Alaska News Notes
Frank M. Kiesle. a resident of Nome
since iiiOO, and one of its most substan- i
tial business men, passed uway in that j
> city on February 24.
Waechter Bros, own a large reindeer j
herd about 20 miles back of Kokrines. i
Headquarters for the herders are at
Melozi hot springs. The springs have
a temperature of 142 degrees and are |
greatly mineralized.
Lynn Goyne, who has been in the
Novikaket country for some time, re-;
turned to Nenana recently and reports |
that mining will be conducted on a ■
larger scale in that section than for- I
merly, several outfits moving in.
The Blue Fox Farmers’Association j
nf Southeastern Alaska are planning to i
start a fur market at Ketchikan for
marketing the fur raised by the Assi
ciation. Over $100,000 are invested in
blue foxes in Southeastern Alaska.
Mining operations in the Saleha dis-:
trict will be in full blast this season, j
James Stewart, who holds options on a j
number of claims in that district, will j
soon ship to the North 150 tons of mu-1
chinery for mining purposes. A drag
line excavator is included in the oultk i
While trying to haul an. immense 1
spider crab from the water at Seldovia i
a native was pulled overboard and car j
ried to the bottom of the bay. Me was |
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Ask the People of Ophir about us.
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STATION
fairview. Innoko River
unconscious when rescued by his com-1
panions. The crab-canning season is:
on and the natives are reaping1 a bar- i
vest. The epider crabs of Cook inlet
measure from five to seven feet and i
nave tremendous strength.
Pred Porter, of Petersburg, captain !
and half owner of the shrimp boat j
Lieba, recently last, his left arm at the !
elbow by having it entangled in tne j
winch on the boat. His misfortune is :
doubled on account of having lost the
other arm some years ago in a diingle
itjill.
The Alaska bone dry law or the Vol
stead act must go, say many Alaska at
torneys, who hold that the two acts:
conflict and cause much confusion in !
the courts. Under the mislead act a j
man twice convicted of offense against]
the law mav be fined and imprisoned j
in the penitentiary. Under the Alaska
law he can be fined and given a year j
in jail. Where a ease is tried under j
one law and then under the other it!
has been found confusing to juries.
An Indian in the federal jail at Cor- j
<’ va recently became violently insane j
and attacked three other oc apautsi
Wn!h a poker, splitting one man - head ]
open and partially stauuing the others, j
He was laboring under the hallucina
tion that his son was nurdered and
that one of the men in the cell with !
him was the murderer. It required !
four men to subdue him, and the doctor j
took 42 stitches in his head after the ]
fracas was over.
The new bridge spanning the Tanana j
liver at Nenana is 700 feet long from 1
pier to pier, and contains 11,381 tons of j
steel. The bottom of the snan is about
GO feet above the water level, the truss {
is 9G feet, and the width 30 feet. Work |
on the structure commenced October 7, j
1922, and it was prooouaced completed i
February 22, 1923. with a loss of work
ing time of only five days, a record for j
construction of huge bridges.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
United States Land Office Nome,
Alaska, April 22, 1S22
Mineral Application No. 0547.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN j
that 'William Sehneirla, whose post-1
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has,
made application before the United,
States Land Office at Nome Alaskt,
on behalf of himself, and his co
owners, Jacob W. Sshneirla, Charles
Schneirla and Edward Sehneirla, for
a United States patent for the Con
solidated placer mining claim bear-;
ing placer gold, known and dees-,
cribed as No. 1 above Cold Run;'
No. 2 Above Gold Run and the;
Ferron Fraction on Little Creek in
the Innoko Mining & Recording
District in the Territory of Alas-1
ka, which said Consolidated claim
is described by the United States
Surveyor General of said District
; s 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
PUN ON LITTLE CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1.
A hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long
4 in., sq , n earth mound, scribed
1-1276 2 Ab; whence; U. S. L. M.
No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 35 min.1
58 sec W-, 5788.01 ft.; thence N.'
51 deg. 39 min. W. 1181.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 05 deg. 57
min. E. 099.35 ft. to Cor. N. 3.;
thence S. 57deg. 21 min. E. 1082.
3 it. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 55
deg. 18 min. W. 760.15 ft. to Cor. (
No. 1, ptace 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. 127G 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
kg;,35 min. E. 822.0. To Cor. No. 3,
thence S. 70 deg. 41 min. E. 802.25
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 17 deg.
27 min. W. 1043 ft. to Cor. No. 1
ind place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.805 acres.
PERRON FRACTION PLACER
[leginning at Cor. No. 1.
Identical with Cor. No. 4, No. |
Two Above on Little Creek Placer j
and Cor. No. 1. No. One Above on i
Little Creek Placer, this survey, I
previously described; whence:- U. S. j
L. M. No. 127o bears S. 57 deg.1
19 min. 22 sec. W. G547.58 ft.;1
thence N. 17 deg. 27 min. E. 1043 j
ft. to Cor. No. 2; identical with j
Cor No. 4 No. One Above, this sur- j
vey previous’ described; thence |
S. 66 deg. 24 min. E. 112.2 ft. to
Cor. No. 3; then. - S 23 deg. 381
min. W. 1033.9 ft. io Cor. No. 1 1
to place of beginning, containing I
an area of 1.336 acres.
