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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT. NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1884
Mineral Entry No. 0932
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-indact, A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome.
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the Won
der Fraction No. 1 and Wonder
Fraction No. 2 Placer Mining
Claims situated on Wonder Creek,
a tributary of Center Creek, in
the Cape Nome Mining District
and Precinct. Territory of Alas
ka. and designated ‘ as United
States Mineral Survey No. 1884
and particularly described in the
official plat and field notes now
on file in the said Land Office as
follows:
Wonder Fraction No 1
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 00
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of Won
der Fraction No. 1 Placer, esta
blished on line 2-3 Survey No.
444, Lillian Association Placer, a
fir post 42 in. long, 4 in. square.
18 in. in the ground, in an earth
mound 24 in. base, marked WF
I -1WF-2-3-1884, for this survey,
and from whence U.S.L.M. No.
II bears N. 77 deg. 24 min. E.
5.280.66 ft. Anvil Rock bears N.
13 deg. 31 min. 30 sec. E. then
ce S. 19 deg. 00 min. W. 143.8
ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor. No. 6. Survey 1155, Linda
Association Group Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square. 30 in. above
ground, marked WF-1-2-WF-2-2
1884 for this survey, thence N.
58 deg. 54 min. W. 659.3 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor. No.
4. Survey No. 1861, No. 6 Below
Discovery Placer, a fir post 4 in.
square 30 in. above ground, mark
ed WF-1-3-1884 for this survey,
thence N. 65 deg. 35 min. W. 547.6
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with
Cor. No. 5 Survey No. 1861, No.
6 First Tier Bench on the Right
Limit Wonder Creek Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square, 30 in. above
ground, marked WF-1-4-1884 for
this survey, thence S. 68 deg. 47
min. E. 1190.2 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 1.481 acres.
Wonder Fraction No. 2
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 00
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wonder Fraction No. 2 Placer,
identical with Cor. No. 2. Survey
No. 444, L ilian Association Plac
er. a fir post 4 in. square. 24 in.
above ground, in an earth mound
12 in. high, marked WF-2-1-1884
for this survey and from whence
U. S. L. M. No. 11 bears N. 70 deg.
21 min. E. 4502.1 ft. Anvil Rock
bears N. 9 deg. 10 min. E„ then
ce N. 77 deg. 06 min. W. 993.0
ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor. No. 2 Wonder Fraction No.
1 Placer of this survey, and pre
viously described, thence N. 19
deg. 00 min. E. 143.8 ft. to Cor.
No. 3, which is identical with
Cor. No. 1 Wonder Fraction No.
1 of this survey previously des
cribed, thence S. 68 deg. 47 min.
E. 988.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1 and
place of beginning, containing an
area of 1.630 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Survey No. 444. Lillian
Association Placer: on the east
Survey No. 1333, Florence Asso
ciation Placer and Survey No.
1155 Linda Association Group
Placer: on the south Survey No.
1155. Linda Association Group
Placer, Survey No. 1885, Wonder
Fraction No. 3 Placer, Survey No.
1861. No. 6 Below Discovery Plac
er. and Survey No. 1861. No. 6
First Tier Bench on Right Limit
Wonder Creek Placer: on the
west Survey No. 1127. Tundra
Lakes Association Placer. The
conflicting claims are Justice
Placer Claim, survey No. 583.
claimant unknown.
The location certificates for
said mining claims are recorded
in the office of the recorder of
the Cape Nome Mining District,
Territory of Alaska, in volume
208. pages 416 and 417 of the re
cords of locations of said district.
The mineral monument to
which these claims are tied is des
cribed as follows:
U. S. L. M. No. 11 is a fir post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound erf stone 30
in. high. 60 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated
on the ridge between Holyoke
and Bourbon Creek 70 ft. E. of
the Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32
min. N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated the 5th day of Aug
ust, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN
Register
First Publication Aug. 6, 1937.
Last Publication October 6, 1937.
