A Little of Everything
There are 11 national parks in the
Uriited States;
The (irst modern battleship to eost,
over $5,000,000 was the British.ship In
flexible, launched in 188L.
Threads of gold in India for making
lace are drawn out so line that 1,100
yards of it weigh only one ounces
The newest electric switch is abso
lutely “fool-proof.” When it is opened
there are no charged parts exposed.
Golf balls lost during one month at a
well known club are estimated at 1,000
Dogs are being trained to search for
them.
An improved blow-out patch for tires
has the edges positively locked to
gether, which makes it much more en-i
luring.
Queen Maud of Norway is an expert j
bookbinder. She not only works out
the designs, but does the actual tooling
as well.
Mount McKinley, Alaska, area 1,408,-;
000 acres, contains the loftiest raouo-!
tain summit in America. 20.300 feet j
above sea level.
Among the supplies in a great At
.antic liner for one voyage there some
times are* 170,000 pounds of meat, 50
tons of potatoes and 5,000 pounds of
butter.
Ijondon University, London, Kng.,
with a total of 20.000 students, is the
largest in the world. It includes 05 in
stitutions scattered over the metro
politan area .
Telegraph poles -and other- sticks
that are in contact with the ground are
protected from tho ravages of damp
ness by a sheet metal sleeve surround
ing them at the ground line.
Churches are making use of electric
signs and are also using colored lights
to make the services more impressive,
and are using flood lights to display
the beauties of the stained glass win
dows. ^
The largest-national cemetery in tho
United States- is Custer Battlefield.
Mont., which covers an area of 040
acres. Second in size is the cemetery
at Arlington, Fort Myer. Va., covering
108 acres.
Platinum coins were formerly issued
in Russia, beginning in 1828. when
platinum was worth only about one
third as much as gold. The nominal
value of the coins then issued was
about $3,000,000, but the metal in them
would now bring nearly $50,000,000*
Mineral Application No. 050fi.
U. S. liiuui Office, Nome. Alaska:
February 2, 1922
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Flume Dredge Company, a cor
poration, organized and existing un
der the laws of the State of Calif
ornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, has
made application before the United
States Land Office at Nome, Alaska,
through its authorized agent, J. M.
Streeten, of Nome, Alaska, for a
United States Patent for the com
solidated placer mining claim, bear
ing placer gold, known as No. 8 A
ABOVE, No. 7 A ABOVE, and No.
7 ABOVE DISCOVERY, on Yankee
Creek, in the Innoko Mining & Re
cording District, Territory of Alaska
and designated as Mineral Survey
No. 1270; the exterior boundaries
of said placer claims, according to
the plat and field notes of said sur
vey, now on file in said land office
(with a magnetic variation of 20
dog. 12 min. E.) being as follows:
NUMBER SEVEN ABOVE ON
YANKEE CREEK—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, a fir post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., in earth mound, scribed 1-1
1270-7 Ab.-7A-Ab., whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1270 bears S. 12 deg. 17
min. E., 169.94 ft.; thence N. 66
deg. 44 rrtin. W., 808.45 ft., to Cor.
No. 2, thence N. 21 deg. 35 min. E.,
866.05 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
67 deg. 25 min. E., 83').5 ft. to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 23' deg. 33 min.
W., 875.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and
place of beginning, containing an
area of 16.469 acres.
NUMBER SEVEN A ABOVE ON
YANKEE CREEK—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
1, No. 7 Above on Yankee Creek
Placer, this survey, previously de
scribed, thence S. 3 deg. 48 min.
W., 1033.35 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
thence N. 82 deg. 36 min. W., 762.
45 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence N. 3
deg. 46 min. E., 1254.1 ft. to Cor.
No. 4, identical with Cor. No. 2, No.
7 Above on Yankee, Creek; thence
S. 66 deg. 44 min. E., 808.45 ft.
to Cor. No. ], and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 19.995
acres. ,
NUMBER EIGHT A ABOVE ON
YANKEE CREEK—Beginning at
Cor. No. 1, identical with Cor. No.
2, No. 7 A. Above on Yankee Creek,
this survey, a fir post, 4 ft. long 4
ins. sq., in earth mound, scribed
1-<M 270-8A-A i>.-7A-Ab., whence U.
S. L. No. 1270 bears N. 6 deg. 53
min. 48 sec. E. 8<i.S4 ft.; thence S.
4 deg. 30 min. W., 1135.25 ft. to
Cor. Noi 2; thence N. -78 deg. 41
min. W., 755.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence N. 2 deg. 46 min. E., 1087.0
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 82 deg.
36 min. E., 7'.“>.45 ft. to Cor. No. t,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.544 acres.
Total are i applied for, 56.008
acres.
This claim i situated on Yankee
Creek, a trii utary of the Innoko
River, about 18 miles S. E., of th
town of Ophir, of the said minim
and recording district arid territory.
