THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered ;is second class matter. Septem
her 17th, 1918. at the Post Office, at
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act of
March 3. 1819.
L. M. Lander Manager
U. E. Lander Editor
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Saturday September 29.1923.
Sometime after the first of October
the Alaska Road Commission caran is
closing down. During the past sum
mer the crew has made some progress,
— building road, but with the usual
bad luck, poor judgement or usual in
efficiency that seems to attend a great
majority of government work, the A.
R. C. has lost ground on the construct
ion of the Nizina River bridge.
Along in June the first setback of
any importance occured. One hundred
and eighty feet of false work was taken
down the river.
The only excuse was high water. It
was undoubtedly the proper excuse to
give, but the water was as high or
higher during seasons past. What was
the real cause of the washout can be
answered by the men who drew up the
plans for the structure and those who
approved the drawings.
These men appearently made the
fatal mistake of underestimating the
power <?f the Nizina River
The second error seems to have been
made, when either thru incorrect field
notes or by a dollar saving policy, the
plans were allowed to go thru with in
sufficient allowance for the shifting of
channels. At present there is one
large channel in addition to a couple
of smaller ones, which intersect the'
area that the engineers propose to cross
by means of a piling approach. These
channels are much larger than they
were three months ago, and it is by
no means a certainty that the whole
river will not shift to the East bank.
If the Commission wishes to prevent
a probable extention of the bridge,why
don’t they take steps to turn these
channels before it’s too late?
Gravel for concrete is also one of
the many things that has held back
construction,tho it is now stated that
it has been found nearby. If what is
teft of the lalsework remains through
out the winter some concrete may be
poured next season. Everyone and
anyone who has ever crossed the river
hope to see the bridge completed as
soon as it is practicable. Perhaps if a
little more attention had been shown
to proper survey of the approach on
this side, useless clearing and the inci
dent expense could have been preven
ted and more progress made else
whe:e.
The foregoing paragraphs amply dem
onstrate that there is great room for
improvement in the executive force of
the present Commission personnal.
Only one consolation is held out
They’re not any worse than their pred
ecesserors.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-!
RIOR, UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE, ANCHORAGE,
ALASKA
August 9, 1923.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT MIN
ERAL SURVEY NO. 14()j SERIAL
0599r>.
Notice is hereby given, in pursuance
of an Act of Congress approved May 10,
ls72, and Acts amendatory and supple,
mentary thereto, that application is
made by the Dan Creek Mining Com
pany, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of
NEVADA, by Edward F. Medley, its at
torney in fact, whose Post Office ad
dress is Cordova, Alaska, for a patent
to the following placer mining claims
all situated on the unsurveyed public
domain near the head of Dan Creek, a
tributary of the Nizina River, Nizina
Mining District, Juneau Land District,
Third Judicial Division, Territory of Al
aska. The claims are approximately in
Latitude 61 22’ north and in Long
itude 142° 34’ west:
Number Five Above Placer on Dan
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Number Six Above Placer on Dan
Creek,
Number Seven Above Placer on
Dan Creek.
The total amount of acreage in said
three placer mining claims is 50.707
acres, and the magnetic variation is 31
30’ East.
Said claims are described by the offi
cial plat by the field notes on file in
the office of the Register of the Juneau
Land District at Juneau, Alaska, as fol
lows, to-wit:
NUMBER FIVE ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Corner No. 1, whence
U. S. M. M. No. 29 bears S. 89 35*
W. 6,-35.GO feet; thence N. 17 51’
E. 544.50 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence
S. 05° 24’ E. 1500 feet to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 17 26’ W. 509.58 feet
to Cor. No. 4; thence N. 66° 44’ W.
1500 ft. to C or. No. 1, the place of be
ginning, containing 18.038 acres.
NUMBER SIX ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U.
S. M. M. No. 29 bears N. 85° 53’ W.
7632.28 feet; thence N. 17° 26’ E.
509.58 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N.
84° 01’ E. 1,419.93 feet to Cor. No,
3; thence S. 10° 38’ W. 520.12 feet,
to Cor. No. 4; thence S. 85° 15’ W.
1,472.97 feet to Cor. No. 1, the place
acres
of beginning, containing 1(». 101
NUMBER SEVEN ABOVE
PLACER ON DAN CREEK
Beginning at Cor. No. J, whence U.
S. M. M. No. 29 bears N. 87° 19’ W.
9,090.49 feet: thence N. 10° 38’ E.
520.12 feet to Cor. No. 2; thence S
70° 4<»’ E 1,355.74 feet to Cor. No.
3; thence S. 02° 4(7 W. 544.20 feet
toCor. No. 4: thence N. 70° 26’ W.
1,432.22 feet to Cor. No. 1, thepLce
of beginning, containing 16.568 acres.
ADJOINING CLAIMS
Number Pour Above Discovery Pla
cer, Survey No. 923. adjoins Number
h ive Above Placer on its westerly end.
Placer claim supposed name. Num
ber Eight /.bove, unsurveyed, Martin
Radovan alleged owner, adjoins the east
erly end of Number Seven Above Pla
cer. Any other claims adjoining this
survey are unknown.
Any and all persons claiming advers
ely any of the above named placer mi
ning claims, or any portion thereof, are
required to file their adverse claims
with the Register of the United States
Land Office at Anchorage,Alaska, dur
ing the period of publication, or within
eight months thereafter, or they will be
barred by the provisions of the statute.
FRANK A. BOYLE, Register.
First Publication August 18, 1923.
Last Publication October 20, 1923.