R. C. ACTIVITIES
SECOND DIVISION-1933
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This district embraces that por
on of Alaska lying west of the
S8th Meridian (near Nulato) and
orth>of the Yukon River.
The most important projects are
te system of local roads serving
is extensive mining activities
bout Nome, the \Nome-Shelton
ram and the connecting trail ex
mding on through Dahl to Deer
ig and Candle, the road from
ome to Council and CasadePaga,
ad the system of winter trails
ctending throughout ‘the entire
(strict as far as Point Barrow,
esides these there are roads at
eller, Deering, Candle, Dime Ck ,
ad Marshall.
Shelter Cabins, Av.iation fields
nd the Unalakleet-Kaltag tele
hone line are supported exclu
ively by the Territory. The Sew
rd Peninsula Tram exclusively by
le Alaska Road Commission. All
ther projects in this district are
upported jointly by the Territory
nd the Alaska Road Commission.
On the Nome-Council rbad the
allowing work was performed:
Jxtensive repairs to the Nome
liver Suspension bridge consisting
f renewing all lateral rods, hang
ag rods, floor beams, decking and
allings besides repairs to north
ulkhead; repaired road b7 spread
ng gravel over numerous weak
pots between Nome and Cape
Tome roadhouse (mile 13 % Leon
ti ucted four new passing turn
uts around Cape Nome .hill; peF
ormed maintenance from Solomon
o Casa de Paga, consisting of re
tiring small bridges and culverts
nd spreading over 300 yards of
.ravel where most needed; operat
d grader over route to Casa de
’aga divide, 'being 53 miles from
Jome. (The one only dredge op
iating in this section was corn
iletely destroyed by Are this sea
on.) From Council up the Neuk
uk River to the mou h of Ophir
’reek and on up Ophir Creek
naintenance was performed. One
luarter mile new road was con
itructed to avoid a deep cross ng
>n Ophir Creek.
Under the Public Works Pro
tram extensive improvements were
nade from the Cape Nome Road
louse to Mile 16 to provide a fast
Jr road to the pontoon landing
ilace on Safety Lagoon.
This road serves numerous small
ilacer miners along tile route, the
Big, Hurrah Quartz properties and
ither prom'sing quartz prospects,
lydraplie i operators on Solomon
River, Big Hurrah and Shovel
Creeks, hydraulic miners and two
Iredges on Ophir Creek, and the
iew prospecting and drilling oper
rtions on Nome River.
The main system of local roads
branch ln four directions from tha
Nome-Bessie Road near Uae fam
ous Bessie Mine about 3 miles
from Nome: The Odborne road
which formerly served two dredges
now serves one dredge on Dry Ck.,
and one hydraulic plant on Osborn
Creek, besides other small opera
tors along the route. The Dexter
road serves the small operators on
Dry Creek, Dexter Divide and trib
utaries to Nome River. The Snake
River road serves the miners along
the Anvil Creek Benches, Glacier
Creek, Rock Creek, Prospect Ck.,
and other tributaries of Snake
River to the promising quartz
prospects near Mt. Dlstin. The
Sunset r^ad serving the two big
electric dredges along the ancient
Beach line, the operations on Mon
ument Creek and near Sunset Ck..
where a dredge is now being in
stalled.
aii mese roaas were maintained
and kept in good repair the entire
season. The greatest improve
ment was made on the Snake Riv
er road on which route a solid
gravel spread was made from Glac
ier Creek to Balto Creek, a dis
tance of 3 miles. A connecting
link was made from the Sunset
road to the Snake River road to
enable Monument Creek operators
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to make use of the new Subset
.bridge over Snake River. Mr. A.
C. Stewart and associates assisted
in construction of this road.
Grader operations were perform
ed and light surfacing on the Cen
ter Crfeek road connecting with the
Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields
private road, connecting their min
ing and dredging operations on
iCen'er Creek with their main
camp and shops maintained at Lit
tle Creek. (Although this road was
bu it and is maintained by the
Hammon Company, they permit
the public to tise it, which is much
appreciated because of the fact
that this road opens much earlier
in the spring.)