The adjoining claims are: on th
N., No. Six Above on Yankee Creek,
unsurveyed; m the S., Oregon G. m
unsurveyed, . id. claimants unknown;
on the E and W., claims unknown
and unsurveyed, and claimants ur
known.
U. S. U. M No. 1270 is a sp
post, 8 ins. sq., painted red, chisel
led U. S. L. M. No. 1270, in
and stone mound, situated about 75
ft. E. of brow of small blulf, on th
right limit of Yankee Creek; whenci
W. Twin Peak bears N. 21 deg.
min. E.; E. 'lwin Peak bears N. 2
deg. 49 min. E.; mountain at divide
between h i of Yankee and Gar’ ’
Creeks bears S. 33 deg. 32 min. \V.
Latitude 63 deg. 01 min. N. Lons
itude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register U. S. Land Oflie
Mineral Application No. 0507.
U. S. Laud Office. Nome, Alaska.
| February 2, 1922.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
I The Fiunu Dredge Company, a cor
j poration, organized and existing un
der the Laws of the State of Cali
fornia, whose post office address is
Mills Building, San Francisco, Cali
fornia, hasomade application through
James M. Streeten, its authorized
agent, whose post office i idress is
Nome, Alaska, before the United
States Land Office of 'lorn \ Alas
ka, for a ‘fJnited States Patent for
the consolidated placer mining
claim, known as No. r> ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK
PLACER, and No. 6 ABOVE DIS
COVERY ON YANKEE CREEK
PLACER, in the Inroko Mining and
Recording District, Territory of Al
aska, and designated by the l'ni+ed
States Surveyor General of said
Territory as Mineral Survey No.
1271; the exterior boundaries of
said placer claim, according to the
plat and field notes of said sur
vey, now on file in said land office
(with a magnetic variation of 20
deg. 12 min. E.) being as follows:
NUMBER FIVE ABOVE DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
a hewn spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4
ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground, in earth
mound, scribed 1-1271-5 Ab., whence
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. 16
deg. 48 min. 53 sec. W. 1992.55 ft.;
thence N. 66 deg. 52 min. W. 810.75
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 29 deg.
39 min. E. 729.3 ft to Cor. No. 3;
tihenee S. 63 deg. 03 min. E., 862.15
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 34 deg.
21 min W., 680.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 13.416 acres.
NUMBER SIX ABOVE DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No.
1270, No. 7 Above on Yankee Creek
Placer, a hewn spruce post, 4 ft.
long, 4 ins. sq., 2 ft. above ground,
in earth mound, scribed 4-1270-7
Ab., and 1-1271-6 Ab., whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1270 bears S. 17 deg.
56 min. 40 sec. W., 1018.45 ft.;]
thence N. 67 deg. 25 min. W., 839.3
ft. to Cor. No. 2; thence 17 deg.
19 min. E., 978.7 ft. to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 66 deg. 52 min. «E.,
810.75 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence S.
15 deg. 38 min., W., 974.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, and place of beginning,
containing an area of jL8.380 acres.
Total area applied for 31.796
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
N., No. 4 Abhve on Yankee Creek
Placer, unsurveyed; on the S. sur
vey No. 1270, No. 7 Above on Yan
kee Creek Placer; o^n the E., claims
unknown and unsurveyed; on the W.,
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 is a hewn
spruce post, situated about 75 ft.
E. of brow of small bluff on the
right limit of Yankee Creek about
GO ft. in elevation,, of bed of same.
Latitude 63 deg. 01 mm. N. -.bongi
tude 156 deg. 20 min. W.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
Mineral Application No. 0508.
j U. S. Land Ollice, Nome, Alaska.
February 2, 1922. j
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
I Uhe Flume Dredge Company, a cor- j
i porafion, organized and existing un
der the Laws of the State >f Cali- j
i i'ornia, whose address is Mills Build
ing, San Francisco, California, has;
made application through James M.
Streeten, its authorized agent, whose j
post office address is Nome, Alaska,
before the United States Land Of-;
| fice of Nome, Alaska, for a United
; States Patent for the consolidated
; mining claim, known as DISCOV
ERY ON YANKEE CREEK PLAC
: ER, FORTUNE FRACTION, No. 1
BELOW DISCOVERY ON YANKEE
I CREEK, MAKI ASSOCIATION, and
No. 3 BELOW DISCOVERY ON
| YANKEE CREEK, in the Innoke
Vlining and Recording District, Ter
| ritorjf of Alaska, and designated by
! the United States Surveyor General
j of said Territory, as Mineral Sur
1 vey No. 1273; the exterior boun
daries of said placer claim, accord
ing to the plat and field notes of
aid survey, now on file m said
Land Office (with a magnetic varia
tion of 20 deg. 12 min. E.,1 being
as follows:
DISCOVERY—Beginning at Cor.
No. 1, a hewm spruce post, 4 ft.