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Frederick B. Snite Jr., youthful Chicago infantile paralysis victim
is shown after nearly two years spent in an “Iron Lung”. Snite was
stricken while on a world cruise and lived in his “lung” for a year
and a half in a Peiping hospital. Recently he made the voyage home
and is still living in the lung, attended by his Chinese nurses.
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It brought peace between the
nation's carriers and eight hun
dred thousand non-operating em
ployees.
The concession has not been
ratified as yet. but this is held
to be only a formality.
Non-operative employees such
as clerks and shopmen threaten
ed to strike if their demands for
higher wages were not granted.
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IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1889
Mineral Entry No. 0929
Notice is hereby givep that Un
ited States Smelting Refining ar.d
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration. by and through its at
torney-in-fact. A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome,
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the
Pearl Bench Placer Mining Claim
situated on the Left Limit of
Cooper Gulch, a tributary of Lit
tle Creek, in the Cape Nome Min
ing District and Precinct. Terri
tory of Alaska, and designated as
United States Mineral Survey No.
1889 and particularly described in
the official plat and field notes
now on file in the said land office
as follows:
Magnetic variations of 18 deg.
15 min. to 18 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Pearl Bench Placer, which is id
entical with Cor. No. 2, Survey
No. 759. Gadfly Placer, a fir post
4 in. square. 30 in. above ground,
and marked PB-1-1889 for this
survey, from whence U.S.L.M.
No. 11 bears S 3 deg. 18 min. E.
7,574.5 ft. The E. end of Anvil
Rock bears N. 24 deg. 08 min. W.;
thence N. 83 deg. 44 min. W. 1,
293.3 ft. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with Cor. No. 1, Survey 759, Gad
fly Placer, a fir post 4 in. square.
36 in. above ground, marked PB
2- 1889 for this survey; thence N.
12 deg. 41 min. E. 661.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 3, identical with Cor.
No. 5. survey No. 1193, No. 4 Be
low Placer, a fir post 4 in. square,
24 in. above ground, marked PB
3- 1889, for this survey; thence S.
75 deg. 43 min. E. 1,189.1 ft. to
Cor. No. 4, a fir post 48 in. long.
4 in. square, set 24 in. in ground
in mound of earth and stone,
marked PB-4-1889; thence S. 1
deg. 22 min. W. 492.5 ft. to Cor.
No. 1 and place of beginning, con
taining an area of 16.310 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Marie Placer, unsurvey
ed, and other claims unknown
and unsurveyed; on the east XYZ
Placer, unsurveyed; on the south
Survey No. 759, Gadfly Placer;
on the west Survey No. 1193, No.
4 Below Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 171, at page 470 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a first post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high, 60 in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated on
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creeks, 70 ft. E. of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N. Long. 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
Register
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1887
Mineral Entry No. 0931
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration. by and through its at
torney-in-fact. A. M. Hartford,
whose post office address is Nome.
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the
Acme Placer Mining Claim sit
uated on the Right Limit of Sat
urday Creek in the Cape Nome
Mining District and Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, and designated
a< United States Mineral Survey
No. 1887 and particularly describ
ed in the official plat and field
notes now on file in the said land
offi'ce as follows:
Magnetic variations of 17 deg.
45 min. to 18 deg. 15 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Acme Fraction, established on
line 4-5 of Sur. No. 1117, No. 1
Below Discovery on Saturday
Creek Placer, and which is iden
tical with Cor. No. 5, Sur. No. 1,
175, Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek, from whence U.S.L.M. No.
11 bears S. 6 deg. 35 min. E. 4,761
7 ft. Anvil Rock bears N. 13 deg.
47 min. W.: United States Signal
Corps wireless tower bears S. 9i
deg. 47 min. W.; thence N. 3 deg. i
14 min. W. 317.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
identical with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No.
1175. Discovery Claim on Lake
Creek; thence S. 48 deg. 45 min. E.