Under the Public works pro
gram extensive improvements were
made on the Snake River road
from Balto Creek to Mt. Distill, a
distance of nearly 10 miles. The
road was graded, ditched, culverts
installed-and several, small bridges
built. About 7 miles is now prac
tically ready for gravel surfacing.
As a result of this work one was
able to drive an auto over a new
ly constructed road a distance of
10 miles further than was possible
last year. Early freeze-up pre
sented completion of grading over
Gold Bottom Hill where the old
road to Nome River is intersected.
(Considerable prospecting for both
quartz and placer was done along
upper Snake River this season.
Two-email outfits are doing win
ter work, some promising pros
pects were uncovered, and sever
al new locations made. Mr. C.
F. Jensen s developing his quartz
mine where a 3 stamp mill is al
ready installed on his property. Ii
| is anticipated new placer opera
I tions will be^ !n progress next sea
! son in this section, with good
! chances of the drilling of Gold
j Bottom Creek to determine values
i for dredging.
| Under the Pubic Works Pro
| gram the Sunset road was also ex
i tended for one and one half miles.
; along the ancient beach line from
Sunset Creek toward Penny and
Cripple Rivers, where one dredge
was operated last season and an
o her is now being installed, be
sides other promising properties
are being developed. . ,ri
Sewartl Peninsula Tram
During the early part of the sea
son the usual portable mainten
ance crew opened up the entire
road, after which the greater part
of the work consisted of culvert
and bridge repairs, levelling and
> ballasting the track and the re
placement of about five thousand
ties.
Late in the season under the
Public Works Program extensive
improvements were begun, the
first objective of which was to
prov'de a more suitable crossing
of the Kuzitrin River, for the
road leading to the vast mineral
areas in the Kougarok country.
At Shelton, the old, crossing,
the river splits in three channels.
Of late years the first channel
has been annually br’dged after
the spring breakup. This bridge
being built in sections and re
moved at the freezeup. Across
(he other two channels ferries
for pedestrians are maintained,
but it has always been very dif
ficult to transport heavy equip
ment except at low stages of
water, when it was possible to
ford with teams or caterpillars.
In early days the Seward Penin
sula R. R. Co. constructed piling
bridges across the channels but
found it impossible to maintain
them on account of the run of
ice at the spring break-up.
A new crossing has been select
ed upstream about five miles,
where the river is confined within
permanent (banks in one channel
four hundred feet wide, to which
place a new location for the tram
road has beta made and three
miles of ro*4 bed smoothed of
nigger heads, ditched and mostly
graded, . ready for steel One
quarter of a mile of new track
has been constructed and two hun
dred sixty tons of material have
been hauled to the end of steel
ready for new construction next i
year. At the new crossing it will ,
be possible to malntuin a ferry
suitable for handling heavy equip |
ment or heavy dredge parts. A'
the Shelton crossing It is imposs
ible to maintain such a ferry or
ferries because of the changeable
•banks and shifting gravel bars.
If^ the river were bridged at the
new location there would be one
bridge to build instead of three..
The road up the Kougarok Valley
will have a water grade instead of
climbing Code Dome from Shelton,
at an elevation of about 800 feet.
A dredge is assured next season
|on the lower Kougarok and plans
are understood to be under way
for opening up Coffee Creek whidt
s in a direct line front the new
crossing into the main Kougar
jok Country.
A spur with one siding was con
strue; ed from Dry Creek trestle
on the tram road to the City dock
located along the side of the north
revetment, Nome Harbor. This
mprovement allows for the un
loading of supplies in the harbor
direct to cars where same can be
routed to points in Nome or - dir
ect to Shelton. Practicaally all
^supplies for the Kougarok exten- j
s on was loaded direct from scows •
j to cars and hauled to the A. It. C. j
j yards and Shelton. j
General maintenance and im
i provements was performed on all
;ihe roads in the outlying districts
|including Teller, Deering, Candle,
jDIme Creek, Tin City, Davidson's
jLanding-Taylor, Marshall and
j Spruce Creek. One can now travel
by auto from Teller toward Gold •
Run for 9 miles to Dease Creek 1
where a dredge is being built.
