TIIE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
Troy Bockstruck Describes Caterpillar
Equipment Aid Development Mining
Caterp.llar Diesel Tractors,
■diesel engines ond diesel pump
ing plants are very' popular in
Alaskan placer mining according
to Troy Bockstruek, Sales Repre
sentative of the Northern Com
mercial Co.. "Caterpillar" Tractor
Distributors for Alaska and the
Yukon Territory, who is now at
the Nome Hotel.
“Of the eighty odd new Cater
pillar Diesel jobs delivered in
Alaska this Spring, the majority
■were repeat orders from miners
already using Caterpillar equip
ment.”
“Among recent deliveries were
four to F. M. McGee, manager of
Star Airways at Anchorage. They
were put to work near Hughes on
the Koyukuk river. Two Cater
pillar Diesel tractors, a Caterpil
lar 3500 gallon per minute pump
ing plant, and a CaterpilOar die
sel powered Bucyrus Erie Drag
line.
"The Mastadon Mining Co. in
which Joe Crossen. manager of
the PAA. is interested, took de
livery on a 96 horse power diesel
tractor with Isaacson Bulldozer,
a 5200 GPM pumping plant pow
ered with the new Caterpillar V-8
180 H P. diessl engine, and a new
Bucyrus Erie Caterpillar powered
dragline fcr their operations on
Mastadon Creek near Circle.
“Ten new Caterpillar diesel
powered draglines were ordered
this spring in Alaska and two
■dredges were converted from
steam and obsolete diesel power
to Caterpillar D.esel driven jobs:
One on Gaines Creek near Takot
na and one on Forty-Mile, both
these purchases having used Cat
erpillar Diesels previously.
"We are proud of this repeat
business as it reflects the satis
faction Caterpillar Diesels have
been giving.
"Business prospects for the com
ing season are very good as far
as Caterpillar equipment in Alas
kan mining is concerned, and at
present factory production is be
hind orders.
“During the past year the Cater
pillar Company has produced
more Diesel horsepower than all
the other diesel manufacturers in
the world put together and indi
cations are for an even better
record this coming year," said Mr.
Bockstruck.
Among recent deliveries of the
well known Caterpillar products
made on the Seward Peninsula
and Nome area, this month, said
Sales Representative Bockstruck,
are, one to Nels Swanberg and
Son & Axel Edman; one to Sam
Godfrey: one to N. B. Tweet and
Sons; one to Evern and Warsing;
one to W.A. Castleton, J.J. Keen
an and Joe Lucas;and one to the
Hammon Con. Gold Fields, Inc.
Natl. Bank Call
(Hy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 6, — The
Comptroller of the Currency is
sued a call for the condition of
all national banks at the close of
business June 30th.
MINERS!
Haul Your Freight and Supplies
With our newly purchased Bach plane we are now
able to give you fast, dependable freight service
to all parts of the Peninsula
Come in and let us talk over your transportation
problems with you.
MIROW AIR SERVICE
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK of ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA.
ESTABLISHED IN 1904.
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS CONDUCTED
Checking Accounts Carried For Those Who
Prefer Paying By Check.
Interest Paid On Time Deposits
Gold Dust Purchased
WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS
Telegraphic Briefs
(By The Associated Press)
Aboard Edmonton-Yukon plane
via radio to Edmonton, July 6—
This pontooned monoplane, trail
blazing a new air mail and pass
enger route of 1200 miles from
Edmonton to Whitehorse, turned
westward up Laird Pass as it
neared its destination today.
Sponsors of the new route de
clared the airline would bring
San Francisco and Chicago with
in twelve hours of Alaska within
the year.
They also said the Canadian
Air Services operating between
Alaska or Yukon Territory and
Montana, will carry free, all U.
S. Mail originating in the United
States or Alaska, and consigned
to each other.
Norway has placed a limit on
the amount of old metal and
metal waste exported.
Ecuador has contracted with an
American company for the con
struction of a network of high
ways.
A chromium plated auxiliary
towel rack has been invented to
be hung from a bath room towel
bar.
(Iupsswork Pays
“BUSTER ANDERSON”
The Fairbanks Bus Driver Who
Won the 1937 Nenana Ice Pool
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that, by
order of the Probate Court in and
for the Cape Nome Precinct, Al
aska, the undersigned has been
appointed Administrator of the
estate of J. A. PANGMAN, de
ceased. All persons having claims
against said estate should present
them with proper vouchers at
tached, within six months from
the date of the first publication
hereof, to the undersigned admin
istrator at Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, June 28
1937.