232.00 ft. to Cor. No. 3, identical
with Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 1224,
Sunny Day Placer, a fir post 42
inches long marked AC-3-1887;
thence S. 24 deg. 35 min. E. 80.3
ft. to Cor. No. 4, identical with
Cor. No. 1, Sur. No. 445, Lead
ville Claim, a fir post 48 inches
long, marked AC-4-1887; thence
S. 64 deg. 31 min. W. 210.5 ft. to
Cor. No. 1 and place of begin
ning, containing an area of 0.796
acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Sur. No. 1224, Sunny
Day Placer: on the east Sur. No.
445, Leadville Placer; on the
west Sur. No. 1175, Discovery
Claim on Lake Creek placer, on
the south Sur. No. 1117, No. 1 Be
low Discovery on Saturday Creek
Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 214, at page 144 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U.S.L.M. No. 11 is a fir post six
inches square, seven feet above
ground in a mound of stone thir
ty inches high, sixty inches at
the base, marked U.S.L.M. No.
11 and situated on the ridge be
tween Holyoke and Bourbon
Creeks, seventy feet east of the
Bessie road in Lat. 64 deg. 32 min.
N., Long. 165 deg. 22 mm. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
AIMER RYDEEN,
Register
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE FOR THE NOME LAND
DISTRICT NOME. ALASKA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
Mineral Survey No. 1885
Mineral Entry No. 0930
Notice is hereby given that Un
ited States Smelting Refining and
Mining Company, a Maine cor
poration, by and through its at
torney-in-fact, A. M. Haotford,
whose post office address is Nome.
Alaska, has made application for
United States Patent for the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Mining Claim situated on the Left
Limit of Wonder Creek, a trib
utary of Center Creek, adjoining
the Linda Association Placer.
Survey No. 1155. in the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct. Territory of Alaska, and de
signated as United States Min
eral Survey No. 1885 and partic
ularly described in the official
plat and filed notes now on file
in the said Land Office as follows:
Magnetic variations 17 deg. 15
min. to 17 deg. 45 min. E.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1 of the
Wonder Fraction No. 3 Placer
Claim, identical with Cor. No. 1,
Survey No. 1861, No. 6 Below
Discovery Placer, a fir post 4 in.
square, 30 in. above ground, mark
ed WF-3-1-1885 for this survev,
from which U.S.L.M. No. 11 bears
N 76 deg. 05 min. 30 sec. E. 5.
366.06 ft., Anvil Rock bears N. 13
deg. 35 min. E.; thence S. 18 deg.
52 min. W. 637.4 ft. to Cor. No. 2,
identical with Cor. No. 1 Survey
1848, Wonder Bench Placer, a fir
post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WK-3-2-1885 for
this survey; thence N. 71 deg. 03
min. W. 128.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3.
identical with Cor. No. 5, survey
No. 1848, Wonder Bench Placer,
a fir post 4 in. square, 24 in. above
ground, marked WF-3-3-1885, for
this survey; thence N. 30 deg. 16
min. E. 650.00 ft. to Cor. No. 1
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 0.940 acres.
The adjoining claims are: on
the north Survey No. 1884, Won
der Fraction No. 1 Placer and
Survey No. 1884, Wonder Fraction
No. 2 Placer; on the east Survey
No. 1155, Linda Association Group
Placer; on the south Survey 1848,
Wonder Bench; on the west Sur
vey No. 1861, No. 6 Below Discov
ery Placer.
The location certificate for said
mining claim is recorded in vol
ume 208 at page 416 of the re
cords of location of the Cape
Nome Mining District and Pre
cinct, Territory of Alaska.
The mineral monument to which
this claim is tied is described as
follows:
U. S. L. M. No. 11 is a Hr post
6 in. square, 7 ft. above ground,
firmly set in a mound of stone 30
in. high, 6° in. base, marked U.
S. L. M. No. 11 and is situated on
the ridge between Holyoke and
Bourbon Creek 70 ft. E. of the
Bessie road in Lat 64 deg. 32 min.
N-Loaf 165 deg. 22 min. W.
Dated July 26th, 1937.
ALMER RYDEEN,
Register