Alaska N ews Notes
Pio Martini, a former Douglas boy,
and for two years past the crack twirler
oof the Commission baseball team at
Anchorage, has signed up with the
Seattle Indians for the coming baseball
season.
A1 Harper, of the Harper Brothers,
Cache creek placer operators, who went
Outside a few weeks ago, is reported
to have suffered a stroke of paralysis
while in Seattle, and his condition is
said to be serious.
A letter from .John Noon, a former
resident of Seward, states that he is
seriously ill. He has disposed of his
grocery store at Seward, and for some
time has been engaged in the autorno
bile repairing business.
It is reported that a blind lead ol
high grade copper ore has been cross
cut on the Sunshine group, near Hy
der, at a lateral depth of 5i feet. I be
property was recently bonded by the
GraQby Smelting Company.
Proof that reindeer will thrive in
Southeastern Alaska is found in the
herd at Annette island; where nine
deer were placed eight years ago, in a
country infested with wolves and with
out herders -for proteetion, have in
creased to twenty or more.
A report of the Biological Survey
shows that a total of 395,247 skins ol
i
Fresh Killed
Reindeer
Meat
McGrath
Taeotna
Ophir
Flat
35c Lb.
Send Orders to
A. H. Twitchell
Ophir, Alaska
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Boujrht and
Sold
Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People* of Ophir about us.
STATION
Fairview. Innoko River
! various fur animals were shipped from
Alaska during. the year 1932, which
had a value of SlJfOO,(H)0. Of the total
Dumber of skies shipped, 313,14-5, or !>•!>
| per cent, were,musk rat skins.
i The plant o' the San Juan Fishing & !
j Packing Company at Seward will be ;
j enlarged and improved by the ins'aila
j tion of modern ice-making roachioorv,
I which will be power ed by a Diesel en
gine. This will double the capacity < i
j the company to handle fresh halibut
1 and will make the plant one of the 1k-s'
j of its kind in the North.
| Captain George Torres, who was
I recently sent to the Morningside sani
| tarium from Petersburg. la reported to
j be a raving maniac, and ts confined to
| Lhe violent ward, vvb; ; ho is keiii
| strapped to his bed. i recently en
j ticed one of the. other patients close to
| him on the pretext that he wanted to
! whisper to him, and then bit, the mat! .,
nose of?.
Karl Karsten was accidentally shot
and killed by his own tide recently on
| the beach in Rocky Pass. Karsten left
1 the boat used by himself, Jacob Had
luud and Gist Olson, tak.ng the only
skit?, to go ashore for bark to burn in
| the launch stove, taking his rifle, an
axe and a bag. He failed to return,
but his partners- were unable to get j
ashore until low. When they reached
shore they found the ski!? on the bead:
i not tied, with tne-axe an ! sac,r in ir, 1
; and tbeljrifle. lying in it with an emu \
shell in it. Going along the bea, h
tladlund found tracks in the sot w
leading toward the woods and, follow
ing them, found Karstetts lying in the
; orush at the edge of the beach, dead.
The brush and snow was considerably
trampled down, indicating that Karsv-p
i had died after a eons durable struggle,
It is supposed 'hat Ivarsteu, ou lauding,
| saw something.to s'.), it at and reach d
J for the gun, which was accidentally
j discharged, iufUotiug a fa..,1 wound.
PATENT
United State* Land Office Nome,
Alaska, , April 22, i9t'2.
j Mineral Application Nit. 0547
NOTICE IS i«i3N. (’il l ii..
that WilLam Schne.iua, wr.o ... , st
office address is Cphir, Alaska, has
made application, before the United
States Land Office at Nome Alas**,
on behalf of h.mself, and nis co
owners, Jacob VV. Sohneirla, Clntrlei
i Schneirla and Edward Schneirla, fo •
(a United States patent for the Con
solidated placer mining claim bear
! ing placer gold, known and des
cribed as No. i above Gold Run;
1 No. 2 Above Gold Run ai.d the
Ferron Fraction on Little Creek in
the lnnoko Mining & Recording
District in the Territory of Alas
ka, which said Consoliuateci > ln.ni
is described by the United States
Surveyor General of said District
as Mineral Survey No. Id<6, 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 m., sq., in earth mound, scribed
1-1276 2 Ab; ..hence; 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
am. E. 699.35 ft. to Cor. N. 3.;
thence S. 57deg. 2T min. E. 1082.