’ong, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft in ground,
in earth mound, scribed 1-1273-D.,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
S. 18 deg. 26 min. 48 sec. W.,
6370.8 ft.; thence N. 57 deg. 11
min. W., 947.85 ft. to Cor. No. 2;
; thence N. 19 deg. 48 min. E. 922.7
rt. to Cor No. 3; thence S. 64 deg.
17 min. E., 761.65 ft. to Cor. No.
4; thence S. 10 deg. 56 min. W ,
417.55 ft. to Cor. No. 5; thence S.
11 deg. 02 min. W., 662.05 ft. to
Cor. No. 1, and place of beyinning,
containing an area of 18.942 acres.
FORTUNE FRACTION — Begin
ning at Cor. No. 1, identical with
; Cor. No. 5, Discovery Placer, this
I survey, a hewn nost, 4 ft.
| long, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft. in ground,
i in earth mound, scribed 5-1213-D,
land 1-1273-F.F.; whence U. S. L. M.
vo. 1270 bears S. 17 deg. 45 min.
MV 7027.83 ft.; thence N. 10 deg.
j 56 min. E., 417.55 ft. to Cor. No.
'2: thence S. 64 deg. 57 min. E..
|154.3 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
i 22 deg. 22 min. W., 390.9 ft. to Cor.
' 4; thence N. 76 deg. 36 min. W.,
72.75 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place of
be -inning, containing an area of
j 1.039 acres.
NUMBER ONE BELOW DISCOV
ERY—Beginning at Cor. No. 1,
identical with Cor. No. 3, Fortune
Fraction, a hewn spruce post, 4 ft.
long, 4 ins. sq., 2 ft. in ground, in
earth mound, scribed 3-1273-F. F.,
and 1-1273-1-B; whence U. S. L.
M. No. 1270 bears S. 18 deg. 32
min. 55 sec. W., 7423.69 ft.; thence
N. CA deg. 57 min. W., 915.95 ft.
to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 25 deg. 42
min. E., 927.15 ft. to Cor. No. 3;
thence S. 67 deg. 24 min. E., 766.63
ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 43 deg.
11 min. E., 265.35 ft. to Cor. No.
5; thence S. 62 deg. 00 min. E.,
12.15 ft. to Cor. No. 6; thence S.
25 deg. 15 min. VV., 253.6 ft. to
Cor. No. 7; thence S. 22 deg. 22
min. W., 958.8 ft. to Cor. No. 1,
and place of beginning, containing
an area of 19.581 acres.
MAKI ASSOCIATION — Begin
ning at Cor. No. 1, a hewn spruce
post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq., set 2 ft.
in ground, in earth mound, scribed
1-1273-M; whence U. S. L. Id. No.
1270 bears S. 24 deg. 17 min. 54
sec. W., 8548.08 ft.; thence N. 62
deg. 00 min. W., 785.75 ft. to Cor.
No. 2; thence N. 39 deg. 49 min.
E. 520.0 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence
N. 34 deg. 06 min. E. 846.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 4; thence S. 58 deg. 14
min. E., 788.35 ft- to Cor. No. 5;
thence S. 36 deg. 37 min. W.,
1320.0 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place
of beginning, containing an area of
23.625 acres.
NUMBER THREE BELOW DIS
COVERY—Beginning at Cor. No.
! 1, identical with Cor. No. 3 Maki
Association, this survey, a hewn
! spruce post, 4 ft. long, 4 ins. sq.,
I set 2 ft. in ground, in earth mound,
i scribed 3-1273-M.. and 1-1273-3 B.,
| whence II. S. L. M. No. 1270 bears
S. 20 deg. 15 min. 24 sec. W.,
j 9128.34 ft.; thence North 48 deg.
44 min. W., 750.25 ft. to Cor. No.
j 2; thence N. 24 deg. 18 min. E.
• 949.1 ft. to Cor. No. 3; thence S.
: 44 deg. 26 min. E. 923.8 ft. to Cor.
j No. 4; thence S. 34 deg. 06 min.
1 W., 846.1 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and
| place of beginning, containing an
j area of 16.610 acres.
Total area applied for 79.797
! acres.
The adjoining claims are: on the
! N. No. 4 Below on Yankee Creek
! Placer, unsurveyed, and claims un
known and unsurveyed; on the E.,
j Goss’s Association, unsurveyed, and
I claims unknown and unsurveyed; on
the S., No. 1 Above, unsurveyed,
| and Goss’s Association, unsurveyed;
1 on the W., No. 2 Below on Yankee
Greek Placer, unsurveyed, and
claims unknown and unsurveyed.
U. S. L. M. No. 1270 is a hewn
spruce post, situated about 75 ft.
E. of brow of small bluff on the
right limit of Yankee Creek and
about 60 ft. in elevation of the bed
of same. Latitude 63 deg. 01 min.
N. Longitude 156 deg. 20 min. 'VV.
J. SUNDBACK,
Register.
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