1 v.-ith Cor
3 of No. G A hoove
- 64 deg.
\v Ko, 3; The
this survey;
E. 671.7
m ’i.
43 min. E. 792 It. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 78 deg. 58 min. W.
697.8 ft to Cor. No. 1, the place
of beginning’, containing an area
of 10.827 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RLN
Beginning ah Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4 of No. •”> A
bove, this survey, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 17
min. 6 sec. W-. 4297.o2 ft.; Thence
N. 28 deg 43 W. 792 ft. to Cor.
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 3 of
No. 5 Above placer, this survey;
Thence N. 41 deg. 32 min E. 546.9
ft. to- Cor No. 3; Thence S. 37 deg.
19 min. 13. 1075 ft,, to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 68 deg. 29 min. W. 680.1
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 the
northeast No. 3 Above Cold Run
Placer on Little Creek, claim un
surveyed and claimants unknown;'
on the southwest No. 7 Above Gold
j Run Placer on Little Creek, claii >
unsurveyed and claimant unknown;
' on the northwest and southeast,
I claimants unknown and claims un
! surveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1278 to which
' the survey is tied is a hewn spruce
I post 8 in. square, 8 ft. long’, crxis
jeled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with
! stone mound 3 ft. high and 6 ft.
! base around same, situated on a
l 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. 4b deg.
30 min. E.; blast 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
Jlegister S. LaDd Office.
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