3 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55
(leg. 13 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor.
No. 1, place of beginning contain
ing- 17.124 acres.
NUMBER ONE ABOVE COLD
RUN ON LITTLE CR^EK
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. 12 76 bears S.
57 ‘deg. 19 mm. 22 sec. W. 6547.58
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 inin. E. 822.0. To Cor. No. 3
thence S. 70 deg. 41 rain. E. 802.25
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 17 ie„
27 min. W. 1043 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and pi nee of beginning, containing
an area ni 10 805 acres.
FERRON FRACTION PLACER
lie,,.nning 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. VV. G547.58 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. 06 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
selid.it-d Claim 38.265 acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim is
situated on unsurveyed ground on
Little Creek, 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 th;
noi*theast the Gold Run Associa
tion Claim on Little Creek un.ur
veycd; on the sohthwest No. 3 a
bove Gold Run on Little Creek
unsurveyed; on the northwest and
southeast claims unknown and ui -
surveyed.
U. S. Location Monument No.
1278 is hewn spruce poet 8 in. sq.
5 ft. above ground, painted blue
with stone mound around same,
and chiseled U. S. Ij. M. No. 1278;
whence:- W. Twin Peak bears N.
49; 30 min. E. E. Twin Peak beais
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 SUNDB\CKr
Register of United States Li ud Ollier.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Application No. 0548
U-.ifced States Land Oftica at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 19^:2.
NO i ICE IS HEticBY GIVEN
that William Schneirla, whose pest
oft'ice address is Opthir, AlasKa has
made application before the U. S.
Land Office at Nome, Ata-ka on
beualf of h;mseif and his co owners
.Jacob W. Schneirla, Charles „cn .uir
la and Edward Schnenla, fc a
United States patent for the Con
solid .tod Piacer mining' claim, bear
ing placer gold, known a i ue
eribed as No. 6 Above, No. 5 A
bove, and No. 4 Above G 1 i Run
1 iacers, on Little Creek/- . tri
butary of the Innoko River, and
situated about eleven miles south
east of the town of Gphir, in the
Innoko 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 a1 Nome,
Alaska, with a magnetic variation
of 24 deg. 31 min. El., being as
follows:
NO. 6 ABOVE GOLD PUN.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1;
A n. wi -pence post 4 ft. 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. . 260.6
ft.
Thence N. 39 deg. 25 min. W.
533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor.
No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,
heirs 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. 621.9 ft.
to Cor. No. 4; Thence S. 53 deg.
28 min. W. 397.6 ft. to Cor No.
1 the place of big'nning, 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. L. M. No. 1278 bears S. 53 deg.
14 min. 37 sec. W. 3658.18 ft.;
Thence N. 29 deg. 9 non. W. 621.9
ft. to Cor. No. 2, dientieal with Cor.
No. 3 of No. 6 Aboove, this survey;
Thence N. 64 deg. 55 rain. E. 671.7
ft, to Con, No.i.3: Theacii JFL 28 deg.
43 mia. E. 792 fi. to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 78 deg. 58 min. VV.
*>97.8 ft to Cor. No. 1, the place
of beginning, containing an area
of 10.»27 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RUN
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4 of No. b A
bove, this survey, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears E. 57 deg. . ;
min. 6 sec. W. 4297.52 ft.; 'ine
N. 28 deg 43 W. 792 ft. to Cor
No. 2, identical with Cor. No. 3 o;
No. 5 Above placer, this survey;
Thence N. 1! deg. 32 min E. 540.5
ft. to Cor No. 3; Thence S. 37
.19 min. E. 1075 ft. to Cor. No. 1;
Thence S. 68 deg, 29 min. VV. 680.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of t>e
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 Gold Run
_
Placer on Little Creek, claim un
eurveyed ard claimants unknown;
on the southwest No. 7 Above Gold
Iiun Placer on Li Lie Creek, claim
ur.surveyed 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. souare, 8 ft. long, chis
eled U. S. L M. No. 1278, with
stone mound 2 ft. nigh 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 hears N. 49 deg.
30 min. E.; East Twin Peak bears
N. 51 (leg. 40 min. E.; and No. 1
Lome hears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.;
Lat. 03 deg. 4 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register (I. S. Land Office.
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Logger Shirts Cruiser Coats Short Mackinaw Coats
Woolen Pants
Provisions Notions Furnishings
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Furs Bought and Sold White Fi h and Dog Feed
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