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Exchanges.
Arrival sat Anchorage from the
Cold Bay oil district bring the news
ffiat the Standard Oil Company has
suspended drifting* opcrllioas opera
tions on Pearl Dome* and is preparing
to move its equipment to Kanatak,
presumably for shipment, says the
Anchorage Times. It is not known
whether or not the company-is aban
doning the field permanently, but the
suspension of operations has filled the
camp with gloom.
It is estimated that it wiH take sev
eral months to move the heavy equip
ment to the coast from the scene of
drilling operations and a considerable
part , of the force will find employ
ment in that work. Others of the
crew- are leaving for other sections.
William Sargent, an oldtimer of the
Interior country, recently left for the
Outside, his first visit to the States
since he arrived in the country, 33
years ago. When Mr. Sargent left
Seattle the ruins of the great fire
were still smoking. Ho has worked
in many Interior camps since then,
in d is now on his way to the Outside
to sete the sights, and will then return
to remain in Alaska until he joins
that innumerable bunch of stampeders
for heavenly claims. At Poorman he
was h partner of Dan Sutherland, and,
is hfc expresses it. “had Dan on the
windlass for many weeks." Mr. Sar
gent. went to Iditarod in 1910, and
from there to Ruby, where he re
mained thirteen years. Mr. Sargent
sailed from Victoria on t he old steam
er Coquitlam in .1894; and landed on
the Alaskan coast a week or so later.
He went co Dawson in 1897, and. re
mained there until the end of the. big
stampede.
What. is regarded as the most im
portant discovery made in the fCan
tishiia district in recent years, accord
ing to the Anchorage Times, was re
ported recently by Henry Appelle, old
timer of that region, who made a trip
to Anchorage to consult with his Min
ing partner, Chief of Police Lew I’ow
less, and who, brought u number of
gold quartz nuggets with him h to
show the character of the discovery.
Ho is of the opinion that he has
found the mother lode of the rich
Kantishna district and will devote the
coming summer to intensive develop
ment of his discovery. The find was
made near the head of Eureka creek,
and the nuggets already found indi
cate that the main ledge, when locat
ed, will prove enormously rich. The
nuggets brought to Anchorage are
impregnated with rich quartz.
Appelle also is working on a silver
prospect at the head of Eldorado
creek, and there is the promise that
this property will have considerable
value when the transportation prob
lem of the Kantishna has been solved.
But the gold quartz is of much
greater importance to the district be
cause of its immediate value, and be
cause it opens up a new field for pros
pecting, being the -first discovery of
the kind made there. It is expected
to result in much new prospecting ac
tivity in that region during the com
ing summer.
Prior to his departure from Seward
recently, Janies C. Langley, head of
the Alaska Dirigible Company, which
proposes to install airships i in the
Alaska transportation service, stated
that he was proceeding direct to
Akron, Ohio, where the first ship, a
small one, will be ordered. The air
ship will probably he sent to' Seward
early in June, inflated - there, and
make its way-to Fairbanks, which, has
been chosen as the base of operations.
The cost of the ship will be in the
neighborhood of $35,000, he said.- It I
will measure ’.lik'foet-dn langit,! will
make a speed of 40 miles an hour,
and have a carrying capacity of from
fuur to six passengers. With the ar
rival of this ship in Alaska, Mr. Lang
ley said, the work of securing a sec
ond and considerably larger-sized dir
igible will hegin.
. Probably the richest large ore body
so far opened up in the Hyder dis
trict is now being mined on the B. C.
Silver. It is the policy of the com
pany to give out no information con
cerning the mine operations save
through the local office, so. that, full
details could not be Obtained. It is
said to average between 10 and 14
feet in width, and-, is of shipping
grade tsuvugmout., although a large
portion carries extraordinary values.
Native silver is visible in practically1
every foot of the rock across the1
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width of the vein, while lenses carry
ing both silver and free gold are said
to be common. So far as can be
learned, the vein is not an extension
of the Premier mine yein system, and
is located a considerable distance
from the north bonndary Knr of the
Premier. The ore is being extracted
and sacked for shipment .without
being sorted. Reliable informants
state, t hat the ore is so rich that it
would not be difficult in the least to
sort out large quantities that would
run into six or seven hundred dollors
per ton. The general average is said
to run from around $180 to $180 per
ton. Shipments from the mine are
going down at the rate of about ten
tons daily,
H. S. Bartholf, president of the
Bartholf Lucky Shot Mining Com
pany, of the Willow Creek district,
has filed suit in the Superior Court at
Seattle, demanding $288,008.17, said*
to be the value of the gold taken in
1925 from the mine Bartholf sold to
the Willow Creek Mines.
Bartholf alleges that the agreement
whereby the Willow Creek Mines was
to buy the property for $.'150,000, pay
ing Bartholf interest and. a royalty of
25 per cent of the output, has . been
broken. He declares that- no royalty
has been >>aid, and demands all of the
gold mined and full possession of the
claims, known as the Lucky Shot-and
War Eagb-.
The fear is expressed that the court
action will interfere with mining-'op
erations on the claim sduring the
coming season.
Bret Harte's Headache.
Bret Harte was once lecturing at
Richmond, in Virginia,, and u>n the
morning of his arrival had sileh a ter
rible headache-, that he -would cheer
fully have "died there and then.. He
went for a walk accompanied by the
person who was to take., the chair at;
his lecture. The latter told him that j
Richmond was a very healthful place, i
that the death rate averaged only one
per diem.
“Good heavens,” said-Bret Harte,*
who had been telling his companion !
how he felt. “Has today’s man died
yet ?1Tatlwr, -London.
YOUR INCOME TAX.
Net income, upon which the income
tax is assessed, is gross income-, less
certain specified deductions for . ,-busi- j
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bad debts, etc. A storekeeper may :
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the -Probate Court at Ruby, Nulato ;
Precinct, Fourth Division, Terri- i
1 tory of Alaska, before Stanly R.
Morgan, United States Commis-;
sioner and ex-officio Probate Judge.!
In the matter of the estate of |
Janies McLaughlin, deceased.
Notice is-hereby given that the un- :
dersigned has been duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of James
McLaughlin, deceased.
All persons having ciaiihs against
said estate are required to present
them, duly verified, with proper
vouchers attached, to the under
signed^ at the United States Commis
sioner’s office. Ruby, Alaska, within
six (6) months from the date of this
notice;
Dated Ruby, Alaska, April 19, 1926.
JOHN W. DUNN,
Administrator.
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! spent for rent of his place of busi
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his place of business, drayage and
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ance and repair to delivery- wagons
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ance for salaries.
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yer, doctor, or dentist, may- deduct
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crops, cost of seed'and fertilizer used,
cost of minor repairs'to farm build
ings, the cost of small tools used up
in the course of a year.'or two. The
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payer’s dwelling, cost of food, cloth
ing, education of children, etc., are not
allowed.
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