GIVE DETAILS OF
RICH STRIKE AT
GOODNEWS BAY
Good news is still coming in from
Goodnews Bay, according to a recent
issue of the Alaska Weekly.
This week three old time mining
men arrived in Seattle with the story
of a rich find, there on the bea«.h
and betting-samples that would seem
to amply back up their statements as
to values.
The prospectors. P. P. Brevik, John
Haraldson and August Wieklund. are
old timers in the North. Brevik left
Fairbanks about 18 years ago to!
prospect the Kuskokwim. Haraldson
was in Fairbanks back in 19031 where :
he was a newsboy for tie ’ jDawson
Nugget, and Wieklund mined in Fair
banks until about ten .years ago,
wnen he, boo, left to try his luck
on ■ the Lower Kuskokwim.
Platinum in Beach Diggings
According to the lucky locators the
find was made on the beach during
the past season, and the newly locat
ed ground is only a mile and a half,
from the Ohlson-Strandberg ground,
and about two miles from the ground '
cow being worked by Olson Brothers ,
It is on the west side of Bed Moun- i
taih and scarcely a half mile; from
the ocean.
The locators prospected with a j
hand drill, and while the.', were only!
able to get out hole to bedrock, 38!
feet deep, the values they found,
coupled with the formation they
cere m. leads them to believe that
:hey have some of the best ground
n ghat secti n.. .
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Before leaving they bad .staked and
recorded 18 full claims, and are pl&n
r n - on returning in the Spring with
uimble mining equipment for r
pose of thoroughly- testing
■nw hi: dings. They plan'or. spend
ing the next season in thoroughly
drilling the holdings, and then if it
prospects as they feel sure it will,
plan on the installation of suitable
mining machinery, probably of the:
dragiine typer -
^ ben .seen in Seattle thi*. week -Mr. 1
Brevik said:..'‘Of1 course we. have not
nad time to thoroughly prospect our
ground. We did, however, find enough
to satisfy us that we are on the
pay. and believe that we have as
good ground fer platinum as. any
>u*fit i i that section. We staked all
the ground we will want, and as soon
ss the news got out, all the surround*
■rig ground was located. Our work j
thare next year will tell the tale, and
we- all feel confident that we will1
huT% sufficient values to warrant us
hi SJWtting machinery on the. ground.
If platinum continues to go up next
year as it has during the past one,
a platinum property will be about
the most valuable kind of mming:
ground 1 know of in Alaska.”
Meteoric Rise
Platinum has Bad a meteoric rise
in price this year. Last January it
was selling for $38 per troy ounce,;
a prwe which had been effective since
October 1935. By April the price
had declined to $32. but in June it
rose again to $38. July witnessed a
rise to and early August to $43.
On August 18 the price jumped to
$53, $62 on August 25 and $70 on
September 2. Speculative activities
are held responsible for part of the
rise.
Goodnews Bay is the prinepa? plat
inum producer in Alaska and from
the present outlook promises to be
come the most important single field
ir. the world.
SPORTS AT A
GLANCE
ET T. R. McROEESTS
Tommy Loujrheran, the one-time j
light-heavy weigns champion, is still
figh:>ig. He took n bonny Eoy
V\ alter in Philade phla ar.d waltzed
through a 10-rourd ceci^on. Tommy ‘
claims that this is his farewell ap
pearance.
Benny Lynch, Scottish flyweight
champion, is to inert Small Montana •
in London for the World'- thamplon
sh’p at 112 pnnods. Small is spit-:
ting the Scotchman two pounds, and •
is on the short end of the betting.
We wouldn’t be surprised to see
an outdoor serap in Vancouver seme
time in June, between the harc-hit
fing harp, Jimmy McLamin, from
Vancouver, and -Gordon Wallace who
carries the title of welterweight,
champion of Canada.
Pad Pirrone beat Frank Cans' in
the fourtir round at Philadelphia re
cently. This clever young French
dnan is gunning for a crack at the
■enddieweight champ.
Despite the -chilly weather.. Al. Ul
hriekson has started ■working’ out his
crew on Lake Washington. By the
time the weather warms he hopes
to hare them ready for. some real
training. Pratcically the entire' crew
of worldis champions are back to
gether in the boats for .the-coining
year. ■ y The Huskies have a good
chance to repeat.- Coach -Ulbricteon
has been named the Man of the Year
.m Sports, by Seattle .fans.
Scoring its 15tK straight victory.
Harvard's Varsity Hocke.. team bob
stered its grip on the lead in the
American group of the International
intercollegiate Hockey League by
beating. Princeton 6-2, before 6,000
spectators at the Boston Garden. It
Harvard's third straight. Inter
uatijoal League triumph.
1 . Budapest; Hungary, Kart Payer,
socialist leader, challenged to a duel,
replied: “I am a Christian, there
I oppose duels. If I must fight, I
demand that artillery be used because
that :s the only wea on I know any
thing about. The .el was called
tff.
aiter—Would you mind settling
your bill, sir? We're closing now.
n—But 1 ha\ en't^beec served
..:-.?r—V, ell, in that case, there!!
be j.ily the cover charge.
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BY CHltlSTIAX HOLGEN '
13peri*L Correspondent)
Pan:: '» in from Dredge—
Wain© Puntila came in to town
from hi? dredge on Li tie Creek last
Sr - ri: /, d after attending to bus
in it t i ■ -eturned home the same
"odd5 t' !a«TV Comes to Town—
Bfddy Wiasik came in to town
Mor :a: and returned Tuesday to
Csv.es Creek, where he is engaged
in cutt.rg -ord wood, for the Ganes
Creek Did hg Company. Baddy
. e; v - rhing is fine or -Ganes.
Repo V>Vfs Takotna-—
John Repo of Myntti & Repo; gen
eral i_. icbtr.ts of Ophir, mad a trip
to Takotna by dogteam Sunday and.
returned home Monday.
Fro ;rg to Frisco Creek—
Jer. • Baugh has for the lift three
■weeks be :: freighting supplies to his
camp on the upper end of Frisco
Creek, in the Tolstoi region, where
he intends to do prospecting until
. prtng.
Pro * trine on Glacier Creek—
5£r. H Mrs. Araulf Hjkde are
visiting friends in town. They came
in on skiii end intend to stay for a
few days. Hieide has seen prospect
ing on Glacier Creek, a tributary of
Ganes Creek, for the. pa t three
months frecair* down holer. He says
' he will keep on ax Loop* as the weath
er stays cold. He has not found
anythin* very encourapin* -yet . Mi
says.
Improved in Health—
The mail plane landed here Ties-'
day forenoon brinpinp William Johrr
son and Fred Roethlisberper from
from Fairbanks*. Johnson went to
the" hopsital in -Fairbanks' more than
a month a*o, where he underwent a
ericas operation, and reports him
-elf much improved in health. The;
mail plane also took . away Frank
Meier, who goes to Fairbanks for
medical attention.
.Goodman Brings Passenger—
Pilot Don Goodman, flying his new
_p!ane, also landed here this morning
with one passenger. Leonard Wan
t'lck, for this pi a cp. He then took
off for Flat with 'one passenger f r
that place. < This is getting to be a
regular Roosevelt Field for plants.
BAER 'WILL FIGHT IN ENGLAND
NEW YORK. ::s ”fa 4—A large
crowd; comprisin y w aer,
gathered at the y to e
Ex-Heavjweight C ... ... .on - ax B er
off on his trip to Enc land where he
will fulfil! two ring engagements. He
will be back in Chitsfo in time to
.Ight Bob Pastor in that city March
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