From Deering up the Inmachuk
River Valley for 22 miles (has
been made in fifty minutes) ;from
! Candle up Candle Creek (where
a dredge is successfully opearting)
j for 6 miles; Dime Creek, Tin City,
- Davidson's Landing-Taylor, Mar
shall and Spruce Creek have trac
tii roads.
Ma'ntenance and improvement j
j work was performed “on various:
winter trails, consisting of replac j
ing missing trail stakes, repair- !
ng bridges and brushing out
trails. The principal work was be
tween Golovin and Elim, Unalak
leet and Kaltag, Kiapa (on the
Kclbuk) and Selawik.
An entirely new trail was brush
e1^ out and cut through the tlm
jber. tripoded along Selawik River;
banks where trail follows river, J
and tripoded the entire distance
over portages and open tundra be
tween Selawik Village and Shung
nak V llage (on the Kob’uk), a
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distance, of about 90 miles.
Temporary ice staking on U. S. I
Mail trails over a total distance
of over 280 miles is now under
way.
Owing to the shortage of funds j
no new shelter cabins were con
structed this season, but existing
cabins were repaired, maintained
and supplied wi h fuel as far as
the limited funds would permit.
The only landing field that was
Improved last season in this Dis
trict by the Territory was at Can
dle,
Under the Public W/orks Pro
gram , the new landing field for
Nome was begun and work was"
continued as long as weather con
ditions would permit. The old
field at Nome is built on a low
hill and would not permit enlarge
ment. Th new field Is being built
about three quarters of a mile
north of Nome along side the
Bessie Road by covering the tundra
with a gravel spread. The ground"
Is perpetually frozen to bedrock
and would not permit stripping
and grading. An area 2,000 feet
long by 200 feet wide was cover
ed, feeing about one half complet
ed. It is planned to resume work
and complete this field as early
as possible next season.'
Exceptional progress was made
due to efficient crews and ideal
weather conditions.
Teller
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
November 10
K Pete Olsen left this morning on
he first ma'l trip to Wales and
ihisniaref this season. He was
even days coming from Nome
ind reports heavy trails and, al
ogether a very miserable trip.
Dune MoLain arrived from Tin
Uty several days ago. He had a
tood summer and Is now on his
vay to Nome, „jt'.a Gold Run, to
pend the winter.
Wm. McAdams left for Gold
lun this morning. Mr. McAdams
s getting ready to take out a
vinter dump. As soon u^'he gets
hings in readiness he will take
i crew of men out for the winter.
At the present time ‘ Wilbur
rweet is leading in the arithmetic
ontest being held in the Teller
School.
L. E. Rynnning arrived by plane
in Wednesday. Mr. Rynning is
tere on business in connection
vith the Lumen interests.
There has been a great deal of
ictivity at the “Plant” a few miles
rom Teller during the past week,
[’lie boys have been busy butcher
ng reindeer for the Lomen Co.
The children of the Teller
School have been selling pencils
o earn a large flag for the School.
■ retchen .Muller w'as the lucky in
lividual, having sold the most
leqells.
LOCATION OF FIRE
ALARM BOXES
12 . Standard Oli
13 __ Oaratena Way
14 ..*.. Nome Lighterage
15.. ...... Front. St. and Steadman
21.. .._Steadman and Second Are.
23 ...Third St. and Lanes Way
24 .*_First Are. and B. St.
25 . CatboMc Church
31 .—First Are. and D. St.
32 .D. St. near Andenon Mouse
33 ......Flrart Are. and Bridge St.
41 .. Nugget Offioe
42 .. Hospital
One Blast of the Siren Indicate*
Alarm trsm Bast of the Firo Stan.
Two Blast* Indicate am Alarm From
West of th» Fire Station
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