HAROLD F. HARPER,
Administrator.
363 Died on Fourth
' Ky The Assocla'ed Press)
UNDATED. July 0, —563 men,
women and children met violent
death in the two-day celebration
of the Fourth of July.
The toll is believed to be the
highest in history. Only four
deaths were attributed directly to
fireworks.
Deaths due to traffic accidents,
headed the list with 310: drown
ings 142. In the Pacific north
west 29 died.
Mining News Of
Solomon Area
Told by Cremer
The following interesting min
ing items were obtained from
"Rube" Cremer, who just return
ed to Nome from the Solomon
River section.
Gus Johnson is operating on
No. 12 Big Hurrah creek and em-j
ploys two men.
C. O. Roberts and partner are!
ODerating on No. 11 Big Hurrah.
They are using a dragline scraper.
u A Margraif and partner are'
operating on a Bench opposite No.
5 Big Hurrah, using a Ford V-8;
pumping unit.
Chester Miiligan is opening up
the pay on Butte Creek. He is at.
present hauling and installing
machinery.
"Dutch" Joe is mining on Kasson
creek again this season.
Lee Brothers and Company are
busy getting their dredge in op
eration, for what appears to be a
banner season.
Stewart is busy hauling sup
plies to the dredge on the Casade^
paga River. He hauls by the way
of Shovel Creek and over the1
divide, instead of up the Solomon]
river.
E. W. Quigley is hydrauhcing
on the benches of Solomon River.
He moved the camp to a new
site and emplloys seven men. A Si
mile ditch brings water under a
250 foot head to the mine.
Chas. the “Corker”, Fred Cook,
Andy Newberg, Peterson and fam
ily, are all scattered along the
benches and tributaries of Solo
mon River.
The public highway under the
supervision of the Alaska Road
Commission is in remarkably
good condition, but one should be
prepared to overlook a few bad
bumps.
Weather Today
(U S. Weather Bureau)
Partly cloudy weather prevail
ed generally over interior and
western AUaska at the morning
observations while rain was fall
ing along the southern coastal
sections of Alaska.
Temperatures continue moder
ate and near the normal in all
portions of Alaska.
Low barometric pressure cov
ers Alaska and most of the north
Pacific Ocean. It is likely that
cloudy and unsettled weather will
continue for Nome and vicinity
during the next twenty four
hours.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 44 above and the
highest yesterday 58.
Seattle Star Did
Not Publish Mon.
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, July 6. — More
than two hundred full time em
ployees were idle after American
Newspaper Guild strike sympath
izers picketed the Seattle Star
plant, in a jurisdictional dispute
with the teamsters union over
circulation employees’ union affi
liations. The paper was not pub
lished Monday.
ATTENTION PIONEERS
Regular meeting of the Pion
eers of Alaska Igloo No. 1, Wed
nesday. 8 p.m. July 7. at Aimer
Rydern’s office. Intiation of Can
didates.
DAVE GRAY Secty.
“SOURDOUGH”
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JIMMY HEWITT
•At The Bat”
ANNOUNCING
THE NEW ISAACSON ALASKA SPECIAL
Bulldozers
The only Bulldozer designed and engineer
ed in Alaska for Alaska mining. For fur
ther information—see your local Tractor
Dealer.
Isaacson Iron Works
Seattle, Wn.
I \ T R (> D U Cl N G T f
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OUR NEW STINSON
Multi-Purpose Freight Door—Controllable Pitch Prop.
5-Plac’c—Cruising Speed 143 MPH.—Top Speed 164 MPH.
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES. INC.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
Announces
THE APPOINTMENT OF NOME MOTOR
COMPANY AS CATERPILLAR DEAL
ER FOR NOME AND THE SEWARD
PENINSULA.
For your Diesel Tractor
or Diesel Power plant
needs, for Pumps, Dred
ge Power, Electric Gen
erating plants, get the
dope on the Alaskan
Placer Mining Favorite
—80 units delivered in
Alaska in the last four
months.
“THERE IS BUT ONE CATERPILLAR”—
Caterpillar Tractor Co. Makes It.
Distributors for Caterpillar Diesel Tractors and Engines,
liucyrus Erie Dragline Shovels,
Bulldozers—Scrapers—Rooters—Athey Wagons.
Winches—Prospecting Drills—Pumps