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OLD PLACERS IN CIRCLE
AREA ARE REVIVED
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The building of the Steese high
way, with consequent lowering of
transportation cost^, has brought)
abqut a revival of placer mining in
the Circle district and thp oldtimers
there are enjoying greater content
ment than ever before in the history
of .that placer camp, according to
Jack Kimpifey, who visited the old
diggings this month, after an absence
of a great many years. He was there
in the vgiy early days, when nothing
short of honanza ground could be
worked because of the high price of
grub and the difficulties of trans
portation.
He found that a great change has
come over th ecamp in recent years;
even th*i hills he knew so well in the
old days appeared unfamiliar to him.
and he searched in vain for some of
the old landmarks at Circle City. He
was told that ice from the Yukon at
breakup times har wrecked several of
the old structures to such an extent
that, it was necessary to tear them
down completely; and he could see j
where the river had cut deeply into,
the" high bank, carrying much of the
formerly wide street away. Event
ually there will need to he a moving
badk to save what is left of the old
town.
But while Circle City has lost much
of the old pep, the gold producing
streams which gained fame in the
piopeer days of that district are
staging a rerun kaljle comeback, and
for.several reasons. Gold is worth a
lot more today than it ance was, in
purchasing power; mining methods 1
have been greatly improved; good
roads make it possible to obtain sup
plies at low cost, and miners are get
ting some real enjoyment along with,
their work.
When Mr. Kinnaley left Fairbanks'
to hive a look'at the old camp over
toward the Yukon he had visions of
having a time of it finding his way
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over the old trail. He went first to
Circle hot springs to gather strength
at that splendid resort for his round
up of old cronies, and had hardly ar
rived . there when friends out on one
of the creeks, having heard of his
arrival, informed hi mby phone that
they were coming after him. And
soon they arrjved with an automo
bile, much to his amazement* and
chugged him off in the dark to a
celebration which had been arranged
in his honor. There was a fairly
good road part of the way up the
creek, and where there wasn’t they
drove over old tailing piles.
Good cabins have replaced the rude,
structures which were built in the old
days, and the miners now have all
the comforts of home, including ra
dios which bring them entertainment
and news from all over the world.
Joe Ulmer is working on Independ
ence creek, and is doing very well.
Ed Bartlett, another well known old
timer of the interior, also is, operat- !
ing in the camp, having stripped a;
large block of ground preparatory to
active mining next season. And there
are numerous others working in a
small way, taking out enough gold to
enable them to live very comfortably
with the aid of the game, which •
abounds in the district, . There are,
upwards of one hundred men scat
tered over the camp and, as if. Kin- |
naley puts it, ‘‘they are sitting on top •
of the world,” with all the grub they I
need for winter and a little, gold left,
over for emergency. Unemployment
does not mean anything to most of,
them because they, wouldn’t ..take a
job if it was offered to them. One of
the miners picked up a nugget worth .
more than S200 during the.summer,,
and an oldtimer there who haeL held j
on to his ground since 1895, without■
doing a great deal of work op it. sold j
it for S15,00d recently.
The annual migration of caribou
was under way while Mr. Kinnaley
was in the interior, and; he saw great
stacksof meat at Circle, representing
the native kill. The natives and their
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(lops were actually gorged, having
eaten all they could of the meat be
fore starting on the. job of storing it
away for the winter.
Travelers over the-. highway also
got in on tlje Jrill„.a, number of auto
mobiles having been.seen with car
cases roped to the running boards.
All of the camps also were well sup
plied with fresh meat.
ORDER aNI) NOTICE OF GEN
ERAL ELECTION
To Be Held On
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8..1S32Y
In the Commissioner's- Court at
Ophir, Fourth D.vision, Territory
of Alaska.
I, Christian Bolgen, United States
Commissioner in and fpr the Innoko
Recording District, Fourth. Division,
Territory of Alaska, pursuant to an
Act of Congress, approved May 7th,
1900, entitled “An, Act Providing for
the Election of a Delegate of, a Dele
gate to the House of Representatives
'com the,.Territory of Alaska,’’ and
an Act of Congress approved August
24th, 1912, entitled,“An Act to Create
a Legislative Assembly in the Terri
tory of Alaska, .t.Q Confer Legislative
Powers Thereon, and for. Other Pur
poses,- do herebvjeytgbJjsh the above
named recording ,.anfi election district
as one voting precinct, which shall be
known as follow&i, Innoko voting
precinct, i.
1. That said Innoko voting pre
cinct is bounded as .follows: Embrac
ing all the territory within the bound
aries of said Innoko,,recording dis
trict.
And I hereby specify that certain
building known as the Ophir Road
House, situate at Ophir, in said InT
noko voting preginct. as the polling
place'for said voting precinct.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
on the 8th day of November, A. Dc
1932, an election .will, be Jm-hl for. the
purpose of. electing
A Delegate to Congress;-.,
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of Alaska; .
An Auditor for the..Territory > of
Alaska;
A Commissioner pf Education for
the Territory-of Alaska;
A Highway, Engineer for the Ter
ritory of Alaska1! x
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska (long term);
One Member of the Senate of the
Teritoy of Alaska (shot tern);
. Fou Members of tre House of Rep
resentatives ,of. i the. Territory of
Alaska;
Two Road Co*imis8ioners for Road
restrict No. 4.
The said aeleetin>Hw ill. be in the vot
ing precinct abate mentioned and at
the polling place hereinabove speci
fied. The said polling place will be
open between the hours of 8 o’clock
a. m. and 7 o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, October
10th, 1932.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
U. S. Commissioner for the
Territory, of Alaska, In
noko Recording District,
residing at Ophir, Alaska.
Certified a true copy.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
Commissioner for the Innoko
Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska.
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AGENT
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In the Probate Court for Otter Pre-!
einct, Fourth Division, Territory!
of Alaska.
In the matter of the Es ate of Dan
Hartnett, deceased.
Notice of Fina Hearing.
Notce is hereby given that the ait f
ministrator of the above estate ha»;
fled his final report in the Probate,
Court above named and that said re-’"
port will be heard bfore the said Pro
bate Court for Otter Precinct at Flat,
Alaska, on Wednesday, the 30th day
of November, 1932, at 2 o'clock p. m.
• of said day, at which time and place,
r 11 persons'interested may appear and
show cause, ;f any they have, why
. said; report should not be approved
and confirmed.
HARRY DONNE! LEY,
Administrator.
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Knight's Roadhouse 23% ,
Nineteen-Mil*- Roadhouse • 58
Diamond Roadhouse T6
Roosevelt 89
ake-MiUdtuhiica 115
Trapper)*' Ctrtiwi 132
Lone Star-•R -aiihonse. • 150
Teliila Rondhonse 169%
Slow Fo>"!v,sR-*olhmjs« 187
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{•Jerryi-.anJ'-.'.jj UirtaMmuse 227%
FJl)> River-K.*SH IhotlSH ■ 24.1
Mi '.ruth ». 263
! nkotnj 280
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Ophir 1 Ji»0
McCuHVrty > :S\ >0
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Fritz Iler eahwi 333 •
i'if-1 Cha^- shelter'«at>tn 346*
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