The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
October 20, 1923.
N«u50.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE AT ANCHORAGE IN
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
U. S. MINERAL SURVEY NO.
1082-A & B.
SERIAL NO-05094. August 9, 1923.
In pursuance of the Act of Congress,
approved May 10. 1872, anil acts amen
datory thereof and supplemental there
o, the MOTHER LODE COALITION
MINES COMPANY, a corporation, or
ganized and existing under the laws of
lie State of Delaware, whose principal
•fBceand place of business, without the
Territory of Alaska, is in the Borough of
danhattan, City of New York, State of
Tew York, and whose postoffiee address
and principal place of business, within
lie Territory of Alaska, is at Kennecott,
Alaska, does hereby give notice of its
intention to make application for United
states Patent for the GODFREY LO
»E CLAIM, the MARVELOUS LODE
CLAIM and the MARVELOUS MILL
SITE. On May 20. 1919, said lode min
ing claims and millsite were sold and
•onveyed to said Mother Lode Coalition
Mines Company bv the Mother Lode Cop
per Mines Company of Alaska, the cor
poration mentioned in certificate appear
ing upon the official plat hereinafter
mentioned, a copy of which plat is post
’d with this notice, and said Mother
Lode Coalition Mines Company is now
he owner and possessor of said lode mi
ning claims and millsite. Said lode mi
ling claims and said millsite are situa
ted on unsurveyed ground in Latitude
•11 degrees,37 minutes, North, approx.,
Longitude 142 degrees. 50 minutes, West,
approx., said lode mining claims being
on the northeast slope 6f Kennecott
Mountain and said millsite partly on the
east side of and partly in McCarthy
Creek, all in Chitina Mining District.
McCarthy Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
and approximately 14 miles, upstream
along said McCarthy Creek, from the
confluence of said stream and Kennecott
River.
Said lode mining claims and said m ill
-dte are described by the official plat and
held notes on tile in the United States
Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, under the
serial number, Mineral Survey No. 1082
A &B, a copy of which said official plat
is posted upon the land, together with
this notice of this application for patent.
The said claims are by the survey tied
to U. S. Location Monument No. 4, which
is sit uated on Bonanza Peak, in Latitude
til degrees, ‘12 minutes. 40 seconds North,
Longitude 142 degrees. 511 minutes West,
and consists of an iron bar set in rock in
place and marked with a wooden post.
The said claims are more fully descri
bed by metes and bounds, as follows:
GODFREY LODE CLAIM
BEGINNING at a point for corner No.
1, online between corners Nos. 2 and 2,
LEGAL ADVERTISING
I Keller Lode, Survey No. 617, identical
with amended location, obliterated, cor
ner not set as it falls on top of inacces
sible cliff, whence U. S. Location Monu
ment No. 4 Wears North 85 degrees, 17
minutes, 10 seconds West, 1071.82 feet;
Thence, North 38 degrees, 34 minutes
East, from true corner, 1100 feet to point
for corner No. 2, identical with amend
ed location, obliterated, corner not set
as it falls on top of inaccessible cliff;
Thence, South 59 degrees, 15 minut
es East, from true corner, 410.35 feet,
to point for corner No. 3, identical with
amended location, obliterated, corner
not set as it falls on top of inaccessible
clitT; whence corner No. 1, Bonanza Lead,
Survey No. 874, marked by a piece of
drill steel seven-eights inches in diame
ter, firmly set in bedrock, extending 14
inches therefrom, not marked, bears
South88 degrees, 16 minutes, 30 seconds
West, 213.15 feet;
Thence, South 38 degrees, 34 minut
es West, from true corner 1100 feet to
corner No. 4, which is located on the
line between corners Nos. 2 and 3, Kel
ler Lode, Survey no. 617, and is identi
cal with amended location atjd marked
by a piece of drill steel seven-eights in
ches in diameter, set firmly in the face
of the ciitf and extending 24 inches there
from, marked with an iron tag, chiseled,
”1—4 1082—A", securely wired to the
corner;
THEnCE, North 59 degrees, 15 minu
tes West, along north side line Keller
Lode. Survey no. 617, 410.85 feet, td
point for corner no. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing an area of 10.206
acres, from which area should beexclu
j ded the respective areasof conflict be.
i tween said Godfrey Lode Claim and said
Bonanza Extension, Bonanza Extension
no. 1. Bonanza Extension no. 11, and
Bonanza Lead, said four last mentioned
claims being included in Survey No. 874.
as such areas of conflict are shown by
said field notes and official plat of said
Survey No. 1082---A&B. Variation at
all corners 30 degrees 30 minutes East.
