Alaska News Notes
Nearly five million feet of Alaska
spruce has been shi pped from Ketchi
'?ac to t/he Australian market.
Kiierh.te McCaughey, a Matanuska
valley farmer, has fenced his ranch j
aud converted it into a muskrat farm. j
Ed Pfaflle, a Council merchant, was j
seriously injured recently when his j
dogs got taDgled up< in their gear, |
throwing him across the sled and in-!
juring his leg.
George Dooley, well known old-timer
of Cordova, who has been in San Fran
cisco for some time uoder care of a spe
cialist, has returned home, very much
improved in health. ■ ^
Wm. Noel, a member of the Copper
River railway bridge crew, met witli a
painful accident recently, a falling tim- 1
ber striking him in the face, making
some ugly wounds.
Bart L. Thane, of Juneau, is con
fident that actual construction of a
pulp mill at Thane will start during
the preseut year, according to Attor
ney H. L. Faulkner, who returned re
cently from the States.
Isaac Niaime, a fisherman of Doug- I
las, was- arrested recently, charged
with having killed deer out of season.
A large portion of deer »neat was dis
covered in the accused man’s boat
house, but he testified lie did not know
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Send Orders to
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Ophir, Alaska
Max Simel
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Supplies
Steamer Service On the Inoka
River.
Ask the People of Ophir about us.
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STATION
Fairview, Innoko River]
to whom it belonged and that it had
been placed the^e without his knowl
edge. He was freed.
Two soft drink parlors were closed
in Juneau recently, the district attor
ney showing they had previously been
convicted of violating the prohibition
act. This is the tenth place closed for
one year by the Juneau authorities.
Considerable work is in progress this
winter on Nolan creek, in the Koyu
kuk. The second bedrock has been
abandoned, and prospecting is being
done on several claims on the upper
strata of bedrock, which is found at a
depth of 00 feet.
Fishermen of Prince Rupert have
adopted a resolution asking Ottawa to
negotiate with the United States with
the vivw of establishing a reciprocity
of the fres-h Ssh trade and if negotia
tions fail to ask a duty oh two cents a
pound to meet the United Slates duty.
The steamship Victoria is now in dry
dock at Seattle for a complete over
hauling, and will he put oc the Alaska
run the latter part of this mouth. The
staterooms on the upper deck w)I !*s
altered, the entire upper deck arrange
ment will he changed, the doors lead
ing to the upper deck closed, and many
other improvementsjwill oe made.
Wm. Mumford, a resident of Alaska
for the past twenty years, was arrested
at Ketchikan a few uavs ago ami has
been committed to the Pioneers’ Home
at Sitka for restraint. Ais hallucina
tion is that someone is working < u him
with electricity, impairing Ids liealih
so that it is impossible for turn to fol
low Ins vocation.
Nearly a dozen Indian boys from
various points in Alaska. Washington,
Montana ami other sto'.es will he turned
away from the Salem, Oregon, Indian
school, according to Superintendent
Harwood Hall, because of the govern
ment. regulations- that they do not pos
sess the educational qualifications that
euiiile them to Indian schools.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska, April 22, 1322.
Mineral Application No. 054 <
NOTICE IS llEHEBl' GIVEa
that William Schneiria, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, ha^
made application before the United
States Land Office at Nome Aiasl:.,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Sshneirla, Charles,
Schneiria and Edward Schneiria, 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 and the
Perron 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 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 see. 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 ra:n. E. 822.0. To Cor. No. 3
thence S. 70 deg. 41 m;n. E. 802.25
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 17 deg
127 min. W. 1043 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.805 acres.
FERKON 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. VV. 6547.58 ft.;
thence N. 17 deg. 27 rain. E. 1043 j
ft. to Cor. No. 2; identical with |
Cor No. 4 No, One Above, this sur-;
vey previously described; thence;
IS. 66 deg. 24 min. E. 112.2 ft. to.
Cor. No. 3; thence S. 23 deg. 381
min. W. 1036.9 ft. to Cor. No. 1 •
to place of beginning, containing!
I 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 of Innoko
River, a tributary of the Yukon
River, about ten miles southeast of
tliie town of Ophir in the Innoko
Mining & Recording District in
said Territory.
The adjoining claims are on the
northeast the Gold Run Associa
tion Claim on Lktle Creek unsur
vcyed; on the southwest No. 3 a
1 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 hWe
with stone mound around same,
and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278;
whence:- VV. 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 SUNDBACKr
Legist,er of United State- Land UOice.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Application No. 0548
Unilid Stales Land Oifice at Nome
Alaska. April 22, 1922.
NO l ICE IS HEllEBY GIVEN
thai William Schneina, wnose posi
oiiice address is Opihir, Alaska, has
made application before .ne U. S.
Land On ice at Nome, Alaska on
behalf of him. elf and his co-owners
Jacob W. oeimeirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Schnenia, for a
United States patent for the Con
solidated Placer mining-claim, bear
ing placer go.d, known and des
cribed as No. 6 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 arid Recording Dis
trict, Territory o" 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
of 24 deg. 31 min. E., being as
follows;
NO. 6 ABOVE GOLD RUN.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1;
A liewi '| i ui-e 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. 3260.6
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,
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. 621.9 ft.
j to- Cor. No. 4; Thence S. 53 deg.
128 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. L. 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
I 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, the place
of beginning, containing an area
of 10.827 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RUN
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with Cor. No. 4 of No. .5 A
bove, this survey, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 17
min. G sec. W. 4297.52 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. E. 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 Gold Run
Placer on Little Creek, claim un
surveyed and claimants unknown;
on the southwest No. 7 Above Gold
Run Placer on Little Creek, claim
unsurveycd ana 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. long, 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. 48 min. E.;
Lat. 63 deg. 4 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
Register U S. Land Office.
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