Total Area included in the Con- ’
solidated Claim 38.26b acres.
Said Consolidated Placer Claim is
situated on unsurveyed ground or.
Little Creek, a tributary of Ir.noko j
River, a tributary of the Yukon\
River, about ten miles southeast of’
the town Ophir in the Innoko j
Mining & R'cording District in
said Territory.
The adjoining claims are on the)
norcncast the Gold Hun Assoeia- ■
tion Claim on Little Creel: unstir-•
veyed; on tile southwest No. 3 a
bove Gold Run on Little Creek I
unsurvt;, ed; on the northwest and
southeast claims unknown and nn
surveyed.
U. S. Location Monument No. j
1278 is hewn spruce post 8 in. sq. j
5 ft. above ground, painted blue, j
with stone mound around mime,
and chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278; j
whence:- W. Twin Peak bear.-: N. [
49; 30 min. E. E. Tv n T>eak bear:- ;
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. No. 1-Dome1
bears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.
Lat. 63 deg. 04 min. N.!
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUN I) RACK |
Register of I' tiite st-nes I^and Office. |
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR1
PATENT
Mineral Application No. 0548 i
United States Land Office at Nome,
Alaska. April 22, 1022
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN j
that William Schneirla, whose post
office address is Ophir, Alaska, has!
made application before the U. S.!
Land Office at Nome, Alaska on!
behalf of himself and his co-owners
•Jacob W. Schneirla, Charles Schneir
la and Edward Schneirla, for a
United States patent for the Con-1
solidated Placer raining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known and des-1
cribed as No. 6 Above, No. 5 A-j
bove, and No. 4 Above Gold Run !
Placers, on Little Creek, a tri-j
bntary of the Innoko River, and
situated about eleven miles south-1
east of the town of Ophir, in the1
Innoko Mining and Recording Dis-|
trict, Territory of Alaska, said Con- j
solidated Placer mining claim be-;
ing designated by the U. S. Sur
veyor General of Alaska as U. 8.!
Mineral Survey No. 1277; the ex- j
terior boundaries of which, accord- i
ing to the plat and field notes of'
said survey now on file in the!
said O. S. Land Office at Nome, •,
Alaska, with a magnetic variation !
of 24 deg. 31 min. E., being a- j
follows:
NO. 6 ABOVE GOLD RUN.
Begin ling at Cor, No. 1;
A hewn sptuce post 4 ft. long, 4 in. ;
sq., in eartli mound scribed 1-1277
Ab whence U. S. L. M. No. 1278 \
bears S. 53 deg. 13 min. W. 3260.61
ft.
Thence N. 39 deg. 25 min. W.;
533.1 ft. to Cor No. 2 whence Cor. j
No. 4 of No. 8 Above, survey 1278,1
bears S. 14 cleg. W. 1002.8 ft. dis-j
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. i
28 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. 3058.18 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
Ft, to ••• • No. 8;Tjihence S. 28 deg.
43 min. E. 792 ft. to Cor. No. 4; [
Thence K. 78 deg. 58 min. W. !
[597.8 ft to Cor. No. 1, the place j
of beginumg, containing an area i
of 10.827 acres.
NO. 4 ABOVE GOLD RUN
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden
tical with C No. 4 of No. 5 A
bove, this survey, whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1278 bears S. 57 deg. .17
min. 6 sec. W. 4297.52 ft.; Thence
N. 28 deg 43 W. 792 ft to Cor.
No. 2, identical ’ ith Cor. No. 3 of
No. 5 Above placer, this survey;
Thence N. 41 der, 32 min E. 546.9 |
ft. to Cor No. ; Thence S. 27 deg.
19 min. E. 1975. life, to Cor. No. 4;
Thence S. 68 e- , . i 9 min. W. 680.1
ft. to Cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containin' an area of 12.
754 acres.
The total area contained in said
Consolidated Placer claim is 29.503
acres.
The adjoining .-iaims are, on thc
northeast No. 3 Above Gold Run
Placer on Little Creek, claim «/
surveyed and claimants unknown
on the southwest No. 7 Above GoJd
Run Placer on Little Creek, clr
unsurveyed and claimant unknown;
on the northwest and southeast
claimants unknown and claims un
surveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1 278 to which
the survey is tied is a hewn spruce
post 8 in. square, 8 ft. long, cn»
eled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, with,
stone mound 3 ft. high and 8 ft
base around same, situated on s
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 hears
N. 51 deg. 40 min. E.; and No. 1
Dome bears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.;
l,at. 63 deg. 4 min. N.
Long. 156 deg. 25 min. W.
JOHN SUNDBACK
fiegister D. s. LaDd Office.
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