This claim is bounded on the south
westerly end by the Keller Lode, Survey
No. 017: on the northwesterly side by Bo
nanza Extension, Bonanza Extensiou No.
I and Bonanza Extension No. 11. Survey
No. 874, owned by said Mother Lode Co
alition nines Company, which said Bo
nanza Extension, Bonanza Extension No*
I and Bonanza Extension No. 11 are over
lapped by this claim; on the northeast
erly end by said Bonanza Extension No.
I, Bonanza Extension No. 11 and Bonan
za Lead (U. S. Survey No. 874, also
owned by said Mother Lode Coalition
Mines Company), said Bonanza Exten
sion No. I, Bonanza Extension No. II,
and Bonanza Lead being overlapped by
this claim: and on the southeasterly side
by said Bonanza Lead, Survoy No. *74,
and by Marvelous i.ode. Survey No. 1082
' — A&n, said Bonanza Lead being over
lapped by this claim.
Continued on page S
Town Talk
Mrs. Theresa Brown who con
ducts the Nizina roadhouse ar
rived in town Sunday. She an
nounces that the roadhouse will
be closed to the traveling public
until next spring. Mrs. Brown
is as yet undecided whether she
will spend the winter in town
go to the coast or take a trip to
the states.
Mrs. Sam Seltenreich has as
sumed the management of the
Alaska Hotel during the absence
of Mrs. Kennedy, who has gone
to the coast on a business and
shopping trip.
Ernie Geriken arrived from
Cordova Tuesday.
Jimmey Hussey is re-covering
the entire first floor of the Gol
den with extra heavy, cork bat
tle ship linoleum. The new floor
decidly improves the appear
ance of the place, as the color
tends to brighten the whole in
terior.
Marian Wills arrived home last
Tuesday, from Anchorage, where
she has been visiting realitives
| for the past four months.
Ovid Violet, who for the past
eleven months has been prospec
ting some claims that he locat
ed about sixty miles from Val
dez, returned to McCarthy the
latter part of this week. Ke re
ports that he had very little sue
cess in his mining venture* but
that the prospects look so good
that he will take another chance
in the same dictiict.
Harry Boyden left this morn
ing for the Dan Creek cabin to
fit up that place for winter trav
el to Chi Sana.
Adrian Carlson, who is employ
ed by the railroad at mile 158, is
a few days visitor this week. He
states that there is a good deal of
game in his part of the world.
Strelna Resident
Falls To Death
The news of the tragic death
of Prank New York, of Strelna
was received by his many local
friends last Tuesday morning.
Prank has been employed as
cook at Ole Berg’s mine for some
time past; and according to the
reports received here, came to
his death by tailing over a cliff.
Mondaymorning.he saw a flock
of ptarmigan above camp and
thinking to change the menu a
bit, he took a rifle and started
up the hill. When the crew came
off shift at noon they found that
he had not returned, so surmis
ing an accident the men started
to search. They soon discovered
the body at the base of a nearby
cliff, the rifle still tightly clutch
ed. The body was immeidately
brought to camp.
Investigation shows,that when
Prank started to slip, he prob
ably lost his head and instead of
saving himself he tried |to keep
hold of the gun and get out of
danger at the same time.
Frank New York was among
the best known Japs in the dis
trict and was favorably thotof by
everyone.
Sheep Hunter
Is Killed
The second fatal hunting acci
dent during the past week occur
ed last Wednesday, when Oscar
Pritz, of Kennecott, was dashed
to death on Mount Donohoe.
Pritz and a companion started
out from Kennecott to hunt snd
when they reached Mount Dono
hoe, it was decided that the best
plan was to separate, Pritz going
around on the Regal side.
After some hours absence the
companion arrived at the rendez
vous and found that Pritz had
not yet arrived, so in a short time
the search began. Pritz was lo
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